Claire 🌻

Farage: epic grifter

Sgt Peppers album cover consisting of things that only made it because of immigration in to the UK, either immigrants themselves, the children of or as a result of someone else coming here.

Farage wanting to kick people out of the country because they migrated here made me angry and made me think about which best of British people and things wouldn't have happened were it not for the brilliance of immigration to the UK.

Less than 230,000 people signed up to Farage’s party Reform UK - media won’t shut the fuck up about it.

Over 600,000 people signed up to Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s new party - absolute crickets from the media.

You will never convince me the media isn’t complicit in the rise of the far right

What is it about Ozzy Osborne dying that makes people think, I must go out and buy a dinosaur balloon in his memory...? #ozzy

This. It's like how Southerners used to transcribe Oasis as saying "fookin'". No. They said "fuckin'". Southerners say "fahrkin".

Aging Oasis fans are about to discover the complete lack of cushioning and orthopaedic support in Adidas Gazelles tonight

Tabby cat standing on coffee table next to a vase of brightly coloured roses.

Mops de Bops with my new vintage playing cards vase from Blackpool. A rather late #Caterday post #catsofBlueSky

Honestly my description won't do it justice, it's two of the most surprised looking lions you'll ever see

sometimes when I'm sad I go on my photos from seven years ago from a holiday to Portugal when I saw two stuffed lions who look like Neil and Christine Hamilton

New polling shows public support for international students | Russell Group A new survey shows the majority of people don't think international students are a priority for immigration restrictions

It's a shame that international student numbers will be cut, because only 2% of voters want their post-study work limited and they bring £37bn to the country. But Britain has gone mad and willingly chosen poverty, so there it is, nothing to be done. www.russellgroup.ac.uk/news/new-pol...

Mops de Bops #Caterday #catsofbluesky

A very small (real) flower arrangement in a thimble including forget me nots , lily of the valley, buttercup, geum, chive flower bud, snowberry, green alkanet…

The first posy in a thimble I made, to lift my mood during the pandemic. The flowers are all real.

When humans look at plants (even on a screen as here) we recover from stress 60% more quickly & the relaxation response is triggered in our brains.

Zoom in if you're strung out🌿

We love Bluesky don’t we?

Wait until he finds out that the DSM simply broadened its diagnostic criteria a few years back and got rid of Aspergers

A sign reading “please no bins.”

But I *LOVE* pleasing bins 🗑️

Inside No. 9 on Stage – STAGE/FRIGHT UK Tour 2025 WEST END UNTIL SATURDAY 5 APRIL WYNDHAM'S THEATRE SOLD OUT! BOX OFFICE UK TOUR 2025 VIEW TOUR WEST END UNTIL SATURDAY 5 APRIL WYNDHAM'S THEATRE SOLD OUT! BOX OFFICE UK TOUR

Thanks to everybody who has seen #Insideno9 Stage/Fright at the Wyndham’s Theatre. Unfortunately this is our final week. FORTUNATELY we are doing a tour in the autumn! Tickets on sale from tomorrow at midday GMT. insideno9onstage.com#tour

A bumblebee dusted in yellow pollen sitting in a greyed-out flower. Text reads: 2024 was the worst year for bumblebees since records began.

It’s official, 2024 was the worst year for bumblebees since records began🚨

The latest findings from #BeeWalk, our national bumblebee monitoring scheme, have revealed bumblebee numbers declined by almost a quarter (22.5%) across Great Britain💔

Read on: www.bumblebeeconservation.org/british-bumb...

Ginger cat lazing

Ginger cat lazing

Happy #Caterday from a sleepy and even sleepier Lenny #orangeboy #catsofbluesky

An owl handler I met (although not the one in my anecdote) with his beautiful owl.

Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.

"And you totally know how to paint a baby?"
Artist: Yup
"You're sure?"
Artist: Don't worry about it
"You know what a baby looks like?"
Artist: Yes
"It's just you always paint babies like they're 40yr old blokes called Colin"
Artist: Not this time

Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”

President Trump ended a first-of-its-kind assessment of land, water and wildlife across the U.S. that its leader called "too important to die," weeks before the study was set to be completed.

People pose with pieces of the Statue of Liberty upon its arrival in New York, June 17, 1885.

World of #TimBurton at @designmuseum.bsky.social is so fantastic it's Out of this Universe 👌👌👌👌✂️🪲🪲

I don’t want to make a fuckin account to use my toaster. I don’t want to fuckin subscribe to software. I don’t want to create a fuckin profile to watch TV. I don’t want to fuckin register my whatever to unlock whatever. I don’t want to download a fuckin app to access anything. Death to new logins

California Fire Facts | Governor Gavin Newsom Get the facts about the Los Angeles fires.

Trump and his MAGA minions in Congress and the press are lying about the Los Angeles fires in order to politicize the tragedy.

So Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a website to fact-check the liars. Bookmark it, and use it to counter the lies.
gavinnewsom.com/california-f...

L.A. Fires Show Limits of America’s Efforts to Cope With Climate Change California has focused on fortifying communities against wildfires. But with growing threats, that may not be enough.

California’s building code for wildfires is among the most protective in the nation. Yet the destruction in Los Angeles demonstrates the limits of those efforts, raising uncomfortable questions about whether any part of the U.S. can truly adapt to wildfires made worse by a hotter climate.

Opinion | As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles (Gift Article) After the Bobcat Fire, L.A. no longer felt safe.

A few years ago, my friend, outspoken climate scientist Peter Kalmus @climatehuman.bsky.social, moved his family out of LA because he could extrapolate from the data. This week the house where he raised his kids burned down.

His words for us all (gift link):

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www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...

Wisdom from his many years.