Fiona Trewhella Purnell
@firadiance.bsky.social
Multidisciplinary Therapist and Bodyworker. Artist. Folkie attempting to learn several instruments! Singaround singer. Daisy Roots Skiffle Group musician. Scientist. Survivor. Whisky appreciation. Kitchen gardener. Walking. Cooking. Bookworm. Gentle soul.
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Okay but hear me out:
An independent bookstore that doubles as a bakery, triples as a café, and quadruples as a pet rescue.
An independent bookstore that doubles as a bakery, triples as a café, and quadruples as a pet rescue.
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Okay but hear me out:
An independent bookstore that doubles as a bakery, triples as a café, and quadruples as a pet rescue.
An independent bookstore that doubles as a bakery, triples as a café, and quadruples as a pet rescue.
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The UK’s ditching of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) showcases the Labour government’s disregard for environmental issues.
Starmer sells forests down the river in the Amazon
The UK’s ditching of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) showcases the Labour government’s disregard for environmental issues
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The UK’s ditching of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) showcases the Labour government’s disregard for environmental issues.
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A study in Nature Metabolism shows that the dietary fiber inulin modifies the gut #microbiome to better process fructose, helping prevent metabolic dysfunctions and emphasizing the role of dietary fiber. go.nature.com/4gKCvHe 🧪
October 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
A study in Nature Metabolism shows that the dietary fiber inulin modifies the gut #microbiome to better process fructose, helping prevent metabolic dysfunctions and emphasizing the role of dietary fiber. go.nature.com/4gKCvHe 🧪
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The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS
October 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS
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#JaneGoodall #Rip
It's a touching moment as Dr. Goodall receives a hug of thanks from the Chimpanzee "Wounda" who she nursed back to health from near death. "Wounda" is being release back into the wild.
Click the link below and unite to help save our planet.
youtu.be/EsUP2dftN9w
It's a touching moment as Dr. Goodall receives a hug of thanks from the Chimpanzee "Wounda" who she nursed back to health from near death. "Wounda" is being release back into the wild.
Click the link below and unite to help save our planet.
youtu.be/EsUP2dftN9w
Jane Goodall Is Hugged By Rescued Chimp.Touching!
YouTube video by Warrior1
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October 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
#JaneGoodall #Rip
It's a touching moment as Dr. Goodall receives a hug of thanks from the Chimpanzee "Wounda" who she nursed back to health from near death. "Wounda" is being release back into the wild.
Click the link below and unite to help save our planet.
youtu.be/EsUP2dftN9w
It's a touching moment as Dr. Goodall receives a hug of thanks from the Chimpanzee "Wounda" who she nursed back to health from near death. "Wounda" is being release back into the wild.
Click the link below and unite to help save our planet.
youtu.be/EsUP2dftN9w
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“Since young girls began reading about my early life and my career with the chimps, many, many, many of them have told me that they went into conservation or animal behavior because of me. I sincerely hope that it will help to create more interest and fascination in the natural world.”
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Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“Since young girls began reading about my early life and my career with the chimps, many, many, many of them have told me that they went into conservation or animal behavior because of me. I sincerely hope that it will help to create more interest and fascination in the natural world.”
Gift Link 🎁🔗
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"Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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October 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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As the climate warms, East Anglia is seeing an increase in ring-necked parakeets.
@davidj2024.bsky.social tracks their growth and considers the threat to native species in the region and beyond.
Full story ⤵️
@davidj2024.bsky.social tracks their growth and considers the threat to native species in the region and beyond.
Full story ⤵️
Ring-necked parakeets: exotic and noisy new neighbours
Where did they come from? Does it matter that they are here? David Jobbins looks at the rise of ring-necked parakeets in East Anglia
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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I guess you've heard some bad jokes about Fibonacci sequences?
Well, this one is as bad as the last two you heard put together.
Well, this one is as bad as the last two you heard put together.
June 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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It might be fairly common and overlooked but you've got to love those colours.
#ukbirds
#ukwildlife
#photography
#ukbirds
#ukwildlife
#photography
March 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
It might be fairly common and overlooked but you've got to love those colours.
#ukbirds
#ukwildlife
#photography
#ukbirds
#ukwildlife
#photography
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It's 5 yrs today since lockdown started in England, but "We must never have lockdown again" is the wrong lesson.
Lockdowns are terrible but so are deadly pandemics.
Our choices 5 years ago were limited - we can & must do better in the future.
Do read my post.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Lockdowns are terrible but so are deadly pandemics.
Our choices 5 years ago were limited - we can & must do better in the future.
Do read my post.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
We are learning the wrong lessons from lockdown
And unless we learn the right ones, we risk making the same mistakes in a new pandemic
open.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It's 5 yrs today since lockdown started in England, but "We must never have lockdown again" is the wrong lesson.
Lockdowns are terrible but so are deadly pandemics.
Our choices 5 years ago were limited - we can & must do better in the future.
Do read my post.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Lockdowns are terrible but so are deadly pandemics.
Our choices 5 years ago were limited - we can & must do better in the future.
Do read my post.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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🌳 It’s not just about having trees – it’s how they’re arranged.
