RIP Alex Pretti November 9, 1988 - January 24, 2026 A nurse who exhibited bravery and kindness. Murdered by U.S. government thugs.

It's #BurnsNight so lets talk wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim’rous beasties!🐭 There's 3 wild mice species in Scotland: house, wood (aka field) and harvest. The house mouse has a uniform greyish brown coat, pointed snout and small feet. Usually only found in buildings. Superpower: making a smell!🧵 1/3

. Why do people support or oppose bike lanes? Our research sheds light on public opinion Find out more: theconversation.com/why-do-... #ClimateAction

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs aren’t costs.

There’s no secret cancer cure being hidden by “Big Pharma.” Cancer research is global, complex, and driven by people who dedicate their lives to helping patients. Learn why this myth doesn’t hold up here 👉 scienceupfirst.com/misinformati... #ScienceUpFirst

Cleminson Street, Salford. Salford pioneered play streets, traffic-free from 8am till sunset (borrowed from New York) in the 1930s. Legislation followed: there were 700 in England and Wales in the 1950s, all but forgotten by the 1980s.

I woke up and thought of some of the people who created so much nastiness around Monkey Cage - rich people living luxury lives who found time to be committed to increasing the hate in the world - and I thought how many of them there are as we watch this century’s celebrations of cruelty

Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize

Boom! It's #buyastrangerabook day. People buy each other books cos they can and they're ace! Here's a lovely offer from @mumof3amigos.bsky.social, who'll buy someone the book of their choice, up to £20. So if there's a particular book you're after, get in touch. UK only

Good morning. A regular reminder: a tiny few hoard staggering wealth and own much of the media, while millions struggle to survive. That’s not an accident. It’s a choice made by those in power. Tax wealth. Fund public services. Build an economy for everyone - not the 1%.

Winter of Care & Repair: today's task is cleaning the sticky ficus leaves. The monsteras were much quicker!

Milk delivery, Manchester, 1946 (Daily Mail).

One worth framing 🖼️

Congrats to Macclesfield's Silkmen, beating Crystal Palace in the biggest FA Cup shock of all time. Macclesfield was once the world's largest producer of finished silk, with 5,000 looms and 71 mill factories. Photo of Paradise Mill, now part of the Silk Museum.

Wise words, Steve.

‘Durham’s other cathedral’: mining union hall reopens after £14m restoration. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!

I wish it was as easy to save young lives as it was to mend the 3 items of clothing I saved from landfill *A pocket on my dress *A neckline of a teen's fav top, resewn *The lining of a dress There's a huge sense of achievement in mending that isn't the same as buying a replacement

When the last carols have been sung, the work of Christmas begins. To ensure inclusion for the marginalised. To create liberty to the oppressed. To bring hope to the forgotten. To welcome the refugee. To seek justice for all. That’s the joy and the challenge of 2026!!

A great end to 2025... chatting nineteen to the dozen with @emmalgsutton.bsky.social whilst walking along the beach at Formby.

🥁✨🎉 **My Top Image of the Year · #1 of 10** The jaw-dropping early C16th angel roof at St. Wendreda's in March, Cambridgeshire. Sir John Betjeman said it was “worth cycling forty miles into a headwind to see.” 🤔 He was right.

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Boxing day dawn dip with my besties. It was nithering... but brilliant.

The arrest of Greta Thunberg for peacefully opposing genocide and supporting those on hunger strike is wrongful and disturbing. This is yet another shocking example of the UK’s broad terrorism laws being used to target those exercising their right to freedom of expression and assembly rights.

Happy Christmas, Simon @biggreenbooks.bsky.social & thanks for bringing #BuyAStrangerABook into my life in 2025.

Hope you have a wonderful Christmas, no matter how you choose to spend it.

Ran into @bigissue.com vendor Richard in London today and had to get my hands on the bumper Christmas copy ! Plenty to leaf through over the break , get yours while you can . . .

It's time! #buyastrangerabook

Good point...

Happy Birthday Jane Austen 📚

Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago. His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship." He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

First 10 MSc assessments marked... it's always enlightening to see how my explanations are reinterpreted by students.

Late afternoon view of the sun going down over Morecambe Bay. Taken from Hampsfell near Grange Over Sands #landscapephotography #sunset #uk

“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com

No parent wants this text. Thinking of the Brown University community.

"Please be kind... it costs nothing"... well said Nikita #Strictly

Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more... 🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍

With Dick Van Dyke celebrating 100 years, this reminded me of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.

Early morning swim... it'll be getting lighter soon

You better watch out, You better not cry, You better not pout, I'm telling you why, Big Green Books will post to your town, Big Green Books will post to your town. Now make a long a list, We’ll work out a price. We’ll find lots of books to make you feel nice. Big Green Books can post to your town

Great start to the day!

I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer. @sarahfoxspeaker.bsky.social is offering to buy two or three people the book of their choice. Any book you like. So, if there's a particular book you've been after, get in touch UK only

Santa Claus is coming to town but first he's coming to The Museum of English Rural Life to learn about the history of rural England, research repairs for his sleigh, and have an out-of-body experience buying a tote bag

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Get your orders in before 8th December. I'm buying this for me!

It's Christmas soon. And let's not beat about the bush. I'd quite like to sell as many books to you as I possibly can. So if you'd like to buy a book for yourself or someone else, I think I can probs help you out. Ta

With so much abuse from cis men still covered up , with so much misogyny rife , with anti trans activists starting to turn towards abortion rights - well done to all the bigots who decided relentless abuse of trans kids was the solution #translives