This interview with Brazil’s President Lula is the best, most clear-sighted thing I’ve heard to date. Lula sees Trump clearer than anyone and minces no words. I applaud him. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Ms. Austen would be proud.

It's stuff like this that makes me so angry. It's another thing on the long list of evidence that proves our government - the GOP - have no compassion for those who try, yet struggle. "Do unto others" has well and truly left the building.

First Frost Of The Season. 3°C at Thixendale. Sparrows.

We are fast becoming a banana republic, with two standards of justice. If you oppose the leader, you go to jail just for speech. If you're a loyalist, you get immunity for your crimes. That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.

"We are not building this country of ours for a day. It is to last through the ages." President Theodore Roosevelt Watching Ken Burns' documentary on The Roosevelts. I can't help but wonder how they would react at the state of our government and country. www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...

“At one time one party is in power and the next moment another. That’s why we must all protect it all of the time, not just when it’s convenient for you. Everyone must defend the ability of a minority, Republican or Democrat, to question and protest because at some point you will need that right.”

Disturbing news. People with no knowledge of the suffering of so many are making catastrophic decisions. It's one of Trump, Inc's worst character traits: complete lack of empathy. (Yes, I said the "E" word they so despise.) www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...

Early Morning Ploughing. 18°C. Herring Gulls following the tractors.

Wow. Did not know this.

I have been thinking about this a lot lately. The Greatest Generation are turning in their graves over what Trump, Inc. are doing to our country. They literally GAVE THEIR LIVES to stop this very thing.

All this chaos, just to keep the Epstein files under wraps.

A month from today, we will gather for the largest peaceful protest in American history. The only way to protect our freedom of speech is to exercise our freedom of speech. Join your local event to make it clear there are still NO KINGS in the USA: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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Free speech for me but not for thee.

Trump thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings and we won’t back down to chaos, cruelty, and corruption. We’re taking to the streets again on October 18 to say NO KINGS. Make a plan to do your part to turn this into the largest show of defiance against Trump’s regime yet. 👇

Trump has been good for coke heads living on a tight budget.

Brilliant and sobering from @josephfasano.bsky.social I wish the whole world would read and ponder this one.

A Windy Cloudy Morning. 14°C with rain on the way. Swallows preparing to leave.

Freshly Ploughed Fields. 16°C and calm before the storm. A mighty ash.

This is ridiculous, not to mention worrying. Incompetence and lack of concern by FBI agents who are supposed to protect people, not harm them (not to mention the animals!). apnews.com/article/mont...

For those who are very confused about shooter Tyler Robinson, and the rightwing allegations against "the left," this THREAD is for you. Please share. I promise it will help. Lemme know what you think.

September Sky. 14°C and a chill in the air. Elderberries.

1,000 x yes to this:

The Lone Beech. 15°C and breezy. Deer in the valley.

As the lights go out all over the world, be a shining beacon It is important everyone knows there is still good out there, and where to find them The darker it gets, the more you shine Do not lose your humanity

My parents took me out of a country where this was the norm and where it led to the execution and imprisonment of millions of innocent people. They brought me here, to America, believing that it would not happen here. And yet here we are.

Sunflowers On The Wolds. 16°C with rain approaching. Skylarks.

Trees are social beings that learn & remember, nurse their sick, warn each other of danger via a sophisticated fungal network that also keeps stumps of felled trees alive by feeding them. They also feel something analogous to pain, so when hugged, I like to think they know ☺️

1,000 x yes to this:

A Gentle Afternoon. 20°C and a few clouds. Robins.

"Proper conservatism has always been rooted in the local. But as conservatism has transmuted into Trumpism, that sense of the local has been lost. MAGA has developed into a truly global political movement, as ready to be franchised across national lines as a fast-food chain."

And I dissent alongside you.

In The Meadow. 18°C and the sun trying to break through. Boo.

Our disgraced president claiming Democrats failed to hold Epstein accountable is like The Simpsons episode where Sideshow Bob runs for mayor & accuses the incumbent mayor of being so soft on crime that he released criminals like Sideshow Bob. It’s that stupid. So don’t be that stupid

A collaboration with the great satirist @borowitzreport.bsky.social anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-reva...

Early Morning Sky. 13°C. A Red Kite.

Sunset After The Rain. 15°C. The hoot of a Barn Owl.

Morning Tracks. 15°C and blue skies. Rabbits.

“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...

The First Day Of September. 17°C with cloudy skies. Conkers falling. 🌰

The End Of August. 16°C and a brisk Southwesterly. Hares.

“…all “thoughts and prayers” are not created equal. Some lead to transformation. Others lead to a sentimentalized apathy.” open.substack.com/pub/richvill...

Cloudy Skies. 15°C and slightly misty. One Labrador.

Today, as once again our society does so little to protect the most vulnerable, I'm thinking of poetry written by children:

Why is the Second Amendment more important than the lives of children praying at mass? It's not. 90% of Americans support stronger gun safety - we just don't do it. We need to try harder and do better. My heart goes out to Minneapolis. @bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social

Little kids are having to use their bodies to shield friends from gunfire while armed soldiers are busy picking up trash.

“And have you been trudging like that, sometimes almost forgetting how wondrous the world is and how miraculously kind some people can be?” -Mary Oliver