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Really positive to see. Will almost certainly need to be backed up by action
BREAKING: Strong words from Keir Starmer to Parliamentary Labour Party on X and Grok: “If X cannot control Grok, we will - and we'll do it fast because if you profit from harm and abuse, you lose the right to self regulate”
January 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Really positive to see. Will almost certainly need to be backed up by action
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Slovakia population density:
114 people per km2
Ireland population density:
75 people per km2
(largely concentrated in greater Dublin area)
114 people per km2
Ireland population density:
75 people per km2
(largely concentrated in greater Dublin area)
Meanwhile in Slovakia:
Bears > 1000
Wolves > 600
Lynx > 300
Wild boar > 60000
Beavers > 700
Bison > 200
Bears > 1000
Wolves > 600
Lynx > 300
Wild boar > 60000
Beavers > 700
Bison > 200
January 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Slovakia population density:
114 people per km2
Ireland population density:
75 people per km2
(largely concentrated in greater Dublin area)
114 people per km2
Ireland population density:
75 people per km2
(largely concentrated in greater Dublin area)
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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Nigel Farage and Elon Musk are dead against grooming gangs “paedos” until, that is, Musk’s profits are at stake
Piece by me on a grim double standard
comment.press/110126
Piece by me on a grim double standard
comment.press/110126
Musk, Farage and the pro-paedo right
Making excuses for child pornography
comment.press
January 11, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Nigel Farage and Elon Musk are dead against grooming gangs “paedos” until, that is, Musk’s profits are at stake
Piece by me on a grim double standard
comment.press/110126
Piece by me on a grim double standard
comment.press/110126
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A dominant theme of Hitler's speeches in the late 1930s is that Germany was surrounded by threats. These threats were imaginary: it was Nazi Germany that threatened other nations. But they were used to justify pre-emptive attacks. Trump is following this script.
January 10, 2026 at 10:51 AM
A dominant theme of Hitler's speeches in the late 1930s is that Germany was surrounded by threats. These threats were imaginary: it was Nazi Germany that threatened other nations. But they were used to justify pre-emptive attacks. Trump is following this script.
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Writing for @scotnational.bsky.social, our Rewilding Relations Officer Hugh Webster explores what Slovenia can teach us about living with predators.
The article comes as communities in Highland and Moray are invited to share views on a potential lynx reintroduction in Scotland.
👉 bit.ly/4qBWFXI
The article comes as communities in Highland and Moray are invited to share views on a potential lynx reintroduction in Scotland.
👉 bit.ly/4qBWFXI
Here's what Scotland can learn from Slovenia on reintroducing major predators
As Scotland considers re-introducing lynx, it is worth looking at what has been happening in Slovenia
bit.ly
January 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Writing for @scotnational.bsky.social, our Rewilding Relations Officer Hugh Webster explores what Slovenia can teach us about living with predators.
The article comes as communities in Highland and Moray are invited to share views on a potential lynx reintroduction in Scotland.
👉 bit.ly/4qBWFXI
The article comes as communities in Highland and Moray are invited to share views on a potential lynx reintroduction in Scotland.
👉 bit.ly/4qBWFXI
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The next International Swan Census is almost here (17/18 Jan). Coverage is looking good, but there's a few small gaps. If you're able to help, please check the below map and get in touch with @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
Birders on Mull, Skye, Orkney & Uists are needed in particular! Thank you!!
Birders on Mull, Skye, Orkney & Uists are needed in particular! Thank you!!
1/ Can you help us count Bewick's and Whooper Swans for the International Swan Census on 17-18 January 2026? 🦢
Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub...
#Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub...
#Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 11:10 AM
The next International Swan Census is almost here (17/18 Jan). Coverage is looking good, but there's a few small gaps. If you're able to help, please check the below map and get in touch with @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
Birders on Mull, Skye, Orkney & Uists are needed in particular! Thank you!!
Birders on Mull, Skye, Orkney & Uists are needed in particular! Thank you!!
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In April 2025 I moved into a one acre plot of mostly mown grass. I then made it my ambition to try and encourage as much wildlife into the garden as possible. Here is the result of the last 8 months…
youtu.be/cztzjwbsKH8?...
youtu.be/cztzjwbsKH8?...
We Did Almost Nothing & Nature Came Back
YouTube video by Wild Your Garden with Joel Ashton
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
In April 2025 I moved into a one acre plot of mostly mown grass. I then made it my ambition to try and encourage as much wildlife into the garden as possible. Here is the result of the last 8 months…
youtu.be/cztzjwbsKH8?...
youtu.be/cztzjwbsKH8?...
