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Quite a trek, just when I was thinking this book book just might finish on a joyously happy ending, it ends with an anthill...and just a little hope...
December 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Quite a trek, just when I was thinking this book book just might finish on a joyously happy ending, it ends with an anthill...and just a little hope...
@archaeologyeaa.bsky.social Absolutely loved this book, so enthralling!
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
@archaeologyeaa.bsky.social Absolutely loved this book, so enthralling!
Well written and factually accurate, this is a sort of compendium of events many will be familiar with already. Nevertheless I took great delight in seeing a mention of my favourite film (Akira Kurosawa's 'Dersu Uzala' , beautiful film) ...
October 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Well written and factually accurate, this is a sort of compendium of events many will be familiar with already. Nevertheless I took great delight in seeing a mention of my favourite film (Akira Kurosawa's 'Dersu Uzala' , beautiful film) ...
Extremely well-written, enjoyed reading this so much. Looking forward to reading his more recent book, The Song of the Cell...
October 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Extremely well-written, enjoyed reading this so much. Looking forward to reading his more recent book, The Song of the Cell...
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My god, this is like something out of Kim Stanley Robinson. Absolutely chilling to see
'Another unoccupied house collapsed into the ocean along North Carolina's Outer Banks on Saturday night. It's the 11th house to collapse since mid-September.
In total, 22 homes have collapsed into the ocean in the area since 2020.'
via AccuWeather [X] #ClimateCrisis #SeaLevel
In total, 22 homes have collapsed into the ocean in the area since 2020.'
via AccuWeather [X] #ClimateCrisis #SeaLevel
October 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
My god, this is like something out of Kim Stanley Robinson. Absolutely chilling to see
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Great reporting here. The Crown Estate is a public corporation but that doesn't mean it operates in any way to the benefit of the public - and it is obstructing the transition to renewables www.ft.com/content/c29c...
Greenpeace threatens to sue Crown Estate for pushing up UK energy prices
Cost of offshore wind increased by monopoly ownership of seabed, alleges campaign group
www.ft.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great reporting here. The Crown Estate is a public corporation but that doesn't mean it operates in any way to the benefit of the public - and it is obstructing the transition to renewables www.ft.com/content/c29c...
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Amazing story of the scrolls of Herculaneum, thought lost after Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. Could we find lost works by Aristotle and Theophrastus? www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
We’re finally reading the secrets of Herculaneum’s lost library
A whole library’s worth of papyri owned by Julius Caesar’s father-in-law were turned to charcoal by the eruption of Vesuvius. Nearly 2000 years later, we can at last read these lost treasures
www.newscientist.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Amazing story of the scrolls of Herculaneum, thought lost after Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. Could we find lost works by Aristotle and Theophrastus? www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
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This quote from Mike Berners-Lee - as CO2 reaches record high of 423.9 ppm 😱
Warns of 'cascading tipping points' - mounting evidence natural carbon sinks are reversing. 'The language in scientific papers is as close to screaming as you will get in an academic journal'.
October 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This quote from Mike Berners-Lee - as CO2 reaches record high of 423.9 ppm 😱
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Loving walking around and seeing rikishi sightseeing #LondonSumo
October 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Loving walking around and seeing rikishi sightseeing #LondonSumo
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The sumo in London is bringing a lot of joy
October 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The sumo in London is bringing a lot of joy
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The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
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Highly entertaining read, loathsome family. César Borgia met his timely end in Navarra, where I spent a lot of my childhood
September 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Highly entertaining read, loathsome family. César Borgia met his timely end in Navarra, where I spent a lot of my childhood
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The bigger the lie the more people will believe it
At the UN today Trump called climate change the ‘greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.’
Congrats to the clever plotters for enlisting the planet’s glaciers, oceans and forests in their scheme.
Congrats to the clever plotters for enlisting the planet’s glaciers, oceans and forests in their scheme.
