Tim Holt-Wilson
@timholtwilson.bsky.social
The story of the Earth - geoconservation, museums, the poetry of things old & wild - based in East Anglia, UK.
https://futureheritage.wordpress.com/
https://futureheritage.wordpress.com/
《I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.》
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
《I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.》
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‘The chill wind from the White House is already rippling through New Broadcasting House.’
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
‘The chill wind from the White House is already rippling through New Broadcasting House.’
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
《Restoration projects on the River Wensum ... took an ecosystem approach ... and, by considering both people and nature, resulted in significant improvements in water quality, fish populations and invertebrate diversity, alongside benefits for farming communities and recreational users.》
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
《Restoration projects on the River Wensum ... took an ecosystem approach ... and, by considering both people and nature, resulted in significant improvements in water quality, fish populations and invertebrate diversity, alongside benefits for farming communities and recreational users.》
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This beautiful stone is from China and I’m trying to find out more about it. It might be from the M Triassic Baifeng or Guohua Fms of S China. Is there anyone out there with local knowledge? I’ve not been able to locate sufficient detail in the literature. It’s not a carbonate. #chinesepicturestone
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This beautiful stone is from China and I’m trying to find out more about it. It might be from the M Triassic Baifeng or Guohua Fms of S China. Is there anyone out there with local knowledge? I’ve not been able to locate sufficient detail in the literature. It’s not a carbonate. #chinesepicturestone
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Here's the second of the #botanicalillustration courses I'm teaching at #Cambridgeuniversity #botanicalgardens in the UK next year. This one is in May:
www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/education-le...
It's all about #illustrating #blue #flowers. Think #iris, #campanula, #bluebells....
www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/education-le...
It's all about #illustrating #blue #flowers. Think #iris, #campanula, #bluebells....
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Here's the second of the #botanicalillustration courses I'm teaching at #Cambridgeuniversity #botanicalgardens in the UK next year. This one is in May:
www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/education-le...
It's all about #illustrating #blue #flowers. Think #iris, #campanula, #bluebells....
www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/education-le...
It's all about #illustrating #blue #flowers. Think #iris, #campanula, #bluebells....
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I just read that research shows 80% of millionaires would have no problem with a wealth tax set at 2% for income over £10 million. So why isn't it happening?
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I just read that research shows 80% of millionaires would have no problem with a wealth tax set at 2% for income over £10 million. So why isn't it happening?
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《We’re looking at a change in ideology over a generation or two. Social ideas and cohesion aren’t working well,” Zeeb-Lanz says. “And ritualistic violence is a very strong way to bring cohesion in a community.》
www.science.org/content/arti...
@neolithicbodies.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/arti...
@neolithicbodies.bsky.social
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
《We’re looking at a change in ideology over a generation or two. Social ideas and cohesion aren’t working well,” Zeeb-Lanz says. “And ritualistic violence is a very strong way to bring cohesion in a community.》
www.science.org/content/arti...
@neolithicbodies.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/arti...
@neolithicbodies.bsky.social
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#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's landmark book 'On the Origin of Species' was first published. The work is one of the foundations of evolutionary biology, and one of the most important scientific works of the 19th century. #HistoryOfScience
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's landmark book 'On the Origin of Species' was first published. The work is one of the foundations of evolutionary biology, and one of the most important scientific works of the 19th century. #HistoryOfScience
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Bee sure to wish your loved ones a Hap-bee Christmas with a bumblebee Christmas card 🎄
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♻️ 100% recycled, FSC certified paper with vegetable based inks
🐝 Supports our vital conservation work
Get yours today: https://ow.ly/xbMH50XlRxg
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Bee sure to wish your loved ones a Hap-bee Christmas with a bumblebee Christmas card 🎄
📸 Photos taken by our supporters
♻️ 100% recycled, FSC certified paper with vegetable based inks
🐝 Supports our vital conservation work
Get yours today: https://ow.ly/xbMH50XlRxg
📸 Photos taken by our supporters
♻️ 100% recycled, FSC certified paper with vegetable based inks
🐝 Supports our vital conservation work
Get yours today: https://ow.ly/xbMH50XlRxg
Summer's leftovers - old root galls of the tiny wasp Xestophanes potentillae on Creeping Cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans) to surprise us @norfolknats.bsky.social at Wymondham Abbey today - identified by Robert Maidstone and serenaded by the congregation (fervent hymn sounds muffled through walls).
November 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Summer's leftovers - old root galls of the tiny wasp Xestophanes potentillae on Creeping Cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans) to surprise us @norfolknats.bsky.social at Wymondham Abbey today - identified by Robert Maidstone and serenaded by the congregation (fervent hymn sounds muffled through walls).
