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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · Nov 17

Hello Folks - I'm following the crowd here - hoping it's a more benevolent and inclusive space where I can share and discuss with intelligent folk who value evidence and integrity.

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Royal Holloway Biology @rhulbiology.bsky.social · 14h

Kat Maslova & Prof Robin Williams have recently presented at 'Living with epilepsy - Insight and Innovations' Queens Square London. This was a patient outreach day, and highlighted their work to develop a new dietary approach for the treatment of people with drug resistant epilepsy

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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 1d

How do plants stave off greedy pollinators? Read our new paper on pollen dosing in buzz pollinated flowers just out in @funecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Gradual pollen release in a buzz‐pollinated plant: Investigating pollen presentation theory under bee visitation

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 2d

How an insect might change how surgeons operate on the human body

www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

How an insect might change how surgeons operate on the human body

The sawfly’s egg-laying organ, the ovipositor, could help modern surgical techniques

www.independent.co.uk

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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 7d

I neglected to add in the previous post that the Future Botanica installation will be a free, drop-in event, with no need to book.
Just turn up to the BFI IMAX Foyer from the 9th of October (to the 19th), from 12:00 to 21:00.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7d

AOC: When everyone says makes an exception here or makes an exception there, and then before you know it, you have masked agents roaming the streets of this country that do not feel entitled to identify themselves

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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 8d

I’m on the panel for this event at the BFI. It’s free! Botanical Futures: Plant-Based Solutions for Climate and Sustainability. 19 Oct at 11:00. Future Botanica, an Augmented Reality app that enables users to design speculative ecosystems with new nature. @rbgkew.bsky.social

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Botanical Futures: Plant-Based Solutions for Climate and Sustainability | BFI London Film Festival 2025

A timely conversation sparked by Future Botanica, an Augmented Reality app that enables users, in collaboration with an AI, to design speculative ecosystems with new nature.

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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 8d

…and a unique British Black hbee is a myth perpetuated by folk profiting from orgs who want to do something environmentally +ve. It’s a dark morph of Apis mellifera mellifera which is widespread in N Europe. You could argue its a ‘breed' but still a domestic animal & nothing to do with biodiversity

Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 9d

If you want to conserve bees you’ve still chosen a domestic animal that is thriving in Europe & when you have up to 50,000/hive in a city they consume huge amounts of food and outcompete wild bees - its like keeping chickens to save birds. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The best way to help bees? Don’t become a beekeeper like I did | Alison Benjamin

When I set up my honeybee hive, I had no idea I might be harming wild bee species. Now I’ve found better ways to encourage biodiversity, says journalist and author Alison Benjamin

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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 9d

This is great to hear - do you monitor the species diversity?

Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 9d

Because its great to beat them in spite of the abuse. I firmly believe this is USA true colours which has been set free by Trump. I fear this is America now. Not a single member of the US team made made a stand of plea to fans to stop it. Erica Mcllroy-Rory’s wife- had a glass of beer thrown at her.

Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 9d

@chelmsford.gov.uk why do you have honey bees on the roof of your civic centre? They aren’t in danger in UK & keeping hbees is not a conservation solution - they are domestic animals & compete for food with wild bees species which are at risk. Improve greenspaces! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Chelmsford council celebrates bees' first rooftop honey harvest

Chelmsford City Council has put a hive on the roof of its headquarters to try to boost bee numbers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 10d

Oxford co-led study finds that majority of Britons continue to support EDI www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...

Oxford co-led study finds that majority of Britons continue to

A new report, released today and co-led by the University of Oxford, has found that a majority of Britons continue to back Equality, Diversity and Inclusion principles, and are opposed to sweeping

www.ox.ac.uk

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 11d

An exclusive YouGov poll, commissioned by Best for Britain finds: 62% of Brits say that Brexit has been more of a failure, compared to only 11%who would say it has been more of a success.

Full research here: https://bit.ly/4mv524J

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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 10d

Saw a vervain humming bird there - 2nd smallest I think. Lovely place.

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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 11d

Tomorrow.....20.30 on BBC4
I loved making this documentary!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

BBC Four - Oak Tree: Nature's Greatest Survivor

George McGavin investigates the dramatic life of the oak tree over the four seasons.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 10d

The perception in Europe is that it’s not just Trump who is a vulgar ignorant embarrassment with no respect for anyone & no integrity or intelligence - he is the USAs true colours - as illustrated by the vile home crowd at the Ryder cup - USA it seems is the one going to hell. It’s a long way back.

Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 10d

Mcllroy & Lowry silence vulgar US crowds - Ryder cup playing out like a parody of global politics atm after Trumps awful tirade at the UN - but it turns out the USA is the one going to hell not Europe! It seems a very long way back now for US EU friendship.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/a...

Ryder Cup 2025: Rory McIlroy & Shane Lowry silence New York crowd to lead Europe towards victory

After facing abuse from American fans which

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13d

OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.

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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 15d

Sorry I couldn’t join - unfortunately I had a clash with a symposium at Kew. Looks like it was fun.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 15d

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?

He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.

So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18d

This is amazing.

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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 19d

Your next visit to Kew is overdue. #autumnleaves @rbgkew.bsky.social

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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 19d

Delightful evening in the temperate house yesterday for the opening night of a Material World @rbgkew.bsky.social a new installation on the use of plant and fungi in clothing and fashion.

Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 19d

Thrilled to see our paper published in #NewPhytologist Pollen sterols are highly diverse but phylogenetically conserved with consequences for nutrition in bees which depend on pollen for these essential lipids. @rbgkew.bsky.social @nrinstitute.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 19d

This will no doubt not end well for biodiversity!! Ministers tell Environment Agency to wave planning applications through Officials say they have been told to do as little as legally possible to prevent housing approvals www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ministers tell Environment Agency to wave planning applications through

Exclusive: Officials say they have been told to do as little as legally possible to prevent housing approvals