Birds seen today: 33 Canada goose 25 mallard 5 black-headed gull 25 redwing 5 song thrush 8 robin 43 carrion crow 1 blackbird 3 auras of wren 6 small brown and distant 14 tiny indeterminate flitters 6 quivering bush 4 fuck knows 7 come out of there and show your face you little bastard

More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland. They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”

What twaddle. I’m baffled by this nonsense that NATO is DOOMED. The US was an important member in the days when they could be trusted not to renege on treaties. Without them, NATO will change and evolve, of course, but still continue with the other 31 members, and probably bring in more.

This week's #SundayPix is Birthday, as its my youngest's birthday! Hubby has just put up bunting & balloons. The hashtag will be #SundayPixBirthday

Or this vintage look floral sofa

Or this one which comes with drawers to keep Dreamies and a nip stash also 30% off

Only 3 cat sofas left, more coming soon, but the ones I’ve got now are all reduced in price. Like this green velvet chaise long 30%off #Caturday #Catsofbluesky #UkMakers #UkMakersHour craftysharp.etsy.com

You KNEW it would get this bad. What you didn't know is that it would affect you as well..."Too late, too late, shall be the cry."

He needs ribbons and a sheet @skullsandsheets.bsky.social

Probably a bit late in the day to be mentioning it, but if you're able to pop along to Up the Creek comedy club* tonight, you'll get to see us doing our thing alongside a whole bunch of other legends. It could/should/will be a lot of fun. *In London. Centre of the universe.

"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."

I didn’t even know they’d got engaged.

9/10 on today’s Quiz of the Day, and kicking myself because I would have had a fair chance of getting the Egypt question right if I’d bothered to stop and think it through. quizoftheday.co.uk

Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’ “A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles” BELGIAN WHISTLES

‘Defecting to the reform party’ is a polite euphemism for telling guests at a dinner party that you need to go for a poo. “I’d love to hear all about your holiday in Sardinia but first I just need to defect to the reform party”

The producers of #BargainHunt really need to sort themselves out on the transport to auction. Yet again an item has a piece missing, damaging its sale price, and I’ve lost count of how often something is “damaged in transit”. And their “insurance estimate” system is a total stitch up.

No, I will not “shut up” about “AI” being an ecology-wrecking fascist grift, and honestly I judge anyone who asks me to do so.

Neil Coyle MP has written a brutal takedown letter to Nigel Farage for his breach of parliamentary protocol, because Farage visited Coyle's London constituency without notifying him. 10/10 no notes. (H/T @simonpegg.bsky.social)

Neil Coyle, MP for Bermondsey & Old Southwark, didn't mess about in a letter to Farage explaining Parliamentary procedure...

Whoever came up with the name “Ewok Powell” to describe Tommy Robinson should take the rest of the year off.

Holy crap there's a new poll for Wales and it is crazy. It puts Plaid well ahead of Reform with the Greens beating Labour. The results of this YouGov/ITV Cymru Wales/Cardiff Uni were: Plaid 37% (+7) Reform 23 (-6) Green 13 (+7) Labour 10 (-4) Conservatives 10 (-1) Lib Dem 5 (-1) Other 2 (-2) 1/3

Connections #947 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🥳

Self-assessment done!!

Some resources for turning it off so you never have to look at it. support.google.com/websearch/th... www.androidauthority.com/how-to-turn-... www.cnet.com/tech/service...

Malcolm Nance making a stand for reality

3 of these footstools left. Now 40%off craftysharp.etsy.com/listing/4409...

The UK National Health Service has very clear information on all major medical conditions. It is browsable by all Never EVER rely on an LLM for health advice www.nhs.uk/conditions/

That such a thread is necessary really brings home how extreme and shocking the situation is in the US.

A new Walter Presents series starts tonight at midnight on Channel 4: The Ring.

Reform UK: last refuge of a scoundrel. Of you’re wondering what’s in it for Reform, it’s a useful cover for their innate racism. Zahawi et al are being used as beards (in old gay parlance).

@kathleen2000.bsky.social Haven’t seen you for a while, Fisher. Is everything okay?

Early warning time for #SundayPix Today is bright and sunny but so much of the winter is grey and dull, and we need light. It could be natural, artificial, or your favourite lampshade, just brighten everyone's day please. Use #SundayPixLight

Accidentally clicked on Inside the Factory (BBC). I was about to switch over when they started a biscuit dunking test, so obviously had to stay for that. Digestive v Rich Tea v Oatmeal. All scientific in a lab and that 🧪

Bit of a late one… Nanight x

The oak is completely nude, and appears to be doing an erotic dance for a new audience of moles.

If a Pakistani Muslim owned X, distributed indecent images of girls on a platform where govt do their PR, where some receive payments for posts, they would have distanced themselves by now. X would be shutdown and Braverman and Farage would be calling for a ban and investigation into Pakistani men.

Stop. Anthropomorphising. AI. It can't "lie", any more than it can apologise, or tell the truth. It isn't human; it doesn't have agency or intent. It doesn't know what lying is; it doesn't have human emotions or motivations. Grok is a shit tool with zero guardrails, made deliberately so by humans.

Had some amusement today. I was taking an Etsy item I’d sold, to deliver by hand — very delicate porcelain and the address not too distant, so treated it as a couple of hours out rather than risk damage in the post. My friend C came with me as we like to go on a Mission when we can. 1/3

I’ve had my Sainsbury’s/Nectar 2025 Annual Review. I’m the NUMBER 1 BUYER of middle-cut bacon! Not just in the store… Not just in the town… …In THE WHOLE OF WALES 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🥓 🥓 🥓 💅

A New York Times video analysis of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s account. Watch our investigation here.

Drivers in Wales are being urged to cash in on car insurance savings, ahead of an expected rise in other motoring costs later this year

Everyone seems to forget that those were her salad days.

I see that the Temu Astrid has been given a second series. What a shame that the money for it wasn’t put to better use.

For South Wales Valleys people 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Pontypridd is completely gridlocked at the junction with the A470. Such a backlog that we can’t even get out of Sainsbury’s car park (15 minutes and counting).

Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy

Why the fuck have I woken up with Jingle Bell Rock as an earworm? Piss off, stupid brain 🧠

BREAKING NEWS: Trump’s forces have kidnapped Popeye’s girlfriend.

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