The orange-faced, two-bit, shyster Trump and the frog-faced grifter Farage.

The orange-faced, two-bit, shyster Trump and the frog-faced grifter Farage.

The orange-faced, two-bit, shyster Trump and the frog-faced grifter Farage.

The orange-faced, two-bit, shyster Trump and the frog-faced grifter Farage.

If your best mate is this blatantly corrupt what does it say about you? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Trump #Farage

The Photographer by Guibert, Lefèvre & Lemercier.

The Photographer by Guibert, Lefèvre & Lemercier. My favourite work of graphic non-fiction. A seamless mix of illustration and photography documenting the work of Médecins Sans Frontières, the people and landscape of eastern Afghanistan, and the impacts of war. #booksky #comics #books

Is Labour (or, indeed, any other party) still happy with Palantir’s involvement in,… err,… *any* government contract? cc @ruthjoneslabour.bsky.social

In case you’re confused - the £100k of tax Richard Tice failed to pay here is totally different to the
- £92k of tax not properly withheld on dividends
- the £600k side-stepped via highly aggressive tax avoidance
Industrial scale grifting revealed by @danneidle.bsky.social and Gabriel Pogrund

It doesn't take a forensic accountant to work out whose interests Nigel Farage really serves

Reform UK update,…

What’s behind the mass bird deaths along Azerbaijan’s Caspian shore? Multiple cases of mass bird deaths have been recorded along Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea coast, raising concerns of disease or toxic pollution.

What’s behind the mass bird deaths along Azerbaijan’s Caspian shore?

oc-media.org/whats-behind...

Ynysyfro WeBS: essentially, naff all. Looks like the Greylag pair are back for another breeding season. #gwentbirding #lowcarbonbirding

Up to The British via Cwmcarn and mynydds Maen, Llwyd and Llanhilleth; back via the canal. Fresh Red Grouse poo (but no Red Grouse) on Mynydd Maen, Tree Pipit nr Cefn Crib, plus Goshawk and Red Kite elsewhere. #gwentbirding #birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding

Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Two plus two has always and will always equal four; the Crystal Palace will always fall; and, as anti-heroes go, this guy is a doozy. #booksky #books

Goldcliff Pools: Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, Spotshank, Blackwit, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Pochard, 6 Common Gull up-channel, Reed Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, etc. #gwentbirding

Oh. #climate

It’s not everyday you get wet through to your pants,… twice. #moist #pants

Up to Cwmcarn via the canal: 3+ Willow Warbler, 2 broods of Mallards, etc. Highlight: wringing out my ‘waterproof’ socks on getting home. #moist #gwentbirding #birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding

Factcheck: Nine false or misleading myths about North Sea oil and gas - Carbon Brief Carbon Brief factchecks some of the most common claims about North Sea oil and gas.

Worth a quick read, p’raps? >>
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-ni...

West Usk Lighthouse/mouth of the Ebbw this arvo, in chronological order: Whitethroat, 5+ White Wag, Yellow Wag over N, Common Sand, Spotshank, Merlin low SW and 2 Whimbrel. #gwentbirding

Just in case you thought Reform are anything but a bunch of two bit shysters.

So,… what you’re saying is,…

EasyJet passengers describe new EU border controls 'nightmare' Airlines warn of further disruption due to the introduction of a new EU digital border control system.

I’d bet a lot of money that *at least* 52% of these people voted for Brexit. 🙄
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Over to Caldicot, back via Uskmouth: Whitethroat all over the shop (13+), Sedge and Reed dotted about, fair number of Swallow at breeding sites but nothing too exciting. #gwentbirding #birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding

What is @ofcom.bsky.social for?

The deputy leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, owns a property company - Quidnet REIT.

From 2020 to 2022 it paid Tice and his trust £600k in dividends. Quidnet should have paid £120k of tax on those dividends. It didn't.

A 🧵 with evidence from the company's own filings:

Goldcliff Pools: Spoonbill, Ruff, Barwit, Spotshank, 16 Whimbrel, Wheatear, Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, 2 Pochard, House Martin, Swallow, 25+ Sand Martin, etc. #gwentbirding

Ynysyfro: 2 Sand Martin and 2 Stonechat. #gwentbirding

Two House Martin over the garden. #gwentbirding

Ecocide. #ecocide

Your frequent reminder that Farage wants to frack the UK - in multiple ways - and that doing so won’t make a blind bit of difference to energy bills

It would, however, make us more dependent on volatile fossil fuels, make the climate crisis worse & industrialise the countryside

Don’t vote Reform

Peter Camenzind by Hermann Hesse.

Peter Camenzind by Hermann Hesse. Given my lack of interest (bordering on mild disdain) toward spirituality, Eastern religions and Jung, I probably shouldn’t enjoy reading Hesse,… but I do. #booksky #books

Goldcliff Pools, late morning HT: Greenshank, 2 Blackwit, 12 Ringed Plover (incl. 9 up-channel), 3+ Swallow, 3 Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 3 Pochard, 5 Stonechat, two broods of Mallard, and a Grass Snake. #gwentbirding

House Martin over the garden. #gwentbirding