Before another old tree falls, let us remember that someone already lives there. Home is precious—whether it belongs to us, a bird, a squirrel, an owl, or a doe and her fawn.

Georgia O'Keeffe, Red Poppy,1927 #womensart

Photopoem shared 8th July 2026

God, the light at this time of day! On the pink-red of the sandstone and that neon neon blue of the lobelia, and the mock orange so flawlessly white?

Saw this today 💚 A Luna Moth. Isn't she beautiful?!

The neglected people of Clacton have the chance to do the funniest thing ever, and by God, I hope they do.

I have a fine selection of bug memes.

I have watched this about 100 times and am a Haaland man now

The strangest thing happened today. We went to the uninhabited island of Lunga, west of Mull, to look at the puffins nesting there. I was just taking photos when I felt a thump as something landed quite heavily in my head. It was a puffin! It stayed for about a minute before flying off.

& sadly 1 of the barn owl young has lost themselves to misadventure

Good morning!🌺

Just completed the interior illustrations for Woodwosing by @taliskimberley.bsky.social , so release some time in July (after I pester @comicprintinguk.bsky.social again.)

Street art, London

moon at the window imagining on your skin the pale scent of soap

The Great Rosefinch 15-20 cm high-altitude mountainous regions across Eurasia, Himalayas, Tibetan Plateau. They descend slightly to lower elevation valleys during the winter. During non breeding travel in flocks of up to 150 forging on mostly seeds, buds, berries. Summer: insects for chicks.

Hungry?

Bologna opens a new library containing more than 32,000 books from Umberto Eco's private study - arranged exactly as he left them - a decade after his death.

Good morning! Tis key day for new house, innit!? Please enjoy this celebratory tattercat.

Good morning sunshines 🌞

Hareshaw Linn in July #nature #naturephotography #woodland #fungus #northumberland

Help, I've fallen into a painting and now I'm trapped in a 17th century Delft townhouse! Lovely tiles up the staircase though, might stay here...

Here’s a crazy idea: if a corporation wants to build a data center, they should also be required to construct renewable resource mechanisms to operate it—not funded by the public, but from the mountains of wealth they already possess.

Farage’s appeal is supposedly that “you could have a pint with him”. But I just realised that I’ve actually had a couple of pints with Count Binface and it was way more enjoyable than I’d imagine one could ever be with Kermit Spode.

Farage versus Binface is absolute the summer we deserve

One of my most popular tweets.

I caught a dragonfly for a split second and then let it go.

This little pine tree is growing on a maple tree

Waxy Caps Schmeeckle Reserve #Mushrooms #Fungi #Bloomscrolling #Wisconsin

🚨BREAKING🚨 More than 600 workers at Hachette Book Group just voted overwhelmingly to unionize, creating the largest union in trade publishing history! newsguild.org/hachette-boo...

#BornOnThisDay Artemisia Gentileschi and Käthe Kollwitz, both born on this day, 8th July, both extraordinarily talented artists #womensart

your laugh in the wind folds into the möbius strip of a vanished year #haiku

Narrator: There was also werewolf smut…

Norway will always be the GOAT of the energy transition. Instead of talking about the future, they proved it could be done & showed how. In 15 years, new car sales went from 0% to 99% electric, while the rest of the world kept arguing about timing and speed. #Bettrification #EV

And this morning the Shed is a glider, skimming the fat, fairweather clouds…

"Nameless Flowers" (名もなき花) by the contemporary Japanese artist Ono Tako (おのたこ).

Political activist, Suffragette Christabel Pankhurst (c.1910) photographed by Christina Broom, Scottish photographer and UK's first female press photographer #womensart

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Techbro attitudes like this disgust me.

In politics, we’re torn between ideals and practicalities, aspirations and realities, the world as we want it, and as we find it But one day a manifesto comes along that reconciles both in every pledge. A rare moment of clarity and hope

Morning 😂.

Oh. Forgot to show you what the rain did to my raised beds.

Passing this most excellent image on

Game on, Nige.

NEW - Greens won’t stand in Clacton. So it is Nigel Farage versus Count Binface.

Richard Feynman was an American theoretical physicist who shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics. He emphasized practical wisdom and deep curiosity over formal credentials. “Never confuse education with intelligence; you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.”

Harriet Mead, English wildlife artist specialising in metal sculptures #WomensArt

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 512: POV helps control, among other things, the level of intimacy with your protagonist. First person gives you full access to their thoughts and memories, including their blind spots and delusions. Close third allows you to shift focus from person to person.

ICYMI, on 11th July (this Saturday) there will be a day-long symposium on my books at King's College, London! Talks, in-conversation events and a writing workshop. There are still a few tickets available! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-one-day-... Please note - that day will be very warm.

A lovely clump to get you over #humpday. Found these chip cherries (Leratiomyces ceres) near Mammoth Cave. #fungifriends #mushroom #fungiphotography #fungi

Binface, Binface, Binface!!! Come on Clacton, you know nothing makes sense anymore. He can't be worse than the No-Show Grifter 5-mill Farage