Excellent reminder what’s happening in Scotland, where Deerin praises a political party with avowed facist policies

Received an email from @theblcklst.bsky.social saying they've quit Twitter. Good for them, hopefully more creative orgs will follow

Problem with BBC ‘corrections/apologies’ is folk already believe the misinformation about the Scottish government or SNP and this one hidden away somewhere and three months later does nothing to rectify the situation. BBC/MSM misinformation up to May won’t be corrected before the HR2026.

#BBCLIES #LABOURLIES THE BBC falsely claimed the UK Govt was spending £10B in Scotland during an interview with FM John Swinney The BBC admission appeared on the BBC official errors corrections page on Thursday;more than 3 months after the interview on Oct 2025 www.thenational.scot/news/2576860...

A statement from the Bylines Scotland editorial board | Bylines Scotland

“We refuse to let this crisis disappear. No amount of blisters will stop us.” Giel Malual and John Kwai on the final leg of 730-mile “Long Walk to Freedom for Sudan” en route to Duncansby. So far, they’ve raised £73k to help Sudanese children displaced by conflict. www.gofundme.com/f/the-long-w...

#BREAKING Lionel Richie has given me one of his Grammys. Mr. Richie told reporters he had made the presentation “as a recognition for Patrick’s unique commitment to dancing on the ceiling.” I in turn called it a “a wonderful gesture”

I have just presented Celtic's 1967 European trophy to Stenhousemuir. Thank you for your attention to this utter bullshit. 💚

I had wondered if Uber-Minnesota guy Garrison Keillor had anything to say about all this. And he does.

Amazing story on #BBCBreakfast on Cosgrove Hall animation show. They are up there with Oliver Postgate in terms of contribution to British children's television. Also, I had no idea that Bernard Sumner & John Squire both worked there in the art department! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The 🇫🇷 Tour de France is coming back to 🇬🇧 Britain in 2027, with 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Edinburgh to host the Grand Départ of the men's race on July 2. 📰 domestiquecycling.com/en/news/stag... 📸 ASO

🔴 Last week the Free Speech Union got a High Court writ to prevent the publication of a list of its donors So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit Wanna see? 🫣 New on Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...

🐌🎉 One year ago this week, the Pyrenean Semi-slug (Semilimax pyrenaicus) was discovered new to Britain — found on Cwmaman Tip, near Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf. A small species, but a big moment for British wildlife. (1/7)

I’ve had these beautiful San Diego habitat prints by local San Diego artist David Stump framed on my wall for 22 years, but they faded. Today I met with him and we did some birding and he gave me for more signed prints. I’m thrilled! Kindness matters. Tap to open. 🪶

Reminder that in the UK an incoming radical, populist government would have immediate access to immense, unchecked executive power. And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.

Barrister.

The sheer hypocrisy of Lord Toby Young‘s FSU. Kudos to Democracy For Sale for finding out anyway.

remarkable, widespread misreporting on Grok — the undress abuse function not been removed, just according to X “geoblocked in those jurisdictions where it's illegal”—which surely means it remains for any users with a VPN app?

Gulls are in serious trouble in Scotland. These remarkable birds are facing significant pressures. A recent report revealed licensed control could have contributed to declines ➡️ rspb.org.uk/scotland/news/licensed-gull-control-in-scotland We must balance the needs of protected species and people.

Time for all decent organisations, including the BBC, to stop using X. Last week, I heard the ridiculous pantomime of Nick Robinson lambasting a Labour minister for using X when both he and the BBC still do so

BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.

Take a moment to think about what this means, in reality.

Three Palestine Action protesters end their hunger strike

When the interior ministry declares its militia to be above the law in terms that equate dissent with treason there really isn’t any question of whether or not we are looking at an authoritarian regime.

