Helga Björnsdóttir
@svertla.bsky.social
Anthropologist
“Wir schaffen das”
“Wir schaffen das”
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Anticipating the winter solstice
December 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Anticipating the winter solstice
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Squirrels Survive Winter without hibernating! They bury nuts, seeds & fungi in many spots to find later & build insulated nests (dreys) from twigs, leaves & moss, often sharing them with other squirrels for warmth, they sleep more but don't enter the deep metabolic state of hibernation. #squirrels
December 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Squirrels Survive Winter without hibernating! They bury nuts, seeds & fungi in many spots to find later & build insulated nests (dreys) from twigs, leaves & moss, often sharing them with other squirrels for warmth, they sleep more but don't enter the deep metabolic state of hibernation. #squirrels
”Mikael Wiehe uppträdde utan någon form av perverterad respekt för dessa kvarlevor från den tid då Danmark och Sverige var diktaturer. Genom sitt agerande har Wiehe visat att han vägrar ta på sig rollen som hovnarr”
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Mikael Wiehe: ”Jag försöker hålla alzheimern ifrån mig”
Mikael Wiehe har skrivit ett testamente och instruerat barnen att inte bråka om pengarna när han dör. I övrigt tänker han leva på precis som vanligt.
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December 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
”Mikael Wiehe uppträdde utan någon form av perverterad respekt för dessa kvarlevor från den tid då Danmark och Sverige var diktaturer. Genom sitt agerande har Wiehe visat att han vägrar ta på sig rollen som hovnarr”
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www.dn.se/kultur/mikae...
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Little beggars and not so little beggars.
#myshetland #shetland #shetlandislands #shetlandsheep #icelandichorses
Little beggars and not so little beggars.
#myshetland #shetland #shetlandislands #shetlandsheep #icelandichorses
Asking for a Friend
This morning’s entertainment. And this evening’s (Isn’t Lambie the most handsome sheep in the sunset?)
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December 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Little beggars and not so little beggars.
#myshetland #shetland #shetlandislands #shetlandsheep #icelandichorses
Little beggars and not so little beggars.
#myshetland #shetland #shetlandislands #shetlandsheep #icelandichorses
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
“Revegetating land with lupins is like fixing a toothache with a rock. It’ll work, but you’ll most likely damage a whole lot of other things that weren’t damaged to begin with”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How an invasion of purple flowers made Iceland an Instagram paradise – and caused a biodiversity crisis
Nootka lupins, introduced in the 1940s to repair damaged soil, are rampaging across the island, threatening its native species
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December 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
“Revegetating land with lupins is like fixing a toothache with a rock. It’ll work, but you’ll most likely damage a whole lot of other things that weren’t damaged to begin with”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Go away
We're sticks
We're sticks
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Go away
We're sticks
We're sticks
Reposted by Helga Björnsdóttir
Shipwrecks and family memories in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: A rusting shipwreck that’s part of the family | Nick Acheson
Blakeney Point, Norfolk: The old steamer, called Yankee, has long been abandoned on the shingle, dwindling in the elements. I take the four-mile walk to visit
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December 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Shipwrecks and family memories in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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Ploughing at the gleaning - Rowland Hilder
Whilst American born, his parents were from Kent. His father decided to return to fight for King and Country in WW1, & Rowland became famous for his landscapes in the County & especially in the Darenth Valley & the Weald
Whilst American born, his parents were from Kent. His father decided to return to fight for King and Country in WW1, & Rowland became famous for his landscapes in the County & especially in the Darenth Valley & the Weald
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Ploughing at the gleaning - Rowland Hilder
Whilst American born, his parents were from Kent. His father decided to return to fight for King and Country in WW1, & Rowland became famous for his landscapes in the County & especially in the Darenth Valley & the Weald
Whilst American born, his parents were from Kent. His father decided to return to fight for King and Country in WW1, & Rowland became famous for his landscapes in the County & especially in the Darenth Valley & the Weald
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Just saying…
But despite the worry, the heartache, the physical labour, going out in the dark/wind/rain/snow to feed/check on them… I’m grateful to have all my animals ❤️
#arnbegfarmstayscotland #smallholder #pettherapy
But despite the worry, the heartache, the physical labour, going out in the dark/wind/rain/snow to feed/check on them… I’m grateful to have all my animals ❤️
#arnbegfarmstayscotland #smallholder #pettherapy
November 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Just saying…
But despite the worry, the heartache, the physical labour, going out in the dark/wind/rain/snow to feed/check on them… I’m grateful to have all my animals ❤️
#arnbegfarmstayscotland #smallholder #pettherapy
But despite the worry, the heartache, the physical labour, going out in the dark/wind/rain/snow to feed/check on them… I’m grateful to have all my animals ❤️
#arnbegfarmstayscotland #smallholder #pettherapy
Jésús Pétur!
„Hitler gerði fullt rangt, það vita það allir,“ segir Baldur Ingi. „Fór í stríð við önnur lönd og eitthvað svoleiðis.“
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„Hitler gerði fullt rangt, það vita það allir,“ segir Baldur Ingi. „Fór í stríð við önnur lönd og eitthvað svoleiðis.“
heimildin.is/grein/25617/...
Deildi efni til varnar Hitler á TikTok
Framkvæmdastjóri Bæjarins Beztu segist deila miklu efni á TikTok og að hann muni ekki eftir að hafa deilt myndböndum til varnar Þýskalandi nasismans eða með texta um Adolf Hitler: „Hann gerði ekkert r...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Jésús Pétur!
„Hitler gerði fullt rangt, það vita það allir,“ segir Baldur Ingi. „Fór í stríð við önnur lönd og eitthvað svoleiðis.“
heimildin.is/grein/25617/...
„Hitler gerði fullt rangt, það vita það allir,“ segir Baldur Ingi. „Fór í stríð við önnur lönd og eitthvað svoleiðis.“
heimildin.is/grein/25617/...
Reposted by Helga Björnsdóttir
Recycling doesn't come much more creative than this.
November 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Recycling doesn't come much more creative than this.
Reposted by Helga Björnsdóttir
After yesterday’s 💩 news… here’s something in the shape of a Baywatch Babe to lift our spirits
Thank you all so much for acknowledging the loss of my Jack… my animals mean the world to me… every single one 💔
#arnbegfarmstayscotland #highlandcows
Thank you all so much for acknowledging the loss of my Jack… my animals mean the world to me… every single one 💔
#arnbegfarmstayscotland #highlandcows
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
After yesterday’s 💩 news… here’s something in the shape of a Baywatch Babe to lift our spirits
Thank you all so much for acknowledging the loss of my Jack… my animals mean the world to me… every single one 💔
#arnbegfarmstayscotland #highlandcows
Thank you all so much for acknowledging the loss of my Jack… my animals mean the world to me… every single one 💔
#arnbegfarmstayscotland #highlandcows
The “Sarajevo safari”
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In the snipers’ sights: life under fire during siege of Sarajevo – in pictures
More than 10,000 people were killed by shelling and sniper fire in Sarajevo between 1992 and 1996
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November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The “Sarajevo safari”
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