Animals all around the country are being killed using catapults that have been easily bought in shops and online. We need to ban the sale of catapults to those under the age of 18 to stop these horrific killings. Add your name now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

MUST READ: Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England, reports The Graun. Humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish and end to puppy farming also in new package of animal welfare laws. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Major incident declared over Shropshire canal 'sinkhole'

Compiling a list of good things that happened in 2025 and what's striking is that "bad news sells" while stuff like this can get missed almost altogether wmo.int/media/news/s...

✅ YOU DID IT! Snares are to be banned in England! This historic victory means countless animals will be spared horrific suffering. Thank you to everyone who fought for this change. 👉 animalaid.org.uk/news/snares-now-banned-in-england/ #BanSnares #AnimalRights #VictoryForAnimals

🦇 If you are missing a good bat walk then Mark Ferguson's 'Walking with Bats' album is for you:https://markferguson.bandcamp.com/album/walking-with-bats . Through a series of recorded bat walks you will be transported directly to the field, so you can experience the excitement of bat detecting

🦇There are many different ways to help bats. Either by becoming a member, donating, volunteering, raising funds at no extra cost to you, leaving a gift in your will or simply making your garden/green corner more bat friendly. Find out more here: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats

The government is announcing a raft of animal welfare measures that include a ban on trail hunting, claiming they're just a smokescreen that masks the hunting of real animals. Chris Packam talks to Good Morning Britain 👏

"Killing our wildlife for fun is no longer acceptable" @chrisgpackham.bsky.social on the govts newly announced animal welfare strategy #GMB

“January 24, 2020: Documented human to human transmission and an asymptomatic infection” It was known very early on that COVID infections are often asymptomatic (now we know it’s roughly up to half of them). But this fact is now largely memory holed within the general population.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... More good news from Labour 👍

Why does the UK insist on living in the past? The scheme is “Erasmus+”. The “+” is important. Constant reference is made in MSM to “university students”, who indeed were the original beneficiaries of Erasmus, but today’s E+ is highways beyond that now for every student. erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu

Definitely in the 'Early Middle Ages' camp, meself. Can't call it post-Roman, because the empire was still going throughout the entire period (in the East). Great video, though. youtu.be/bw5JL43EZIk

A very disappointing response from a government who is choosing to ignore scientific evidence and advice from @jncc.bsky.social following the seventh quinquennial review of species protections www.gov.uk/government/p...

#HillfortsWednesday & we just put out a new episode on the hillforts of Cornwall! >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd0P... This is the beautiful Bury Down enclosure, with a much fainter but still visible outer bank, south east of Bodmin

As soon as the racist bunting went up and St George crosses were being daubed everywhere, we knew. This was a far-right funded migrant-intimidation campaign, pretending to be about national pride. Never felt less proud. And many have never felt less safe. Disgusting of politicians to endorse it.

Download the latest episode of the #BatChat #podcast. #bars🦇 #wildlife #batsneedfriends

The winter edition of Bat News is packed full of articles about bats and the people dedicated to studying them and protecting them. Join today to receive the magazine three times a year www.bats.org.uk/membership/s...

Good morning #Wülferhampton! 18th December and the Spudvent calendar door reveals Maris Bard An oval-shaped, white-skinned 1st early. Quick to mature, high yielding, good scab resistance with shallow eyes and white flesh. Great for boiling, roasting & salads. One for @themeadhallbard.bsky.social

Is tax theft? Many people think so. In this video, I explain why the popular claim “it’s my money, why should the government take it?” is based on a fundamental mistake. If you care about public services, this is the conversation we need to have. youtu.be/SK-PmfkViDE?...

This enquiry is welcome but far too late and its scope too narrow I was calling for this after the EU referendum back in 2016 Why is the government afraid to seek evidence of Putin's involvement then? The nexus of UKIP/Brexit/Reform and Putin is not a coincidence share.google/NsScp2W5OYHD...

Labour are launching an investigation into historical foreign interference in UK politics. But they are explicitly excluding the Brexit referendum from the investigation. That's like pledging to investigate instances of arson while ignoring the wall of flames spanning the horizon.

