bookreader63.bsky.social

Beautiful

Damian Barr@damianbarr.bsky.social

Vancouver is delightful! And the festival make tiny chocolate books for all their authors

Watching #SamAndAdeGoBirding. What a charming, beautiful programme. #CameramanDeservesAnAward

Of course we do. We should never have left. Maybe the #Brexiters had to feel pain before they realised. Given that for most their head is just a cupboard for their teeth they still won't get it, but we have to move on

Richard Corbett CBE@richardcorbett.bsky.social

Another report that concludes that Britain’s best interest is to rejoin the EU :

Unless you pay people properly for their skills, knowledge and experience and provide a proper career path you are not going to recruit high calibre people nor are you going to retain those you've trained.

Siobhan@nhsactivistrn.bsky.social

2.4% ?! Mortgage rates and rents rising Gas and electricity cap increasing Food shops bills unmanageable This offer will only deepen the crisis in the #NHS workforce Abysmal

eastangliabylines.co.ukThe truth about migratory birds and the climate emergencyBoth the warming climate and wilder weather systems are disrupting birds’ natural migration patterns

Congratulations @damianbarr.bsky.social . #TheTwoRoberts is a brilliant read. Loved it. Any chance of the return of Scottish Book Club? By far and away the best book discussion programme ever

Damian Barr@damianbarr.bsky.social

Some nice news. Thanks judges and congrats to all shortlisted.

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Many birds undertake unbelievable journeys, flying thousands of miles to their summer or winter home. Today, World Migratory Bird Day emphasizes that migratory bird conservation is a shared responsibility across countries & flyways to ensure migratory birds continue to thrive into future. #Birds

Brilliant read

Lin Anderson@linanderson.bsky.social

THE HIGH ISLAND - Introducing Book 1 in the Orcadia Mysteries series, a gripping offshoot of Lin Anderson's Rhona MacLeod series. DI Erling Flett is pulled back to Orkney to unravel the mystery of a chilling discovery on Hoy. https://bit.ly/4pzBB4H #TheHighIsland #LinAnderson

A country televising an execution is hard to fathom. That that country should be the #USA I just find staggering. Have we gone back 2000 years? Saying I feel sick and appalled just doesn't feel enough

I am so disgusted with the number of fb reels of Americans discussing the treatment of Christa Pike in a "who cares how much pain she was in. Oooo pictures coming online. Let's all have a gawp, when can we have another go and get someone who can put in a central line" way. Horrific! Inhumane.

#Midterms USA Here is your chance Use wisely

Morgan J Freeman@mjfree.bsky.social

Hey Donald, Keep the cash. We’re taking the House. #BlueWaveIn30Days

#CelebrityTraitors I'm hooked

Awwwwww

ContempraInn 🌹@contemprainn.bsky.social

Hello little one. 😍

mirror.co.ukBlow to Nigel Farage as Reform sheds 51 newly-elected councillors in five monthsEXCLUSIVE: An online tracker by Best For Britain reveals 51 Reform UK councillors have quit, defected or been suspended

#Reform are useless. Why is anyone still voting for them

Best for Britain@bestforbritain.org

🚨 An online tracker by Best For Britain reveals 51 Reform UK councillors have quit, defected or been suspended since May amid questions about Nigel Farage's leadership.

#Midterms #3rdNov #MakeTrumpLoseControl #EndRepublicanDominence Vote wisely USA You have a chance. Take it

What I can't fathom is why @the-independent.com @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @theguardian.com @thenewsagents.co.uk Et al Are discussing why an execution failed instead of saying THIS IS VILE, SHOULDN'T HAPPEN AND HOW SICK IS IT TO DISCUSS CAN THEY HAVE ANOTHER GO!! Vomits into nearest bucket

theguardian.comTennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injectionsChrista Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, was heard snoring 40 minutes after lethal doses administered, witnesses said

What an abhorrent society the USA is

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

This is horrendous. What a cruel practice.

bylines.scotAn invitation to a gripping and high-stakes story that is impossible to put downRory Clements' latest spy thriller, Invitation from a Dictator, raises the stakes yet again and keeps readers glued to the pages

New author to me. Looks like worth a try

Bylines Scotland@bylines.scot

Rory Clements' latest spy thriller, Invitation from a Dictator, raises the stakes yet again and keeps readers glued to the pages | James Jobson

Was it my fault said the girl in the mini dress.... No, said the woman in the burqa. It happened to me too The nappy in the corner couldn't speak

Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social

I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.

Agreed. UK needs closer ties again. Let's move UK forward

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

French President Emmanuel Macron on the UK rejoining the EU: “If the British want to take a first step in this direction, I think it is very good news both for their country and for Europeans.”

