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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 4h

www.livescience.com/animals/elep...

One of my former students was asking how we know dinosaurs didn’t have trunks since they don’t fossilise well.

Given this relatively new info on elephant evolution, has anyone looked at herbivorous dinosaurs to see if there’s a similar pattern?

Scientists may have finally figured out how elephants got their incredible trunks

Elephants appear to have evolved their long, grasping trunks as a result of climate change pressures on their ancestors millions of years ago.

www.livescience.com

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 4h

Autumnal collection, including little owl feather, seedheads & various lovely things that fell off trees.
Zoom in to the details if you’re feeling stressed-the patterns in nature have been shown to help our brains relax🪶:

A collection of seedheads, acorns, sycamore keys, dried flowers, lichen, a little owl feather & a piece of Baltic amber on a white watercolour paper background

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 4h

Me, in The Guardian, wanging on about migration. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Country diary: Eyes to the skies for autumn’s mass migration | Lev Parikian

Hampstead, London: Spring has the dawn chorus, autumn has ‘vismig’, the changing of the guard of millions of birds – an early start for me, then, to try and glimpse this remarkable phenomenon

www.theguardian.com

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 17h

This, like its author, is ace.

Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Land Beneath the Waves paperback has been chosen for Waterstones pre-order promotion!! Pre-orders make such a difference & if you could support & share, I'd be so grateful.

Enter “OCTOBER25” at checkout for 25% off RRP.

www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...

@summersdalebooks.bsky.social
#WPreorder

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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 17h

Just finished @drmjwarren.bsky.social's The Cuckoo's Lea and I absolutely LOVED it. In fact it's one of my favourite reads so far this year.

#Nature, #History, #birds, #language #landscape and more... woven together seamlessly, and so beautifully. Fascinating! I can't recommend it highly enough

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The Hermit of Everything @hermiteveryday.bsky.social · 16h

When the world gets darker try to find ways to shine a light..✨

A hand holds a lantern that has a pressed flower visible on it.

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The Hermit of Everything @hermiteveryday.bsky.social · 16h

Things got rather gloomy so I made a little lantern..✨

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 13h

This fall, @megstampede.bsky.social & I are collaborating to create a 2026 calendar!

Each month features a different animal, facts about them, & actions we can take to help them!

Sales will fund our '26 Native Plant Project

Pre-order now, they’ll ship in early November! Squidfacts.net

A spread of the calendar opened to November. two cuttlefish hover over a reef where the female has laid eggs with tiny little baby cuttlefish in them.

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 4h

Build follies. Follies everywhere. Especially on roundabouts.

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Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 6h

Did u know?Since we've been making bee hotels,our diversity of solitary bees has increased 10-fold.This is a mud nesting brick for Hairy Footed Flower bees.Recipe:cricket pitch loam,sand,straw. Poke holes. 2 feet off the ground,south facing. Plant Pulmonaria-they LOVE it.How fab is the male?! 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🐝

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 15h

"Finally, the Commission offers no excuse for [warning about the risk of indirect sex discrimination against women while ignoring the risk of indirect discrimination against trans people]. That is because this statement was inexcusable." 🔥🔥🔥

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 20h

Our Judicial Review of the EHRC: we've published our formal written case - together with that of the EHRC and Bridget Phillipson - and they are very much worth a read. goodlaw.social/7gs4

An update in our judicial review of the EHRC’s interim guidance | Good Law Project

We’re publishing key documents in our legal challenge against the interim guidance issued by the EHRC in the wake of the For Women Scotland decision.

goodlaw.social

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 15h

Yep they dropped carers and over 50s so now I’ve to find a pharmacy that will do private for about £100 each…

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 18h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 1d

Sleeper trains?

That said my friend met her husband on just such a midnight bus…

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

I'll be signing and dedicating a copy of VIANNE in aid of this year's Children In Read. Interested? Bid here. www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...

www.jumblebee.co.uk

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 1d

📕 #BookReview

What did prehistoric people think about their past? Can #archaeology reveal 'historical culture' in societies without written literature? @profbernard.bsky.social's 'Historical culture in Iron Age Italy' breaks new ground on these questions 1/2

(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

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Cover of the book reviewed, depicting a ceramic jar with a lid shaped like a human head, with the text 'Book Review, Antiquity'.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 9d

Ever wondered where all the Cheers title photos are from? I did. And I've gathered everything I can find into this post. That was fun.

joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...

Where nobody knows your name...

Tracing the anonymous faces at the start of Cheers.

joelmorris.substack.com

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History Daily - This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 1d

The Bayeux Tapestry online (in case you don’t have a copy at home), battle from scene 51 onwards: www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeu...

Explore the Bayeux Tapestry online - Bayeux Museum

For the first time, you will be able to freely explore the entire Bayeux Tapestry scene by scene with a never seen quality of images !

www.bayeuxmuseum.com

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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 1d

Why we & @justtreatment.org delivered a massive cheque and 250,000 signatures to the UK government…

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 1d

Do you hear the bells? Can't you hear them chime?

www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...?

The Tolling of Pavlov's Bells

Award-winning horror author Seanan McGuire's story of a media savvy bioterrorist and the spread of a horrible plague will leave you chilled.

www.apexbookcompany.com

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 1d

I’d name at least one, but I tend to hate them because they are ear worms so I can’t even let myself think about them or they start playing on repeat in my brain…

Shellfish

Pan’s Labrynth

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 1d

Other ways to support our work:

1) tell educators in your life that they can get a match with a scientist at skypeascientist.com!
2) buy an advent calendar for yourself or ship one to a friend!3) tell people about our merch shop! Squidfacts.net

SKYPE A SCIENTIST

Skype a Scientist matches your classroom, scout troop, or library with scientists for Q&A sessions for free!

skypeascientist.com

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1d

I’m telling you, they’re velociraptors.

SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 1d

Roadrunner on a post. I have no idea what he was looking at . 🪶

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way

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Dr Cinnamon Remote @cinnamonremote.bsky.social · 1d

And then there’s flammable and inflammable…

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