Pics from the dog walk this morning

Boo fucking hoot. 😭 Hope he is in a lot of pain

As much as I loved hearing that Belgium had thrashed the USA in the World cup, it will be as nothing compared to the delight I will feel if Count Binface beats C*nt Toadface in the Clacton by election.

Nigel Farage has failed people in Clacton. Im certain I've done more work than him in the four months I've been here than he's done in two years. People in Clacton deserve so much more than this shameful stunt.

This #book was a huge undertaking. I spent far more hours working on it than I can possibly justify. 😂 #BookSky 500 pages with 330+ photographs. History of #Repertory #Theatre at the Manor Pavilion #Sidmouth #Devon www.theatreplays.uk/product/come...

USA absolutely steamrollered by Belgium reminds me of Jesse Owens at the Munich Olympics. No, America is not "exceptional" Americans are not Ubermensch And, yes, it is hard not to see it as karma; schadenfreude in fact. #DumpTrump

I know I am probably daft but I do love it when I hear a man casually refer to their husband without missing a beat and nobody reacts at all. I don't react either, not outwardly, but it makes me smile inside. We have come a long way since my childhood. It's not perfect but it is better. 🏳️‍🌈

This is exactly why we have Pride. Because a few years ago this would have just been a hateful fringe figure - but this is where our politics is heading with a Government that kertows. We will resist. And bring hope (*and* electing progressive politicians.) We will win. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

It's market day again at South Molton pannier market. I have my new permanent pitch. If you are in North Devon this morning or Saturday morning do come and say hi and buy a book.

Given trans people are less than 1% of the population, getting it wrong 4% of the time means you are 4x as likely to misgender a cis woman than spot someone is trans. This is without accounting for the effects of hormones, surgery etc. Absolute madness from the EHRC chair. A "human rights" body.

Hear hear. What we should NOT have is racists running our cities. We have to stop the ugly creeping cancer of fascism that is trying to destroy Britain. We have to #VoteGreen or at least NOT vote Reform, Restore, Conservative, or Labour the big four fascist parties.

It’s that time of year that we momentarily forget the joys of owning bluebell woodland, and focus on the back breaking work of collecting by hand tens of thousands of seeds We then manually sow them where there are gaps before heading to A&E with severe back pain

We should allow asylum seekers to work – so that they can support themselves and become part of our communities. It’s these common sense solutions, not more performative cruelty, that will fix our broken migration system. metro.co.uk/2026/07/01/z...

CIS author here just spreading the word.

I don't buy into the, 'It's a sign of our dizzying national decline that Hammersmith bridge can't be used by motor vehicles' narrative. It's a 19th century grade II* listed suspension bridge, which simply won't take the cumulative weight of an endless succession of (up to) 18-tonne laden buses.

The critical thing to understand about this air conditioning debate is that fossil fuel companies should be held accountable for destroying the planet.

I am never fooled by these scams because I have been doing this long enough to know that nobdy gives a damn about my writing. Be humble and remember nobody is seeking out your book unless you are already famous. NOBODY

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... It’s not just 18- 24 yr olds though @pollytoynbee.bsky.social - it’s ppl in their 30’s (some are older) who’ve been screwed by the loans system, started work after the 2008 crash which yr on yr affected the employment market and made worse by Brexit (+ Covid).

Appalled when I heard this. You are not allowed to work until we say you can stay, but then if we say you can stay you have to pay what is effectively a fine for not working. #FascistLabour

The Green Party is clear on what real change looks like: • Proportional representation • Taxing billionaire wealth • No new oil and gas • Public ownership of water • Rent controls • Ending arms sales to Israel

It's such an easy win too. Leisure centres. Community centres. Train stations. I despair at the ignorance.

"We've got to step up action, not only to avoid the very worst impacts of climate breakdown, but also to adapt our society." Adrian Ramsay calling for action to both tackle and prepare for the climate crisis, on LBC.

