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chilternbirder.bsky.social
Hanging on to my old social media name although the birding these days is largely very low carbon through my living room window. Anarcho-dandyist folkie into environment and architecture among other things. 🧑‍💻 www.folkphotos.uk
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#fabulamurina (mouse story) 419 Silvius est cuniculus paschalis! (Silvius is the Easter bunny!) ova colorata in horto celare parat (He's preparing to hide painted eggs in the garden). amici debent omnia quaerere (His friends have to look for them all).

Happy Easter

Sage advice from @mariastrutz.bsky.social

Good Easter, the Essex village that is. This is council housing built by Chelmsford Rural District Council on Mill Road. Happy Easter to all who celebrate.

From our preservation committee_cases we care about. Ocean Room, Gorleston Also, if you are aware of any Art Deco Buildings or Structures at risk, including murals, art installations, decorative elements, monuments or statues, get in touch on [email protected]

'Full many a glorious morning have I seen Flatter the mountain-tops with sovereign eye'. (Sonnet 33) #ShakespeareSunday

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 418 Timotheus, avunculus* Silvii, jurisconsultus peritus est (Tim, Silvius' uncle, is a clever barrister). Silvius capillamentum crispum admiratur (Silvius admires his curly wig). *avunculus honorarius est, quod ursus est! (He's an honorary uncle, because he's a bear!)

When we think of pollinators, everyone gravitates to the fuzzy, honey-making bee. But what about the others doing the work too? Like this March fly (Bibionidae), putting in the effort. Just because they aren't "cute" doesn’t mean they don’t deserve appreciation. 🌿🪲🪳 #Diptera #Invert #entomology

Lunchtime wasn't the right time to see beavers but we could see how busy they had been. Greathough Brook, Forest of Dean.

"However, there is a nervousness around how these reviews will be implemented and that ‘streamling’ regulations becomes code for dumping environmental protections." inews.co.uk/news/inside-...

NEW OLD BOOK: The county borough of Birmingham - how cities were run in interwar Britain. Note the ***huge range*** of functions. How many are now privatised & extract wealth? (Cc @weownit.org.uk ) From 1928. 👀 1/3

Just been to an inspiring talk by Dr Judy Webb @friendlyevalley.bsky.social about how a group of volunteers transformed 'the dump' into the much-loved and high nature value Lye Valley Fen.

Easter bunny resting 🐰🐰 A #Roman samian ware bowl depicting a rabbit eating dandelion. Found in Eschenz/Switzerland. Photo: AATG, Daniel Steiner

So why are we in the UK allowing Palantir - closely allied with Musk’s DOGE - access to our NHS data?

Please share. Data must be preserved.

Ahhh.. now here we have an interesting construction method! #DodecaBakeOff

Looking down gorgeous Mermaid Street, Rye, Sussex 😍

✨️ WOMEN'S HISTORY DAY SCHOOL ✨️ I'm really pleased to announce that I'll be speaking at this event in May! "Suffering from a hopeless form of insanity.": Women and Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum. More information ⤵️ lnkd.in/eeyiSNka #Wales #History

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 417 Minimus et Silvius Vibrissam salutant (Minimus and Silvius are saying hello to Vibrissa). "quam longae pulchraeque sunt vibrissae tuae!" Silvius stridet. ("How long and beautiful your whiskers are!" squeaks Silvius).

Victor Macarol. “Cat & Marylin”, Thompson Street, New York City. 1988.

Winding gear from one of the pits near Pontypool for #FerrousFriday

Ohhhh!!! But I think we can give Tim and his 'Dodecahedron: Unbound' first place in the Artistic Interpretation (Abstract) category🏆 And remember, folks, get ready to share your pics on Monday! #Archaeology #DodecaBakeOff

South door to west of nave #AllSaintsKedleston #Derbyshire Beak heads to the right of the door jamb (facing). The carving seems to be slightly better preserved on this side #RomanesqueRiday #RomanesqueAllSaintsKedleston (4/5)

Shropshire folklore states that it is fortuitous to sow seeds in your garden on good Friday. The soil was redeemed from the Devil's grasp on this day, so it was worth planing your potatoes and parsley. It was also one of the only days farmers had free. #Shropshire #Folklore #Devil

I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.

Revisiting this @privateeyenews.bsky.social #cartoon to mark the occasion... #easterweekend #eastereggs #tourism

Nearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics ‘scientific asylum’

Mouse put this out there right up front, this delicately curved door is as close to perfection as doors can get #KedlestonHall #Derbyshire

“The value of one Smartie is negligible, so it’s fine if I steal all the chocolate in the world.”

As a historian of eugenics, I can tell you that the "taxes" thing is straight up from sterilization eugenics. Not only that, it represents an even more extreme form of early 20thC. eugenics that I study: euthanasia eugenics. They are tax burdens therefore they shouldn't exist. 1/2

No peeking! 😉 Don't forget folks Grand Dodeca Bake Off Photo Parade will be 21st April so get finessing those edible makes!! #DodecaBakeOff #Archaeology ⚱️

Cardamine pratensis or the cuckoo flower from today's walk.

The @royalhistsoc.org reports on the tragic and stupid cuts to university History provision in the UK. The RHS alone has worked with 23 depts in trouble, and 90% of post-92 History groups have made cuts. Madness. royalhistsoc.org/rhs-presiden...

for-swelgan, str.v: to swallow (something/someone) entirely, devour (something/someone) utterly. (for-SWELL-gahn / fɔr-ˈswɛl-gan) Image: Ormesby Psalter; England (East Anglia), 1250-1330; @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS. Douce 366, f. 71v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

A trade deal with the US - infringement of batshit US gov ideology, a steamroller over regulations, a flood of poor quality US food, UK farms and other businesses undermined, poorer health, antimicrobial resistance, further weakened EU access. No thanks.

Out riverfly demonstrating at Restore Hope Latimer on the River Chess. These two turned up in the tray. One welcome one not so much. @chilternstreams.bsky.social

Palantir (Wes Streeting's partner of choice for your private medical data) is helping Donald Trump draw up a list of targets for deportation. Are you still relaxed about it holding your medical data? www.404media.co/ice-just-pai...

Leonard Campbell Tayor is an obscure name in the art market, but in the 1930s, he explored the gentle rurality of inter-war England with great sensitivity. His 'Restaurant Car,' (1936) recalls the days of silver service meals on British railways.