Back in the summer, while walking in the Lake District, I came across a sign attributed to The Department of Lakeland Animism. I was curious about the group but can't find a single lead in online searches. Does anyone know anything about who is behind this?

Listening to the fascinating @jackashby.bsky.social unpack the hidden narratives and politics of natural history museum collections. I will never look at taxidermy the same way again.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

🫎 Delightful moose-watching opportunity 🫎

There's a paper just out on this too by @ericavonessen.bsky.social - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thank you @somersetwildlands.bsky.social for guiding me round your rewilding sites. I loved this worn, warped but still alive tree. It's exciting to think of what these patches of land might become months and decades (and centuries??) from now!

I met some giant sequoia this morning, in the appropriately named Big Tree Grove, just outside Bristol. There are apparently more sequoia in the UK than in their native US. Apparently their seeds arrived here in 1853. Given their long lives, this giant must be in its youth. doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

🌐 Digital ecologies: Mediating more-than-human worlds is OUT NOW with @manchesterup.bsky.social!

🍃 Eds: @jonnyjjt.bsky.social, @admsrl.bsky.social, Henry Anderson-Elliott & @evahaifa.bsky.social.

🎁 Get yours in time for Christmas!

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526170347/ #DigitalEcologies

Came across this critter at the allotment this morning. The first time I had met a #newt out and about. I don't suppose any herpetologists could ID it from this picture?

@annikabow.bsky.social Is this Nik from TechLife? If so, this is Nick from TechLife 👋

Guess what is back at Athelney? No not beavers, or wolves, or West Saxons.... something smaller but just as exciting...
www.somersetwildlands.org/news/highvol...

I'll be speaking at #COSummit24 on Thurs at 10.30 on co-production in conservation with Mark Hirons. The session's for those of you involved in conservation and policy. You can join online (or in person if you're in Oxford!) - see @conservoptimism.bsky.social for details.

#ConservationOptimism

If environmental science and policy is your thing, how about joining for a webinar I'm co-presenting on 3rd June with the Oxford Martin School? www.agile-initiative.ox.ac.uk/events/event...

I'm used now to news articles referring to "X, formerly known as Twitter". Today I read one that referred to "Twitter, formally known as X".

Took a moment to realise what was going on

Hats off to the unknown subeditor.

A reminder that the Extinction, Endangerment & Environmental Storytelling event starts today. You can join remotely for any talks. newnatures.org/extinction/n...

Writing a report on upcoming developments in natural capital accounting. Does anyone know of any interesting projects, plans, schemes or similar?

First post and it concerns AI. Somehow I feel my new book would approve!