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Henricus Peters
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Helping people reconnect with Nature - custodians, not always customers | Some humour & comments, too | My website https://tinyurl.com/Henricusp | I am lead editor of NAEE Journal www.naee.org.uk & Wildlife Australia magazine
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Henricus Peters @learnfromnature.bsky.social · Nov 29
Yes friends I too have joined BlueSky POSITIVE social networking platform~ to support nature conservation through media; together we can make a difference… please follow for #Nature #geography #environment #education #soils #photography
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Brazil claims to be an environmental leader. Are they? #COP30
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Brazil claims to be an environmental leader. Are they?
Brazil’s Amazon COP30 climate summit will test if a resource-based nation can lead on climate action. It’s a dilemma Australia also faces.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Tasting #Singaporean snacks
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Trying Singaporean Snacks 🇸🇬
YouTube video by Max Klymenko
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November 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Did You Know? The amazing #dingo is super agile including being able to climb trees despite being a #mammal
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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The #platypus has many unique features including yes it has venomous spurs on its feet causing extreme pain & being only one of two egg-laying #mammals
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Did you know? Some birds have dexterous feet

By having two toes forward, and two back instead of the 3v1 system of many birds, parrots, owls and some woodpeckers, can handle food and climb on vertical surfaces easier

#ScienceFactFriday
A Greater Spotted Woodpecker uses its unusual toe arrangement to grip tightly onto a branch.
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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4/4 Please do listen to @davegoulson.bsky.social clip about being kind to wasps....
Despite the large size & proximity of this nest site, they haven't caused any issues at all & my boisterous / careless grandkids have visited & left safe & sound.
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Be Kind to Wasps
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
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September 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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SAD news, almost beyond words!! But I will use them …. The #bird the slender-billed curlew is now #extinct @davegoulson.bsky.social
davegoulson.bsky.social Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · Oct 11
Officially extinct yesterday, RIP slender-billed curlew
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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A charming essay by the former chair of Africana studies at Bowdoin College about the New York Times crafting elitist propaganda.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Campaign group Restore Nature with @davegoulson.bsky.social are fighting to protect Todrig from turning into an ecological desert in the form of a spruce plantation– Scot Forestry didn’t even think it deemed an environmental impact assessment . Beggars belief .
November 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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📢 REGISTRATION OPEN

#BOU2026 | Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026

University of Nottingham & Zoom & Bluesky

Check out the programme and book your place today!

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#ornithology 🪶
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Heat pumps help people stay cool in the summer. In this latest research and video, I discuss how efficient cooling technologies (e.g., heat pumps) can reduce energy insecurity. W/ @lucyqiu-umd.bsky.social #EnergySky #energy #energypolicy
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Dr. Destenie Nock: Can Heat Pumps Reduce Energy Insecurity?
YouTube video by College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
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October 31, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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I'll be repeating this for a very long time 🙏🏼 Thank you 😊
ms-motorcyclemama.bsky.social 🦋M.S. MotorcycleMama 🏍️༄₊°.࿔ ༘. ⃛ ♡ ⃛ ⨾ @ms-motorcyclemama.bsky.social · 26d
🎗️ Helpful reminders 🎗️

If I say it enough, maybe it will click in my brain 🤷🏻‍♀️
Pastel light colored background with the quote, “Anxiety comes from focusing on an uncontrollable future. Depression comes from focusing on an unchangeable past.”
October 16, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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#MS fatigue isn’t “being tired.” It’s your body burning through energy faster than a crackhead through a dime bag. Yeah, I said it.

New post → mssucks.co/k

#MSSucks #MSFatigue
Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: MS Fatigue
MS fatigue isn’t “just being tired.” It’s neurological chaos that drains your battery faster than caffeine can load it. Spoiler: naps don’t fix this.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Yes folks it’s the @dipteristsforum.bsky.social Day & AGM
dipteristsforum.bsky.social DipteristsForum @dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 6d
It's that time of year again, Dipterists Forum 'Dipterists Day & AGM' 🪰

Nov 14th 2025- a day in the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge Diptera collections

Nov 15th 2025 - Dipterists Day and AGM

For more details please go to dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...
November 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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A wasp-mimic Drone fly (Monoceromyia trinotata) for #insectthursday.
Kalagarh Tiger Reserve, Aug 2025.

