Sarah Dalrymple
@sarahdalgulls.bsky.social
Seabirder and gull fan in north-east England, my posts here are entirely my own
also active at @[email protected] on mastodon
https://sarahdal.github.io/
also active at @[email protected] on mastodon
https://sarahdal.github.io/
fantastic news - well done to everyone who worked hard on this, an application for a holiday park next to NT Sandscale and Roanhead
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Roanhead holiday resort refused over impact on wildlife
Campaigners celebrate as councillors turn down the plans for the park near Askam.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
fantastic news - well done to everyone who worked hard on this, an application for a holiday park next to NT Sandscale and Roanhead
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Oxford University social media team getting some well-deserved clapback after neglecting to mention the Indonesian biologists who were also involved in documenting the flowering of Rafflesia hasseltii. Instagram doesn't charge you by the word, so maybe at least do the bare minimum?
Oxford Uni Criticised for Overlooking Indonesian Researchers
Their exclusion betrays decades of field knowledge and dedication, without which none of this would have been possible in the first place.
juiceonline.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The Oxford University social media team getting some well-deserved clapback after neglecting to mention the Indonesian biologists who were also involved in documenting the flowering of Rafflesia hasseltii. Instagram doesn't charge you by the word, so maybe at least do the bare minimum?
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OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
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So if you're a journalist and your employer still insists you post on X, maybe show them this?
Dutch public broadcaster NOS (finally) stops posting on X.
The disadvantages are seen as too big. The reach has dwindled.
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
Dutch public broadcaster NOS (finally) stops posting on X.
The disadvantages are seen as too big. The reach has dwindled.
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
NOS plaatst vanaf vandaag geen nieuwsberichten meer op X - Over NOS
De NOS en Nieuwsuur (NOS/NTR) zijn gestopt met posten op X. Het platform past niet meer bij onze visie op...
over.nos.nl
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
So if you're a journalist and your employer still insists you post on X, maybe show them this?
Dutch public broadcaster NOS (finally) stops posting on X.
The disadvantages are seen as too big. The reach has dwindled.
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
Dutch public broadcaster NOS (finally) stops posting on X.
The disadvantages are seen as too big. The reach has dwindled.
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
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Cairn Toul and the Lairig Ghru today. #Cairngorms #snow
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Cairn Toul and the Lairig Ghru today. #Cairngorms #snow
Reposted by Sarah Dalrymple
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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Reform UK’s vow to scrap thousands of nature laws risks pushing Britain’s depleted countryside into irreversible decline, argues Stuart Spray
'Nigel Farage's Plan to Scrap Nature Protections Would Speed 'Demise' of UK Countryside'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Reform UK’s vow to scrap thousands of nature laws risks pushing Britain’s depleted countryside into irreversible decline, argues Stuart Spray
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November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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NEW BLOG - the RBBP reviews what species we should collect data on regularly. Here’s an explanation of what we consider when species are removed, and why Avocet and Mediterranean Gull are staying on our list, for now rbbp.org.uk/2025/11/25/r...
Reviewing the RBBP species list
Reviewing the RBBP species list
Mediterranean Gull, Mark Eaton
The RBBP collects data and reports upon all native species with UK breeding populations of fewer than 2,000 pairs. In addition, s...
rbbp.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
NEW BLOG - the RBBP reviews what species we should collect data on regularly. Here’s an explanation of what we consider when species are removed, and why Avocet and Mediterranean Gull are staying on our list, for now rbbp.org.uk/2025/11/25/r...
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Best Christmas ad yet! Knocks John Lewis into a cocked hat.
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Best Christmas ad yet! Knocks John Lewis into a cocked hat.
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The Seabird Tracking Database has been updated!
With lots of new features, these updates improve user experience and ensure dataset legacy
To learn more visit
➡️ seabirdtracking.org/seabird-trac...
and go to data.seabirdtracking.org to try out the new search and mapping features!
With lots of new features, these updates improve user experience and ensure dataset legacy
To learn more visit
➡️ seabirdtracking.org/seabird-trac...
and go to data.seabirdtracking.org to try out the new search and mapping features!
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Seabird Tracking Database has been updated!
With lots of new features, these updates improve user experience and ensure dataset legacy
To learn more visit
➡️ seabirdtracking.org/seabird-trac...
and go to data.seabirdtracking.org to try out the new search and mapping features!
With lots of new features, these updates improve user experience and ensure dataset legacy
To learn more visit
➡️ seabirdtracking.org/seabird-trac...
and go to data.seabirdtracking.org to try out the new search and mapping features!
