Can't wait for my mum to get her hip replacement online.

Tony Blair has been put in charge of Gaza because he is a corrupt man linked to billionaire US tech firms, Saudi Oil and Blackrock. He is the perfect man to carve up the real estate, oil and gas in Gaza and get the tech in to do it. All while making billions for himself.

🔍 ACT is looking for rope access specialists to manage Rhododendron ponticum control on steep sites near Tayvallich. 🗓️ Tender deadline: 20th October 2025 💰 Estimated value: £200,000 📍 Location: North Knapdale, Argyll Full details on Public Contracts Scotland: buff.ly/zo9T4Ym 📷 Ian Dow/ACT

At last, countries are standing up to Israel www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/the-spanis...

Each defendant spoke to confirm their names in the dock during a preliminary hearing at the Old Bailey. Nixon remained standing in the dock throughout the hearing… holding a white banner with the words “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action”. www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/p...

War criminals are proposing a war criminal as head of.... Gaza. It would be precious comedy if it were not so tragic www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Interested to see how those of us who don't own a smart phone + have no intention of getting one are supposed to use it. You can bet your life they'll farm it out to some IT firm who'll milk us for billions, sell off our personal data + it won't work properly. See Blair's NHS IT for further details

BBC journalist Nick Robinson’s “in-depth” article on “free speech” makes no mention of the 1500 people arrested for holding cardboard signs in recent months… Why would it? It’s only the best UK example of state oppression on rights & freedoms in modern times… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Britain recognises Palestine because we’ve been taking aerial footage of it several times a day for nearly two years!

Thanks very much to Rebecca Yahr for being the local organiser at RGBE, providing the workshop and lab facilities for the enthusiastic group of BLS rhizocarponeering lichenologists from all over GB. #Rhizocarpon #LichenGBI @britishlichensociety.org.uk @thebotanics.bsky.social

We were very pleased to be able to have a look at three separate Rhizocarpon alpicola specimens as we had been looking for this in Langdale. The specimens varied quite a bit and only a few areoles exhibited the classic eyeball of an apothecium surrounded by one areole. #Rhizocarpon #LichenGBI

I don't know how this government could possibly get any worse. 'The budget for classroom courses at HMP Leicester will be cut by 46.5%, another men’s prison is cutting spending by 25%, while a women’s prison is cutting its provision in education by 26%, sources have confirmed.'

Note how the right always *overestimates* the percentage of the population that is transgender (to create transphobic hysteria), while it relentlessly *underestimates* the percentage of the population that is gay (to marginalize gay people).

In other news, bears are continuing to excrete in sylvan environments and pontiffs are being seen at mass

There’s no point in telling Israel it is trashing its good name. No one in Netanyahu’s government cares, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social. It’s time for sanctions—even moderates are calling for them.

This week we've seen many hundreds of Pink-footed Geese flying in over #StKilda from their breeding grounds in Iceland as they return to their UK wintering grounds. Some will no doubt rest a while before continuing their journey. A lone Whooper Swan joined them in the Village on Thursday.

Don't buy apartheid - don't support genocide. Don't buy Israeli products today or any day - or from corporations that are profiting from Israel’s genocide, colonisation and military occupation. palestinecampaign.org/events/20-se...

Explore the web of private ownership that shapes your life within our new project: Who Owns Britain? Our interactive data dashboard and visual essay are available at the link below.

While Elon Musk funds the far right to increase hate & violence and obscure his insatiable greed ... "I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The enemy of the working class travels by private jet, not migrant dinghy." via @zarahsultana.bsky.social

Mass murdering, genocidal orchestrator of political assassinations cries out against political assassination

Govts manage inflation by hiking interest rates, Forces people to hand money to banks, boosts profits, enriches shareholders & execs. Huge wealth transfer. Millions can't pay bills and cut spending. Economy stutters. Why punish low/middle earners? Tax the rich to remove surplus cash.

There is nowhere safe to go in Gaza. Israeli forces have ordered thousands of Palestinians in Gaza City to evacuate as the military prepares another major assault. States should act to prevent genocide in Gaza and press Israel to reverse course.

Right now, Scottish Ministers are deciding if Coul Links will become a golf course. As well as a globally-protected habitat, these Highland dunes are home to informal paths & the John o' Groats Trail, which up to 7 holes would cross. ✍️ Please, act to #SaveCoulLinks: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

"Regarding the relationship between burning and wildfire, there is evidence that out-of-control burns are a cause of wildfire in the UK, particularly in the uplands". raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/08/c...

Fantastic news! Defra Ministers listened to the science rather than the hysteria & rhetoric of the grouse shooting industry. Ban comes in to force 30 Sept 2025. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/09/m...

On this day in 1966, Star Trek first beamed into living rooms across America. None of us could have imagined then the journey it would set us on. And not just the cast and crew, but the millions of fans who would find hope, inspiration, and community in its vision of the future.

Remember the 'boat people' presented by the media as 'brave freedom seekers escaping a vicious and oppressive communist regime' How times change ... www.facebook.com/tatwalay/pos... via Tat Wa Lay

Slugs tend not to get much love compared to the likes of butterflies, birds, or flowers. But maybe this gorgeously patterned leopard slug I met on the rainforest floor might help change that, just a bit? And remember: everything in nature is there for a reason, playing a part in the ecosystem. 🌎

Well there you go, Angela. You can betray all your principles and bend over backwards in an attempt to mollify right-wing scum and they'll still knife you the first chance they get. You cannot appease these arseholes, you have to fight them

On the same day in the Telegraph:

"We are the patriotic party" says Nigel Farage, who just spent the past few days slagging off his own country to a foreign superpower, while encouraging them to impose sanctions on our economy if we don't do what they say

This is wonderful. I'd give my right arm to have had such an opportunity in the past. Share far and wide please. #lichengbi #lichen #lichens

JK Rowling is threatening to sue our founder Jo Maugham unless we back down. We look forward to seeing them in court.

Every council home sold without replacement deepens the housing crisis. Selling off our safety net while people face record waits and sky-high rents is indefensible. We need a government that will build public homes and protect them for the future not continue to sell them off!

History shows it clearly: austerity creates the conditions in which fascism thrives. When governments strip away public services, weaken safety nets and deepen inequality, people lose hope in democracy and turn to authoritarian “strongmen.” youtu.be/UMa-aZVLI6I?...

Every day the government delays banning the sale of peat compost means more carbon lost to the atmosphere from this appalling practice www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/vast-ar...

This is an absolutely beautiful presentation, from a gifted educator. 💚🌱

Bit of a tip off: RNLI are running a sale on Christmas cards. It’s never too early to get ready to send any Reform UK supporting friends and family a greeting that will really touch them: shop.rnli.org/collections/...

Israel is committing war crimes every day why isn't that headline news every day ...

"Hamas is not Al Qaeda.. Hamas and other armed Palestinian factions in the modern era have not engaged in a single attack outside of the boundaries of historic Palestine. They view themselves as a national liberation movement first and foremost" @jeremyscahill.com from @dropsitenews.com

Waiting for that tipping point when most sensible people realise that transporting a single 80kg person in 2.5 tonnes of SUV was not the height of technical advancement but peak stupidity for the human race. Tax SUVs out of existence

The Thirst of AI The problem isn’t just electricity. AI data centres also consume vast amounts of water to cool their servers. A 100MW data centre can use up to 2 million litres of water every day—the same as thousands of households. Free to read on my Substack. bsky.app/profile/euro...

Real ship timbers! Dated 953-65 and from an English ship built in the south-east. Reused in the walling of a Viking-era house on Hungate, York. Currently on display at the Yorkshire Museum.

As the last light of day faded, the #aurora came out to play. #uist

Here are a couple of interesting Lepraria species seen recently in Cumbria, L rigidula on sheltered acid bark in a rare upland oak wood showing long hyphae sticking out, and L neglecta in exposed spot on boulder top in montane habitat, about 850m. #lichengbi

Lough Neagh and its one out-flowing river, the Bann (pictured), are a warning of where Ireland's water bodies are headed without action on excess nutrients: beautifully rich ecosystems turned into slimey, dying, stinking, open sewers. All so a few people can make money pumping out livestock shit.