Ian Senior
@ians4ad.bsky.social
4AD nut, shoegazer, ex Plant Biologist now Web Developer at Oxford Uni. Committee Member of the Friend's of Earlham Cemetery. Fungi botherer & flora finder with some of Norfolks best botanists & field mycologists
Mastodon: @ians4AD@mas.to
Twitter: @Ians4AD
Mastodon: @ians4AD@mas.to
Twitter: @Ians4AD
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🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them:
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them:
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
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This is worse than a joke.
You can’t effectively regulate a profit-first system. We’re throwing good money after bad and not even tackling the root problem.
Any solution that doesn’t involve public ownership is a waste of the public’s time and money.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
You can’t effectively regulate a profit-first system. We’re throwing good money after bad and not even tackling the root problem.
Any solution that doesn’t involve public ownership is a waste of the public’s time and money.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Water firms could be let off pollution fines as part of government overhaul
Exclusive: Campaigners claim changes will let companies ‘off the hook’, as government prepares to unveil new white paper for water industry
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 AM
This is worse than a joke.
You can’t effectively regulate a profit-first system. We’re throwing good money after bad and not even tackling the root problem.
Any solution that doesn’t involve public ownership is a waste of the public’s time and money.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
You can’t effectively regulate a profit-first system. We’re throwing good money after bad and not even tackling the root problem.
Any solution that doesn’t involve public ownership is a waste of the public’s time and money.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Massaria inquinans ex Acer pseudoplatanus
#Massariainquinans #Massaria #GroßsporigerAhornKugelpilz #Acerpseudoplatanus #Bergahorn #sycamore #Érablesycomore #acerodimonte #arceblanco #mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #champignons #champignon #nature #natur #FungiFriends
#Massariainquinans #Massaria #GroßsporigerAhornKugelpilz #Acerpseudoplatanus #Bergahorn #sycamore #Érablesycomore #acerodimonte #arceblanco #mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #champignons #champignon #nature #natur #FungiFriends
January 20, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Massaria inquinans ex Acer pseudoplatanus
#Massariainquinans #Massaria #GroßsporigerAhornKugelpilz #Acerpseudoplatanus #Bergahorn #sycamore #Érablesycomore #acerodimonte #arceblanco #mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #champignons #champignon #nature #natur #FungiFriends
#Massariainquinans #Massaria #GroßsporigerAhornKugelpilz #Acerpseudoplatanus #Bergahorn #sycamore #Érablesycomore #acerodimonte #arceblanco #mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #champignons #champignon #nature #natur #FungiFriends
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Chimaphila umbellata, our Pipsissewa, blooming above Palmer Lake #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 19 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 19 🌿
January 19, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Chimaphila umbellata, our Pipsissewa, blooming above Palmer Lake #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 19 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 19 🌿
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Pyrola picta, our uncommon White-veined Wintergreen, blooming above Palmer Lake #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 19 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 19 🌿
January 19, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Pyrola picta, our uncommon White-veined Wintergreen, blooming above Palmer Lake #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 19 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 19 🌿
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Earthfan, Thelephora terrestris.
East Winch Common, on yesterday's Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray.
www.first-nature.com/fungi/thelep...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
East Winch Common, on yesterday's Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray.
www.first-nature.com/fungi/thelep...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
January 19, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Earthfan, Thelephora terrestris.
East Winch Common, on yesterday's Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray.
www.first-nature.com/fungi/thelep...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
East Winch Common, on yesterday's Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray.
www.first-nature.com/fungi/thelep...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
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Nail Fungus, Poronia punctata.
On pony dung at East Winch Common, yesterday, on a Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray.
www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2019/05/08/n...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
On pony dung at East Winch Common, yesterday, on a Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray.
www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2019/05/08/n...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
January 19, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Nail Fungus, Poronia punctata.
On pony dung at East Winch Common, yesterday, on a Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray.
www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2019/05/08/n...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
On pony dung at East Winch Common, yesterday, on a Norfolk Fungus Study Group foray.
www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2019/05/08/n...
#Fungi #FungiFriends
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Does your planet have a CTRL ALT DELETE function? If so now might be a good time.
January 19, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Does your planet have a CTRL ALT DELETE function? If so now might be a good time.
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Found some Scarlet Waxcrust (Phlebia coccineofulva) on an American hornbeam stem! 😍 #Mushrooms
December 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Found some Scarlet Waxcrust (Phlebia coccineofulva) on an American hornbeam stem! 😍 #Mushrooms
One weird fungus!
Found a giant patch of the bizarre and equally beautiful Collared Calostoma (Calostoma lutescens). I observed this mycorrhizal fungus in this same exact spot 5 years ago but hadn’t been back to check on it until today! #Mushrooms #FungiFriends
January 18, 2026 at 4:08 PM
One weird fungus!
