Brian Gosling
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Author: John Brown: The Forgotten Chess Composer? (2011) Revised Reinfeld's Beginner's Guide to Winning Chess. Like swimming and cycling. Born-310 ppm CO2
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About this time, we visit John Brown's grave, the Victorian composer of chess problems. He is buried near the East Window, Holy Trinity, Bradpole, Dorset, UK.
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Prof Nathalie Seddon, Director of @naturebasedsols.bsky.social, spoke at the UK’s first @nebriefing.bsky.social on the climate and nature crises. Addressing over a thousand leaders, she pushed for nature to be treated as core to policy - essential for resilience and a safe, thriving society ⬇️
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Prof Nathalie Seddon, Director of @naturebasedsols.bsky.social, spoke at the UK’s first @nebriefing.bsky.social on the climate and nature crises. Addressing over a thousand leaders, she pushed for nature to be treated as core to policy - essential for resilience and a safe, thriving society ⬇️
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Artomyces pyxidatus, the Crown-tipped Coral or Candelabra Coral fungus, was not seen in the UK over the entire 20th century, its last record in 1886 until a spate of recent findings around 2022, which is when I found this specimen (in East Kent). Where did it disappear all this time?
December 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Artomyces pyxidatus, the Crown-tipped Coral or Candelabra Coral fungus, was not seen in the UK over the entire 20th century, its last record in 1886 until a spate of recent findings around 2022, which is when I found this specimen (in East Kent). Where did it disappear all this time?
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December 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Watercolour of gardens in #Winchester with the cathedral in the background. This was done on one of several sketching visits in the '90s. You can soak up history in Winchester which has a wonderful atmosphere, dank and timeless, very nostalgic for me.
#watercolour #pleinair
#watercolour #pleinair
December 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Watercolour of gardens in #Winchester with the cathedral in the background. This was done on one of several sketching visits in the '90s. You can soak up history in Winchester which has a wonderful atmosphere, dank and timeless, very nostalgic for me.
#watercolour #pleinair
#watercolour #pleinair
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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This ESA/NASA #Hubble Telescope image shows a blue compact dwarf galaxy called Markarian 178 🔹
These galaxies get their name from the Armenian astrophysicist Benjamin Markarian. 🧪🔭
🔗 esahubble.org/images/potw2...
@science.esa.int @stsci.edu
These galaxies get their name from the Armenian astrophysicist Benjamin Markarian. 🧪🔭
🔗 esahubble.org/images/potw2...
@science.esa.int @stsci.edu
December 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
This ESA/NASA #Hubble Telescope image shows a blue compact dwarf galaxy called Markarian 178 🔹
These galaxies get their name from the Armenian astrophysicist Benjamin Markarian. 🧪🔭
🔗 esahubble.org/images/potw2...
@science.esa.int @stsci.edu
These galaxies get their name from the Armenian astrophysicist Benjamin Markarian. 🧪🔭
🔗 esahubble.org/images/potw2...
@science.esa.int @stsci.edu
About this time, we visit John Brown's grave, the Victorian composer of chess problems. He is buried near the East Window, Holy Trinity, Bradpole, Dorset, UK.
December 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
About this time, we visit John Brown's grave, the Victorian composer of chess problems. He is buried near the East Window, Holy Trinity, Bradpole, Dorset, UK.
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“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
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How does global warming cause colder winter storms? whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/23/t...
The Paradox of Global Warming and Colder Winters - WhoWhatWhy
If the cold weather makes it harder for you to argue with climate change deniers about the existence of global warming, this story is for you.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
How does global warming cause colder winter storms? whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/23/t...
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Sniffs at Bamburgh beach, Northumberland. There winter days are bringing some lovely colourful sunrises
#landscapephotography
#seascape
#sunrise
#landscapephotography
#seascape
#sunrise
December 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Sniffs at Bamburgh beach, Northumberland. There winter days are bringing some lovely colourful sunrises
#landscapephotography
#seascape
#sunrise
#landscapephotography
#seascape
#sunrise
Final Round en.chessbase.com/post/london-...
London Chess Classic - Live!
The XTX Markets London Chess Classic is a 10-player all-play-all tournament taking place from 26 November to 5 December at the Emirates Stadium, home to Arsenal Football Club. Four English players and...
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December 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Moravian Chess has just published the first English translation of this iconic tournament won and described by Bogoljubow.
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Moravian Chess has just published the first English translation of this iconic tournament won and described by Bogoljubow.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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PLAY CHESS appeared in the BBC's Christmas 1980 morning schedules with an unfathomably menacing (though beautiful) title sequence. It's got real 'old-school Soviet' vibes.
November 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
PLAY CHESS appeared in the BBC's Christmas 1980 morning schedules with an unfathomably menacing (though beautiful) title sequence. It's got real 'old-school Soviet' vibes.