Implausibly, it appears that this “limited time” half price offer for #TheCutThroatTrial is still going strong. If you haven’t yet exploited the opportunity to get 48% off a legal thriller described by one reviewer as “not for me”, then tuck in.

#SaveOurNHS #NoToPFI The Ridley Plan is succeeding: "First, we should destroy the statutory monopolies" ✅ "second we should break them up into smaller units" ✅ "and third, we should apply a whole series of different techniques to try and edge them back into the private sector" ✅

Just arrived in Tavistock to talk in the library at 11am then on to Ivybridge library for 2pm Robinince.com

24th September 2025 09.27

anyone know how to reach #apple, #appletv, @appleinsider.com because I want to complain about their rank cowardice in removing The Savant and they offer no channels to reach them that I can see that aren't directly product related.

Hot take: the UK would be a MUCH better place if we deported the right un-British people. The right-wing ones, I mean. Nazism is un-British, yes? (Faragists out!)

We talk a lot about the Swedish study where the effects of acetaminophen on neurodevelopmental outcomes disappeared after sibling control. This paper from Japan with over 200,000 subjects showed the same thing. Small harmful effect that disappeared (actually sl. protective) with sibling controls.

On January 1st, the sky was absolutely wild in Grand Marais, MN. I still think about this sunset on a regular basis. #sunset #LakeSuperior #Minnesota #landscape #PhotographersUnited

The Lady's Companion, a series of small kits containing things a Victorian woman would have carried in the mid-19th century: sewing kit, notions, small notebook, scent bottle, corkscrews, and ear picks. Currently on display at the Tatter Library in Brooklyn IG tatterbluelibrary

From the archive: Here’s another photograph from a previous autumn in the Eastern Sierra, on a morning with just a bit of wildfire smoke. “Autumn Lake, Dawn, Eastern Sierra — An Eastern Sierra Nevada lake surrounded by autumn aspen trees and distant peaks.“ #landscape #fall #autumn #photography

I was watching some Goldfinches in the garden this evening and spotted these two horsing around. #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A juvenile Cedar Waxwing poses for the camera while eating a juniper berry. #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

The changes made in last year’s budget do not go far enough to truly fix our public infrastructure or improve living standards. Ten tax reforms to raise over £60 billion a year. #TaxWealth

Well look at that, it's a fine pair of novellas by me and @r-emrys.bsky.social exploring relationships & landscape. Ruthanna's story is a wonderful tale of queer found family & shared obligation, while I deal with grief & memory through the magic of walking.

A quick doomscrolling break to hopefully brighten your day as I continue with the final pass on the new epic fantasy novel. Not sure what this hedgehog hears as it's pottering about, but we can see it bristling really clearly. #TinyJoys

Billions siphoned. Donors rewarded. Democracy sidelined. @russellscott1.bsky.social's new book 'VIP Lane' is the forensic exposé behind ITV’s five-star Covid Contracts documentary. Get it here: subscribe.bylinetimes.com/product/vip-...

Hi everyone! I'm currently looking for participants for interviews for my PhD research. I'm working on the history of the LGBT+ community in rural Ireland, the way being in rural Ireland impacted the community and how the community impacted rural Ireland, 1970-2000.

Farage thinks Truss's budget was good, presumably he made a lot of money during the chaos it caused.

Only 1 person in the whole study went from identifying as trans to not identifying as trans. The 1/5 number came from youth going between the binary and non-binary spectrum. This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.

It's Autumn equinox here in the Northern Hemisphere and here's a suitably feeling award winning image of mine that reflects the move into the dark half of the year. #throughmyeyes #autumn #equinox #scotland #nikon

22nd September 2025 07.00

"The British Psychological Society has warned that recent changes to equality law guidance risk causing confusion and damaging the wellbeing of trans people." www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Repost if you think Matt Hancock should be facing criminal charges #PPEScandal #VIPLanes #CovidInquiry

The autumn equinox is here in the northern hemisphere, meaning that the new season has officially begun. This woodblock print by Hiroshige captures the colours and feeling of autumn beautifully. 🍁 Maple Trees at Mama, Utagawa Hiroshige 1 (1797 - 1858) , 1857. EAX.4362

Magiae Naturalis or Natural Magic. This book includes a recipe for Witches’ Unguent that supposedly allowed witches to fly at night… or at least they thought they could, due to its hallucinogenic properties!

The COVID enquiry and last night’s ITV documentary shone light on a dark time - when billions of pounds of public money were shovelled into the pockets of private investors rather than public institutions - wasting existing expertise, wasting money, wasting lives in the process.

This should have been a moment of profound national learning - about the corruption that serves our elite - but the Cabinet Office which ran the VIP Lane sought to close the discussion down and Labour unaccountably let them. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

High immigration and the UK-EU trade deal softened the damage of Brexit Farage would expose Britain to the full cost of his ideological follies

Farage lying agsin.

Each morning , I remind myself that this is a beautiful planet and I contemplate how we must fight against the ugly minds that have so much power and so little imagination or empathy Robinince.com

I see they've found another way to break the Good Friday Agreement.

ICYMI:

About fucking time.

Reform wants to scrap indefinite leave to remain and replace it with 5 year renewable visas which can't be accessed if you ever access benefits. Basically turning every immigrant in the UK into people vulnerable to exploitation by employers they rely upon to stay in their homes. archive.ph/nOA6x

This fancy bird is a Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager. Found in the Andes Mountains, they are an unmistakable black bird with an electric blue rump and wing coverts, and bright cheeks and belly. This one is a bit damp as it had just gotten done taking a bath. Zuroloma Preserve, Ecuador, 2023

Use Alt Text. Just do it.

Emphasizing this excellent point: speaking only positively of any health condition isolates people who are really suffering. Even if it isn’t a policy, discouraging people from talking honestly about conditions, treatment, etc endangers people at the highest risk to protect people from discomfort.

This is a good, but VERY long thread, it's long because rahaeli both links to all the scientific papers AND puts the key points in lay language so you should be able to understand with no previous knowledge.

*clears throat* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Judge In Kenya Rules Trans People Must Be Legally Recognized globalcocktails.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

This is a long read, but well worth it. UBI works in improving many areas of life, it's cheaper to administer than conditional benefits. We, any we. can afford it. The problem with getting it? Lack of political will from a political class bought by the rich.

So, what is this? Check back tomorrow for more news.

Romancelandia: even if you don't read dark romance, the new Bsky guidelines should concern you. Disallowed: "Illustrated or animated" depictions of nonconsensual adult content. Why ban fictional depictions of anything? And how will consent be determined from an illustration?

it is not owed to the dead to launder their reputations or gloss over their misdeeds. in fact, it is owed to the living to prevent these things from happening.

UFW remembers Rene Lopez who sacrificed his life for La Causa (1962-1983) On Sept. 21, 1983, Rene Lopez, a worker at Sikkema Dairy near Fresno, was shot to death by company goons hired to harass the strikers who were attempting to bring in the UFW to represent them.

I’m on a walk for my mental ‘elf and this exquisite late-flying common blue (Polyommatus icarus🪶) pinged very good dopamine in my noggin. It might do the same for yours if you’re scrolling…look at her/his little face, her tiny furry robin’s egg blue jumpsuit (💅) & truly gorgeous underwing. I mean…

Scroll back, and keep going past the covers which seem to be displayed more than once.

They are bullies.

Finally got myself up to my local woods with the big camera. So amazing to have redwoods nearby, even if they're not big by Californian standards! #Berko #LocalPhotography #CanonR6II