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Countless colors and textures out today on the Ferncliff peninsula! #Mushrooms
December 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Countless colors and textures out today on the Ferncliff peninsula! #Mushrooms
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In only a few short months, it will be springbeauty rust season here in the north central Appalachian 🥳! This disease is caused by Puccinia mariae-wilsoniae, an obligate fungal parasite of Carolina springbeauty (Claytonia caroliniana)! #Mushrooms #FungiFriends
January 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
In only a few short months, it will be springbeauty rust season here in the north central Appalachian 🥳! This disease is caused by Puccinia mariae-wilsoniae, an obligate fungal parasite of Carolina springbeauty (Claytonia caroliniana)! #Mushrooms #FungiFriends
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Malaxis brachypoda, our rare White Adder's-mouth orchid, blooming somewhere in JeffCo. This is the rarest #orchid in Colorado. #orchids #nativeplants
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to July 18 🌿
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to July 18 🌿
January 18, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Malaxis brachypoda, our rare White Adder's-mouth orchid, blooming somewhere in JeffCo. This is the rarest #orchid in Colorado. #orchids #nativeplants
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to July 18 🌿
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to July 18 🌿
Got hold of the #NorwichScienceFestival booklet listing activities for their 10th anniversary. Aggi's Tiny Friends game will be part of the #MicrobeZoo. Come along to the festival and play the game at February half-term. See:
store.steampowered.com/app/3190840/...
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
store.steampowered.com/app/3190840/...
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Got hold of the #NorwichScienceFestival booklet listing activities for their 10th anniversary. Aggi's Tiny Friends game will be part of the #MicrobeZoo. Come along to the festival and play the game at February half-term. See:
store.steampowered.com/app/3190840/...
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
store.steampowered.com/app/3190840/...
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
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Thanks to county lichen recorder @robyaxley.bsky.social for visiting Eaton Park in Norwich today for a lichen survey. We also recorded some lichenicolous fungi, four of which are shown here: Erythricium aurantiacum, Illosporiopsis christiansenii, Athelia arachnoidea & Unguiculariopsis thallophila.
January 17, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Thanks to county lichen recorder @robyaxley.bsky.social for visiting Eaton Park in Norwich today for a lichen survey. We also recorded some lichenicolous fungi, four of which are shown here: Erythricium aurantiacum, Illosporiopsis christiansenii, Athelia arachnoidea & Unguiculariopsis thallophila.
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Orchid season 2026 now well underway here. Mine was a bit delayed, but caught up with some flowers yesterday.
Ophrys speculum and Romulea tempskyana phone pics.
Ophrys speculum and Romulea tempskyana phone pics.
January 17, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Orchid season 2026 now well underway here. Mine was a bit delayed, but caught up with some flowers yesterday.
Ophrys speculum and Romulea tempskyana phone pics.
Ophrys speculum and Romulea tempskyana phone pics.
Possible Luffia lapidella,
Ramshorn Bagworm moth? @norwichbirder.bsky.social
Ramshorn Bagworm moth? @norwichbirder.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Possible Luffia lapidella,
Ramshorn Bagworm moth? @norwichbirder.bsky.social
Ramshorn Bagworm moth? @norwichbirder.bsky.social
Our Norfolk Flora Group use that term too! What do you reckon @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social & @bramblebotanist.bsky.social
Here is a bit of a necro-botany (if there is such a thing) challenge…..anybody want to hazard a guess?
January 16, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Our Norfolk Flora Group use that term too! What do you reckon @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social & @bramblebotanist.bsky.social
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My new favourite Cladonia is C. rangiferina, which I went to see today at its only known site in Norfolk near Horsey Gap. More usually found on montane heaths in Scotland, it’s a robust bushy “reindeer moss” with a pale grey and brown colour scheme. Seems to be doing well.
January 16, 2026 at 5:21 PM
My new favourite Cladonia is C. rangiferina, which I went to see today at its only known site in Norfolk near Horsey Gap. More usually found on montane heaths in Scotland, it’s a robust bushy “reindeer moss” with a pale grey and brown colour scheme. Seems to be doing well.
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Also it was good to see that the legally protected Paralecanographa grumulosa is still present on the north and east side of Winterton church. A parasite of Dirina massiliensis.
January 16, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Also it was good to see that the legally protected Paralecanographa grumulosa is still present on the north and east side of Winterton church. A parasite of Dirina massiliensis.
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Some rotting Peltigera (hymenina) at Horsey Gap had this fungus on it, which I make to be Nectriopsis lecanodes, another species with a northern UK bias to its records.
January 16, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Some rotting Peltigera (hymenina) at Horsey Gap had this fungus on it, which I make to be Nectriopsis lecanodes, another species with a northern UK bias to its records.
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Calochortus gunnisonii, our Gunnison's Mariposa Lily, blooming near Eldora #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 16 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 16 🌿
January 16, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Calochortus gunnisonii, our Gunnison's Mariposa Lily, blooming near Eldora #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 16 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 16 🌿
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"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
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Primula pauciflora, our Shooting Stars, blooming roadside in North Park #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 14 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 14 🌿
January 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Primula pauciflora, our Shooting Stars, blooming roadside in North Park #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 14 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 14 🌿
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Global warming surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius for the past three years, meaning Earth is currently on track to breach the Paris climate agreement by the end of the decade
2025 Wasn’t the Hottest Year on Record. Earth Is Still Barreling to the Climate Brink
Global warming surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius for the past three years, meaning Earth is currently on track to breach the Paris climate agreement by the end of the decade
www.scientificamerican.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Global warming surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius for the past three years, meaning Earth is currently on track to breach the Paris climate agreement by the end of the decade