September 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The bigger the lie the more people will believe it
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This is so grim. Basically Russian-backed anti-science campaign to spread anti-western feeling in Africa.
#malaria
#genedrive
#BurkinaFaso
#misinformation
"But opposition to the project has grown, fueled in part by false accusations spread through social media, such as that Target Malaria was weaponizing mosquitoes to spread disease or sterilize people."
#genedrive
#BurkinaFaso
#misinformation
"But opposition to the project has grown, fueled in part by false accusations spread through social media, such as that Target Malaria was weaponizing mosquitoes to spread disease or sterilize people."
After ‘humiliating’ raid, Burkina Faso halts ‘gene drive’ project to fight malaria
Disinformation campaign may have triggered “brutal” shutdown of mosquito lab
www.science.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is so grim. Basically Russian-backed anti-science campaign to spread anti-western feeling in Africa.
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We’re used to it from tech bro bullshit but this is Xi and Putin - caught musing about organ transplant and living to 150.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Hot mic catches Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality
Live footage of private conversation between Russian president and Chinese leader aired at Beijing military parade
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We’re used to it from tech bro bullshit but this is Xi and Putin - caught musing about organ transplant and living to 150.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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In we we enthuse about the organisms from Asgard and Loki's castle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEpI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEpI...
Scientists Discovered a 100,000-Year-Old Organism
YouTube video by New Scientist
www.youtube.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In we we enthuse about the organisms from Asgard and Loki's castle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEpI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEpI...
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Definitely don't repost the research that anti-wind groups are trying to bury using lawsuits
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/services-1
drive.google.com/file/d/1TAZw...
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/services-1
drive.google.com/file/d/1TAZw...
August 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Definitely don't repost the research that anti-wind groups are trying to bury using lawsuits
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/services-1
drive.google.com/file/d/1TAZw...
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/services-1
drive.google.com/file/d/1TAZw...
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“Gollum syndrome, where people are convinced everyone is taking their treasure.” 👏👏
London's mudlarks at war: feuds, fights and slurs on the shoreline.
It's a Bank Holiday so for one day only, I'm making this brilliant piece by @susborne.bsky.social free to read.
There's also an experimental one day flash sale for the first 25 people!
www.londoncentric.media/p/london-mud...
It's a Bank Holiday so for one day only, I'm making this brilliant piece by @susborne.bsky.social free to read.
There's also an experimental one day flash sale for the first 25 people!
www.londoncentric.media/p/london-mud...
London's mudlarks at war: feuds, fights and slurs on the shoreline
“Fuck off, this is my patch": A niche hobby exploded in popularity due to social media. Now the police are involved, as the people searching the Thames mud for historic artefacts battle each other.
open.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
“Gollum syndrome, where people are convinced everyone is taking their treasure.” 👏👏
Fictional account of some of the Italian war interns who drowned on the Arandora Star, in 1940. Quite a touching ending to the novel...
August 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Fictional account of some of the Italian war interns who drowned on the Arandora Star, in 1940. Quite a touching ending to the novel...
Very interesting, many unanswered questions in the field, pardon the pun
August 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Very interesting, many unanswered questions in the field, pardon the pun
Latest read. Found the horrific abuse of African Americans during the Mississipi floods of 1927 awful to read.
August 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Latest read. Found the horrific abuse of African Americans during the Mississipi floods of 1927 awful to read.
Found this book so engaging, really recommend. Positives and negatives...
July 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Found this book so engaging, really recommend. Positives and negatives...
This was informative but I found it lacking in any charm. If you enjoy reading about lab experiments run out and get this now...do focus on sleeping well
July 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This was informative but I found it lacking in any charm. If you enjoy reading about lab experiments run out and get this now...do focus on sleeping well
Fascinating book, interpreting ancient climates from plant fossils. Beautifully written
July 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Fascinating book, interpreting ancient climates from plant fossils. Beautifully written