Steve Webster
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Living in the outer Hebrides ~ here for the blue sky
When they arrived in the Pacific he was fascinated by islands perched on 400 foot tall columns of coral.
Around the same time in Switzerland & Scotland men were deciphering the evidence of a past Ice Age ~ a tropical Cool Age when the ocean was 400 feet (130 metres) lower.
Around the same time in Switzerland & Scotland men were deciphering the evidence of a past Ice Age ~ a tropical Cool Age when the ocean was 400 feet (130 metres) lower.
Charles Darwin's voyage on the Beagle began #OnThisDay in 1831. The five-year trek around the world profoundly shaped his ideas about the natural world; he later said the journey was "by far the most important event in my life." #histsci
December 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
When they arrived in the Pacific he was fascinated by islands perched on 400 foot tall columns of coral.
Around the same time in Switzerland & Scotland men were deciphering the evidence of a past Ice Age ~ a tropical Cool Age when the ocean was 400 feet (130 metres) lower.
Around the same time in Switzerland & Scotland men were deciphering the evidence of a past Ice Age ~ a tropical Cool Age when the ocean was 400 feet (130 metres) lower.
A strong El Niño could take us there next year
This week, Professor James Hansen and colleagues published projections that the global temperature record could reach +1.7°C by 2027.
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
Two Years to 1.7°C: the “Prediction Game” We Can’t Afford to Lose
Australia’s sweltering through another early-summer heatwave, and I’m trying to decide whether to write about the weather outside my window - or the bigger climate system we’re reengineering on this p...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A strong El Niño could take us there next year
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Late afternoon view of the sun going down over Morecambe Bay. Taken from Hampsfell near Grange Over Sands
#landscapephotography
#sunset
#uk
#landscapephotography
#sunset
#uk
December 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Late afternoon view of the sun going down over Morecambe Bay. Taken from Hampsfell near Grange Over Sands
#landscapephotography
#sunset
#uk
#landscapephotography
#sunset
#uk
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Landscape-scale ecological restoration. We can do it but we need much more of it and it needs to be now!
Pics with permission National Trust for Scotland
Pics with permission National Trust for Scotland
December 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Landscape-scale ecological restoration. We can do it but we need much more of it and it needs to be now!
Pics with permission National Trust for Scotland
Pics with permission National Trust for Scotland
Postcard from the edge
Fifty years ago here kids were still turning up for their first day of school and hearing their first words of English
youtu.be/qfDtTHC8BoY?...
Fifty years ago here kids were still turning up for their first day of school and hearing their first words of English
youtu.be/qfDtTHC8BoY?...
Ishbel MacAskill - Gradh Geal Mo Chridh (Fair Love Of My Heart)
YouTube video by Roddy Melville
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Postcard from the edge
Fifty years ago here kids were still turning up for their first day of school and hearing their first words of English
youtu.be/qfDtTHC8BoY?...
Fifty years ago here kids were still turning up for their first day of school and hearing their first words of English
youtu.be/qfDtTHC8BoY?...
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It was the sweetest moment I’ve witnessed during the war.
December 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It was the sweetest moment I’ve witnessed during the war.
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Stunning pair of c. 1,500 year-old luxury women’s leather shoes!
Exceptionally well-preserved and still shimmering with gold leaf! ✨
From Egypt. V&A Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Exceptionally well-preserved and still shimmering with gold leaf! ✨
From Egypt. V&A Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
December 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Stunning pair of c. 1,500 year-old luxury women’s leather shoes!
Exceptionally well-preserved and still shimmering with gold leaf! ✨
From Egypt. V&A Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Exceptionally well-preserved and still shimmering with gold leaf! ✨
From Egypt. V&A Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Greetings from Kyiv,
a city of fantastic bookstores.
Right now, this paradise runs on a generator.
The electricity situation is difficult these days,
but life doesn’t stop.
a city of fantastic bookstores.
Right now, this paradise runs on a generator.
The electricity situation is difficult these days,
but life doesn’t stop.
December 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Greetings from Kyiv,
a city of fantastic bookstores.
Right now, this paradise runs on a generator.
The electricity situation is difficult these days,
but life doesn’t stop.
a city of fantastic bookstores.
Right now, this paradise runs on a generator.
The electricity situation is difficult these days,
but life doesn’t stop.
Suicidal insanity update.
Ammonium sulphamate can be sprayed direct on the leaves of rhododendrons. It kills the target plant then reacts with oxygen to become ammonium sulphate, standard fertiliser.
Ammonium sulphamate can be sprayed direct on the leaves of rhododendrons. It kills the target plant then reacts with oxygen to become ammonium sulphate, standard fertiliser.
Give it a decade or two, and this and many other spots like it in the southwest will be lost to a thick tangle of invasive rhododendron, requiring unimaginable time and energy to remove.
Why is this unfolding calamity being ignored by the authorities?
Why is this unfolding calamity being ignored by the authorities?
December 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Suicidal insanity update.
