Simon Bond

A treat for a dull and sticky morning, a beautifully marked female marsh harrier at work over the fields by the sailing club, Beccles Marsh Trail 😊

Nigel Farage has declared that he is against working from home.

It's not a surprise given he is never in Clacton.

Golden Eagle found shot in Scottish Borders – Police Scotland appeals for information Press release from Police Scotland (9 February 2026) APPEAL AFTER GOLDEN EAGLE SHOT IN THE SCOTTISH BORDERS Wildlife officers are appealing to the public for information after a four-year-old golde…

Golden Eagle found shot in the Scottish Borders - Police Scotland appeals for information. 'Hamlet' is the sixth victim of eagle persecution in south Scotland in recent years...

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/09/g...

@mgtmccartney.bsky.social Hi Margaret, is there a reference for this or similar that’s straightforward for you to point me in the right direction to? Thank you 👍

Here's an idea for Starmer:

Why not keep the promises he made when he was elected Labour leader?

👌🏻Public ownership

👌🏻Scrapping tuition fees

👌🏻Higher taxes on the wealthy

👌🏻Free movement in the EU

This would be a pretty popular platform right now

@paulbernal.bsky.social

Wow, what an analogy! And 💯 on the nose. I follow some sci/med types who rave about it constantly. But for most of the world I inhabit, it's lethal--ethically & intellectually. #AI #histSTM #histmed

Look what arrived today, or at least the ebook did. This is the first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to medieval women’s writing globally,focusing on the thousand-year period between 500-1500. Entries on about 250 women writers plus longer thematic essays. You’re welcome.

Share. Please read - is not very long and clearly written.

Luck by default is not of one’s own making 😳

A shih tzu that looks like Tim Burgess

Tim Burgess

I did find a picture of a shih tzu that looks like Tim Burgess though

🤬

That’s beautiful Steve! Great to see this morning 👍

I photographed this lazy Grey Heron fly low, dragging it's feet, from one side of the lake to the other. Take it easy this Friday people and be kind
#appicoftheweek
#jessopsmoment
#bbcwildlifepotd
#birdphotography
#alphacollective
#SonyAlpha
#SonyWorldClub

A cartoon made in response to an Elon Musk tweet that reads “Whoever said “money can’t buy happiness” really knew what they were talking about 😔” The black and white cartoon shows Musk standing against the wind. There is a distant expression on his face and a single tear being blown from his left eye. He wraps his arms around himself, trying to keep warm. The world is so cruel to him. Punishing him for the meagre crime of hoarding massive amounts of wealth and showing no empathy for the vulnerable. Also, he uses his platform to boost racism, misogyny, and white supremacy but seriously guys who would hold that against a fella? Next to him a caption reads “Being a shit person is ruining my life”

The Struggles Of Elon Musk 😔

That‘s the spirit.

Peter Mandelson's Downfall Puts Morgan McSweeney's Future in Doubt Keir Starmer insists he is sticking by his chief adviser in the wake of the Mandelson scandal, but others have their doubts, reports Adam Bienkov

🔴Peter Mandelson’s Downfall Puts Morgan McSweeney’s Future in Doubt

Keir Starmer insists he is sticking by his chief adviser in the wake of the Mandelson scandal, but others have their doubts, reports @adambienkov.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2026/02/05/p...

Scritti Politti at the Luminaire, Feb 2006, photo taken from the keyboard player's position

Twenty years ago today I stood on a stage in Kilburn to play my first gig with Double G & The Traitorous 3, a nom de guerre for a newly gigging Scritti Politti. While onstage I took this photo, capturing a nervous Green Gartside and the back of Alyssa's head. It's been quite the thing. 1/X

What wonderful memories, thank you for sharing. I chatted on the other place with you about seeing you at Latitude and Norwich for the Cupid & Psyche tour, was great to hear Sweetest Girl live, Songs to Remember is one of my absolute favourite albums, incredible songs, musicians and production 🤩😍🥂

France’s Foreign Ministry owns Elon Musk in this response:

The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.

www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-...

I was on the top deck of a rail replacement bus service a few seats behind Richard Curtis

The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Yahoooo been waiting 40 years for this, watching it decline, hoping it wouldn’t fall down. Such a special place for GY.

New Epstein emails show Peter Mandelson secretly advising JPMorgan’s CEO on how to fight Labour’s 2009 bankers’ bonus tax - even suggesting he “mildly threaten” the Chancellor.

Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time.

A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.

Short eared owl coming in to land on a post this morning #ukbirding

This is Charles. He says young people should care more about nature.
He’s spent his whole life killing animals for fun. Don’t be like Charles.

BBC Radio 4 - Ramblings, Ghosts of the Farm with Nicola Chester Clare joins writer Nicola Chester for a circular walk out of Inkpen, West Berkshire.

Listen to #BBCR4 #Ramblings with the wonderful Clare Balding today from 3pm! (I’ll be under a cushion) Such a delight to ramble with Clare & introduce her to the incredible Miss Julia White, & her extraordinary cohort of pioneering women. All in a very special spot 1/2 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...