Question Is anyone else suddenly being followed by a bunch of unsavoury, suspicious accounts? I'm up to blocking 230, but they keep coming. This a new experience for me on BlueSky. How 'bout you? People with library cards only, please.

Delete one thing forever. Explain why. I'd delete misogyny. Women and girls are murdered, raped, imprisoned, force to have babies, denied an education, by the tens if millions, in every country in the world, because of misogyny.

I will soon be visiting the Harvey Milk Library in San Francisco.

This applies equally to countries. There is a time for letting go, for shedding old ideas of who we are - and who we might yet become.

Most importantly more people watched my TED talk than watched Sam Altman’s for which I thank everybody involved 🙏

Yule Countdown > 13 Days before Solstice🎄 [via TheMagickCirclet.com] #Yule #WinterSolstice #Pagansky #Wiccasky

Who knew there was such a career as an 'Escaping-Fascism-Doula'? Story likely under a paywall, but I appreciate the message and the artwork.

A constant blazing terror that somewhere, somebody might be getting a free cheese sandwich. Or indeed brief use of a wheelchair.

LOVE this. Violinist, Nora Germain and pianist Michael Feinstein helping us get in the holiday spirit.

This may be the most fascinating - and enjoyable - moment of your day. 😊

With Digital ID, Starmer has pulled off a remarkable feat - he's united Nigel Farage, Zack Polanski, Jeremy Corbyn, Kemi Badenoch, Boris Johnson & Ed Davey on the same team.

Carole Cadwalladr and The Nerve are way ahead of other news providers on this. Think of the grimmest people on the planet you've heard of. Chances are their grubby fingers are in this Blair digital ID pie. Doesn't matter whether it's fundamentally a good idea or not, they're gonna exploit it.

There is nobody the US government won't seek to destroy. Nurses Teachers Librarians Should be the highest paid, most respected professions in the world.

People showing up for their US citizenship ceremony are now being picked up and imprisoned. Just when we think the America government can't get more barbaric, they show us they can.

Why do people who habitually partner with people from other countries, like Farage and Trump, constantly attack people from other countries?

David's terrific pulp fiction cover art got me thinking about Christmas advertising back in earlier times. This ad for Virginia Slims cigarettes is from the 1960's. What other products were once heavily advertised at Christmas - but either disappeared - or were banned from advertising?

1. I hate to see good people wasting their time and energy. And there’s perhaps no greater waste of time and energy than seeking to change the trajectory of the human population. It’s not just futile, but also a massive distraction from things we CAN change. This thread seeks to explain why. 🧵1/12

On January 14, I'll be interviewing the extraordinary @rutgerbregman.com in London. Tickets will go fast, so get yours while you can. howtoacademy.com/events/rutge...

Come!

The emergence of Claude, who survives winter by having a grandma who knits:

I drew this for Christmas cards a while back. Doubt kids read The Beano nowadays.

Sunday Afternoon December 7, 2025 Art by Joanna Hamm

Fun idea. What does your bookcase look like?

This would make a terrific Christmas card. I might have to print it out.

And do keep this in mind... www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...

Russia was banned, quite rightly. So why not ban the Country that is committing ethnic cleansing! act.38degrees.org.uk/act/bbc-euro...

Last Call

We try to support local, independent businesses in our community --- and also nationally and internationally. It isn't hard once it becomes an established habit. This is the woman-owned and operated pharmacy our family trusts for our pharmacy needs. Who wouldn't drive 30 minutes for this?

For one of the last sane down days before the mayhem of the holidays, delightful century-old ode to the pleasure of being left alone www.themarginalian.org/2024/06/13/r...

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/.... Some lovely Canada/US news for a change.

Please repost if you think democratic institutions should stop using fascistwitter. Der @ec.europa.eu get out!

For those following American politics, forget The New York Times. Historian Heather Cox Richardson is the one to read.

Feminists are supposed to be the man-haters, but here's a guy who equates masculinity with murder.

Did you know next Tuesday 9 December is #ChristmasCardDay?

It might have taken America 249 years to struggle with democracy, but it is being destroyed in less than a year. Heather's latest report is hair-raising.

Last chance to register for our webinar on the Earth Rover Program, starting at 14.00 GMT. Intro by the brilliant Kate Raworth, then explanations of the concept and the science by some of our scientists and technicians. Register to obtain link. Hope to see you there us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is turning into one of the biggest Zoom meetings since the pandemic. Don't forget to register in advance if you want to join. 1400 GMT *this Friday* (December 5th): us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

What I'm wearing to this year's #BlueSkyChristmasParty

There is much more disability, mentally and physically - globally. We are being disabled by our environment; work - or lack of work; access to healthcare; housing; good food; transportation; education, and a host of other life-destroying situations.

'Seventy-million Canadian passports', please.

I tend not to read articles advocating for men. Men already get the lion's share of everything. The exception is when a man tries to see things from a woman's point view. Scott Galloway makes a good attempt. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

This promises to be a great evening. December 10th, London.

This is such a terrific publication, especially for those who live in (or love) the UK.

The Guardian is excellent at finger pointing, except when it comes to themselves.

I’m so happy to see this. The lack of journalistic solidarity & collective action over the killing of journalists in Gaza has been distressing. Will @nujofficial.bsky.social step up & follow this lead?

Not one person I shared this article with had ever heard of the outrageous corporate courts threatening our countries.

Food, vegan; vegetarian, or flesh is rarely named what it actually is, as George Monbiot cleverly points out. There’s no ham in hamburgers. No dogs in hotdogs. No fingers is fish finger. No soldiers in egg soldiers.