Doc Sarah Lonsdale

I agree. We all need to limit our screen time and get back to living in the moment

That's very sad!

Oh Ed. Disappointing to see you've drunk the populist Kool-Aid too.

Even worse, the Iranians are not sticking to the plan that Trump didn't have.

Breakthrough Theory Suggests Alzheimer’s Starts in the Body - Not the Brain YouTube video by The World, The Universe And Us

Fascinating and massive news on Alzheimer's, with persuasive evidence that the disease starts in the body and then moves to the brain
youtu.be/uX_KypnSITs

What have they created?

A reminder that the Tories and Reform want us to join an illegal war that not even the US President can defend

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

Is daydreaming a vanishing practice? On the train, just a few over 40s staring out of the window, conjuring creative connections from a mind allowed to roam free. Everyone under 40 staring at phones. Are we losing an unsung but vital part of human creativity? I love a good daydreaming session.

A large group of short delicate purple flowers with yellow centers and grass like green stalks huddles tightly together among brown wood chips. Their petals reach up as if trying to cup the sunlight shining down on them.

After a long week of dreary weather, I've been reaching for the sunlight the past couple of days myself.

Crocus

#BloomScrolling #flowers #SignsOfSpring #photography

Thank you!

Taco on Iran will come too late for Trump The US president has already done lasting damage to international trust in America

Financial Times brutal on Trump:
"We can safely assume that Iran’s pain threshold is higher than his. Trump will nevertheless present his exit as a victory. Iran will have every incentive to ensure nobody believes him...the crux of his self-inflicted dilemma".
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Women haven’t always had equal space in learned societies, yet most of our staff are women. For #IWD2026, we celebrate the colleagues who help make the Society what it is today. We invited them to reflect on this year's theme of justice and action and the barriers women still face: buff.ly/oY03aSN

A line of willow trees with their new spring leaves of greenish gold

A willow tree with its new spring leaves of greenish gold

Just got to love the willow, putting out its golden-green leaves so early in the season when most other trees are still bare and wintry

Sounds lovely! 🫛

Glasgow Central Fire Sparks Travel Chaos Across the UK A major fire beside Glasgow Central has shut Scotland’s busiest station, triggering nationwide disruption and raising urgent questions over UK rail resilience.

Awful news about Glasgow Central, I'm still hoping the station itself escaped serious damage.
But while we're here, can anyone spot the problem with the news photo below, from thetraveler.org/glasgow-cent...?
We've really got to STOP using AI to fake things.

I'm usually a ridiculous optimist but I have this queasy feeling that Trump's such a narcissist that he cannot bear the idea of the world going on without him after he's gone. So he's going to do his best to salt the earth as he goes. Hence starting an illegal war that no-one knows how it'll end.

😂

Maya Angelou 6 March 2012 at 16:11. Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.

#IWD #Herstory

Still a few tickets left for the Reading the Land event in Shaftesbury, March 20/21/22 including my conversation with Nicola Chester about her breathtakingly beautiful book Ghosts of the Farm, and my Wildly Different
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Dorothy Pilley pioneering mountaineer b1894 Camberwell Grove

I'm hoping they'll go to a girls' school or public library!

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Extreme Sports Laurie Taylor hears about research into ultra running and women mountaineers.

You can hear me talking about mountaineer Dorothy Pilley on this week's Thinking Allowed: BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Extreme Sports share.google/jF4YZHseyZ35...

The cover of Rebel Women between the Wars by Sarah Lonsdale featuring a pen, mountains and a spanner

The cover of Wildly Different: Five women who reclaimed Nature in a Man’s World by Sarah Lonsdale

Wishing everyone a happy International Women's Day. To celebrate I'm giving away a pair of my books which recover pioneer women's voices and engineering, exploration, journalism, politics, and conservation to a school, or library, or teacher. I'll pick a winner from replies. Please repost!

I meant, I suspected as much, but you've just confirmed it!

I knew it!

Dear Guests, Our robots do not support remote viewing or recording function. Sincerely Hotel management

Apparently innocent looking robot vacuum cleaner with the note: Dear Guests, Our robots do not support remote viewing or recording function. Sincerely Hotel management

Interesting, if slightly disturbing, note on the robot vacuum cleaner in hotel bedroom.

Nairobi flash floods kill more than 20 people and cause widespread airport disruption George Seda, the chief of police in Nairobi, warned that the number of people killed may rise.

From the #ClimateCrisis front lines

#Nairobi

The cover of Rebel Women between the Wars by Sarah Lonsdale featuring a pen, mountains and a spanner

The cover of Wildly Different: Five women who reclaimed Nature in a Man’s World by Sarah Lonsdale

Wishing everyone a happy International Women's Day. To celebrate I'm giving away a pair of my books which recover pioneer women's voices and engineering, exploration, journalism, politics, and conservation to a school, or library, or teacher. I'll pick a winner from replies. Please repost!

In a world of lies, we need the BBC more than ever. This week could be our last chance to save it | Polly Toynbee As the public consultation on the BBC nears its end, the right will be out in force to undermine it. But its supporters can do their bit – with this guidance, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

"The public consultation on the BBC Charter renewal closes next week.
All those who care about the BBC’s future should hurry and send in their response before 10 March.
Battalions of enemies driven by the right will be out in force to undermine it"
#DefendTheBBC
link below
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