Ammonium sulphamate can be sprayed direct on the leaves of rhododendrons. It kills the target plant then reacts with oxygen to become ammonium sulphate, standard fertiliser.
Ammonium sulphamate can be sprayed direct on the leaves of rhododendrons. It kills the target plant then reacts with oxygen to become ammonium sulphate, standard fertiliser.
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This is important.
russia’s full-scale war has already caused over UAH 6 trillion (about $144 billion) in environmental damage to Ukraine.
It’s the largest ecological destruction in Europe in modern history.
russia’s full-scale war has already caused over UAH 6 trillion (about $144 billion) in environmental damage to Ukraine.
It’s the largest ecological destruction in Europe in modern history.
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This is important.
russia’s full-scale war has already caused over UAH 6 trillion (about $144 billion) in environmental damage to Ukraine.
It’s the largest ecological destruction in Europe in modern history.
russia’s full-scale war has already caused over UAH 6 trillion (about $144 billion) in environmental damage to Ukraine.
It’s the largest ecological destruction in Europe in modern history.
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Kerry slug, native only to some parts of western Ireland, Spain, and Portugal, so one of our Lusitanian species.
Evidence that the biological colonisation of Ireland was largely from a western, Iberian origin? Or just later introductions by prehistoric people?
Truth is, we still don't know.
Evidence that the biological colonisation of Ireland was largely from a western, Iberian origin? Or just later introductions by prehistoric people?
Truth is, we still don't know.
December 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Kerry slug, native only to some parts of western Ireland, Spain, and Portugal, so one of our Lusitanian species.
Evidence that the biological colonisation of Ireland was largely from a western, Iberian origin? Or just later introductions by prehistoric people?
Truth is, we still don't know.
Evidence that the biological colonisation of Ireland was largely from a western, Iberian origin? Or just later introductions by prehistoric people?
Truth is, we still don't know.
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Rewilding is simply the best.
When people care for nature, nature gives back.
No gadgets, no billionaires. Just people letting nature fix everything money destroyed.
When people care for nature, nature gives back.
No gadgets, no billionaires. Just people letting nature fix everything money destroyed.
We Tried a Different Reforestation Method — With Incredible Results
YouTube video by Ecosia
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Rewilding is simply the best.
When people care for nature, nature gives back.
No gadgets, no billionaires. Just people letting nature fix everything money destroyed.
When people care for nature, nature gives back.
No gadgets, no billionaires. Just people letting nature fix everything money destroyed.
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I saw it today.
This painting was created by 🇺🇦 17-year-old Sofia Borozenets.
‘Never Again?’
2022
This painting was created by 🇺🇦 17-year-old Sofia Borozenets.
‘Never Again?’
2022
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I saw it today.
This painting was created by 🇺🇦 17-year-old Sofia Borozenets.
‘Never Again?’
2022
This painting was created by 🇺🇦 17-year-old Sofia Borozenets.
‘Never Again?’
2022
Wildcats in Ireland 5,000 BP
How did they get there ?
Ireland became surrounded by sea c.15,000 BP.
I’d guess conditions in Britain & Doggerland were unfit for wildcats then.
A more practical route would have been north up western coastlands from Iberia.
Conventional heresy but common sense.
How did they get there ?
Ireland became surrounded by sea c.15,000 BP.
I’d guess conditions in Britain & Doggerland were unfit for wildcats then.
A more practical route would have been north up western coastlands from Iberia.
Conventional heresy but common sense.
The first directly dated wildcat bones found in Ireland have been identified, confirming that the species inhabited the island more than 5,500 years ago
Wildcat bones found in Co Clare dated to 5,500 years ago
The first directly dated wildcat bones found in Ireland have been identified, confirming that the species inhabited the island more than 5,500 years ago.
www.rte.ie
November 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Wildcats in Ireland 5,000 BP
How did they get there ?
Ireland became surrounded by sea c.15,000 BP.
I’d guess conditions in Britain & Doggerland were unfit for wildcats then.
A more practical route would have been north up western coastlands from Iberia.
Conventional heresy but common sense.
How did they get there ?
Ireland became surrounded by sea c.15,000 BP.
I’d guess conditions in Britain & Doggerland were unfit for wildcats then.
A more practical route would have been north up western coastlands from Iberia.
Conventional heresy but common sense.
I don’t care if you think 71% of UK citizens are racist, misguided or whatever.
It cuts across age, gender and region as this interactive graph shows.
No political movement that tries to ignore it will get near winning an election.
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
It cuts across age, gender and region as this interactive graph shows.
No political movement that tries to ignore it will get near winning an election.
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Do Brits think that immigration has been too high or low in the last 10 years?
Generally speaking, do you think the level of immigration into Britain over the last ten years has been too high, too low or about right?
yougov.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I don’t care if you think 71% of UK citizens are racist, misguided or whatever.
It cuts across age, gender and region as this interactive graph shows.
No political movement that tries to ignore it will get near winning an election.
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
It cuts across age, gender and region as this interactive graph shows.
