At least someone is happy #caturday
Yes - given that, prior to the British arriving (before Argentina was a country) the islands were uninhabited. Unless you count penguins. And to my knowledge the penguins were not allowed to vote in the referendum

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Yes - given that, prior to the British arriving (before Argentina was a country) the islands were uninhabited. Unless you count penguins. And to my knowledge the penguins were not allowed to vote in the referendum
Cf Chagos Islands
Umm, the people who actually live there care rather a lot…
I think I saw that production! My cousin was a singing dormouse
I would 100% watch this
Yes! We tell her this a lot! Cat dragon, sitting on her pile of cosy warms
Nightmare scenario
That’s exactly what she’s been doing!
I have on occasion fed cat food to a sad and hungry fox that showed up at the back door (yes I know I know, don’t shout at me). So maybe it’s that? Then again, I know someone who ate dog ice cream once because the packaging was so similar to the human version of that brand. Apparent it was not nice
At least someone is happy #caturday
And yet, the more you feed them and let them and make them feel loved, the more furniture scratches you acquire!
There should be a word for the specific type of disappointment when you realise that yes you do have some biscuits in the cupboard, but unfortunately they are biscuits for cats
Kind of imagining that guy in 2042, suddenly bereft when his kid leaves home for college, realising his terrible selfishness, and calling the kid for a chat. And eventually realising he's talking to a chatbot they've trained in vengeance.
"Many of us were persuaded not to campaign" - so basically you all abdicated any responsibility to step up and provide the leadership your actual leader was ducking.
The Green Party has urgent work to do, writes @carolinelucas.bsky.social
The "Zionism is racism" motion crossed a very significant red line
Very sleep-deprived and surrounded by by-election count detritus, here's the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
podcast on-the-whistle of the Holborn & St Pancras result with @meganekenyon.bsky.social, @benwalker.org.uk and our valiant producers @roblemare.bsky.social and Biba Kang!
Quite a few look (or looked) Green friendly after the locals, around east London. I always thought his plan was to pick one of those for the next GE
Not for definite, and that’s my point. I thought he’d get a free pass for this one because it’s not an obviously easy seat for the Greens - any Green - to win. That was before the ZiR debacle. But if he gets a run at a better Green seat and loses, he’s toast
What a book!
Yeah. Dislodging him is going to be hard. My prediction was always that he’d get a second shot at a London seat, and if he fluffs that then the MPs would turn on him and the pressure would reach a tipping point