I had no idea how beautiful this moth was until I looked through the lens of my camera this morning. Choreutis nemorana is new to my garden, and it has only been recorded twice in Yorkshire. Someone near me must own a fig tree. #teammoth
Lin Hawthorne
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Still Curious Editor, author, biologist, horticulturist. FLS Dilettante now, with interests in Scientific Latin Plant-invertebrate interactions Colours of Nature Truth and Beauty naturallatin.com
Brilliant 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.
Oops. www.publictechnology.net/2026/08/03/h...
NHS apologises and admits Palantir engineers have access to identifiable patient data
The central health service body has acknowledged the inaccuracy of claims previously made in a transparency document which indicated that only NHS staff were able to see such sensitive information ...
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Ribblehead viaduct on the Settle to Carlisle railway, Yorkshire. Denis Thorpe
Me in Tesco when my wife’s asked me to buy an avocado.
Morning all. Why not start your day by throwing some money this way? Cancer is awful but also REALLY HARD WORK and @maggiescentres.bsky.social make such a difference. ajbellgreatnorthrun2026.enthuse.com/pf/richard-s...
Pterostylis barbata - Bird Orchid The Bird Orchid has to be one of our more unique looking orchids but you can certainly see where its common name comes from. Endemic to the southwest of Western Australia, flowering July to September. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling 🌿
Celastrina argiolus, Holly Blue, on Origanum, in the garden.
A friend has found these on her Elm trees (Wiltshire) - any ideas please Bluesky? @graemelyons.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social @vannabartlett.bsky.social #LimeTrees
' “Every new fossil fuel project approved today makes tomorrow’s heatwaves more dangerous, and our world less secure,” Guterres said' FFS @andyburnham.bsky.social Pay attention. As I have said - the climate doesn't recognise - or reward - pragmatism www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Burnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drilling
Labour MPs fear No 10 team lack up-to-date energy insight and don’t fully recognise voters’ climate concerns
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I'll level with you, gang, it's been quite a shit year. Bit I've finished my fucking book and we're going to the fucking seaside. All that's left is for me to hit my Great North Run target for Maggie's cancer-care centres. 👍 ajbellgreatnorthrun2026.enthuse.com/pf/richard-s...
Great North Run 2026
Here we go again. In September, on the eve of my 48th birthday, I will be flogging myself around 13-point-something miles of sheer Tyneside, in support of Maggie's centres and in memory of my lovely m
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Lots of Scarce Coppers (morgenrood, Lycaena virgaureae) during today's walk in N Spain
I can’t believe these arrests are still happening - the new PM could end this utterly absurd proscription if he chose. As Jonathon Porritt says - trying to save lives is not terrorism. Exposing this government’s complicity in genocide is not terrorism
Defend Our Juries@defendourjuries.bsky.social · 6d agoNEW: Sir Jonathon Porritt, arrested under Terrorism law outside Westminster Magistrates Court. As police escorted him away he said "I am a supporter of Palestine Action, trying to save lives is not terrorism, exposing this Governments complicity in genocide is not terrorism." www.wedonotcomply.org
With highly-pathogenic avian influenza now in NZ, we're taking steps to protect #kakapo and #takahe by vaccinating against the disease, following a successful trial. We're aiming for ~90 kākāpō and 100 takahē in an initial phase to protect the most valuable birds/sites. #conservation #birds
The Cairngorms fire has destroyed about 10 sq miles (25 sq km) of moorland and pine forest since Wednesday 15th July. These are photos taken in 2024 when @vannabartlett.bsky.social and I walked through the Ryvoan pass, now destroyed by the fire. Heartbreaking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's my thesis that the Habsburg/Hapsburg lip/jaw was noticed as a family trait only in the mid-C19 (so sez ngram viewer), but I can't find any decent historiography of the issue, despite it being so notorious. There's loads of medical speculation, but that's not what I'm after. Any ideas? Pls RT
We're joining @creatorsrights.bsky.social in calling on Government to protect creators from the existential threat of GenAI Help get the petition to 10,000 signatures - sign the petition 🔽 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
"win back" the public? We hated it. It stole from us from day 1 and we've had it forced on us from every imaginable direction without consent. Don't retcon the last 2 years of utterly abusive & coercive bullshit the #AI industry has indulged in, at our expense. This shit wants burning down.
The AI Industry Has Acted So Badly That It's Now Dealing With a Huge Wave of Hatred
AI companies are rolling out new ad campaigns to win back the public, but their efforts may be too little, and far too late.
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"Do you think I can fly in my magnificent initial 'M'(artialem)?" BnF MS Latin 1121; Troparium, prosarium, processionale, tonarium Sancti Martialis Lemovicensis; beginning of 11th century; f.28v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
Hemp-agrimony providing food for a Sulphur Beetle, Cteniopus sulphureus, which is a comb-claw beetle. Typically found in dry habitats such as dunes and chalk downland especially near the coast. Feeds on pollen and nectar.
The Royal Astronomical Society is shocked and dismayed to hear that the UK's iconic Jodrell Bank Observatory is at risk of closure amid a slew of catastrophic budget cuts. Read our full statement here: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
Anthropic is actively pushing their product on teachers. Imagine the legal implications if teachers are unwittingly exposing private student data to the open web without parental consent. Not great, Claude!
Maggie Harrison Dupré@mharrisondupre.bsky.social · last wk.NEW: A large trove of Claude-generated documents have been exposed to the web and indexed by Google. We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only. futurism.com/artificial-i...