Steve Webster
@croft1a.bsky.social
Living in the outer Hebrides ~ here for the blue sky
No reason given. He’s not illegal, has no criminal record, runs a business in Boston.
“It’s just a horrible, horrible, horrible place,” he said of his detention camp.
“I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.”
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
“It’s just a horrible, horrible, horrible place,” he said of his detention camp.
“I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.”
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Irishman detained by Ice appeals to Taoiseach to raise case with Trump amid ‘torture’
Seamus Culleton from Kilkenny has been in Texas Ice facility for nearly five months despite holding valid work permit
www.irishtimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:16 PM
No reason given. He’s not illegal, has no criminal record, runs a business in Boston.
“It’s just a horrible, horrible, horrible place,” he said of his detention camp.
“I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.”
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
“It’s just a horrible, horrible, horrible place,” he said of his detention camp.
“I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.”
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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It’s very loud in Kyiv.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles.
Let the world know.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles.
Let the world know.
February 2, 2026 at 11:43 PM
It’s very loud in Kyiv.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles.
Let the world know.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles.
Let the world know.
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🌡️CARIBBEAN RECORD COLD
[1 Feb] Max 10.8C/51.4F Freeport
LOWEST MAX. TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN THE BAHAMAS
Min. 5.4C Gallon Jug
Lowest Temperature in BELIZE since 1968
Lowest in February since 1895
57F/13.9C Guantanamo Bay Military Base
All time low tied
[1 Feb] Max 10.8C/51.4F Freeport
LOWEST MAX. TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN THE BAHAMAS
Min. 5.4C Gallon Jug
Lowest Temperature in BELIZE since 1968
Lowest in February since 1895
57F/13.9C Guantanamo Bay Military Base
All time low tied
February 2, 2026 at 3:37 PM
🌡️CARIBBEAN RECORD COLD
[1 Feb] Max 10.8C/51.4F Freeport
LOWEST MAX. TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN THE BAHAMAS
Min. 5.4C Gallon Jug
Lowest Temperature in BELIZE since 1968
Lowest in February since 1895
57F/13.9C Guantanamo Bay Military Base
All time low tied
[1 Feb] Max 10.8C/51.4F Freeport
LOWEST MAX. TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN THE BAHAMAS
Min. 5.4C Gallon Jug
Lowest Temperature in BELIZE since 1968
Lowest in February since 1895
57F/13.9C Guantanamo Bay Military Base
All time low tied
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“ Our power went out at 4:40 Sunday morning. By then the ice was already thick on the trees. My husband and I lay in bed and listened in the sudden silence as tree branch after tree branch cracked, gave way, and hit the ground.”
Our power finally came back on late last Thursday, just in time for my fingers to warm up to typing capacity and my brain to warm up to something passing for coherent thought. Tens of thousands of people in Nashville were not nearly so lucky.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
Opinion | Icemageddon, Southern Style
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM
“ Our power went out at 4:40 Sunday morning. By then the ice was already thick on the trees. My husband and I lay in bed and listened in the sudden silence as tree branch after tree branch cracked, gave way, and hit the ground.”
This
The other side being after water has rapidly drained of bare hills they become vulnerable to drought and fire.
The other side being after water has rapidly drained of bare hills they become vulnerable to drought and fire.
If you're a victim of repeated flooding, you need to start looking at land use upstream.
One of these sponges up vast amounts of water, releasing it slowly, the other does not. One reduces flooding, the other *increases* it.
Without addressing this core driver, it'll just keep on getting worse.
One of these sponges up vast amounts of water, releasing it slowly, the other does not. One reduces flooding, the other *increases* it.
Without addressing this core driver, it'll just keep on getting worse.
January 30, 2026 at 7:03 AM
This
The other side being after water has rapidly drained of bare hills they become vulnerable to drought and fire.
The other side being after water has rapidly drained of bare hills they become vulnerable to drought and fire.
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Join this talk: A tiny flightless midge, accidentally introduced to Antarctica (1960s) has spread & dominates the soil ecosystem. Its larvae feed on dead plant material, enrich the soil with NO2 & change conditions in ways that could help other species invade..
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Free Entomology & Marine Biology Webinars
The entoLIVE webinar programme is about shining a light on invertebrate science and marineLIVE focuses on marine biology. All of the webinars are free, but booking is essential.
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January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Join this talk: A tiny flightless midge, accidentally introduced to Antarctica (1960s) has spread & dominates the soil ecosystem. Its larvae feed on dead plant material, enrich the soil with NO2 & change conditions in ways that could help other species invade..
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Kyiv.
Left bank.
I came home.