A review of foreign interference without looking at Brexit is a bit like reviewing the impact of smoking whilst excluding the heart and lungs.

Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

This #InternationalMountainDay, we’re raising awareness on the importance of mountains and their crucial role in sustaining high altitude ecosystems. Did you know the snow leopard and the manul (Pallas’s cat)—two focal species in our Bhutan Wild Cat Health Project—

Remind me, who was president in 2020? Oh, the *same* Donald J. Trump who is president during this *other* worst year for job growth, you say?

“There have been no findings that any elections to date were affected by foreign interference" THAT’S BECAUSE WE HAVEN’T HAD A REVIEW OF FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN ELECTIONS

Victoria Derbyshire, "The Prime Minister Keir Starmer orders a probe into foreign interference in UK politics" Nick Watt, "It's not about saying did Russia influence the Brexit referendum" Only Labour could run an investigation into foreign interference and ignore Russia's influence on Brexit 🤷‍♂️

So, Trump sues the BBC for $5Bn and puts the technology deal with the UK on hold until the US gets more concessions. Anyone still deluding themselves about that “special relationship”? No. Just the tedious parade of simpering MAGA dickheads - led, of course, by the traitorous Farage.

When will Labour tell Trump where to go? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...

The Donbas isn’t Putin’s end game. If he gets it, he will demand more. We know this from history and we should learn from history. Extract of my doorstep ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council ↓

It's Monday. You might hate your job. But at least you're not a russian general about to tell Putin that you lost the city you've claimed to have captured 4 times.

"Tommy Robinson's nothing more than a f*cking little grifter, it's all it's about, 'send me money, send me money, send me money!'" Billy Bragg commenting on Tommy Ten Names "Unite the Kingdom Xmas Rally" in central London, last Saturday. He's not wrong.

I’ve signed this petition. Hope you do too.

GB News grilled me apparently? Only problem with this is I've never been on their nonsense channel. They lie - obsessively. Help us grow an alternative to all the bollocks: Join.greenparty.org.uk

I have FINALLY found a good use for AI. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDRL...

The Lt. Gov. of Indiana has now deleted this post which confirmed that the Trump admin threatened to withhold federal funding from Indiana if they didn’t gerrymander.

#Butterflies A message our leaders need to act upon. If they ignore it they do so at all our peril. US Techbros are not our friends. Trump is not our friend. Trump's USA is not our friend. MAGA is not our friend. Farage is their friend. #DumpTrump Foil #Farage Exit #Brexit

Woken by an owl calling right outside the window, I go downstairs for a sip of water to find one of the cats has just used the tray: the air is rancid, and a hoooge slug is finishing off the cat food. How did that monster get in? #nightlife

Put a bloody mask on and stay home if you're sick. Your boss might not like it but it's far better than collapsing the NHS (again!) then standing on your doorstep clapping as they die. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Farage thinks I'm a maniac? Starmer thinks the Greens are nuts? Badenoch thinks I'm weird? Join.greenparty.org.uk

They need food. They need medicine. They need shelter. They need water. They need education. They need the very basics. They need peace. High Commissioner @filippograndi.unhcr.org's reflections from Sudan.

"What is emerging about Nigel Farage is not a single stupid comment or heated moment. Former classmates are describing a pattern of behaviour. Not just a bully, but a racist bully of the ugliest kind, directing hatred at black and Jewish pupils as a kind of sport." bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...

This is an extraordinary discovery. Science is showing that _all_ viruses (incl. "mild" ones) can _potentially_ cause permanent damage and/or immune dysregulation. You don't need to "exercise your immune system" by getting sick and you should actively avoid viral infection.

Dear @libdems.org.uk try not to attack Polanski...better to check area polling & reach an accommodation so you don't undermine each other at the next elections. #Butterflies

Labour are attacking Greens. Fine. I have yet to see any party that has entirely affordable aspirations. But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations. Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.

Just started using an old Intel MacBook Pro as my main laptop. Of course, I can't use MacOS, because I'm left-brained, so the first thing I did was rip out the old SSD and put a bigger one in and installed LinuxMint on it. Much easier to use. Nice graphics. It works a lot faster now, too. 🫠