I’m leaving Twitter tonight, chums. You can find me on Instagram and Bluesky. So long, Elon - thanks for all the pish.

"There's so many European leaders who have been contorting themselves... to excuse the inexcusable." Anthony Gardner, former US Ambassador to the EU, tells #Newsnight that Europe has been “sanewashing” the actions of President Trump.

Really pleased with the results of my new coloured pencils on black paper! “Golden Gaze.” A5.

Thought for the day: What did pet owners do in the Olden Days when they were quoted say, £900 for a preventative measure tooth extraction? It just doesn’t didn’t happen, did it? 🤯 Is it just me, or is there a racket going on?

Remembering back to a sunny day in the garden last Summer. 😊☀️ A3. Watercolour and pencil.

Damn it, @Clinique. Say it’s not so!

In Paris, there is a café that delivers letters to your future self five years later https://t.co/Ws1JsPuaXF

Keeping with the Scottish theme on Thistles/Heather: A5. Polychromos pencils.

Had a visitor make a closer inspection…

“Thistle” do nicely… A5 & teeny A6. Watercolour.

In New York State my sister in law tells me her friends with an adopted Chinese-born son, *hide him* when ICE are in the area. HIDING INNOCENT CHILDREN, MAGA. ANY BELLS AT ALL?

Here’s a grumpy Goldcrest to cheer you up. 😁 A5. Polychromos pencils.

So, CBS News decided not to air this 25 yr veteran federal agent pointing out all the ways the ICE agent was in the wrong for shooting Renee Good, on its broadcast (I wonder why🤨). At least it’s online. Reshare. https://t.co/DXins5vks7

Determined to get some fast sketching in, rather than scrolling… much more beneficial, I think! 😁#SpeedySketch ##TenMinuteMindfulness

Robin. A4. Polychromos pencils.

a woman is expected to remain completely calm as armed white supremacist thugs try to forcibly open her car door but an ICE agent is allowed to panic and shoot someone in the head three times from a foot away because he “felt threatened”

Long-tailed tit. A5. Polychromos pencils.

Woman arrested live on air by Donald Trump's thugs just because she says she doesn't want her tax dollars used to commit war crimes in Venezuela. This is far worse repression than they have in Venezuela.

I highly recommend doing a herb and spice clear out at the start of the year as it means when you’re looking for the tiny best before date, you only need to see if it’s 25 or less. Here are yesterday’s casualties. The oldest date was 2023. Not bad considering I once found a tin

Bruce Springsteen on Trump: “I couldn't care less what he thinks about me. He's the living personification of what the 25th Amendment and impeachment were for. If Congress had any guts, he'd be consigned to the trash heap of history." RETWEET if you stand with @Springsteen!