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frmq.bsky.social
Associate lecturer with the Open University, environmentalist, walker, singer and dog woman
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Researchers at NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center said the amount of sea ice on the planet had reached the lowest level ever recorded in March.

Andrea Jenkins!

I’d say it defies belief but it’s straight out of the playbook. Do your best to scapegoat the public for environmental harms while perpetuating egregious abuse of the land you purport to be a custodian of. Good on the wild camper who noticed this. A true guardian. Eyes on the ground.

Worth watching, aside from the deranged treatment of the British journalist. It encapsulates perfectly how every issue of genuine importance up to & including the direct security of the public can be wiped away with an appeal to racist lies about the border & immigrants.

Cannot believe that @lscicb.bsky.social has cut funding in #Lancashire for #SingingForTheBrain #Alzheimers sessions 🙁. This service has been life changing for many including my relative. Families will now have to pay £250 a month to continue. Many won’t be able to 😢

Absolutely. It is a very cost-effective way to slow progression, too. The data/evidence is clearly documented.

Especially when you look at recent examples - Bedford mayor (Tory) 'won' in 2023 with 33% of the vote. Previous incumbent, Lib Dem, got 32.8% . This was the first mayoral election after the first/second preferences system was abolished.

New poll from Labour Together that really underlines just how utterly negligent it was not to change the electoral system for mayors back to ranked voting.

1,000,000 children are at risk. Blocking humanitarian aid is a war crime. 🚨🧒🏻🧕🏽 ➡️ @unicef.org urges all parties to respect international law. ⚖️🚸 #HumanRights #CeasefireNow

How a false Net Zero claim became ‘news’: the right-wing disinformation loop This direct debunk and mini-lesson on how the right-wing media ecosystem can work may help you to spot and critique these types of ‘stories’ in the future. ✍️ @monkemma.bsky.social bylines.cymru/politics-and...

The Norfolk beach clean-up operation is expected to take a few weeks. It is possible that further nurdle pollution & debris might still wash up & travel further east. Here's 👇 what to do if you spot any. #SolongStenaImmaculate #TheGreatSpringClean

Happy birthday to William Smith, the father of strata! in 1815 Smith published the first geographic map of Scotland, England and Wales.

Every day on the internet makes it abundantly clear that some people have never had a single person turn around and say to them, ‘Cite your sources’ because, and I say this with every ounce of love I can muster as a teacher: while you are entitled to your opinion, that does not make it fact.

The #GBSpringClean returns from 21 March – 6 April 2025! 🌍 Join our amazing volunteer #LitterHeroes as we come together to protect the places we love from litter. 💚 Make your pledge today and show the world how much you #LoveWhereYouLive: keepbritaintidy.org/gbspringclean

If, like me, you find this tragic account of raptor persecution in Britain appalling, there’s something you can do about it. It’ll take just a few minutes to sign the @wildjustice.bsky.social petition to end driven grouse shooting. It might just help to end decades of wildlife crime.

See the thread by @monkemma.bsky.social for a comprehensive debunking of this nonsense from Liz the lettuce!

Also picked up by Liz Truss!

Keep pushing back! An important thread, thank you

The new FIT Count season is nearly here 🎉🎆👏 From 1st April onwards, when weather is good, enjoy spending 10 minutes counting the insects that visit flowers - wherever you can find flowers, and as often as you wish, to help monitor #pollinators. Full details on our website ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts

Israel breached the ceasefire - launching airstrikes across Gaza, killing over 400 people & injuring hundreds. Israel is continuing to commit war crimes with ZERO consequences. International law isn't optional. The UK must condemn Israel, use its influence to stop bombing & help restore a ceasefire.

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Hundreds of schools & hospitals across UK are set to receive £180 million for solar panels from the government's new state-owned energy company in first major investment from Great British Energy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel Farage is once again serving the people of Clacton by travelling 4,000 miles to raise money for a Fascist moron.

"The government is pleased to confirm that we will be moving ahead with a new GCSE in natural history." BRILLIANT news! And not before time. Here's hoping there will be no long holdups before this finally comes into effect #Nature #education 🌿 questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...

This will probably come as no surprise to anyone but..

Bespoke bee habitats easily made for the smallest of space. Bee inspired by today's @theguardian.com country diary by @katebradbury.bsky.social. #countrydiary #naturewriting

And we taxpayers are paying for him ffs!

"No habitat is too small" says Kare Bradbury. A call for more wild spaces in our gardens, #CountryDiary #NatureWriting

The Swallow, our beloved herald of spring, swoops in for a Spring Equinox #SpringArrivalSpotlight. Arriving from southern Africa, look to the skies for their red throats & long tail streamers! Did you know, Swallows will often return to the same nesting sites each year?

It's the Spring Equinox - the first astronomical day of spring! ☀️ Longer days. Lighter evenings. Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.

‪TONIGHT! - Thurs 20/03 - Join us when Mike Luke of Albion Archaeology will take us through a whistle-stop history of archaeology and his own life in the trenches. #archaeology sitp.online/sitp/bedford/

Instead of buying liquid hand-soaps in single-use plastic bottles, choose eco-friendly bars. Many are made with natural ingredients and are plastic-free - so choosing soap bars is one way to reduce plastic pollution. A few suggestions: bit.ly/46DTTGY

BREAKING: Plastic nurdles are washing up along miles of the Norfolk coast, including RSPB Titchwell, following last week’s North Sea collision.🚨 This area is vital for migrating & nesting birds. We have just days to act before this pollution spreads further. (1/2)

I expect I'm preaching to the converted, but hopefully this may prove informative enough to make people still using that place to think why..

That could be the sitting room of my childhood home! The fire was real rather than electric. We kids would jostle for position in front as it was the warmest place I the house! (Chilblain emoji?)

Good morning! ##NatureWriting

Remember, if you can, please donate, it saves lives. #NHS #PleaseGiveBlood #Photography #StreetPhotography 🅰️🅱️🆎🅾️🩸📷📸

Having barely survived DDT last century, peregrine falcons, fastest animal on the planet, are now dying out even faster, likely due to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), originated in poultry. Yet *another* impact of livestock farming on the natural world. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I love the reminder that we keep learning. #CountryDiary I will look at the 'blackthorn' blossom much more closely now.

Heard my first chiff chaff on Sunday.

Let's all agree that we should never, ever let these Tories back!!! #JohnsonLiedPeopleDied

Heard my first chiff chiff this morning! Spring is here, still hearing fieldfares though. #NatureWriting

He seems nice!😉