A study of 6 million Swiss adults found that people living near connected tree cover had lower death rates than those near scattered, fragmented trees.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#SciComm #UrbanHealth 🧪
A study of 6 million Swiss adults found that people living near connected tree cover had lower death rates than those near scattered, fragmented trees.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#SciComm #UrbanHealth 🧪
Residential tree canopy configuration and mortality in 6 million Swiss adults: a longitudinal study
Aggregated, connected, and less fragmented forested greenspaces might offer stronger
health benefits than isolated, fragmented ones, but are difficult to implement in
cities. Our study provided valuab...
www.thelancet.com
March 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🌳 It’s not just about having trees – it’s how they’re arranged.
A study of 6 million Swiss adults found that people living near connected tree cover had lower death rates than those near scattered, fragmented trees.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#SciComm #UrbanHealth 🧪
A study of 6 million Swiss adults found that people living near connected tree cover had lower death rates than those near scattered, fragmented trees.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#SciComm #UrbanHealth 🧪
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🌿💬 Climate Action Through Hope
A fantastic article from @nature.com argues that celebrating nature and sharing hopeful stories can inspire climate action – beyond doom and gloom.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#SciComm #ClimateAction 🧪
A fantastic article from @nature.com argues that celebrating nature and sharing hopeful stories can inspire climate action – beyond doom and gloom.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#SciComm #ClimateAction 🧪
How scientists can drive climate action: celebrate nature and promote hope
After years of storytelling and running classes and festivals, I’ve seen first-hand how a love of nature makes people want to protect it.
www.nature.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
🌿💬 Climate Action Through Hope
A fantastic article from @nature.com argues that celebrating nature and sharing hopeful stories can inspire climate action – beyond doom and gloom.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#SciComm #ClimateAction 🧪
A fantastic article from @nature.com argues that celebrating nature and sharing hopeful stories can inspire climate action – beyond doom and gloom.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#SciComm #ClimateAction 🧪
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In troubling times, people experiencing high stress or crippling anxiety deal with it in different ways. Some have a therapist, some have a deep breathing exercise & some even have a personal mantra.
I have a Mabel.
I have a Mabel.
February 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
In troubling times, people experiencing high stress or crippling anxiety deal with it in different ways. Some have a therapist, some have a deep breathing exercise & some even have a personal mantra.
I have a Mabel.
I have a Mabel.
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A 10-year-old has a better plan for stopping plastic pollution than most politicians.
Amaya Edwards discovered an Australian scheme that’s keeping rivers and oceans clean. So why hasn’t the UK adopted it?
Amaya Edwards discovered an Australian scheme that’s keeping rivers and oceans clean. So why hasn’t the UK adopted it?
This simple solution stops pollution going into the sea
Amaya Edwards, 10, asks: If Australia can stop tonnes of plastic reaching the ocean, why isn’t the UK doing it?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A 10-year-old has a better plan for stopping plastic pollution than most politicians.
Amaya Edwards discovered an Australian scheme that’s keeping rivers and oceans clean. So why hasn’t the UK adopted it?
Amaya Edwards discovered an Australian scheme that’s keeping rivers and oceans clean. So why hasn’t the UK adopted it?
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Word of the day is ‘depooperit’, from 18th-century Scots: ‘enfeebled both mentally and physically’.
January 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Word of the day is ‘depooperit’, from 18th-century Scots: ‘enfeebled both mentally and physically’.
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The jaw dropping early C16th angel roof at St. Wendreda's in March, Cambridgeshire - Sir John Betjeman said it was "worth cycling forty miles into a headwind to see." It's hard to believe that this beautiful example of medieval craftsmanship is under threat #thread
January 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The jaw dropping early C16th angel roof at St. Wendreda's in March, Cambridgeshire - Sir John Betjeman said it was "worth cycling forty miles into a headwind to see." It's hard to believe that this beautiful example of medieval craftsmanship is under threat #thread
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January 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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The data is in. 2024 was the warmest year on record, and probably in the whole of human history – about 1.6°C warmer than the pre-industrial period.
More than 1 billion individual thermometer measurements, made by thousands of people over many decades, have been condensed into a single number.
More than 1 billion individual thermometer measurements, made by thousands of people over many decades, have been condensed into a single number.
January 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The data is in. 2024 was the warmest year on record, and probably in the whole of human history – about 1.6°C warmer than the pre-industrial period.
More than 1 billion individual thermometer measurements, made by thousands of people over many decades, have been condensed into a single number.
More than 1 billion individual thermometer measurements, made by thousands of people over many decades, have been condensed into a single number.
There is some gorgeous apricity about this morning: (17th century: warming sun on a winter’s day).
January 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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“As a child I needed free school meals, as mayor, I provide them. And this policy works – here’s the proof”
Sadiq Khan👏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sadiq Khan👏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As a child I needed free school meals, as mayor, I provide them. And this policy works – here’s the proof | Sadiq Khan
Critics questioned my landmark policy but a new report backs it – and the big winners are children and their families, says the mayor of London Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 12:51 PM
“As a child I needed free school meals, as mayor, I provide them. And this policy works – here’s the proof”
Sadiq Khan👏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sadiq Khan👏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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for you, for 2025
January 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
for you, for 2025
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December 28, 2024 at 6:23 PM
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Blue birds huddling together for warmth
December 27, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Blue birds huddling together for warmth