Whenever someone mocks “science for science’s sake”, I point them to discoveries like this one — which literally emerged from looking at common dirt. Seeking knowledge is a process and an ethos. The wider our horizons, the more we can see. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons to want more walkable cities.

#PoisonedPlanet, with #PlanetaryBoundaries exceeded and #PublicHealth facing so many threats www.dw.com/en/is-rare-e...

A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina. The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.

The Butterfly Conservation Christmas Gift Guide has landed! 🎁✨ Treat the nature lover in your life while helping vulnerable butterfly and moth species across the UK. Find the perfect gift 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/christmas-gift-guide

What a week! Where to start? Malign influences abound. There's the Coup at No. 10... POTUS & the BBC.. or should that be Robbie Gibb & Micheal Prescott at the Beeb? Closer to home we have vigilantes, a stunned Farage & antics in councils. If only it was a rerun of the Bobby Ewing shower scene..

Nevermind humanoid robots... it's the robot wolves we may need to be most scared of...

The Wildlife Trusts have launched The Great Big Nature Survey. They want to hear from YOU to help them understand how the UK connects with nature & help them see the bigger picture. Have your say today 👉 www.wildlifetrusts.org/great-big-na...

Leslie Cater watched two Bitterns perform their courtship display – something few people ever see. Half an hour of slow, beautiful ritual. He'll never forget it. 💛 eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...

Thanks to the @rspb.bsky.social and @naturalengland.bsky.social the Bittern is now often heard booming out at sites like @rspbminsmere.bsky.social ... do read 👇

The booming Bittern is an elusive bird. Leslie Cater's passion for birdwatching the UK's loudest bird was rewarded by a rarely seen courtship dance. Read on to also share this moment...

I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job. To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.

To so many of us, Europe is more than a place, it’s a part of who we are. Hear what the public had to say when we went out and asked them what Europe means to them.

Shocking news.... US soldiers stationed in Germany being advised to go and use a foodbank & social benefits supplied by an EU country. The ongoing consequences of Trump and the US government shutdown.

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Time to celebrate, dear readers, as we at the Muckrakers Arms raise a glass on our 200th diary edition 🥂🍻 To celebrate, we turn our steely eye to observe the LibDems, Farage, Badenoch, & Cllr Wortley's antics at Broxbourne... & ponder if Mamdani’s win across the pond will have ripples here...

"She [Reeves] suggested that previous governments had failed to face challenges, prioritising political convenience over national interest" An accusation that could well be laid at Reeves own door... After all, the Sue Grey sh*t list gave fair warning of parlous state of some public services.

The Bear reminds us Movember is upon us. Beneath the cheeky posters & fundraising stunts it is about men’s health, physical and mental. East Anglia is blessed with the Norfolk Clubhouse - an 'enlightened model giving purpose to life' says Sir Norman Lamb, of its approach to mental health support.

With NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani calling for a new kind of politics, Guy Anthony Ayres considers what future the Democratic Party could offer Americans.

Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...

Do read 👇 if only to view the very impressive video clip of Zack Polanski There is hope. And hope is most definitely needed in our current politics.

Pylons.... a very contentious issue for East Anglia as residents fear scarring of landscape from the proposed 50m pylons to bring windfarm energy south - see🧵 But does Austria provide a possible solution?

Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Hedgerows need careful management for the benefit of the hedge & wildlife. An excellent video 👇 explaining that repeated annual cutting to same level won't allow blossom & fruits to develop nor benefit the hedgerow. Do watch & share.

Today shows how urgent modernisation of Parliamentary procedure is. Farage dominating headlines and social media with a Parliamentary tool that no one understands and has no actual weight but which has clearly frightened people.

A wonderful article on Royal privilege & the colossal resources of the British monarchy. Resources that in my own opinion should be national not private assets. It is time for the Royal Collection of art in particular to be in public ownership & used for the nation's benefit.

King Charles III will unveil a memorial to LGBTQ+ military personnel who faced intrusive investigations, dismissal & in some cases imprisonment until 2000 when the ban on being gay was lifted. The ban had devastating consequences for many, as this writer reveals...

Can someone explain why someone from the losing party in the Caerphilly by-election is invited onto Sky News and not someone from the party that trounced them? Hey Oligarchs, your bias for far-right chaos is showing.

"Tesco has upgraded its earnings outlook for the year, with expectations of full-year profits of between £2.9bn and £3.1bn." Lidl revealed its "pre-tax profits hit £156.8m in the year to 28 February, up from £43.6m a year earlier." Yet prices are expected to go up... Via BBC News

Why buy Hallowe'en webs when those that live with you make them for free??!!

More scenes from Southend's Hallowe'en parade of weird, wonderful & scary creatures

Southend's Hallowe'en parade 2025

Last night Southend delighted bystanders with a very impressive Hallowe'en parade of creatures scary, creepy and highly colourful Images from Anna Moore - more in 🧵

So confused.... are we approaching Hallowe'en or Christmas...

Nigel Farage promised that Reform councils would cut local government "waste" in order to slash taxes. Now the party's flagship Kent administration is set to actually raise taxes and has just started asking opposition parties for help after failing to identify the millions in savings they promised

Look at that... soo close to 1,000 people chipping in to help out. Please help @bylinesnetwork.co.uk get over that mark!! --> chuffed.org/project/byli...

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

I’ve always been a centrist, but after the fin crisis, Brexit, covid, Johnson, Trump, AI and tech bros and approaching 80 I’m moving leftward. Trickle down was a con, privatisation a rip off, grotesque wealth has created a class completely insulated from ordinary folks with politics in its thrall

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" #Wildlife doesn’t live in spreadsheets. Every species depends on real, living places... By moving from local, site-specific protection to a national compensation scheme, the Government risks destroying the very habitats these species need to survive.." www.somersetwildlife.org/blog/debbie-...

"Opposition parties need a leader, not just a platform, and here are my thoughts as to who will inspire and lead America into a true golden age of prosperity for all" writes Guy Anthony Ayres The same is true for the UK as @bearlypolitics.co.uk wrote...

Ah the challenges of a modern world and digital exclusion. Age Concern is campaigning for a more accessible world & we have written about it... The cartoon 👇 may be funny, the reality not.

Weary as we are of politics and disheartening news, Guy Anthony Ayres has decided to share a breath of fresh air and hope for a brighter future.....

Can’t say we weren’t warned. Who will the electorate blame if the price rises are sustained? Who will they turn to voting-wise?

Business as usual = climate breakdown = economic and societal collapse

Chris Hinchliff (North East Hertfordshire) said bottom trawling was the “underseas equivalent of ploughing a bulldozer through a wildflower meadow”. “Once these species are gone, they’re gone forever.."

Zack Polanski, "1 in 3 children are living in poverty, meanwhile, billionaire wealth goes up collectively by £35 million every day" "It's about making sure we tax wealth, not work"

‘The cars just turn them into mush’: can Britain’s toads be saved from traffic and terrible decline?

Art makes you feel, writes Tom Haczewski. Content makes you click. AI is turning creativity into fast food for your brain.