Donna Rainey
@donnarainey4.bsky.social
Lover of nature; fungi,native wildflower meadows, native woodlands, and all that depends on them.
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Coming soon, my new book; Eat The Planet Well
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Eat the Planet Well: my new book, coming soon.
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
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November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Coming soon, my new book; Eat The Planet Well
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'Raven' collage by Lisa Morales, textile and mixed media artist #WomensArt
October 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
'Raven' collage by Lisa Morales, textile and mixed media artist #WomensArt
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Can things get any more bizarre?
Can things get any more bizarre?
US says countries with DEI policies as infringing human rights
US officials say the rules will stop "destructive ideologies" but others argue it is redefining human rights principles for Trump's goals.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Can things get any more bizarre?
Can things get any more bizarre?
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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New York Times bestseller "The Light Eaters" — Virtual book talk with Zoë Schlanger, Atlantic journalist covering science, health, and the environment. Tues., Dec. 16, 7-8:30pm EST. go.unc.edu/lighteaters
Schlanger invites us into the world of plant behavior and intelligence research.🧪🌍🌱
Schlanger invites us into the world of plant behavior and intelligence research.🧪🌍🌱
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New York Times bestseller "The Light Eaters" — Virtual book talk with Zoë Schlanger, Atlantic journalist covering science, health, and the environment. Tues., Dec. 16, 7-8:30pm EST. go.unc.edu/lighteaters
Schlanger invites us into the world of plant behavior and intelligence research.🧪🌍🌱
Schlanger invites us into the world of plant behavior and intelligence research.🧪🌍🌱
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Inspiring and hopeful. And importantly a movement that includes paid roles, increasing the ability for all to participate.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Inspiring and hopeful. And importantly a movement that includes paid roles, increasing the ability for all to participate.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🟥 New paper out 🟥
Powerful flowers: Public perception of grassland aesthetics is strongly related to management and biodiversity.
With an amazing team: @valentinecology.bsky.social @davide-andreatta.bsky.social @foxnat.bsky.social & Franzi
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Powerful flowers: Public perception of grassland aesthetics is strongly related to management and biodiversity.
With an amazing team: @valentinecology.bsky.social @davide-andreatta.bsky.social @foxnat.bsky.social & Franzi
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Powerful flowers: Public perception of grassland aesthetics is strongly related to management and biodiversity
Temperate grasslands provide various cultural ecosystem services that are appreciated in diverse ways. Capturing these diverse appreciations requires …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🟥 New paper out 🟥
Powerful flowers: Public perception of grassland aesthetics is strongly related to management and biodiversity.
With an amazing team: @valentinecology.bsky.social @davide-andreatta.bsky.social @foxnat.bsky.social & Franzi
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Powerful flowers: Public perception of grassland aesthetics is strongly related to management and biodiversity.
With an amazing team: @valentinecology.bsky.social @davide-andreatta.bsky.social @foxnat.bsky.social & Franzi
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Am Wochenende wurde ein stark verwester Narwal an der Irischen Küste angespült
Sehr ungewöhnlicher Fund
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Sehr ungewöhnlicher Fund
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Narwhal – A new whale species for Ireland washes up in Co Donegal | Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
A species of whale, never before recorded in Ireland, washed up in Co Donegal last weekend. A small 2-3m whale or dolphin was reported to the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group stranded on Sweet Nellies Be...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Am Wochenende wurde ein stark verwester Narwal an der Irischen Küste angespült
Sehr ungewöhnlicher Fund
iwdg.ie/narwhal-a-ne...
Sehr ungewöhnlicher Fund
iwdg.ie/narwhal-a-ne...
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Just like any other toxic relationship, when your social media becomes toxic; its time to get out.
Leave toxic relationships.
You'll thank yourself later.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Leave toxic relationships.
You'll thank yourself later.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Just like any other toxic relationship, when your social media becomes toxic; its time to get out.
Leave toxic relationships.
You'll thank yourself later.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Leave toxic relationships.
You'll thank yourself later.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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Utter madness. No direct reference to fossil fuels in the draft #COP30 agreement 🤯
The 1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists have done their job.
We now need a major nation to honestly confront the crisis, break Big Oil’s deadly grip on our politics - and show what’s possible. #NEB2025
www.nebriefing.org
The 1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists have done their job.
We now need a major nation to honestly confront the crisis, break Big Oil’s deadly grip on our politics - and show what’s possible. #NEB2025
www.nebriefing.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Utter madness. No direct reference to fossil fuels in the draft #COP30 agreement 🤯
The 1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists have done their job.
We now need a major nation to honestly confront the crisis, break Big Oil’s deadly grip on our politics - and show what’s possible. #NEB2025
www.nebriefing.org
The 1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists have done their job.
We now need a major nation to honestly confront the crisis, break Big Oil’s deadly grip on our politics - and show what’s possible. #NEB2025
www.nebriefing.org
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The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want.
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want.
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
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Walking down the lane this morning I saw a heron ahead. I took several pictures as I approached, this was the last before it flew off.
#heron #northumberland #morningsun #silhouette
#heron #northumberland #morningsun #silhouette
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Walking down the lane this morning I saw a heron ahead. I took several pictures as I approached, this was the last before it flew off.
#heron #northumberland #morningsun #silhouette
#heron #northumberland #morningsun #silhouette
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Ukraine is on the brink of an historic betrayal by Trump to Putin.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Ukraine is on the brink of an historic betrayal by Trump to Putin.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
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If you would like a signed Everything Will Swallow You hardback for RRP + P&P, I have a fabulous selection of art by my mum, Jo, which I'm sending out for free (one linoprint with each book). Let me know your address via [email protected] while stocks last.
