Alex Morss 🦇🏴☠️♾️
@alexmorss.bsky.social
Bristol mum, botanist, ecologist, author, ghost writer, journalist, NUJ person, sci comms, woke Oxbridge working class scum. Into science, activism, politics, books, art, music
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I know where there is some exciting & interesting buried ancient treasure.
I can’t be arsed to wrangle with the landowner & the Crown though, so I’ve stayed silent about it for many years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I can’t be arsed to wrangle with the landowner & the Crown though, so I’ve stayed silent about it for many years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Treasure finds in England reach record high
Treasure finds in England have reached a record high according to provisional government figures.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I know where there is some exciting & interesting buried ancient treasure.
I can’t be arsed to wrangle with the landowner & the Crown though, so I’ve stayed silent about it for many years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I can’t be arsed to wrangle with the landowner & the Crown though, so I’ve stayed silent about it for many years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I know where there is some exciting & interesting buried ancient treasure.
I can’t be arsed to wrangle with the landowner & the Crown though, so I’ve stayed silent about it for many years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I can’t be arsed to wrangle with the landowner & the Crown though, so I’ve stayed silent about it for many years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Treasure finds in England reach record high
Treasure finds in England have reached a record high according to provisional government figures.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I know where there is some exciting & interesting buried ancient treasure.
I can’t be arsed to wrangle with the landowner & the Crown though, so I’ve stayed silent about it for many years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I can’t be arsed to wrangle with the landowner & the Crown though, so I’ve stayed silent about it for many years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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In his new book ‘The Stuff that Stuff is Made of’, Jonathan Drori encourages young readers to be curious about our relationship with plants. 🏡🌍
🧪 Learn more: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/stuff-made-jonathan-drori-cbe-qi0ne/?trackingId=2hPjjPZCTrCRUoGuV7IOTQ%3D%3D
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The Stuff that Stuff is Made Of
My new book, just published in North America, UK/Ireland and Australasia, is an attempt to inspire young readers to enjoy and be curious about our relationships with plants. Having had such a sustained and positive reaction to Around the World in 80 Trees and Around the World in 80 Plants, I wanted
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November 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
In his new book ‘The Stuff that Stuff is Made of’, Jonathan Drori encourages young readers to be curious about our relationship with plants. 🏡🌍
🧪 Learn more: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/stuff-made-jonathan-drori-cbe-qi0ne/?trackingId=2hPjjPZCTrCRUoGuV7IOTQ%3D%3D
🧪 Learn more: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/stuff-made-jonathan-drori-cbe-qi0ne/?trackingId=2hPjjPZCTrCRUoGuV7IOTQ%3D%3D
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New report shows people don’t want new homes to be built at nature’s expense www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
New report shows people don’t want new homes to be built at nature’s expense www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
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📢 TICKET SALES END 17:00 TOMORROW
Join ARC & The British Herpetological Society for a popular one-day conference covering a broad range of herpetology topics.
Learn more and book 👇
https://www.arc-trust.org/Event/arc-bhs-joint-scientific-meeting-2025
Join ARC & The British Herpetological Society for a popular one-day conference covering a broad range of herpetology topics.
Learn more and book 👇
https://www.arc-trust.org/Event/arc-bhs-joint-scientific-meeting-2025
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📢 TICKET SALES END 17:00 TOMORROW
Join ARC & The British Herpetological Society for a popular one-day conference covering a broad range of herpetology topics.
Learn more and book 👇
https://www.arc-trust.org/Event/arc-bhs-joint-scientific-meeting-2025
Join ARC & The British Herpetological Society for a popular one-day conference covering a broad range of herpetology topics.
Learn more and book 👇
https://www.arc-trust.org/Event/arc-bhs-joint-scientific-meeting-2025
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Tackling wildlife crime means tackling organised crime❗
Wildlife crime offenders are involved in other serious crimes:
💥 59% linked to violence
💰 58% linked to theft or criminal damage
🐇 For poaching and hare coursing, that rises to over 70%
🚨 27% have links to domestic violence
Wildlife crime offenders are involved in other serious crimes:
💥 59% linked to violence
💰 58% linked to theft or criminal damage
🐇 For poaching and hare coursing, that rises to over 70%
🚨 27% have links to domestic violence
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Tackling wildlife crime means tackling organised crime❗
Wildlife crime offenders are involved in other serious crimes:
💥 59% linked to violence
💰 58% linked to theft or criminal damage
🐇 For poaching and hare coursing, that rises to over 70%
🚨 27% have links to domestic violence
Wildlife crime offenders are involved in other serious crimes:
💥 59% linked to violence
💰 58% linked to theft or criminal damage
🐇 For poaching and hare coursing, that rises to over 70%
🚨 27% have links to domestic violence
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Can ecological surgery of ant mounds help to restore grassland habitats?
- www.gabrielleflinn.com/post/ecologi...
@ukceh.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk Funded by John Lewis Partnership Foundation.
My own ant hill work chronicled: storvaxt.blogspot.com/2025/10/enco...
- www.gabrielleflinn.com/post/ecologi...
@ukceh.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk Funded by John Lewis Partnership Foundation.
My own ant hill work chronicled: storvaxt.blogspot.com/2025/10/enco...
November 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Can ecological surgery of ant mounds help to restore grassland habitats?
- www.gabrielleflinn.com/post/ecologi...
@ukceh.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk Funded by John Lewis Partnership Foundation.
My own ant hill work chronicled: storvaxt.blogspot.com/2025/10/enco...
- www.gabrielleflinn.com/post/ecologi...
@ukceh.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk Funded by John Lewis Partnership Foundation.
My own ant hill work chronicled: storvaxt.blogspot.com/2025/10/enco...
🇪🇺 Today was my last day in my science editor job for the European Commission.
I’ve worked with some very lovely brilliant people and on some really interesting science - on wildlife conservation & environment.
I’m on my way home now, with nice gifts of flowers and… a new tent (random freebie!) 😃💐🥰
I’ve worked with some very lovely brilliant people and on some really interesting science - on wildlife conservation & environment.
I’m on my way home now, with nice gifts of flowers and… a new tent (random freebie!) 😃💐🥰
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🇪🇺 Today was my last day in my science editor job for the European Commission.
I’ve worked with some very lovely brilliant people and on some really interesting science - on wildlife conservation & environment.
I’m on my way home now, with nice gifts of flowers and… a new tent (random freebie!) 😃💐🥰
I’ve worked with some very lovely brilliant people and on some really interesting science - on wildlife conservation & environment.
I’m on my way home now, with nice gifts of flowers and… a new tent (random freebie!) 😃💐🥰
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Slime mold in local woods. Fascinating stuff.
October 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Slime mold in local woods. Fascinating stuff.
I’m so tired of hearing news I cannot change & feeling crippling guilt & anxiety for things I did not do.
It’s not my bad.
I do everything I can, I have for years.
It’s not my fault.
I’m not in power.
I vote against it.
My carbon footprint has been below 3 tonnes/pa for years.
I live simply.
It’s not my bad.
I do everything I can, I have for years.
It’s not my fault.
I’m not in power.
I vote against it.
My carbon footprint has been below 3 tonnes/pa for years.
I live simply.
October 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I’m so tired of hearing news I cannot change & feeling crippling guilt & anxiety for things I did not do.
It’s not my bad.
I do everything I can, I have for years.
It’s not my fault.
I’m not in power.
I vote against it.
My carbon footprint has been below 3 tonnes/pa for years.
I live simply.
It’s not my bad.
I do everything I can, I have for years.
It’s not my fault.
I’m not in power.
I vote against it.
My carbon footprint has been below 3 tonnes/pa for years.
I live simply.
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Imagine being as catastrophically wrong as it’s possible to be about a subject, costing your country’s people huge amounts of money and devaluing their pensions, and STILL being allowed to talk bollocks in national news media opinion pieces.
October 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Imagine being as catastrophically wrong as it’s possible to be about a subject, costing your country’s people huge amounts of money and devaluing their pensions, and STILL being allowed to talk bollocks in national news media opinion pieces.
Loads of people are still clinging to the bad place. Isn’t it weird how difficult it is to convince folk to walk away from the devil they know & choose something better?
I work with a lot of comms people who blame the lack of analytics tools here, but we can simply see that X is worse than useless.
I work with a lot of comms people who blame the lack of analytics tools here, but we can simply see that X is worse than useless.
October 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Loads of people are still clinging to the bad place. Isn’t it weird how difficult it is to convince folk to walk away from the devil they know & choose something better?
I work with a lot of comms people who blame the lack of analytics tools here, but we can simply see that X is worse than useless.
I work with a lot of comms people who blame the lack of analytics tools here, but we can simply see that X is worse than useless.
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Predictable response to the petition against airport expansion: GrOwTH is what matters above all else (you poor misguided fools), other countries are doing it (so more wrongs make a right?) and technology will magic any environmental problems away (yeah and pigs might fly). To oblivion and beyond!
October 22, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Predictable response to the petition against airport expansion: GrOwTH is what matters above all else (you poor misguided fools), other countries are doing it (so more wrongs make a right?) and technology will magic any environmental problems away (yeah and pigs might fly). To oblivion and beyond!
Good piece. Spot on. The rapid rise of #Greens is a #Halloween horror to right wing media:
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/23/t...
