55-year-old disabled former journalist and environmental campaigner [insert verb depending on my state of health] among the ancient flora and fauna in the New Forest, U.K. 🌿🐎🐿️🦉🌳 (Banner photo: https://treesforlife.org.uk "Alder")
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The 1st 10 yrs of M.E. (like Long Covid) I spent $$$ on holistic care in a desperate search for a cure. But the greater harm was done by rogue MDs who talked me into radical antibiotic/antiviral/antifungal treatments and even scared me into removing my (healthy) thyroid. This wrecked me permanently.
Zack Polanski absolutely steamrolls to victory in the Green Party election- 20,411 votes and beating Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns who got just 3,075 votes. A watershed moment in left politics and for the Green Party. And hard to see how Corbyn/Sultana party now makes case for its own existence
Bored and constipated.
🤣Thank you.
Yes, but the FF companies are also trying to get in on the H2 action, as it can be produced easily as part of FF extraction.
It's a great time to get free furniture. Thousands of people moving Sept. 1 and just leaving stuff on the sidewalk.
The nucleus of the problem is that someone (the big bang) has already built a massive nuclear reactor for us at a safe distance (a few planetary orbits away) and we have finally developed cheap technology to harness it for free. But sure, let’s built Putin-targets near our homes at an extreme cost!
One of a line of huge LimeTrees on Tunbridge Wells Common. Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday everyone.
Leon's kids are exempt, then.
Nature Alert! EU tries to tear down #NatureLaws, that help to protect our #environment and #future! Tell them to keep their #HandsOffNature Send your message to the #EuropeanCommission by 10 September 2025 www.wwf.eu/campaigns/it...
People misunderstand karma. It's much more complicated than our revenge fantasies portray. And even if those were accurate, it would mean everything we suffer- like Trump- is the result of our own bad actions. This would in turn make Trump what the MAGAs imagine him to be, a kind of holy vengeance.
In his mind, he's aiming for the middle.
Hi Mari, I agree, the perspective of such august company helps mark the passage of the seasons. But what is totoro?
Please weigh in at the European Commission's public comments section on the E.U.'s plans to "streamline" and "simplify" environmental legislation. As Seppo warned, they're planning to scale back protections for ecosystems and wildlife. Tell them no. ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
"Help! The European Commission wants to weaken environmental legislation. Time is running out. You have until September 10th to have your say!"
2:30 a.m. watching the bats on my tablet. It's madness! 😆 I have to suppress the urge to duck when they fly right at the screen!
Sorry to hear that. Nettle seeds are delicious this time of year; they taste a bit like poppy seeds! Apparently nettle stings are good for the nervous system and the body's inflammatory response. Some people sting themselves intentionally to heal arthritis or muscle aches. It's called urtication.
Aerosols mask the true extent of the warming.
According to the Milankovitch Cycles (axial tilt & precession, with cycle times of 41,000 and 22,000 years) the earth should also be slowly cooling because we were heading into the next glaciation, and until about 100 years ago this was the prevailing pattern.
According to the elliptical variations in the earth's orbit (a set of cycles with overall cycle times of 100,000s of years) the earth should be in a slow cooling pattern.
Global warming due to fossil fuels. But if these were subtracted, cooling phase.
Exactly.
Just marched the 12 1/2 miles from Lexington to Boston Common for the defense of democracy. The route is the reverse of the one Paul Revere took in the revolutionary war.
Number six is true, actually. The earth was supposed to be in a cooling phase, but instead temperatures have risen. Thats how much trouble we're in!
Please weigh in at the European Commission's public comments section on the E.U.'s plans to "streamline" and "simplify" environmental legislation. As Seppo warned, they're planning to scale back protections for ecosystems and wildlife. Tell them no. ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
"Help! The European Commission wants to weaken environmental legislation. Time is running out. You have until September 10th to have your say!"
What's the debris? This machine acts like the land equivalent of trawler.
"Finland and Poland are both considering rewetting dried-out peat bogs to form defence barriers against a potential Russian ground invasion. Restoring these natural carbon sinks could also bring significant environmental benefits." www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
Had a very colourful visitor to the office today. There are many more butterflies around this year. The range of the Peacock Butterly is expanding in the UK, perhaps as a result of climate change. A small positive within a terrible period of insect decline.
I just checked now (7:30 a.m. Texas time) and they're still zooming around.
Yes, I was up then! I'm terrible at sleeping. Let's see... There's a six-hour difference so midday would still be six a.m. Texas time, so they'd be getting their last mouthfuls in, I guess...?
Ivy, French marigold, red campion, Michaelmas daisy, harebells, dead nettles, and hemp-agrimony are a few plants that flower into autumn and provide food for wildlife. littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/aut...
"50% or more" in energy poverty? Please provide evidence of this.