Water is back,
minimal heat is back.
Unbelievable.
I’ll live in this city, in this country, until my last breath.
Oh my.
Left bank.
I came home.
Water is back,
minimal heat is back.
Unbelievable.
I’ll live in this city, in this country, until my last breath.
Oh my.
January 24, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Kyiv.
Left bank.
I came home.
Water is back,
minimal heat is back.
Unbelievable.
I’ll live in this city, in this country, until my last breath.
Oh my.
Left bank.
I came home.
Water is back,
minimal heat is back.
Unbelievable.
I’ll live in this city, in this country, until my last breath.
Oh my.
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Greetings from Kyiv
I begin with gratitude.
After I wrote that some cancelled support during the night attack,
people from different countries joined or upgraded. Thank you!
Some told me to get a job or go to hell.
But my job is to tell the truth and educate about Ukraine.
I often do it from hell
I begin with gratitude.
After I wrote that some cancelled support during the night attack,
people from different countries joined or upgraded. Thank you!
Some told me to get a job or go to hell.
But my job is to tell the truth and educate about Ukraine.
I often do it from hell
January 21, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Greetings from Kyiv
I begin with gratitude.
After I wrote that some cancelled support during the night attack,
people from different countries joined or upgraded. Thank you!
Some told me to get a job or go to hell.
But my job is to tell the truth and educate about Ukraine.
I often do it from hell
I begin with gratitude.
After I wrote that some cancelled support during the night attack,
people from different countries joined or upgraded. Thank you!
Some told me to get a job or go to hell.
But my job is to tell the truth and educate about Ukraine.
I often do it from hell
The nature of massive structures is to look virtually unchanged & unchangeable, just perhaps a few tiny surface cracks, while inside rot spreads until massive inertia flips into massive abrupt collapse.
Such is US global economic hegemony in this moment.
Careful where you stand.
Such is US global economic hegemony in this moment.
Careful where you stand.
January 18, 2026 at 10:50 AM
The nature of massive structures is to look virtually unchanged & unchangeable, just perhaps a few tiny surface cracks, while inside rot spreads until massive inertia flips into massive abrupt collapse.
Such is US global economic hegemony in this moment.
Careful where you stand.
Such is US global economic hegemony in this moment.
Careful where you stand.
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Kyiv.
One more video of the frozen Dnipro River for you.
This one made me smile.
People here don’t lose their sense of humour even in such hard times (or maybe it was a long-held dream to lie on the Dnipro 😉).
One more video of the frozen Dnipro River for you.
This one made me smile.
People here don’t lose their sense of humour even in such hard times (or maybe it was a long-held dream to lie on the Dnipro 😉).
January 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Kyiv.
One more video of the frozen Dnipro River for you.
This one made me smile.
People here don’t lose their sense of humour even in such hard times (or maybe it was a long-held dream to lie on the Dnipro 😉).
One more video of the frozen Dnipro River for you.
This one made me smile.
People here don’t lose their sense of humour even in such hard times (or maybe it was a long-held dream to lie on the Dnipro 😉).
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I know this would just have most likely have been a curiosity at the end of a long trade route and may have taken up a new meaning for its Norse owner but I still can't help but imagine what a Norse saga about Buddha would have looked like ...
A small and exotic Buddha found far from home in #VikingAge buildings on the Swedish lake island of Helgö.
Probably made in the Swat Valley, the Buddha travelled some 5,000 km from its place of origin, encapsulating the idea of long-distance trade during the Viking Age.
#Archaeology
Probably made in the Swat Valley, the Buddha travelled some 5,000 km from its place of origin, encapsulating the idea of long-distance trade during the Viking Age.
#Archaeology
January 15, 2026 at 7:06 PM
I know this would just have most likely have been a curiosity at the end of a long trade route and may have taken up a new meaning for its Norse owner but I still can't help but imagine what a Norse saga about Buddha would have looked like ...
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Right. More action requests to swift lovers everyone. Please email me at [email protected] to get a template email to send to a few people who may block the Scottish swift brick amendment! The vote may happen next week which has put me in a panic. People power needed!
January 14, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Right. More action requests to swift lovers everyone. Please email me at [email protected] to get a template email to send to a few people who may block the Scottish swift brick amendment! The vote may happen next week which has put me in a panic. People power needed!
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As long as I can breathe, I’ll keep educating you about Ukraine
Today, 117 years since the birth of Maria Prymachenko (1909–1997), a renowned 🇺🇦 folk artist.
Few know her son and grandson were artists too: the first two works – by Maria,
the third – by her son Fedir,
the last – by her grandson Ivan
Today, 117 years since the birth of Maria Prymachenko (1909–1997), a renowned 🇺🇦 folk artist.