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Sofia has replied to my polite request either to add a note to the film stating that I was misled, or to remove my contribution. Her answer? Flat refusal and a threat of legal action! Not a trace of remorse or contrition.
What I find utterly chilling is that, in her day job, she's a psychiatrist.
What I find utterly chilling is that, in her day job, she's a psychiatrist.
1. This short thread is about what I see as a serious breach of journalistic ethics, in the making of Sofia Pineda Ochoa’s online documentary Greenwashed. She interviewed me for the film, but neither before, during or after was I given any idea I would be its target. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjWU...
GREENWASHED | Full Documentary [Official]
YouTube video by Dr. Sofia Pineda Ochoa
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Sofia has replied to my polite request either to add a note to the film stating that I was misled, or to remove my contribution. Her answer? Flat refusal and a threat of legal action! Not a trace of remorse or contrition.
What I find utterly chilling is that, in her day job, she's a psychiatrist.
What I find utterly chilling is that, in her day job, she's a psychiatrist.
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An amazing set of maps….We’ve received the migration data for a ringed db Brent Goose ‘SY’ seen at Baiter during Christmas, plus its movements around the harbour since its arrival in early November….migration route is 4800km!
📸 Simon Johnson
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@btobirds.bsky.social
📸 Simon Johnson
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@btobirds.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM
An amazing set of maps….We’ve received the migration data for a ringed db Brent Goose ‘SY’ seen at Baiter during Christmas, plus its movements around the harbour since its arrival in early November….migration route is 4800km!
📸 Simon Johnson
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@btobirds.bsky.social
📸 Simon Johnson
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
@btobirds.bsky.social
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Writing this I had to look through Grok's mentions. Earlier I counted around 8 requests PER MINUTE featuring "bikini" and "her". Thousands of women and girls stripped each day. I found users stripping dozens of women per hour, from female celebrities to gym selfies.
www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
MPs urge boycott of Elon Musk’s X over Grok AI’s undressing
The call to end use of X for official government communication follows posts of digitally undressed women and children that may have broken UK law
www.thetimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Writing this I had to look through Grok's mentions. Earlier I counted around 8 requests PER MINUTE featuring "bikini" and "her". Thousands of women and girls stripped each day. I found users stripping dozens of women per hour, from female celebrities to gym selfies.
www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
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2025 ended with the biggest influx of European White-fronted Goose and Tundra Bean Goose for many years. Latest BirdTrack data show a big and sudden spike in the reporting rate in the last week of the year! #ukbirding
January 2, 2026 at 12:39 PM
2025 ended with the biggest influx of European White-fronted Goose and Tundra Bean Goose for many years. Latest BirdTrack data show a big and sudden spike in the reporting rate in the last week of the year! #ukbirding
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Sparrowhawk chasing a Common Snipe
A few recent ones from around the harbour
Poole Harbour, Dorset
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
A few recent ones from around the harbour
Poole Harbour, Dorset
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Sparrowhawk chasing a Common Snipe
A few recent ones from around the harbour
Poole Harbour, Dorset
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
A few recent ones from around the harbour
Poole Harbour, Dorset
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
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Brittle star vs. Squid! Ophiuroids only appear dainty & harmless. Another cool moment from #OkeanosExplorer #MarineLife
youtu.be/oHN4sWAuBVc?...
youtu.be/oHN4sWAuBVc?...
Brutal Brittle Stars
YouTube video by oceanexplorergov
youtu.be
December 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Brittle star vs. Squid! Ophiuroids only appear dainty & harmless. Another cool moment from #OkeanosExplorer #MarineLife
youtu.be/oHN4sWAuBVc?...
youtu.be/oHN4sWAuBVc?...
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Like most cats, wildcats are excellent climbers - even in the snow ❄️
Thankfully this towering birch in the pre-release enclosures doesn't have delicate decorations to be knocked off!
Has your Christmas tree survived your cat this year? 😼
Thankfully this towering birch in the pre-release enclosures doesn't have delicate decorations to be knocked off!
Has your Christmas tree survived your cat this year? 😼
December 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Like most cats, wildcats are excellent climbers - even in the snow ❄️
Thankfully this towering birch in the pre-release enclosures doesn't have delicate decorations to be knocked off!
Has your Christmas tree survived your cat this year? 😼
Thankfully this towering birch in the pre-release enclosures doesn't have delicate decorations to be knocked off!
