@rehtaeh24.bsky.social
Citizen scientist. Butterflies and other stuff. Knitter and designer. Dog/s walker in all weathers
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Now too excited to work for the rest of the day...
Want to walk into and through an actual Iron Age house…and UP THE STAIRS?
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Now too excited to work for the rest of the day...
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Handful o’ ant and the patinated pieces (oxidized with liver of sulfur). Now assembly… 🛠️
November 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Handful o’ ant and the patinated pieces (oxidized with liver of sulfur). Now assembly… 🛠️
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James Dyson owns more UK land than the actual KING. But he pays an effective tax rate of LESS THAN 1%* on his total wealth.
Here’s a novel idea @keirstarmer: to fund schools and hospitals, TAX THE BILLIONAIRES.
📍Station Lane, Bristol - near James Dyson’s £20m country estate Dodington Park
Here’s a novel idea @keirstarmer: to fund schools and hospitals, TAX THE BILLIONAIRES.
📍Station Lane, Bristol - near James Dyson’s £20m country estate Dodington Park
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
James Dyson owns more UK land than the actual KING. But he pays an effective tax rate of LESS THAN 1%* on his total wealth.
Here’s a novel idea @keirstarmer: to fund schools and hospitals, TAX THE BILLIONAIRES.
📍Station Lane, Bristol - near James Dyson’s £20m country estate Dodington Park
Here’s a novel idea @keirstarmer: to fund schools and hospitals, TAX THE BILLIONAIRES.
📍Station Lane, Bristol - near James Dyson’s £20m country estate Dodington Park
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Don't forget to visit the museum shop for unique gifts - our limited collection of handmade shadow puppets have just arrived from Bali. Beautifully decorated in vibrant colours & highlighted in gold, they make perfect gifts or decorations along with Christmas decorations from Kenya, Nepal & Bali.
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Don't forget to visit the museum shop for unique gifts - our limited collection of handmade shadow puppets have just arrived from Bali. Beautifully decorated in vibrant colours & highlighted in gold, they make perfect gifts or decorations along with Christmas decorations from Kenya, Nepal & Bali.
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I managed on a day off to stare out to sea at Dungeness first thing
Walk Dengemarsh Gully (2-3 Merlins and a Firecrest)
Black-necked Grebe at Scotney gravel pits
Walk into the Lydd MOD Ranges (600 duck)
Finish with Starling murmuration and Bitterns at Hanson hide, Dungeness RSPB
#Kentbirding
Walk Dengemarsh Gully (2-3 Merlins and a Firecrest)
Black-necked Grebe at Scotney gravel pits
Walk into the Lydd MOD Ranges (600 duck)
Finish with Starling murmuration and Bitterns at Hanson hide, Dungeness RSPB
#Kentbirding
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I managed on a day off to stare out to sea at Dungeness first thing
Walk Dengemarsh Gully (2-3 Merlins and a Firecrest)
Black-necked Grebe at Scotney gravel pits
Walk into the Lydd MOD Ranges (600 duck)
Finish with Starling murmuration and Bitterns at Hanson hide, Dungeness RSPB
#Kentbirding
Walk Dengemarsh Gully (2-3 Merlins and a Firecrest)
Black-necked Grebe at Scotney gravel pits
Walk into the Lydd MOD Ranges (600 duck)
Finish with Starling murmuration and Bitterns at Hanson hide, Dungeness RSPB
#Kentbirding
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They didn't want my blood, but they probably want yours! I went to give blood today, but due to a v minor medical issue they couldn't take it. Yet they told me they do need donors. As I couldn't help by giving, instead, I thought i'd publicise this... www.blood.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
They didn't want my blood, but they probably want yours! I went to give blood today, but due to a v minor medical issue they couldn't take it. Yet they told me they do need donors. As I couldn't help by giving, instead, I thought i'd publicise this... www.blood.co.uk
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Electric vehicles will pay London congestion charge from 2 January and it rises to £18 a day bit.ly/4psWn51 it will affect me from time to time but I don’t object. They produce polluting tyre and brake particles even though no exhaust fumes.
EV owners to pay London congestion charge from January 2026
Transport for London estimated there would be 2,200 more vehicles in the zone on an average weekday without the charge
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Electric vehicles will pay London congestion charge from 2 January and it rises to £18 a day bit.ly/4psWn51 it will affect me from time to time but I don’t object. They produce polluting tyre and brake particles even though no exhaust fumes.
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From headphones to Memory Foam, do you know how many everyday things in your home were originally invented for astronauts?
Here are our seven favourite surprising items that we wouldn’t have without space travel. #Thread 🚀
Here are our seven favourite surprising items that we wouldn’t have without space travel. #Thread 🚀
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
From headphones to Memory Foam, do you know how many everyday things in your home were originally invented for astronauts?
