Jester mouse

"One could see the birds landing [on the water]…but they couldn't fly away"...

'In rockpools, starfish, limpets and other wildlife were smothered - while Pembrokeshire's fishing industry was brought to a standstill'

Our addiction to oil is death to wildlife, perilous to coastal communities

Feeling a bit crap but still managed to solve 😷 📅 🧩

Hooray for superheroes AND adequately funded municipal infrastructure!

Dan wasn't even born before decimalisation (nor was he anywhere near the UK when he was born) but still he yearns for Britain's pre-decimal times 55 years later.

Red eyes and black beaches: How the Sea Empress disaster left its mark A major oil spill which killed thousands of birds is still being debated, three decades later.

"Those images they saw, that's the real price of oil."

One of the UK's most devastating oil spills happened 30 years ago, killing thousands of seabirds and turning the beaches of south Wales black. Never again. We need a clean, renewable future for our seas & wildlife.
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What is the United Kingdom if not a “multicultural economic zone?” 🇬🇧 🤔

Next week the farmers will be complaining about the flooded fields and in the summer they’ll be complaining about it being too hot & dry.

Chart: The energy transition attracted record investment in 2025 Investors around the world spent $2.3 trillion on renewables, batteries, power grids, EVs, and more. Meanwhile, investment in fossil fuel supply dropped.

The energy transition is happening: Just take a look at how much cash went to fossil fuel–free technologies last year.

On February 14, 1852, in a London where nearly half of children died before age five, a small hospital opened with just ten beds and a radical idea. Sick children deserved their own wards, their own doctors, and care designed specifically for them: 🧵

If it's true that Brewdog is in severe financial difficulties and they may disappear, remember that you can always enjoy their flagship beer by pouring grapefruit juice into a can of Kestrel lager.

With the Winter Olympics underway, curling is one again getting mainstream media coverage. However, curling was once a much more popular sport and even in Glasgow outdoor curling rinks, like this one, were relatively common.

Cont./

#glasgow #curling #victoriapark #partickcurlingclub #partick

'Mini Switzerland' plan for Peak District transport network The idea would see buses arriving before trains pull into stations to improve connectivity.

Fantastic to see my Mini Switzerland idea covered by the BBC.

It captures so many people’s imaginations because it’s both obvious, simple and yet - from where we are today - unspeakably radical.

Please share!

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PREACH.

Exactly. Antivaccers convince themselves they have great immune systems when they are actually just being protected by the rest of us.

One for @myfavouritebench.bsky.social

🎉 Over 1,500 schools are already signed up for the #BigWalkAndWheel 2026! Join the UK's biggest inter school active travel challenge and help pupils arrive to school energised and ready to learn! Register now 👉 buff.ly/3tFSLmf In partnership with #schwalbeuk

YouTube video by Wade Harrington Harrington Batman Parking Meter

Is it this you’re thinking of? 🅿️

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Restore Linlithgow Loch Restore Linlithgow Loch -

By signing this action, you are adding your voice to a growing call for a loch restoration project and asking decision-makers to stop delaying and start delivering ✏️

greens.scot/linlithgowloch

A stone path slopes away upwards under bare trees and a grey winter sky; the ground is wet and there is drizzling rain. To the right of the path, a well-fed braid burn tumbles by, flanked by foliage.

🚲 edi.bike | issue 132 | 16th Feb '26

Visitor Levy funds - ‘Compromised’ George St plans dropped; Cycling Scottish Election Hustings in March; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more:

https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-132-16th-feb-26/

Lincoln Bedell statue, Westfield, New York

165 years ago, on the 16th of February 1861, Abraham Lincoln stopped in the town of Westfield, New York, on the way to his presidential inauguration to meet 12-year-old Grace Bedell. Bedell had sent Lincoln a letter in 1860 suggesting he should grow a beard to help his election. #otd #history 🗃️

Three panels from Batman comic, he’s parking his car and says to himself it’s a safe place and then dashes off

Batman racing to bad guy hideout parks car and says to himself it’s a block away for safety and may be needed before dashing off

Batman talking about needing privacy for his car and parking it in vacant lot…

Re-reading stories from Batman’s year one in part prep for my superhero class, and impressed how much time Batman spends thinking about safe places to park his car…

Shame the TV version doesn’t show the same concern.

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“He said "I've been to the year 3000
Not much has changed
But they lived underwater””

“Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'
Watchin' X-Files with no lights on
We're dans la maison
I hope the Smoking Man's in this one”

I'm not sure I could ever forgive this government if it allows the BBC World Service to die

A headstone with a tree growing around it

John Smith Thorpe & his three sons - William, Thomas and John, with their oak tree guardian from a few years ago

All died between 1865 & 1874, the boys likely of typhoid

Buried at Nottingham General Cemetery

How are we over halfway through February already? 📅 🧩

And make no mistake - this matters

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There are not enough brains in jars in modern sci-fi. 🧠 🫙

Take a tour of the new cycle parking below Berlin's Potsdamer Platz.

Designed for utility, sport, electric and cargo bikes, it enables a smooth transition to public transport, while taking a disused and uncomfortable private retail corridor and reimagining it as a safe and inviting community space.