A cordial public realm exchange on the subject of pointless path blockages and inept councils #debate #walking #observations

Couple of yellow-striped beauties to take you over the midweek slump. #bugsky #dragonsky #spidersky #wildlife

My debut piece for Offrange, looking at an edible 'bee detox' product that research suggests can negate the impact of #pesticides. But are "bulletproof" bees a solution to the risks facing pollinators, or missing the point completely? ambrook.com/offrange/stu... #bugsky #farming #beesky

What if We Pesticide-Proofed the Bees?

New research shows promise in engineering bees that aren’t as susceptible to chemical harms. Critics argue it reduces incentives to reduce pesticide use.

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We wanna know what you think about animals. Clink on link below and contribute to WASP (WORLD ARCHIVES OF SPECIES PERCEPTION) www.wasp-project.net/survey?fbcli...

WASP project

A survey of human perception for species

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UEFA has announced they will boycott the World Cup. Italy has announced they’ll extend their boycott for another four years.

It's almost as if there's an overarching phenomenon of some kind going on here 🤔 #wildfires #drought #coincidence

Some news: I was picked among the final 10 journalists of the @frontiersmedia.bsky.social programme. I'll be at @smnstuttgart.bsky.social from Sept, trying to dig far beyond the hackneyed tales around non-native invertebrates in Europe. Excited. frontiers.media/frontiers-aw... #bugsky #scicomm

FRONTIERS Awards Final Fellowships to Ten Science Journalists - FRONTIERS

The FRONTIERS Science Journalism in Residency Programme has selected ten journalists for its fourth and final round of fellowships. This closing call, open to journalists at all career stages, drew si...

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“Print books from the pre-LLM era are structurally guaranteed to be free of this contamination." www.404media.co/ai-companies...

AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop

ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”

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Have yourself a look at this lesser stag beetle, why don't you #bugsky #beetlesky

Coming to you live from #FlyingAntDay, Cornwall edition. #bugsky #ants

As ecstatically reviewed by my permanently book-residing 10 year-old niece #booksky

Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now!@joshuaseigal.bsky.social · 2w ago

My publishers Bloomsbury are offering my poetry books at an awesome 30% discount! Head on over to their website and gorge yourselves on their bounteous munificence! @bloomsburyed.bsky.social #KidLitUK #teachers #poetry

Take out an annual subscription to The Blizzard now and receive a FREE copy of the fantastic Whatever will be, will be: A Matter of Life and Football by Felix White Subscribe: forwardpress.imbmsubscriptions.com/BLZFELIX26?m...

Very pleased to spot the hornet-mimic hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) in #Scarborough today. Formerly a committed southerner, this fly's now bounding northward in the UK. #flysky #bugsky #UKwildlife

Best story of the day

When Saturday Comes@wsc.co.uk · 3w ago

"We sat staring in shock and awe at the shining gold and silver plunder which lay before us in our living room, amid the dirty teacups, biscuit wrappers and ashtrays" By Richard Stocks for WSC 464

As a freelancer who works indoors but loves the outdoors, why must the summer always insist on being the busy period and the winter the unwanted downtime? #freelancing #work #argh

Another Scarlet Tiger seen at Skelton today @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Portugal squandering talent and time at the altar of one faded man's ego is one of the weirdest phenomena football has ever seen. #wc2026 #PorEsp

Enact the Final Provisions. Dissolve Fifa.

Wanna smash through the moon's surface? Consult a locust... medium.com/insectsandth... #bugsky #space #moonsky #scicomm

How desert locusts could help humans build on the moon

Chinese researchers have copied the egg-laying anatomy of the desert locust to design a more efficient lunar digging tool — one that could…

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The UK paperback of LIFELINES is out tomorrow, but I'm also so deeply thrilled and honoured to share that it's Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month for July! Huge thanks to @waterstones.bsky.social for the selection and to @eandtbooks.bsky.social for believing in this book from the beginning.

After watching a hoverfly escape from my home through an open window in about 5 minutes, I am convinced they are on a different plane of intellect to house flies. #flysky #bugsky

Usually see one or two marbled whites a summer - there were hundreds of 'em in Kiplingcotes reserve yesterday. Restoring old industrial sites works. #bugsky #buttersky #conservation

I wholeheartedly salute this film title. Must-see on that basis alone. #filmsky #movies

DMovies@dmovies.bsky.social · last mo.

Thought-provoking, meticulously crafted and vaguely humorous character study from Slovenia provides honest insight into the life of a schoolgirl The 34th edition of Raindance draws to a close tomorrow: dmovies.org/2026/06/25/i...

Baby steps. Baby steps. "It's just a 10% stake." "It's just a sponsor on the shirt." "It's just sponsorship on the media output." "It's just a friendly." Then... "It's just a pre-season tournament", "It's just another 10%", "It's just the name of the stadium"... #LUFC

Beren Cross@berencross.bsky.social · last mo.

Leeds United have announced a pre-season friendly with RB Leipzig. It's a 2pm kick-off at Elland Road on Saturday, August 8. Ticket details still to come. A second, and final, home friendly on the following weekend will be announced in due course. #lufc

Wrote a thing about how there's not enough ancient trees to support important beetles, but you can trick them into thinking there is with a chainsaw and a bit of ingenuity. medium.com/the-quantast... #bugsky #conservation #wildlife #treesky

Can You Fake an Ancient Tree? An Unusual Conservation Trick Offers Hope for Endangered Beetles

Scientists in Sweden chainsawed holes into healthy trees to mimic centuries of natural ageing — and thousands of rare wood-dependent…

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Wildlife shapes how ecosystems store carbon yet this is seldom considered in #climatechange policy negotiations A new initiative led by scientists seeks to bring animals into the conversation, so I solicited an op-ed for @mongabay.com by one of the drafters of the Wildlife and Climate Consensus:

Wildlife helps regulate the climate & this belongs in policy discussions (commentary)

When we talk about climate change and wildlife, most people think about the impact of climate change on animals. We see individual organisms struggling to find food and being pushed into new places an...

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Enjoyed this bit of agricultural macabre, about the pluses and minuses of getting ourselves composted. ambrook.com/offrange/lan... #environment #gothfarming #weirdsky #soil

Dead Humans, New Soil

Composting human bodies is a growing trend. But is it safe?

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If ITV announced the bubonic plague was back, it would be more welcoming than hearing the words today's commentary is from Matterface and Dixon

Nothing says 'England during a World Cup' like a badged-up empty American beer can rammed onto a spike on a brick wall. #patriotism #WC2026 #ThreeLions

The value of #ecosystem services provided by soil carbon in England and Wales is massive, according to research from @uniofreading.bsky.social @uniofgreenwich.bsky.social They say the findings could boost incentive programmes. farmingfuturefood.com/soil-carbon-... #climate #soil #farming

Soil carbon delivers £59.7bn in ecosystem benefits to England and Wales, study finds - Farming Future Food

Researchers from the University of Reading and University of Greenwich have produced the first comprehensive estimate of the economic value of soil carbon sequestration in England and Wales, highlight...

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