Lady Smidge (HH to friends)
@ladysmidge.bsky.social
Servant to a tuxedo rescue cat 🐈⬛
Likes facts and Science 🤓
And ☕️🥂
Likes facts and Science 🤓
And ☕️🥂
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Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
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Did someone say #BigGardenBirdwatch? 🐦👀
We're looking forward to helping our friends at @rspb.bsky.social conduct the world's largest wildlife survey this weekend!
Nature is in serious trouble and this is something easy we can all do to help wildlife and ourselves 👉 www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
We're looking forward to helping our friends at @rspb.bsky.social conduct the world's largest wildlife survey this weekend!
Nature is in serious trouble and this is something easy we can all do to help wildlife and ourselves 👉 www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
January 23, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Did someone say #BigGardenBirdwatch? 🐦👀
We're looking forward to helping our friends at @rspb.bsky.social conduct the world's largest wildlife survey this weekend!
Nature is in serious trouble and this is something easy we can all do to help wildlife and ourselves 👉 www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
We're looking forward to helping our friends at @rspb.bsky.social conduct the world's largest wildlife survey this weekend!
Nature is in serious trouble and this is something easy we can all do to help wildlife and ourselves 👉 www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
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Robots to watch your kids. Sounds like his kind of parenting.
January 22, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Robots to watch your kids. Sounds like his kind of parenting.
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"We know what to do if the energy grid goes down. We know what to do if the cash system and internet goes down" says Pres of Finland. Absolutely THE questions, I trust he's giving lessons
January 21, 2026 at 12:07 PM
"We know what to do if the energy grid goes down. We know what to do if the cash system and internet goes down" says Pres of Finland. Absolutely THE questions, I trust he's giving lessons
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Janey Godley was entirely correct about the gormless varnished turd currently squatting in the White House.
Rest well, Janey.
bsky.app/profile/mrja...
Rest well, Janey.
bsky.app/profile/mrja...
January 22, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Janey Godley was entirely correct about the gormless varnished turd currently squatting in the White House.
Rest well, Janey.
bsky.app/profile/mrja...
Rest well, Janey.
bsky.app/profile/mrja...
Jesus wept 😳
There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.
January 22, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Jesus wept 😳
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'On Sunday, Nigel Farage was “too unwell” to face Laura Kuenssberg on the BBC.
By Monday, he’d made a full recovery. Just in time to host lunch. 🍽️
Not with voters.
Not with nurses.
But with the UK branch of the Heartland Institute
(a US climate denial think tank)'
via Reform Are Not Your Friends
By Monday, he’d made a full recovery. Just in time to host lunch. 🍽️
Not with voters.
Not with nurses.
But with the UK branch of the Heartland Institute
(a US climate denial think tank)'
via Reform Are Not Your Friends
January 21, 2026 at 9:31 AM
'On Sunday, Nigel Farage was “too unwell” to face Laura Kuenssberg on the BBC.
By Monday, he’d made a full recovery. Just in time to host lunch. 🍽️
Not with voters.
Not with nurses.
But with the UK branch of the Heartland Institute
(a US climate denial think tank)'
via Reform Are Not Your Friends
By Monday, he’d made a full recovery. Just in time to host lunch. 🍽️
Not with voters.
Not with nurses.
But with the UK branch of the Heartland Institute
(a US climate denial think tank)'
via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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Once again after an hour long racist rant full of lies by the US president the Times writes another of its “ say what you like about Trump but…’ editorials. If the paper ever had a moral compass it’s lost it
January 22, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Once again after an hour long racist rant full of lies by the US president the Times writes another of its “ say what you like about Trump but…’ editorials. If the paper ever had a moral compass it’s lost it
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His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:27 PM
His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
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Robert Jenrick helpfully lists all the things he didn't do during his 10 years in government.
January 21, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Robert Jenrick helpfully lists all the things he didn't do during his 10 years in government.
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This will get massively overshadowed today and as ever the devil is in the detail, but is should be one of the best things Labour has done. It has the potential to improve the lives and finances of millions of people.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524489...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524489...
'A national project to turn the tide': Government unveils £15bn Warm Homes Plan
Long-awaited plan aims to help millions of families to cut energy bills by installing solar panels, batteries, heat pumps, and insulation
www.businessgreen.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:17 AM
This will get massively overshadowed today and as ever the devil is in the detail, but is should be one of the best things Labour has done. It has the potential to improve the lives and finances of millions of people.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524489...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524489...
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For years, experts have warned that nature loss would become a security threat.
Now a national security assessment confirms it: biodiversity collapse risks food shortages, economic instability and global disorder.
Nature underpins our global safety. So why is UK Government failing to protect it?
Now a national security assessment confirms it: biodiversity collapse risks food shortages, economic instability and global disorder.
Nature underpins our global safety. So why is UK Government failing to protect it?
January 21, 2026 at 11:50 AM
For years, experts have warned that nature loss would become a security threat.
Now a national security assessment confirms it: biodiversity collapse risks food shortages, economic instability and global disorder.
Nature underpins our global safety. So why is UK Government failing to protect it?
Now a national security assessment confirms it: biodiversity collapse risks food shortages, economic instability and global disorder.
Nature underpins our global safety. So why is UK Government failing to protect it?
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Yes, Trump is deranged and delusional. But from Greenland to destroying NATO Putin has always been pulling the strings. My latest ⬇️
mdavis19881.substack.com/p/russia-rus...
mdavis19881.substack.com/p/russia-rus...
January 20, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Yes, Trump is deranged and delusional. But from Greenland to destroying NATO Putin has always been pulling the strings. My latest ⬇️
mdavis19881.substack.com/p/russia-rus...
mdavis19881.substack.com/p/russia-rus...
Bloody hell - he’s good isn’t he?
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Bloody hell - he’s good isn’t he?
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that” - Martin Luther King Jr.
#MartinLutherKingJr #MLKDay
#MartinLutherKingJr #MLKDay
January 19, 2026 at 9:46 PM
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that” - Martin Luther King Jr.
#MartinLutherKingJr #MLKDay
#MartinLutherKingJr #MLKDay
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Terrible damage to energy facilities in Odesa too.
About 100,000 people were left without power this morning.
"The destruction is significant and repair work will take a long time" said a spokesman for power company DTEK.
About 100,000 people were left without power this morning.
"The destruction is significant and repair work will take a long time" said a spokesman for power company DTEK.
January 19, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Terrible damage to energy facilities in Odesa too.
About 100,000 people were left without power this morning.
"The destruction is significant and repair work will take a long time" said a spokesman for power company DTEK.
About 100,000 people were left without power this morning.
"The destruction is significant and repair work will take a long time" said a spokesman for power company DTEK.
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70 years ago, the Thames was declared “biologically dead”.
Now it’s thriving with life, with everything from harbour porpoises to wading birds.
Proof that when we choose long-term action, London’s nature prospers.
Now it’s thriving with life, with everything from harbour porpoises to wading birds.
Proof that when we choose long-term action, London’s nature prospers.
River Thames cleaner but at risk from climate change, report says - BBC News
A report finds the river is in good condition, but experts warn of climate change threat.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 3:31 PM
70 years ago, the Thames was declared “biologically dead”.
Now it’s thriving with life, with everything from harbour porpoises to wading birds.
Proof that when we choose long-term action, London’s nature prospers.
Now it’s thriving with life, with everything from harbour porpoises to wading birds.
Proof that when we choose long-term action, London’s nature prospers.
Had this pad for Christmas- seems particularly apt for today 🤨
January 19, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Had this pad for Christmas- seems particularly apt for today 🤨
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The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues.
Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw
Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?
bit.ly
January 19, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues.