What happened at #COP30? This is a useful summary.
1/ The #COP30 climate summit has concluded and even by the extremely poor COP standards, this summit left a lot to be desired. A thread 🧵
#climatecrisis #climatebreakdown #climateemergency #climatechaos
www.ryanmizzen.com/cop30-analys...
#climatecrisis #climatebreakdown #climateemergency #climatechaos
www.ryanmizzen.com/cop30-analys...
COP30 Analysis - The (30th) One That Got Away - Ryan Mizzen
The COP30 climate summit took place in Belém, Brazil. It ran from the 10th November to Saturday 22nd November 2025.
www.ryanmizzen.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
What happened at #COP30? This is a useful summary.
Looking useful
www.nhbs.com/a-key-for-th...
www.nhbs.com/a-key-for-th...
A Key for the Identification of Domestic Bird Bones in Europe: Galliformes and Columbiformes
Buy A Key for the Identification of Domestic Bird Bones in Europe: Galliformes and Columbiformes (9788361358084): NHBS - Teresa Tomek and Zbigniew M Bochenski, Institute of Systematics and Evolution o...
www.nhbs.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Looking useful
www.nhbs.com/a-key-for-th...
www.nhbs.com/a-key-for-th...
《With strengthened governance, equitable finance, and support for Indigenous communities, it could become a global model for sustainable development, but continued neglect risks ecosystem collapse, severe economic losses, and the unraveling of one of the planet's last great climate stabilizers.》
Congo Basin at Crossroads
New research highlights the Congo Basin's accelerating decline and immense planetary value as Earth's second largest rainforest and one of its most important remaining carbon sinks.
Read More: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...
New research highlights the Congo Basin's accelerating decline and immense planetary value as Earth's second largest rainforest and one of its most important remaining carbon sinks.
Read More: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
《With strengthened governance, equitable finance, and support for Indigenous communities, it could become a global model for sustainable development, but continued neglect risks ecosystem collapse, severe economic losses, and the unraveling of one of the planet's last great climate stabilizers.》
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Ghost pond resurrection. Is it the most successful form of ecological restoration known? www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/gh...
Ghost pond resurrection – the most successful ecological restoration ever known? — Freshwater Biological Association
Carl Sayer is Professor of Limnology & Freshwater Ecology at UCL. We were delighted that Carl was able to attend the FBA ASM to deliver a keynote talk on ghost ponds. These pond resurrections are ...
www.fba.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Ghost pond resurrection. Is it the most successful form of ecological restoration known? www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/gh...
Dave Goulson's message is an urgent call to understand the critical importance of invertebrate biodiversity.
@suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
@suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
Insect Declines and the role of pesticides with @davegoulson.bsky.social online talk...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wsrt-wet-w...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wsrt-wet-w...
WSRT Wet Wednesday Webinars: Insect Declines with Dave Goulson
Join Dave Goulson for a deep dive into the role of pesticides in driving insect declines in our next WSRT Wet Wednesday Webinar!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Dave Goulson's message is an urgent call to understand the critical importance of invertebrate biodiversity.
@suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
@suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
But £98.
We are very pleased to announce the publication of Matthew Fittock's Fragile Gods: Pipeclay figurines and related objects in Roman Britain! 🏺
This book provides the first comprehensive catalogue and analysis of the nearly 1000 published and unpublished pipeclay objects now known from Britannia.
This book provides the first comprehensive catalogue and analysis of the nearly 1000 published and unpublished pipeclay objects now known from Britannia.
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
But £98.
Valuing nature properly:
《Take a woodland. This is an asset that’s helpful to society, it improves air quality, regulates water flow and provides places for recreation to keep us healthy, but we don't measure any of that in our GDP figures. It’s invisible to many decision-makers.》
《Take a woodland. This is an asset that’s helpful to society, it improves air quality, regulates water flow and provides places for recreation to keep us healthy, but we don't measure any of that in our GDP figures. It’s invisible to many decision-makers.》
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Valuing nature properly:
《Take a woodland. This is an asset that’s helpful to society, it improves air quality, regulates water flow and provides places for recreation to keep us healthy, but we don't measure any of that in our GDP figures. It’s invisible to many decision-makers.》
《Take a woodland. This is an asset that’s helpful to society, it improves air quality, regulates water flow and provides places for recreation to keep us healthy, but we don't measure any of that in our GDP figures. It’s invisible to many decision-makers.》
New samples of shelly Norwich Crag sediment from the Waveney valley, Norfolk, UK, perhaps 1.5 m yrs old. A Crag site new to science and rich in fossils #barnacles #bivalves #forams #gastropods. Sadly samples were extracted from below quarry water level so field relationships uncertain. #Pleistocene
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
New samples of shelly Norwich Crag sediment from the Waveney valley, Norfolk, UK, perhaps 1.5 m yrs old. A Crag site new to science and rich in fossils #barnacles #bivalves #forams #gastropods. Sadly samples were extracted from below quarry water level so field relationships uncertain. #Pleistocene
"Multiple sources of law impose legal duties on states to prevent “transboundary environmental harm,” act with precaution, and take due diligence measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change."
