Remember what you're fighting for

No particular film, but the thing where combatants constantly cock a firearm (that already has a round chambered) so that it makes a menacing noise…

This is absolutely amazing. Hurray for science! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

For day 11 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, it's Bradford's (and Countryfile's) Anita Rani as devil's matchsticks (Cladonia floerkeana). This colourful lichen prefers acidic conditions and is failry widespread on the drier parts of our peatlands.

Stole this from @hthoreson.bsky.social.

The world is scary and sad RN so please enjoy these tinned potatoes I just found that look like CHEEKS

For day 10 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, we have Bradfordian and TNA X Division Champion, Leon Slater, as ling (Calluna vulgaris). Ling is one of 3 species of heather we find on our peatlands; its shoots are an important food source for grouse.

I’ve been playing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle <minor spoiler ahead> and overall, it’s actually great. I have some minor niggles with some of the mechanics but they’re really minor. The voice acting is superb, the story and the settings have been well thought out and designed…

For day 9 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, we have Gaby Logan (Leeds) as a golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria). This elegant wader visits our uplands each summer to breed.. It has a mournful one note call that rings out over the fells for seemingly hours.

Introduce yourself with what almost killed you. Hello, I’m horrendous climbing accident.

For day 8 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebreties as #peatland wildlife, we have Mirfield's Sir Patrick Stewart as a raven (Corvus corax). Our largest crow is an intelligent bird that mates for life. They are powerful fliers but playful in the air, tumbling mid-soar. Happy New Year!

Picture of the staff who operate my account.

For day 7 of #12DaysOfXmas with #TorkshireCelebreties as #peatland wildlife, we have Scary Spice - Mel B. from Leeds - as a four-spot orb weaver (Araneus quadratus). Adult females can actively change their colour to match their resting surfaces.

For day 6 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, we have Dewsbury Olympians, Alistair and Johnny Brownlee as white-beak sedge (Rhynchospora alba). This plant was thought to be extinct in Yorkshire but we found some high up in the Dales.

Bro its so cool to see what you’ve achieved with all that time you saved by driving like a maniac

For day 5 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, Bradford's Kimberley Walsh is serving bryophytic realness with Sphagnum austinii. This was the dominant peat-forming sphagnum in Yorkshire before pollution wiped it out in the industrial revolution. Time for a comeback?

Portalage within portalage.

Interesting read for Christmas - each chapter covers a different US underground band. So far, I need to listen to the Minutemen, who sound like they might be my thing. Black Flag sound like an absolute whirlpool of toxicity (which explains a lot about their music). Bring on chapter 11 (Fugazi)!

Anthony Theakston Sculpts a Spirited Flock of Bronze and Ceramic #Birds #art #sculpture Link for more #photos and information: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/anth...

For day 4 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, please enjoy Ed Sheeran (Halifax) as Polytrichum spp. tbc, this is Polytrichum spp. that's been on fire - it's normally bright green. You'll often find this growing on drier parts of the bog.

For day 3 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, we have Sheffield's Sean Bean as a shield bug. It's actually probably a forest shield bug (Pentatoma rufipes) but it was photographed on a peatland track. One does not simply restore a peat bog. #GreatNorthBog

What’s everyone’s favourite Avatar quote? Mine is: You’re gonna need a bigger avatar.

For day 2 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, we have Dame Judi Dench (Heworth) as round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), which supplements the meagre nutrients in peat with insects it catches in its sticky fronds. #GreatNorthBog

Just realised I’ve got to Christmas Day without being Whammed. No real sense of triumph, tbh, as I’ve had to listen to the same carousel of utterly indifferent songs that happen to mention Christmas every time I’ve left my house since the end of November.

You will be visited by three spirits (I’ve had worse threats)

First drink of the day - cheers, one and every!

For day 1 of #12DaysOfXmas with #YorkshireCelebrities as #peatland wildlife, we have Jodi Whittaker (Skelmanthorpe) as cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos). #GreatNorthBog

Merry scrambled-eggs-with-smoked-salmon day to all who celebrate…

Through a long-winded series of coincidences, I stumbled on this cover of “Tubthumping”, and it filled my little thug-heart with joy in a way that the original (for whatever reason) never did and so I am sharing: youtu.be/yf0Amcgxot8?...

Share a smile

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, was present at the end of the universe, having witnessed every black hole evaporate and every proton decay. Even so, Death would not come.

Tiny Tim has seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. He watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Tim to die.

Merry Christmoss to all our followers - thanks for your support while we get the hang of this Bluesky malarkey. Looking forward to seeing you all in 2026 for another year in the #GreatNorthBog

Just a thing about this: a common statement in writing is that you can fix crap, but you can't fix a blank page. I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft. Now, to be clear, fuck this. But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.

OK it's been out since September now, but @samreadbookseller.bsky.social have a fresh supply of signed books in stock! :)

He’s making a list Of favours he’s owed He’s pouring a drink Don’t turn on his Joes Jackson Lamb is coming to town

As our friend Mariah says, if all you want for Christmas is a blanket bog, we’ve got you covered. We’re bringing the bog to you! In collaboration with the Craven College in Skipton, we’ve created a VR experience that makes peatlands accessible to everyone #GreatNorthBog #SphagnumMonday #Christmoss 🎁

Photographer Hannes Kilian, Cat Nero in the Snow, 1953. Printed 1973.

He’s making a list Of unworthy souls Ruling in Hell Is one of his goals Lucifer is coming to town

She’s making a list Of alien queens The loader’s powered up And Newt is redeemed Ellen Ripley’s coming to town

He’s making a list Of seven samurai They’ll defend the village But four of them die K. Shimada’s coming to town

He’s making a list Of his brand new limbs Grete’s perturbed His future is grim Gregor Samsa’s coming to town…

It’s a sad indictment of Britain’s ignorance of nature that Sycamore Gap petitions - for a tree that mattered to humans but not nature - received tens of thousands of signatures but a petition to protect entire peatland habitats is stuck at 1,500 actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

Vacancy at The Wildlife Trusts: Head of Climate and International Policy wildlifetrusts.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...

Is… is this… isn’t this the… I mean, THIS IS SURELY THE HUNGER GAMES‽‽‽

Thinking about a career in peat? Dates announced for our LANTRA accredited Peatland Restoration Practitioner course! Booking opens in January: www.yppartnership.org.uk/peatland-res... #GreatNorthBog