Holy shit I can’t believe this happened. When I saw who we were up against I thought we had no chance. The team & I are both rather merry and so grateful we get to cover the country we call home. The biggest thanks goes to everyone who supports us. This would not exist if it wasn’t for you guys.

View from Tresviso, Cantabria, Spain.

How to avoid dementia — what the science really says www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Aberystwyth: A precious book signed by Paul McCartney discovered in Aberystwyth Oxfam charity shop. newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/aber...

Deeply stress-inducing story about a couple heading for an absolutely miserable old age, this.

Tiny differences in our DNA can change how we perceive the world 🧬 Aoife McLysaght explained how variations in the gene OR7D4 on chromosome 17 affect how different people perceive smells.

NEW ANALYSIS: UK sales of electric vehicles just overtook petrol cars for the first time What's that you say? Something something demand, something something ZEV mandate? Take a look at the data: www.carbonbrief.org/...

Exactly 10 years since the Brexit vote, the verdict is in.

A turneresque sunset in Aberystwyth yesterday evening.

Lads, we're forming a working group to determine the cost/benefit ratio of the Bigotry Dial.

The Obama Presidential Center is finally opening! Tune in today on Obama.org starting at 11am CT as Michelle and I share what this moment means to us and celebrate with friends, family, and members of the community in Chicago.

Orchid appreciation from the Aberystwyth area, Cymru - great to be back to this lovely part of the world!! - Lesser Buttterfly-orchid (Platanthera bifolia) - Northern Marsh-orchid (Dactylorhiza purpurella) - Marsh Helleborine (Epipactis palustris) - Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)

You'll never guess what @mrjamesob.bsky.social. Apparently, the wonderful Tory Party have just SAVED THE DARTMOOR PONIES - from a fate they were never going to suffer! "We spun a conspiracy theory about culling Dartmoor ponies and now we've stopped it!" Absolute charlatans and horsesh*tters.

The World Tonight & Crossing Continents were the last BBC programmes that dealt in depth with global affairs. Their demise says everything you need to know about priorities in British public life, which is mired more than at any time in monolingual mediocrity and insularity. You reap what you sow.

Desperation in Moscow: Trump, a multiple bankrupt and inept negotiator, has proved unable to pressure Ukraine into surrendering and has also smashed Washington's relations with Europe. Trump has "no cards" with which to pressurize Ukraine and Europe on behalf of the Kremlin.

A quick tour of the cycle path from Waunfawr to Bow Street. Just the railway bridge section needs completing. #Aberystwyth

Man in first Parkrun doubted it would catch on - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good news! Ministers have finally given green light to new #NaturalHistory GCSE. We’ve campaigned so long for this! Big hats off to tireless advocate Mary Colwell 🙌 Now our young people will have a chance to get to know & love the natural world, to feel awe & wonder, & gain skills to protect it 🌷🌳🦡

youtube.com/watch?v=CnSG... Why Is Machynlleth so special? Robert Plant will tell you. #ledzeppelin #ledzep

The hospitality industry wants their VAT cut to 10%. It will cost £12bn Who benefits? ❌ The smallest most vulnerable businesses? Nope. 45% get nothing. ❌ Consumers? Nope - prices won't fall. ✅ Nearly half the cash goes straight to large chains. McDonald's gets £400m. 🧵:

'It was not a huge surprise to find myself in the Epstein files...' My investigation into the scientists bewitched by money and the dilettante superficiality of Jeffrey Epstein's need to be near clever men. newhumanist.org.uk/articles/a-t...

"For far too long... mainstream media in the UK has failed the public. It has downplayed the rise of the far right at home while helping manufacture consent for genocide abroad." I make the case for why we need Zeteo UK, which launched today and which needs your support, as subscribers:

For the hundredth time. These are not "patriots". They are conspiring with our enemies to destroy this country and need to be treated accordingly

I'm sure a lot of people would have a double take if they'd seen any old photos of Aberystwyth, and then the coincidence of it being the work of a Welsh photographer!

