Frances with an e
@frmq.bsky.social
Former associate lecturer with the Open University, environmentalist, walker, singer and dog woman
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🌼 Make this your #12DaysWild activity!
Join the New Year Plant Hunt (1–4 Jan): take a winter walk, spot wildflowers, and help track climate change. Easy, fun & makes a difference!
👉 bsbi.org/take-part/activities/new-year-plant-hunt
#NewYearPlantHunt @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Join the New Year Plant Hunt (1–4 Jan): take a winter walk, spot wildflowers, and help track climate change. Easy, fun & makes a difference!
👉 bsbi.org/take-part/activities/new-year-plant-hunt
#NewYearPlantHunt @bsbibotany.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 1:51 PM
🌼 Make this your #12DaysWild activity!
Join the New Year Plant Hunt (1–4 Jan): take a winter walk, spot wildflowers, and help track climate change. Easy, fun & makes a difference!
👉 bsbi.org/take-part/activities/new-year-plant-hunt
#NewYearPlantHunt @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Join the New Year Plant Hunt (1–4 Jan): take a winter walk, spot wildflowers, and help track climate change. Easy, fun & makes a difference!
👉 bsbi.org/take-part/activities/new-year-plant-hunt
#NewYearPlantHunt @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Attenborough's Wild London on the BBC is perfect New year viewing
January 2, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Attenborough's Wild London on the BBC is perfect New year viewing
Just watched it with my dog - it was the first time she had shown any interest in the TV (foxes). I had to let her out into the garden so she could check they had gone!
Beautiful TV, although (whisper it) I am not a fan of foxes.
Beautiful TV, although (whisper it) I am not a fan of foxes.
Attenborough's Wild London on the BBC is perfect New year viewing
January 2, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Just watched it with my dog - it was the first time she had shown any interest in the TV (foxes). I had to let her out into the garden so she could check they had gone!
Beautiful TV, although (whisper it) I am not a fan of foxes.
Beautiful TV, although (whisper it) I am not a fan of foxes.
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Happy New Year! 🌅
It's 2026 - what’s your new year's resolution?
Ours is to continue protecting our spectacular wildlife.
Here’s to a year filled with nature & conservation wins!
📷 Paul Watkins
It's 2026 - what’s your new year's resolution?
Ours is to continue protecting our spectacular wildlife.
Here’s to a year filled with nature & conservation wins!
📷 Paul Watkins
January 2, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Happy New Year! 🌅
It's 2026 - what’s your new year's resolution?
Ours is to continue protecting our spectacular wildlife.
Here’s to a year filled with nature & conservation wins!
📷 Paul Watkins
It's 2026 - what’s your new year's resolution?
Ours is to continue protecting our spectacular wildlife.
Here’s to a year filled with nature & conservation wins!
📷 Paul Watkins
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Hi there Blue Sky folks! I'm new here, Here's some Bach Cello Suits in the west of Ireland winter sun. Is what you're into? Would you like to hear more? I'm finding it too upsetting to open up Twitter these days...
January 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Hi there Blue Sky folks! I'm new here, Here's some Bach Cello Suits in the west of Ireland winter sun. Is what you're into? Would you like to hear more? I'm finding it too upsetting to open up Twitter these days...
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Reform’s previous leader in Wales has just been jailed for 10 years after admitting to being a Russian asset.
December 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Reform’s previous leader in Wales has just been jailed for 10 years after admitting to being a Russian asset.
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“Hope. Humanity. Dignity. Peace.
They have been in short supply in #Gaza, the #WestBank and the rest of the region for too long.
As 2026 begins, I wish these values will find their meaning for #Palestine Refugees and anyone impacted by conflict.”
- UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
They have been in short supply in #Gaza, the #WestBank and the rest of the region for too long.
As 2026 begins, I wish these values will find their meaning for #Palestine Refugees and anyone impacted by conflict.”
- UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
January 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
“Hope. Humanity. Dignity. Peace.
They have been in short supply in #Gaza, the #WestBank and the rest of the region for too long.
As 2026 begins, I wish these values will find their meaning for #Palestine Refugees and anyone impacted by conflict.”
- UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
They have been in short supply in #Gaza, the #WestBank and the rest of the region for too long.
As 2026 begins, I wish these values will find their meaning for #Palestine Refugees and anyone impacted by conflict.”
- UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
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🔴 Thirty-seven aid organisations barred in move to keep ‘hostile actors or supporters of terrorism’ out of territory
December 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🔴 Thirty-seven aid organisations barred in move to keep ‘hostile actors or supporters of terrorism’ out of territory
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Nature - fun, odd, amazing, beautiful and totally this planet. 2025 - what a year, what a rollercoaster, some tears, some hope
Please let us look after our world in 2026, it’s the only one that I live on and I happen to like it..
Please let us look after our world in 2026, it’s the only one that I live on and I happen to like it..
December 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Nature - fun, odd, amazing, beautiful and totally this planet. 2025 - what a year, what a rollercoaster, some tears, some hope
Please let us look after our world in 2026, it’s the only one that I live on and I happen to like it..
Please let us look after our world in 2026, it’s the only one that I live on and I happen to like it..
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🎶🎶Yaxley-Lennon, get out of my pub🎶🎶👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Definitely need to get some good reviews posted e.g. fascists not welcome here.
Definitely need to get some good reviews posted e.g. fascists not welcome here.
December 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🎶🎶Yaxley-Lennon, get out of my pub🎶🎶👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Definitely need to get some good reviews posted e.g. fascists not welcome here.
Definitely need to get some good reviews posted e.g. fascists not welcome here.
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Happy orbit completion day everyone!
May 2026 be the year fossil fuels finally go into terminal decline, and we start to heal the climate rather than destroy it.
Happy new orbit!
May 2026 be the year fossil fuels finally go into terminal decline, and we start to heal the climate rather than destroy it.
Happy new orbit!
December 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Happy orbit completion day everyone!
May 2026 be the year fossil fuels finally go into terminal decline, and we start to heal the climate rather than destroy it.
Happy new orbit!
May 2026 be the year fossil fuels finally go into terminal decline, and we start to heal the climate rather than destroy it.
Happy new orbit!
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Tommy Robinson got kicked out of a pub in Bedford and threw a massive tantrum.
Not everyone supports teeny tiny tommy 10 names. Great to see him being barred from this pub.Kudos to the landlord. But sad to say followers of rancid robinson have been posting horrendous reviews about the pub. Something should be done about this.
youtube.com/shorts/y6ZCT...
youtube.com/shorts/y6ZCT...
Tommy Robinson kicked out of the rose in Bedford.
YouTube video by Working Class Patriot
youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Tommy Robinson got kicked out of a pub in Bedford and threw a massive tantrum.
Some welcome perspective from #NaomiKlein in #TheGuardian today. Seems there is more nuance here than the shouters would have us believe.
December 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Some welcome perspective from #NaomiKlein in #TheGuardian today. Seems there is more nuance here than the shouters would have us believe.
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Today is not the day that Guy Fawkes died but it might be the day my little terrified dog does, if those bloody fireworks don't stop soon!
Why? Just why! 🤬
Why? Just why! 🤬
December 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Today is not the day that Guy Fawkes died but it might be the day my little terrified dog does, if those bloody fireworks don't stop soon!
Why? Just why! 🤬
Why? Just why! 🤬
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Another campaign to go peat free, it only takes a second, please sign (link in comment below). Such an easy step we could take to address both climate and biodiversity crises.
December 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Another campaign to go peat free, it only takes a second, please sign (link in comment below). Such an easy step we could take to address both climate and biodiversity crises.
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This week, Professor James Hansen and colleagues published projections that the global temperature record could reach +1.7°C by 2027.
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
Two Years to 1.7°C: the “Prediction Game” We Can’t Afford to Lose
Australia’s sweltering through another early-summer heatwave, and I’m trying to decide whether to write about the weather outside my window - or the bigger climate system we’re reengineering on this p...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This week, Professor James Hansen and colleagues published projections that the global temperature record could reach +1.7°C by 2027.
