This is the speech of Rubio’s that matters. If he’s willing to openly endorse, in the name of “US national interests”, a kleptocratic Putinversteher who seeks to rupture EU unity from the inside, it tells you everything you need to know about what those interests are.

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🚨 Israel has approved a plan to begin registering West Bank land as “state property” for the first time since 1967, Al Jazeera reports, citing Israel’s public broadcaster KAN. Analysts describe the move, advanced by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich & others, as de facto annexation, noting most...

Welsh charity buys more than 405 hectares for rewilding

#TansleyReview: Why, when, and how microbes can benefit ecological restorations: current approaches and future directions 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... by Crawford et al. @kerricrawford.bsky.social @collingdice.bsky.social Figure created in biorender.com/iwso49n.

Rubio just made a speech to the European defense community in Munich that did not mention Ukraine. Or democracy. Or US business deals with Russia. Or the administration's plans to support the European far right. But there were lots of nice words about our common civilization.

Natural Resources Wales are advertising for a Peatland Restoration Specialist. Closing date 1 March 2026. Info here: swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor... #restorationjobs #generationrestoration

📣 Get hands-on with conservation this spring! 🌾 We’re recruiting 2 Great Fen Monitoring Trainees to support exciting peatland restoration projects as part of the EU-funded PaluWise programme. 📆 Apply by Mon 2 March 2026, 9am 🔗 www.wildlifebcn.org/jobs/great-f... 🌿🐦 @greatfen.org.uk

1/2 On the 23-24/02, YPP will be hosting a Sphagnum planting day at Castle Bolton. We are looking for local volunteers who might be interested in joining for the day - no previous experience required, just an enthusiasm to play a hands-on role in peatland restoration and climate action!

Talk on Nature Conservation along the Upper Barle - From Water Vole Habitat to Peatland Restoration Tuesday 24 February 3.30pm -5pm Drop in to White Rock Cottage, Ashcombe, Simonsbath, for tea and cake from 3:30pm with a presentation from our ecologists at 4pm

Could you become BSBI's new Wales Officer, helping support the network of botanists across Wales & leading our Priority Plants in Wales Project? You'd be helping to conserve rare & beautiful wild plants, like this lovely Radnor Lily. For more details & how to apply, visit: bsbi.org/about/people...

Somerford Mead, #England is the #LTESiteOfTheWeek. David Gowing at @openuniversity.bsky.social is the current custodian of this #LTE. He is testing how #grazing affects meadow #restoration. bit.ly/SomerfordM Read his blog bit.ly/3CLizBH @floodplainmead.bsky.social @farmersweeklyuk.bsky.social

🚨3 Lectureships in Biology 🚨 Come join us in Bristol @bristolbiosci.bsky.social! We are looking for new collegues working across a broad spectum of topics in biology, including ecology & environmental change. Get in touch if you have Qs! Apply here by 8 March: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Observations made on the flowers of wood crane's-bill, the subject of our recent @journalofecology.bsky.social Biological Flora species account, inspired the foundational work of naturalist Christian Konrad Sprengel in the field of pollination ecology. jecologyblog.com/2026/02/10/t...

‘We feel kinda bad when a solo bird shows up’: Canada sees its first European robin – but how did it get there?

We’re celebrating our Science Collections Digitisation Project volunteers – an incredible team whose work has powered this project forward over the last four years 🌿

Observations made on the flowers of wood crane's-bill, the subject of our recent @journalofecology.bsky.social Biological Flora species account, inspired the foundational work of naturalist Christian Konrad Sprengel in the field of pollination ecology. jecologyblog.com/2026/02/10/t...

Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club

Are you a community ecologist interested in fire ecology? Come join our group! Postdoc position for project FEVER, that aims to understand how fire affects biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and biogeochemical cycles in Mediterranean forests @umramap.bsky.social.

Der Vortrag von Prof. Tischew über die erfolgreiche Beweidung der Oranienbaumer Heide ist jetzt online. Schwerpunkt war die Botanik, aber auch Insekten, Pilze, Vögel kamen zu Wort. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F_1...

Every American needs to watch this:

NEW: Dear Washington Post journalists, I’ve written this for you. Last year @theguardian.com gave away our news title & binned 100+ journalists. It sucked! But we fought back & you can too. First a strike, then a new masthead @thenerve.news Fuck Bezos. There is another way 👊👊👊 1/

Tree Seed Collection Volunteers Needed in #Assynt! We'd 💚 your help to collect tree seeds & support the restoration/expansion of local provenance native woodland across remote landscapes. Contact [email protected] by Fri 20 Feb. About the project 👉 buff.ly/eAuqYq6 @treesforlife.bsky.social

Students aren’t putting themselves into massive debt so they can learn to use AI or be taught by it. Universities wake the fuck up.

An investigation by a German outlet has found that in German supermarkets, wines from illegal settlements in the illegally occupied West Bank are labelled as "from Israel". This violates both EU regulations and the International Court of Justice's advisory ruling on the occupation of the oPT.

This vacancy at @rbgkew.bsky.social Wakehurst looks like a nice opportunity for someone with a teaching qualification (and some experience teaching) and with a good working knowledge of plant biology, conservation, and the UK Science National Curriculum. careers.kew.org/vacancy/seni...

Best not to think too hard about what the rise of AI tools will ultimately mean for academia, because it is too depressing. We must change the ways in which we measure academic success, which must be more in terms of quality and originality, and less in terms of sheer quantity of academic outputs.

Ein kleiner Ofen hält Gorilla Toni warm. Wenn die Temperatur in seinem Gehege auf unter 20 Grad fallen sollte, würde er sterben. Egal, wie heftig Russland die ukrainische Hauptstadt Kyjiw angreift: Pflegerin Valentyna kommt zur Arbeit, um das zu verhindern. Unsere Reportage aus dem Zoo.

Climate-driven in-situ trait variation in an annual ruderal grass across Europe https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.19.700245v1

Wildlife photographer of the year – people’s choice 2026 Come for the sloths, stay for the flamingos ... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Extraordinary US government surveillance of ordinary people is beginning www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Blágresi (Geranium Sylvaticum, Wood crane's-bill) is one of the more beautiful of Icleand's alpine flowers. In the background Kistufell, where tragically a young man fell to his death a couple of weeks ago. June 22nd, 2019 #Iceland #Esja #Outdoors #Landscape #Photography #OTD

Check out this new @journalofecology.bsky.social paper on Geranium sylvaticum. Produced by @openuniversity.bsky.social, @ukceh.bsky.social, @naturalengland.bsky.social, North Pennines AONB Partnership, University of Lincoln and Royal Agricultural University Read for free here: tinyurl.com/4vrn979j

PS. Not too late to tell the government what you think about their proposed changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain - the public consultation is open until 12th Feb. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Can you find, identify & record 100 wild plants in 2026? BSBI is confident that (with our support) yes, you can! Beginner botanists, will you accept the challenge? Sign up today for #100Plants2026 challenge: bsbi.org/take-part/ac... Check out the webinars & #WildFlowerID help we've prep'd for you!

Our Biological Flora on Wood Crane's-bill is out in @journalofecology.bsky.social. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... A team effort w/ @ruthsk.bsky.social @sandravarga.bsky.social @spp-rich.bsky.social @duncanwestbury.bsky.social, irina Tatarenko & artist Lucy Hulmes on pen and ink.

On a rainy grey February, a splendid parcel has arrived. What a relief… @pelagic.bsky.social @nfbr.bsky.social @nbntrust.bsky.social

Last week, @skjoldsoendergaard.bsky.social presented his work on vegetation ecology to the Ecosystems Lab, drawing on research from Denmark and across temperate Europe. Read more about it here: www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/deep-ti...

Great to attend the Bees, Pollinators and Invertebrates APPG event at the House of Lords yesterday. Mike Image & Emma Gardner shared our work with JNCC on the pollinator indicator and @pomscheme.bsky.social, plus DRUID results on predicting effects of land-use policies on wild bees 🐝

🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🧪🌳🐝 Botanical University Challenge #BUC2026. All this year's teams signed-up; a record 32 from around the UK and Ireland. Some new, some returning, some regular, two present in every competition since the start in 2016! Welcome to all! Which ones are you supporting?

Our Biological Flora on Wood Crane's-bill is out in @journalofecology.bsky.social. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... A team effort w/ @ruthsk.bsky.social @sandravarga.bsky.social @spp-rich.bsky.social @duncanwestbury.bsky.social, irina Tatarenko & artist Lucy Hulmes on pen and ink.

I certainly wouldn't take the author's advice to show up and protest - you might end up dead.

So QAnon spent years spreading conspiracy theories that the government was run by a cabal of elite pedophiles and it turns out they supported the actual cabal of elite pedophiles to get into power and destroy democracy.

"Beste Hauptdarstellerin": Infantino zeichnet Melania Trump mit FIFA-Oscar aus www.der-postillon.com/2026/02/fifa...

🌿 Invasive goldenrod (𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘱.) strongly impacts ecosystems across Europe, Asia, and beyond. 🔍 In this study, researchers systematically reviewed 180 published papers to reveal global trends, research biases in studies on invasive goldenrod’s ecological interactions 🔗 Read the full study here:

I love the artwork in this new @journalofecology.bsky.social Biological Flora species account: Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland No. 309: Polygonatum multiflorum besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

‘Nothing is sacred to them’: the race to save rare plants as Russian troops advance www.theguardian.com/environment/... #Ukraine

Corn Parsley Petroselinum segetum seen with #NorfolkFloraGroup this weekend. Abundant in arable and ruderal situations in parts of north Norfolk. Margins and verges thick with it! #Wildflowerhour

Jeffrey Epstein files: don’t be fooled. Millions of files are still unreleased | Moira Donegan

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...