#WorldBookDay #Microbes #Microbiome
#WorldBookDay #Microbes #Microbiome
Your 'moment of doom' for Mar. 5, 2026 ~ RIP tropical insects.
"Since insects fulfill central functions in ecosystems as pollinators, decomposers, and predators, there is a threat of far-reaching consequences for entire ecosystems."
phys.org/news/2026-03...
The Green Party has won more elections than Reform have.
Why are Reform constantly on TV and the Green Party is ignored?
The electorate says it should be the other way around.
Perfect description of the problem
18.02.2026
'Catastrophic consequences of storms and floods in #Portugal π΅πΉ' and national efforts for reconstruction
Lisbon | Agencies'
Arab_Storms [x] #FossilFuels #ClimateCollapse
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Narwhals become quieter as Arctic Ocean grows louder
belugas and bowheads, are in jeopardy, too.
Increasing shipping traffic cargo vessels, fishing fleets, cruise ships, and oil and gas tankers interfering with whalesβ ability to hunt and communicate.
arstechnica.com/science/2026...
This is the problem with Assisted Dying policies that are implemented without sufficient policies to ensure a right to care or a dignified life.
A Canadian man waited a year for treatment for end of life care only to get denied.
His MAiD approval happened in two weeks.
Thatβs eugenics.
As the world quickly approaches 1.5C, researchers have a call in Nature to rethink the utility of temperature targets βΒ and to potentially replace them with more actionable and precise targets around clean energy:
[Australia] Victoria's animal populations suffer as state is ravaged by bushfires, extreme heat www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Heatwave #Wildfire #Wildlife #Victoria #Australia
The ivy enfolded grave guardians of Ashcourt necropolis exist in lithic time. We flicker and fizz in their slow seeing. For the most part we hardly register. When we do, we are trespassing ghosts. Edge of eye phantoms moving against the speed of stone. βΒ #CLNolan
If you turn up go to watch a Boxing Day hunt parade you are directly responsible for facilitating fox hunting.
Merry Christmas Hookland, and thank you for warming this darkened month with your daily tree-based delights.
Our ancient woodland close to sunset
A silence settles on ancient woodland at sunset
The birds, already singing in hushed tones, go quiet as the shadows lengthen
Any noise at all now alerts the senses of every living thing. The atmosphere is somewhat electric
It is my favourite time
The governmentβs housing and regeneration agency has failed to explain why its new five-year strategy fails to mention disabled people, or the need to address the accessible housing crisis.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/governments-...
Disabled people tried to warn you
We pleaded you to see the eugenics of the βlet it ripβ strategy & the rise of Assisted Dying policies
A death with dignity canβt be provided when thereβs no guarantee of life with dignity
In Canada, you can get MAiD in less time than it takes to see a specialist
Some claim the Clapperclaw comes from villagers forced from their homes by the clearances of medieval sheep barons or landowners wanting stately parks. A summoning of an old carrion god to bring a vengeance on greed. In this, a remembrance of folklore as ache for justice. β Dr. M. Benn #Folklore
It was super to chat with Dan White of @disrightsuk.bsky.social for our 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation With' session yesterday! Recording, transcript & links now up online! sensing-climate.com/events/dan-w...
Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 18, 2025 ~ Net infinity and beyond!
"heatwaves will not revert back towards preindustrial conditions for at least a millennium after net zero is reached"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In this #ClimateEmergency, UK is failing on #ClimateAdaptation
"Builders, councils & water companies are getting βup to a standard thatβs fit for today, not for 2070 or 2080, when weβre going to see much more extreme weatherβ (when they manage that!)
#Flooding
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is not right, not how it should be. Money should not be the passport to influence.
Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
One thing to say: #AxeDrax
No. Cutting down trees, grinding them up, shipping them across the Atlantic and then burning them is NOT "green".
#ClimateEmergency #NatureCrisis
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
I'm canceling my Spotify subscription until the ICE ads are removed. Streaming hate is a choice and I refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/N2LtJXhQ
Day 24 of Emmanuel Garcia being in federal custody.
Heβs a 15 year old autistic boy who went missing 4 weeks ago. Houston PD found him, contacted ICE & his Mom is fighting to get him back
Sheβs not allowed to visit him.
Theyβre keeping a disabled kid from his family & the media is largely silent
Why should we have thought otherwise?
"Chimpanzeesβlike humansβchange their minds based on strength of evidence, key feature of rational thought."
Ideas of human exceptionalism _should_ have gone out with 20th century
#Unlearn
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Thinking of all my Jamaican friends and neighborsβ¦
youtu.be/qUuvLwxZ8CA?...
Overshooting 1.5Β°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Farage: epic grifter
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
October 25th, 2025 was the hottest on record for the date since records began in 1940, making it likely the hottest October 25th in the last 120,000 years.
More records are forecast to be set over the next week. Stay tuned.
side and back view of a fox looking up and to the right into a bramble hedge, crowded with blackberries and leaves. Line drawing, black and white, shades buff and red and brown. Line drawing, black tea, beetroot ink, blackberry ink, Maria Strutz
Fox amidst a blackberry hedge π¦πΏπ
Drawing coloure with black tea, beetroot ink and blackberry ink
#whistpr #Bramble