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Trump says he needs to take Greenland to stop Russia.
He is currently planning joint Arctic energy deals with Putin. He is blocking aid that would actually stop Russia in Ukraine.
You don't go into business with an enemy you are trying to contain.
Trump’s excuse is a scam
He is currently planning joint Arctic energy deals with Putin. He is blocking aid that would actually stop Russia in Ukraine.
You don't go into business with an enemy you are trying to contain.
Trump’s excuse is a scam
January 18, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Trump says he needs to take Greenland to stop Russia.
He is currently planning joint Arctic energy deals with Putin. He is blocking aid that would actually stop Russia in Ukraine.
You don't go into business with an enemy you are trying to contain.
Trump’s excuse is a scam
He is currently planning joint Arctic energy deals with Putin. He is blocking aid that would actually stop Russia in Ukraine.
You don't go into business with an enemy you are trying to contain.
Trump’s excuse is a scam
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I was struck, seeing this on the tube, by the contemporary resonance of Auden"s Epitaph on a Tyrant in this phase of the global projection of Trump’s sociopathic narcissism
January 17, 2026 at 5:20 PM
I was struck, seeing this on the tube, by the contemporary resonance of Auden"s Epitaph on a Tyrant in this phase of the global projection of Trump’s sociopathic narcissism
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If you listen very carefully, you can hear Charles de Gaulle screaming I BLOODY TOLD YOU SO from some rural French cemetery.
January 17, 2026 at 5:59 PM
If you listen very carefully, you can hear Charles de Gaulle screaming I BLOODY TOLD YOU SO from some rural French cemetery.
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This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
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Emilie Flöge (1874-1952) was an innovative Art Nouveau Austrian fashion designer who aimed to reform dress designs for women. Though (typically) not noted widely by history, she influenced the work of her companion, the artist Klimt and featured in his work #WomensArt
January 14, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Emilie Flöge (1874-1952) was an innovative Art Nouveau Austrian fashion designer who aimed to reform dress designs for women. Though (typically) not noted widely by history, she influenced the work of her companion, the artist Klimt and featured in his work #WomensArt
I'm speaking at a conference in Pembroke College Cambridge, whose chapel is by Christopher Wren. His first building.
Not bad for a beginner!
(You can't see but the Bible happens to be open at Psalm 23... 🤩)
Not bad for a beginner!
(You can't see but the Bible happens to be open at Psalm 23... 🤩)
January 10, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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I often get asked about the Miyawaki method of forest restoration, usually by people who have heard extraordinary claims for it. Morales et al. (2025) have reviewed the evidence and found it to be weak or absent. 🌏🧪🌳🌲 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Tiny forests, huge claims: The evidence gap behind the Miyawaki method for forest restoration
To scale up restoration effectively, practitioners and policymakers should prioritize methods supported by robust empirical evidence rather than relying on untested claims. Our findings highlight the...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:33 AM
I often get asked about the Miyawaki method of forest restoration, usually by people who have heard extraordinary claims for it. Morales et al. (2025) have reviewed the evidence and found it to be weak or absent. 🌏🧪🌳🌲 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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windows & the picture ballads on the wall all stuck with ivy holly Box & yew such feelings are past - & 'all this world is proud of’
December 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
windows & the picture ballads on the wall all stuck with ivy holly Box & yew such feelings are past - & 'all this world is proud of’
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Corylus avellana, Hazel, catkins in February & March provide early nectar & pollen for bumblebees; c. 252 spp. of invert across several orders use it as a larval host, their larvae feed songbird chicks; nuts feed small mammals & over a dozen birds. And that’s not all …
#Invertebrates
#Invertebrates
September 21, 2023 at 5:03 PM
Corylus avellana, Hazel, catkins in February & March provide early nectar & pollen for bumblebees; c. 252 spp. of invert across several orders use it as a larval host, their larvae feed songbird chicks; nuts feed small mammals & over a dozen birds. And that’s not all …
#Invertebrates
#Invertebrates
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#AshmoleanAdvent Day 21: Snowy Bridge
Today’s advent calendar treat is a woodblock print titled Yuhi Hill and Drum Bridge at Meguro by Japanese master printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige.