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
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When an extreme event hits a place that has no built resilience, that place, is more often than not taken below a tipping point from which complete recovery is not possible.
This leads to permanent loss.
We see this playing out everywhere.
news.un.org/en/story...
#ClimateCrisis
This leads to permanent loss.
We see this playing out everywhere.
news.un.org/en/story...
#ClimateCrisis
Fifty days on, Jamaica struggles to rebuild after Hurricane Melissa’s unprecedented destruction
Fifty days have passed since Hurricane Melissa ravaged Jamaica, leaving behind an unprecedented trail of destruction.
news.un.org
December 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
When an extreme event hits a place that has no built resilience, that place, is more often than not taken below a tipping point from which complete recovery is not possible.
This leads to permanent loss.
We see this playing out everywhere.
news.un.org/en/story...
#ClimateCrisis
This leads to permanent loss.
We see this playing out everywhere.
news.un.org/en/story...
#ClimateCrisis
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Also... it's Christmas.
One of the most dangerous times for anyone at risk from domestic violence.
Please, be especially vigilant over the next week or so.
Don't ignore anything that you "think" you heard or saw.
One of the most dangerous times for anyone at risk from domestic violence.
Please, be especially vigilant over the next week or so.
Don't ignore anything that you "think" you heard or saw.
The idea of “imported” violence against women and girls is a deeply comforting fiction - one that allows people to avoid looking at where it actually happens: within our homes and behind closed doors.
The Violence Isn’t Imported. It’s Domestic.
Kemi Badenoch’s attempt to blame violence against women on migrants doesn’t just collapse under scrutiny - it actively distracts us from where the harm really happens, and who is actually responsible.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Also... it's Christmas.
One of the most dangerous times for anyone at risk from domestic violence.
Please, be especially vigilant over the next week or so.
Don't ignore anything that you "think" you heard or saw.
One of the most dangerous times for anyone at risk from domestic violence.
Please, be especially vigilant over the next week or so.
Don't ignore anything that you "think" you heard or saw.
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Happy Winter Solstice, one and all - and welcome back, Light ✨
And thank you @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social for allowing me to share your magical Winter Fox and Solstice Blessings painting!
#wintersolstice
And thank you @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social for allowing me to share your magical Winter Fox and Solstice Blessings painting!
#wintersolstice
December 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Happy Winter Solstice, one and all - and welcome back, Light ✨
And thank you @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social for allowing me to share your magical Winter Fox and Solstice Blessings painting!
#wintersolstice
And thank you @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social for allowing me to share your magical Winter Fox and Solstice Blessings painting!
#wintersolstice
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🚨 “There remains appalling and preventable levels of hunger in Gaza.” Our reaction to the latest report from @theipcinfo.bsky.social, the global Integrated Food Security Classification. Read more: bit.ly/BlockedAid
December 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🚨 “There remains appalling and preventable levels of hunger in Gaza.” Our reaction to the latest report from @theipcinfo.bsky.social, the global Integrated Food Security Classification. Read more: bit.ly/BlockedAid
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Shooting hares will finally be banned for most of the year, and a ban on trail hunting will be announced Monday as part of a package of animal welfare measures
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
Exclusive: Ministers also expected to announce trail-hunting ban in sweeping changes to animal welfare law
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Shooting hares will finally be banned for most of the year, and a ban on trail hunting will be announced Monday as part of a package of animal welfare measures
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Michel Mone linked firm goes bust bit.ly/3Yzqwns Liquidation means the money will not be repaid unless the govt can go after the personal assets in trust but that could be tricky.
PPE company linked to ex-Tory peer Michelle Mone goes into liquidation
PPE Medpro owes government £148m for supplying unusable personal protective equipment during Covid-19 pandemic
bit.ly
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Michel Mone linked firm goes bust bit.ly/3Yzqwns Liquidation means the money will not be repaid unless the govt can go after the personal assets in trust but that could be tricky.
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I presume that this is not the culture that is “not equally valid” that Kemi Badenoch was referring to, no?
December 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I presume that this is not the culture that is “not equally valid” that Kemi Badenoch was referring to, no?