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It kills me how much of a techno grift de-extinction is but we’re supposed to take it so seriously and listen to every outlandish claim, which ultimately just spreads the nonsense and gets “Well wouldn’t it be good if they could?” responses.
April 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It kills me how much of a techno grift de-extinction is but we’re supposed to take it so seriously and listen to every outlandish claim, which ultimately just spreads the nonsense and gets “Well wouldn’t it be good if they could?” responses.
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NO THEY ARE NOT DIRE WOLVES.
These animals do not have their ecosystem to return to.
These animals do not have a real pack to rear them.
And DO NOT BE BAMBOOZLED- storing and archiving animal's genetic material is NOT an effective bulwark against the human-driven planetary extinction crisis.
These animals do not have their ecosystem to return to.
These animals do not have a real pack to rear them.
And DO NOT BE BAMBOOZLED- storing and archiving animal's genetic material is NOT an effective bulwark against the human-driven planetary extinction crisis.
a couple of wolves are playing with each other on the ground .
Alt: a couple of wolves are playing with each other on the ground .
media.tenor.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
NO THEY ARE NOT DIRE WOLVES.
These animals do not have their ecosystem to return to.
These animals do not have a real pack to rear them.
And DO NOT BE BAMBOOZLED- storing and archiving animal's genetic material is NOT an effective bulwark against the human-driven planetary extinction crisis.
These animals do not have their ecosystem to return to.
These animals do not have a real pack to rear them.
And DO NOT BE BAMBOOZLED- storing and archiving animal's genetic material is NOT an effective bulwark against the human-driven planetary extinction crisis.
I do get stupidly happy when I see birds flying with twigs in their beaks this time of year 🥰
March 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I do get stupidly happy when I see birds flying with twigs in their beaks this time of year 🥰
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Word of the day is ‘arsle’ (19th century): to have a distinct sense of going backwards.
February 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Word of the day is ‘arsle’ (19th century): to have a distinct sense of going backwards.
Getting a tad windy out there. Thoughts and prayers to the wildlife 😬
January 24, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Getting a tad windy out there. Thoughts and prayers to the wildlife 😬
New Year resolutions should start in February. January is just too depressing to start something like a lifestyle change and expect it to stick.
January 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
New Year resolutions should start in February. January is just too depressing to start something like a lifestyle change and expect it to stick.
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Happy New Years everyone. Our dreams will wither and die in this period as they did the last, as we continue our slow march towards obscurity.
January 1, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Happy New Years everyone. Our dreams will wither and die in this period as they did the last, as we continue our slow march towards obscurity.
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Ghost fishing is one of the greatest threats to marine life. In Shetland, fishers and divers are working together to recover lost nets and gear
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Ghost fishing: How marine litter is choking Scotland's seas
Each year, countless seals, whales, and seabirds fall victim to ghost fishing. In Shetland, efforts to clear lost nets and traps are underway, but is it enough?
theferret.scot
December 23, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Ghost fishing is one of the greatest threats to marine life. In Shetland, fishers and divers are working together to recover lost nets and gear
theferret.scot/ghost-fishin...
theferret.scot/ghost-fishin...
When’s James Robertson’s next book out? 😭
December 24, 2024 at 7:36 PM
When’s James Robertson’s next book out? 😭
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Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
December 21, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
I need to stop being summoned for jury duty. Seriously. Every year since lockdown. Am I the only person who lives in this city? 🙄
December 20, 2024 at 8:27 PM
I need to stop being summoned for jury duty. Seriously. Every year since lockdown. Am I the only person who lives in this city? 🙄
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This is a Melanistic Fox one of the most beautiful and most rarest in the world.
December 14, 2024 at 8:05 AM
This is a Melanistic Fox one of the most beautiful and most rarest in the world.
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If the UK gets Private Health Insurance it will be as bad as in the USA.
Because it is all the same US Companies pushing it in the UK.
Because it is all the same US Companies pushing it in the UK.
December 13, 2024 at 3:41 PM
If the UK gets Private Health Insurance it will be as bad as in the USA.
Because it is all the same US Companies pushing it in the UK.
Because it is all the same US Companies pushing it in the UK.
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Only lesson coming from Spotify wrapped is that I’ve got to stop listening to playlists where the same garbage songs keep coming up. Top songs of 2024 is a mess. 😬
Total love/hate disaster.
Total love/hate disaster.
December 4, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Only lesson coming from Spotify wrapped is that I’ve got to stop listening to playlists where the same garbage songs keep coming up. Top songs of 2024 is a mess. 😬
Total love/hate disaster.
Total love/hate disaster.
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Stealing our water.
Also, get rid of plastic bottles!
Also, get rid of plastic bottles!
Foreign firms taking billions of litres from UK aquifers to make bottled water
Coca-Cola extracts largest amount of freshwater of any drinks company in England, FoI request finds
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Stealing our water.
Also, get rid of plastic bottles!
Also, get rid of plastic bottles!
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Trying to find a reasonably priced paperback copy of The City of Dreadful Night by James Thomson is turning out to be more difficult than I expected. Meh.
November 22, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Trying to find a reasonably priced paperback copy of The City of Dreadful Night by James Thomson is turning out to be more difficult than I expected. Meh.
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Brexit meant the UK could let go of democracy and replace it with unfettered capitalism.
Brexit required a framework to become operational, that framework is the deregulated zone.
Brexit required a framework to become operational, that framework is the deregulated zone.
November 20, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Brexit meant the UK could let go of democracy and replace it with unfettered capitalism.
Brexit required a framework to become operational, that framework is the deregulated zone.
Brexit required a framework to become operational, that framework is the deregulated zone.
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So that’s Twitter finally gone after a silly amount of years. I need more publishers to make their way over here.
November 15, 2024 at 9:51 AM
So that’s Twitter finally gone after a silly amount of years. I need more publishers to make their way over here.
Congratulations. Jesus wept.
November 6, 2024 at 4:03 AM
Congratulations. Jesus wept.