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natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · 5d

All 'what' and no 'how'.

natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · 13d

Can you lobby your MP to pressure the government to legislate against planned obsolescence? The number of perfectly good computers about to hit landfill because of Microsoft abandoning Windows 10 is grotesque.
@therestpolitics.bsky.social Your ruddy advert🙇🏼‍♀️
therestartproject.org/right-to-rep...

400 million PCs are destined to become e-waste before Repair Day — we demand better - The Restart Project

Due to the end of free support for Windows 10, millions of PCs will become avoidable e-waste. For Repair Day, we’re pushing back.

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Julia Koricheva @juliakoricheva.bsky.social · 19d

Really cool story about long-distance pollen transport by migratory hoverflies. The actual research paper is here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...

The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 19d

Birds aren’t the only creatures that fly south for the winter.

Thousands of flies keep landing on North Sea oil rigs then taking off a few hours later – here’s why

Birds aren’t the only creatures that fly south for the winter.

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natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · Aug 3

👇 the bit everyone forgets about when they focus on plants for pollinators...

Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · Aug 3

Did u know?It's great to attract adult butterflies & moths into yr garden by providing nectar-rich plants.If you want to host their entire lifecycle, you need to grow their larval food plants.The Brimstone is one of our earliest b'flies.If you want to see its caterpillars,grow Alder Buckthorn🪲🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🦋

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natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · Aug 3

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. Biodiversity crisis, anyone?

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Aug 2

The White House landscape now matches our national political one.

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natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · Aug 1

BBC championing Reform again 🤦🏼 I can feel the cancellation of my licence coming on...

Cllr Brian Wernham 🔶 C.Eng. MA History @brianwernham.bsky.social · Aug 1

Only one party mentioned in BBC UK Politics headlines today

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natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · Aug 1

What climate crisis? Plus, the noise and pollution of Heathrow already directly blights the lives of millions of Londoners. Who are these businesses anyway - have they not heard of Zoom? Humankind continues to fiddle while the planet burns.

Steve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · Aug 1

Well indeed >>> "If Labour's environmental commitments were worth the paper they're written on, these proposals would never have seen the light of day," @zackpolanski.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Heathrow Airport's third runway expansion plans to cost £49bn

Heathrow says expansion is

www.bbc.co.uk

natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · Jul 29

Love the Scots. The National's front page was a cracker too.

tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · Jul 29

📌 Hope this soul follows him

everywhere . A true hero 🐥

natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · Jul 26

Thank you @stevewitherdenmp.bsky.social for lobbying the foreign secretary on arms exports 🙏

natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · Jul 23

Killing children - not ok. Starving children - not ok. Depriving children of medicine - not ok. Supplying arms to a state that is doing all this - not ok. Locking people up who say the above - not ok. How can any of this be allowed to continue? @stevewitherdenmp.bsky.social

Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · Jul 23

How long can the traditional “the Middle East is horribly complicated” evasions survive this?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...

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natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · Jul 22

Nice explainer. Buy independent, buy local, where you can...

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jul 22

For too long, our government stopped vigorously enforcing laws that keep Corporate America in check.

Corporations got more powerful while our basic economic freedoms went unprotected.

Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.

The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)

From your grocery bill to your paycheck, monopolies are making you less financially secure and ultimately less free. For

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natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · Jul 22

How can these people not give a hoot about the future for their children and grandchildren?

Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · Jul 22

The decision (to walk away) “in no way reflects a lack of commitment to climate action”

I’m increasingly amazed by the neck of some PR people who will tell outright lies with a straight face.

on.ft.com/4f7tqYm

Global oil and gas emissions standard put on pause after Shell walks away

Energy group experts quit after draft guidance on global warming plans ‘did not reflect the industry view’

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natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · Jul 15

What a stunning photograph...

History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · Jul 14

I was sourcing a night shot of York railway station when I saw this.
Rachmaninoff Concerto for Piano No.2, Carnforth, Simon Jowett, Public Domain.

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natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · Jul 15

Interesting...

Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · Jul 15

In our nature. People can accurately judge biodiversity through sight and sound....

theecologist.org/2025/jul/08/...

In our nature

People can accurately judge biodiversity through sight and sound.

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Jul 8

Life-cycle impact assessment of offshore wind energy development on migrating bird diversity in the North Sea 🐦

The combination of long-term bird ringing data & LCAs could be a useful tool for comparing potential impacts across proposed wind farm sites 🧪 🌏

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · Jul 7

Good point. More important point imho: why is flying still cheaper than taking the train, in this climate emergency?

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natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · Jul 5

Even-handed reflection on Labour's first year. Enlightening insights into goings-on hidden behind the nonsense politician threatre. I'd lost all track of most of their achievements: industrial strategy, workers' rights, net zero, EU alliances, assisted dying, abortion. Some good news for a change.

Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · Jul 5

With apologies to @iandunt.bsky.social, the title doesn't quite do his nicely-balanced piece justice, even if it does represent the level of sweariness pretty accurately! FWIW, I thought this was one of the best 'One Year On' pieces I read over the last couple of days (and I've read a lot of them).

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Jul 4

Happy birthday, you've fucked it: Seven unrelated thoughts about Labour's first year in power

iandunt.substack.com/p/seven-unre...

natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · Jun 30

First ones here in mid Wales today too

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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · Jun 30

📝 Blog: Whose farming future is it anyway?

Dr Charlie Taverner asks whether, amid a flurry of roadmaps, strategies & visions, have decision-makers spent enough time talking to people who these policies will affect? And will these policies help farmers live better lives?

ffcc.co.uk/conversation...

Whose farming future is it anyway?

FFCC’s Dr Charlie Taverner on the flurry of roadmaps, strategies and visions for UK agriculture

ffcc.co.uk

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natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · Jun 28

Catching up on podcasts while gardening... On average children in the UK are consuming less than half the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables and over twice the amount of sugar. Good to hear govt is [still] working on a national food strategy. Hoping for some urgency!
pca.st/podcast/c753...

The Food Foundation Podcast

The Food Foundation podcast is the voice of the charity that tackles the growing challenges facing the UK’s food. Reporting from the frontline of food insecurity, it reveals the gaps in the food syste...

pca.st

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natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · Jun 27

I'll look forward to it 😊

natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · Jun 27

How wonderful! And how terrific to see some good news! Good news from here too - 5 swallow chicks have just fledged after 3 years of failures. Over the moon!

RSPB Cymru @rspbcymru.bsky.social · Jun 27

🥰 Good News Friday! RSPB Newport Wetlands is home to Wales’ only breeding colony of Avocet, the bird on our logo - and this year we’ve got a fantastic 13 Avocet chicks! Da iawn to all the dedicated staff and volunteers at RSPB Newport Wetlands!

📸 : Ben Andrew

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natureali.bsky.social @natureali.bsky.social · Jun 26