supermarket news-stand today - huge stack of local paper full front and back wraparound ad: vote reform get labour out I covered it up with Daily Star, which had nearly sold out but 😬 you can tell that money's no object with the farascists

In case you missed it ... Here's a very thought provoking pro-European speech from Michael Sheen on the broken promises of "Britishness" for the non-English parts of the UK. #RejoinEU 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺

We've only got 2 vested interests: people and planet great slogan!

Still the best political message of the year 🌻 #LocalElections2026 🗳

This is a brilliant Lunch with the FT: American fast food in Tokyo with one of China's leading dissidents, Teacher Li. Leo Lewis writes as well about McDonalds and freedom as you could hope to read about anything. as.ft.com/r/e1f2da5b-c...

lovely thread on blessed old ladies who are blunt af

This is fucking brilliant. You feel cleverer for reading it. In line with the point he’s making, I’ve missed writing like this.

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) I never tire of seeing this enigmatic bird that is most responsible for my journey into wildlife photography and this is the culmination of that obsession #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #kingfisher

One reason it's harder is the failure of any MSM or major politicians to compare our politics today to historical fascism. So I did it. Needs updating but wouldn't change the conclusions.

Palantir’s predecessors were confronted on Cable Street. It’s harder to fight fascism now This week’s column by Stewart Lee www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

It'd save our blood pressure if we recognised that most of the media are not neutral reporters but anti-leftist partisans: they are a player, not the referee. Expecting them to do honest reporting is like expecting an opposing football team to score own goals.

What is this shrub please?

met a black russian terrier out just now - what an absolute unit! 'terrier' somewhat a misnomer I feel

the rain's arrived in my neck of the woods

scored some forced rhubarb

White privilege is having the most deranged fantasies of inflicting violence on those less fortunate & less white than you treated as the musings of an overactive far right imagination rather than a reason to be hauled in front of the counter terrorism police .

Payback for A LOT of prep, sanding & polishing..ash has all of the drama 🌱

There will be a day when we sit our grandchildren on our knees and we tell them...

Quite odd to read your country being explained to Americans from an assumed position of zero knowledge, but generally supportive of seeing a Swansea school eisteddfod reported in The Baffler

Weird how this is coming out on the same day the Met are yelling "how dare you say we kick the shit out of people who don't deserve it?" isn't it?

@maltjerry.bsky.social Gentle Giant klaxon

Lucinda from that NYT songbook piece, being wonderful

It’s at 96k! Can you help get this petition to over 100k for a Commons debate? Please share. 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

"oh, stop it Aggers"

tiny joy of the morning - hose came off the Henry mid-vac first 2 min you tube video fixed immediately with one little trick😇

www.womenssnooker.com There is. Also there are at least 2 women with tour cards for the main tour. They have beaten men but not yet got past qualification round for any tournaments on the main tour.

why is there no women's snooker

I can't believe this. @normcharlatan.bsky.social you're a Minnesota Legend, my man.

Fair play, this video is every bit as good as everyone says. youtu.be/x6_mbnsh6VU?...

New fridge magnet from etsy: Hey kids rocknroll

this is wonderful thanks to @jamesendeacott.bsky.social via @freeyourradio.bsky.social

several swallows twittering over the river just now

I hear Iran are just weeks away from developing a ballroom.

I absolutely hate how mercilessly well-coordinated these campaigns are. So obvious that they’re going for popular, high visibility groups that are also not rich and run by small teams.

Here are 3 ways the current system screws Wales. If politicians are not talking about these issues, they are not serious about fixing Wales' problems. The challenges Wales faces are not because of immigrants, they are because the system of funding we have is set up so that we can’t fail to fail.

The kids are alright. (IG: itsjonklertime)

Rewatched Dead Man’s Shoes a few days ago, and it suddenly struck me that, with that gorgeous big-sky cinematography following two inseparable male figures through a bleak but beautiful English landscape, accompanied by a fingerpicked acoustic folk soundtrack, it’s basically Revenge Detectorists.

Pope Leo in audience with the Archbishop of Canterbury: “As my beloved predecessor, Pope Francis, said to the Primates of the Anglican Communion in 2024, ‘it would be a scandal if, due to our divisions, we did not fulfil our common vocation to make Christ known.’

In the grey light of dawn - the Wren & Goldfinch duet, with occasional House Sparrow chatter. #DawnChorusClub #Wrens #Birds

youtube.com/watch?v=Gse1... What a woman 😍❤️ the Queen Goddess that is #ChakaKhan 😍❤️ #SweetThing 😍❤️ pure #BlackExcellence 😍❤️🔄

Remember how less than three weeks ago the president threatened to kill an entire civilization

you expect me to believe what now? Oh purleeeze 🙄

just had election bumf delivered by Royal Mail ffs

developed my very own conspiracy theory yesterday, which I didn't share with anybody - it involved the HBO app, vpn porosity and the snooker - can now confirm it was bollox

crick in my neck from looking up for more swifts after yesterday's vanguard

I am absolutely shite at recognising when someone is flirting with me. Like, comically bad at it. My mates would mock me about it. But something happened today that made me so happy. 1/?

well this is entirely delightful