Has your Christmas tree survived your cat this year? 😼
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The Luna Oyster Project, a collaboration between Norfolk Seaweed and Oyster Heaven, aims to restore 4 million oysters to the North Sea, using the first-ever mass deployment of mother reef bricks.
Incredible work by Allie Wharf & Willie Athill!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Incredible work by Allie Wharf & Willie Athill!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Sea change: the drive to restore millions of oysters on the Norfolk coast
The first ever mass deployment of mother reef bricks aims to rebuild habitats – and could reshape the North Sea
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The Luna Oyster Project, a collaboration between Norfolk Seaweed and Oyster Heaven, aims to restore 4 million oysters to the North Sea, using the first-ever mass deployment of mother reef bricks.
Incredible work by Allie Wharf & Willie Athill!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Incredible work by Allie Wharf & Willie Athill!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Sit back & enjoy the latest episode of The Wandering Ecologist podcast, where host Penny Green talks to Sussex Wildlife Trust's Henri Brocklebank about the Sussex Kelp Recovery Project.
Listen on your usual podcast provider now!
https://f.mtr.cool/joodistbob
📸 Paul Naylor
Listen on your usual podcast provider now!
https://f.mtr.cool/joodistbob
📸 Paul Naylor
December 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Sit back & enjoy the latest episode of The Wandering Ecologist podcast, where host Penny Green talks to Sussex Wildlife Trust's Henri Brocklebank about the Sussex Kelp Recovery Project.
Listen on your usual podcast provider now!
https://f.mtr.cool/joodistbob
📸 Paul Naylor
Listen on your usual podcast provider now!
https://f.mtr.cool/joodistbob
📸 Paul Naylor
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Chile is to create a 150,000 hectare national park at 'the edge of the world', with forests, peatlands, glaciers, and coastline.
Protecting wilderness is by far the best weapon we have against ecological collapse.
share.google/QqQvdJDwY5Mt...
Protecting wilderness is by far the best weapon we have against ecological collapse.
share.google/QqQvdJDwY5Mt...
Chile moves to create national park at the edge of the world to protect wildlife
At the edge of the world map, where land turns into subantarctic forests, icy seas and glaciers, Chile is preparing to create a national park to protect endangered wildlife and unique ecosystems.
share.google
December 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Chile is to create a 150,000 hectare national park at 'the edge of the world', with forests, peatlands, glaciers, and coastline.
Protecting wilderness is by far the best weapon we have against ecological collapse.
share.google/QqQvdJDwY5Mt...
Protecting wilderness is by far the best weapon we have against ecological collapse.
share.google/QqQvdJDwY5Mt...
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Shooting hares will finally be banned for most of the year, and a ban on trail hunting will be announced Monday as part of a package of animal welfare measures
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
Exclusive: Ministers also expected to announce trail-hunting ban in sweeping changes to animal welfare law
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Shooting hares will finally be banned for most of the year, and a ban on trail hunting will be announced Monday as part of a package of animal welfare measures
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
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This is not an exaggeration:
There is not a single weather forecaster, TV meteorologist, airline pilot, computer scientist, or climate scientist in the WORLD whose work or life wasn't directly or indirectly improved or influenced by the science done at NCAR.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
There is not a single weather forecaster, TV meteorologist, airline pilot, computer scientist, or climate scientist in the WORLD whose work or life wasn't directly or indirectly improved or influenced by the science done at NCAR.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is not an exaggeration:
There is not a single weather forecaster, TV meteorologist, airline pilot, computer scientist, or climate scientist in the WORLD whose work or life wasn't directly or indirectly improved or influenced by the science done at NCAR.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
There is not a single weather forecaster, TV meteorologist, airline pilot, computer scientist, or climate scientist in the WORLD whose work or life wasn't directly or indirectly improved or influenced by the science done at NCAR.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Absolutely shocking.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Absolutely shocking.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
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Orange old man who says climate change is a hoax, says his golden ballroom is a matter of national security.
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Orange old man who says climate change is a hoax, says his golden ballroom is a matter of national security.
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1. This short thread is about what I see as a serious breach of journalistic ethics, in the making of Sofia Pineda Ochoa’s online documentary Greenwashed. She interviewed me for the film, but neither before, during or after was I given any idea I would be its target. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjWU...
GREENWASHED | Full Documentary [Official]
YouTube video by Dr. Sofia Pineda Ochoa
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
1. This short thread is about what I see as a serious breach of journalistic ethics, in the making of Sofia Pineda Ochoa’s online documentary Greenwashed. She interviewed me for the film, but neither before, during or after was I given any idea I would be its target. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjWU...