Our Military Is Built for the Wrong Century www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/o... great Douthat interview

Four famous/fashionable chefs/restauranteurs pleading poverty on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social unfortunately Tom Kerridge (May be v nice man) led the charge wearing a huge watch which looked very expensive. Visual language did not support their case. @davidyelland.bsky.social

Incredible views of a migrating Common Quail as it flew past the ship in the English Channel! @sophieshrike.bsky.social

Tony Blair Has Forgotten Blairism open.substack.com/pub/goodalla.... Well worth reading.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... we missed this one. But not that surprised seeing as they look into our house through the back windows. But there aren’t a lot of escalators in Norfolk. @themarshtit.bsky.social

Nearly 2 billion people live in the red area. It is becoming completely uninhabitable. What do the climate deniers, who also hate immigration, think is going to happen?

❗️Ukrainian sanctions. Rosstat data shows Russia’s coke and oil product output fell 12.3% in April versus March and 9.2% versus April last year after Ukrainian strikes on refineries. Kyiv’s long-range “sanctions” are now showing up in Russia’s official production figures. #Russia

Sweden is reportedly preparing to donate a number of JAS 39 C/D Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine, according to Aftonbladet cited by Dagens industri. The move would mark a major boost to Ukraine’s airpower and long-term security guarantees. #Ukraine

"Our findings are clear and straightforward. In all four countries, and on a majority of issues, politicians consistently overestimate the share of citizens who hold right-wing views."

Voyager 1 has been travelling now for almost 50 years at a speed of 17,000 metres per second. In November it will reach a point one light day from earth. And it's still talking to us.

The idiots accept the blatant lie anyway.

💕 the soft #texture of this Falkland Flightless Steamer Duck chick nestled up to its mum on the sand. Like many of the #FalklandIslands birds they were unbothered by humans sharing their beach space Canon R5 365 f10 1:1250s ISO500 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #EastCoastKin #ArtYear

While Tony Blair is trashing UK govt energy policy, NESTA analysis finds "early signs [it] may be working" 2022: Gas prices went up 100%, electricity 83% (roughly 1:1) 2026: Gas +28%, elec 6% (5:1 = "electricity beginning to decouple from gas") www.nesta.org.uk/blo...

Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice has demanded an apology from Robert Kenyon, Reform UK’s candidate for Makerfield, after the Guardian reported he promoted Covid and anti-vax conspiracy theories. "The remarks are an insult to the more than 230,000 people killed by Covid-19 in the UK."

From England for #BirdsSeenIn2026

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/u.... British-owned company GKN Aerospace with tank full of 'Methyl methacrylate, which is used to make plastics' tries to prevent a major toxic leak

The first Makerfield by-election poll shows Andy Burnham will win the seat 🔴 LAB - 43% ➡️ REF - 40% 🇬🇧 RES - 7% 🟠 LD - 4% 🟢 GRN - 3% 🔵 CON - 2% ⚪ Other - 1% Via Survation, 369 sample, May 18-22

www.npr.org/2026/05/20/n... City of Portland, Ore., has built a community solar project to reduce emissions and lower energy bills for 150 low-income families. The city has distributed more than 20,000 free air conditioning units to help vulnerable households prepare for heat waves.

Oil spills at sea - from shipping, rigs, alleged illegal tanker-washing at sea - are poisoning India's wildlife rich coastlines. Cancer-causing chemicals from oil can harm wildlife, + even end up consumed by people who eat contaminated fish, writes Sumaira Abdulali 👇🏾

These three Lib Dem MPs are among the 90 MPs who have signed our open letter to Ofwat, urging them to say NO to Thames Water's creditors. Thames Water's creditors are trying to set a dangerous new low for the entire water industry. Has your MP said no? weownit.org.uk/mps-open-letter

Visit to Fingringhoe Wick NR, Essex. Couldn’t locate any Turtle Doves but Cuckoo and Garden Warbler heard and this particularly showy Nightingale was enjoyed. Another good year for this species in the Colchester area @essexbirdnews.bsky.social #Essexbirding #birds

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The Simple Answer to Taxing the Rich Is the Best Answer www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/o...