Sorry, this is just for UK folk, BUT...
Sorry, this is just for UK folk, BUT...
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
If you would like a signed Everything Will Swallow You hardback for RRP + P&P, I have a fabulous selection of art by my mum, Jo, which I'm sending out for free (one linoprint with each book). Let me know your address via [email protected] while stocks last.
Sorry, this is just for UK folk, BUT...
Sorry, this is just for UK folk, BUT...
Foggy morning walk. Atmospheric.
November 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Foggy morning walk. Atmospheric.
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Vanished 240 years ago, the UK’s largest bird of prey – the white-tailed eagle – just returned to English skies like it never left.
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Vanished 240 Years Ago, the UK’s Largest Bird of Prey Just Returned to English Skies Like It Never Left
After vanishing from England centuries ago, a fearsome predator is now soaring back into southern skies—and it's not just passing through.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Vanished 240 years ago, the UK’s largest bird of prey – the white-tailed eagle – just returned to English skies like it never left.
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Plastic litter and microplastics are concentrated in coastal zones and may well rapidly accumulate in restored saltmarshes.
See a great new #PhD opportunity to study how restored saltmarshes provide benefits and cope with potential risks of pollution, pathogens and AMR.
#WAAW #AMR #BlueCarbon ⤵️
See a great new #PhD opportunity to study how restored saltmarshes provide benefits and cope with potential risks of pollution, pathogens and AMR.
#WAAW #AMR #BlueCarbon ⤵️
Here @ukceh.bsky.social, we are inviting PhD applicants for the new ECOWILD CDT Project findaphd.com/phds/project...
Take a look if you are interested in #wetlands restoration, #microplastics #antimicrobialresistance and #climatechange
Take a look if you are interested in #wetlands restoration, #microplastics #antimicrobialresistance and #climatechange
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Plastic litter and microplastics are concentrated in coastal zones and may well rapidly accumulate in restored saltmarshes.
See a great new #PhD opportunity to study how restored saltmarshes provide benefits and cope with potential risks of pollution, pathogens and AMR.
#WAAW #AMR #BlueCarbon ⤵️
See a great new #PhD opportunity to study how restored saltmarshes provide benefits and cope with potential risks of pollution, pathogens and AMR.
#WAAW #AMR #BlueCarbon ⤵️
Stunning morning sky, sadly emphasising the pollution from a local quarry.
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Stunning morning sky, sadly emphasising the pollution from a local quarry.
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Tackling F-gases - vital to address climate change + prevent build up of TFA - a PFAS, harmful to fertility + child development, produced as F-gases degrade, "accumulating in our tap water, the food we’re eating, plants, trees, the sea, + all in the past few decades".
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November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Tackling F-gases - vital to address climate change + prevent build up of TFA - a PFAS, harmful to fertility + child development, produced as F-gases degrade, "accumulating in our tap water, the food we’re eating, plants, trees, the sea, + all in the past few decades".
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As climate change melts ice, stored mercury pollution may be released, contaminating fish + shellfish. Mercury pollution is a feature throughout the life cycle of fossil fuels - a risk during extraction, from abandoned pipelines + from burning oil, gas + coal.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
As climate change melts ice, stored mercury pollution may be released, contaminating fish + shellfish. Mercury pollution is a feature throughout the life cycle of fossil fuels - a risk during extraction, from abandoned pipelines + from burning oil, gas + coal.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Sign the petition asking the Government to finally end peat compost sales with legislation in 2026 - no more delays. It’s been a long and tiring road to get peat compost banned and we need your signatures and shares now more than ever to get it done. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Sign the petition asking the Government to finally end peat compost sales with legislation in 2026 - no more delays. It’s been a long and tiring road to get peat compost banned and we need your signatures and shares now more than ever to get it done. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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Health impacts linked to hormone disrupting chemicals include 'hormonal cancers, obesity and diabetes, impacts on the immune + neurological systems and early puberty' so it might seem a no-brainer to ban them in children's toys, teethers + sippy cups - will the UK government keep up with the EU?
📝 A recent letter to the UK government highlights the risks posed to children by #ToxicChemicals in toys.
⚠️ Children are at higher risk from the health impacts of endocrine disrupting chemicals (#EDCs) because their organs and nervous system are still developing.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/f8PEtct
⚠️ Children are at higher risk from the health impacts of endocrine disrupting chemicals (#EDCs) because their organs and nervous system are still developing.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/f8PEtct
November 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Health impacts linked to hormone disrupting chemicals include 'hormonal cancers, obesity and diabetes, impacts on the immune + neurological systems and early puberty' so it might seem a no-brainer to ban them in children's toys, teethers + sippy cups - will the UK government keep up with the EU?
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As renewables eat into the energy market + EVs reduce demand for petrol, fossil fuel firms aim to step up production of plastics + chemicals made from oil + gas. By mid-century, half of growth in demand for oil is predicted to come from making more plastic + chemicals. A must read 👇🏾
How Fossil-Fuel Companies Are Driving Plastic Production and Pollution | Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
How the Fossil-Fuel Industry’s Pivot to Plastic Is Polluting Our Planet
To keep profits rolling in, oil and gas companies want to turn fossil fuels into a mounting pile of packaging and other plastic products
www.scientificamerican.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
As renewables eat into the energy market + EVs reduce demand for petrol, fossil fuel firms aim to step up production of plastics + chemicals made from oil + gas. By mid-century, half of growth in demand for oil is predicted to come from making more plastic + chemicals. A must read 👇🏾