Manuela Boeckle
@manuelaboeckle.bsky.social
Photographer, reader, gardener -
(culture/politics of) food & ecology also on top of the list
Instagram.com/manuelaboeckle/
(culture/politics of) food & ecology also on top of the list
Instagram.com/manuelaboeckle/
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Just 13k more signatures and the call for a public inquiry into Russian interference has to be debate in Parliament
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Just 13k more signatures and the call for a public inquiry into Russian interference has to be debate in Parliament
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
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Robert Filliou. Man Carrying his Own Sun on a String, 1973
November 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Robert Filliou. Man Carrying his Own Sun on a String, 1973
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"...with winter looming, and assuming successful outcomes of further cardiology (for both Given and me) in Rome, we will likely begin a fourth year aboard Wrack, ignoring the challenges of old age..."
Please read our latest update. We really need your help.
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
Please read our latest update. We really need your help.
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"...with winter looming, and assuming successful outcomes of further cardiology (for both Given and me) in Rome, we will likely begin a fourth year aboard Wrack, ignoring the challenges of old age..."
Please read our latest update. We really need your help.
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
Please read our latest update. We really need your help.
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
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Did you know there are more living organisms in one handful of healthy soil than there are people on Earth? It can take 100s of years for just 1cm of soil to form, so it's vital we look after it – avoiding pesticides is one easy action.
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/sav...
#biodiversity
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/sav...
#biodiversity
August 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Did you know there are more living organisms in one handful of healthy soil than there are people on Earth? It can take 100s of years for just 1cm of soil to form, so it's vital we look after it – avoiding pesticides is one easy action.
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/sav...
#biodiversity
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/sav...
#biodiversity
August 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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‘Bee buffets’: the pollinator pathways turning drab alleys into insect havens
‘Bee buffets’: the pollinator pathways turning drab alleys into insect havens
Corridors of nectar-rich plants encourage pollination and brighten up city streets at the same time
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:17 AM
‘Bee buffets’: the pollinator pathways turning drab alleys into insect havens
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Pesticide-free public spaces are already the norm in Paris, and in Denmark, showing chemicals aren't needed to maintain them
Two thirds of the British public would support “schools, parks, playgrounds & other public spaces" being pesticide free
Time for a ban
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Two thirds of the British public would support “schools, parks, playgrounds & other public spaces" being pesticide free
Time for a ban
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Half of UK councils still use pesticides in public places, research finds
Pesticide-free movement has grown, but many local authorities still spray weedkiller linked to wildlife declines and cancer
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Pesticide-free public spaces are already the norm in Paris, and in Denmark, showing chemicals aren't needed to maintain them
Two thirds of the British public would support “schools, parks, playgrounds & other public spaces" being pesticide free
Time for a ban
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Two thirds of the British public would support “schools, parks, playgrounds & other public spaces" being pesticide free
Time for a ban
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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May 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Interested in joining the search? Find out more about UV surveys here 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/uv
📷: Steven Lofting, Pete Hughes
📷: Steven Lofting, Pete Hughes
UV Surveys
Accurate monitoring of butterfly populations serves as a valuable indicator of ecosystem health, helps determine the impacts of environmental changes, and can contribute to the conservation of threate...
butterfly-conservation.org
May 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Interested in joining the search? Find out more about UV surveys here 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/uv
📷: Steven Lofting, Pete Hughes
📷: Steven Lofting, Pete Hughes
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You can make a meaningful donation to Ukraine yourself, right here.
u24.gov.ua
u24.gov.ua
UNITED24 - The initiative of the President of Ukraine
UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...
u24.gov.ua
June 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
You can make a meaningful donation to Ukraine yourself, right here.
u24.gov.ua
u24.gov.ua
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This👇 is how it should be done
We need changes to the #PlanningBill to make developments like this the norm rather than the exception
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We need changes to the #PlanningBill to make developments like this the norm rather than the exception
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘People love being here’: London development shows harmony between nature and housing
Five thousand new homes alongside a paradise for newts appears to fly in face of government’s ‘false wedge’
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This👇 is how it should be done
We need changes to the #PlanningBill to make developments like this the norm rather than the exception
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We need changes to the #PlanningBill to make developments like this the norm rather than the exception
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We don't need a huge space to add a mini drainpipe wetland. Video tutorial for a great biodiversity weekend project by the #WWT #WildfowlandWetlandTrust
Includes UK and Ireland plant list
www.wwt.org.uk/discover-wet...
Includes UK and Ireland plant list
www.wwt.org.uk/discover-wet...
How to build a mini drainpipe wetland
Do you wish you had a pond, but donât have the space? Hereâs a great idea to turn your drainpipe into a mini-pond with built in water supply â youâll have your very own wetland reserve. And it...
www.wwt.org.uk
March 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We don't need a huge space to add a mini drainpipe wetland. Video tutorial for a great biodiversity weekend project by the #WWT #WildfowlandWetlandTrust
Includes UK and Ireland plant list
www.wwt.org.uk/discover-wet...
