Mary Marshall

Not the top Steam review of Dressmaker making me cry this morning!

The BBC is set to scrap Radio 4 Extra. 📻 Losing this treasure trove of classic comedy, archive drama, and timeless storytelling would be a massive blow for millions of us. Sign the petition to help save Radio 4 Extra 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Birds! QRP your bird art. #BirdArt Starling Watercolour from a photo by Les Liddle

Some folks are more likely to share official sources, so here is one. I hope she is found okay. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

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Happy international cat day

Join me taking action to stop the Great Israeli Real Estate Event 2026 from going ahead in London this weekend. This disgraceful event will involve the brazen sale of land stolen from Palestinians. Write to your MP today palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/MPIsraelevent

UK folks, let's jump on this AI regulation petition the Society of Authors emailed out! It's an actual parliament one so the government HAS to respond if it reaches the signature threshold. It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on. Sign & repost!! ❤️

Raaawr!

Remove Palantir from our NHS. Get Palantir out of our country. Sign my petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Love that Corgi 🤣🐶

Something you can do to help stop potent insecticides from polluting our rivers: www.buglife.org.uk/campaigns/ve...

On 16th March, 1968 Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr was flying helicopter recon for a US attack on My Lai, an alleged Viet Cong-controlled village in Vietnam. But as the attack developed below, Thompson realised he was witnessing something something else: A massacre. He decided to act. 1/28

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

When Norfolk Police ask Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor if he has any special dietary requirements whilst in custody:

Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams

🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug - A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION with apologies to Richard Scarry - Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive ) - READ IT RIGHT HERE👇

2nd July 1863. Battle of Gettysburg. For perhaps the only time in the entire war the Confederates seem to be winning. Dan Sickles, commander III Corps, is ordered hold on Cemetery Ridge. For reasons unknown he advances. Broken, his men begin to flee. This is the moment on which the war depends /1

New calligraphic work: "On Resisting ICE and the DHS" This one is complex enough that I am providing a key to how it's structured, similar to those keys you see that show how a Talmud page is divided up. See the alt for the explanation.

My most woke opinion is that "woke" at root is a beautiful concept: active socio-political consciousness in the context of the Black American liberation struggle. And the way it's been turned into a sneering pejorative is one of the ugliest things I've ever seen in Western political discourse.

@janeelock.bsky.social

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references. Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

'The New American Gothic', Oil on Canvas by Criselda Vásquez

@roy-sholay.bsky.social

So the UK Met Office is inviting people to suggest up to 5 names for storms. And apparently lots of people have been suggesting "Storm Bigoil", along with BP, Equinor, Exxon & Shell... This is obviously appalling & definitely not to be emulated via this link: www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...

I seem to remember Harry Potter spending quite a bit of time in the girls’ toilets with Moaning Myrtle. When will JKR call out his indecent behaviour?

My GP when I was very young was Robert Shaw’s brother. Gave me an injection when I was 4 and didn’t bloody tell me it would hurt.

They’re howling in response to a siren coming from Clark Street.

And thus it came to pass that the Greatest Post was revealed and there was much Tribulation upon the Internet for none did now know what purpose they might serve.

This absolute icon at Canterbury Pride 🩷🤍🩵

“WHO YOU CALLING A BUNCH OF PANSIES?!?”

Alex meets some of the most senior (and competitive) taskers in the country. Thanks for having us at Seccombe Court. #taskmaster

“I was hungry” and you cut SNAP. “I was thirsty” and you cut funding to ensure clean water. “I was sick” and you cut medicaid. “I was a stranger” and you deported me. “I was in prison” and you just left me there to rot. “Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus

A manuscript thread for birders in particular! Last year I wrote a post showcasing all the beautiful illuminated #birds in @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS Bodl.264, but there were many I couldn't identify. Maybe a group effort can help fill the gaps? 🧵 majnouna.substack.com/p/dawn-chorus

applying for jobs again

US Vice President JD Vance says the UK should scrap laws against hate speech - in exchange for a trade deal. [1] Think it's outrageous that another country's VP is trying to change our laws? Sign the petition now! 38d.gs/fz_b