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windows & the picture ballads on the wall all stuck with ivy holly Box & yew such feelings are past - & 'all this world is proud of’
December 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
windows & the picture ballads on the wall all stuck with ivy holly Box & yew such feelings are past - & 'all this world is proud of’
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Corylus avellana, Hazel, catkins in February & March provide early nectar & pollen for bumblebees; c. 252 spp. of invert across several orders use it as a larval host, their larvae feed songbird chicks; nuts feed small mammals & over a dozen birds. And that’s not all …
#Invertebrates
#Invertebrates
September 21, 2023 at 5:03 PM
Corylus avellana, Hazel, catkins in February & March provide early nectar & pollen for bumblebees; c. 252 spp. of invert across several orders use it as a larval host, their larvae feed songbird chicks; nuts feed small mammals & over a dozen birds. And that’s not all …
#Invertebrates
#Invertebrates
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#AshmoleanAdvent Day 21: Snowy Bridge
Today’s advent calendar treat is a woodblock print titled Yuhi Hill and Drum Bridge at Meguro by Japanese master printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige.
The unusual arched bridge in this wintry landscape was known as a ‘drum bridge’ because of its shape.
Today’s advent calendar treat is a woodblock print titled Yuhi Hill and Drum Bridge at Meguro by Japanese master printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige.
The unusual arched bridge in this wintry landscape was known as a ‘drum bridge’ because of its shape.
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
#AshmoleanAdvent Day 21: Snowy Bridge
Today’s advent calendar treat is a woodblock print titled Yuhi Hill and Drum Bridge at Meguro by Japanese master printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige.
The unusual arched bridge in this wintry landscape was known as a ‘drum bridge’ because of its shape.
Today’s advent calendar treat is a woodblock print titled Yuhi Hill and Drum Bridge at Meguro by Japanese master printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige.
The unusual arched bridge in this wintry landscape was known as a ‘drum bridge’ because of its shape.
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One thing about this cartoon is that it's (clearly) a male owl owlsplaining. In reality the female tawny owl twits and the male twoos.
I can think we can let that pass seeing as we’re talking about a world in which owls can discuss the finer points of grammar.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
I can think we can let that pass seeing as we’re talking about a world in which owls can discuss the finer points of grammar.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
One thing about this cartoon is that it's (clearly) a male owl owlsplaining. In reality the female tawny owl twits and the male twoos.
I can think we can let that pass seeing as we’re talking about a world in which owls can discuss the finer points of grammar.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
I can think we can let that pass seeing as we’re talking about a world in which owls can discuss the finer points of grammar.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
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Happy birthday to Jane Austen, and to this very on-brand Economist chart
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
December 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Happy birthday to Jane Austen, and to this very on-brand Economist chart
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
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The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
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1824: Found the common Pollypody on an old Willow tree in Lolham Lane & a small fern in Hilly Wood scarcely larger than some species of moss & a little resembling curld parsley I have namd it the dwarf maidenhair & believe it is very scarce here
December 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
1824: Found the common Pollypody on an old Willow tree in Lolham Lane & a small fern in Hilly Wood scarcely larger than some species of moss & a little resembling curld parsley I have namd it the dwarf maidenhair & believe it is very scarce here
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Close up of Rachel Ruysch's 'Still Life with Fruit,' 1711.
I saw this at the 'Rachel Ruysch: Artist, Naturalist, and Pioneer' exhibtion at the MFA Boston.
#hernaturalhistory #naturalhistory #insectart #animalart
I saw this at the 'Rachel Ruysch: Artist, Naturalist, and Pioneer' exhibtion at the MFA Boston.
#hernaturalhistory #naturalhistory #insectart #animalart
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Close up of Rachel Ruysch's 'Still Life with Fruit,' 1711.
I saw this at the 'Rachel Ruysch: Artist, Naturalist, and Pioneer' exhibtion at the MFA Boston.
#hernaturalhistory #naturalhistory #insectart #animalart
I saw this at the 'Rachel Ruysch: Artist, Naturalist, and Pioneer' exhibtion at the MFA Boston.
#hernaturalhistory #naturalhistory #insectart #animalart
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The origin of 'pedigree'. This type of C12 figure (not a family tree but a way of calculating relatedness – the titles of various relatives have not been put in the circles) looked like a crane's foot, thought medieval folk. So 'pied de grue' and hence 'pedigree'. Source in alt.
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The origin of 'pedigree'. This type of C12 figure (not a family tree but a way of calculating relatedness – the titles of various relatives have not been put in the circles) looked like a crane's foot, thought medieval folk. So 'pied de grue' and hence 'pedigree'. Source in alt.
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New #GBRedList for vascular plants evaluated 1,720 species.
26% (up from 23% in 2005) assessed as threatened.
Common Restharrow, Marsh-marigold & Harebell: all Vulnerable.
Alpine Gentian: Endangered.
Work was led by Pete Stroh from @bsbibotany.bsky.social & funded by @naturalengland.bsky.social
26% (up from 23% in 2005) assessed as threatened.
Common Restharrow, Marsh-marigold & Harebell: all Vulnerable.
Alpine Gentian: Endangered.
Work was led by Pete Stroh from @bsbibotany.bsky.social & funded by @naturalengland.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
New #GBRedList for vascular plants evaluated 1,720 species.
26% (up from 23% in 2005) assessed as threatened.
Common Restharrow, Marsh-marigold & Harebell: all Vulnerable.
Alpine Gentian: Endangered.
