Reposted by Allan Russellflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 17hPretty much what I would expect in a country that screams in enraged terror for a week about the very idea that Zionism may be racist, while entirely failing to ask whether the project itself is at all racist, despite the genocide, massive destruction, land seizure and ethnic cleansing 11405116
Reposted by Allan Russell~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Sure it's strange to seek inspiration from a fiver but there's something even more bizarre about viewing the natural world as being primarily for very young children. 1521336
Reposted by Allan Russellflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Because it’s a genocidal ethnostate expanding into the territory of its neighbours and murdering or expelling the residents, Nick. I appreciate that you don’t get to be a radio presenter unless you are willing to pretend you are an honest to god clueless moron, but that makes things a bit trickier. 3534380
Allan Russell @arnaturegeek.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Carrying out a genocide, destroying olive groves and bulldozing land in 3 different countries will cause a lot of carbon emissions and destroy wildlife. Seems like an environmental issue to me 020
Reposted by Allan Russellflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The press spent months stomping all over *Gary Lineker* for speaking up against the genocide. Does that not suggest to you that nobody will be permitted to speak without getting their teeth kicked in by battalions of hacks, and that nothing will be tolerated? 123048
Allan Russell @arnaturegeek.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A quest for autumn migrants on Saturday took me to the coast south of Dunbar. A heard only Yellow-browed Warbler and a Redstart were then best at Barns Ness, with lots of Little Gulls and a few 'commic' terns and Arctic Skuas offshore. Another vocal but elusive YBW was at Skateraw #BirdingScotland 0151
Reposted by Allan RussellGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Tories have announced they would abolish Natural England, support a Third Runway & pull the UK out of the Aarhus Convention - in further signs they’ve totally given up on Middle England, don’t give a toss about the environment & just want to please some wealthy grouse moor owners & raving YIMBYs 1029480
Allan Russell @arnaturegeek.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It's been a brilliant autumn for me for seeing Ruff. Plenty of them on the local patch and lots of them seen on days out to Musselburgh and Loch Leven RSPB earlier this month. These ones were performing right in front of the hides at the latter site #BirdingScotland #Birding 0120
Reposted by Allan RussellPatrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026There are few things as pathetic as the insecure whining of the super rich. To sit there on top of such a vast pile of wealth, complaining that it's all so unfair. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 610328
Reposted by Allan RussellEuan @euan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026MSPs from the two largest ‘progressive’ parties in Scotland regularly watch Arthur’s Seat burning from their parliamentary office windows because of climate change 14916
Reposted by Allan RussellToby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 18/09/2026*rubs temples* why am i reading about MPs scrutinising Eurovision track record instead of them taking action against far-right and fascist groups that are harrassing the RNLI, the public, & shutting down infrastructure www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUK's 'dismal' Eurovision song choices to be examined by MPsIt comes after the UK's entry Look Mum No Computer came last in May's final, scoring just one point. 24740186
Allan Russell @arnaturegeek.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Obviously time will tell if this is any good, but the fact this is already making the worst people mad is a +1 for me 000
Reposted by Allan RussellSinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I am staggered by the insistence on the part of the press that a small rich village in Oxfordshire flinching at shadows and throwing a tantrum is worthy of news coverage. These people don't have real problems, they aren't afraid, they live in a sheltered bubble and have melted their brains. 39415
Reposted by Allan RussellMark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Scotland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Huh? Wales: We want to leave the UK BBC: What? Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Lolz Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS #Piddington 7233471001
Reposted by Allan Russellflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026An RNLI lifeboat guy here, and as I’ve been saying for many years now: why is it that the public have been subjected to hate campaigns against hated enemies including rescue services, Stonewall, Amnesty International, the left of the Labour Party, the National Trust, the Proms and Match of the Day? 14753235
Reposted by Allan RussellLuca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Turns out that if you are an old lady with a banner supporting Palestine, the government arrests you on charges of terrorism. If you are a masked white male thug bringing a national port to a standstill, the government does absolutely nothing, and the media covers it like some lads on a day out. 11340711384
Reposted by Allan Russellflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This is exactly it: the first generation who will die knowing that no reward in heaven awaits them, and that the children they so virulently despise will inherit the Earth. That’s why they are frantically scrambling to wreck and destroy as much as they can, before the scythe falls. 1342195
Reposted by Allan RussellKJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 04/09/2026A British government that is dropping Net Zero and supporting fossil fuels while doing nothing about rocketing food prices suggests that Brits should stockpile food against a coming climate emergency. You have to wonder what these people think their job is. I mean, do they just sit on Twitter?theguardian.comMinister tells Brits to stock up on days of supplies after ‘supersize’ El Niño warningExclusive: Angela Eagle urges UK citizens to be ‘a bit more resilient’ as they plan for national emergencies 315446
Allan Russell @arnaturegeek.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Utterly atrocious phone scope photo of 2 Curlew Sandpipers on the local patch at Newshot Island today? You've got it! The highlight so far of a nice run of passage waders across the local patch in the last few weeks, including good nos of Ruff and Green Sandpipers #ClydeBirding #BirdingScotland 0131
Reposted by Allan Russellkate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Wrong person from Home Alone 2 died 10864250
Reposted by Allan RussellJim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 21/08/2026"This contradicts claims by some rightwing commentators, who have blamed rewilding for causing wildfires."theguardian.comRewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images showNational Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding 5370133
Reposted by Allan RussellRoss Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026There is something truly surreal about back to back items on the news today where residents return to homes in Stourbridge destroyed by the heatwave wildfires, then some empty suit comes on to explain why we absolutely must open another oil field in the North Sea. 418472
Reposted by Allan RussellZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/08/2026It’s time we sorted out the press. Constant misinformation to protect their donors and fossil fuels is destroying lives and our planet. The Government must step up and stop being cowardly. 30645961236
Allan Russell @arnaturegeek.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Eclipse update: cloud. Love living in Scotland where we rarely get to see astrological phenomena! 010
Reposted by Allan RussellDr Amy-Jane Beer @amyjanebeer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026There are so many reasons to despise the industrial scale of pheasant shooting. This list is just devastating. 33713
Reposted by Allan RussellEleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Why is the 12th of the month always celebrated by the worst people 0868
Reposted by Allan Russellflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10/08/2026It’s notable how much of day-to-day news is just things that you’d expect to read about on a corrupted computer in the bombed-out basement of Poseidon Energy in Fallout 4. 1142390
Allan Russell @arnaturegeek.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The Red-footed Falcon at Aberlady Bay was just too tempting so popped over on Friday morning. A very pleasing lifer for me! 040
Allan Russell @arnaturegeek.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Nor has he bothered to say anything about the droughts, heatwaves and fires the UK is suffering or how to combat their cause. Instead he finds plenty of time to cheer on oil drilling 010
Reposted by Allan Russellflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Incredible shit here: the guy Badenoch is defending was sent to prison for sending racist abuse to the MP Luciana Berger. Who then did a whole series of interviews and columns talking about her criminal harassment by Nazis, in a manner intended to make listeners believe it was done by Labour members 8304128
Allan Russell @arnaturegeek.bsky.social · 02/08/2026It's been getting on my nerves that I haven't been able to find any Quail this year despite the huge influx into the UK. This one singing away unseen today near Newshot Island was found by someone else last week, so I'm pleased it did the decent thing and lingered #BirdingScotland #ClydeBirding 090
Reposted by Allan RussellKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 30/07/2026It is putting it mildly to describe these people as a death cult. 1623907751
Reposted by Allan RussellAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it. 23247432015
Reposted by Allan RussellM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 26/07/2026You’d think the far right doing nazi salutes, rioting and attacking people of colour on the street would be slightly further up the news and political agenda but no it’s treated as business as usual 1128094
Allan Russell @arnaturegeek.bsky.social · 18/07/2026So no change from Keir but now with added oil drilling and climate science denial. I hope the Labour party gets completely destroyed 010
Reposted by Allan Russell👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 16/07/2026the cognitive dissonance required to threaten to sue *Amnesty International* out of existence and still think of yourself as a good person is incredible 102019386
Reposted by Allan RussellBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Mainstream Respectable opinion is that people joking about a bad person's death represents a culture of cruelty, but really it represents a culture of impunity. It's a coping mechanism for watching someone do evil their whole life and never seeing consequences 115208655336
Allan Russell @arnaturegeek.bsky.social · 10/07/2026A short lunchtime walk on the local patch today turned up sightings of Comma, Speckled Wood and Small Skipper (2 of the latter were my 1st local patch records!). This selection of butterflies would have been unthinkable here (near Glasgow) just 10 years ago #butterflies #scottishwildlife 021
Reposted by Allan Russellflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 03/07/2026I’d like to wish senior Trump officials a very happy 250th fuck off and mind your own business 3442271
Allan Russell @arnaturegeek.bsky.social · 02/07/2026A nice wander last weekend around the Hamiltonhill Claypits in Glasgow, and good to see plenty of butterflies including multiple Small Skippers. Always amazes me that this site is a stones throw away from the city centre! 020
Reposted by Allan RussellPo-LINA-tergeist 👻 لينا @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Oh my god, fucking fuck off 1822036
Reposted by Allan RussellMallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 26/06/2026I see this kind of comment, "but still the right will deny and delay..." Yeah they will. They will happily kill you and your relatives to suit their ambitions for a more brutal world built on wealth. It's not because they're stupid or ignorant it's because the waves of death do not matter to them. 5975332
Reposted by Allan RussellScottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 23/06/2026Schools closed, events cancelled, travel warnings, and lives lost. This is the direct result of political choices made in our parliaments. The cost of climate inaction is incalculable. 7317145
Reposted by Allan RussellZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Bills up. Wages too low. Record profits for Oil & Gas. 50 richest families with more wealth than 50% of population. Shit in our rivers. Pensioners jailed for protesting. Migrants thrown under the bus. Supporting a Genocide. That's Starmer's legacy. 26936591088
Reposted by Allan RussellSinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 22/06/2026It's amazing listening to Starmer listing his achievements and they're either: 1. Things that are bad 2. Things that he's not done 3. Things he initially opposed upon taking office Truly a generational talent in being a delusional prick. 8631143