Just FYI, this is a pet that may have been taught this behaviour, but if you see a dog doing this don't approach it, it is possibly very stressed, in pain, or about to throw up

Sometimes you see Trump doing outrageous stuff and think, how can he get away with it? It's because of how previous left wing governments paved the road for him. This is what that looks like in the UK

Today I was a bit dumb and did a hike that was much too hard for me and I was very under prepared for. I'm abroad and I think I almost got heatstroke. It's always really embarrassing thinking of what the emergency services would say if I fainted or broke an ankle...

"To the contrary, voters are on average more likely to defect to the radical right when mainstream parties adopt anti-immigration positions, a pattern that has been particularly pronounced for established RRPs."

I don't know if anyone else is getting this but my Discover feed is always full of people posting about their pet that just died. I'm sorry for you and wish you the best but why do I have to see so many of these

Mes parents sont de gauche, athées, etc. Mais aussi ils m'ont montré qu'il y a des choses plus importants que l'argent, et cela m'a influencé beaucoup, surtout quant à ma carrière

The week I've been watching Columbo (the episodes are free on YouTube!). I've been surprised how beautifully crafted each episode is. I've always loved a whodunnit and I like the format flip ('howcatchem'). Falk is just so damn charming, I can see why this is such a classic

This week I watched Red Rooms (Les Chambres Rouges). I thought it was fantastic: well-acted, tense, and thought-provoking, however there's a massive warning for deeply disturbing themes and content. Unlike Roger Ebert I liked the ending. The climax (in the courthouse) is fantastic (and so horrible)

This week I read Love Needs No Words by James Hunt. I've followed his Instagram account (@ storiesaboutautism) for years and I think the book is really pitched at his followers. However, it's easy to read and very warm and honest. It feels like a very valuable insight into a world we wouldn't see

Some bad, but important, news that I haven't seen covered on here is Israel's proposal to expand the death penalty: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Breakdown not cancelled BTW I spent a week in essentially complete isolation looking after my parents' dog and genuinely felt like my life was falling apart

Woke up with such bad hangxiety today I had to write down a list of every conversation I had last night and do affirmations about how I wasn't that weird and even if I was I'm sure my friends won't mind

youtu.be/obX-HGs-PS8?... The National Theatre production of the Importance of Being Earnest is available for free until the 18th! I'm watching now :)

Cleaned my flat and had 2 weeks of beautiful weather breakdown CANCELLED

I did a big spring clean this weekend. This past year I've been using an app called Tody to keep on top of cleaning (which frankly I'm still pretty bad at), it's very satisfying and I really recommend it

I think it's so wonderful to see this level of honesty and humility from a Labour MP. I'm pleased for the Green by-election win but there are still great individual Labour MPs, I hope they're listened to more

GENE THERAPY www.bbc.com/news/article... www.bbc.com/news/article... www.bbc.com/news/article...

I always struggle with the 'x technology takes away jobs' argument because I really do think more efficiency/reducing human labour is good, I just wish we had the economic system to allow people to work less. But I just can't bring myself to be in favour of people doing unnecessary work

Happy Valentine's Day to this Sappho fragment that never fails to move me

Fucked up that we never freed the nipple

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

please can we keep mentioning the panama papers

If you live in the Northern hemisphere, then you're probably through the average coldest days of the year in your area. Things are going to start getting warmer again!

This graph never ceases to freak me the fuck out

Love Christmas. Gran heard a video of an Australian speaking and said "is that an accent people have nowadays?"

I will never forgive sitcoms where a woman starts off not wanting kids and is convinced to change her mind, worst trope

I don't want to be rude to this very positive message but I think we should aim higher guys

I actually think a big problem with "discourse" right now is that we think the pinnacle of activism is posting popular stuff online. It's OK to use social media to chill out

I remember a time when my social media was filled with people doing amazing biscuits decorating like this, I miss it

So I also don't want kids but when women talk or post photos about the difficulties of pregnancy and childbirth, can we stop with the comments about "thanks for the free birth control" "I could never" "where's the girl with the list" etc etc it's so rude

I want to get a gym membership - does anyone know if it's cheaper to get it now or in January? Does it make any difference?

I visualized the Flint water crisis data for this week's #TidyTuesday showing how sample exclusions masked lead contamination. Code: github.com/gkaramanis/t... #RStats #dataviz

We hear about the legitimate concerns of white working class communities a lot from the British hard-right, think they’ll care about these horrific and very legitimate concerns? Being a black baby in the UK shouldn’t make you 81% more likely to die in the NHS www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Yes! If a single positive thing comes out of the chaos of politics rn I believe it could be PR

Maybe I'm missing something about the Platner issue, I haven't followed it from the beginning. To me it seems like he got a pretty common symbol tattooed, not realising it's also commonly associated with Nazis, and then covered it when he found out it was. Surely that's OK?

I know it doesn't mean much but watching a royal lose their title just feels soooo good

The Renters' Rights Act becomes law today! england.shelter.org.uk/support_us/c...

I've long wanted to direct a play of the Stepford Wives but based in Essex (with the wives as classic WAGs). I don't really have any means to do this so you can have this one for free

www.who.int/news/item/07... I can't get over this article. One third! We need to be taking women's health more seriously

Can you do surveys on bluesky yet? I want to know whether I should watch the substance or nosferatu for my birthday horror this year

just one more shift to the right bro, just one more shift will fix it bro, just one more shift

When your whole election campaign is about how you're not the Tories, I wonder how it would work out to get elected then become the Tories

As Gaza starts rebuilding, it's important to continue to donate. Here's an example charity: eleelnaelak.org

www.donciccio-highgate.com unbelievable closing down notice from this London pizzeria

Maybe I'm stupid but can someone tell me weird Al's username

It's so embarrassing to say this about a politician, particularly an American one, but I do fucking love him

www.bbc.com/news/article... The UK government is considering a disastrous new oil field. You can give your opinion here: actionnetwork.org/forms/the-go...

The global whaling industry experienced a boom c. 1840-1950 as technology allowed whalers to hunt the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. Under standard models, we would have expected krill populations to have *exploded*. Instead, they DROPPED exponentially. Let's talk about the KRILL PARADOX.

Genuinely I haven't used amazon in years