Or, let’s frame this differently, there’s no contemporary justification for bludgeoning baby birds, of a protected species, to death. That’s the bottom line.

Alastair McIntosh@alastairmci.bsky.social · 2d ago

The NatureScot #guga decision “bore all the hallmarks of a modern Scottish public body captured by the need to impose an ideology on those they consider to be educationally and culturally beneath them.” www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Article is paywalled but the quote resonates. There’s no singular intelligence, rather there are intelligences. Processing information is not limited to facts, it’s far more complex. There is no knowledge without experience; that’s unequivocal. AI is not knowledgeable. It has information.

Giles Wilkes@gilesyb.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Functional information-processing taking place in an atemporal mathematical space is so utterly unlike the lived intelligence of a human being that to call it “intelligence” at all is to wholly falsify its nature." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

New paper out: www.stir.ac.uk/news/2026/ju... Coming soon to various news outlets. It’s been quite a day of interviews… But putting veganism into the mainstream? I’m all over that! 🌱 And I’m completely prepared for the headlines: Woke, liberal vegan lefty stealing our Sunday roast 🫣

Nostalgia and family traditions are major barriers to adoption of plant-based diets, Stirling study finds | About | University of Stirling

Nostalgia and family traditions are major barriers to adoption of plant-based diets, Stirling study finds

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This is the only result that I’m considering.

‘Mon the revolution!

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3w ago

In America today, the wealthiest 1% is now worth more than the entire American middle class. That never happened before.

Gotta do ‘something’ to stay relevant in the age of popularity grifters cosplaying as ‘serious’ politicians right? Conservatives = Reform lite.

Sarah Murphy@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 4w ago

Badenoch claims that to be a true Conservative, you have to reject NetZero and the ECHR. So, be a climate crisis denier and flounce out of our human rights framework, torpedoing our international treaties and our shared responsibilities. What’s conservative… or even sane…. about that?

Great analogy for the impacts of social and wealth inequality in this piece. We allow people to fall off cliffs and pay exorbitant amounts of money to patch them up instead of investing in a fence to stop them falling off 👏

East Anglia Bylines@eastangliabylines.co.uk · 4w ago

Britain is richer than ever. So why are people anxious, unhealthy and divided? Two leading thinkers argue the real problem isn't growth – it's inequality. And other countries show there's a better way, writes Stephen McNair

Farage is finished. The circus of dirty tricks and back handers is over. The pound shop Trump has neither the bombast nor the financiers to dominate the political system. He’s a shoddy, cheaply bought, morally bereft little man who is a stain on our democracy. Enough now. We deserve better.

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 4w ago

Farage just called a referendum on the concept of objective reality iandunt.substack.com/p/farage-jus...

It’s hotter. It’s definitely hotter. It isn’t a hoax. This isn’t a drill.

Ed Hawkins@edhawkins.org · last mo.

Happy birthday to the heatwave of 1976 which began today 50 years ago, peaking at 35.9°C. If a comparable heatwave happened in the current climate it would be 3-4°C hotter, peaking at 38-39°C. And the actual forecast is for temperatures of 38-39°C in the next few days with a red heatwave warning.

If more people were prepared to make an actual, discernible difference - our countries would be vastly different. Well said lad.

PoliticsJOE@politicsjoe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This Makerfield voter sums up British politics in less than 70 seconds 🔥🔥🔥

Candidates suggested things like: Melting Nigerians for pothole replacement or they displayed Nazi flags, Islamophobic and racist content (colour me surprised) on social media but leading a double life as a hard-core gay porn star… Tice “when you stand 500 candidates - you’ll get the odd person…”

Reform Party UK Exposed@reformexposed.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Every Reform UK Councillor that has gone, with reasons. This is superb:

Now we just need the media to play ball and stop relentlessly promoting Farage and demonising all or any of the leadership to the left…

Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Absolutely correct from Starmer here. Sharp contrast to the equivocal response to the last Robinson/Musk rally - a very welcome change.

Reward for campaigning for Brexit? Where’s our ‘reward’ for Brexit?

Politics UK@politicsuk.com · 3mo ago

🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage says the £5m gift he received from Christopher Harborne was a "reward for campaigning for Brexit for 27 years"

What he said: “MAGA is the last breath of the confederacy.”

Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

Greens win their first ever Scottish constituency. So far, none for Reform. Their vote share might be up, but come on Scotland, keep voting hope over hate, surely… Well done Lorna Slater MSP 💚

It’s not hard people: England - local elections Scotland and Wales - National parliamentary elections. And folk wonder why many Scots crave independence 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’ve just read a post referring to Scotland/Wales as regions. And add a note to apologise for doing so when they could have corrected it!

Our participatory research zine paper is finally live! Our main finding being that media representation can prevent autistic women and non-binary people seeking diagnosis because they don’t recognise themselves in the narrow stereotypes portrayed. Read more 👇🏻 #autism www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/16...

“Purely personal” When Harborne donated to Boris Johnston, his company was awarded a huge Government contract. He’s donated 2/3 of Reform’s donations so far and backed Brexit. These are not neutral patterns of donation or support, they’re inherently political. Who gives away £5m for nothing?

Sarah Murphy@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Why do we have to tolerate such unadulterated bollox from this hideous man? And why does the media give it all a veneer of potential respectability? Farage is pathologically corrupt and obscenely greedy. He’s a national security threat, a liar and a racist. Just say so. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Is this supposed to be manly?

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I see they've remade the 40 Year Old Virgin.

#stvleadersdebate All men. Even the host is male. We did so well in a Scotland for so long with several female leaders in various parties. So it’s very disappointing to watch 7 men, all but one white, argue over power and status. #patriarchy

So JB protests against scientific censorship, that he can’t evidence to the court actually happened to him, continues to complain about suppression of science regarding vaccine efficacy, and then appears to censor a scientific article which concerns vaccine efficacy findings? Sounds about right 🤦🏻‍♀️

Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · 3mo ago

‼️ Kudos to Dr @jeremyfaust.bsky.social for posting the Covid-19 vaccine paper that Jay Bhattacharya politically censored His politicization of science has been so extreme—& so dangerous Dr Faust obtained the censored paper from “someone close to the study” open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

It’s quite literally unbelievable that this man is leading US public health. He is a rampant conspiracy theorist who is endangering children’s lives to satisfy his own ideological beliefs. It’s indicative of just how broken the system is when cranks like RFK Jr are given unfettered access to power.

Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H.@drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Wait? What? You don't really believe in microbes, do you? arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

I went to the Isle of Bute this weekend. A tiny island, they housed 125 Syrian asylum seekers and were better for it. Those displaced people built businesses, and bonds with with community despite hardship, disconnect, cultural a difference and trauma. #reform stick that right up ye.

Really tough being vegan and missing out on so much tasty food… Just some guac with arbol chilli on rye with che*se, red onion, tomato, cress, and a Dijon mustard vinaigrette… #vegan #crueltyfreefood #brunch

Brainwashing isn’t a thing. No one coerced him. People are, however, motivated to believe someone like Farage if it aligns with their own views. Brainwashing implies we are passive agents. And we’re not, we have agency and we are not powerless to resist.

Best for Britain@bestforbritain.org · 4mo ago

“I was brainwashed by Nigel Farage.” We asked people in East Wiltshire, the constituency of Danny Kruger, if Brexit was a mistake. Here's what they said. ⬇️ Write to your local paper to show it is time to talk about EU membership: https://www.bestforbritain.org/write_to_paper_eu_membership

Spicy vegan protein banger brunch. Hash browns, sausages, smoked tofu, sautéed pepper and onion with paprika Our dogs look pretty interested, it’s almost like vegan alternatives can be amazingly tasty too… #vegan #veganbrunch #veganfortheanimals

I’m increasingly convinced this was the playbook. Tapping into the religious fervour of many Americans. Giving them voice and appearing to enshrine the same values. And they believed it. They believed he was really God fearing. Because they wanted to, not because there was a shred of evidence.

Windfall profits should be taxed. Profiteering from War and destruction is egregious. Our farmers may run out of CO2 which means they won’t be able to gas their pigs and chickens to death. Also utterly egregious. Every cloud… www.theguardian.com/environment/... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds

Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn by end of 2026

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I just submitted my first ever single author paper on a subject I’m wildly passionate about: misogyny in education. It isn’t a level playing field in science. It isn’t a level playing field in society. There are great actors for change in both domains. But it is not equal. It is not fair. #stem

Here I am worrying about how best to teach my undergraduate students to think critically, to analyse their sources, to read, to investigate, and to develop into pro social, psychologically literate citizens who can change the World, and yet here is also the President of the United States…