8km run along the old railway line and around the golf course this morning. Saw this gorgeous acer just as Ralf Scheepers was singing, Alive and on Fire - very appropriate. #trailrunning #powermetal #malvern

What secrets? Like: de-extinction is impossible? A species exists within and because of an habitat. Once the habitat is gone, all the species' interactions are gone too! You are not doing de-extinction, you are just doing performative biology for profit! 🧪 #science www.ft.com/content/3a70...

‘De-extinction’ start-up Colossal accuses ex-staffer of stealing secrets

Lawsuit alleges scientist who worked on reviving dodo bird has taken confidential research to rival biotech ventures

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The wasps in the wall just above my back door are still pretty active. They weren't really bothering us so I let them live: I didn't want a wall full of dead wasps and I read they'd leave the nest and die off in the autumn anyway. I'm beginning to wonder if they'll still be here at Christmas.

The heated blanket has come out, and Sophie hasn't moved since lunch time. She also has her head on the control unit so I can't change the temperature. Note: the instructions say "not to be used as a pet blanket", but Sophie is not noted for compliance with regulations.

Amal told me this morning that's she's up to $750, and just needs another $100 in order to get Naser's meds and also just a buy a few basics for little Khaled, like nappies. If we could get that goal met today, it would be a terrific load off her mind. ❤️‍🩹🙏

mollie@mollietindle.bsky.social · 4d ago

Amal is desperately needing $600 for Naser’s lung treatment. He was hospitalized again last week. She also needs $300 for a bed for baby Khaled who is just weeks old. Rodents & bugs are a danger to small babies living in the tents of the refugee area DONATE: gofund.me/7deaed283 TY for your help!!

Had a blast chatting with Bre at the Wild Quiet Podcast about all things dogs, cats, and chickens. Have a listen to our conversation here: player.captivate.fm/episode/5567...

How Did Wild Animals Become So Ordinary? w/ Greger Larson

Quickly and easily listen to The Wild Quiet for free!

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@janetahlberg.bsky.social’s long-running textile project has reached fruition. The rug on the back of the sofa is crocheted entirely from natural colour wool of different British heritage breeds.

I'm probably the only person looking at this who is more concerned that they appear to have put back shoes on the front hooves. It's just weird! Australian company, though, they clearly have different ideas about what the well-dressed horse is wearing.

Hamburglar Humblebrag@plantpotonassis.bsky.social · 7d ago

I found a company called Canterpants that sells trousers for horses. I wasn't looking for any such company or product but I found it anyway. Canterpants.

Response to a full page story in the D. Mail that the reason for the decline of the hedgehog is that badgers have eaten them all.

Joy Vyner@vynerjoy.bsky.social · last wk.

50 yrs ago there were millions but aggressive industrial farming, green deserts. ripping out hedges. Pesticides, pollution, insectageddon, paving and fake grass, industrial parks, expansive housing and urban sprawl, should I go on.

so the deal is, you buy the medal up front, then download the app, which uses your phone's pedometer to measure your walks/runs (you can also connect certain smartwatches to it, mine's not one they support), and bingo! there's millions of challenges to pick, i just love space.

The Conqueror Virtual Challenges | Walk, Run, Cycle Your Way to Amazing Medals

Join over 1 million happy Conquerors. Take on virtual challenges that motivate you to walk, run, or cycle.

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Fun at this morning's Halloween parkrun at Worcester Woods. My running buddy was a werewolf (but not of London). Awoooooo!!! 🐺 #parkrun #halloween #runningpunks

Peatbog Faeries at Malvern Cube tonight. Celtic fusion, with elements of trance/techno/rock/jazz/African... Amazing band, fantastic night. See them if you can. #KeepMusicLive

l’ve had no orders for my nature jewellery.I know they seem expensive but silver for each costs >£70-I can’t charge £0 for several hrs’ making time on each.They’re casts of real flowers incl snowdrop & tiny silver sculptures of birds.A RT would really help just now,ty x: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

A decision made by people with no sense of the poetry of scientific names. Nannus my arse.

Jon Dunn@dunnjons.bsky.social · last wk.

No no no no NO! Just seen the 2026 AviList updates. Wren has been changed from Troglodytes troglodytes to 'Nannus troglodytes'. Nannus? I don't bloody think so. Forever Troglodytes. And this is the hill I will die on.

