Vladimir Putin, a war criminal and dictator, has reportedly been invited to join the Board of Peace for Gaza - a sheer mockery of the horrific situations in Gaza and Ukraine, where the paths to peace remain fragile at best and countless lives hang in the balance. news.sky.com/story/putin-...

After careful consideration, we accepted Andrew Rosindell into Reform on the strength of his record of voting against LGBT rights, including same sex marriage and scrapping section 28. Reform needs more homophobes.

I'm pleased to welcome Andrew Rosindell to Reform. With any luck most people will have forgotten he was a Tory MP, because he didn't come into Parliament for nearly two years while he was being investigated for sexual assault and rape.

Satellite-tagged Hen Harrier 'Pete' disappears in Cumbria raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/19/s...

Weeeed! If you know, you know.

Richard Tice agreed to replace me on the Laura Kuenssberg show after I had a sudden attack of not wanting to be questioned about my support for the orange turd who is treating NATO allies worse than he treats Russia. #BBCLauraK

A real shame if this photo went viral again today.

Holyrood Voting Intention: Constituency: SNP: 35% (+1) LAB: 19% (+2) RFM: 17% (-4) CON: 11% (+1) LDM: 9% (-2) GRN: 7% (=) Regional: SNP: 29% (=) LAB: 17% (-1) RFM: 16% (-2) CON: 12% (-1) GRN: 11% (+3) LDM: 9% (-1) ALBA: 4% (=) Via Norstat UK Polls, 13-16 Jan. Changes w/ 22-25 Sep.

Canada needs to get in on this in a robust way, and show support for Greenland, Denmark, and other northern European allies, for two important reasons: 1) It's the right thing to do. 2) We could very well be next.

Photo of the Day. Around HALF of Greenland’s adult population is believed to have attended anti-Trump protests today. This photo was taken by Sean Gallup for Getty Images. It captures the thousands who gathered in the capital Nuuk, to reject Trump’s threats to take the island.

More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland. They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”

Donald Trump treats the international stage like a schoolyard playground, attempting to bully and brute force other countries into compliance with his imperialist agenda. The UK cannot continue to appease an erratic, unreliable leader under the guise of a "special relationship."

Another tea card from the Portraits of Birds album by C F Tunnicliffe. Grey Wagtail

Seven rock crystal tools were recovered from the lower Mousterian layer of the Merveilles rockshelter, six of which can be seen in my photo, one was out on loan when I visited the Musée d’Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

Wassail!

Anchor and Boats, Eric Ravilious, 1938. The work depicts Rye Harbour, in East #Sussex. The original artwork is in a private collection. #Ravilious

Brilliant - thanks!

Makes you want to scream! www.theferret.scot/this-highlan...

‘The cowman’ What to Look for in Winter, 1959 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Celebrate Ivor Cutler’s birthday by watching one of the most divine pieces of television ever made. Dave Allen *and* Ivor Cutler, how could you possibly resist? youtu.be/6RX1fMWkims?...

Agree totally

Holy crap there's a new poll for Wales and it is crazy. It puts Plaid well ahead of Reform with the Greens beating Labour. The results of this YouGov/ITV Cymru Wales/Cardiff Uni were: Plaid 37% (+7) Reform 23 (-6) Green 13 (+7) Labour 10 (-4) Conservatives 10 (-1) Lib Dem 5 (-1) Other 2 (-2) 1/3

A loaf of #Roman bread, which was being baked in an oven in #Pompeii when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79; it was carbonised by the disaster & left in the oven until being excavated nearly 1800 years later 🏺 #AncientBlueSky

Oh yes. Barn Owl from What to Look for in Autumn (Ladybird Books). Illustration C. R. Tunnicliffe. Text by E L Grant Watson

Yorkshire gamekeeper pleads guilty to bashing Buzzard to death with stick - fine £1,215. markavery.info/2026/01/12/r... Very clear images of illegal cruelty. Not picked up in Defra welfare strategy released before Christmas. #Hovingham #yorkshire #IdontlikeMunday #rspb 👏👏👏

Happy Old New Year! After the 1750 Calendar Act changed the date of New Year’s Day, some Gaels – to make sure they didn’t miss it – chose to celebrate both. Dr Dòmhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart discusses the once ubiquitous Highland tradition of Oidhche Challain: www.whfp.com/2020/01/08/o...

Why plz, Guardian, is this story found under ‘wildlife’ on my Guardian app. There is nothing wrong with the story but it isn’t wildlife is it? It’s no wonder that a @teamlabouruk.bsky.social government is rubbish at wildlife if the Guardian is too. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

I just supported this case!

Thank you to Sunna Van Kampen in @thetimes.com for highlighting this. We should all be questioning a food system that uses more, better, protein than it produces, impoverishing coastal communities that rely on the fish pelletised to feed sad factory farmed #salmon in the global north.

I dunno - call me a madcap - but it feels as though now would be a good time to belong to some kind of union of European nations …

Mark Zuckerberg Insists Anyone With Same Skewed Values And Unrelenting Thirst For Power Could Have Made Same Mistakes theonion.com/mark-zu...

Every time you eat farmed salmon you are effectively starving whales and penguins. insideclimatenews.org/news/1101202...

The US is set to introduce some of its harshest sanctions yet on Russia's oil sector, targeting 180 vessels, two oil majors (Gazprom Neft & Surgutneftegaz), and Russian ship insurers. These measures aim to disrupt oil exports to key buyers India & China. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

''Commercial net-pen aquaculture is history in Washington.'' Amazing news from the states, meanwhile in Scotland our @thesnp.bsky.social politicians are stalwart in their support of the polluting, unethical, welfare disaster that is #salmon farming. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Please remove farmed salmon from primary school menus @highland.gov.uk I do not want my own, or any other child to normalise eating this product. thefishingdaily.com/latest-news/...

Farm House and Field, Eric Ravilious, 1941. It depicts Ironbridge Farm, at Shalford in #Essex. The original artwork is in a private collection.