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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 8h

😄 give me all the weird and quirky things

Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 9h

Noticed how cool the dying Rudbeckia flowers look - I think I prefer them to immaculate pristine ones. FFS what is wrong with me, why can’t I just like nice things 😄

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 14h

Today I am mainly raking and low mowing areas of meadow to plant the young ragged robin and cuckoo flower plants I’ve propagated. Also going through editor comments on my new book, checking back through research to clarify points. I had to stop to look at the light and shadow today 💞

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 17h

Keep going Zack - what you are doing is challenging and showing them up. The more they whinge like this, and they will, the more you are making the right impact.

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 17h

I’m reorganising the Wild Way to make it easier for subscribers to navigate all of the archives - we have hundreds of guides now and growing with each week 💞 www.wildway.info/about

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 1d

Autumn garden joy

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 17h

Heat from a radiator below it

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 1d

We shall see!

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 1d

I know! Bloomin peat free compost working again

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 1d

Our avocado has…rooted! Only took two months. It’s starting to split open. Excitement city, population one.

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 1d

Autumn garden joy

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 1d

I think that’s a good idea. I have it across my newsletter and website in place of Twitter and it kinda works. But it could do with a bigger shot in the arm somehow. Eg lots of government like Starmer still don’t use it for some reason. Nor does BBC.

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 1d

Overall users for BlueSky are still slowly declining, which puts into question the future of this platform - without a wider public on here, our voices are less effective. Hopefully BlueSky can find a way to grow its platform to something more mainstream. It is really good. bsky.jazco.dev/stats

Atlas - Engagement-Based Social Graph for Bluesky by Jaz (jaz.bsky.social)

bsky.jazco.dev

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 1d

The latest Red List of endangered species ... now includes 172,620 species, of which 48,646 are threatened with extinction. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Now more than ever we must be the voices for nature.

Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win'

Once endangered due to hunting, it is making a strong recovery thanks to global conservation efforts.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 1d

I’ve run hundreds of events and conferences. I say “hi everyone!” Etc. I’ve never been to a conference in my life where the people running it have addressed everyone as “conference” as a single entity.

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 1d

It is weird - no one else does this in the real world

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 1d

I did not know this

Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) @ifstnews.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that around 80% of the seafood consumed in the UK is imported? 🐟🦞From the cod in your fish and chips to the prawns in your sandwich, much of what reaches our plates comes from Norway, Iceland, Vietnam, and more.

Fish from afar

IVAN BARTOLO EXPLORES THE UK’S RELIANCE ON SEAFOOD IMPORTS, DRIVEN BY CONSUMER PREFERENCES AND GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS.

academic.oup.com

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 1d

by others I mean thousands of smaller businesses! Not other billionaires.

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 1d

Dear all politicians: the way you address your conference audiences as “conference” is really f-ing weird to everyone in the real world. Please stop.

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 1d

We need better journalism than this - the journalist intervenes to spread the false narrative that billionaires will all leave the ultra wealthy UK if we tax them more. Get a backbone. We are not subjects or slaves to billionaires. If some leave, good riddance! The void is an opportunity for others.

Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 2d

Former Head of Comms for the IEA, Annabel Denham, says the super rich will leave if we have a wealth tax.

Yes, the very same IEA that brought us Liz Truss’ disastrous mini budget. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Green Party leader Zack Polanski explains that their taxable assets can’t leave. #bbcqt

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 1d

Ah brilliant thanks for the correction, I didn’t know Scottish water was publicly owned, how brilliant

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 2d

Sowed a whole bunch of betony seeds today, Betonica officinalis, in a big tray of small plug modules. Hope they all germinate!

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 2d

Autumn at 40%

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 2d

Just extraordinary to witness this nature-hating government sabotaging Labour’s own legacy. And for absolutely no reason: nature protection isn’t blocking development - it’s a necessary prerequisite for it (& for everything else, come to that…)

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups

Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

www.theguardian.com

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 2d

😂 the arm was already there I should point out, I haven’t added it as a size comparison

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