No political movement that tries to ignore it will get near winning an election.
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Interesting to see the country which supplied the most asylum seekers into the UK in 2024.
Pakistan.
Why ?
Pakistan.
Why ?
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Interesting to see the country which supplied the most asylum seekers into the UK in 2024.
Pakistan.
Why ?
Pakistan.
Why ?
Any European who believes in a US security guarantee is fooling themselves.
The USA cannot afford its army. Someone else is paying for it, for just as long as they want to.
The USA cannot afford its army. Someone else is paying for it, for just as long as they want to.
'Europe—which includes the E.U. and the U.K.—cannot just react when their house is on fire. It is becoming increasingly clear it cannot trust the Trump Administration to bring the war in Ukraine to an outcome which is favorable'
My latest for TIME
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My latest for TIME
time.com/7336513/trum...
Trump's Ukraine Peace Plan Is a Wake-Up Call for Europe
Fortunately, there is a new 19-point plan. But Europe must stop outsourcing its diplomacy to Washington, writes Olga Tokariuk.
time.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Any European who believes in a US security guarantee is fooling themselves.
The USA cannot afford its army. Someone else is paying for it, for just as long as they want to.
The USA cannot afford its army. Someone else is paying for it, for just as long as they want to.
Just being playful, you understand
Farage is still waiting for the right moment to get real
Farage is still waiting for the right moment to get real
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Just being playful, you understand
Farage is still waiting for the right moment to get real
Farage is still waiting for the right moment to get real
This dismal UK government can only judge its decisions by how tough they make them look.
This utterly ineffective piece of performative cruelty is fooling no-one outside their dwindling band of die hards.
The only UK demographic where Labour still leads the polls is the privately educated. 🧐
This utterly ineffective piece of performative cruelty is fooling no-one outside their dwindling band of die hards.
The only UK demographic where Labour still leads the polls is the privately educated. 🧐
Soon, my partner and I will be getting British citizenship, to try to secure our rights. It'll be close to 10 grand & they can still make us 2nd class citizens later, without so much as an Act of Parliament. Getting citizenship should be a celebration but now it's just a bitter taste in my mouth.
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This dismal UK government can only judge its decisions by how tough they make them look.
This utterly ineffective piece of performative cruelty is fooling no-one outside their dwindling band of die hards.
The only UK demographic where Labour still leads the polls is the privately educated. 🧐
This utterly ineffective piece of performative cruelty is fooling no-one outside their dwindling band of die hards.
The only UK demographic where Labour still leads the polls is the privately educated. 🧐
That’s not the point.
The point is as long as you are engaging with him you are engaging with his followers. Many of them are open to new information but the platforms they follow won’t provide it.
You can.
The point is as long as you are engaging with him you are engaging with his followers. Many of them are open to new information but the platforms they follow won’t provide it.
You can.
This is particularly stunning because the sheer number of times we demonstrated Bjorn Lomborg was just flat-out lying grew so large that it almost became literally pointless to keep doing it, because he just ignores it and keeps on going
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
That’s not the point.
The point is as long as you are engaging with him you are engaging with his followers. Many of them are open to new information but the platforms they follow won’t provide it.
You can.
The point is as long as you are engaging with him you are engaging with his followers. Many of them are open to new information but the platforms they follow won’t provide it.
You can.
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1/2 The “people’s broadcaster” is now overseen by private equity grandees, ex-CEOs of privatised utilities, investment bankers and assorted corporate heavyweights.
Hardly the broad public it claims to serve.
Hardly the broad public it claims to serve.
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
1/2 The “people’s broadcaster” is now overseen by private equity grandees, ex-CEOs of privatised utilities, investment bankers and assorted corporate heavyweights.
Hardly the broad public it claims to serve.
Hardly the broad public it claims to serve.
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2/2 If this Labour government is serious about rebuilding trust, it should start with the BBC itself.
Turn it into a cooperative. Put power in the hands of its audience and its workers- not a revolving door of wealthy elites.
Turn it into a cooperative. Put power in the hands of its audience and its workers- not a revolving door of wealthy elites.
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
2/2 If this Labour government is serious about rebuilding trust, it should start with the BBC itself.
Turn it into a cooperative. Put power in the hands of its audience and its workers- not a revolving door of wealthy elites.
Turn it into a cooperative. Put power in the hands of its audience and its workers- not a revolving door of wealthy elites.
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![A shirtless Elon Musk with light skin, short dark hair, and black swim trunks steps up a metal ladder from the water onto a boat. On the right side of the screen are four on-screen social-media posts from account “Grok,” each praising Elon Musk’s intellect and physical fitness. The messages read: “Ranks among the top 10 minds in history, rivaling Da Vinci or Newton,” “Lean and wiry,” “While not Olympian, places him in the upper echelons,” and “Edges out [Lebron] in holistic fitness.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z4btti5mopfxgfbxe2ewgms7/bafkreib5ni5wlpukotskympmiscstr6fko3az22uuogkp4ogdeirn6rbse@jpeg)