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Gary W Hartley

@garybugsyou.bsky.social

110 followers 240 following 160 posts

Writer: Bugs, biodiversity, farming and odd lit. The Observer, New Scientist, Scientific American, The Times, Farming Future Food etc. Retired daft poetry guy. Perennially mildly-disappointed #lufc fan. Half-hearted groundhopper. gary at gwhartley dot com

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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 1d

Same story - 2 very different takes.

Reeves claims she unblocked a development being held up by a "microscopic snail or something", while Natural England claim they and the EA negotiated an agreement with Southern Water, to reduce water abstraction from the snail's habitat.

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Gary W Hartley @garybugsyou.bsky.social · 2d

The game that Association Football has been waiting for
#Gibraltar #internationals

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Gary W Hartley @garybugsyou.bsky.social · 2d

I've written this banger about the early years of Greenland's very first two social wasps, if you can excuse the horrendous/ hilarious AI image that goes with it

medium.com/insectsandth...

#Greenland #wildlife #bugsky #invasivespecies #waspsky

How are Greenland’s first social wasps settling in the Arctic?

Greenland’s first social wasps arrive from Europe, raising questions about ecological impacts and human-assisted spread.

medium.com

Gary W Hartley @garybugsyou.bsky.social · 3d

Fireman optimism rising
#pyro #Sarajevo

Orange and green flares against the night sky during a bad football game

Gary W Hartley @garybugsyou.bsky.social · 3d

Residents of fire truck secretly hoping for a bit of action
#groundhopping #ultras #thefootball

FK Sarajevo Ultras get a bit of a fire going, fire truck stands by

Gary W Hartley @garybugsyou.bsky.social · 3d

Magnificent, ominous skies at FK Sarajevo v Zrinjski Mostar. Who needs fans in the ground anyway
#groundhopping #Bosnia #Skysky

Olympic Stadium Sarajevo for some Bosnian Premier League action under heavy skies

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Farming Future Food @farmingfuturefood.bsky.social · 3d

A friendly fungus pumps out chemicals that can stop a major crop pathogen in its tracks.

The @rothamsted.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk findings could be the first step towards a new generation of #sustainable fungicides.

farmingfuturefood.com/soil-fungus-...
#agritech #farming #food

Soil fungus could replace chemical sprays in fight against crop diseases - Farming Future Food

A common soil fungus, Trichoderma hamatum, produces natural vapours that suppress major crop diseases, offering farmers a greener alternative to fungicides.

farmingfuturefood.com

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The Square Ball @thesquareball.net · 6d

Free to read from Issue 2 — Make Football Shit Again

Richard Finn needs to get a few things off his chest about the Premier League. Thankfully, he’s got an idea to save us all.

thesquareball.net/leeds-united/make-football-shit-again/

Make Football Shit Again • The Square Ball

Richard Finn needs to get a few things off his chest about the Premier League. Thankfully, he’s got an idea to save us all.

thesquareball.net

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 12d

NEWS:🌾 First rice trials in the UK!

UKCEH scientists are growing cold-hardy rice on rewetted peat in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Nine varieties, four mini paddies and a big question: can rice thrive in UK conditions?

buff.ly/wYnH1DE 🧪

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Rice plants growing in water in a small paddy field plot on peatland

Drone view looking straight down on several fields with lots of square and rectangular plots visible

Scientist stands beside a rectangular paddy field plot full of water located in a field

Scientist planting rice in a field with two figures saying 1st rice trials in the UK; and 9 varieties of rice from around the world

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Cube Enthusiast @killhamster.bsky.social · 12d

Nature is healing

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Gary W Hartley @garybugsyou.bsky.social · 12d

Here, have some unbridled human joy prompted by 22 lads and a ball.
#groundhopping #Bosnia #thefootball

Gary W Hartley @garybugsyou.bsky.social · 12d

I would define the fixture by its low visibility

Smoke bombs and flares at Zelzeznicar v FK Sarajevo

Gary W Hartley @garybugsyou.bsky.social · 12d

Coming to you live from the #Sarajevo derby. #Groundhopping

Riot police truck outside Stadium Gbravica, Sarajevo

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Colin Schultz @colinschultz.bsky.social · 15d

"Researchers have discovered a plant that attracts pollinating flies by mimicking the odour of half-eaten ants." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Plant that mimics odour of half-eaten ants to attract pollinators discovered

Botanist says new Japanese species of dogbane is first evidence of plants copying ants

www.theguardian.com

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Farming Future Food @farmingfuturefood.bsky.social · 17d

Oilseed rape is a crop under pressure,but Swiss scientists have found that growing it along with a bean can effectively take on its complex of pest beetles🪲🌱🪲

farmingfuturefood.com/intercroppin...
#farming #arable #sustainability

Intercropping with faba beans and decoys reduces pest pressure in oilseed rape - Farming Future Food

Swiss scientists show intercropping oilseed rape with faba beans or decoys reduces damaging insect pests.

farmingfuturefood.com

Gary W Hartley @garybugsyou.bsky.social · 20d

I just don't think these particular #ultras have put much thought into their fearsome name.
#terraceculture #gangevil

Gary W Hartley @garybugsyou.bsky.social · 21d

Can you add me?! Thanks

Gary W Hartley @garybugsyou.bsky.social · 22d

Cleansing your timeline with a heron. Love a good heron.
#birdsky

Heron in river, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Gary W Hartley @garybugsyou.bsky.social · 24d

#Shroomscrolling the late afternoon away.

These beauties all seen in #Bosnia and Herzegovina

Probably hedgehog mushrooms in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Probably brittlegill mushrooms in Bosnian woodland

Gary W Hartley @garybugsyou.bsky.social · 27d

Meet my new best mate, a real mantis of the people

#Bugsky

Mantis religiosa on arm in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Gary W Hartley @garybugsyou.bsky.social · 27d

Yeah, I don't even know who this is for. Do most people not know this is all junk at this point?

Gary W Hartley @garybugsyou.bsky.social · 27d

As much as I would love these to be the real weekly numbers for my insect blog, there's evidently a bug-focused #AI scrapeathon at work. Urgh.
#bugsky #scrapesky

Apparently nearing 10k views for the insect blog this week..hmm

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Vicki Hird MSc FRES @vickihird.bsky.social · 27d

Urgent declaration issued to halt UK insect declines
Well timed call to arms to reverse major ongoing insect declines😔🐛🦋🐜🐝🪲🕷️
From @Buglife
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
And supported by @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
And many others
geographical.co.uk/wildlife/urg...

Urgent declaration issued to halt UK insect declines

The UK's future depends on its tiniest creatures: insects. Yet many species are in decline. Here's how we can save them

geographical.co.uk

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Gary W Hartley @garybugsyou.bsky.social · 27d

I do find myself signing deeply at almost everything #lufc does off the pitch these days

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Noema Magazine @noemamag.com · 28d

“We crave certainty, especially in the face of tragedy, & are quick to weave disparate facts into a coherent, & often sinister, narrative.”

—Francis Gavin

#history #historians

The Lost Art Of Thinking Historically | NOEMA

To understand the world today, we must see it as actors of the past did: through a foggy windshield, not a rearview mirror, facing a future of radical uncertainty.

www.noemamag.com

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