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Susanna Reece
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Law, knitting, botany, Italian in descending order of competence. Oxford, Shetland and Italy.
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Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · 25d
This is excellent from Martha Kearney #Wildflowers #Biodiversity @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Martha Kearney: Why I'm concerned about our declining wildflowers
The decline in UK wildflower meadows not only threatens wildlife, say experts, but could drive up certain food prices
www.bbc.co.uk
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tommckinney.bsky.social
It's Mackerras 100 on BBCRadio3 today. The great Australian conductor Charles Mackerras born on this day in 1925. Breakfast is packed full of his recordings and we'll get to hear him in interviews as we plunder the BBC archives. 6.30-9.30.
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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judywebb.bsky.social
Good news; the section of Lye Valley fen boardwalk destroyed by arson in the summer has been repaired by Oxford City Council Parks staff- thanks! @friendlyevalley.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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josiah.writes.news
The BBC must reassert its independence and learn to resist political interference and stand up for robust scrutiny and news values.

The Culture Sec Lisa Nandy must also resist Trumpian pressure in appointing the new DG. It's messy and the Beeb is in trouble, but we should fight for its future.
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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dunnjons.bsky.social
Meanwhile, this coming January, I've the Up Helly Aa winter tour I co-lead here in Shetland for Shetland Nature with my good pal Kate to look forward to. There are still some places available if you fancy a wild and wintery #Shetland adventure with us.

www.shetlandnature.net/holidays/she...
Up Helly Aa viking galley burning © Jon Dunn Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) © Brydon Thomason Common Raven (Corvus corax) © Brydon Thomason
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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hughharrop.bsky.social
Petition: Stop the Guga Hunt. Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to remove the power to grant licences for killing young Gannets.

Please sign and Repost.

#BirdingScotland #UKbirding #Birds #UKWildlife
PE2202 Stop the Guga Hunt
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to remove the power to grant licences for taking Gannets on Sula Sgeir.
www.parliament.scot
November 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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rossmackenzie.bsky.social
Monthly report for October 2025. Italy 🇮🇹 and Austria 🇦🇹 rossmac.blogspot.com/2025/11/mont...
Bridge in Boario John Betjeman at St Pancras Pertisau water front Zurich water front
November 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Brave and unmissable - Mr Nobody Against Putin is a chilling insight into the indoctrination of Russian school children and the devastating costs of Putin's war on Ukraine. On BBC iPlayer
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Four - Storyville, Mr Nobody Against Putin
A Russian schoolteacher risks everything to expose rising militarism in his classroom.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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paulfscott.bsky.social
Lady Rose's James Wood Lecture, delivered at the University of Glasgow yesterday: supremecourt.uk/uploads/spee...
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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This is excellent from Martha Kearney #Wildflowers #Biodiversity @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Martha Kearney: Why I'm concerned about our declining wildflowers
The decline in UK wildflower meadows not only threatens wildlife, say experts, but could drive up certain food prices
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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sansculottid.es
Today is Octidi the 8th of Brumaire in the year 234.
Brumaire is the month of mist.
Today we celebrate black salsify.#JacobinDay

More information on black salsify
An old time-y illustration of a Black Salsify.
October 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758), Scottish botanical illustrator known for the book "A Curious Herbal" 1737. Blackwell published her hand drawn, engraved and coloured work in order to raise funds to free her husband from debtors prison. #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
Print of a purple poppy on a stem with leaves, with another stem having a bud about to flower from thd same plant, against a cream background
October 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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ocmedia.bsky.social
🎬 OC REVIEWS: Georgian director Anka Gujabidze’s debut film Temo Re is a visual treat for lovers of monochrome photography.

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Review | Temo Re — An artistic yet humorous commentary on Georgian society
Georgian director Anka Gujabidze’s debut film is a visual treat for lovers of monochrome photography.
oc-media.org
October 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
'Constellations' by contemporary US artist illustrator Maggie Vandewalle #womensart
Illustration featuring a bear, a racoon, a mouse and a hare looking up from a grassy field to the starry night sky
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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ursulakleguin.com
Coming next month: The 50th anniversary edition of The Wind's Twelve Quarters!

