John Moore
@oldmutter.bsky.social
Nature-friendly farmer in the Welsh Marches, flute player, wild camper, rock climber, ecologist. Boomer (just!). Riding a Mutt Mongrel 250. PhD The ecology and re-introduction of the Chequered Skipper butterfly in England (2004). Still coviding.
Covid vax day today at Tesco Extra. Outrageously expensive. Nobody masked except me and one other person waiting to be vaccinated.
October 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Covid vax day today at Tesco Extra. Outrageously expensive. Nobody masked except me and one other person waiting to be vaccinated.
Reposted by John Moore
Look who came with
September 18, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Look who came with
There is never a bad time to listen to this perfect song by Jake Thackray. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PG6...
Jake Thackray - The Bull
YouTube video by kozmicstu
www.youtube.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
There is never a bad time to listen to this perfect song by Jake Thackray. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PG6...
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary at Llanfair Waterdine, South Shropshire today. #ukwildlife #UKButterflies
June 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary at Llanfair Waterdine, South Shropshire today. #ukwildlife #UKButterflies
We have rain at last! Maybe the spring that supplies all the farm and domestic water won't dry up after all, and the hundreds of trees planted last winter will be saved.
May 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM
We have rain at last! Maybe the spring that supplies all the farm and domestic water won't dry up after all, and the hundreds of trees planted last winter will be saved.
Red moon rising tonight for the second night in a row. Any redder and it will surely drip blood. Something serious coming. (Poor photo alert).
May 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Red moon rising tonight for the second night in a row. Any redder and it will surely drip blood. Something serious coming. (Poor photo alert).
The beauty of a Welsh mountain stream. #WaterfallWednesday.
May 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The beauty of a Welsh mountain stream. #WaterfallWednesday.
Reposted by John Moore
This is the real news story:
Disillusioned Labour votes far more likely to vote Green or Lib Dem (43% and 40%) compared to only 9% shifting to Reform.
Share widely to counteract all the misinformation that justifies a further shift to the Right by the gov.
Disillusioned Labour votes far more likely to vote Green or Lib Dem (43% and 40%) compared to only 9% shifting to Reform.
Share widely to counteract all the misinformation that justifies a further shift to the Right by the gov.
The government are wrong if they see yesterday's results as a further reason to shift right.
People are certainly disillusioned, and 2024 Labour voters are looking elsewhere - but mostly to the Greens or Lib Dems, not Reform.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
People are certainly disillusioned, and 2024 Labour voters are looking elsewhere - but mostly to the Greens or Lib Dems, not Reform.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
May 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This is the real news story:
Disillusioned Labour votes far more likely to vote Green or Lib Dem (43% and 40%) compared to only 9% shifting to Reform.
Share widely to counteract all the misinformation that justifies a further shift to the Right by the gov.
Disillusioned Labour votes far more likely to vote Green or Lib Dem (43% and 40%) compared to only 9% shifting to Reform.
Share widely to counteract all the misinformation that justifies a further shift to the Right by the gov.
Reposted by John Moore
Never more glad to have left Lincolnshire 40 years ago than I am today. And well done Shropshire (where I live now) for stepping that little bit left to avoid onrushing bandwagon.
May 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Never more glad to have left Lincolnshire 40 years ago than I am today. And well done Shropshire (where I live now) for stepping that little bit left to avoid onrushing bandwagon.
A quick trip round some mid Wales hills on the Mutt 250. Little bikes + little roads = fun, adventure and really wild things.
April 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A quick trip round some mid Wales hills on the Mutt 250. Little bikes + little roads = fun, adventure and really wild things.
Reposted by John Moore
Just read it. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social is right. What more can I add? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Just read it. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social is right. What more can I add? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by John Moore
Amazing. After nearly losing her house, and being locked away in a legal battle for years because of one innocuous line in her last TED Talk, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social returns to the Lion’s Den, and calls out the Broligarchs
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
youtu.be
April 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Amazing. After nearly losing her house, and being locked away in a legal battle for years because of one innocuous line in her last TED Talk, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social returns to the Lion’s Den, and calls out the Broligarchs
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
Shropshire (breed) lambs on the Shropshire Hills.
April 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Shropshire (breed) lambs on the Shropshire Hills.
Reposted by John Moore
A lot of people are assuming that the new process for Environmental Delivery Plans will be that developers will get surveys of the site and pay into the Nature Restoration Fund where appropriate.
But the government are quoted here as saying something very different 1/2
www.ft.com/content/7a97...
But the government are quoted here as saying something very different 1/2
www.ft.com/content/7a97...
UK planning reforms threaten thousands of ecologists’ jobs, sector warns
Dropping green requirements could lead to job losses, says industry body
www.ft.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
A lot of people are assuming that the new process for Environmental Delivery Plans will be that developers will get surveys of the site and pay into the Nature Restoration Fund where appropriate.
But the government are quoted here as saying something very different 1/2
www.ft.com/content/7a97...
But the government are quoted here as saying something very different 1/2
www.ft.com/content/7a97...
Just heard my first Curlew call of the year!
March 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just heard my first Curlew call of the year!
Who invented pistachio halva? Genius.
March 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Who invented pistachio halva? Genius.
Shropshire ewe and lamb in Shropshire sunshine - bit of a rarity of late.
February 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Shropshire ewe and lamb in Shropshire sunshine - bit of a rarity of late.
Reposted by John Moore
This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
IT IS A COUP
This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Reposted by John Moore
It's been quite a start to 2025... and we're still only 5 weeks into the year
Carl Sagan made this speech in 1990, the wisdom of these compelling arguments still holds true 35 years later. 🧪⚒️🌡️🔥⛈️
The evidence is clear, the risks are real, our choices matter
💙💙🤍💛🧡❤️♥️💔
Carl Sagan made this speech in 1990, the wisdom of these compelling arguments still holds true 35 years later. 🧪⚒️🌡️🔥⛈️
The evidence is clear, the risks are real, our choices matter
💙💙🤍💛🧡❤️♥️💔
Carl Sagan on Military Spending and Climate Change
YouTube video by Lucky Tran
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It's been quite a start to 2025... and we're still only 5 weeks into the year
Carl Sagan made this speech in 1990, the wisdom of these compelling arguments still holds true 35 years later. 🧪⚒️🌡️🔥⛈️
The evidence is clear, the risks are real, our choices matter
💙💙🤍💛🧡❤️♥️💔
Carl Sagan made this speech in 1990, the wisdom of these compelling arguments still holds true 35 years later. 🧪⚒️🌡️🔥⛈️
The evidence is clear, the risks are real, our choices matter
💙💙🤍💛🧡❤️♥️💔
Reposted by John Moore
"The argument put forward by the government, to justify the lack of #airborne mitigations, is that #Covid-19 is not ‘predominantly’ spread via the airborne route; they maintain that the ‘predominant’ mode of spread is through droplets and contact. This position now goes against the latest science."
Why do UK Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) guidelines still not acknowledge airborne transmission of Covid-19? | Anne Marie McConway
@annemarie1.bsky.social
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
@annemarie1.bsky.social
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
‘Airborne’ seems to be the hardest word
Why do UK Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) guidelines still not acknowledge airborne transmission of Covid-19?
northwestbylines.co.uk
February 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
From back in 1979 as the monetarists/neoliberals/conservatives started their takeover. At least that's my take on it. #JethroTull www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R0b...
Dark Ages (2004 Remaster)
YouTube video by Jethro Tull - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
From back in 1979 as the monetarists/neoliberals/conservatives started their takeover. At least that's my take on it. #JethroTull www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R0b...
Shropshire sheep on the Shropshire hills. A few lambs coming now.
February 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Shropshire sheep on the Shropshire hills. A few lambs coming now.