There's a lovely view of the Northern Lights over Bearwood this evening. Either that or the flashing police car beacons have got brighter...

'Winter Embroidery' by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico with various fabrics #WomensArt

Former Wessex Water CEO received £170k bonus despite ban on performance pay. Received total of £693,000 in pay from Malaysian-owned parent company, YTL Utilities (UK), including bonus. Company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, fleeces customers, rewards bosses.

Remember not to put out your recycling, as it isn't being collected, for the past nearly one year, by @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social

Please repost/tag your “green” friends. I will gift the ebook to one person who reposts today. I hear it’s a good read :-).

What would success in 2026 look like to you?

Typical FTSE 100 CEO collects average UK wage in TWO days. CEO collects 141 times average employee's earnings. Some collect 1,110 times more. No link between CEO pay and performance - look at water, energy, banking, gambling sectors? Govts preach pay restraint to workers. No curbs on exec pay.

“Environmental damage caused by conflicts continues to push people into hunger, into disease and into displacement and thereby increasing insecurity” news.un.org/en/story/202... #NoWarNoWarming

No to Palantir notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...

The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software. Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS. You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir https://goodlaw.social/658abc

Switzerland refines 70% of the world's gold. For over 2,000 years, this precious metal has shaped the history of the alpine confederation, transforming it from a poor rural land into the precision pioneer it is today.

To a 2026 of Not Fighting Over Crumbs Every single person in the United States, from those who’ve been most harmed to those who’ve been most privileged, would be better off if we had a normal government that put even a moderate effort into universally improving everyone’s lives. If we had a…

A celebrated local tradition is the 'Boxing Day Fox Hunter Hunt'. The hunt sees participants, dressed in fox masks and black and orange attire, try to track and chase any fox hunters operating locally. If a fox hunter is caught then a 'good-natured beating' is roundly administered to them.

2025 was a train wreck for #climate progress, but there were some surprising steps forward around the world. nonviolencenews.org/2025/12/26/r... #oceans #climatecrisis #environment #earth

'The Running of the Deer' by contemporary UK artist Catherine Hyde #womensart

Sure, Xmas trees are pretty, but the best trees are decorated with lichens… Various Sticta & Peltigera species on willows & hazels in this wet woodland in the Fowey Valley, Cornwall

Christmas truces have happened before when ordinary people stopped obeying orders to kill. With wars burning across the world today, the need for a cease in violence is urgent! Remembering past truces is how we imagine—and demand—new ones!

Can you tell your reindeer from your caribou❔ Both are the same species, but they're miles apart! 🦌In North America, wild herds are known as caribou, while ‘reindeer’ only refers to domesticated animals. 🦌 While in Northern Europe & Siberia, they’re all known as reindeer - wild or domesticated!

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Imagine a future where parts of the sea are safe zones, with no destructive fishing, no harm, just space for marine life to rest, recover, and thrive 🌊💙⁣ ⁣ And it is possible — because the Global Ocean Treaty will soon be coming into force, giving governments the power to make this future real.⁣ ⁣

Millions of people could be denied a vote on how their local council is run. We’re calling on the political parties to ask their Council Leaders to say NO to cancelling local elections. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/183973/...

Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca): 13cm (5.1in). This spectacular Kingfisher is also known as the black-backed kingfisher or three-toed kingfisher and is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. Stunning photo taken by Kelvin Leong in Singapore #OrientalDwarfKingfisher #Singapore #nature

Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0

🤑Thames Water creditors are haggling with Ofwat. 💩They want permission to pollute our waters until 2040. 😡But we've had a year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO. Take 2 minutes to email Ofwat and tell them to reject the outrageous deal. #OFWATsayNO vist.ly/4jdfb

Peace work in Europe needs to reflect real challenges on the ground. Our new Europe Organizer is gathering input to help shape the next phase of our anti‑war work across the continent. Please take a few minutes to share your perspective. Your voice matters! buff.ly/UliMy3c

With major protest movements in 28+ countries against #authoritarianism #corruption #austerity, #2025 has been an unprecedented year. In this Nonviolence News Special Report, we celebrate the hard victories people have won. nonviolencenews.org/2025/12/21/u... #protest #GenZ #nonviolence #resist

100 million children are going hungry this Christmas. Elon Musk can give every child in the world a $90 gift card, creating 2 billion smiles and still be the richest man alive. What do you say, Elon - gift 44% of your wealth? We’d also settle for a 2% #WealthTax c.org/jnnZhmp6J4

An uplifting list: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

And the End-of-Year Podcast Award goes to (not for the fainthearted): www.youtube.com/live/hghbzFw...

