If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.

Trying to get pictures of things I notice on dog walks, and the dog is helping! He did not eat any mushrooms. #lurcherlove #urbannature #dogs #dogsofbsky

“Ah," said Mr Pin. "Right. I remember. You are concerned citizens." He knew about concerned citizens. Wherever they were, they all spoke the same private language, where 'traditional values' meant 'hang someone'. - Terry Pratchett, The Truth

You’re much closer to becoming disabled or homeless than you are to becoming rich and wealthy. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of. We need robust social supports & safety nets to ensure everyone is properly cared for.

Refugees are quite often a product of our arms industry - perhaps there should be a special tax on the arms industry to go towards expenses related to refugees ?

Lovely day exploring at @nationaltrust.org.uk Cragside. Me and the dog tried the Gun Walk while the others toured the house. We particularly liked the stable converted into dog friendly cafe seating, with room for him to stretch out. #cragside #dogs #lurcherlove

I’ve had a stressful few weeks, trying to be more aware when out and around to avoid overthinking. Spotting berries today. #urbannature

Why is it always at the furthest point of the dog walk that the heavens open?

I felt a bit smug about getting the parking space closest to the gym tonight, then realised I’m not as fully committed to extra exercise as I’d thought I was.

And yet where is the government's repeal of the recent anti-protest laws? Where is the review of Blair era anti-terror laws? Where's the commitment to roll-back the plethora of public order acts? Whoever is in government, the Home Office is always in power. share.google/ibxdLAMhTjHJ...

My top 3 would be: 3 Scooby Doo 2 Doug (from Up) 1 Gromit

Ella Baron @Guardian on the #PalestineAction ban @guardian - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Me after saying I wasn't gonna buy any more books for a while

How does Starmer keep doing it? He isn't stupid and you'd hope that a lawyer would be a good communicator, but to say you have shared family values with someone who has been convicted of sexual assault & who has had many well-reported extra-marital affairs is just so, so weird.

"why does restaurant food taste better than food cooked at home" The cook does not care if you live or die and uses salt and butter accordingly

Spotted a hedgehog on tonight’s dog walk. Not a great picture as the dog spotted it too and had to be kept away! #urbannature

YES! 👏 Thank you every Labour MP who stood firm and everyone who has supported this campaign. If we stand together and fight for what’s right we’ve proved again we can succeed

“if we agree disabled people need this support now, we have to make sure it’s there for disabled people who need it in the future” @trusselluk.bsky.social 👏 We need MPs to vote against these cuts next week. Email yours now 👇 action.trussell.org.uk/your-mp-must...

Accepting the changes are wrong for current claimants, but still forcing them on future claimants is not an adequate concession. Labour rebels should stand firm against this.

Lovely day today at Beamish Museum with daughter and dog. Highlights were doggy ice cream and 3 day old piglets ❤️ Really glad to hear this evening that they’ve won Museum of the Year 🏆 #beamishmuseum #dogfriendly #lurcherlove #dogs #dogsofbluesky #dogsofbsky #museums

They’re cutting disability benefits to “get more disabled people into work”, without reforming the broken Access to Work scheme (current waiting time 30 weeks +) to effectively support disabled workers. At best it’s a lack of joined up thinking, at worst it’s targeting the most vulnerable.

Maybe they're waiting until the 10th anniversary next you to truly celebrate properly?

View from a swing in the Alnwick Gardens cherry orchard. I’m told it’s even better when the blossom’s out, but it was beautiful and peaceful today. #alnwickgarden #northumberland

Noticing bees at Alnwick Garden today. And I was able to buy some flowers the bees loved to grow at home 🌺 #alnwickgardens #northumberland #bloomscrolling

Spotting insects while gardening today. Google informs me they are a ladybird pupa and a burnished brass moth. #urbannature

#nonviolence #warisnottheanswer #lovethyneighbornoexceptions #religioussocietyoffriends

Don’t text your ex. Touch a 300-year-old bannister and absorb the wisdom of ghosts who made better decisions.

Waste land, wild flowers. #urbannature #bloomscrolling

BREAKING: Record cuts for disabled people and the biggest social security cuts since 2015 The new Universal Credit and PIP bill will push nearly HALF A MILLION more people into severe hardship and towards the doors of food banks.

Noticing purple on this evenings dog walk. #urbannature #bloomscrolling

I’ve been thinking a lot about Jingo recently. Must reread it again soon.

Noticing the birds and the bees on this evenings riverside dog walk. #urbannature

💥Mad Youth Organise have created a fantastic resource showing where different MPs stand on the upcoming vote on benefit cuts. docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Use as a campaigning tool and if you have additional information, get in contact with them at linktr.ee/MadYouthOrganise

Tomorrow! 🐝👣📝🔎⤵️

Nuff said.

And following spotting pink on today’s dog walk - the pooch displays his pink and brown baldy chest while hoping to sharing my lunch. (Spoiler: he did share my lunch!) #dogs #lurcherlove #dogsofbsky #dogsofbluesky

Noticing pink on today’s dog walk (part 1) #urbannature #bloomscrolling

This always bears repeating. Getting a GRC is supposed to be the final confirmation, not the first step. Saying you shouldn't live as your acquired gender until you already have a GRC is a bit like saying you shouldn't live in the UK until you're already a British citizen.

If you need a breather from all this bullshit, here's a photo of Earth. From Saturn. We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.

Someone should tell Trump that Elon would feel very owned if he fully funded USAID and the CDC.

Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum “The smug mask of virtue triumphant could be almost as horrible as the face of wickedness revealed.”

Finished this last night. I usually keep my thoughts on books to myself but this one needs sharing. I laughed, I cried, I felt seen. So much of it could have been written about me. Wonderful. I’ve already been recommending it to other people. Thank you @robinince.bsky.social #normallyweird

Will the detective investigating your murder be sad?

I know this isn't the point. But Liverpool has great museums and galleries, superb nightlife for all tastes, two awesome cathedrals, an attractive docklands, rich musical and footballing heritage, and a boycott of the Sun. If you believe it's a shithole, you're both intellectually lazy and wrong.

An exciting walk for Ziggy this morning - he met his double, saw a rabbit and got hissed at by a swan. He was a very good boy throughout. #lurcherlove #dogs #dogsofbsky #dogsofbluesky #urbannature

Noticing the flowers this morning #urbannature #bloomscrolling

“my glasses are always dirty, though I have no idea why. I will wipe them ..until they glisten, then within five minutes, I find that a syrup-fingered goblin has smeared their way across them.” One of many times @robinince.bsky.social seems to have written my life as well as his own #normallyweird

Within 24 hours of this campaign going live Raddison Hotels had agreed to stop advertising with GB News alongside very prejudiced content. Nine other companies who publicly support Pride are being targeted. Please get involved.

Noticing yellow on tonight’s dog walk. 1/2 #urbannature

Hopefully funding is found to maintain the Staiths. I regularly walk alongside the Tyne and love seeing the history there. #tyneside www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...