The far-right is doing well in Europe. The EU did nothing as Hungary was taken over by a dictator. Then far-right Trumpists took up the reigns in Italy and Poland. I think we got lucky in France and in this country, but maybe not for long. I voted Remain, but I don't see the EU as saviours.
Yes, but when the UN wrote reports a decade ago criticising the Conservative government's human rights violations against disabled people (remember the"reformed" benefits scheme?) the EU never spoke up against this or austerity in general. The EU doesn't care about us; it's a right-leaning entity.
For decades the Murdoch press has shrieked about high taxes, to the point a large proportion of the poorest in the country believe they are overtaxed. Freezing of the tax threshold has made it worse. And the "I'm paying for the sick/ elderly/unemployed" mentality makes the case for raising tax hard
Not only does the UK have a relatively low tax burden, unearned wealth/passive income is taxed at a lower rate than labour, and the less well off pay a higher proportion of their income as tax. This “Triple Whammy” of underinvestment and inequality is the main reason the country is failing.
61% of local govt money is spent on social care. Social care privatized since the 1980s, mainly controlled by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%, leaves little for other services. Poorest areas hardest hit. Fund it from general taxation. www.local.gov.uk/about/campai...
Diesel vans are now the biggest road source of NOx emissions in central London. 🚐💨 Clearly we need to see much more action from both Mayor of London and London Boroughs to tackle the dirty air coming from vans in our city! 1/ www.thetimes.com/article/bdac...
The irony is, it's the indigenous Pygmy who are doing most of the poaching.
This reminds me of my father in law, who threw an enormous wobble in Tesco because all the cheese was "foriegn" and it was replacing traditional british cheeses and thats why he was voting for Brexit. He was standing in the "International Cheeses" aisle.
In the past three decades, poaching has decimated Africa’s now-critically endangered forest elephants, and their vital role as seed dispersers has been disrupted. A new study from Cameroon provides the first direct evidence that without forest elephants, there are fewer ebony saplings.
I've heard "How to Blow Up a Pipeline" is also good.
Who doesn't love badass people outsmarting the oil and gas industry? THIS IS NOT A DRILL premiering at the #TellurideFilmFestival this weekend. Oren Jacoby directing, me producing.
The Trump plan for Gaza includes the relocation of the entire population - 2 million people - a US “trusteeship” and the creation of a tourism and tech hub. Landowners get digital tokens worth $5,000 and rent subsidies. Investors are promised 4x return on $100 billion.
#BREAKING | The Global Sumud Flotilla—the largest civilian mission to break Gaza’s siege—launches today, with 50+ ships from 44 countries. Drop Site editor Alex Colston is on board and will be reporting live as it sails from Barcelona toward Gaza.
That is truly chilling. Great idea to present it this way, though.
They also exposed a lot of his fraud.
Agreed, the Amish are awful to animals, like our Travelers (similar to Gypsies) here in the UK.
I would hope so, but specialist vets are rare. As to their welfare, we only know what the (social media-savvy) owners tell us, so ...🫤
Can we admit now, there cannot be true democracy in a country that is so heavily armed? Brutal intimidation plays a part in many concessions made to the MAGA leadership. The threat of violence even silences dissenters within their own ranks.
“In the United Kingdom, gun ownership is considered a privilege, not a right, and access by the general public to firearms is subject to strict control measures.” “The UK has one of the lowest rates of gun homicides in the world-mass shootings are extremely rare” en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm...
Going to start calling school shootings "late term abortions" so the government will actually rush in to do something.
Stalin?
I find a grass mulch over bare soil is a great way to dispose of surplus mowings when the compost bins are crammed - and it adds nutrient to bare soil🌱
If you are lucky enough to see a British hornet please leave it well alone. If you see one with yellow legs please report it. The Asian hornet has now arrived in Yorkshire and is breeding in England putting honeybees and many other insects at risk. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/...
That's the ideal. But America has thrown its (red) hat into the denialism ring along with other FF-producing countries. We now need something even the idiots will go for.
I agree with the gist of what you're saying, but my main point is, they don't choose this. They'd rather be wild, regardless. Many captured dolphins commit suicide. (They don't just fall ill; they forcefully self-harm.) Oh dear...The OP just meant to be uplifting. Sorry for bringing everyone down 😫
Once something becomes normalised and trendy, especially when disseminated by social media, this boosts demand. Most of the owners won't be able to look after them properly for practical reasons. They also require highly specialised (expensive) medical care.
You're making it seem like this was a survival choice. But it's big business to steal wild animals to be bred, trained, traded to zoos and parks. The older members of their group would have been killed. The Japanese do this to 1000ds of dolphins every year, causing the wild populations to plummet.
Cashier: Paper or plastic? Bird: No bag, thanks. I've got fingers in my feathers.