Few know her son and grandson were artists too: the first two works – by Maria,
the third – by her son Fedir,
the last – by her grandson Ivan
January 12, 2026 at 8:11 PM
As long as I can breathe, I’ll keep educating you about Ukraine
Today, 117 years since the birth of Maria Prymachenko (1909–1997), a renowned 🇺🇦 folk artist.
Few know her son and grandson were artists too: the first two works – by Maria,
the third – by her son Fedir,
the last – by her grandson Ivan
Today, 117 years since the birth of Maria Prymachenko (1909–1997), a renowned 🇺🇦 folk artist.
Few know her son and grandson were artists too: the first two works – by Maria,
the third – by her son Fedir,
the last – by her grandson Ivan
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A global shift to plant-based diets could free an area of land as big as the US, China, the EU and Australia combined: restored ecosystems could draw down CO2, making our diets carbon negative. Average food emissions per person would be reduced from about 2,000 kg CO2eq/year to -160 kg CO2eq/year.
From nuts to kelp: The 'carbon-negative' foods that help reverse climate change
Eating low-carbon foods helps reduce emissions, but some foods actually suck up carbon from the atmosphere for good, leaving the climate in a better place. Could we eat more of them?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 7:04 AM
A global shift to plant-based diets could free an area of land as big as the US, China, the EU and Australia combined: restored ecosystems could draw down CO2, making our diets carbon negative. Average food emissions per person would be reduced from about 2,000 kg CO2eq/year to -160 kg CO2eq/year.
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January 4, 2026 at 6:42 PM
When they arrived in the Pacific he was fascinated by islands perched on 400 foot tall columns of coral.
Around the same time in Switzerland & Scotland men were deciphering the evidence of a past Ice Age ~ a tropical Cool Age when the ocean was 400 feet (130 metres) lower.
Around the same time in Switzerland & Scotland men were deciphering the evidence of a past Ice Age ~ a tropical Cool Age when the ocean was 400 feet (130 metres) lower.
Charles Darwin's voyage on the Beagle began #OnThisDay in 1831. The five-year trek around the world profoundly shaped his ideas about the natural world; he later said the journey was "by far the most important event in my life." #histsci
December 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
When they arrived in the Pacific he was fascinated by islands perched on 400 foot tall columns of coral.
Around the same time in Switzerland & Scotland men were deciphering the evidence of a past Ice Age ~ a tropical Cool Age when the ocean was 400 feet (130 metres) lower.
Around the same time in Switzerland & Scotland men were deciphering the evidence of a past Ice Age ~ a tropical Cool Age when the ocean was 400 feet (130 metres) lower.
A strong El Niño could take us there next year
This week, Professor James Hansen and colleagues published projections that the global temperature record could reach +1.7°C by 2027.
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
Two Years to 1.7°C: the “Prediction Game” We Can’t Afford to Lose
Australia’s sweltering through another early-summer heatwave, and I’m trying to decide whether to write about the weather outside my window - or the bigger climate system we’re reengineering on this p...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A strong El Niño could take us there next year
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Late afternoon view of the sun going down over Morecambe Bay. Taken from Hampsfell near Grange Over Sands
#landscapephotography
#sunset
#uk
#landscapephotography
#sunset
#uk
December 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Late afternoon view of the sun going down over Morecambe Bay. Taken from Hampsfell near Grange Over Sands
#landscapephotography
#sunset
#uk
#landscapephotography
#sunset
#uk
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Landscape-scale ecological restoration. We can do it but we need much more of it and it needs to be now!
Pics with permission National Trust for Scotland
Pics with permission National Trust for Scotland
December 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Landscape-scale ecological restoration. We can do it but we need much more of it and it needs to be now!
Pics with permission National Trust for Scotland
Pics with permission National Trust for Scotland
Postcard from the edge
Fifty years ago here kids were still turning up for their first day of school and hearing their first words of English
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Fifty years ago here kids were still turning up for their first day of school and hearing their first words of English
youtu.be/qfDtTHC8BoY?...
Ishbel MacAskill - Gradh Geal Mo Chridh (Fair Love Of My Heart)
YouTube video by Roddy Melville
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December 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Postcard from the edge
Fifty years ago here kids were still turning up for their first day of school and hearing their first words of English
youtu.be/qfDtTHC8BoY?...
Fifty years ago here kids were still turning up for their first day of school and hearing their first words of English
youtu.be/qfDtTHC8BoY?...
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It was the sweetest moment I’ve witnessed during the war.
December 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It was the sweetest moment I’ve witnessed during the war.