The stable sphinx…

Ponies happy to come in

It finally rained. Lots of lovely mud. Hopefully some new grass soon. Bailey got creative by covering every inch of himself in that mud. Becca hosed him down, but not before ensuring his art was ‘signed’… he was a minging beast!

A brilliant opportunity for young people in the Liverpool City area. Please pass on to anyone who might be interested. andytaylorfoundation.org/our-work/foo...

Foot in the Door Liverpool 2026 | andytaylorfoundation.org

FOOT IN THE DOOR LIVERPOOL 2026. Are you aged 18-21, live in the Liverpool City Region and would love a creative job but have no professional experience? Th ...

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Purdey and Saffy at the stables.

Just read Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s A British Childhood: How Our Children Live Now. Moving on to ILYA’s Romo the Wolf Boy. I like a diverse mix…

The three cats at the stables have had a busy day…

Tig is now to be known as sky kitty. Pics and renaming by Becca

Dale is keeping an eye on us!

Ouch!

Sleepy kitten yawning.

Tug has found some twine to play with

Oh.

Lizzie Dearden@lizziedearden.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Greater Manchester Police has found "no evidence of any intent to influence or refrain any person from voting" in the Gorton and Denton by-election, after Reform made a complaint over alleged "family voting" The investigation looked at potential offences under the Representation of the People Act

Dale hurtling in to get out of a hailstorm

Tig the cat looking a bit cross. The ponies having a water cooler conversation.

NHS deal with AI firm Palantir called into question after officials’ concerns revealed In 2025 briefing to Wes Streeting, officials warned reputation of tech firm behind US ICE operations would hinder rollout of data system in UK www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

NHS deal with AI firm Palantir called into question after officials’ concerns revealed

Exclusive: in 2025 briefing to Wes Streeting, officials warned reputation of tech firm behind US ICE operations would hinder rollout of data system in UK

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As Golfcart Mugabe’s approval rating craters to historic lows, polling conglomerate Gallup respond in the way we’ve become depressingly accustomed to…

The ponies waiting for their treat balls to be delivered. It was raining so much that they had to stay in their stables that day. They want to have some toys to play with if they have to do that. Bless them!

Tig looking very chic.

Purdey insists on having the chair

And another of Tiger being rather vocal.

A portrait of Purdey

"Reform always talk about free speech but clearly at Lancashire County Council there is no free speech." leftfootforward.org/2025/12/refo...

Reform council accused of ‘stifling free speech’ over questions about possible care home and day centre closures

"Reform always talk about free speech but clearly at Lancashire County Council there is no free speech."

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News! Applications Now Open for Sheffield Comic ARts Fair (SCARF) – Organiser Chris Mole Brings Us a Brand New Indie Comics Event in 2026. www.brokenfrontier.com/scarf/

Applications Now Open for Sheffield Comic ARts Fair (SCARF) - Organiser Chris Mole Brings Us a Brand New Indie Comics Event in 2026 – Broken Frontier

Sheffield Comic ARts Fair (SCARF) is a new event for indie and small press comics creators coming in October 2026.

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Sounds about right.

Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.

In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites. He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps

Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.

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Remember how biased and leading the questions were in favour of the AI companies? And this was still the response.

Ed Newton-Rex@ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright: - 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is) 🧵 1/2

Not once did the presented correct that it is NOT foreign nationals but foreign-BORN. Many of these people are British citizens, e.g. Boris Johnson, born in the US. And if households with foreign-born people are to be excluded, that would include people like Nigel Farage, who has a German wife.

Best for Britain@bestforbritain.org · last yr.

This really is not getting the attention it should. The Tories' latest proposal is to exclude *any household that includes any foreign national from any benefit*. And when asked about it, they keep citing small boat crossings - a minute fraction of migration - to justify it. ~AA

Writers! Note that AI translation (under the guise of "global access") is being seen/used as the weak point to get AI into publishing (possible bc Eng lang publishing is weak on translation). Stand with translators & for more human translation, fairly paid!

The Bookseller@thebookseller.com · last yr.

The founders of independent publisher Bloodhound Books have launched a new AI fiction translation service, Globescribe.ai 👇 #BookSky