I cannot stress enough that if X gets banned in the UK, it is not an assault on Freedom of Speech - it is the consequence of a platform that has allowed the mass creation of non-consensual sexual imagery of women and children which, in the UK is illegal.

Nigel Farage and Elon Musk are dead against grooming gangs “paedos” until, that is, Musk’s profits are at stake Piece by me on a grim double standard comment.press/110126

Yes, but Malaysian and Indonesia are vast superpowers who are free to act, it’s not fair to expect European countries to be able to do the same.

For any new people on here today, check out my rewilding UK and Ireland starter pack. ⬇️

Dame Barbara Hepworth was born #OTD 10 January 1903. Three of her nine 'The Family of Man' sculptures form a memorial to Benjamin Britten at Snape Maltings, Suffolk, the marshes beyond. They were installed here in 1976, the year after her death. That's the tower of Iken church in the target sights.

This would be just fantastic. Let’s make it happen. Very keen to see them return to the Somerset Levels soon too.

⚡ Updated with another 6 Lib Dem MPs who are now on Bluesky

Freedom from the US probably more important right now, but this is also important.

Remember: those who want to ditch the European Convention on Human Rights would enable exactly the same thing in the UK. You might think they won't come to your door because of that flag in your window or your white skin, but I can just go on X and tell Musk to direct a govt mob to your home.

I think it's very important that Rupert Lowe's "Million Nonce March" gets widespread media coverage. Critical to amplify diverse voices.

Article in a local paper saying good bye to a carpet. www.bristol247.com/food-and-dri...

If pumping indecent images of children into our news feeds, isn’t enough to force the Government to finally take action against Musk then nothing ever will be. New post on how Musks useful British idiots are trying desperately to stop the Government from acting www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/elon-musks...

When all protest becomes ‘terror’, we have imprisoned ourselves as well as the demonstrators @natashawalter.bsky.social on Palestine Action how language has been used to strip the Palestine Action hunger strikers of humanity. www.thenerve.news/p/palestine-...

Fuck me this is all too mad. People need to stop treating these apps as though they are alive. Blah blah Turing test - just stop being silly. It’s like me talking to my children’s fluffies.

Incidentally it is easy to be very cynical, but I suggest following loads on MPs on this site - gives a much better idea of their views wide range of interests and useful contributions than simple headlines.

Renewable energy is saving Texans. “If not for the growth in solar and (battery) storage, we would have seen numerous conservation alerts or probably even blackouts,” Rice’s Daniel Cohan said. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...

Views of Twitter/X in Britain Favourable 14% (3% very favourable) Unfavourable 65% (37% very unfavourable) By gender Men 16-65 (-49) Women 10-64 (-54) By 2024 vote Reform 23-46 (-23) Cons 17-57 (-40) Labour 10-76 (-66) LibDem 6-79 (-73) Green 5-89 (-84) YouGov: V similar Jan 2025/Jan 2026

Thank you to all who sent in polecat sightings during our fourth National Polecat Survey 2024-2025! Also a huge thank you to vols who collected samples from dead animals for use in genetic and dietary research. Any polecat sightings from 2024 or 2025 can still be sent in arcg.is/1TXqHC

As Tees Valley mayor Lord Houchen's defence of his deal with local businessmen crumbles, here's the Eye's recent special report on how Britain's flagship regeneration scheme secretly turned into one of the biggest giveaways of public money on record. ➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...

I wrote this a few days ago for @theobserveruk.bsky.social : bit.ly/4jkuERS And did Behind The Lines podcast with @snellarthur.bsky.social about 10 days ago, which is good for a more detailed explainer: open.spotify.com/episode/70fW...

"We are very well aware of the fact that X for Grok is now offering a spicy mode showing explicit sexual content. This is not spicy. This is illegal. This is appalling. This is disgusting. I can confirm we are very seriously looking into this matter." — Spokesperson @thomasregnier.ec.europa.eu

'Global investment in low-carbon energy now outstrips that in fossil fuels by two to one. Taking over Venezuela’s basket-case oil industry will make no perceptible difference.' www.theguardian.com/environment/...

As Ukraine gets bombarded nightly, has its heat and power supplies damaged, sees its civilian population deliberately murdered by Russian aerial attack, understand that the US has helped this by slow walking and limiting anti air weapons to Ukraine. This is the USA, this is Trump.

