Britta Kuempers
@botanistbritta.bsky.social
Postdoc at Exeter Uni, excited about duckweed evodevo. Keen botanist, gardener & nature enthusiast with a love for bioimaging. Mum of two.
Late for #WildflowerHour: water crowfoot found on dartmoor today. Don't know which one it was. Any tricks for telling them apart?
March 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Late for #WildflowerHour: water crowfoot found on dartmoor today. Don't know which one it was. Any tricks for telling them apart?
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Wenn ihr übrigens in Deutschland wahlberechtigt seid, aber derzeitig nicht in Deutschland lebt und dort keinen Wohnsitz habt, muss der Antrag spätestens am 02.02. bei der zuständigen Gemeinde *eingegangen* sein. Den sellt ihr also am besten JETZT. Infos: bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswa...
January 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Wenn ihr übrigens in Deutschland wahlberechtigt seid, aber derzeitig nicht in Deutschland lebt und dort keinen Wohnsitz habt, muss der Antrag spätestens am 02.02. bei der zuständigen Gemeinde *eingegangen* sein. Den sellt ihr also am besten JETZT. Infos: bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswa...
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January 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Competition time!
Would you like to win a voucher for £15 to spend in our store?
Simply follow us, like and share this post for a chance to win 😊🦋🐛🐝🦇
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#MHHSBD
Would you like to win a voucher for £15 to spend in our store?
Simply follow us, like and share this post for a chance to win 😊🦋🐛🐝🦇
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#MHHSBD
Wonderful frost patterns on the outside of our triple glazed roof window. We call them eisblumen in German - ice flowers
January 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Wonderful frost patterns on the outside of our triple glazed roof window. We call them eisblumen in German - ice flowers
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Made the most of an unplanned snow day with the kids yesterday. Managed to get three different types of plant involved with mistletoe hair, purple carrot nose and magnolia twig arms
#SpotTheBotanist :)
#SpotTheBotanist :)
November 22, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Made the most of an unplanned snow day with the kids yesterday. Managed to get three different types of plant involved with mistletoe hair, purple carrot nose and magnolia twig arms
#SpotTheBotanist :)
#SpotTheBotanist :)
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The Higgledy seed shop is open.
We have some discounted Christmas bundles....if you've been good.
#gardening 🌱
higgledygarden.com/shop/
We have some discounted Christmas bundles....if you've been good.
#gardening 🌱
higgledygarden.com/shop/
November 22, 2024 at 4:36 PM
The Higgledy seed shop is open.
We have some discounted Christmas bundles....if you've been good.
#gardening 🌱
higgledygarden.com/shop/
We have some discounted Christmas bundles....if you've been good.
#gardening 🌱
higgledygarden.com/shop/
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Time is running out
To stop #globalwarming exceeding 1.5°C, the world must act now
The 2024 Global Carbon Budget – published today – reveals the scale of the challenge facing world leaders at #COP29Baku
Read more here 👉 news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e... #carbonbudget
To stop #globalwarming exceeding 1.5°C, the world must act now
The 2024 Global Carbon Budget – published today – reveals the scale of the challenge facing world leaders at #COP29Baku
Read more here 👉 news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e... #carbonbudget
November 13, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Time is running out
To stop #globalwarming exceeding 1.5°C, the world must act now
The 2024 Global Carbon Budget – published today – reveals the scale of the challenge facing world leaders at #COP29Baku
Read more here 👉 news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e... #carbonbudget
To stop #globalwarming exceeding 1.5°C, the world must act now
The 2024 Global Carbon Budget – published today – reveals the scale of the challenge facing world leaders at #COP29Baku
Read more here 👉 news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e... #carbonbudget
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You don’t need to reinvent the wheel. You don’t need to start a new organization, or lead the charge. Chances are there are already people in your community doing work on the problems you want to address. Find them, help them.
November 21, 2024 at 6:29 PM
You don’t need to reinvent the wheel. You don’t need to start a new organization, or lead the charge. Chances are there are already people in your community doing work on the problems you want to address. Find them, help them.
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People often fall into the trap of thinking that the need is too great, what can one person do? If I can’t devote my life to the cause what’s the point? And the truth is you can make a big difference in other people’s lives by taking relatively small actions, at the scale you can
Honestly this is what I wish I could get across to everyone. Don't wait for someone else. Look at what you can do, right now. I don't care if it feels small or pointless, fucking do it. Act. Get up and do one thing.
And if there was one message I wish I could convey, from our groups to you, it's that - don't wait.
When you see a need, don't wait to try to fill it or fix the problem. There's no "authority" or "adults in the room" to wait for.
There's just us, and we're enough.
Don't wait.
Act.
When you see a need, don't wait to try to fill it or fix the problem. There's no "authority" or "adults in the room" to wait for.
There's just us, and we're enough.
Don't wait.
Act.
November 21, 2024 at 6:27 PM
People often fall into the trap of thinking that the need is too great, what can one person do? If I can’t devote my life to the cause what’s the point? And the truth is you can make a big difference in other people’s lives by taking relatively small actions, at the scale you can
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Angle shades (Phlogophora meticulosa, German: Achateule) an awesome moth
August 18, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Angle shades (Phlogophora meticulosa, German: Achateule) an awesome moth
Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2023 at 7:36 PM
Merry Christmas!
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This reminds of a tweet which has stuck with me.
"People riding bikes on pavements are an indicator species for poor urban design"
Same with e-scooters and e-bikes. Sure, some folks are being irresponsible, but the key issue is ALL non-car-users are being forced to the margins of our thoroughfares.
"People riding bikes on pavements are an indicator species for poor urban design"
Same with e-scooters and e-bikes. Sure, some folks are being irresponsible, but the key issue is ALL non-car-users are being forced to the margins of our thoroughfares.
Lol
1. Acting as if this isn't an infrastructure issue
2. Happily ignoring how many people cars kill directly, nevermind indirectly through pollution
1. Acting as if this isn't an infrastructure issue
2. Happily ignoring how many people cars kill directly, nevermind indirectly through pollution
My head agrees with this, my pedestrian heart which observes the willful solipsism of actual exist e-bikers and scooter users in Washington DC is appalled. I mean, the threat to little kids, the elderly, & wheelchair users is incredible & indefensible.
November 20, 2023 at 2:40 PM
This reminds of a tweet which has stuck with me.
"People riding bikes on pavements are an indicator species for poor urban design"
Same with e-scooters and e-bikes. Sure, some folks are being irresponsible, but the key issue is ALL non-car-users are being forced to the margins of our thoroughfares.
"People riding bikes on pavements are an indicator species for poor urban design"
Same with e-scooters and e-bikes. Sure, some folks are being irresponsible, but the key issue is ALL non-car-users are being forced to the margins of our thoroughfares.
I love the flower colour of this Christmas cactus.
November 17, 2023 at 10:51 AM
I love the flower colour of this Christmas cactus.