Finally some good news. It'll be interesting to see how this affects the US. www.iisd.org/articles/dee...
Historic International Court of Justice Opinion Confirms States’ Climate Obligations
The International Court of Justice has delivered its much-anticipated advisory opinion on states’ obligations to tackle climate change, confirming that international law requires states to prevent sig...
www.iisd.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"Multiple sources of law impose legal duties on states to prevent “transboundary environmental harm,” act with precaution, and take due diligence measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change."
FRORE (adj)
Middle English froren, from Old English, past participle of frēosan to freeze.
Middle English froren, from Old English, past participle of frēosan to freeze.
November 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
FRORE (adj)
Middle English froren, from Old English, past participle of frēosan to freeze.
Middle English froren, from Old English, past participle of frēosan to freeze.
This Thursday evening in Norwich !
Find out more about Planet Earth.
Our Autumn/Winter lecture programme is ready:
* Thu 20th Nov. 'Descent into Snowball Earth: a unique record on the Garvellach islands, SW Scotland' by Elias Rugen (UCL).
Further details at www.norfolkgeology.co.uk/lectures.htm
Our Autumn/Winter lecture programme is ready:
* Thu 20th Nov. 'Descent into Snowball Earth: a unique record on the Garvellach islands, SW Scotland' by Elias Rugen (UCL).
Further details at www.norfolkgeology.co.uk/lectures.htm
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This Thursday evening in Norwich !
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CALLING ALL #CAMBRIDGE MUSEUM & NATURAL HISTORY NERDS!
This Thursday, the fabulous @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social opens late for "Behind the Scenes Uncovered" - alongside a bunch of cool activities, I'll be doing an "in-conversation" about my book #NaturesMemory.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sedgwick-m...
This Thursday, the fabulous @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social opens late for "Behind the Scenes Uncovered" - alongside a bunch of cool activities, I'll be doing an "in-conversation" about my book #NaturesMemory.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sedgwick-m...
Sedgwick Museum Lates: Behind the Scenes Uncovered
Explore the Museum in an atmospheric evening setting, as we share our work and collections behind the scenes.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
CALLING ALL #CAMBRIDGE MUSEUM & NATURAL HISTORY NERDS!
This Thursday, the fabulous @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social opens late for "Behind the Scenes Uncovered" - alongside a bunch of cool activities, I'll be doing an "in-conversation" about my book #NaturesMemory.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sedgwick-m...
This Thursday, the fabulous @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social opens late for "Behind the Scenes Uncovered" - alongside a bunch of cool activities, I'll be doing an "in-conversation" about my book #NaturesMemory.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sedgwick-m...
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Fossil fuels are the source material for most plastics + for the chemicals added to them. As firms lose their iron grip on energy production, indications are they're shifting to using oil + gas for plastic production, which has more than doubled since 2000 + looks set rise 40% in the next 10 years.
November 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Fossil fuels are the source material for most plastics + for the chemicals added to them. As firms lose their iron grip on energy production, indications are they're shifting to using oil + gas for plastic production, which has more than doubled since 2000 + looks set rise 40% in the next 10 years.
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Arguably the most important 100 minute briefing our MPs will have ever attended👇
Hundreds of Parliamentarians expected.
Is your MP coming?
Check with your postcode: www.nebriefing.org
We can rise to the challenge, but need the courage to face it.
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp @nebriefing.bsky.social
Hundreds of Parliamentarians expected.
Is your MP coming?
Check with your postcode: www.nebriefing.org
We can rise to the challenge, but need the courage to face it.
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp @nebriefing.bsky.social
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
November 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Arguably the most important 100 minute briefing our MPs will have ever attended👇
Hundreds of Parliamentarians expected.
Is your MP coming?
Check with your postcode: www.nebriefing.org
We can rise to the challenge, but need the courage to face it.
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp @nebriefing.bsky.social
Hundreds of Parliamentarians expected.
Is your MP coming?
Check with your postcode: www.nebriefing.org
We can rise to the challenge, but need the courage to face it.
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp @nebriefing.bsky.social