The gentle kiss of dawn. I haven't left the house since my surgery on Tuesday. This morning I persuaded my husband who was of course delighted to be woken up at 04.30am to drive me up to a lane nearby Glastonbury Tor 😂. The colour in the sky was just beautiful to see and it was so good for my soul.

I just signed Foxglove's petition to Andy Burnham: if you become our next PM, get Palantir out of our NHS. A secretive US spy tech firm with deep Trump ties has no business holding our health data. Add your name: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...

When I look back, I still think it was terrible the way Lance Armstrong was treated. Especially after all his achievements, winning 7 Tour de France races while on drugs. When I was on drugs I couldn't even find my bike.

Wishing a big happy birthday to the late great Slim Pickens. Born this day in 1919, he had parts in Dr Strangelove and Blazing Saddles, amongst many more.

Zoë Garbett mayor of Hackney debates Rees-Mogg on 💰💰💰 priorities. JRM demands we spend on battleships, not protecting rainforest. ZG exposes his idiocy. UK security also depends on stable climate - denying climate change also denies food production could collapse on a seesaw of floods & drought.

A nun, vicar and a rabbit go for a blood test. The nurse says to the rabbit 'what blood group are you?' The rabbit replies, 'I think I'm a typo'.

Good morning Bluesky ☀️ Start the week with a thoughtful poem by John Hegley called 'amoeba'.

I'm a big fan of Shakespearean haikus.

Imagine having to do this every time you take the Lambo around to Lidl

This is what Ormskirk parkrun looks like before the crowds rock up. Sky got out of bed wrong side yesterday but that suited us just fine, so did the gentle breeze. If you've never run or walked or volunteered at parkrun, give it a try. Oh, and it's free 😃 www.parkrun.org.uk

So amazing.

Let’s get rid

REVOLTING RAGS Badenoch now writes headlines for Mail on Sunday. Does she get royalties? Smearing minister for making a profit on sale of her council house. I wonder how much profit we are talking about, £5M maybe? Room left to call for the public stoning of H & M who the paper despises 🤢

REVOLTING RAGS What a horrible shit rag of an excuse for news. Nick Thomas-Symonds splashed on front page in a sex pest story, where the report itself says he was cleared of wrongdoing. Still worth front page headline, cos, oo'er madam, no smoke without fire. (Last para in Frankie Howerd voice)

Springy door stops are a perfect gift for your pet. Two hours of this and her anger management tissues were no more.

Good morning Bluesky ☀️ And remember, we're all the same, more or less

Many versions of McArthur Park can be found, ranging from Donna Summer to Frank Sinatra. Obviously, the best version is from Jimmy Webb. Achingly beautiful piano. I could swing for him. youtu.be/73v1RqRPKGk?...

The history of the French Navy is long and proud. Its motto, "To sea, the hour has come!" Translates from the French "À l'eau, c'est l'heure!"

Paddle boarding is growing in popularity, but did you know the name comes from an old French saying "Pas d'elle yeux Rhône que nous". Eat your heart out Suzie Dent...

Palaeontologists painstakingly uncovering the find of the century, a fully adult Iconoclasm.

It's much too hot and I'm fed up taking a desk fan around the house with me, I need more. Just been on a really unhelpful website called Only Fans. Letting you know so you don't make the same mistake that I did 😱

Which ones should've been drowned at bury?

Oh yeah😄

Does anyone know if Sir Oliver Dowden is still in politics? Not seen him for a while 🤔

This is going to be a bit tricky because he's "in exile" in Russia

Good morning Bluesky ☀️

BREAKING: hopes are now fading in the search for Brexit benefits.

Department of Homeland Security is asleep on the job. How the hell did they let the terrorist from the Nakatomi Plaza into the country, posing as the head coach of the Ecuadorian football team? I'm pretty sure it's him...

Spectacular Mobula Rays

I love the scene in Starman where Jeff Bridges explains the rules of traffic lights. youtu.be/XX9ijD-0Rw4?...

DJT's descent into bewilderment. Notable that his cabinet sat patiently through this inane rambling, even laughing when they thought they should. Depressingly weak, simpering behaviour from grown men and women. youtu.be/1pRcmAIy5yo?...

What a surprise… NHS England has acknowledged that some identifiable patient data is accessible to fucking Palantir staff – not just NHS staff, as intended. www.ft.com/content/9348...

Everyone enjoying the heat wave?

Many people are unsure about exactly how trickle down economics works and I hope this will enlighten you. Think of it like we're buying a Michelin star meal for Jeff Bezos every night. Then every once in a while, he'll let one of us lick the plate. Hope that's cleared that one up 😇

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TOP TIPS FOR STORMTROOPERS: turn your helmet upside down to instantly improve your popularity.

Badenoch stands shoulder to shoulder with Farage, US anti-abortion nutters and European far right climate change deniers at ARC. Funded by fossil fuel businesses, they're taking turns to portray Ed Miliband as a villain. The irony is lost on no one.

Good morning Bluesky ☀️

Reform UK defends its selection process amid accusations that Rob Kenyon was a bit lacking

It's just one long stream of BS from these fossil fuel-backed clowns. Adopting their policies would destroy a million jobs (see next post) while creating almost none in return. Total environmental and social vandalism. The absolute state of "conservatism". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Palestine the best well documented genocide in history , yet the most denied 💔😪🤬🇮🇱♾️

The comments at the end of this interview caused some tears, at least up here in the frozen North. Huge expectations on Andy Burnham to put this matter right, next to a list of other abominations in the British justice system.

Found him!

It was a misty start to the day here in Glastonbury today. I love it up there when it is misty, it changes constantly as the mist flows across the ground below and around and through the tower.

Badenoch plays the pantomime villain with far too much flair. She's so easy to dislike.

Badenoch hobnobbing with Farage & various Trump backing populists at a Far Right Jamboree in London. The usual topics will be aired, abortion, multiculturalism, that sort of thing. The main focus of their hatred is Ed Miliband. Bloody climate change believer 😡 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Workers refilling the Earth's core with molten lava during the Great Lava Shortage of 1912