Work was led by Pete Stroh from @bsbibotany.bsky.social & funded by @naturalengland.bsky.social
26% (up from 23% in 2005) assessed as threatened.
Common Restharrow, Marsh-marigold & Harebell: all Vulnerable.
Alpine Gentian: Endangered.
Work was led by Pete Stroh from @bsbibotany.bsky.social & funded by @naturalengland.bsky.social
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Check out our new insect decline paper. By analysing 36 yrs of German ground beetle distribution data, we show:
- ~80% of species have declined, with significant declines for >50%.
- The decline was similar across species traits and threatened status.
doi.org/10.1111/ddi.... @consbiog.bsky.social
- ~80% of species have declined, with significant declines for >50%.
- The decline was similar across species traits and threatened status.
doi.org/10.1111/ddi.... @consbiog.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Check out our new insect decline paper. By analysing 36 yrs of German ground beetle distribution data, we show:
- ~80% of species have declined, with significant declines for >50%.
- The decline was similar across species traits and threatened status.
doi.org/10.1111/ddi.... @consbiog.bsky.social
- ~80% of species have declined, with significant declines for >50%.
- The decline was similar across species traits and threatened status.
doi.org/10.1111/ddi.... @consbiog.bsky.social
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November in this calendar is the time to put flax in a ring and to break it with implements, and to scutch flax with a scutching knife.
#MedievalCalendar
MS M.399; Da Costa hours, illuminated by Simon Bening; ca. 1515 CE; Belgium; f.12v
#MedievalCalendar
MS M.399; Da Costa hours, illuminated by Simon Bening; ca. 1515 CE; Belgium; f.12v
October 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
November in this calendar is the time to put flax in a ring and to break it with implements, and to scutch flax with a scutching knife.
#MedievalCalendar
MS M.399; Da Costa hours, illuminated by Simon Bening; ca. 1515 CE; Belgium; f.12v
#MedievalCalendar
MS M.399; Da Costa hours, illuminated by Simon Bening; ca. 1515 CE; Belgium; f.12v
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“When we realised these jewels were only stolen to inflate the share price of a company whose entire value relies on the wholesale theft of other people’s art, we had no choice but grant immunity,”
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
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Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software
FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of ...
waterfordwhispersnews.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“When we realised these jewels were only stolen to inflate the share price of a company whose entire value relies on the wholesale theft of other people’s art, we had no choice but grant immunity,”
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
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Was that in Albuquerque, by any chance?
Hot dogs and frogs against fascism! 🌭🌭🌭🐸🐸🐸 #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Was that in Albuquerque, by any chance?
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”Falsehood flies & truth comes limping after it.”
Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish satirist, Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin, author of A Tale of a Tub, Gulliver's Travels, died #OTD 1745; champion of liberty, whose Saeva Indignatio inspired Voltaire, Yeats, Joyce, Orwell.
Trinity College Dublin
Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish satirist, Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin, author of A Tale of a Tub, Gulliver's Travels, died #OTD 1745; champion of liberty, whose Saeva Indignatio inspired Voltaire, Yeats, Joyce, Orwell.
Trinity College Dublin
October 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
”Falsehood flies & truth comes limping after it.”
Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish satirist, Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin, author of A Tale of a Tub, Gulliver's Travels, died #OTD 1745; champion of liberty, whose Saeva Indignatio inspired Voltaire, Yeats, Joyce, Orwell.
Trinity College Dublin
Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish satirist, Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin, author of A Tale of a Tub, Gulliver's Travels, died #OTD 1745; champion of liberty, whose Saeva Indignatio inspired Voltaire, Yeats, Joyce, Orwell.
Trinity College Dublin
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London is proud to host Japan's Grand Sumo Tournament this week - it's fantastic to see the the teams using our cycling infrastructure to get around.
October 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
London is proud to host Japan's Grand Sumo Tournament this week - it's fantastic to see the the teams using our cycling infrastructure to get around.
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When snails ruled the earth.......
BL Add MS 49622, f.162v
BL Add MS 49622, f.162v
October 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
When snails ruled the earth.......
BL Add MS 49622, f.162v
BL Add MS 49622, f.162v
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This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
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Tony Harrison RIP
I taught Long Distance, his beautiful & honest poem about bereavement to my students for decades.
Eventually, it provided consolation to me as well.
I taught Long Distance, his beautiful & honest poem about bereavement to my students for decades.
Eventually, it provided consolation to me as well.
September 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Tony Harrison RIP
I taught Long Distance, his beautiful & honest poem about bereavement to my students for decades.
Eventually, it provided consolation to me as well.
I taught Long Distance, his beautiful & honest poem about bereavement to my students for decades.
Eventually, it provided consolation to me as well.
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We need much more semi-natural habitat (6-37%, depending on species group) in agricultural landscapes to effectively conserve pollinators. Large collaborative synthesis study looking at 59 studies in 1250 landscapes from 19 countries now published in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We need much more semi-natural habitat (6-37%, depending on species group) in agricultural landscapes to effectively conserve pollinators. Large collaborative synthesis study looking at 59 studies in 1250 landscapes from 19 countries now published in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The new Dolby Quarter @pembroke1347.bsky.social looking very handsome in the evening sunshine today. In the background the mighty tower of the former Emmanuel United Reformed Church, a monster piece of rogue goth, and now the splendid Pembroke Auditorium.
September 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The new Dolby Quarter @pembroke1347.bsky.social looking very handsome in the evening sunshine today. In the background the mighty tower of the former Emmanuel United Reformed Church, a monster piece of rogue goth, and now the splendid Pembroke Auditorium.