#macroPhotography #macrohour #ThePhotoHour #natgeoyourshot #Himalayas #nature #entomology #biodiversity #Nikon #insectencounter #niffeature2025 @royentsoc.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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One #evening at the summit of La Dent d’Oche, a goat has paused in its ascent, surprised by the late presence of a human 🙂

#photography #color #nature #mountain #france #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow
At the summit of La Dent d’Oche in France, a mountain goat stands facing the camera, its silhouette outlined by the dimming light of evening. Behind it, Lake Geneva stretches far below, its surface reflecting the pale glow of the descending sun. The air is filled with the soft hues of dusk, rose, blue, and gold blending into a quiet haze. The goat’s gaze meets the viewer’s, calm yet alert, as if it has paused in its ascent to acknowledge this shared moment at the edge of day. The backlight outlines the texture of its fur, each strand kissed by light, while the foreground is scattered with alpine grasses and reddish moss catching the same golden tone. Far beyond, the world fades into distance, villages, hills, and the lake melting together in the stillness. There’s an intimate sense of presence: a creature of the mountain standing between solitude and serenity, evening and night, earth and sky.
November 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Fascinating that only the Mako #shark appears on this list , and the #orca or killer whale #ocean #wildlife #animals
November 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Geopolitics, backsliding and progress: here’s what to expect at this year’s #COP30 global climate talks
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Geopolitics, backsliding and progress: here’s what to expect at this year’s COP30 global climate talks
As climate change worsens, some states are backsliding on climate action. Next week, negotiators will gather in Brazil to try to restore flagging energy.
theconversation.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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The quietening of British #birds @richardkbroughton.bsky.social
richardkbroughton.bsky.social Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 12d
A video is now available of the lecture I gave last week to the Linnean Society & British Ornithologists' Club in London, on woodland birds, Marsh Tits & Willow Tits (~45 mins): www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7HF... #ornithology #ukbirding @ukceh.bsky.social
A Quietening of the Woods | The Decline of Woodland Birds
YouTube video by Linnean Society
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November 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Could the election of Mamdani inadvertently help Trump?

Could Zohran Mamdani's election win as New York mayor actually be a gift for disorderers like Trump? Jason and @janekinninmont.bsky.social debate this in next week's episode. Here's a preview.
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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the IUCN have passed the Longevity Conservation motion put forward to them by @kellerfish.bsky.social and @pili-scotland.bsky.social and based on the paper we wrote on the value of older individuals in animal societies.
www.cdu.edu.au/news/global-...
Global body adopts policy to protect Earth’s old, wise and large animals | Charles Darwin University
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recognised Charles Darwin University-led research into the Earth’s oldest animals with the adoption of the ‘Longevity Conservation’ global...
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October 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Excellent to see #map for such a practical project @ramblersscotland.bsky.social
ramblersscotland.bsky.social Ramblers Scotland @ramblersscotland.bsky.social · 28d
Big thanks to ministers, MSPs, MPs, councillors, candidates and members at #SNP25 for filling up our map of favourite walks. From mountain top to coast, woodland and river; from city to country, the map shows just how rich our walking opportunities are!
November 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Into #reptiles #amphibians ??
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arc-trust.bsky.social Amphibian and Reptile Conservation @arc-trust.bsky.social · 3d
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Learn more and book 👇
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November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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No mention at all of #COP30
profbillmcguire.bsky.social Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 2d
On the BBC News front page, you can find out how two prisoners were accidentally released last year, about a TV celebrity's cancer surgery, and about how to make veggie meatball soup

But no mention AT ALL of the COP30 climate summit

I am lost for words

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November 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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What all these pastoral idyll fantasies overlook is that the countryside is as artificial and removed from nature as the city, just in a different way, and in a fashion that allows its true believers to pretend they are the embodiment of the 'Old Ways'. This is bunk, as is much romanticism.
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM