Trump's Davos speech was the act of a madman and that is the only sensible manner in which it should have been covered iandunt.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

Robert Jenrick helpfully lists all the things he didn't do during his 10 years in government.

New single from Stacey Kent, Art Hirahara and me tomorrow. staceykent.bfan.link/as

A mealy mouthed headline worthy of the NYT.Do better @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This is sad news open.substack.com/pub/jacobgar...

It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face. If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.

Something happened last night and it wasn’t a pillow fight.

The right wants to talk about fraud? Somali fraud? Okay, give me 60 seconds.

A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:

The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/

Wolf Supermoon reflected in the lake.

2/ In November 2025, it emerged that the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) had quietly removed two panels memorialising Black soldiers at the Margraten war cemetery in Limburg. The cemetery itself had been created through their labor. bsky.app/profile/chri...

#Jazzsky #Jazz #LatinJazz #NewYearsEve Here ‘tis #JazzLunch from today’s #NYE broadcast 5MBS.com 99.9FM #Adelaide Hope you enjoy the #jazzmusic & feel free to repost. Happy New Year!😊🎉 omny.fm/shows/jazz-l...

200th Queen Bee I’m sure if this is a good brain workout or a total time suck. But it beats shit posting on the other place for sure. Happy New Year everyone!

That was a lot of b words.

An absolutely magnificent Freudian slip! 🤌🏼

How nice to have a song I wrote with Kazuo Ishiguro, performed by Stacey Kent, chosen by President Obama for his 2025 music recommendations list.

Mellow morning listening - this is a perfect album. music.apple.com/us/album/wil...

The owl was kipping all afternoon. Looks like he’s here for the duration.

After hanging our owl box in the Spring, today we spotted our first visitor. If he finds a mate, we could be seeing chicks in a few months. Eastern Screech Owl.

This is George. He’s a lone goose who has been injured at some point and is hanging out with us, his flock having moved on without him. He’s been around since the summer is is looking a lot healthier recently.

It’s hard to believe they don’t realize they are cute.

A misty dusk in Esmont

It’s snowing.

I’m sorry, but this is premature.

Photographer Kathrin Swoboda captured amazing images of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light #WomensArt

Tree of the Day

Not four trees but one four-stemmed black walnut.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Today I’m giving thanks for trees. This is Apollo. He’s an old old overcup oak, a great friend to the birds and insects.

It’s a pretty morning

The final 2 words to reach Queen Bee were straight out of a Spinal Tap set list.

Britain had problems before Brexit. Brexit made them worse. Time to reverse this mistake.

It’s a misty morning in VA

NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this. We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing. 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...

Autumn colors

People are finding out their monthly health insurance costs will double or even TRIPLE next year. Why? So Trump can give tax cuts to his billionaire buddies. Disgusting. #TrumpCrushesYourDreams

Richard Tice, March 2025: "I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"

"Hands up if you caused 23,000 extra deaths by being a dithering incompetent twat"

I see the beavers have been busy while I was away

Security operative with Italia accent at T5 LHR channeling Joe Dolce on the phone just said “What’sa matta you, hey?!”

Howeward bound after almost 4 weeks on the road. At least we ended up in wonderful Lisbon for a radio hit on Smooth FM.

Barcelona from up a hill

So here’s Bannon celebrating Theresa May’s ouster with George Galloway in 2019, and Farage thanking Bannon and Breitbart for making Brexit happen

New Politics on the Couch - the world’s most erratically scheduled politics podcast - this time on immigration, storytelling and changing even the most hostile minds (maybe). shows.acast.com/6462652801a2...

Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round

Politics On The Couch is out with a new episode. Search, subscribe and scour the archive. @rafaelbehr.bsky.social