Reminded today of this fantastic short film for BBC Winterwatch www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

A cold stroll to the beach at RSPB Titchwell Marsh today, Slavonian grebe and scaup on the tidal marsh, peregrine putting up the curlews by the roadside and a smart pair of pintail outside Island Hide #Norfolkbirding #Birdsseenin2026 #Birds

Both The Harry Hill Show and Small Prophets have been completely superb viewing, more of this please youtu.be/7hiTF1bhpog?...

“Why does my calculator like Boobs?”

The museum won't be open tomorrow, we'll be at the Forum, Norwich for the norwichsciencefestival.co.uk But we haven't forgotten Valentine's Day, see, we found this lovely heart shaped plotting counter for you. Does anyone know why it is a different shape to the regular arrow shapes?

Bees 🐝

I changed the audio

A cold but brilliant morning at North Denes, at least three short-eared owls, snow buntings, flocks of pintail and wigeon flying offshore, sanderlings and ringed plovers #Norfolkbirding #birds #Birdsseenin2026

Just a week to go before the Norwich Science Festival norwichsciencefestival.co.uk You can come and see us and loads of other great organisations Saturday 14th February at the Forum, running activities throughout the day, with a special ticketed quiet hour starting from 9:30am-10:30am.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Weird duck season in Norfolk continues for us, with the latest being this scaup at Titchwell Marsh yesterday, following the goosander at Whitlingham last Monday as well as the previous weekend's goldeneye at Filby and red-breasted merganser at Wells. #norfolkbirding #birds #Birdsseenin2026

Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously! 4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE ⁦‪ MARK RUSKELL MSP‬⁩ ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!

The Conservative Party has defected to Reform.

Can confirm that being a journalist is occasionally very sick indeed.

Liz Truss waiting patiently by her phone for Reform to ring, not realising it's actually a penguin biscuit

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Dear BBC Please defund Mrs Browns Boys and divert funding to Winter/Spring/Autumn watch Thx ever so Signed Everyone who isn’t a wrong ‘un

A good muddy stomp around RSPB Strumpshw Fen this week, highlights being the seven marsh harriers around Fen hide and this great white egret grabbing a pike at Tower hide. #norfolkbirding #birds #Birdsseenin2026

Off and on it

Today in summary

Imagine there's no Twitter It's easy if you try No psycho right wing nutjobs Instead it's just Bluesky. Imagine all the people Shouting "fuck, hurray!" You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be more fun.

Breaking - A full dog poo bag that had been left in a puddle of sick for three weeks has defected to Reform.

The Garnier Facebrush tagline is 'you don't clean your teeth with your finger, why clean your face with your hands?' Because my face isn't made of teeth.

We're excited to be working with the wonderful Sheringham Little Theatre in showing the classic Cold War thriller The Hunt for Red October at 2pm on Friday 24th April 2026. Our volunteers will be on hand for a Cold War Q&A afterwards. sheringhamlittletheatre.com/shows/the-hu...

A lovely wander around Wells-next-the-Sea yesterday, great views of great northern diver and red-breasted merganser #birdsseenin2026 just off the lifeboat ramp, plenty of pink-footed and brent geese flying over, little grebes and kingfisher in the harbour #norfolkbirding

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

I enjoyed The Martian, I think I liked this more, especially how the relationship of Grace and Rocky developed #projecthailmary

I saw a little wren in my garden today. First #sketch of 2026 #wren #birdoftheday #blueskyart #sketchbook #drawing #art #watercolour

#footitunlimited2026 Rules Count the number of species you see at home or whilst on foot from your home during the month of January. No distance limit. Walk as far as you want. You just need to make it home by the 31st Jan Have fun and post it on Bluesky #footit

Oh man, how sad. I was so pleased to discover that brilliant tweet was just one of several in a hilarious back and forth. Rest In Posts, Mike F.

We present: The Art of #InverteFest - December 2025 Edition A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna. Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book! Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz... #Art #SciArt

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

An entirely accidental twitch on Christmas Eve at Sheringham for this Eastern black redstart, thanks to @stuartwhite73.bsky.social for sharing the news and birders for pointing it out! #NorfolkBirding

Well it's that time of year again, so time for several days of our most excellent followers answering that tired question: 'You've heard of Elf on the Shelf, now get ready for...' (We're starting strong for this one)

Apropos of absolutely nothing at all, it's worth remembering that fascism relies on us being afraid of the people who seek to impose it. When we have the safety to speak out, making fascists look like fools is a marvelous use of our time.

Who would win in a fight between Mary Poppins and the God of the Hebrews

Apropos to a post I'm not going to quote: no, you are not fucking obliged to battle the fucking right on fucking social media, or go to where they are. Why make yourself miserable shouting at bots (who don't care) or trolls (who get off on your misery). Make your fucking social media enjoyable, FFS.

Every Far Side cartoon is amazing, but having a science background, this is my personal favourite The cow slapping the man and his glasses coming off sends me every time

Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.

Away in a tower His bare feet all red Little lord John McLane Leaves terrorists 4 dead. Breaks necks ina staircase Ties a hose round his waist Jumps out ofthe building & crawl through the vents He'll take their machine gun Make the bad guys all pay Drop Hans frm the top floor & shout Yippee Kay-ay

"You seem happier" Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.

So going to start a thread of good news stories (positive impacts imho) to counter the tide of terrible things - not here to debate but share with quoted sources etc:

I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.

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Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

I want a plaque on a park bench in my memory when I die and just before I go I’m changing my name to Wet Paint.

Remember our mantra: Don't Engage, Just Block.

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...