Wildlife and humans thriving in Unesco-protected sites While wildlife populations crash globally, research finds designated areas enable recovery of threatened species

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Vordermann’s Flying #Squirrels 🪽🦦🤎 are spectacular gliding #mammals of #Borneo who are #vulnerable due to #palmoil #deforestation in #Malaysia 🇲🇾 and #Indonesia 🇮🇩 Support them and #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🩸🚜🔥☠️❌ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/05/v...

Royal Mail invests £500m to tackle late deliveries as second-class post cut back Company promises to meet new delivery targets by next May after being fined last year for poor record

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Preventing harm to children in the UK – Preventing a public health crisis This hybrid event is the annual collaboration of the UK Public Health Community with a focus on the health of children and young people.

The Faculty of Public Health is co-hosting a conference with the Royal Society of Medicine on preventing harm to children in the UK, particularly relating to online and digital harms and commercial determinants.

See more and register:
www.rsm.ac.uk/events/epide...

Healthy life expectancy falls in the Tees Valley to the lowest level in England since records began People in the Tees Valley are not only living shorter lives than the national average, they are spending significantly more of those lives in poor health, and the gap between communities is growing

People in the Tees Valley are not only living shorter lives than the national average, they are spending significantly more of those lives in poor health, and the gap between communities is growing

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

At the moment there are two fixed points on our morning walk, the wall where I sit and rest my painful back halfway round and the hedge where #sophiefromromania stops for a good scratch

Gilbert & George: 'Homeless people tend not to end up in a picture'

In a new exhibition, Gilbert & George pay tribute to their homeless friend George Crompton, who died last year.

Don't worry if February didn't March, April May!😆
Welcome Spring and chase away the last of winter!
May 3rd enjoy Morris dancing with Beorma, flowercrown making, folklore with the Green Man and crowning of the May Monarch!
https://ow.ly/jwOs50YMiRh
Free with normal entry fees

𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁𝘆!

Yesterday, Wayne Greggory, huntsman of the Vale of Taunton & Banwell Harriers pleaded guilty to an offense under the Hunting Act following an incident in November 2025. Greggory was fined a paltry £250, with a £100 victim surcharge and £80 court costs.

www.huntsabs.org.uk/guilty-hunt-...

The chances of buying anything vaguely healthy is also impossible. Most of the meals available have chips or pasties. Its really difficult to buy anything else

We're thinking of doing a car boot sale as sellers. Does anyone with experience have any tips? We've got a table and a cash float of £30 and a load of carrier bags. We will be selling bric a brac, toys and ornaments mainly, and we're just looking to cover our pitch fee, and get rid of the stuff!

England wildlife watchdog ‘has stopped designating special sites for protection’ Exclusive: Report finds Natural England has created no new SSSIs, which protect areas from development, since 2023

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Dozens of American veterans and military family members were detained after they started protesting the Iran war inside a congressional office building in Washington D.C.

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege.

What is it doing in the UK? Will any regulator even investigate?

Exec pay linked to profits. Every incentive to rig the market, fleece customers.

Palantir in the NHS is linked to Mandelson

Mandelson is linked to Wes Streeting

Wes Streeting is defending Palantir’s involvement in the #NHS

Nothing to see or everything to see

Palantir must be removed from the NHS

The oligarchs hate renewables because they can't profit from them. Once everyone buys solar panels, their energy costs are free. It isn't only the oil industry that doesn't want this to happen. Utility companies don't want it either. Anything that helps people and doesn't make money is an anathema.

And he looked old then!

This should be the top news story along with reFUKKK plc's dodgy financing and Nazxi Farridges non stop grifting

Sussex trawling ban: new protections for marine habitats The ban around Beachy Head East MCZ brings new protections to marine life.

🎉OCEAN WIN: A new law banning trawling and scalloping in an area off the Sussex coast has been approved by the govt!

The new law now sees almost 30% of the inshore waters in Sussex protected from trawling. What a major victory for ocean life!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp84p23y6gko

Tesla saved $400 million on its federal taxes by shifting billions of its U.S. profits to countries with lower tax rates.

Yes: While you paid your taxes in full, giant corporations maneuvered to pay as little as possible — and it’s all perfectly legal for them.

The system is rigged.

#ResistanceIsTheOption

#OnEpsteinWatch

A poster that reads, “Believing a 12-year-old is mature enough to give birth to her rapist's baby, but needs parental approval to check out a book, is peak Republican.”

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK

Believing a 12-year-old is mature enough to give birth to her rapist's baby, but needs parental approval to check out a book, is peak Republican.

Tomorrow, I’ll post a reminder to the GOP about book bans and censorship :-)}

Private Eye | World of Sport : Host of problems IS Saudi Arabia's global sports(washing) dream over?

But it’s not just the war that has caused the Saudi sporting quest to hit the buffers.

Full story online and in the latest issue: www.private-eye.co.uk/news

For the rest, including cartoons, Pseuds, Dumb Britain and all the other regulars, you’ll have to buy the magazine.

🧵3/3

Cocaine pollution in rivers and lakes may disrupt behaviour of salmon, study finds Fish swam further and dispersed more widely after exposure to environmental levels of drug and main metabolite

www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Zoologist, author and presenter Desmond Morris dies aged 98 Morris pursued dual passions of zoology and surrealist art, presenting TV documentaries and hosting exhibitions

www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

Including University of Oxford, Imperial College London, University College London, King’s College London, the University of Sheffield, the University of Leicester, the University of Nottingham, Cardiff Metropolitan University, MMU, Bristol and LSE:

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did on J6 🩸🩸🩸

THIS IS WHAT AN INSURRECTION LOOKS LIKE ⬇️⬇️⬇️

New study from Denmark shows that Tylenol is not linked to autism A Danish study involving over 1.5 million children has found no significant link between prenatal Tylenol (acetaminophen) use and autism.

Well this is interesting: New study from Denmark shows that Tylenol is not linked to autism

Hope that everyone in the 🍊🤡 administration reads this!!!

www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...

Colour camera trap of a jaguar standing amongst green leaves in a forest.

Colour camera trap of a jaguar walking across a leafy forest floor from right to left. Its mouth slightly open as it looks up. 

Colour camera trap image of a jaguar in the wild, walking across the camera in a sunny forest.

Black and white camera trap image of a jaguar walking from right to left.

These jaguars may all look alike, but it's their rosettes which tell them apart. 🐆

After analysing thousands of camera trap imagery in Madre de Dios, monitoring teams identified a total of 75 jaguars in the area over two years!

Here are just a few they spotted. 👇