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Hen Ogledd - Scales will fall
Hills I will die on do not generally include 'pagan prog-folk spoken word protest epics are good, actually', but this is hella good, actually, and the chaos trumpet utterly whips
Hills I will die on do not generally include 'pagan prog-folk spoken word protest epics are good, actually', but this is hella good, actually, and the chaos trumpet utterly whips
Hen Ogledd - Scales will fall (Official Video)
YouTube video by Hen Ogledd
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Hen Ogledd - Scales will fall
Hills I will die on do not generally include 'pagan prog-folk spoken word protest epics are good, actually', but this is hella good, actually, and the chaos trumpet utterly whips
Hills I will die on do not generally include 'pagan prog-folk spoken word protest epics are good, actually', but this is hella good, actually, and the chaos trumpet utterly whips
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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Somebody posted an old photo in a Facebook local group and asked if anyone could clean it up. Well-meaning people turned to #AI. Lots of responders seemed happy with the results, but this is how you destroy historical records.
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Somebody posted an old photo in a Facebook local group and asked if anyone could clean it up. Well-meaning people turned to #AI. Lots of responders seemed happy with the results, but this is how you destroy historical records.
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Don’t give people shit for putting up their Christmas decorations ‘early’. For some, Christmas is like a pension you pay into all year until you get to enjoy it in December. And if it’s been a tough year for someone and they want to ‘cash in’ a little early, leave them be.
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Don’t give people shit for putting up their Christmas decorations ‘early’. For some, Christmas is like a pension you pay into all year until you get to enjoy it in December. And if it’s been a tough year for someone and they want to ‘cash in’ a little early, leave them be.
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Middlesbrough, 1976, photo by Chris Steele-Perkins.
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Middlesbrough, 1976, photo by Chris Steele-Perkins.
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Unsurprisingly, the suspected cases of HPAI H5N1 in elephant seals on Australia's subAntarctic island (Heard Island) have been confirmed.
👉 minister.agriculture.gov.au/collins/medi...
👉 minister.agriculture.gov.au/collins/medi...
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Unsurprisingly, the suspected cases of HPAI H5N1 in elephant seals on Australia's subAntarctic island (Heard Island) have been confirmed.
👉 minister.agriculture.gov.au/collins/medi...
👉 minister.agriculture.gov.au/collins/medi...
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Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
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When Tony Blair came to power in 1997, the UK economy was bigger than China and India combined.
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
When Tony Blair came to power in 1997, the UK economy was bigger than China and India combined.
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I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
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Could you be our next walrus detective? 🕵
️
Satellite imagery has helped scientists discover a new walrus haul-out site. And it's sparked a call for your help! 📢
To safeguard their future, we urgently need to understand how they’re affected by the climate crisis.👇
www.wwf.org.uk/learn/walrus...
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Satellite imagery has helped scientists discover a new walrus haul-out site. And it's sparked a call for your help! 📢
To safeguard their future, we urgently need to understand how they’re affected by the climate crisis.👇
www.wwf.org.uk/learn/walrus...
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Could you be our next walrus detective? 🕵
️
Satellite imagery has helped scientists discover a new walrus haul-out site. And it's sparked a call for your help! 📢
To safeguard their future, we urgently need to understand how they’re affected by the climate crisis.👇
www.wwf.org.uk/learn/walrus...
️
Satellite imagery has helped scientists discover a new walrus haul-out site. And it's sparked a call for your help! 📢
To safeguard their future, we urgently need to understand how they’re affected by the climate crisis.👇
www.wwf.org.uk/learn/walrus...
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"A town council has passed a motion to say a Boxing Day hunt was not welcome to go through its community."
Well done, Tiverton council.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Well done, Tiverton council.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tiverton council votes to declare Boxing Day hunt 'unwelcome'
The motion says
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"A town council has passed a motion to say a Boxing Day hunt was not welcome to go through its community."
Well done, Tiverton council.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Well done, Tiverton council.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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For the first time this winter, watch live pup-dates from a solar powered seal-cam inside England’s largest grey seal colony at Blakeney Point, Norfolk Coast. Watch live and find out more at buff.ly/xQkMSUP
Thanks to @seamammalresearch for latest data.
📷 Hanne Siebers, Richard Steer
Thanks to @seamammalresearch for latest data.
📷 Hanne Siebers, Richard Steer
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
For the first time this winter, watch live pup-dates from a solar powered seal-cam inside England’s largest grey seal colony at Blakeney Point, Norfolk Coast. Watch live and find out more at buff.ly/xQkMSUP
Thanks to @seamammalresearch for latest data.
📷 Hanne Siebers, Richard Steer
Thanks to @seamammalresearch for latest data.
📷 Hanne Siebers, Richard Steer