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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · 2h

What can have changed in 2016?

WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 3h

Jubb describes the decline of the river really got going from 2016 onwards, when licenses for intensive chicken farms began to be granted in numbers not seen before - leading to a burden of phosphate + nitrate more than the river can process:

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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · 8h

Stunning dark heather near Clearbrook, #Dartmoor #Devon - heathers are on a long list of stuff I know nothing about, so I don't know what type they are - but they're gorgeous. #wildflowerid

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 4h

The writing's on the wall. Overfishing is emptying our seas of life 🪝

We took to the streets of London to remind govt that #overfishing is a political choice, & they have the power to stop it 🎣

Help us call on PM Keir Starmer to end overfishing: act.oceana.org/page/178303/...

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 2h

A.R. Wood established a reputation for high-quality residential design, a fine example being Parville in Alsager

Out soon, 'Designing the Future, Respecting the Past: The Wood Goldstraw Yorath Story'

Detailing the 150-year history of Stoke-on-Trent's oldest architectural practice

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 5h

We have a clay-plastered straw bale wall with insufficient splash zone and inadequate roof overhang on campus as an architectural test object for >15 years.
While this is quite interesting initially to learn what works and what doesn't, it is not particularly smart the rest of the time. Read books!

Darker spots on the footing indicate wet parts from rain splash. In Summer this is unproblematic but in winter freeze thaw cycles it's going to cause cracks and failing plaster.

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Ken T @velociraptor500.bsky.social · 2h

A few more fungi found at Felbrigg NT at the weekend.

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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · 2h

What can have changed in 2016?

WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 3h

Jubb describes the decline of the river really got going from 2016 onwards, when licenses for intensive chicken farms began to be granted in numbers not seen before - leading to a burden of phosphate + nitrate more than the river can process:

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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 5h

Mary of Guise had a lady in waiting called Big Anne (La Grant Anne), according to the master of the wardrobe in 1553

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 2h

Denmark Bans Pesticides Containing Problematic PFAS Ingredients...

www.food-safety.com/articles/105...

Denmark Bans Pesticides Containing Problematic PFAS Ingredients

Denmark has banned 23 pesticides containing six active ingredients known to break down into trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) that easily contaminates water...

www.food-safety.com

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Ken T @velociraptor500.bsky.social · 2h

Quick trip to Sheringham first thing this morning and it was very wet. Only a few Turnstones about, 3 including this one. The cobwebs were catching lots of rain drops but the Pyracanthas looked quite dry.

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Kate de Selincourt @katedes.bsky.social · 2h

I have canoed and swum in this formerly beautiful river. I wouldn't now.

WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 3h

Campaigners + local businesses claim phosphates + nitrates from the collective poo of as many as 23million chickens packed into the Wye catchment from a growing number of intensive chicken farms are driving algal blooms, harming fish + wildlife.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit

Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Patricia Stoughton @patriciastoughton.bsky.social · 4h

"Flame tree"...

A Japanese maple in its blazing flame coloured autumn leaves. Around it are green leaved trees.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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Patricia Stoughton @patriciastoughton.bsky.social · 3h

High tide at Lambeth Bridge this afternoon.

Grey-green River Thames almost reaching the bottom of the pink-edged arches on Lambeth Bridge. Dark green plane tree leaves are hanging down over the water.

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 3h

Jobs working directly on the river - fishing guides, boating, watersports, but also, cafés, pubs, hotels, tourist attractions - many small + medium size businesses depend on a clean river. Their interests need to be considered as well as those of the companies who run intensive farms.

WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 3h

Jubb explains there's always been a balance between farming + river health, but the growing number of intensive chicken farms in the area has tipped that balance so that the river is losing out, fish are losing out, wildlife is losing out, businesses that rely on a thriving river are losing out:

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 3h

And, yes, wildlife, we need to stop washing nitrate + phosphate into a river where salmon are perilously close to becoming locally extinct.

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 3h

Campaigners + local businesses claim phosphates + nitrates from the collective poo of as many as 23million chickens packed into the Wye catchment from a growing number of intensive chicken farms are driving algal blooms, harming fish + wildlife.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit

Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 3h

We spoke to Nathan Jubb, a fly fishing guide who's fished the Wye for 45 years. He describes the change he's seen in the river + the impact on fish:

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 3h

Jubb describes the decline of the river really got going from 2016 onwards, when licenses for intensive chicken farms began to be granted in numbers not seen before - leading to a burden of phosphate + nitrate more than the river can process:

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 3h

Jubb explains there's always been a balance between farming + river health, but the growing number of intensive chicken farms in the area has tipped that balance so that the river is losing out, fish are losing out, wildlife is losing out, businesses that rely on a thriving river are losing out:

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 3h

The salmon population of the Wye is in collapse, and Atlantic salmon are now endangered in the UK. Those bringing the court case argue the needs of intensive farming cannot be permitted to outweigh the needs of fish, wildlife + river users.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 4h

The Virgin in the Egg (yes, that's really its title)
Unidentified artist, c. 1650

Yale University Art Gallery

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Patricia Stoughton @patriciastoughton.bsky.social · 4h

Autumn colour in a London garden square.

A Japanese maple in its blazing flame coloured autumn leaves. There is the roof of a little tiled garden hut and on the left, shiny, green camellia leaves.

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 1d

Probably my favourite long late antiquity piece of art. The so-called "palimpsest" fresco in Santa Maria Antiqua in Rome shows consecutive layers of paintings from the sixth century (Mary as empress of heaven) all the way to the seventh and early eight century. The level of detail is just amazing.

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Zito Comms Open // Looking for Work @zitoisneato.com · 5h

Matilda just woke up.

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