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Dr John Peters
@john-twohoots.bsky.social
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One time Professor of Higher Education; student partnership and social justice. Early NTF. Dad and historian. Now usually found in the woods or the woodshed; nature watching and wood turning.
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
john-twohoots.bsky.social
The Shire looking particularly beautiful this morning. ‘The foxes are making coffee’ as my girls now describe low lying mist.
A few sheep in a mist covered grassy field with the twisted shapes of a few bare old orchard and hedge trees. A wooded hill hangs above the mist with a blue sky and gleaming white clouds above.
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
History repeats. That’s why in Europe we have the ECHR. 🇪🇺
October 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
john-twohoots.bsky.social
The Shire, shrouded in mist this morning.
A view of the distant Malvern hills, under a blue sky, with mist shrouded fields in the middle distance. The fluffy heads of ‘old man’s beard’ cover the hedge in the foreground.
September 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
john-twohoots.bsky.social
Nice to see this buzzing about #Blackhousewood last week. Sorry not to get a photo in flight but nice to get one for identification! @WorcsWT
A hummingbird hawk moth siting on a rock.
August 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
john-twohoots.bsky.social
Oh no; this is terrible! www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests
Usage of punctuation down almost half in two decades as further research finds 67% of British students rarely use it
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Labour is handing this country on a silver platter to Reform. People do not vote Labour because they hate immigrants and want Reform-lite. They vote Labour because they want it to make a positive difference to their lives.
May 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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thehistoryguy.bsky.social
Clause 39, Magna Carta, June 1215

“The past is never dead. It's not even past"
William Faulkner
April 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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angelt.bsky.social
That’s wonderful, hadn’t seen it before. Also love this and not sure how Marion Montgomery kept a straight face towards the end.

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Marion Montgomery & Dudley Moore - "Close Your Eyes"
YouTube video by CjamPhotography
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April 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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levparikian.bsky.social
As Dudley Moore would have been 90 today, here is a piece of genius. youtu.be/KdmoxlqQQ4c?...
Dudley Moore Little Miss Britten.
YouTube video by The Nostalgia Machine
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April 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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simonpegg.bsky.social
I'm going to lower the tone now, and share this clip from Colbert's interview with Gary Oldman, who loses it completely when 'Jackson Lamb's noises are added to his other roles...
March 14, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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flintdibble.bsky.social
this video is the clearest narrative that tells about the last year of my life. from the debate on joe rogan to the harassment i've faced in the aftermath. plus I cameo at the end

any boosts greatly appreciated!

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The Great Big Pseudoarcheology Debunk (Graham Hancock, Dan Richards, Jimmy Corsetti)
YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains
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April 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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flintdibble.bsky.social
Amazing video by Professor Dave about Graham Hancock, Joe Rogan, Jimmy Corsetti, Dan Richards, and me

Please share far and wide!

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The Great Big Pseudoarcheology Debunk (Graham Hancock, Dan Richards, Jimmy Corsetti)
YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains
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April 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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vickybookerlit.bsky.social
A dandelion.
Yellow sunburst of a flower, its petals are long and thin, radiating out from a pointy closely packed centre. The petals are thinner and more rounded at the tips than yesterday's yellower flower.
April 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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vickybookerlit.bsky.social
Not a dandelion.
Bright golden yellow flowers made up of many long oblong petals around a tight centre, the petal with jagged saw tooth ends.
April 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
john-twohoots.bsky.social
A veritable forest of toothwort at the lower entrance to #Blackhousewood. @worcswt.bsky.social
Four stems of toothwort - looking like towers of molar teeth abandoned by the tooth fairy - at the base of a hazel coppice
April 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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savebutterflies.bsky.social
The latest data from the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme has shown that 2024 was the worst year on record for the Small Tortoiseshell, with a steep 86% decline in abundance since 1976. 📉

📷: Iain H Leach
#ButterflyEmergency @ukbms.bsky.social
A Small Tortoiseshell butterfly perched on a yellow flower.
April 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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theleftbible.bsky.social
This.
April 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
john-twohoots.bsky.social
Another frosty, then misty start to yet another beautiful spring day in the Shire. 🤗
Green fields, hedgerows, a cherry tree in white blossom, and the ‘blue remembered hills’ beyond.
April 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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richardfoxbc.bsky.social
Time to dive into the 2024 @ukbms.bsky.social results. Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) had its worst year since monitoring began. This was also the case in each of the 4 UK countries separately. It’s had 10 below average years in a row now and has declined by a staggering 86% since 1976.
📷 Mark Searle
April 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
john-twohoots.bsky.social
First Speckled Wood of the year! 🥹 #blackhousewood @worcswt.bsky.social
Giraffe coloured, brown with yellow patches, butterfly on bright green wood spurge
April 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
john-twohoots.bsky.social
By no means the greatest photo but, given that I didn’t see a single small tortoiseshell butterfly last year, still worth celebrating!
Small tortoiseshell butterfly on meadow chaff.
April 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
john-twohoots.bsky.social
10 Peacock butterflies, 2 red admirals and a Brimstone on the way round #blackhousewood today @worcswt.bsky.social
A peacock butterfly in the leaf litter.
April 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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benansell.bsky.social
For Americans who didn’t get the joy of living through the Truss/Kwarteng budget, this is the point where the government starts to call the stock market left-wing and/or woke.
April 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM