Got yelled at by my university for posting on LinkedIn that I'm open to jobs abroad because things are looking bleak in the US. Somehow this was interpreted as a bad look for the university? I'm just saying what everyone recognizes as reality.

The second coat is looking very good (I'm not painting before 4am. Just seeing if the light was better for a photo and it is)

A text from my mum. The general population appear to be losing their minds

Layla taking the relaxed approach to her licky mat

As you read this puff piece about how brave and steadfast Amy Coney Barrett is, keep in mind that the house of South Carolina circuit court judge Diane Goodstein exploded over the weekend and some of her family members barely escaped with their lives. She had recently ruled against the admin.

Some heroes actually do wear capes

Incidentally, the state bar associations are cowards.

Reminder from your resident high school lubrarian: if you plan to do a Banned Books Week display and programming, prioritize living marginalized authors. Use this time to help those who need it the most.

We wanted to understand Democratic Socialists of America. So we talked to two old guys who voted for Trump. (Yes, this is literally the article.)

Heart of stone not to laugh, etc.

Trump certainly took Vietnam easy. Kicked back his heels & sat it out like the coward he is.

Oisín went through something not dissimilar to panleukopenia in Oct 5 yrs ago when his bone marrow crashed for no known reason. He nearly died & now he's a healthy, happy 6 year old tiny panther. If a vaccine could have prevented it, he'd have had it. Also give cat blood - it saved Oisín's life!

Even if you're stupid enough to be a cat anti-vaxxer, ask yourself where you last saw your humanity if you find yourself typing out a crazy rage email to someone grieving the loss of 5 cats, 4 of them kittens, to a preventable illness. If you still hit send, you're an absolutely shitty person.

Been to Manchester central complex many times for conferences and rarely has the main hall been so light on outside exhibitors. Lots of padding with empty stands put up by central party

🇬🇧😾🇬🇧😾🇬🇧😾🇬🇧 This is what Farage and Badenoch want to see on our streets. Gestapo policy repackaged for the 21st crntury.

A very powerful statement. Rest well, Dr Jane Goodall, you surely deserve it.

Edgar's such a good big brother

You don’t have to be called Steve or Stephen to work at Blackpool, but it does help.

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet. After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

New tills in Morrisons this week so of course half of them are out of order today 🙄😬

Channelling his inner Pallas cat

It’s easy to say that this is the last desperate hurrah of a dying party, but can we be clear: Trump’s ICE agents are literally kidnapping people, detaining them without due process in concentration camps (yes, this is the right term) and 1000s have disappeared. These are fascist practices.

This, btw, is what ICE operating in US communities looks like. This is what Kemi Badenoch wants for the UK. Every single journalist and media outlet in the UK should play this clip to Badenoch and ask her why she wants this for the UK on our streets. bsky.app/profile/lord...

Oh, so it's not enough for Vance to make up shit about his own mother. Now he's doing it about other people's too.

Looks like a fascist lice comb.

Me to a guy in a club: A stegosaurus weighs around the same as an SUV, if not more. If a stegosaurus starts rampaging wildly around in a club or even dancing, the fact that it won't eat you after mowing you down will be small comfort

Heck of a job getting Oisín to go to bed. He was under the bed in the lounge, flatly refusing to come out. I offered him toys, a dirty sock, even the leather boots he adores. Nothing tempted him out. Ended up hauling his little purring butt out of there 🙄

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

I want to live in a country where we put flags half mast for Jane Goodall.

Once again: Oisín sniffed my hand very carefully, noting strange dog smell. Edgar demanded dinner & wouldn't let me get my hand anywhere near him.

Steak n Shake…you’re cooked. My fast food dollars will be spent elsewhere.

The fox! The fox!

Layla's deeply stressed because a fox ran through the garden & over the fence right next to us

Little lambikin

Probably the only Layla photo today because the light's horrible for taking snaps. Jagged shards of light being flung about

"I did not get lemon muffin. I am deprived"

Edgar cuddling the ball @celticspaniels.bsky.social knitted for them #caturday

History repeats.

That's money that could be directly handed to couples struggling to afford IVF

There are people who've been living like that for their whole lives & they want everyone to live vacant lives, stripped of meaning, like them. I don't think it's a coincidence that fascism is on the rise at the same time as Project Dumb Dumb is being shoved down our throats

You can't convince me that rat boy is even a scientist. He's just a rich twat who likes to tinker (& break things) royalsociety.org/news/2025/10...

White rose

He's still in his little cardboard fortress. Look at the size of him next to shoeboxes

Kristi Noem denied entry to Broadview building in video; city says that's not the full story KRISTI LIED. www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/k...

President Macron: “We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...

Wondering what possessed me to agree to walk little Layla this afternoon when it's blowing a gale *packs cozy hat in handbag*

Song of the Huntress is a blindingly good book but hard to read during daylight hours so I'm currently doomscrolling instead. I know how stupid I am.