Excellent to see Labour MPs call on the government to leave Elon Musk's hate-filled X. Doing so would spark an exodus of journalists & public bodies. Thank you @bengoldsborough.bsky.social @sarahowen.org.uk @alexballingermp.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/news/article...

What do you do with a democracy that refuses to serve the demos – the people? For 75 years now, following Nepal’s short-lived experiment with democracy in 1950, each generation has had to answer this question anew. My view on where Nepal stands now: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/b6403fe...

Obvs, leave X, because it's mad. But also, is one of the differences between the hard left and right the amount of drugs being hoovered up? Tiny Tommy and his coke rages, Elon and his k-holes, Nige and his anxious fag breaks.

From producing cars that catch fire, to trying to burn down democracies.

UPEND THE ESTABLISHMENT, by voting for a party composed entirely of rejects from the oldest party in the country that was in power for 14 years. 😂 Reform UK increasingly look like the Tories just ran off stage, then ran back on wearing a comedy glasses-nose-moustache disguise.

Mind you, Ant Middleton was always a twat.

Nepal has its first female prime minister, in her 70s, but a former chief justice who will be a big advance on the men in their 70s who were throttling the country. nepalitimes.com/news/madam-p...

Fewer than half the calories grown on farms now reach our plates The world produced enough calories in 2020 to feed 15 billion people – but only 50 per cent of those calories ended up reaching people's plates. www.newscientist.com/article/2493...

Such a complicated issue but I’m with Ruth Tingay here. If you put 60 million pheasants and partridges into the countryside, foxes will do well. And curlews won’t. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Completed in 1908, it was built by Chandra Shumsher Rana, then the prime minister, who immediately sold it to the Nepali state. Chandra, a hardliner, replaced a reformist regime in a coup, ushered into power by his mate Lord Curzon...

Astonishing to see Singha Durbar burning in Kathmandu. Symbol of a systemic failure of government.

More excellent news: UK government bans burning on deep peat in England – Raptor Persecution UK raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/09/m...

Great footage and a mesmerising bird.

Me looking at seals looking at me. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I've been watching Nepali politics for 30 years now, and the cry from young people has been pretty much the same: stop the corruption. www.reuters.com/business/med...

Police open fire on demonstrators across Nepal killing 19. That death toll will rise, I'm sure. Banning WhatsApp was the inciting incident but government corruption lies at the heart of unrest. kathmandupost.com/national/202...

Had a hangover yesterday so did something unusual and bought an actual newspaper, The Observer, which I hugely enjoyed, as opposed to news online. Will do that again. Although without the hangover.

Totally this. Reform is basically Truss but less competent and with added racism. Very beatable.

It's been wild light and dramatic skies in the Peak this week. Time of year Seamus Heaney caught in Postscript: 'the wind / And the light are working off each other.'

The crime isn't dodging tax, the crime is dodging tax badly.

New York does not miss. The bleach did it for me. 😭

Incredible find by reserves officer Jasmin! This beautiful wasp spider is weaving an enormous egg sac. Once it’s filled with eggs then, sadly, her work is done and she won’t see another year. But we’ll be on the lookout for wasp spiderlings in spring! @wildlifebcn.org @britishspiders.bsky.social

Bracken bashing in today's Country Diary, if you fancy it. Might be a bit too hot. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Sheffield campaigners launch bid to buy Moscar Moor for the community Local Labour councillor Minesh Parekh said: “I look forward to people making use of the upcoming 'Community Right to Buy' legislation to bring mismanaged land into community hands” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“If drivers had to pay the full and true costs of motoring the only people who could afford to drive would be multi-millionaires.” My letter about the hidden costs of motoring is in the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social

For those who think building regs are put there to annoy developers and limit the economy...

🛑 Stop grouse shooting 📣 Join our walk to protest against this cruel and environmentally destructive practice. 🗓 10.30am on Sunday 10th August 📍Redmires Reservoir Car Park 🥾 Hike ~3km easygoing trail to a meeting point where we will gather for speeches and music

A fuller analysis of how Nepal became one of the leaders in the EV switch. Yet not a word about putting bike lanes into a city that was almost made for them and where cycling is much faster than a taxi. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/b...

Nepal's EV sales are booming, but so are diesel imports. Make your minds up guys. kathmandupost.com/money/2025/0...

The cynic in me anticipates the Russian announcement of a meeting, probs in Turkey, probs for about three weeks' time, that will achieve nothing much.

After extensive research into the current book market, I’ve identified five potentially award-winning concepts for my next project. But which one should I go with?

NEW: Landmark decision on UK's failure to investigate Russian interference to be handed down tomorrow. A five-year legal battle in UK and European courts comes to a head: will we finally - learn the truth about the Kremlin & the Brexit vote?

Am watching Human on the BBC. 5 stars in the Guardian etc. Ella Al-Shamahi is good but it seems a bit creaky. Was sapiens really the first human to reach Sahul? What about all that Denisovan DNA? And let's hear it for Homo erectus. They lasted 2m years. More than we'll manage.

Two faces of climate change. The glacial lake outburst flood that devastated Nepal's one properly functioning trade link with China. And the lack of monsoon rain meaning farmers can't plant rice. kathmandupost.com/climate-envi...

Perfectly normal. Not at all alarming.

The uncompromising writer’s English translator Christopher Peacock reflects on how Tsering Döndrup’s banned ‘The Red Wind Howls’ reckons with China’s erasure of Tibet’s suffering while reclaiming Tibetans’ right to critique their own culture and history.

Wasting an opportunity like this to boost walking, wheeling and cycling (and the local economy), while announcing massive subsidies for electric cars? Priorities 🤷‍♀️

God, I wish I were looking at this.

Daft, and counter-productive. Reminds me of the Dylan lyrics. 'Steal a little and they throw you in jail, Steal a lot and they make you king.' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I'd never been to Lord's until yesterday. Good day to break my duck. I even got to see Joe Root bat. The best bit was chatting with the India (and Indian) fans. One lad was a big England fan (because of Root, partly), his dad said, what can you do. Made me think how ridiculous Norman Tebbit was.

Scribble larks ahoy. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Perhaps some wishful thinking in this, but the choreography has certainly changed, and that’s no accident.

Quite funny watching The Guardian ignore The Observer’s scoop on Raynor Winn’s backstory.

Excellent explanation from Kate Saunders of @savetibet.bsky.social on BBC R4 PM just now on the Dalai Lama’s statement today.

congrats on the election, America

Trump is betting America’s future on selling hydrocarbons to the world. Big mistake. He’s handed the future to China. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Terrific journalism and insight into why this country is so unhealthy. Britain in 2025: sick man of Europe battling untreated illness crisis www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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