Nature's very own firework show - a beautiful and very active #Aurora for over an hour here in Shetland this evening.

Sad reflection The Scotsman Letters page A great letter from Ian Petrie, Edinburgh arising from my article “An apposite New Year resolution would be to pause, reflect & step back, before it's too late, for ourselves & our fellow creatures” I quite agree scotsman.com/news/opinion/l…

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The mass confinement and enslavement of sentient creatures on factory farms is among the most evil things that we humans have ever done.

Just watched Dark Wives. So sad to see the end of Vera but great ending. Dog and a pair of binoculars by the sea. Following a starling murmeration. Lovely. Vera Ann Cleeves Brenda Blethyn

This is Ann Telnaes, a longtime political cartoonist for the Washington Post. She resigned yesterday after owner Jeff Bezos blocked her cartoon criticizing Donald Trump and billionaires supporting him from being published. RETWEET if you stand with Ann Telnaes!

Hi folks. Im busy moving over to Bluesky. Many people Im following on here haven't yet made that move but hipe to see you over there. AnnEllis6.bsky.social Im sorry so few labour politicians are on BS and still funding the fella thats trying to damage our democracy.

This is Jess Philips. Do you know who should really be ashamed? Robert Jenrick who was Home Office minister Oct 2022 to Dec 2023 and is capitalising on far right lies. The Tories for allocating child sex abuse victims £40 each and Elon Musk for being a dangerous ignorant moron.

Today you are going to be fed a complete lie by the Conservative Party about a vote in Parliament this evening on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. This will be pushed by their social media mouthpieces as well as other right-wing voices, including the owner of this site.

#Sheffield we're in for a very #cold night with temps well below #freezing 🥶Our teams will be gritting all priority gritting routes from 7pm this evening & we're working hard to refill empty grit bins reported to us. More #winter info here: sheffield.gov.uk/roads-pavement… #sygrit

California fires: what happens to wildlife and animals during wildfires Newsweek UK Thinking and praying for all life, human, animal and wildlife caught up in the dreadful fires in #LosAngeles #AllLifeMatters newsweek.com/california-wil…

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Welcome to the Pyrocene—for those interested in the facts and science behind what is going on in our state with fire, a good primer from CalMatters julie cart I don’t recall the same people calling Florida a failed state with its reoccurring hurricanes and worsening damage.

In the 10 seconds it's taken you to read this post, that’s 24,570 animals. Let that sink in.

Morrisons are owned by a US Private Equity firm worth over £60 billion. Morrisons paid zero corporation tax in 2023.

⚠️Update England's 48 SEZs and 8 Freeports do contain an ISDS equivalent mechanism that allows corporations to sue the UK Govt for billions of pounds over contract breaches that corporations believe infringe on their rights to pollute the environment, make faulty products, and

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#Springwatch fox and badger eating together in my garden in South West Sheffield last night