Well about to start reading #CarelessPeople by #SarahWynn-Williams. Should be interesting

#SeriousMusic #PercivalEverett. Fantastic read. Many thanks @netgalley.bsky.social for an ARC. Will stay with me for life

theguardian.comNearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable onlineExclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad

22 Sept

This is so important. Excellent news

Dr Ian McCormick@wokestudies.bsky.social

Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online “the most systematic set of archival documents we have on enslavement in the British Caribbean and British colonial world” www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se... #research #history #slavery #higherEd #edchat

22 Sept

So, Canada is making overtures to UK to become a "partner". It's not the full rejoin I'd like ( I'm for full rejoin/euro/schengen so maybe Billy No Mates) but baby steps??

20 Sept

#SeriousMusic by #PercivalEverett is proving to be a brilliant read but hard to take. Thanks @netgalley.bsky.social for the ARC

19 Sept

And a petulant toddler is going to bulldoze it.

Jacqs@fooyoo2.bsky.social

swedenherald.comUS Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to restrict mail-in voting | Sweden HeraldThe U

15 Sept

Good! Use midterms wisely USA

Bremain in Spain@bremaininspain.com

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump's request to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections, allowing states to continue sending out ballots under procedures they have used for years swedenherald.com/article/us-s...

12 Sept

Reading #HelenOfNowhere Not sure what I think right now... review on finishing

6 Sept

I do hope that the #Police are going to prosecute the @ReformParty attendees who physically attacked those women protestors. Yes you have the right to remove them but you DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE VIOLENCE. #NigelFarage laughing was sickening

5 Sept

There's a saying , better to be thought a fool than speak and remove all doubt. Nadine always ignores this

T-Rexit@t-rexit.bsky.social

Classic Dorries 🤣🤣🤣🤣

5 Sept

Awwww. Warms the cockles...

Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️@snarkysillysad.bsky.social

Foster puppy Cowboy works up the courage to snuggle with Cactus: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

5 Sept

Happy days. Found an @linanderson.bsky.social book I haven't read. #DarkFlight. Time to enjoy!

4 Sept

Sharing this. I don't live in USA (thankfully) but I do care about voting

Brant Reeves@bireeves95.bsky.social

Very important Voting information South Carolina friends….

Well they would... wouldn't they...

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

I think the Telegraph misspelled “the highly respected leader of Camden Council” in the headline.

Wondering when (if? 🥲) #TheBigScottishBookClub is coming back... Sorely missed

#SeeingRed #DamienBoyd. 5 stars. I love these books.

derbytelegraph.co.ukCommunication, staffing and delays - issues that played a part in child deathsMany children had issues with treatment, delays, staffing and poor communication as contributory factors in their deaths

Needs addresding urgently.

Derbyshire@derbyshireuk.bsky.social

Poor communication, staffing and delays - the issues that have played a part in tragic child deaths #Derbyshire

1 Sept

Made me titter

T-Rexit@t-rexit.bsky.social

Chortle 🤭

#AVeryModernOdyssey with #RichardEGrant. Fascinating. Far more so than the film I regret to say

I fed back too

Laura Lee on Lake ONTARIO 🇨🇦🍁🦫@laura-leez.bsky.social

I sent Google a feedback message. “Considering Canada owns 52.6% of Lake ONTARIO, you can only make a change to 47.4% on American maps. So, even on American maps, it should still say Lake ONTARIO on OVER HALF You’re a spineless POS company. I’m deleting everything owned by Google on my devices.”

Admire it? Compliment them on it? Why on earth should I care?

Brant Reeves@bireeves95.bsky.social

Am I weird, different colored hair has never bothered me?

Watching #KirstyandPhilLiveItOrListIt. I have never understood the idea of cooking as a spectator sport. If I'm in the kitchen you can all keep out!

#Bookish with the superbly brilliant genius that is #MarkGatiss. Can't reccomend it enough

bylinetimes.comReform's £645,000 'Ghost' PollsterExclusive: Payments to a business with no public footprint and a string of missing invoices are raising fresh questions about Reform UK's campaign spending

This needs investigating

Bremain in Spain@bremaininspain.com

Reform UK and its predecessor party spent over £645,000 on polling and canvassing work from an anonymous sole trader going by the name ‘COR Research’. The business, which has no public footprint, has proven difficult to identify. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/28/r...

Jarandilla de la Vera. Beautiful place. Bet an awful lot of Brits never holiday here

He's not wrong

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Pritzker: So here’s the truth, plain and simple: Our state is under siege. Not by protesters, immigrants, the deep state, the press, Canada or Mexico or Greenland, Antifa or Jewish space lasers or pride parades. No. Our state's under siege by a petty, corrupt man in Washington.

28 Aug

DollyParton is a huge loss. I never had the privilidge of meeting her but she was a true diamond.

Chico Escuela@blaqdocdown.bsky.social