“Cosy tabloid silos are in deep shock...If you want to propose doing anything about climate, genocide, grotesque inequality, these people lose the plot.” #Churnalism
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/23/t...
“Cosy tabloid silos are in deep shock...If you want to propose doing anything about climate, genocide, grotesque inequality, these people lose the plot.” #Churnalism
October 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Good piece. Spot on. The rapid rise of #Greens is a #Halloween horror to right wing media:
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/23/t...
“Cosy tabloid silos are in deep shock...If you want to propose doing anything about climate, genocide, grotesque inequality, these people lose the plot.” #Churnalism
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/23/t...
“Cosy tabloid silos are in deep shock...If you want to propose doing anything about climate, genocide, grotesque inequality, these people lose the plot.” #Churnalism
🦇 Temp full time bat job going - maternity cover.
www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jobs-careers/bats-in-churches-advisor-maternity-cover
www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jobs-careers/bats-in-churches-advisor-maternity-cover
Bats in Churches Advisor - Maternity cover - Jobs / Contracts - Bat Conservation Trust
Full time (37.5 per week, not including one hour for lunch)Fixed term contract as maternity coverSalary: £30,422 per annum pro rataDuration: 19th Januar...
www.bats.org.uk
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🦇 Temp full time bat job going - maternity cover.
www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jobs-careers/bats-in-churches-advisor-maternity-cover
www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jobs-careers/bats-in-churches-advisor-maternity-cover
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This essentially means you cannot marry or form a long term relationship with a foreigner - if they fall sick, have a baby, lose their job, or just decide to take a break and write a book about cheeses of the West Country, they can be deported.
Tory policy is to revoke permanent residence (ILR) for everybody who does not earn £38k - deporting most nurses who have ILR
This is put in the video as "who is unlikely to contribute more than they cost"
NB: video does not say EU settled status is exempt
No govt since Idi Amin has done this
This is put in the video as "who is unlikely to contribute more than they cost"
NB: video does not say EU settled status is exempt
No govt since Idi Amin has done this
October 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This essentially means you cannot marry or form a long term relationship with a foreigner - if they fall sick, have a baby, lose their job, or just decide to take a break and write a book about cheeses of the West Country, they can be deported.
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Calling botanical researchers, the School of Natural Science at Trinity College Dublin is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor in Plant Biodiversity and Conservation.
I know this is someone's dream job, so let me know if that is you and you want to chat!
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
I know this is someone's dream job, so let me know if that is you and you want to chat!
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
October 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Calling botanical researchers, the School of Natural Science at Trinity College Dublin is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor in Plant Biodiversity and Conservation.
I know this is someone's dream job, so let me know if that is you and you want to chat!
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
I know this is someone's dream job, so let me know if that is you and you want to chat!
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
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"A powerful documentary about American book bans" (The Hollywood Reporter)
★★★★★ "One of the most important films of the year.” (Irish Examiner)
★★★★★ (Culturefly)
★★★★ (The Guardian)
@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social is available to watch at home now and screening in select UK cinemas.
★★★★★ "One of the most important films of the year.” (Irish Examiner)
★★★★★ (Culturefly)
★★★★ (The Guardian)
@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social is available to watch at home now and screening in select UK cinemas.
October 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"A powerful documentary about American book bans" (The Hollywood Reporter)
★★★★★ "One of the most important films of the year.” (Irish Examiner)
★★★★★ (Culturefly)
★★★★ (The Guardian)
@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social is available to watch at home now and screening in select UK cinemas.
★★★★★ "One of the most important films of the year.” (Irish Examiner)
★★★★★ (Culturefly)
★★★★ (The Guardian)
@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social is available to watch at home now and screening in select UK cinemas.
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Mehdi Hasan, "Is rejoining the EU a Green Party aim"
Zack Polanski, "Yes it is"
And just like that, the Green Party have leapfrogged the LibDems
Zack Polanski, "Yes it is"
And just like that, the Green Party have leapfrogged the LibDems
October 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Mehdi Hasan, "Is rejoining the EU a Green Party aim"
Zack Polanski, "Yes it is"
And just like that, the Green Party have leapfrogged the LibDems
Zack Polanski, "Yes it is"
And just like that, the Green Party have leapfrogged the LibDems
If any of you are freelance writers the deadline is tomorrow to respond to this
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/sto...
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/sto...
Stop the freelance rip-off
All freelances in the UK should respond to government's consultation on late payments and poor payment practices. It's time for urgent change.
www.nuj.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
If any of you are freelance writers the deadline is tomorrow to respond to this
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/sto...
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/sto...
The British Museum might know where the stolen jewels are.
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The British Museum might know where the stolen jewels are.