@teesbirds.bsky.social c .175 Pinkfeet showing on back of Cowpen from Holme Fleet. Probably a lot more out of sight. 1 Marsh Harrier over. C 10 Great Crested Grebes and similar number of Red Throated Divers on sea off Hartlepool this morning with one Drake Shoveller north. 3 Red Throats in fish quay

'You shouldn't be getting a medal for being robbed by your own government' 92 year old Betty Brown, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office IT scandal, told #BBCBreakfast she was 'very honoured, but angry' about being made an OBE in the New Year Honours

@teesbirds.bsky.social c. 85 Pinkfeet south over Kirklevington at 12.45 very high and calling.

He and his people have decimated our ability to adequately defend this country. One well-placed strike and our country, possibly the whole world, is over in a couple of hours.

@bsky.app not able to access server this morning. Please correct.

Tory MP Matt Vickers' car crash encounter with @lewisgoodall.com on #Brexit. LG: Do you accept you damaged the economy? MV: No. LG: Are you saying Brexit has been good for business? MV: It's created opportunities. LG: What about all the evidence? MV: You need to come up north. Huh? 😵‍💫 ~AA

I’m not watching the speech tonight. I don’t want to hear that child rapist lie about the economy-we know the truth. I don’t want to hear him as he justifies dragging us into war, killing innocent people. I don’t want to hear him defend ICE. He stole our healthcare. I do not want to hear him.

Would this be the same Palantir Starmer has just given NHS records to?

We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.

@teesbirds.bsky.social flock of about 200 Fieldfares feeding along hedgerow from Dents Lane, half a mile east of Kirklevington this morning .

@teesbirds.bsky.social About 300 Pinkfeet on back of Cowpen from Holme Fleet at 11.50

Great reminder for all Americans…

Brexit costing UK as much as £90bn in lost tax revenue every year, analysis finds The analysis also found that the average Briton has seen a hit to GDP per head of between £2,700 and £3,700 www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...

The client of the public school is not the parent, but the entire community, the public The Public School Is The Best Defense Of A Democratic Nation #education #publicschools #society

Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."

It's always the ones you most expect... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Another great exclusive from @bylinetimes.bsky.social Reform UK accused of falsifying evidence it provided to the Information Commissioner’s Office, following allegations that it breached data rules Accused misleading the ICO & dodging the law, & described as “very clearly fraud.”

Now would be a good time to remind y'all of a few FACTS about dear leader🤔🧐....🫣

Terrific

Community note for the win.

He wants minimum wage to stay as it is. He wants people in poverty. He wants to keep people weak and in peril as he enriches himself every minute of every day! This man is beyond evil. And even Epstein said that about him!!

One third of the country supported the January 6 2021 attempted take over the government & are the same ones who voted him back in. They are traitors in my book.

Hartlepool docks. 1 dark bellied Brent on gull roost area near lifeboat station. Also about 6 Snow Buntings feeding on grassy edges.

THE MATHS If we (absurdly) say the chance of a false accusation is 90% the chance that one or more of these women is telling the truth is 93.5%. If (more sensibly) we put it at 10% that one accusation is false then the chance that one or more is truthful is close to 100%. #USDemocracy

All the Leaked Epstein Emails here: Please Share! krassencast.com/p/all-the-le...

@teesbirds.bsky.social South Gare. Olive-backed Pipit still present at noon today though very skulking! Several Little Gulls in the estuary and Fieldfare on rocks.

@teesbirds.bsky.social South Gare. 3Bonxies in off at 10.00 and flew into estuary. C.15 Snow Buntings and 1 Great Northern off Pilot Station.

How did those presenters keep a straight face

Trump just claimed, on Veterans Day, that "we have a 92% approval rating." He said "we've taken it up from 38%" under the previous administration. This guy is absolutely delusional! The sad part is, MAGA will parrot this lie.

FYI✊💙

Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …

FFS, please bring back Buttigieg. This one is fucking cray cray!🙄

Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, demolishing the White House, and blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care Trump: No Schumer: Okay

“I can assure you, and I have the full backing of an Taoiseach, Micheál Martin on this … that we will fund the Nature Restoration Plan” - Minister Christopher O’Sullivan A promise worth making a note of. It happened in this conversation. 👇 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Never forget who sold us out: Hassan King Cortez-Masto Shaheen Kaine Fetterman Durbin Rosen

These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child & even worse - these changes were introduced by the government without consultation, warning and no evidence base

The wrongful release of prisoners happened 800 times under the Tories. The media bias and lack of reference to any past is just hideous.

“Chief Justice Roberts said tariffs are taxes paid by Americans. He said it clearly.” TRUMP: “They might be paying something.” 🤷🏼 Welp, there ya go. Tariffs are a tax on YOU. (And he’s lying that the debt will decrease, nobody has added more than him)

In light of the LNP’s recent attempts to exploit the complex and often traumatic issue of abortion for sleazy political points, am reminded of Cher’s wisdom 👇👏…