We also need to make it much easier to install air-to-air heat pumps, that are relatively cheap and easy to retrofit - notably in flats, where a lot of the poorer and rental households live, and that are often all-electric. See for instance bsky.app/profile/anni...

The countdown is on: 100 days till we march. Will you be there? togetheralliance.org.uk

I love a dystopian fiction as much as the next nerd, but I do worry that when the only visions you have of the future are dystopian it's hard to imagine anything good, and it becomes self fulfilling..

I know there's A Lot to be worried about right now but India is arresting climate activists on the grounds that they're opposed to fossil fuels www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/f...

For new followers from around the world: This is also what Shropshire looks like. It’s lovely, you’d like it here.

If anyone out there works in a lab that can do this sort of thing and would be willing, I'd be very grateful. These charcoal remains could be 30, 300, or 3,000 years old. It would be fascinating to know, whatever the results show.

Nature, or rather, climate experts, always find a way. The billion dollar disasters report that the Trump admin tried to squash is now out via Climate Central. www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/c...

This is absolutely bloody brilliant. So many older, blind and disabled people have raised this with me.

There go these useless schemes to use Sargassum for CO₂ removal. 🥲

The Palestine hunger strikers have been on hunger strike for over 60 days and are close to death. They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵

Denemarken verandert naam Groenland in Epstein Island zodat Trump erover ophoudt

Farage accused of ‘parroting Kremlin lines’ after remarks on UK troops in Ukraine

Which potential coalitions have the most support from Britons? LD + Lab, Davey PM: 36% support Lab + Grn, Starmer PM: 33% Lab + LD, Starmer PM: 31% Grn + Lab, Polanski PM: 30% Ref + Con, Farage PM: 29% LD + Con, Davey PM: 26% Con + Ref, Badenoch PM: 25% yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

SO good that Mandelson is no longer Ambassador to the US.

Palestine Action hunger striker is ‘struggling to breathe’ As Heba Muraisi enters day 66 of refusing food, the length of Bobby Sands’s strike in 1981, campaigners warn she is at risk of brain damage www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...

Archaeologists discover signs of Roman industrial hub at site in Sunderland

Back in November I told Westminster's women and qualities that the UK government needed to get off X. The committee's chair @sarahowen.org.uk is completely right - X is not an appropriate channel for comms. Quite the opposite

A little New Year's reminder if you haven't already - please sign the petition to #BinTheBeads! 📢Sign the petition here - https://f.mtr.cool/gnbedmrwga 🎥© Kerry Williams

Starmer ABSOLUTELY needs to level with the British public about our national security. ASAP. He has already waited far too long. Hasn’t helped that the UK media has also been VERY slow to accept that the world order has been flipped on its head (present company excluded @stephenkb.bsky.social).

A question the Tories are avoiding: Should Abramovich’s money from the Chelsea sale go to Ukraine? Their silence would be shocking, if you didn’t know their Shadow Attorney General was also Roman Abramovich’s lawyer! My piece with @elliereeves www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tory-f...

Even if the USA does not invade Greenland the fact it is being taken seriously - with all the diplomatic and military pressure that exerts - means the Transatlantic alliance is already effectively over. We have 13 US military facilities in the UK - how do we get rid of them?

Need more eels in your life? Of course you do. Just under a week to go until our online talk on the Somerset Eel recovery Project. Tickets are £10 or free for members, and you can become a member from just £5 a month. Bargain. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eels-are-g...

Also raises questions for nationalist parties across Europe. One of the key planks of modern nationalism was that things were basically secure, major conflicts were a thing of the past, and that Europe would give them a sufficiently large voice. That now only work with a FAR more united Europe.

TBF this also raises serious questions for the Greens. Do they have a serious defence policy? Zac was probably right to begin to float the end of NATO, though he did it at a bad moment and in a clumsy way, but do they have a plan beyond that and good vibes?

The Goldfinch is a beautiful little bird, almost verging on the exotic with its scarlet facemask, vibrant yellow wing feathers and chunky, parrot-like beak. The collective noun for a group of Goldfinches is a 'charm' and it is certainly very apt.  What birds have you spotted this January?

“Grok’s latest behaviour is disgusting, degrading and cannot be allowed to pass without consequence – but it is also an opportunity for Keir Starmer and European leaders. Musk and X have crossed a Rubicon.” www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-s...

And while Trump coerces existing leaders, the US will be helping far-right parties seize power. It's clear Trump wants a white, ethno-nationalist Europe — run by fascist parties that are subservient to US economic interests.