I'm attending @DeclassifiedUK.org's first ever summit, Challenging the War Machine - you should too! secure.declassifieduk.org/page/180663/...

Myanmar: 33 civilians—including doctors, patients, and newborns—were killed when a hospital in Rakhine was bombed on Dec 10. The UN has labeled it a war crime. War crimes continue because impunity is the norm! buff.ly/ga0C7zz

THE U.S. HAS KILLED MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE IN BOAT STRIKES. WE’RE TRACKING THEM ALL. The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...

The family of a British aid worker killed by Israel have made a fresh demand for the UK military to release its surveillance footage of Gaza from the day they died. www.declassifieduk.org/release-gaza...

MP's basic salary in 2021 = £81,932.00 MP's basic salary in 2025 = £93,904.00 That's a 14.6% pay rise in five years. Tell us again how doctors are asking for too much?

The RSF stormed a displacement camp of 500,000 people, executing civilians in mosques and schools, using sexual violence to terrorize communities, and leaving streets lined with bodies. The world’s silence is enabling it. buff.ly/mhfQ6nt

This year, our most read essay was “Who Is the World’s Greatest Famine Criminal?”, which explores #famine as a man-made crime and analyzes the leaders whose policies and actions caused the greatest starvation deaths in the last 150 years. 🔗 Revisit the full essay here: shorturl.at/T8kNj

If they want, MPs can skip Parliament, ignore their constituents, and still keep their jobs until the next election. We're calling for a job description for MPs to help set enforceable minimum standards 👇 shorturl.at/8slMj

We are calling for an end to U.S. hostility toward Venezuela, including sanctions, threats & war. U.S. pressure on Venezuela is escalating, risking another war for oil! WBW exige el fin de la hostilidad de EE.UU. hacia Venezuela. La presión de EE.UU. aumenta, ¡y arriesga otra guerra por petróleo!

Looks like some corrupt Ukraine millionaires are going to suddenly become billionaires (no doubt with millions finding its way back into pockets of corrupt EU officials)

Ah, the annual festive burning of fossil fuels to ensure that, in future, there will be no snow at Christmas... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

We’ve exceeded 72k signatures. As some of our media and politicians push a more harmful narrative, others are pushing back. This is a groundswell of compassion from everyday women for the trans, intersex and nonbinary community. Please keep sharing with friends and family 🙏 🔗 notinourname.org.uk/

The more I think about it, the more I reckon the 2003 Iraq War began the process that let Trump win. The blatant lies we were told by our governments, the disregard for public opinion and mockery of international law created a rupture that never healed. Trust, consent and cohesion were smashed.🧵 1/3

Lost Evri delivery? It's not just corporate incompetence - it's because of worker exploitation Evri drivers earn as little as £7 an hour, while Evri rakes in nearly £120m in profit. When drivers aren’t paid for failed deliveries, they’re pushed to cut corners and it’s customers who pay the price.

An arms firm owned by Israel’s government paid a group of MPs as part of a “PR and marketing campaign”, an inquiry has found, following our investigation. Will this be considered in the government’s review of “foreign interference” in Britain? www.declassifieduk.org/westminster-...

Thanks @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social And when can we expect recycling collections to restart following nearly a year of absence?

Another respectable profession ravaged

Wealth in the UK is extremely concentrated at the top: over half belongs to the richest 10%, while the richest 1% control over a fifth by themselves. But the bottom half of the population – nearly 34 million people – have less than 1/20th between them. This is bad for all of us. It has to change.

'Landscape with Hidden Moon' by contemporary Scottish painter Victoria Crowe #WomensArt

So why not mention all the other shootings and violence that has occurred overnight, unfortunately, eg six UN peacekeepers in Sudan, Brown University shooting etc etc #bbclaurak