Jamie
@arborealtechie.bsky.social
IT guy in Wales / UK, Humanist, Pro EU. Love science, trees and all nature. PV, Battery, EV, Heat Pump, etc. We are the only “pest species”.
On the ecological impacts of game shooting. A controversial chapter of my new book Eat the Planet Well which did not make the final edit, but which is - I think - important. Comments welcome! youtu.be/jZMYWK16UFo
The ecological impacts of game shooting.
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
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Aug 5 2005 Joy showed me a photo of a blade of grass. Opened up to see masses of insect eggs. A few days later took this with my basic Olympus point & shoot. I was HOOKED! How beautiful is a Bee's face? I didn't know,but many books, much learning and more, better? cameras later....
This is what happens when small-minded bigots with limited insight and zero emotional intelligence take a stance on something they are actually ignorant about. If your default is not to treat others with dignity and respect then people could be forgiven for thinking you’re an arsehole.
Nettlecake@nettlecake.bsky.social · 2d agoBrilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
Interesting report of what can be done to transition a farm profitably to sustainable practice. Alt-text: a vigorous green strip with wildflowers, mature gold cereal field behind it with harvester at work, short hedge beyond it and clumps of trees, with misty sky above, early or late in the day
@nffn.bsky.social · 2d agoWaitrose's Leckford Estate took a phased, evidence-led approach when it started to implement regenerative approaches, avoiding the dreaded financial dip. 🌾 How they did it: 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/quxyceihqd
A Reform-run council has all but condemned 100 acres of precious ancient woodland to be razed. 😡 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/30/oaken-wood-ancient-woodland-kent-quarry-expansion-reform-council
‘It’s irreplaceable’: Fury over Reform plans to expand quarry in ancient Kent woodland
Forty hectares of Oaken Wood could be razed after it was identified as potential site of expansion by Reform-run council
theguardian.com
I’m helping save Coul Links. Will you? Coul Links is a beautiful and unique wildlife habitat in the Scottish Highlands. But it is threatened once again with development. Join me in urging Scottish Ministers to say no to this damaging application. action.rspb.org.uk/page/166270/...
Save Coul Links!
Your voice could help save this precious habitat from a new threat of development.
action.rspb.org.uk
#Biodiversity - yes the lack of wasps is very concerning. "Important in ecosystems as pest-controllers, pollinators and decomposers" theconversation.com/where-have-a...
Where have all the wasps gone this summer?
And why you should let them share your picnic ham and jam.
theconversation.com
This is exactly what Repair Cafés have been campaigning for. The UK must do this too! Don't bin it, fix it.
European Commission@ec.europa.eu · 6d agoYour tech breaks. Buying new seems cheaper than repairing. We’re making the Right to Repair the new standard in Europe.
This is such a great visualization of the carbon cycle and of how humanity has completely altered it within a geological instant. Visualization by @rarohde.bsky.social. 1/
I'm absolutely devastated for colleagues at Jodrell Bank who found out this morning that funding for the UK's e-MERLIN radio telescope array will be terminated. This is a short-sighted move, to save a tiny fraction of the overall UK science budget. #SaveJodrellBank 🔭🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands
Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.
bbc.co.uk
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 3w ago“What will the Lovell Telescope discover/enable 20 yrs from now? I can’t tell you, and that’s the point. It will either be something extraordinary that none of us can yet predict, or we will defund it and leave Cheshire with a rusting monument to unfulfilled potential and discoveries never made.” 🔭🧪
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says he’s “thrilled” to end federal support for new wind and solar projects after 35 years. Meanwhile, the U.S. still provides around $30 billion a year in direct subsidies and tax breaks to the fossil fuel industry. Interesting priorities. 🤔
I am so 😡🤬😤😖 I’ve been following climate politics for a long time. I don’t think I’ve ever felt this upset. As the climate crisis accelerates, our leaders aren’t accelerating climate action. They’re reversing it. Everywhere. US, Canada, New Zealand, EU and now UK!
Data centres or enough water to let our farmers grow crops? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says
Industry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’
theguardian.com
Ways to help bees during a heatwave: • Leave a potted native flowering plant on a doorstep or windowsill as a refueling stop. • Maintain dense shrubs as a shady passage between nectar sources. • Grow damp-loving flowers by a pond, as these offer moist nectar to a thirsty bee.
