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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · 4d

No Brians in the Tory party

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Brent River Park @brentriverpark.bsky.social · 7d

Short film by @brentpollution.bsky.social showing how nature miraculously survives amidst the despoilment of the River Brent.
Both enraging and uplifting!

youtu.be/PNRQGGjAtGI?...

The River Remembers

YouTube video by Jonathan Rowe

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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · 11d

I hope students will learn the difference between domestic animals (e.g., honey bees) and wild animals.

John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · 18d

I hope the Nobel Prize committee is taking note. Looks like that's another in the bag, in addition to his certain awards for Peace, Economics and Literature.

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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · 25d

They must really hate this country to leave that mess.

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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · 28d

It's currently the worst of both worlds. In the UK system, we are supposed to be voting for people to represent us. Even this is not allowed because the party whips prevent our elected representatives from voting freely.

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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · Sep 8

@mrhenrymorris.substack.com

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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · Sep 7

My phone read out the message. The Welsh bit at the end came out as gibberish - I think.

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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · Sep 5

Not a teacher, but our daughter is a GCSE student. She made me follow you because she's a big fan of all things Six Idiots.

John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · Sep 5

My mother went to secondary school in Wigton, where Melvyn Bragg was the head boy. She had an autograph book, and got people from school to sign it. His entry was

Never B#,
Never B♭,
Always B♮.

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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · Sep 5

Does anyone have a handle on how much of the financial problems of the NHS can be attributed to PFI payments?

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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · Sep 3

E-r-i-s-t-a-l-i-s--t-e-n-a-x

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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · Aug 30

It's not over till the first lady sings.

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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · Aug 27

The flags should have a yellow norman cross painted on the red to represent the shady people funding this shit.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of...

Flag of Guernsey - Wikipedia

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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · Aug 25

Fixed it.

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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · Aug 25

The Jennings brewery in Cockermouth is up and running again as an independent family-owned brewery, and is worth a visit. This is the view from the beer garden at the back, where you can see serious flood damage to one of the buildings near the bridge.

View from behind the Jennings brewery in Cockermouth, Cumbria. A good place to look out for the occasional kingfisher.

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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · Aug 25

A holiday pic from last week. We did a family walk around Ennerdale, which was lovely. It's one of the few lakes without a main road running along it, which adds to the tranquility. It is also home to a project to replace spruce trees with native species.

View over Ennerdale Water in the west of the Lake district.

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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · Aug 10

👆🏻 #PollinatorPals #WildflowerHour

John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · Aug 10

A few #Pollinatorpals from Warren Farm in west London yesterday.
#WildflowerHour
@warrenfarmnr.bsky.social

Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) on Hoary Mustard

Small Spotty-eyed Drone Fly (Eristalinus sepulchralis) on Hoary Mustard.

Brown Argus (Aricia agestis), a bit late for this Common Knapweed.

Blue Mason Bee (Osmia caerulescens - I think) on Black Horehound.

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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · Aug 8

Currently in France and was woken this morning by a Golden Oriole singing from a nearby tree. Shortly afterwards, it was joined by hundreds of Starlings.

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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · Jul 29

I'm no expert, but the "sperm whale" illustration doesn't seem to be a sperm whale.

John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · Jul 29

Next: Payments for not fly tipping.

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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · Jul 27

They do seem to like knapweed. Here's one I saw yesterday.

Dusky Sallow (Eremobia ochroleuca) on Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) at Warren Farm, west London.

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John Ashburner @johnashburner.bsky.social · Jul 27

Almost #DeadNettlefamily, and no longer in flower.

Wood Sage (Teucrium scorodonia) in a corner of Warren Farm

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