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‘Hang on, who are you? This is MY big weekend!”
‘Sorry can’t talk - the humans are counting me. They’re so excited.’
‘But...I’M ON THE POSTERS!’
#BigGardenBirdwatch
‘Sorry can’t talk - the humans are counting me. They’re so excited.’
‘But...I’M ON THE POSTERS!’
#BigGardenBirdwatch
January 19, 2026 at 2:25 PM
‘Hang on, who are you? This is MY big weekend!”
‘Sorry can’t talk - the humans are counting me. They’re so excited.’
‘But...I’M ON THE POSTERS!’
#BigGardenBirdwatch
‘Sorry can’t talk - the humans are counting me. They’re so excited.’
‘But...I’M ON THE POSTERS!’
#BigGardenBirdwatch
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Great to see Bristol's Green councillors making case for a trial Universal Basic Income - a guaranteed payment that would have huge benefits for groups like care leavers, and give a massive boost to culture and the arts. bristolgreenparty.org.uk/greens-call-...
Greens Call for Universal Basic Income Trial for Bristol - Bristol Green Party
Bristol Green councillors have put forward a motion to Bristol City Council calling for the Government to fund a trial of universal basic income (UBI) in the city. A universal...
bristolgreenparty.org.uk
January 19, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Great to see Bristol's Green councillors making case for a trial Universal Basic Income - a guaranteed payment that would have huge benefits for groups like care leavers, and give a massive boost to culture and the arts. bristolgreenparty.org.uk/greens-call-...
The sad & frustrating irony of Schindler’s List being on BBC2 tonight is not lost on me…
January 18, 2026 at 9:44 PM
The sad & frustrating irony of Schindler’s List being on BBC2 tonight is not lost on me…
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Reform's opponents need to keep punching this bruise.
It's a real problem for a would-be nationalist leader when they start looking like the lapdog of a hostile power.
This did a lot of damage to Oswald Mosley in the 1930s, and it could become a serious issue for Farage.
It's a real problem for a would-be nationalist leader when they start looking like the lapdog of a hostile power.
This did a lot of damage to Oswald Mosley in the 1930s, and it could become a serious issue for Farage.
It’s a real shame that Nigel Farage is too unwell to do interviews the morning after Donald Trump threatens us with sanctions.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
January 18, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Reform's opponents need to keep punching this bruise.
It's a real problem for a would-be nationalist leader when they start looking like the lapdog of a hostile power.
This did a lot of damage to Oswald Mosley in the 1930s, and it could become a serious issue for Farage.
It's a real problem for a would-be nationalist leader when they start looking like the lapdog of a hostile power.
This did a lot of damage to Oswald Mosley in the 1930s, and it could become a serious issue for Farage.
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After internet shutdowns inside Iran following escalating anti-government protests, 1,300 fake profiles seeking to influence discourse on Scottish independence, Brexit and institutional collapse went dark.
UK politics ‘constantly suffering’ from online disinformation, says Labour MP
Emily Thornberry says risk posed to British democracy by bot farms and biased algorithms requires action
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:09 PM
After internet shutdowns inside Iran following escalating anti-government protests, 1,300 fake profiles seeking to influence discourse on Scottish independence, Brexit and institutional collapse went dark.
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Reform Party candidate defending murder of a protester. When people show you who they are...
🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀
1.This is an actual Reform candidate.
2.This is what iCE have been allowed to do
3.This is #Farage’s future ICEUK army
And the media is avidly preparing the country for exactly this.
Some of us warned and warned you. You didn’t believe us. I will be dead by then. Good luck.
1.This is an actual Reform candidate.
2.This is what iCE have been allowed to do
3.This is #Farage’s future ICEUK army
And the media is avidly preparing the country for exactly this.
Some of us warned and warned you. You didn’t believe us. I will be dead by then. Good luck.
January 18, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Reform Party candidate defending murder of a protester. When people show you who they are...