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Dr Anke Marsh
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Palaeoecology, natural history, science, flora, fauna, microfossils. Researcher, writer, editor, photographer she/her

Also @lnhs.bsky.social for London based natural history
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radiobeartime.com
The UK National Health Service has very clear information on all major medical conditions.

It is browsable by all

Never EVER rely on an LLM for health advice

www.nhs.uk/conditions/
January 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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palaeoclimate.bsky.social
4 days later and some folk still don’t have power or water. In Jan that’s dangerous especially for vulnerable people.

Minor roads blocked by fallen trees and some schools still closed.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Can’t help but feel if this was the SE the response would have been…more..
Thousands of homes in Cornwall still without power or water days after Storm Goretti
Lib Dem MP hits out at Commons speaker for failing to grant him right to call for national emergency response
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:24 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Yeah. My brain was clear, my post was not 🤣

I agree, but I think it’s happening more and more. When I get some time, I want to look into this a bit more.

I’m also really pissed off because I wasted reading/thinking/writing time on this BS 🤬
January 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Oh, I agree! I may discuss this paper in the future, but not as a ref but rather as an example of what not to do and why it is so problematic
January 12, 2026 at 5:36 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
🤣🤣🤣😭
January 12, 2026 at 5:34 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Yep, agree. What it says to me is that the author did not read, he simply used AI to summarise findings, summaries that are usually simplistic and wrong (plus plagiarised). Plus using a nature destroying tech to ‘write’ about nature issues. JFC
January 12, 2026 at 5:32 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
And neither is the original author 🥺
January 12, 2026 at 5:26 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
I probably should. Especially as this study has been PR’d and written about in various papers. It’s just so disappointing. I agree with the discussion/concluding comments but can’t trust the validity of the modelling 😵‍💫😭
January 12, 2026 at 5:09 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
I will discuss this paper in the future. But not in the current write up. If the refs are wrong, how can I trust the rest of it? As this was a modelling paper, that coding is very important. But is it correct? And therefore, are the results valid? Sigh.

#NoAI #UseYourOwnDamnedBrain
January 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Very frustrating. Reading an article that seemed interesting, and which I wanted to discuss in my blog. But. But. But. I go to download some of their cited refs and they don’t exist. Then I see a disclaimer that they used grok (good god), Gemini and copilot for coding and manuscript prep. 🫩
January 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Today’s theme as set by Rob is - birds in flight, with the alt of finches. So I’m going with this shot of flying fishes, I mean, finches from last year

Linnets, London, May 2025

#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #BirdsInFlight #Finches
A photograph of four linnets in flight. The birds are minute in this shot (very far away and my lens asked, ‘are you kidding me??’). There are four of them against a light blue sky. Their wings are tucked in (they flap and tuck as they fly) and basically they look more like fish than birds.
January 12, 2026 at 2:57 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Great set!
January 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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ukceh.bsky.social
Latest UK Hydrological Outlook is published. Forecast for next 3 months indicates higher-than-normal chance of it being wet.

River flows & groundwater levels likely to be in the normal range for most of UK though below normal in parts of SE & above normal in NW

More detail: hydoutuk.net 🧪
Map of the UK showing river flow and groundwater forecasts for January 2026. Most areas expect normal river flows; groundwater is above normal in the northwest and normal to below normal in southeast England. Shaded areas indicate principal aquifers.
January 12, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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wokestudies.bsky.social
Most of Adamson's advice could also be applied to writing about literary texts?
January 12, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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norfolkponds.bsky.social
Many Norfolk farm #ponds have steep sides especially at the old clay/marl pit digging face. Sometimes, if cleared of scrub, a stunning vertical meadow is formed along the sharp moisture gradient from waters edge to bank top. Here Sayer's Black Pit, the first pond we restored in 2011, shows the way
January 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
BotD is natural or city - birds in their natural environment or a more urban one. I’ve got a wetlands heron and a city canal heron, although the wetlands are located in London 🤣

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Stunday #UrbanWildlife #Photography #EastCoastKin #Heron
A photograph of a grey heron. He is standing, ankle deep, in water with a blurred reed bed behind him. He is facing forwards but his head is turned to the left. He is an elegant bird, with grey wings, outlined in black, a white head and neck with a black stripe above his eye. He’s also got a ruffle of light grey feathers down his chest, which have some dark grey and white markings. A photograph of another grey heron. This one was taken in Amsterdam, on one of the canals. He is standing on a boat, facing to the right, staring off into the distance. Behind him is the canal wall, blurred.
January 11, 2026 at 4:52 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Hiking and photography. Perfect!
January 11, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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joannechocolat.bsky.social
To anyone who needs it right now:
If a woman gets shot in the face and your first reaction is to say: "yes, but did she provoke it?" you need to give yourself a shake.
January 10, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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paperstainedink.bsky.social
If you do see a traumatic video by accident, please make sure to immediately do something to help your brain, like TETRIS. (Yes, seriously.) TETRIS has been shown to help mitigate the mental effects of trauma because it intervenes in traumatic memory formation.

www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/tetris-...
Tetris used to prevent post-traumatic stress symptoms
A single dose psychological intervention, which includes using the computer game Tetris, can prevent the unpleasant, intrusive memories that develop in some people after suffering a traumatic event.
www.psych.ox.ac.uk
January 9, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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jesshebert.bsky.social
The guy who first dressed as Portland Frog, a major symbol of our protest and then other national protests, has been arrested while peacefully protesting. Prints of this painting by Simran Gleason are being sold to support his defense. www.simrangleason.com/prints/p/por... #pdx #protest
A person in a Frog costume faces down several military dressed men with riot helmets in a painting
January 10, 2026 at 8:46 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Almost forgot it’s Squirrel Saturday! Here’s a grey squirrel from the archives (Oct 2025), taken in London

#SquirrelSaturday #Mammals #NaturePhotography
A photograph of a squirrel sitting on a branch. The photo is taken from the ground, looking up into the tree. The squirrel, mainly grey with some reddish-brown patches, is holding an acorn in his front paws and having a bite.
January 10, 2026 at 3:37 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Comma butterfly taken last summer, London
Polygonia c album

#BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant #Photography #Inverts #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #Butterflies #LondonWildlife
A photograph of a comma butterfly resting on a leaf. The butterfly is a vivid orange with darker brown markings along its wings, which are scalloped along the edges. Its wings are straight out, contrasting against the deep green of the blurred vegetation in the background.
January 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Moody birds is today’s theme and I’ve got a moody grey heron from summer 2025

#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Herons #Photography #EastCoastKin
A photograph of a heron. It is a largish bird, mainly different shades of grey (50? Who knows). She’s standing on one leg on a sideways trunk. She is facing to the left, shoulders a bit up and looks like she is glaring at something. Behind her is dark green vegetation.
January 10, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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americandialect.org
The 2025 Word of the Year is "slop," both as a noun for low-quality AI-generated content and as a combining form for anything of little value. Read the full press release. #WOTY2025 #ADS2026 #LSA2026
americandialect.org/2025-word-of...
2025 Word of the Year Is “Slop”
New Orleans Marriott–Jan. 9—The American Dialect Society, in its 36th annual words-of-the-year vote, selected slop as the Word of the Year for 2025. More than three hundred attendees took part in the…
americandialect.org
January 10, 2026 at 8:18 AM
ankemarsh.bsky.social
Omg 🤣🤣🤣
January 9, 2026 at 11:37 PM