W.H.A.T. A. B.U.R.N.!

The city of Minneapolis and its residents were formally nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

They are all so grubby, to a man…. And Fergie the queen of grift.

Thanks! Looks a lot more silvery than I expected but he’s so recognisable…

Persisting down here, so having a late Rabbie Burns Supper inside in the warm. I’ll stick a candle in a half-neep.

Any Henry VIII coppernoses? …nosii??? 👮👃😜

Video shows moments around fatal shooting in Minneapolis Bystander footage has captured the seconds before the killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti.

If that's what they're willing to do in public, while being filmed, what do they do behind closed doors?
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Have to conclude Paul Thomas Anderson has second sight

Couldn’t give a monkeys , haven’t used chrome in years

I despair of America. It’s Hitler’s brown shirts all over again. Bullies and thugs with guns stalking the streets and injudiciously killing law abiding citizens with impunity. I’ll never be back.

My magpie pair (marmite I know) are back building their nest in the crook if my no longer dying ash tree. They’re building a 3 storey nest with a cinema and spa in the basement. They started it Christmas week #magpies

Guess that’s what you got for being a Dick… I’ll get me coat….

@channel4tv.bsky.social Morning C4, not exactly setting the heather on fire here are you? Anyone in?

ah yes ‘bbc news’ where the goings on on something called the traitors is deemed news.

People fatally shot by UK police in 2024/25: 2
People fatally shot by US law enforcement in 2025: 1280

YouTube video by Wild Your Garden with Joel Ashton We Did Almost Nothing & Nature Came Back

In April 2025 I moved into a one acre plot of mostly mown grass. I then made it my ambition to try and encourage as much wildlife into the garden as possible. Here is the result of the last 8 months…

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Alice Hunt · Out of Rehab: Two Kings or One? The 400th anniversary of James VI and I’s death has been marked by several new approaches to the reign that gave us...

‘James’s intellect was often commented on – a post-mortem revealed that his head, when cracked open, was “so full of brains as they could not ... keep them from spilling, a great mark of his infinite judgment”.’

@alicehunt.bsky.social on James VI and I:
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Come on Steve, it's 2026!

A screenshot of a tweet that reads: "All Covid Vaccinated will be dead by December 31, 2025. According to the United States of America, who lead the charge to kill 95% of the World in 1994, under UN Agenda 2021."

Marked safe from whatever nonsense this is. 🫠

Happy New Year Live! 🎆 London Fireworks 2026 🔴 BBC YouTube video by BBC

Wishing my friends around the world a happy new year; 2026 has arrived in London and your favourite feline remains in charge x
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Bought this over Christmas. My Dad bought it for me many years ago on a business trip to France, when I was 7 or 8.Never managed to read more than a few words, and the book long lost. Glad I can now fully appreciate an Excellent overview of early Roman Britain 🤣

Church of the Sacred heart in Dunlewey Co. Donegal.

The Church of the Sacred heart in Dunlewey Co. Donegal.
Built in 1877 on top of a small hill on the shore of Dunlewey Lough at the bottom of the beautiful Errigal.
photo: Gareth Wray Photography

That’s cos we’re good at hiding our bawbees 🤭

We are looking at two oak doors on a timber framed building. A large Christmas wreath sits in the middle of the doors illuminated by the lantern above. There is a large red number 23 over the top.

Happy Christmas Eve Eve! It’s Day 23 of our advent calendar and we’re delving into our minute books for a strange Christmas excerpt:

“26th December 1804: Humane Society have permission to use any part of the Hall for the purpose of receiving objects and keeping them in suspended animation”.

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Of the 16 coins I have minted at Bury St Edmunds, this is my favourite. It's the style of the face that does it for me. Subtly different to the norm 🥰

Inside and on top of the Wellington Arch in London - the first time I’ve been inside!

We are looking at a section of the Great Hall’s oak framed roof. To one side is a large illuminated Christmas tree covered in red and gold baubles.

It has felt particularly gloomy today (thank goodness for Christmas lights).

However it’s the shortest day of the year so light nights are on their way back.

Happy Winter Solstice everyone!

Its winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. Today St Kilda will see about six and a half hours of daylight, but tomorrow the days start to get longer. Still plenty winter evenings to coorie in next to the fire.
#StKilda #NTS #advent
📷MC2

Advent window 17. The St Kilda wren -Troglodytes troglodytes hirtensis - a unique sub species on the St Kilda archipelago . In the spring and summer the males can be heard singing all over the islands, defending their territories and making their presence felt.

We are looking at a close up of a door frame that shows an oak finial carved with a large love heart.

Roses are red,
violets are blue,
it's day 17 of our advent calendar,
so this love heart is for you. ❤️

There are many little details carved by those who have worked on the Hall. Are they permanent reminders of their skill or a demonstration of love for their craft? Or a bit of both?

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Text which reads: We’ve made the difficult decision to walk away from groups set up to help shape Scottish farming policy. For four years, alongside LINK, we’ve tried to engage constructively and help the government achieve their sustainable farming goals. But we can no longer participate in a process we’ve no confidence in. The process is meant to be co-designing policy, but there’s no clarity about the aims or timeline, key evidence doesn’t seem to influence decisions, and repeated requests to improve things have gone unheeded. Farming has an essential role to play in tackling the nature and climate crisis. Yet of the £650M of public funding spent on agriculture each year, just 5% directly supports nature and climate friendly farming. Many farmers and crofters want to do more but the current system — and the process meant to reform it — is letting them down. We are still keen to help make the much-needed changes and urge the next government to start afresh.

We have resigned from the Scottish Government’s farming policy group having lost all confidence in the process.

Farming is key to tackling the nature and climate crisis. Many farmers and crofters want to do more but the current system is failing them.

Full statement 👇