Join our Marine Team on an expedition to track the Leach's Petrel 🪶 These birds can travel over 2000km during a single foraging trip, but are only the size of a starling! Watch the full film here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrXB... All birds were caught and handled under licence by RSPB staff

Amazing visual. I'll only add that this species is holding on by a THREAD. 🧪

That's a gorgeous image of erstwhile species Hebridean Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza ebudensis), with its characteristic anthocyanin-rich leaves. It's now got the clumsiest of all British orchid names: Pugsley's Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza traunsteinerioides ssp. francis-drucei var. ebudensis) 😵

What young people need is to be heard - not deplatformed by amoral careerists like Wes Streeting.

Scientists managed to extract a high-coverage genome of an extinct woolly rhino from an undigested piece of its flesh found in the stomach of a permafrost-preserved 14kyo wolf pup. 🧪🏺

This is Minneapolis: Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city. Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.

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In this Budget, the SNP is expanding the best package of cost of living support anywhere in the UK. ✅ More wraparound childcare. ✅ Free breakfast clubs in every primary school. ✅ More people paying less income tax because they live in Scotland. A short summary in a thread 👇

BREAKING: Explosive new poll for ITV Cymru Wales puts Plaid Cymru surging ahead of Reform UK in May’s Welsh elections. Plaid 37% Reform 23% Greens 13% Labour 10% Tories 10% Lib Dems 5% Plaid could form majority with Greens on this basis, with Labour out of govt for first time since devolution.

In October 2024, Israel passed a law banning the agency for Palestinian refugees in Israel and occupied East Jerusalem.

Also a member and similarly, I would like to see ScotGov as well as all local government, particularly education establishments removed from x/Twitter.

Ranger - St Kilda - National Trust for Scotland - environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/108707-... #ScottishBirding

👇👇👇Another first for the SNP Scottish government!

Henley & Thame MP Freddie van Mierlo has joined his colleague Layla Moran and also exited X (formerly Twitter). He can be found on Bluesky at @freddievanmierlomp.bsky.social

The recovering mixed woodland in Glen Quoich the other day. The winter monochrome really highlights how many wee trees are reclaiming the forest's lost ground.

RACING TO THE FINISH LINE Now that the introductory pages of our #FliesofBritainandIreland are being finalised the book is nearing completion - due Jan/mid-Feb 2026. Pre-order now bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @gailashton.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @wildlifekate.bsky.social

The creation of CSAM on X is unrelated to whether children use the site or not. So what Badenoch appears to be arguing is that only adults should be allowed to look at CSAM. She’s also implying that that it’s rather judgy and illiberal of the govt to “not like” a CSAM generator

At ca 5 cm long, the Great Silver Water-beetle (Hydrophilus piceus) is an impressive beast. It's currently expanding in East Anglia, presumably the source of one caught in a moth trap at Kilnsea in September last. This was the first reliable Yorkshire record of this species as a living insect.

Artisan Real Estate has partnered with Social Bite to provide the foundations for a new Social Bite Village, located on the Granton waterfront www.businesslifeedinburgh.com/post/artisan...

Well, they did ask...

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 to France 🇫🇷 ferry getting slated by the London Press. You need to push through the negative text before they outline the benefits to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. When Brexit happened Ireland added many direct ferry routes and these have been a success. Why not us. #snp secretldn.com/uk-to-europe...

I've visited Brecon lots of times, and it was only last week that I noticed this ghostsign 🐎 #Wales #History

Please read this. The UK political & media establishment is asleep at the wheel. We have made ourselves wholly dependent on a Trump ally for our national security at the exact moment Trump is threatening to invade a NATO ally open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

A Man in Serious Dragon Trouble This 12th-century font at Thorpe Arnold (Leicestershire) depicts a dramatic battle scene - a Christian warrior with sword and cross-marked shield fights two dragons. One dragon, magnificently maned, projects a stream of fire and sprouts multiple heads.

Filago pyramidata Broad-leaved Cudweed at its last Essex location this week. Occupying various anthropogenic substrates and droughty sandy grassland #WildFlowerHour