@mick666
Call me anything but Mike. Poole-based, retired from the NHS, with birdy, movie, music and politics interests 🏳️🌈🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️. Ex-Labour now Green. Ex-union rep (Unite). PhD in neutron physics. Full bird list on eBird.com Films: https://boxd.it/mBT
Today’s fun fact: the reason shipping lanes in the Baltic are so damn narrow is that there are anywhere from thirty to one hundred THOUSAND unexploded mines in the waterway from the World Wars, and the lanes are where the bottom has been swept
Minnesota ranks as a top state to live because of the services we provide to make life easier for families.
But we need to strengthen program integrity and meet today’s challenges. I’m proposing a major overhaul to the way we deliver those services.
www.fox9.com/news/mn-frau...
Brexiter Arlene Foster who now sits in the House of Lords wants to cut welfare support and spend the money on defence instead
Brexit costs the UK £90 billion in lost tax income every year,if we didn't have Foster's Brexit we could keep supporting those in need while also ramping up defence spending
Trump is letting huge corporations that suck up to him evade antitrust enforcement.
State attorneys general should fight back by filing their own lawsuits to break up Live Nation/Ticketmaster and block Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros.
Enough of Trump's oligarchy.
Youssef Assaf
#BREAKING | Lebanese Red Cross paramedic Youssef Assaf, from the city of Tyre, has died following severe injuries sustained yesterday while carrying out his humanitarian duty after being wounded during Israeli attacks.
Cannot let them run from this
Rupert Murdoch.
The Godfather of propaganda and media power.
Three continents.
This piece from 2015 is an important reminder of Murdoch’s power and collaborations.
(h/t @ninazeelen.bsky.social )
pigeon blows up the feeder, seeds fly
What does joy look like?
In the past I have had Brambling at Lytchett and Thornecombe woods, but I think they are thin in the south this year (according to BTO)
Shocking from Senator Chris Murphy who suggests Israel made the US attack Iran,
"How weak are we if our allies can force us into wars bad for our interests"
Dozens of documents detailing FBI interviews with an Epstein victim who accused Donald Trump of sexually abusing her as a high schooler are being kept under wraps.
🧵A thread about the Jewish community, Democrats, and Israel🧵
Rahm Emanuel, the über-centrist former Chicago mayor eyeing a presidential bid, just told a reporter that Bibi "led the Jewish people into a ghetto."
Jewish establishment sees cracks like this as a crisis. I believe it's an opportunity.
George W. Bush may not have been the sharpest tool in the shed, but he knew enough not to disrespect our military or their families.
Then there's Convicted Felon Donald Trump. A narcissistic sociopath, who couldn't care less about our troops.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal
Even if you think the guy is a hack (which I don’t necessarily think he is), Josh Rudd literally has zero experience in cyber operations which is sorta important if you’re leading the NSA
Wow.
Sen Murphy just now: Trump team briefed Capitol Hill that destroying Iran’s nuclear program is NOT one of their objectives.
So why ARE we at war? What the F are we doing there? Is Trump sick? Senile? Psychotic?
Really — what the hell is going on?
I have three more species if you include Hampshire (Brambling , Red-legged Partridge and Killdeer)!
That's funny. Speaking as a dumb poor, we tend to manage money a hell of a lot better then the 6 figure executives that are driving business after business into a cliff face.
Conversations that never happened #3481.
Species 124 this year so far!
This very straight news piece buried deep within the FT never uses words like corruption or insider dealing but every detail is quietly devastating. Why is the FT virtually alone in the UK media in covering this important story?
What's happened to the police investigation in to the poisoned Hen Harrier found dead on the edge of a grouse moor in North Yorkshire?
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime 🌍
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/10/w...
The main enemy/audience of all wings of the Labour party is and has always been the other wings of the Labour party.
Can anyone explain to me what the Blue Labour justification for this is? Who out there will vote Labour because Mahmood prevented a Sudanese Chevening Scholar? And to be honest, why won’t the PM simply overrule her?
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Military Refuses to Endorse Trump Claim That Iran Bombed Girls’ School
U.S. Central Command told The Intercept that getting ahead of the military investigation's findings — precisely what Trump did — was "inappropriate"
theintercept.com/2026/03/09/i...
Billionaires’ % share of federal election spending in:
2008: 0.3%
2024: 19%
@nytimes.com #GildedAge
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...
How long does it take juvenile waders to learn how to feed efficiently?
wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/l...
#ornithology
About half of the world's human population lives in the Northern mid-latitudes (30N - 60N). That region also set a new record high for total column precipitable water (36-month running mean) in February, 2026.
Amazing Freudian slip. Yeah, this pile is definitely going to be steaming.
One out of every 11,533 donors in the 2024 election was a billionaire.
Yet they were responsible for one out of every 5 dollars given to a politician — with just 300 billionaires spending over $3 billion.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...