IT'S TODAY! 🐛🥳 @chrisgpackham.bsky.social The biggest EVER gathering of slugs is happening in Parliament Square at 3pm to restore our ancient woodlands! RSVP here if you haven't already: actionnetwork.org/events/join-... #AncientWoodlands #Artivism #Rewilding #NatureRestoration

The UK government has recognised it’s crucial to restore #GhostWoods (aka PAWS - plantations on ancient woodlands) but progress is far too, er, SLUGGISH!! #XRSouthEastUK is pleased to support Mal the Lemon Slug & @wildcard.land (More #Slugrising news to come 👍🏻) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malacol... 3/3

Our #RewildTheGhostWoods campaign has amassed 146,000 signatures on a petition fronted by Dame Judi Dench, and this week we rallied our band of colourful slugs to help us deliver it right to the doors of DEFRA. Find out more about the campaign over on our website: www.wildcard.land #Rewilding

This is important. Researchers who use hallucinated references to face arXiv ban www.nature.com/articles/d41... arXiv is the unofficial house journal of AI research. A similar policy (with stronger penalties) should be the default for every science/academic publication. @ajpendleton.bsky.social

High levels of PFAS - linked to cancers, liver, kidney + thyroid disorders - found in the sea in the Solent strait. The main source is thought to be treated sewage. They're present in sewage because we're surrounded by them in our daily lives. share.google/yLF9gGRNyKok... 🧵 1/6

Wednesday, May 20, 2026, Boulder City, NV at 5 pm the planning commission in item 3 Matters will hold a public hearing to provide a recommendation on the addition of approximately 88.5 acres located west of U.S. Highway for data center uses. Come voice YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT!

Razorbills have the slickest design in the animal kingdom. They look like they were made by Yves Saint Laurent

Effective tax rate paid by Jeff Bezos from 2014 to 2018: 0.98% Effective 2025 federal tax rate paid by Amazon: 1.4% Typical tax rate paid by the average American: 14.5% Just thought I should point that out.

It’s #Worldbeeday and a Red Tailed Bumblebee worker is working our chives.

The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen. And it worked. Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%. Industrial process heat is the real prize.

Marsh-marigold (Caltha palustris), Bulbous Buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus), and Water Avens (Geum rivale) for #WildflowerHour

One of the old turnstiles (quite fancy really) in the long defunct cattle fence between the dunes and saltmarsh at Brancaster. A remnant of when the marsh was grazed. Opinions vary greatly on when this practice came to an end.

Well I’ve walked for two hours, gathered breakfast for my last elderly guinea pig, given Gertrude and her family their food. It must be nearly time for bed.

A Sandhill Crane couple guides their colts over the metal bridge. This is the same couple that raised a Canada Goose several years ago. I can tell as the male Sandhill Crane is missing part of a toe on his left foot.

Immigration make Britain brilliant

Red Campion #Wildflowerhour #TinyPlants #Flowerphotography

I hope this isn’t true. There are times when it’s more important to put country before party. This is one of them. Burnham’s longstanding commitment to a fairer voting system could transform our democracy & counter the dire threat of a Reform UK government elected on a minority of the vote

All the car parks to the supermarkets and hyper markets in this area are done. Plus quite a few much smaller parking areas. All new agricultural buildings have solar panel roofs as well.

Turns out, if you stop tearing up the seabed, wildlife thrives: ten years after banning bottom trawl fishing, there are 3 times the number of sea creatures + double the number of species in the South Arran MPA, Scotland, than there were before the ban 👏🦪🐟 share.google/2M5WqP3CXwSH...

Sunlight streams into the otherwise dark interior of London Liverpool Street railway station illuminating a WPC, 1953. 📷 Harry Todd.