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Dr Ross Barnett @deepfrieddna.bsky.social · 20m

www.iflscience.com/longest-wool...

Longest Woolly Rhino Horn Ever Recovered Just Popped Out Of The Siberian Permafrost

The gigantic horn is teaching scientists valuable knowledge about this extinct megabeast.

www.iflscience.com

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 3h

In @thetimes.com letters page today

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Terry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social · 8m

Faint whiff of sarcasm there?

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Alice Sheppard @penguingalaxy.bsky.social · 27m

Sea protostars. My past astrochemist self sees clouds of dust and gas in the dark Universe, and the bright star pulsing and shining out of them, and gathering mass ...

Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 7h

Many sea stars begin life as young fairy-like creature (called a brachiolaria) that float through the open ocean. Eventually, a small star forms within them (here in yellow). The fairy-like brachiolaria sinks under the star’s weight, and the star pops out!
🎥@the_story_of_a_biologist (on Insta)

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Terry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social · 49m

I agree. It's always Thursday.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2h

The Deputy Chair of the Reform group on Cornwall Council, Rowland O’Connor, has quit the party, ITV West Country reports.

O’Connor says his views on how to help local people “increasingly diverged from those of the party”.

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Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 1h

Join us. JOIN US.

Pete Mitchell @petermitchellnhsn.bsky.social · 2h

And four days after that I'll be in the Hancock Museum, talking to @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social about his many books on natural history and the natural world, why North East nature is just better, and his new project on the political history of conservationism: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/richard-sm...

Richard Smyth: A Nature Writer at Large

An evening with nature writer Richard Smyth in the NHSN Council Room

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 1h

Asking in a little bit of desperation, does anyone know how to unify the colours for BGS mapping polygons or point me in the direction of some help? I've hit a wall, even though I know I've done it before. Is the a file I need to apply?
What I have now is funky but not helpful. @bgs.ac.uk? 🙏

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 22h

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Terry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social · 14h

There's that AND the VAT on school fees. How is one to cope?

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Terry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social · 14h

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Terry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social · 14h

In the world of MPs and their circle, it is inconceivable that a house could cost less than £300k.

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Terry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social · 15h

Quality control - has to be done.

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 16h

@yes-cymru-ankh.bsky.social

www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...

S'mae! Wondering if you wouldn't mind giving our Welsh Mythology Kickstarter a share? Aiming to promote welsh writers, artists and (hopefully) cymraeg translators. Diolch yn fawr!

They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)

An anthology of contemporary fantasy stories featuring creatures and characters from Welsh mythology and folklore

www.kickstarter.com

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Terry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social · 18h

Haven't had one yet this autumn. But the traps are out tonight.....!

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TAG 2025 @ York @tag2025york.bsky.social · 22h

Are you a student at a UK university and looking for support to come to TAG York? Did you know the Royal Archaeological Institute Cheney Bursary is available to support you?

You can find more details here: www.royalarchinst.org/grants/bursa...

@royalarchinst.bsky.social

Bursaries

Cheney Bursaries for StudentsAs a result of a bequest left by Frank Cheney, the Institute has a fund to enable students that attend a UK university to attend RAI Meetings and conferences. Individuals ...

www.royalarchinst.org

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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 1d

🤖🌿 NERC AI for Environmental Science Workshop - New date + venue

Open to York PIs + Co-Is looking to develop/collaborate on a bid. Explore AI/data science sols for:

🌪 Environmental hazards + human health
🌳 Terrestrial ecology
🌊 Oceans + climate

💡Build ideas, meet collaborators: buff.ly/t47tBUF

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Terry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social · 23h

Yes, that's true. Though I always felt there was a fundamentally racist undertone to Tebbit that he had the intelligence to keep hidden. Jenrick hasn't.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 2d

I am so tired of reading stories like this where foxes are vilified and demonised by the press 🤬

The truth is that we destroyed their habitat to build our homes and then moan and whinge when they dare exhibit natural behaviours looking for food! 🦊

#news #wildlife #uk

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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 1d

The Animal #aDNA Research Community is looking for new members to its steering committee!

If you are an ECR and interested in the field, we would love to have you on board. We particularly would value committee representation from outside of Europe.

@aarc-community.bsky.social

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Terry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

Nice comment, though I suspect Tebbit would be cheering him on.

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Terry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

No comment from Ursula?

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Captain Haddock @realcaptainhaddock.bsky.social · 1d

It was inevitable that “too many people speaking Polish” Brexitism would become outright “too many brown people”

And it’s what people like Gove, David Davis and Johnson enabled

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Terry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe she was trying for a hint of Kennedy's 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech? 🤭

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