I use that "dancing the fandango with Carmen Miranda" line ALL the time 🤣🤣🤣 The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers is such a funny comic.

Name a piece of comic art that occasionally wanders into your head unannounced and makes you smile #comics

Ivan the K ™@ivanthek.bsky.social · last wk.

Name a piece of comic art that occasionally wanders into your head unannounced and makes you smile. #comics

CHICKEN FACT: Chickens were originally kept only as pets (and for the eggs). There is no evidence that anyone ate them before around 250 BC. There are also plenty of records of them being buried alongside humans, suggesting they were thought important companions, or even sacred.

Some very bad news today unfortunately. Amal: "Nasser's condition got worse today, and we had to take him to the hospital. He had delayed taking his medication for too long, and today he fainted. I'm in such a difficult situation and don't know what to do." gofund.me/3b4f33878

Donate to Help Us Give Our Children a Chance at a Peaceful Childhood, organized by Emily Miller

My name is Naser Musllam, and I'm 32 years old. I studied Busi… Emily Miller needs your support for Help Us Give Our Children a Chance at a Peaceful Childhood

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Anna Orridge@anna-orridge.bsky.social · 2w ago

$93/370. Amal writes: "I'm really scared that we'll run out of Khaled's diapers. And the food situation is becoming terrifying too. Meat, vegetables, and fruit have disappeared from the markets, and a bag of flour has become incredibly expensive, costing around $70." gofund.me/3b4f33878

An interesting story, but I do wish the Guardian, and the expert consulted, hadn't used terms like 'invaded', 'bold attempt' and 'conquer' to describe the behaviour of a butterfly. Ridiculous. Queen of Spain butterfly invades Britain – but will it become native? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Queen of Spain butterfly invades Britain – but will it become native?

This year thousands of the golden-coloured butterfly have arrived in Britain in what one expert calls ‘a bold attempt at colonisation’

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Great turn out from Malvern Buzzards last night to mark this year's Let's Lift the Curfew, which addresses the safety concerns of women running at night. #ThisGirlCan #MalvernBuzzards

Just got some Ref**m literature delivered with the post. No prepaid address on the back, so the wokest, greenest thing I can think to do with it is put it in the wormery with all the other rotten stuff. It'll be transformed into lovely worm casts to plant next year's vegetables in.

Fellow archaeologists out there can we have a conversation about the use of AI in the materials we produce for the public. I know that a lot of us are increasingly frustrated by the use of AI in media and all the awful stereotypes that we have spent decades trying to challenge creeping back in

I say, I say, I say! Here is a joke I’ve been trying to write for a decade, but I think it only works as a diagram — so, BEHOLD! The fog on the Tyne is all mime

Late post for Caturday - saw this nice little detail on a pub wall in Sheffield as I walked to the Professional Zooarch meeting a few weeks ago. It reminded me of the Cat Trail in York - maybe there are other Sheffield cats? #Caturday

I have a few days to polish our #zooarchaeology workshop for the Contemporary & Historical Archaeology conference in Innsbruck. Title is “Seeing the Wild Possibilities of Domestic and Captive Animals” Here is a link to the workshop website. apbeisaw.vassarspaces.net/omekas_exhib...

"I made the Armoured Scorpion of Death to help mankind, not to destroy!" youtu.be/QdhwTXwhA4c?...

That Mitchell and Webb Look - Professor Death

YouTube video by myLastTears

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WBUR@wbur.org · 2w ago

Dozens of employees at Boston Dynamics have petitioned the company to stop the sale of its robot dogs to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Those Boston Dynamics employees need to quit, start a company and make robot squirrels to distract the robot dogs. Actions speak louder than words.

Adopt some #Herefordshire hens! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Retired hens in Hereford seek new homes through an adoption appeal

The British Hen Welfare Trust host rehoming days for retired commercial egg-laying hens.

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Sister's car was reversed into by a tractor, while she was inside. Insurance claim form question: "How do we know that the third party was a tractor?" Several replies have been drafted, none of them very polite.

The scale of this destruction is almost unimaginable. There really aren't the words to describe it. And this afternoon I have to complete a survey at work so my employer can gauge how staff are using AI effectively. Suspect I will be marked for 'education'. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre

Company ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms’ latest push

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