Here are our seven favourite surprising items that we wouldn’t have without space travel. #Thread 🚀
Here are our seven favourite surprising items that we wouldn’t have without space travel. #Thread 🚀
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Phone cameras are so small and lightweight because of the camera technology designed by a team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the 1990s. 📷
They needed high-quality cameras small enough to fit on spacecraft, and many cameras today use this technology.
They needed high-quality cameras small enough to fit on spacecraft, and many cameras today use this technology.
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Phone cameras are so small and lightweight because of the camera technology designed by a team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the 1990s. 📷
They needed high-quality cameras small enough to fit on spacecraft, and many cameras today use this technology.
They needed high-quality cameras small enough to fit on spacecraft, and many cameras today use this technology.
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Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
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A little gift from us to you 🩵
Receive a FREE mug (worth £10) when you spend £35 or more in our Teemill shop! Now is a mug-nificent time for a little Christmas shopping ☕
🐝💨 Bee quick, offer ends Thursday 13 November or while stocks last!
Use code BEEMUG at the checkout: https://ow.ly/yv2k50XpS1A
Receive a FREE mug (worth £10) when you spend £35 or more in our Teemill shop! Now is a mug-nificent time for a little Christmas shopping ☕
🐝💨 Bee quick, offer ends Thursday 13 November or while stocks last!
Use code BEEMUG at the checkout: https://ow.ly/yv2k50XpS1A
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A little gift from us to you 🩵
Receive a FREE mug (worth £10) when you spend £35 or more in our Teemill shop! Now is a mug-nificent time for a little Christmas shopping ☕
🐝💨 Bee quick, offer ends Thursday 13 November or while stocks last!
Use code BEEMUG at the checkout: https://ow.ly/yv2k50XpS1A
Receive a FREE mug (worth £10) when you spend £35 or more in our Teemill shop! Now is a mug-nificent time for a little Christmas shopping ☕
🐝💨 Bee quick, offer ends Thursday 13 November or while stocks last!
Use code BEEMUG at the checkout: https://ow.ly/yv2k50XpS1A
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🖐️ 5 things you should know about the weather this week 👀
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🖐️ 5 things you should know about the weather this week 👀
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It's bulb planting time!
Bulbs make dazzling displays in containers or borders, and they’re also a great source of late winter/early spring nectar for butterflies and moths 🦋
Top 5 bulbs to plant:
🌷 Crocus
🌷 Alliums
🌷 Grape hyacinth
🌷 Winter aconite
🌷 Snake's-head Fritillary
📷: Rob Blanken
Bulbs make dazzling displays in containers or borders, and they’re also a great source of late winter/early spring nectar for butterflies and moths 🦋
Top 5 bulbs to plant:
🌷 Crocus
🌷 Alliums
🌷 Grape hyacinth
🌷 Winter aconite
🌷 Snake's-head Fritillary
📷: Rob Blanken
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It's bulb planting time!
Bulbs make dazzling displays in containers or borders, and they’re also a great source of late winter/early spring nectar for butterflies and moths 🦋
Top 5 bulbs to plant:
🌷 Crocus
🌷 Alliums
🌷 Grape hyacinth
🌷 Winter aconite
🌷 Snake's-head Fritillary
📷: Rob Blanken
Bulbs make dazzling displays in containers or borders, and they’re also a great source of late winter/early spring nectar for butterflies and moths 🦋
Top 5 bulbs to plant:
🌷 Crocus
🌷 Alliums
🌷 Grape hyacinth
🌷 Winter aconite
🌷 Snake's-head Fritillary
📷: Rob Blanken
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For reference.
The 11yo had a Calvin and Hobbes book out, and I made the mistake of reading the one she dog-eared.
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
For reference.
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We're now starting to get reports of dead Whooper Swans with rings. If you find a dead bird & feel comfortable doing so - check for rings using the below @btobirds.bsky.social advice 👇🏻 Collecting information on ringed birds helps better understand the impact on different age groups.
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We're now starting to get reports of dead Whooper Swans with rings. If you find a dead bird & feel comfortable doing so - check for rings using the below @btobirds.bsky.social advice 👇🏻 Collecting information on ringed birds helps better understand the impact on different age groups.
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Shop with Purpose
Every purchase from the SWT Shop helps protect wildlife and wild places: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/shop
🎄Festive ornaments now in stock
❄️ Stay warm with our selection of hats
☕ Enjoy a hot drink in our mugs
🎁 Carry your gifts in our tote bags
➕ Lots more to discover
Every purchase from the SWT Shop helps protect wildlife and wild places: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/shop
🎄Festive ornaments now in stock
❄️ Stay warm with our selection of hats
☕ Enjoy a hot drink in our mugs
🎁 Carry your gifts in our tote bags
➕ Lots more to discover
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Shop with Purpose
Every purchase from the SWT Shop helps protect wildlife and wild places: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/shop
🎄Festive ornaments now in stock
❄️ Stay warm with our selection of hats
☕ Enjoy a hot drink in our mugs
🎁 Carry your gifts in our tote bags
➕ Lots more to discover
Every purchase from the SWT Shop helps protect wildlife and wild places: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/shop
🎄Festive ornaments now in stock
❄️ Stay warm with our selection of hats
☕ Enjoy a hot drink in our mugs
🎁 Carry your gifts in our tote bags
➕ Lots more to discover
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If you're out doing your @webs-gsmp.bsky.social counts this weekend, remember to record & report any dead or sick birds you find (info in the link). Bird flu cases are rising.
