Please do get in touch if this has happened to you.

🇺🇦🙏 Zaluzhnyi: A terrible night in Kyiv. Missiles, drones, ballistics. Dead and injured. The world must respond to this evil. Ukrainians deserve more support. Condolences to the families of the dead and injured. Strength and endurance to all who protect, save, help.

Life hack from a marine biologist: When your blue sea dragons need a little snack, remember that they never evolved to swim, so you have to drive the Portuguese man-o-war around and pick them up like a little bus 🎥 by me during field work :)

Oh look, new pervert glasses. BAN THEM. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

An older article but as "Sexbots" get more advance and continue to go unregulated the worse it's going to get. "We should no more be encouraging rapists to find a supposedly safe outlet for it than we should facilitate murderers by giving them realistic, blood-spurting dummies to stab," Laura Bates

In 2024, they made it illegal for girls and women to speak, so of course the next step would be that "silence" from actual children meaning consent.

The UK's biggest problem is Islamophobia not Antisemitism. No one will even mention this disgusting performance by Tommy Robinson. If it had been antisemitic the Police would have charged the stage.

One city. 9 million people. All of us Londoners. We will never be divided.

"MAGA is the last breath of the confederacy“ I sincerely hope its days are numbered. With small numbers.

A mass destruction operation.

These are a fabulous antidote to current events.

Insect Day - A Story of 24 Hours & 24 Hexapod Lives - written by me & Illustrated by Natalie McIntyre Each chapter introduces 1 insect during 1 hour, highlighting how 24 different species spend their time Due out in Oct 2026 but available now to pre-order press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Russia launched nearly 30 attacks on Dnipropetrovsk region, killing 8 people and injuring 11. ▪️ In the Synelnykove district, two people were killed and more than two dozen homes were damaged. Another nine houses were damaged in a strike on the district the previous day.

To see the full list of names - beyond anything I've ever seen before - and add your own 👇🏻 This might be the best opportunity we ever have to push back against the Far Right's attempt to instrumentalise antisemitism for political gain.

no alt-text, so here it is because we need to pay fucking attention to this threat to murder trans people and everyone who supports trans people

The prospect of Streeting as PM is making me somewhat nauseous. That is all.

Slightly increase a band. Bismuth Zeppelin.

I found this and it may bring a smile!🙂 This is called the "feather-drying dance of the Great blue Heron"

#Swifts are back in Wembley. Two nests in our eaves again this year. So far only four seen at once, so hoping a few more turn up. They’re the highlight of our summer.

Today's shout into the void: Though I completely understand why (especially women) posters don't enable replies, I've come up with a policy decision. If you don't want to engage in conversation, I won't follow you. I'm confident this post will lead to great weeping and gnashing of teeth.

What do you get if you cross a box with a dead squirrel covered in Marmite? Thrown out of the polling station.

This is exactly why language matters: “women were given the vote” frames equality as a gift from men, instead of hard won political power extracted through organized resistance. Nobody gave women anything. Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it.

Traumatic day; went out without noise-cancelling earbuds. There’s a whole lot of sniffing going on, loud phone conversations and announcements. Also, if you’ve not already, go out and vote. #Vote #FirstWorldProblems

Cathy Newman "Thailand-based Chris Harborne has given you and your party £17 million.. Interfering in democracy" Nigel Farage runs away

This is brilliant

This is what Elon threw into the wood chipper: “Gawande cited an analysis in The Lancet that estimated that USAID assistance—aimed at combatting diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, & polio, reducing maternal & child deaths, & fighting malnutrition—had saved 92 million lives over 2 decades.“

💪 Almost two-thirds of Brits now back the UK regaining EU membership. ⚠️ There is no time to waste. 🕐 The time to talk about EU membership is now.

#MayThe4th Happy Star Wars Day – May the Force be with you! ✨ Looking for a real-life galaxy far, far away? The Zweibrücken Observatory has you covered! 🔭 #StarWarsDay 📷 www.zeit.de/zett/2019-03...

💔🤬 Russia tortured 375 Ukrainians in captivity. Their bodies were returned with signs of torture, exhaustion and lack of medical care, — Coordination Headquarters for Treatment of Prisoners of War #NoPeaceWithoutJustice

As part of the process of registering a political party, a party "has to show how a party operates complies with equalities law. In particular, you should ensure that your constitution does not unduly discriminate against persons with protected characteristics from becoming party members."

It is my duty to inform you that there are baby capybaras at the Sacramento Zoo

I’m deeply concerned by the potential misuse of face recognition technology, but it seems the biometrics commissioner for England and Wales is comfortable that the horse and cart are in the conventional order. From today’s Guardian website: www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Awful news.sky.com/story/man-in...

I missed this. It’s lovely. Nans form unlikely friendship with pro wrestler on flight to Vegas www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It’s fortunate I don’t like at BlueSky for lighthearted merriment. This short piece is worth the depressing read.

Absolutely bonkers footage of Ukrainian soldiers shooting down Russian drones in prop planes with shotguns. Not ai, came from an official Ukrainian account and verified by the WSJ.

Left: Keir Starmer criticising Zack Polanski for wondering why the police kicked a tasered criminal, on the floor, five times in the head Right: Footage of the police kicking a tasered criminal, on the floor, five times in the head

If you're protesting, it's vital to know your rights Save these bust cards, share with others, write phone numbers on your arm, look for legal observers if you need assistance and remember to say "no comment" without a lawyer Keep yourselves and each other safe SHARE THIS POST

Jonathan Pie nails Farage. If only the media were as honest. What's that? They're owned by billionaires too? (Slightly NSFW) www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqOb...

I think this is worthwhile, but possibly futile, campaign. Long hours don't affect me in the slightest these days, but hours worked in the industry can be ridiculous. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/en...

I’ll be giving a public lecture on mineral pigments in art @geolsoc.bsky.social on the evening of 21st July. You can attend in person or watch online. Registration details in the link below www.geolsoc.org.uk/events/miner...

The alphas are the meek.😹

BREAKING: We’re taking the government to court over Palantir. The government is refusing to hand over important briefings given to Wes Streeting about the £330m NHS data contract with Peter Thiel’s surveillance firm So we’re taking legal action. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-w...

In public, Wes Streeting is furiously back-pedaling from his earlier Palantir cheerleading. But in private he is refusing to let us see what civil servants told him about Palantir So, with @petergeoghegan.bsky.social, we are taking him to court to try and force him to hand over the briefings.

This is as depressing as it was inevitable. The only faint glimmer of sunshine is that the Beeb's charter renewal isn't happening under a Conservative government. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...

@elizabethbeston.bsky.social Thanks for your Zoom talk, and apologies for all the questions. Re. your ascidian larva in its egg: a while ago I managed to get a nice snap at a Quekett plankton photography weekend at Dale Fort.

This story is based entirely on dodgy advisers lying to potential clients to get money out of them. The one person they actually spoke to who used this 'service' was rejected and returned to Pakistan and has since been blocked from returning to the UK.

How is Evri so bad? How come I can't contact it in any salient way? Why haven't it, and so many other companies moved from Twitter to here? By the way, just in case you, dear reader, haven't worked it out, Evri is hopeless.