Includes UK and Ireland plant list
www.wwt.org.uk/discover-wet...
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“Photography can’t stop time from flowing, but it can take a piece of three-dimensional time and flatten it, like a pressed flower.” —Susan Moon
The Way of the Rails
Life as a train ride across the country
tricycle.org
March 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“Photography can’t stop time from flowing, but it can take a piece of three-dimensional time and flatten it, like a pressed flower.” —Susan Moon
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Two new Kurt Jackson exhibitions — 'Biodiversity' at Cornwall Museum & Art Gallery, and 'Sea Flower' at the Jackson Foundation — have just opened in Cornwall www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/03/kurt...
March 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Two new Kurt Jackson exhibitions — 'Biodiversity' at Cornwall Museum & Art Gallery, and 'Sea Flower' at the Jackson Foundation — have just opened in Cornwall www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/03/kurt...
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Thinking about pre-digital small/medium format photography and how a contact or proof sheet used to be as important a part of the photographic process as framing and exposing the images themselves. More than just a reference document, it preserved and percolated subconscious ideas.
March 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Thinking about pre-digital small/medium format photography and how a contact or proof sheet used to be as important a part of the photographic process as framing and exposing the images themselves. More than just a reference document, it preserved and percolated subconscious ideas.
‘A plant is not a being without a ‘me’, it’s a being whose ‘me’ is reflected in hundreds of portions of the body’ Emanuele Coccia from ‘Plants know’ #plantphotography #plantabstract #newzealandflax #plants #phormiumtenax #photography
March 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
‘A plant is not a being without a ‘me’, it’s a being whose ‘me’ is reflected in hundreds of portions of the body’ Emanuele Coccia from ‘Plants know’ #plantphotography #plantabstract #newzealandflax #plants #phormiumtenax #photography
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Currently exhibited at London’s Somerset House, ‘Soil: The World at Our Feet’ reimagines its subject as something radical, fruitful and celestial, writes @gareth-thompson.bsky.social buff.ly/Ng2FBrg
March 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Currently exhibited at London’s Somerset House, ‘Soil: The World at Our Feet’ reimagines its subject as something radical, fruitful and celestial, writes @gareth-thompson.bsky.social buff.ly/Ng2FBrg
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Don’t gift our work to AI billionaires: Mark Haddon, Michal Rosen and other creatives urge government
Don’t gift our work to AI billionaires: Mark Haddon, Michal Rosen and other creatives urge government
More than 2,000 cultural figures challenge Whitehall’s eagerness ‘to wrap our lives’ work in attractive paper for automated competitors’
Original British art and creative skill is in peril thanks to the rise of AI and the government’s plans to loosen…
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Don’t gift our work to AI billionaires: Mark Haddon, Michal Rosen and other creatives urge government
Installation & drawing details by Cansu Çakar @ the Tate Gallery, St Ives
#art #drawings #installation
#art #drawings #installation
February 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Installation & drawing details by Cansu Çakar @ the Tate Gallery, St Ives
#art #drawings #installation
#art #drawings #installation
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Let it glow: fireflies illuminating Japanese woodlands – in pictures l The Guardian www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Let it glow: fireflies illuminating Japanese woodlands – in pictures
Fireflies illuminating Japanese woodlands – in pictures
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Let it glow: fireflies illuminating Japanese woodlands – in pictures l The Guardian www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
February 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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“The gardener digs in another time, without past or future, beginning or end… Here is the Amen beyond the prayer.”
On Derek Jarman's birthday, his timeless meditation on gardening
On Derek Jarman's birthday, his timeless meditation on gardening
Growing Through Grief: Derek Jarman on Gardening as Creative Redemption, Consecration of Time, and Training Ground for Presence
“The gardener digs in another time, without past or future, beginning or end… Here is the Amen beyond the prayer.”
www.themarginalian.org
January 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“The gardener digs in another time, without past or future, beginning or end… Here is the Amen beyond the prayer.”
On Derek Jarman's birthday, his timeless meditation on gardening
On Derek Jarman's birthday, his timeless meditation on gardening
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Examining the shifting “wild clocks” of spruce saplings in Norway’s Future Library, Sami reindeer herds in Scandinavia, and oyster colonies in Scotland’s Firth of Forth, David Farrier seeks ways to renew the rhythms by which we live. Read this week's essay, “Wild Clocks.” https://buff.ly/4aqhxdF
January 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Examining the shifting “wild clocks” of spruce saplings in Norway’s Future Library, Sami reindeer herds in Scandinavia, and oyster colonies in Scotland’s Firth of Forth, David Farrier seeks ways to renew the rhythms by which we live. Read this week's essay, “Wild Clocks.” https://buff.ly/4aqhxdF