Went today to 'Seen' at @rnib.bluesky.social. A small but wonderful exhibition of portraits by photographer Joshua Bratt of 22 blind & partially sighted individuals "thriving in their careers, pursuing their passions & overcoming barriers". www.rnib.org.uk/campaign-wit...
#photography #inclusion

Your occasional dose of good environmental news
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

For a systematic take-down of current misunderstandings - read the upcoming, detailed analysis of the relationship between the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the ECHR by @colinmurray.bsky.social & @aoifemod.bsky.social.

Yoshida Chizuko, Jazz (color woodcut, 1954)

Reforming the ECHR: what needs fixing about Article 8 application's to foreign criminal deportations in the UK.

theconversation.com/how-the-uk-c...

Great article by Bob Holmes on cancer research that benefits both dogs and people. 🧪

A unique study in @nature.com reveals how centromeres shape the unique reproduction of dogroses.🌹

Learn more: www.idiv.de/the-seemingl...

🚨 All Labour MPs considering whether to vote for this amendment should read this briefing from ten organisations including Scope, Citizens Advice, Mind, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Trussell which sets out the latest evidence on the impact of these reforms
www.ucpipbill.co.uk

A beautifully restored #station waiting room at #Worcester #ShrubHill which I enjoyed the cool of earlier today. Journey also good because of excellent #PassengerAssist there and at #PaddingtonStation @gwr.com

Jo Cox, was murdered nine years ago today whilst doing the job she loved, serving her home community as an MP.

I will always remember her and work to create the united and inclusive communities that she believed in.

A tremendous programme maker. Thank you and RIP #AlanYentob.
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Came across a dozen or so #bumblebees gathering nectar this afternoon from a bloom-laden little laburnum in the pavement on the other side of the road from my house in London. The whole tree was a-hum with them.
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social #bees #bumblebee

​‘The hypocrisy is staggering’: will swift bricks fall prey to government fears of Reform? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#Rooks cawing and cackling away in the rookery next to #Lewes station that's been there for decades.
#corvids #birds

#Bumblebee gathering nectar from a hellebore outside the #RoyalCollegeofPysicians in London this warm sunny #Spring afternoon. The faint whirring clicky noise may be it's wings beating.

Spring arriving in and around #RegentsPark. Blue skies, bright sun and beautiful pink double #cherryblossom.
#London #trees #sakura

#Planetrees at dusk in Mecklenburgh Square in #Bloomsbury.
#trees #London #platanus @londonist.com @treesforcities.bsky.social

I went past this little cinema in #Thirsk yesterday. It is apparently one of the oldest continually operating #cinemas in Britain. A matching car was obligingly passing by. ritzcinema.co.uk/RitzCinemaTh... #artdeco #blue #Yorkshire

Rather liked this simply carved dedication stone that I saw set into a building in #StokeNewington in North London when I was there earlier today. @churchofengland.org #lettering