Rachel Millward is spot on and I don't know how she can keep calm when faced with such utter ignorance.

Holocaust deniers are scum. No doubt. But people who accept that holocaust deniers are scum, while they themselves deny the reality of the current Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, are absolute uber scum.

Yes this is a real story. He’s being told that organising a group to clean River Roding is illegal. The environment agency is the one threatening him.

Just want to say well done to the Men's England football team. It can't be easy in the shadow of the UEFA champions of 2022 and 2025. Facing all the criticisim; "why aren't they fixing the car or mowing the lawn?" etc. But fair play, the men's team are doing their best.

They came for Extinction Rebellion ...

Few people understand the scope of the powers UK governments have granted themselves, to criminalise us as terrorists for expressing an opinion. Fewer still understand how illiberal the Court of Appeal judgement is. But @davidallengreen.bsky.social does.🧵 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

“It’s build, build, build – but build what? It’s build luxury, unaffordable homes that aren’t solving the problems of ordinary people,” Read the full article at the link in the thread 🔗

Labour. What is the point if they are just going to ape Reform? #VoteGreen join.greenparty.org.uk This planet is dying and only the Green Party will do anything about it

Oh my god this guy is a legend. I am welling up. If only America could elect people like this in every state at every level

Fuck @altnoaa.bsky.social all the way to hell

Important point: the proposed UK law to ban Conversion Practices has a massive, fatal loophole for anyone claiming to be doing it as a "healthcare" practitioner. The existing law in France:

And yet the parties which say they would rejoin are among the least popular in polls. Green Party, Lib Dems, SNP and (I think) PC, totalling about a third of national polling. Why won't people VOTE for the policies they WANT?

Just heard someone on the radio talking about football say "This is not a game." YES ... IT IS!

Stalagmites form in the strangest places

UN finds that Israel has committed genocide by deliberately murdering children. This should be frontpage news of every single newspaper, but it won't be. Meanwhile silence from out government who have supported the genocide without qualification. Support for Israel should come with jail time.

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

New book has arrived. Only 100 copies of this. It will be a paperback after this sells out. Which it will. bluepoppypublishing.co.uk/product/the-... £12 until the official launch date 30th June

The most bombed countries in the last 50 years are all Muslim. But somehow Muslims are the terrorists?

The answer is we MUST hold the next general election under PR. Never again can a man with such little vision be handed so much power to squander. The people’s voice should always be the loudest voice in the rooms of Government.

Blimey. It’s all going on with Liebour at the moment 🤦

Althugh woe betide you if you get Woolfardisworthy wrong. 🤣 ... It's pronounced Woolsery! 😉

If you are looking for a small publisher in the South West ( #UK that is) check out Road Song Books roadsongbooks.com ... as well as me obviously, but I am not the only game in town. 🙂 We are all on the same journey. These guys have the right approach.

Exactly. I'm ashamed to admit to owning more than one and rarely using them. It requires a sea change in our social paradigm.

I would have enough money to pay an artist to illustrate my fully finished and edited children's book which is the fourth in a series and the best so far. I would then have time to work on book five.

I kinda have to seriously question anyone who still have a significant presence on twitter. Every kind thought, every nice comment by anyone is inevitably met with hate, and racism, homophobia, and more are just around the corner. Other platforms ad dicey, Twitter is just grotesque. 1/

"Like Gorton and Denton, this is going to be a straight race between the Green Party, with our message of joy and hope, and the toxic, divisive politics of Reform." Geraldine Coggins on the Greater Manchester Mayoral election being a fight between the Greens and Reform.

Library of things really should be more common. Every household owning, for example, a hedge trimmer is, frankly, stupid. How many of us have a ladder that gets used once or twice a year?

Apparently, according to one commenter on the news just now, Starmer will act in the country's best interests. "Acting In The Country's Best Interests" - Keir Starmer? I suppose there is a first time for everything. Burnham will not be much of an improvement, mind.