This design nods back to the original hardcover jacket, which was by Patricia Voehl. The new cover is designed by Jamie Lynn Kerner.

Harper Perennial publishes this edition on November 18th.
The 50th anniversary edition of The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin has a cream-colored cover with a central circular design. The circle is divided into quarters; the upper left is three arcs in pink, a divided green, and black; upper right is a dragon; lower right is the moon surrounded by clouds; and lower left is a wizard among knotted ropes.
October 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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rossmackenzie.bsky.social
Looking down on Pertisau from the Karwendel Bergbahn #Achensee #Tirol
Cable cars High above an alpine lake Cable cars above an alpine lake Looking down on an alpine village beside a lake
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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rossmackenzie.bsky.social
Falzthurntal - Naturpark Karwendel #Pertisau #Achensee #Austria
Autumn colours along a dried up river bed Autumn colours in an alpine valley Alpine valley Autumn colours in an alpine valley
October 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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rossmackenzie.bsky.social
Evening light around the Montecchio bridge on the Oglio river #boarioterme
Oligo river at sunset Oligo river at sunset Oligo river at sunset Oligo river at sunset
October 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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ambrosen.bsky.social
Also set up W as your search shortcut for Wikipedia, so you only need to type e.g. “w Frances Oldham Kelsey” and you get straight to the Wikipedia page when you need to know something.
emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · Oct 17
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Rachel Ruysch (1664 – 1750), still-life painter from the Northern Netherlands who specialized in flowers, achieving international fame in her lifetime #WomensArt
Painting of a busy bouquet of flowers on a surface with different blossoms one above the other against a black background
October 15, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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shetnews.co.uk
A public consultation into the next Northern Isles ferry contract has been extended after parts of Shetland were left with no access to the internet.
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Ferry consultation extended due to internet disruption
A PUBLIC consultation into the next Northern Isles ferry contract has been extended after parts of Shetland were left with no access to the internet. The...
shet.news
October 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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eicathomefinn.bsky.social
For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.

Reposts welcomed.
Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
observer.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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andrewcutting.coe.int
“Over the last 70 years, the #ECHR has repeatedly stepped in when domestic courts were unable to provide the protection we now take for granted and cherish,” says the UK’s outgoing judge at the European Court of Human Rights👇

🔗 www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ecthr-m... via @lawsocietygazette.bsky.social
ECtHR 'more necessary and relevant' now, says outgoing UK judge
Leading silk says he 'hardly recognises' the good work of the ECHR from recent criticism of Strasbourg court.
www.lawgazette.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
susannareece.bsky.social
Around #LakeIseo #LagoIseo in #Pisogne #Lombardia #Italia
A view of boats on Lake Iseo in Pisogne, Italy with mountains and blue skies A view of Lake Iseo in Pisogne, Italy with a ferry port, blue and white posts and greenery in the water and a background of mountains and blue skies A sculpture of two fish skeletons hanging vertically on the lakeside in Pisogne, Italy with buildings and mountains in the background A statue of a white horse with its head looking down on the lakeside in Pisogne, Italy with buildings and mountains in the background
October 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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bsbibotany.bsky.social
Want to up your #WildFlowerID game this winter?
We just launched our Winter Webinar programme!
7-8pm, every Tuesday from 4 Nov - 10 Feb.
Thanks to funding from @daera-ni.gov.uk, these 10 great plant ID webinars are FREE for all of you to attend!
Programme & booking links: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...
October 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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amwilson.bsky.social
This book means more to me than any other book I have written. I want to get copies into the hands of everyone who cares about opera or is interested in the broader cultural history of our country.

Please consider buying a copy. Thank you. 🙏

global.oup.com/academic/pro...
October 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM