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Kate G.
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Reluctantly disillusioned, belligerently optimistic. We have approximately five billion years to get it right.
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this has become a very important video to me
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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He is risen
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Five yrs ago today in my role as head of Voter Protection for Biden-Harris in Phila, at right about this moment, I was reaching out to our team to figure out who could sneak into a hastily-called press conference by Rudy Giuliani at the Four Seasons Hotel ... and then, what, it's going to be where??
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Some good-ish climate news.
10 Years After the Paris Climate Agreement, Here's Where We Are
Has anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement was reached? Actually, quite a lot.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
November 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to Robert Sommer about his research on the brothels within the nazi concentration camp system.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
October 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Just glad Splatatouille's family can finally have some closure x
Scientists Studied The Infamous "Chicago Rat Hole" And They Have Some Bad News
The "Chicago rat hole" became so famous it is now housed in the City Hall-County Building. Scientists studying it found a few surprises, and some grim news.
www.iflscience.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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The Golden Lotus is one of China’s most iconic plants — a striking member of the banana family with a connection to #Buddhism.

Despite its fame, a mystery remains: what actually pollinates it? A new study implicates #birds as the #pollinators - read more here:

jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/10/14/d...
Do birds pollinate the iconic Golden Lotus? A new study suggests that they do!
The Golden Lotus (Musella lasiocarpa) is one of China’s most iconic plants — a striking member of the banana family (Musaceae) that seems to bloom forever. Its brilliant yellow, lotus-like bracts h…
jeffollerton.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Dame Patricia Routledge has left us at the age of 96. Although she won a Tony for Darling of the Day, none of her Broadway credits were successes. Luckily, her performance in the legendary Central Park production of The Pirates of Penzance was taped for posterity.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa7e...
It Really Doesn't Matter
YouTube video by ThePenzancePirate
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Upcoming events notice!

Nationwide: March/Rally against Racism scheduled for October 14, 2025. Contact local organizers for more information.

Nationwide: No Kings Day rallies and marches, October 18, 2025. www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Washington, DC: March against Fascism, November 5, 2025.
October 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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OMG!! We only went and did it!!! #BetwixtTheSheets won the Listener’s Choice Award at this year’s British podcast awards !!! Thank you so so much to everyone who voted!!! YOU LEGENDS! Thank you to the entire Betwixt team. I am properly blown away!!
October 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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RIP Jane Goodall, you were cool as hell for lots of things, but especially for liking this
October 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Pollinators such as wild #bees, #butterflies, and #hoverflies are in trouble worldwide. A major new study, published in Science, shows that the oft-quoted figure of 10% semi-natural habitat in farmland landscapes is far too little to safeguard pollinators

jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/09/26/p...
Pollinators need more space and 10% habitat is not enough says a new study just published in Science
Pollinators such as wild bees, butterflies, and hoverflies are in trouble worldwide. A major new study, published in Science and led by Gabriella Bishop and other scientists at Wageningen Universit…
jeffollerton.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Historic ‘causes’ of #Autism
September 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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On Thursday, October 2 at 6:30pm, I’m running an online webinar on the theme of Surveying for Pollinators for the Biological Recording Company as part of their Skills for Ecology series. Follow this link for more details:

jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/09/19/s...

#biodiversity #bees #butterflies #ecology
Surveying for Pollinators: join me for an online live webinar on 4th October!
On Thursday, October 2 at 6:30pm, I’m running an online webinar on the theme of Surveying for Pollinators. Follow that link for more details and to book a ticket. Here’s an overview of …
jeffollerton.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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New species of coral named after Chewbacca www.popsci.com/environment/...
New species of coral named after Chewbacca
Hrrraaaaawwwwwwwwrrrrrr!
www.popsci.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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It's genuinely absurd that Hank has co-created the most popular app in the United States. This is only going to encourage him.
August 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM