Waj was just superb and I love the trifecta of total silence after the faux pastor made the brief attempt at being relevant with the lame duck "Jesus was not a socialist" or words to that effect .. hilariously stupid man.
Worth a read if you're interested ..
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Among the many & varied insect/plant relationships that have been evolving for at least 380 m years, shelter & feeding is probably the most noticed by us humans; less obvious is the use of a flower as a hunting stage or a sunny spot to snooze in. Imo mini Meadow grasshopper here is meditating 🌸😇
When Nigel Farage visited Harlow.
If you're going to #bloomscroll as opposed to #doomscroll show a bloom w insects/insects feeding in or on it which is a more positive sign the flower is not merely a symbol of the human-centric aesthetic but of our awareness that in nature
#everythingisconnected
Tiny grasshopper on Fairy flax
Alert reporting by @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
When are the BBC Green Rooms getting renamed so Farage can better enjoy his pre and post show nibbles?
"This way Mr Farage to the Teal room.. oh you know the way..
key as well..marvellous!"
Bravo to @sturdyalex.bsky.social for the spot! 👏
Well, woke up to many, many, many lovely messages thanking me for exposing Pastor Doug Wilson.
Wasn't expecting that and no need to give me flowers but I appreciate it.
We all must do our part to expose these cruel hypocrites and wolves in sheep's clothing.
Don't be afraid. Confront them.
Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson (via his “1517 Fund”) invests in Rainmaker, a cloud seeding startup in El Segundo, which has a growing community of uber Christian “Tech Bros,” including Rainmaker’s Augustus Doricko & Valar Atomics’ Isaiah Taylor who attend a church tied to Doug Wilson. 1/
"Brown structure: The 'Young Nationalists' (JN) held a community day in the Harz at the end of March. Behind the supposed 'youth work' lies hard-core ideology transmission and strategic recruitment for the extreme right."
No shit!
🇺🇦 Good news for Ukraine. Europe must keep supporting our allies in their battle against Putin's illegal war.
Already made complaint about this to the BBC .. please do the same folks .. the BBC news deserve a flood of complaints about this 'skewed to the point of in Reform pocket' reporting!
Decoupling renewable energy prices from gas is a BIG deal. So why announce it on the same day Olly Robbins is up before the Select committee re Mandelson? That will be the only story today.
Labour’s comms are still dire. Any decent strategist would‘ve delayed the announcement to tmrw
Olly Robbins says No 10 wanted Mandelson in Washington as soon as possible and there was “constant pressure” to get him in place as soon as possible pre-inauguration
He also says that Cabinet Office didn’t think vetting was even necessary for Mandelson
But Robbins says the Foreign Office insisted
If nothing else, the decision to sack Robbins, when he didn't need to, must rank as one of the most absurd acts of political self-harm any prime minister has yet committed. All of this eminently foreseeable.
I can't wait to read this. The loss of Paul Auster is still deeply sad.
One of my favourite authors for years, after picking up a copy of the New York Trilogy at random as a teen, but all of his work from the early poetry, to classics like The Book of Illusions and Invisible, were just flawless.
£16bn offshore wind cash lost already thanks to Labour.
We're being crippled by transmission charges that ensures our sites are inflicted with the highest grid charges in Europe, while generators in the south of England are being 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 to connect to the very same “national grid”.
archive.ph/26Lc2
⚡️At least 6 killed, 59 injured in Russian strikes across Ukraine over past day
Russian forces launched 143 drones against Ukraine overnight, of which 116 were downed or jammed, the Air Force reported on April 21.
The Green Party calls for the UK government to take serious action against Israel's military onslaught in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran
Curlew walking through grassy field
Aerial view of wetlands at Insh Marshes
It’s World Curlew Day!
Curlews are in trouble, but across Scotland people are taking action to make a difference 🙌
At RSPB Insh Marshes, we’re working to give Curlews and other waders the best chance of success with the support of volunteers, farmers and landowners: www.rspb.org.uk/scotland/new...
NEW REPORT: Today we publish Unprotected Nature, a report revealing Natural England's failure to designate any new protected sites.
Read about it in the Guardian here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Grenfell Tower designed 1967 in Brutalist style & approved by Kensington & Chelsea LB Council in 1970. Brutal end came to 77 residents 14/06/2017.
GAG (Grenfell Action Group) warned council in 2016 "only a catastrophic event" would "expose its ineptitude & incompetence".
Don't forget why they died!
Criminal syndicates
England's water companies have 1,200+ criminal convictions.
Execs rewarded for dumping sewage.
Occasionally fines on companies are announced but then waived or deferred.
No corporate licence to operate revoked.
No exec fined/prosecuted.
One law for us, another for them
It’s almost as if there’s a coordinated campaign by the fossil fuel industry on both sides of the world.
But renewables are coming and are going to march all over them..
Meanwhile tax their profits hard as a punishment for their bad actions
Ukraine has done more than defend itself, writes Simon Pease.
It has bought time for the rest of Europe.
Which raises a difficult question about what we owe in return.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/def...
📌 ICYMI — How Elon Musk and the Tech Billionaires Hijacked the State and Our Minds
Historian Quinn Slobodian tells that Elon Musk's rise tells a deeper story—of fortunes built on state power, and a new politics where humans are treated less as citizens than as systems to be optimised
"The photographer is real," say scrupulously honest Reform.
In which case, their supporters have 6 fingers, can perform levitation, and are campaigning to "Get Stuppence Out."
Stick to tax evasion, Tice. You're absolutely nailing that.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
Last pre-election regional event in Newcastle at Northern Stage tomorrow (Tues 21st)
www.tickettailor.com/events/onemi...
Male #Hairy-footedflowerbee still visiting Bugle flowers on #allotment.
Can't recommend this lovely native spring-flowering low-growing plant enough .. it spreads .. if you want to encourage these lovely solitary bees + #CommonCarderbumblebee into your garden!
Blade of grass had right of way btw 🙄
This 👇
" Each individual pine hoverfly larva & egg is a lifeline for our native population &, collectively, these little insects have huge positive impact on forest ecosystems, acting both as pollinators & waste removers." important words by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
#InsectsRock
Picture of street filled with people when cars are prohibited, with a prominent sign saying “road closed.” Via Urban Truth Collecrive (Also, it’s a street, not a road)
How come they keep spelling “open” wrong?
Does that street look closed to you? Only if you’re a car… and presumably that’s the real problem. #UrbanTruth