It's trendy in Japan to keep otters as pets. They're cute, but probably wildlife should be allowed to be wild...🫤
The best view is from inside the cave! www.youtube.com/live/8FVPvO4...
"The change shows how ambitious policymaking can directly improve health in large cities." I visited Paris this month briefly and it was striking how clean the air was - and how much quieter it was - compared to visits a decade or more ago.
"One study found that bald eagles in Alaska slept less and fed their chicks less as well when humans camped nearby. Instead, the birds spent more time guarding their nests."
The technicolour...His outfit must be a J.P. Gaultier! Photo by Monet? It seems he's likewise taking a mental photo of you. I wish every wildlife photo was paired with a reciprocal image from the subject's p.o.v.🤔
The fun would be watching Chump's reaction to it. 🤯 #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
You read what it said.
Maybe I phrased it wrong. This happens due to limited space. I should have said ..."This fungus, which has been adapted to various industrial purposes including pest management, has been engineered into a sterol food supplement for bees."
I just sent you a quote from a scientific article about the type of yeast you are working with, that mentions how it's also used in agricultural settings as a pesticide. If you are both aware of this and unwilling to understand other industrial applications of yarrowia lipolytica, I can't help you.
Baby made its own swing.
Patience is the quiet trust that life unfolds in its own rhythm; impatience is the restless belief that our will alone can rush the river. Iki |photos: sundown shoreline III
Here's one example from a different study of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica used as a pesticide : "[Yarrowia lipolytica] was extensively engineered for efficient production of two pheromones, (Z)-11-hexadecenol and (Z)-9-tetradecenol, which can be applied in pest management of several moth species."
Are you a crepuscular creature? 🦇🦉🐇🦇 If you're up at 2 a.m. UK time (as I often am) & hanker for a spectacle, tune in live to 20 million Mexican free-tailed bats, the fastest horizontal fliers in the world, as they dash from a Texas cave at the dinner bell of sunset: explore.org/livecams/bci...
Yes. Have you?
Let's remember International Day Against Nuclear Testing.
"The view of a large group of people can change quickly, ... The abolition of slavery, women's suffrage, the eight-hour working day, civil rights - all began with small groups of ‘unrealistic’ radicals who refused to accept that things had to remain as they were."
3/3 Camera shy. "Mum, come quick! There's something strange here..." (Sorry it's sideways! I had a heck of a tech-tussle trying to upload these videos 😜)
We received an epic dousing of much-needed rain over the past couple of days. Then this.
Like molten lava!
I appreciate the maths, but 1,100 Senators isn't that many given a population of ~340 million Americans.
AWESOME WIN FOR GRAY WOLVES 💙 Thank you Judge! The evil Trump Regime wants to end the Endangered Species Act
This is a HUGE WIN!!! Cattle and ranchers have it in their heads that wolves attack their animals, when in truth, they do nothing of the sort. Wolves provide a very important level in nature's food chain, balancing rabbit populations and providing 'leftovers' for conures and vultures. Nature won 1!
1/3 Some outtakes from my Garden News Network Hedgehog edition 1. The bum shake. "Oy, that dratted rain's got into me knickers!"
2/3 Licking the last drop. "Check, please. Urrp!"
Who is she? And yes, probably.
Maybe the word racism is too strong. Xenophobia may be more accurate. Around here, people mutter contemptuously about the Scots, the Irish, the wildlife...(or is that zoophobia?)
2/3 Licking the last drop. "Check, please. Urrp!"
I think you're supposed to keep your documents in your apron pocket (or am I thinking of the Handmaid's Tale?!) 😉
Haha. It's never been simple. It's many weighty religious, historical and legal concepts rolled into one. If you support Zionism, does that mean you support a country repeatedly violating international law to achieve and protect those entitled lands, whose boundaries constantly shift? Tricky one!
But he was given a yes or no question.
1/3 Some outtakes from my Garden News Network Hedgehog edition 1. The bum shake. "Oy, that dratted rain's got into me knickers!"
The literal definition of jihad is "struggle." In scriptures, that's mostly referred to as internal struggle to embody the teachings. But in headlines it's synonymous with violence- an external struggle. So if a reporter asks a Muslim: Yes or no, do you believe in jihad? Isn't that a trick question?
Right, because Zionism in practice sticks to the dictionary definition. I can see the uproar now in the Knesset: "We must put an immediate stop to the settler violence and rapid expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank! It goes against the dictionary!"
Zionism isn't synonymous with the right for Israel to exist. Zionism implies supremacy, entitlement, imperialism, endless expansion, ie. endless war. Believing, as Corbyn does, that the latter is problematic, doesn't mean believing Jews should be annihilated. The Zionists are convinced it does.
ICE recruitment perfectly matches the profiles of career anti-immigrant-protest thugs here in the UK.