The details about the Tate brothers in this incredible @newyorker.com profile of them are as sick as anything you will ever read. They are rapists, pornographers, traffickers - and are also protected by the "conservative" MAGA movement www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Of all the horrible things Britain doesn't want to import from the US, nasty far right climate change deniers wrapping themselves in the trappings of religious righteousness would be close to the top of my list. Yours???? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

WOW - Trump crashes out & cuts his interview w/ Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged "You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her" "I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads

IMPORTANT: When transporting a giant puffball mushroom you have foraged, it is absolutely crucial that you ensure the mushroom is firmly strapped into the passenger seat of your car to guard against sharp braking and potential whiplash.

We still have a terrible national anthem.

This is one of my favourite's, the US has nothing to teach most countries in the world.

It's just something we do to relax once in a while.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social it was on Monday night's Newsnight that Poppy Coburn brought up George Floyd and Stephen Lawrence. I'm unclear if that is where it started

Absolutely sickening and dangerous rabble rousing from Zia Yusuf on #wato - like Farage he seems intent on stirring up a race war and the BBC are giving him a platform to do so.

www.theguardian.com/science/2026... We have been lucky enough to visit El Castillo on a couple of occasions along with Cueva de Tito Bustillo. They are breathtaking examples of the human spirit.

#OtD 31 May 1831 the Merthyr Tydfil uprising was sparked when bailiffs attempted to seize goods from the home of Lewis Lewis. The following day ironworkers began ransacking the houses of bailiffs and returning property to the original owners stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1038...

Did you know…. the collective noun for a group of moths is an ‘eclipse’

Then again, he's probably a great reflection of Reform UK as a whole. In that narrow sense, Kenyon may be their perfect candidate.

Ultra-Processed Food As A % of Household Food Consumption What counts as Ultra-Processed Food? The answer: brilliantmaps.com/ultra-pro...

One in five people arrested over 2024 riots have since been reported for domestic abuse

"The parallel between these [AI] companies and empires of old is that they have consolidated a historic amount of economic and political power. And the way that they've done this is through the dispossession of the majority" - Karen Hao, speaking at Hay

Gross tax relief on pension contributions in 2023-2024 was £78.2bn. 13% of £78.2bn went to 0.9m Additional rate (45%) taxpayers 55% to 6.03m Higher rate (40%) taxpayers 32% to 29.2m Basic rate (20%) taxpayers Restricting tax relief to 20% for all will save govt £14.5bn. But neoliberals are silent.

Today in 1868, Darwin wrote to a friend, "It drives me mad & I know it does you too, that one has no time for reading anything beyond what must be read: my room is encumbered with unread books." 📚🧪

I already bike a lot, but the cool thing about getting an e-bike is that it's already helping me bike even more. I'm actively looking for opportunities to bike, both because the e-bike is so efficient, but also fun. I know I say it a lot, but e-bikes are an incredible tool for replacing car trips.

Times are difficult but I feel we should take inspiration from this plucky spud

This looks interesting #Newtown #Drenewydd share.google/AQyt0Aj5Tj6A...

The UK has avoided the need for gas imports worth £1.7bn since the start of the Iran war, as a result of record electricity generation from wind and solar. 🔎 This is according to a new analysis by Carbon Brief. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-win... #DonaldTrump #ActOnClimate #ClimateActionNow

🛬 This is your captain speaking, please fasten your seatbelts as we begin our descent into GLASGOW for the last leg of The High Life! Don’t miss your chance to catch this sky-high musical spectacular before it comes into land for the last time.

britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/butterfly/co... Common Blue

Copi llawysgrif o " A Description of Caernarfonshire, 1808-1811" gan Edmund Hyde Hall. --- Manuscript copy of "A Description of Caernarfonshire, 1808-1811" by Edmund Hyde Hall. Dyddiad/Date: 1808-1811 BMSS/908

We're sometimes shy about allegiances but how will you vote? Please share! I'm a floating butterfly voter agonising between Purple Emperor, Brown Argus, Swallowtail, Brimstone and Large Tortoiseshell (so exciting it is back!) @savebutterflies.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...