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
📷 Dead Whooper Swan, by Kane Brides
#UKbirding
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
📷 Dead Whooper Swan, by Kane Brides
#UKbirding
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If you're out doing your @webs-gsmp.bsky.social counts this weekend, remember to record & report any dead or sick birds you find (info in the link). Bird flu cases are rising.
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
📷 Dead Whooper Swan, by Kane Brides
#UKbirding
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
📷 Dead Whooper Swan, by Kane Brides
#UKbirding
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what a headline
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
what a headline
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The wait is nearly over. Tickets on sale tomorrow.
Mae'r aros bron ar ben. Tocynnau ar werth yfory.
Mae'r aros bron ar ben. Tocynnau ar werth yfory.
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The wait is nearly over. Tickets on sale tomorrow.
Mae'r aros bron ar ben. Tocynnau ar werth yfory.
Mae'r aros bron ar ben. Tocynnau ar werth yfory.
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It's not just cool, it's rocket science 🚀 Nanoparticles of iron in a medium form a magnetic liquid.
Our new mini-documentary uncovers how Michael Faraday investigated nanoparticles over 100 years before the start of interest in nanotechnology.
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=NFwknJClXS0
Our new mini-documentary uncovers how Michael Faraday investigated nanoparticles over 100 years before the start of interest in nanotechnology.
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=NFwknJClXS0
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It's not just cool, it's rocket science 🚀 Nanoparticles of iron in a medium form a magnetic liquid.
Our new mini-documentary uncovers how Michael Faraday investigated nanoparticles over 100 years before the start of interest in nanotechnology.
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=NFwknJClXS0
Our new mini-documentary uncovers how Michael Faraday investigated nanoparticles over 100 years before the start of interest in nanotechnology.
Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=NFwknJClXS0
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Being a pedestrian is grim.
I'm being active.
Not producing any pollution.
Yet I have to lobby day in, day out for this to become much better
@livingstreets.bsky.social @tahiralimp.bsky.social
I'm being active.
Not producing any pollution.
Yet I have to lobby day in, day out for this to become much better
@livingstreets.bsky.social @tahiralimp.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Being a pedestrian is grim.
I'm being active.
Not producing any pollution.
Yet I have to lobby day in, day out for this to become much better
@livingstreets.bsky.social @tahiralimp.bsky.social
I'm being active.
Not producing any pollution.
Yet I have to lobby day in, day out for this to become much better
@livingstreets.bsky.social @tahiralimp.bsky.social
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We have people booked to bring broken food processors, favourite jumpers with damaged zips, and ailing plants. Don't miss this opportunity to repair your stuff with the help of 40 technicians and makers. Repair Café | Sustainable UCL - share.google/2qFlWYPHRPLs...
Repair Café
Bring your broken or damaged possessions to our UCL Repair Café event at UCL East Marshgate on Friday, 7th November.
share.google
November 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We have people booked to bring broken food processors, favourite jumpers with damaged zips, and ailing plants. Don't miss this opportunity to repair your stuff with the help of 40 technicians and makers. Repair Café | Sustainable UCL - share.google/2qFlWYPHRPLs...
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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Lengthening autumnal shadows -
Easthall Manor, #Denver #Norfolk
#BluePlaque -
Captain George William Manby
Born 1765
Inventor of a portable fire extinguisher & apparatus for saving life from shipwrecks.
Manby’s mortar fired a line from the shore to a wrecked ship so people could be winched ashore.
Easthall Manor, #Denver #Norfolk
#BluePlaque -
Captain George William Manby
Born 1765
Inventor of a portable fire extinguisher & apparatus for saving life from shipwrecks.
Manby’s mortar fired a line from the shore to a wrecked ship so people could be winched ashore.
November 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Lengthening autumnal shadows -
Easthall Manor, #Denver #Norfolk
#BluePlaque -
Captain George William Manby
Born 1765
Inventor of a portable fire extinguisher & apparatus for saving life from shipwrecks.
Manby’s mortar fired a line from the shore to a wrecked ship so people could be winched ashore.
Easthall Manor, #Denver #Norfolk
#BluePlaque -
Captain George William Manby
Born 1765
Inventor of a portable fire extinguisher & apparatus for saving life from shipwrecks.
Manby’s mortar fired a line from the shore to a wrecked ship so people could be winched ashore.