Shall we have another Justsmudge fascinating fact? 🌹🌱 Roses 🌱🌹 We've all seen them, stories tell tales of them, even the Bible blames Eve on rose thorns!💃 But did you know that rose fossils have been found in the USA confirming that they existed 35 million years ago? That's even older than me ☕

Hellebore time #gardensky 🌱

"The lovely flowers embarrass me, They make me regret I am not a bee –" ~ Emily Dickinson 🌱 #MagentaMonday #Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport 🐝

Thistle and Dragonfly. Jacques Le Moyne (c.1533-1588). © The Trustees of the British Museum. 🌿 #SciArt #Invert #MagentaMonday 🌱

Can confirm I was scared the entire time I was on this - but was so worth it for the views! Recommend!! 📍Ben Nevis

The plan for ethnic cleansing and colonisation - as you neglected to describe it.

When someone says we are going to build Nuclear to 'protect our energy supply' and you find out it will take 20-25 years and cost 10x as much per Watt as Renewable. Do you not realize it is a scam?

Our tax system needs radical rethinking – not tinkering over costs www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...

AND "A publicly-owned company to make cheap generic versions of medicines deemed prohibitively expensive to #NHS which will necessitate setting a review of drug patents" like we could have had under #JeremyCorbyn!🙏 www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

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Yuck. He'll fit right in at Mar-A-Washington.

'Now Faragism is morphing into something beyond being a powerful manipulative fringe, and Labour and the Conservatives are falling over each other to compete with each other in mimicking and matching it.' Mike Small, via @bellacaledonia.bsky.social. bellacaledonia.org.u...

HALFTIME: Italy 16-3 Wales

Oakenshott was trending so this deserves a reshare. Dubai Doris getting burnt.

Trump's new "plan" to takeover Gaza is incredibly dumb

EXC: The forfeiture committee is looking into stripping former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg of his MBE following his domestic abuse conviction www.scotsman.com/news/politic...

Hold on, Labour just appointed the former head of tech monopoly Amazon to lead... the competition watchdog It's dystopian that the government is putting an ex-Amazon boss in charge of the Competition and Markets Authority. But hey - that's Labour... www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

The End Game? Thames Water restructuring deal would provide £1.5bn now, potentially rising to £3bn. Already has £19bn debt. Customer bills will rocket. New money would pay adviser fees, existing interest charges, leaving £500m in usable cash. And after that? End the Ponzi scheme. Nationalise

Keir Starmer must speak out. David Lammy must speak out. Another red line crossed - they must condemn Donald Trump's plans.

Stupid Idea. King’s Cross to remove trains from departure board three minutes before they leave. So people make a mad dash, go to wrong platforms, to find train cancelled/delayed. Want to reduce rush - need to run more trains, affordable prices, punctual, better infrastructure.

Me last night: Maybe this week’s column was a bit harsh on Labour. Perhaps they’ll start to see disability benefits in a more nuanced way and respect the people relying on them. Labour this morning:

A rogue state where robbers run security ...

Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die, says Gordon Brown #USAID www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Hey Keir Starmer, You’re supporting this. You must be very proud.

"It’s sometimes said that courage is contagious, but cowardice and cravenness can be, too. Soon it may be unusual and even more perilous for a news organization to protest when it is accused by the president of reportorial recklessness, however outlandish the charge might be."

This man was unanimously approved in the senate.

Just heard that the Head of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation described the phrase ‘illegally occupied Palestinian Territories’ as an "antisemitic expression". Does he realise he just called the International Court of Justice antisemitic? WTF happened to Australia's establishment?

“In Glasgow, ‘how’ means ‘why’? You do not ponder why. You demand HOW?” – Kevin Bridges

My government is right behind the renewable energy revolution which is bringing jobs and investment all over Scotland. Anas Sarwar wants me to support ultra-expensive nuclear plants, but let me make this crystal clear: we will not be doing that. The future is with renewables.

7/ We need to make sure as many MPs attend my Bills’ debate as possible. Tell your MP to show up for our water now: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

Imagine being in a "Labour" government, and looking at Reform UK and saying "We need to be more like them". What happened? Labour have lost their way... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Thiel's Palantir is a vulture waiting to pick over the dismembered carcass of the American government. "We love disruption, and whatever is good for America will be good for Americans and very good for Palantir," The oligarchs are busy enriching each other. www.businessinsider.com/palantir-ceo...

Hands up if you remember Starmer pledging NOT to increase Council Tax? This is not the first U-turn, or broken promise from this shower of Starmerite shitheads - and it probably won't be the last, writes @wordsbyhg.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

I just don't buy it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Trump is letting the richest man in the world wreak havoc on our government. It's unconstitutional and it's dangerous. Democrats must fight back. And that starts by voting no on his nominees. I urge my colleagues to join me. We cannot confirm any more of Trump's chaos cabinet.

The Government are not even hiding their dealings anymore. A mass zoom call this morning with arms companies & oil giants: All in the name of growth. Regular calls with teachers or nurses? No. Just the people destroying society. ✍🏼 - @ethanshone.bsky.social www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...

If you know people in Kansas or the area, consider warning them.

“For Scotland, the real prize, of course, is to become a member state in our own right for the first time. It is striking that EU countries very similar to Scotland enjoy higher productivity and greater equality than the UK” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The trains in the south are broken, just watched a young couple who needed to get from Cornwall to Crew, Train £200 1 way each, so they fly from England 2 Malaga, then Malaga 2 Manchester, cost £19+£35 each. That's nuts. 😳

In their 2024 manifesto Labour promised to 'champion Scotland,' now they're scaling back community investments. Labour's manifesto wasn't about 'Change' - it was about short-changing Scotland. As Burns said, 'An honest man's word is his bond' - if only Labour knew the meaning.

Disability benefits provide positive boost to the economy, research finds www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disability-b...