The unusual arched bridge in this wintry landscape was known as a ‘drum bridge’ because of its shape.
Today’s advent calendar treat is a woodblock print titled Yuhi Hill and Drum Bridge at Meguro by Japanese master printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige.
The unusual arched bridge in this wintry landscape was known as a ‘drum bridge’ because of its shape.
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
#AshmoleanAdvent Day 21: Snowy Bridge
Today’s advent calendar treat is a woodblock print titled Yuhi Hill and Drum Bridge at Meguro by Japanese master printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige.
The unusual arched bridge in this wintry landscape was known as a ‘drum bridge’ because of its shape.
Today’s advent calendar treat is a woodblock print titled Yuhi Hill and Drum Bridge at Meguro by Japanese master printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige.
The unusual arched bridge in this wintry landscape was known as a ‘drum bridge’ because of its shape.
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One thing about this cartoon is that it's (clearly) a male owl owlsplaining. In reality the female tawny owl twits and the male twoos.
I can think we can let that pass seeing as we’re talking about a world in which owls can discuss the finer points of grammar.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
I can think we can let that pass seeing as we’re talking about a world in which owls can discuss the finer points of grammar.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
One thing about this cartoon is that it's (clearly) a male owl owlsplaining. In reality the female tawny owl twits and the male twoos.
I can think we can let that pass seeing as we’re talking about a world in which owls can discuss the finer points of grammar.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
I can think we can let that pass seeing as we’re talking about a world in which owls can discuss the finer points of grammar.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
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Happy birthday to Jane Austen, and to this very on-brand Economist chart
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
December 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Happy birthday to Jane Austen, and to this very on-brand Economist chart
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
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The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
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1824: Found the common Pollypody on an old Willow tree in Lolham Lane & a small fern in Hilly Wood scarcely larger than some species of moss & a little resembling curld parsley I have namd it the dwarf maidenhair & believe it is very scarce here
December 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
1824: Found the common Pollypody on an old Willow tree in Lolham Lane & a small fern in Hilly Wood scarcely larger than some species of moss & a little resembling curld parsley I have namd it the dwarf maidenhair & believe it is very scarce here
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Close up of Rachel Ruysch's 'Still Life with Fruit,' 1711.
I saw this at the 'Rachel Ruysch: Artist, Naturalist, and Pioneer' exhibtion at the MFA Boston.
#hernaturalhistory #naturalhistory #insectart #animalart
I saw this at the 'Rachel Ruysch: Artist, Naturalist, and Pioneer' exhibtion at the MFA Boston.
#hernaturalhistory #naturalhistory #insectart #animalart
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Close up of Rachel Ruysch's 'Still Life with Fruit,' 1711.
I saw this at the 'Rachel Ruysch: Artist, Naturalist, and Pioneer' exhibtion at the MFA Boston.
#hernaturalhistory #naturalhistory #insectart #animalart
I saw this at the 'Rachel Ruysch: Artist, Naturalist, and Pioneer' exhibtion at the MFA Boston.
#hernaturalhistory #naturalhistory #insectart #animalart
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The origin of 'pedigree'. This type of C12 figure (not a family tree but a way of calculating relatedness – the titles of various relatives have not been put in the circles) looked like a crane's foot, thought medieval folk. So 'pied de grue' and hence 'pedigree'. Source in alt.
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The origin of 'pedigree'. This type of C12 figure (not a family tree but a way of calculating relatedness – the titles of various relatives have not been put in the circles) looked like a crane's foot, thought medieval folk. So 'pied de grue' and hence 'pedigree'. Source in alt.
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New #GBRedList for vascular plants evaluated 1,720 species.
26% (up from 23% in 2005) assessed as threatened.
Common Restharrow, Marsh-marigold & Harebell: all Vulnerable.
Alpine Gentian: Endangered.
Work was led by Pete Stroh from @bsbibotany.bsky.social & funded by @naturalengland.bsky.social
26% (up from 23% in 2005) assessed as threatened.