Jamie@arborealtechie.bsky.social · 2w agoBBC News - UK's furry bumblebees 'keeling over' in heatwaves - BBC News ... What you can do to help. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Some of the recent comments about the Fabian Society have been hilarious. Here it is subversively noting that co-operative farming is more resilient, & pursuing their evil socialist agenda of greater food security.
Fabian Society@thefabians.bsky.social · 3w ago"Co-operatives across the economy have long suffered from a lack of business development support" Farming co-operatives are key to food security and a fairer and more sustainable agricultural sector, writes @jimmcmahon.co.uk fabians.org.uk/fertile-grou...
Miatta Fahnbulleh – the UK's new climate and energy secretary of state – writing in the Guardian seven years ago... "Why not invest in taking carbon out of our economy in a way that creates millions of good jobs and lifts living standards?" @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social
This is a little cause for hope:
Richard Delevan@richard.wickedproblems.earth · 2w agoAlso, FWIW, keep on eye on how they hit Miatta at DESNZ. Her past statements make Miliband look weak on climate by comparison. Fortunately she seems to have 20 IQ points on most of her colleagues. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNaM...
I see posts like these, yet I still have a friend (in his 70s) who has gone from Climate Change "not happening" to "not us" and insists he'll be proved right after he's dead. bsky.app/profile/gale...
Oliver@oliver48.bsky.social · 2w agoTrump withdrawing $millions from climate research won't shut climate scientists up "The latest forecast calls for an event so record shattering that it stays above historic levels for 6 full months! That’s insane " via WFLA Jeff Berardelli
An article on *electric* handheld fans ( "> 8 million will be purchased in the UK in 2026… Just under ½ are discarded annually") that doesn't once mention the sustainable paper types, other than in a pic that could be confusing, as they're also 'handleld fans' theconversation.com/why-handheld...
Why have we dreamed up & invented fairytales of the #supernatural? Because of alienation from life, we become lonely, entitled and fearful. We had to find a way to #decouple from natural realities. Eternal life in the clouds was a good start. This has been replaced with eternal growth in the cloud.
Rudy Sovinee@rudysovinee.bsky.social · 2w agoDeeper in that bottle - not listed: Fairy dust, Magic wands, Flying carpets, and assorted Genies 🤣
BBC News - UK's furry bumblebees 'keeling over' in heatwaves - BBC News ... What you can do to help. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK's furry bumblebees 'keeling over' in heatwaves
The furry bodies of UK bumblebees are specially adapted for cold weather - making heatwaves a struggle.
bbc.co.uk
Whenever someone informs me that they don't believe in using the Oxford comma, I feel surprised, saddened, and disappointed.
WTAF. Europe is literally on feckin fire!!! EU proposes slowing down cuts to carbon emissions for businesses www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
EU proposes slowing down cuts to carbon emissions for businesses
Under the proposals, the EU plans to relax its emissions trading system to give companies more time to reduce their carbon output.
bbc.co.uk
“A Chinese human rights lawyer has been arrested by ICE, raising concerns he could be deported to China where he would face persecution. Wu Shaoping fled China at the end of 2019 amid a crackdown on human rights lawyers.”
ICE arrests human rights lawyer who fled Chinese crackdown
Arrest in Pennsylvania of Wu Shaoping, who is awaiting asylum decision, raises fears of deportation and persecution
theguardian.com
1/2 Drier summers aren't the only cause of the wildfires raging through European forests. Warmer, wetter springs that seem helpful to trees are actually weakening them. Fast early growth increases water requirements, making trees more prone to drought stress later. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Climate breakdown isn't just an environmental issue - it's fast becoming a national security crisis. Our major new investigative series with Caroline Lucas starts Friday, exclusively for TRIP + members.
The Strait of Hormuz is open and is now a toll road. Wait a minute, if you don't pay a toll, does that mean Americans will shoot at you? Or the Iranians? Geez, it's like paying the Mafia to stop the Mafia roughing up your business and avoiding concrete boots. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Trump reinstates Iran port blockade and imposes 20% charge on cargo passing through Hormuz
Trump says the US will become the "guardian" of the Strait of Hormuz and will charge ships for using it. Iran earlier warned the US not to "interfere" in the strait's "management".
bbc.co.uk
I am sitting in the garden watching the world (well, the birds and insects) go by. I almost never do this and I'm thinking I need to change that.
