James Berriman

A beautiful musical partnership between @jamesyorkston.bsky.social and Johanna Söderberg of First Aid Kit.

🎧 Hear the story behind the song on the new Official Folk Albums Chart Show - here: youtu.be/lsU8cDu3LDE

On Wed 12th Nov join Isobel Jane Kimberley for her EP launch at The Harrison #kingscross #London - folkandroots.co.uk/isobel-jane-kimberley

Songwriter, guitarist, and the compelling frontwoman of alt folk rock band Bruise, She has long been a distinctive voice on the UK music scene.

What are regulatory T-cells? Nobel-winning science explained The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded on Monday to three scientists for discovering how a particular kind of cell can stop the body's immune system from attacking itself.

What are regulatory T-cells? Nobel-winning science explained
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10...

Stolen From God moves on to Halle St Michael’s in Manchester tonight. Here are @regmeuross.bsky.social Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne and Suntou Susso warming up.

✨Workshops - Patsy Reid & Alice Allen✨

🎻Join Patsy in her ‘Technical aspects to improve sound’ workshop.
🎻Join Alice in her ‘Cello tone’ workshop.

Head to our website to read more 🎻

🎟️ - www.scotsfiddlefestival.com

#ScotsFiddleFest2025 #tradmusic #fiddle

Chris Sewart, a man wearing glasses and a short-sleeved shirt. He is standing in front of a painting of some poppies and he has his arms crossed.

Simon Armitage - a man wearing a burgundy coloured shirt, with grey hair. He is sat in front of a bookshelf and he's looking towards us thoughtfully.

It's National Poetry Day, and if you're into all things literary then there's lots to look forward to at our next festival - including the UK's Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage, local favourite Chris Sewart, and one more special guest to be announced tomorrow - any guesses?

stage4beverley.com/line-up/

Why investment in clean indoor air is vital preparation for the pandemics and climate emergencies to come Unchecked airborne infections cost billions in lost health and productivity each year – likely more than the cost of better ventilation to clean up indoor air.

Why investment in clean indoor air is vital preparation for the pandemics and climate emergencies to come
theconversation.com/why-investme...

Brexit to blame for Rachel Reeves’ tax hikes, Labour MP claims A Labour MP has said ‘not a single tax’ would have had to increase if Britain had not left the EU

Another Labour MP finds courage to face Brexit reality!

Andrew Lewin blasts out the truth, “Were we still in the EU… there would not have been a single tax rise.”

And adds he wants to rejoin in his lifetime.

Finally Labour MPs are breaking free and saying it!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Watercolour of canal with black lock gates in the centre and white cottage to the left; green grass and foliage all around.

#ArtDD2025
Lock on the Crinan canal

A finer set of locks it would be hard to find - peaceful, well-kept, set in glorious countryside.

@saocousins.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social

Trump v the Truth Channel 4 analyse some of President Donald Trump's claims and statements which are untrue

Seen 'Trump v the Truth'? Watch it here on Channel 4:

www.channel4.com/programmes/t...

Another good mix of music and poetry at the next @stage4beverley.bsky.social festival!

If you live nearby, please do check it out from 8th-15th Feb.
stage4beverley.com/line-up/

"That's me, that is."

Folk on Foot is once again nominated at the Independent Podcast Awards! Wish us luck 🍀

Letter from Ed Davey to Keir Starmer condemning Elon Musk for inciting violence and urging unity to defend democracy.

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.

As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.

Man wearing FFP3 mask.

Some days I wonder if I need to be wearing this.

Today was not one of those days.🧵

Sometimes I feel this way too.. I start thinking… is it really worth it being one of the last people that’s not infected… wouldn’t it be better to go the way of the crowd… live and die the way of the crowd…

Then I remember that C19 increases the risk of conditions that don’t kill you immediately…

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy The hidden financial crisis of climate change

The hidden financial crisis of climate change youtu.be/1usIQvFvwYg?... The truth is stark: companies are hiding the real cost of the net-zero transition. Without honest accounting, capital is misallocated, pensions are at risk, and businesses will fail. Sustainable cost accounting is the solution.

As U.S. faces deadly week, gun violence experts lament end of prevention research Amid deadly shootings, CDC has fired experts and shut down research on preventing gun violence. Expert calls it a "cruel irony."

“It is a cruel irony that just days after a gunman sprayed over 500 bullets across the CDC campus, the government fired over 150 violence and injury prevention specialists at the CDC,” former CDC official Tom Simon told me. My story at @statnews.com

www.statnews.com/2025/09/12/g...

Crisis within CDC is spilling into real world, experts say "I’ve never heard as many colleagues saying things like 'CDC is dead’ as I have today," an agency employee told STAT.

This is telling: People I spoke to are talking about CDC in the past tense.

www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...

🌸 The flower might no longer look its absolute best but the bee doesn’t care. 🐝

#BloomScrolling

Red apple against a green wall.

Spent most of the day in the garden…planting, pruning, weeding & hedge cutting. 🌱

Lots of sitting too, with large mugs full of tea. Is there anything better?

Picked our very first ever red apple from the garden. It’s so pretty. 🍎

Hope you have a lovely evening. 👋

Self-erected standing stone on a rocky shoreline, a sea of blue water below wisps of clouds and green pastureland jutting above a low cliff edge

A sand beach, the sea, and green pastureland below a mostly clear blue sky

Tide pools beyond grassy tufts. A blue sky with surrounding clouds above a pasture beyond the cove

Really at a loss for words to describe the beauty and magic here in #Orkney. An absolutely stunning time wandering about
#WalkAbout #StunningSunday

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy Why the rich are tearing society apart

Sociocide and pleonexia are not just words. They describe what’s happening in plain sight: the destruction of society by those who refuse responsibility for the common good. This video asks whether tax avoidance is sociocidal — and what we should do about it.

youtu.be/GCnrOSLlGYg?...

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy How fascists use black-and-white thinking to win

How fascists use black-and-white thinking to win youtu.be/Ggca48_uYN4?... Fascists and far-right politicians define an 'other' group in society and then blame them for all its problems. I explain why this tactic is so effective – and so dangerous.

A Ulefone Armor 6 phone, a nearly full jam jar, a dessert spoon and a slice of grape. Weighing in at 825 g on the kitchen scale. That’s the hefty advertised weight of a Ulefone Armor 34 Pro.

A Ulefone Armor 6 phone. Weighing in at 270 g on the kitchen scale.

It’s time to replace my old Ulefone Armor 6. I started checking out the Armor 34 Pro and was astonished that it weighs 825 g.

That’s a hefty brick (the old phone weighs 270 g).

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert "Black Man Blues" - Louis Cato, John Scofield & Marcus Miller (LIVE on The Late Show)

youtube.com/watch?v=9TDb...

Magic Roundabout sunflower 🌻🌱

#gardening #bloomscrolling #photography

I love this picture from Kym Illman of a young woman with a headband with racing cars.

#F1 #BelgianGP

Credit: @kymillmanf1.bsky.social

Screenshot from here: youtu.be/n3D1r3Ya9T4?...

Wolff says Russell and Verstappen would be a ‘Prost-Senna pairing’ Speaking to Sky Sports F1 after opening practice at Spa, Wolff said there was a “very high probability” the current

Toto Wolff has acknowledged that a George Russell-Max Verstappen pairing at Mercedes would be a “Prost–Senna” type lineup, but insisted that his priority remains the current driver lineup of Russell and Kimi Antonelli for 2026.

@mattfd.bsky.social @hubnut.bsky.social
@joncoupland.bsky.social
I mentioned to my mate Nic that people often comment on the aroma in old cars.
What do you reckon chaps?
When you review or otherwise inform about cars mention should be made of the 'voitosmia' the vehicle possesses....