Common Restharrow, Marsh-marigold & Harebell: all Vulnerable.
Alpine Gentian: Endangered.
Work was led by Pete Stroh from @bsbibotany.bsky.social & funded by @naturalengland.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
New #GBRedList for vascular plants evaluated 1,720 species.
26% (up from 23% in 2005) assessed as threatened.
Common Restharrow, Marsh-marigold & Harebell: all Vulnerable.
Alpine Gentian: Endangered.
Work was led by Pete Stroh from @bsbibotany.bsky.social & funded by @naturalengland.bsky.social
26% (up from 23% in 2005) assessed as threatened.
Common Restharrow, Marsh-marigold & Harebell: all Vulnerable.
Alpine Gentian: Endangered.
Work was led by Pete Stroh from @bsbibotany.bsky.social & funded by @naturalengland.bsky.social
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Check out our new insect decline paper. By analysing 36 yrs of German ground beetle distribution data, we show:
- ~80% of species have declined, with significant declines for >50%.
- The decline was similar across species traits and threatened status.
doi.org/10.1111/ddi.... @consbiog.bsky.social
- ~80% of species have declined, with significant declines for >50%.
- The decline was similar across species traits and threatened status.
doi.org/10.1111/ddi.... @consbiog.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Check out our new insect decline paper. By analysing 36 yrs of German ground beetle distribution data, we show:
- ~80% of species have declined, with significant declines for >50%.
- The decline was similar across species traits and threatened status.
doi.org/10.1111/ddi.... @consbiog.bsky.social
- ~80% of species have declined, with significant declines for >50%.
- The decline was similar across species traits and threatened status.
doi.org/10.1111/ddi.... @consbiog.bsky.social
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November in this calendar is the time to put flax in a ring and to break it with implements, and to scutch flax with a scutching knife.
#MedievalCalendar
MS M.399; Da Costa hours, illuminated by Simon Bening; ca. 1515 CE; Belgium; f.12v
#MedievalCalendar
MS M.399; Da Costa hours, illuminated by Simon Bening; ca. 1515 CE; Belgium; f.12v
October 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
November in this calendar is the time to put flax in a ring and to break it with implements, and to scutch flax with a scutching knife.
#MedievalCalendar
MS M.399; Da Costa hours, illuminated by Simon Bening; ca. 1515 CE; Belgium; f.12v
#MedievalCalendar
MS M.399; Da Costa hours, illuminated by Simon Bening; ca. 1515 CE; Belgium; f.12v
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“When we realised these jewels were only stolen to inflate the share price of a company whose entire value relies on the wholesale theft of other people’s art, we had no choice but grant immunity,”
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
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Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software
FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of ...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“When we realised these jewels were only stolen to inflate the share price of a company whose entire value relies on the wholesale theft of other people’s art, we had no choice but grant immunity,”
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
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Was that in Albuquerque, by any chance?
Hot dogs and frogs against fascism! 🌭🌭🌭🐸🐸🐸 #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Was that in Albuquerque, by any chance?
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”Falsehood flies & truth comes limping after it.”
Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish satirist, Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin, author of A Tale of a Tub, Gulliver's Travels, died #OTD 1745; champion of liberty, whose Saeva Indignatio inspired Voltaire, Yeats, Joyce, Orwell.
Trinity College Dublin
Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish satirist, Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin, author of A Tale of a Tub, Gulliver's Travels, died #OTD 1745; champion of liberty, whose Saeva Indignatio inspired Voltaire, Yeats, Joyce, Orwell.
Trinity College Dublin
October 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
”Falsehood flies & truth comes limping after it.”
Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish satirist, Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin, author of A Tale of a Tub, Gulliver's Travels, died #OTD 1745; champion of liberty, whose Saeva Indignatio inspired Voltaire, Yeats, Joyce, Orwell.
Trinity College Dublin
Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish satirist, Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin, author of A Tale of a Tub, Gulliver's Travels, died #OTD 1745; champion of liberty, whose Saeva Indignatio inspired Voltaire, Yeats, Joyce, Orwell.
Trinity College Dublin