Early depiction of work-based shenanigans. #MosaicMonday Huqoq Synagogue, Israel. blog.lostartpress.com/2024/04/07/r...

‘Zack is a phenomenal leader’: Siân Berry on the Green party’s next steps as membership doubles

Well done to everyone involved! www.theguardian.com/environment/... #illegalwildlifetrade #conservation #CITES #iucn

The ET states that excluding trans people from both male and female changing rooms "is clearly liable to amount to indirect discrimination, which is likely to be very hard indeed to justify as proportionate" [811].

There’s two people claiming to be England openers at the crease at the moment. This can’t be right as neither of them are out for a duck and both have reached double figures. Who are they and what have they done with the real Crawley and Duckett? #cricket #auseng #theashes

#OTD in 1967, Jocelyn Bell discovered pulsars & changed our view of the universe. 𝘉𝘶𝘵... The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle. theconversation.com/fifty-years-...#OTD#Nobel#Physics#WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect

BBC News - Puffins: Isle of Muck comeback 'proves restoration works' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.

Sea otters have underarm pockets that they keep food and their favourite stones in.

The EHRC's position "leaves businesses and their staff caught in the crossfire of the increasingly bitter gender wars, while doing absolutely nothing to advance women’s rights or protect vulnerable women from abuse": Rachel Taylor MP. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

According to a medieval Irish legal text on cats called Catslechtae (Cat-Sections), if a cat is able to purr and to catch mice, it’s worth three cows and if it’s only able to purr, it’s worth one cow and a half.

Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.

In a deep dank cave in the Amazon rainforest, there are yet undiscovered to science species of insects that was nearer to #Sarr than a Liverpool defender tonight #CPFC #LIVCRY

Well it's not every day that you get to stand on the site of a brand new Observatory! This is Clatteringshaws loch, in the Galloway Forest #DarkSky Park, home of the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scottish Dark Sky Observatory. Construction starts soon and like a phoenix SDSO will rise from the ashes! Re-opening mid-2027. 🥳🔭🧪

🚨New Paper!🚨 A hedonic analysis of the market for Southeast Asian slipper #orchids (Paphiopedilum) in #Biodiversity & #Conservation by Robinson, Fraser, Balcombe & @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social @dice-kent.bsky.social #orchid #wildlifetrade doi.org/10.1007/s105...

#openaccess paper of the week. Researchers from #ChesterZoo #APHA and other teams develop a vaccine for EEHV which has a 80% mortality rate in juvenile elephants www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Basically, whale poop recycle nutrients that enables phytoplankton and in turn krill to grow. Hunting whales means less recycling and less krill...

New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard

#openaccess paper of the week. What does the materials from bearded vulture nests tell us about about "regional ecology as well as the local ethnographic, historical, and biocultural conditions"?

I just have to post this #iceage masterpiece from time to time: A tiny (3.7 cm) but amazing figurine of a woolly mammoth carved in mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago. Found in the Vogelherd cave on the Swabian Jura, south-west Germany. 📷 me 🏺

Bought two new pairs of shoes from @keswickboot.bsky.social. As always, excellent customer service and a great understanding of feet to suggest suitable brands for your needs #keswick #wainwrights

Moments after an offside decision, Pino did a lovely swerve on the ball taking it away from the keeper, leaving #Nketiah with a straightforward tap in. Two goals in two games #DKYCRY #CPFC

#DKYCRY HT 0-1 with excellent goal from #Munoz. Can now see why #Glasner has a lot of faith in #Kamada #CPFC

BBC News - UK's first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News - New evidence proves North Sea asteroid impact www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ah what a time it is to be a #CPFC Fan. 2-1 and 17 games unbeaten in all competitions 😃 #WHUCRY

#openaccess paper of the week. Libby et al. discussing perspectives in environmental humanities. How can we look beyond traditional scientific approaches to conservation questions? www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

#Wainwrightbagging This trip involved walks over the fells of Latrigg and Lonscale Fell taking me to 75/214

Biancamaria Zanzi sharing life since graduation including reflections on dolphin-human interactions involving boats blogs.kent.ac.uk/dice/2025/08... #DICE #UniversityofKent #Kent

This feels like a spot of good news www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

A point against Forest who spunked millions on new players. Its blindingly obvious we have potential, so #Parish, just do it, back #Glasner and get the squad strengthened to push on #CPFC

BBC News - Three more species of giraffe than previously thought, scientists say www.bbc.com/news/article...

The good news is that we no longer have a 100% loss record in European competition (yes, I do count the intertoto cup 🤣). Onwards to #Norway next week but still, 1-0 and #Hughes is man of match for me #CPFC #CRYFRE

Take our word for it, this is the finest local news live blog you will ever read. (And it should take you no longer than 20 seconds)

Two controlled AI debates to find out if the UK should rejoin the EU

ooooh #Eze is starting today. Does not suggest a deal for him from Spurs is any closer than it was two days ago... #CPFC #CHECRY

🚶 Walkable cities boost activity A new study tracking 2.1M US smartphone users found that moving to a more walkable city adds ~1,100 daily steps, with benefits sustained for months. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm 🧪

@joshalston.bsky.social I think it should be Green Party policy that all candidates for elections reveal their favourite penguin 😂

Did you get the email I sent 😭

Ooooh winning on penalties again. Having a good time this year watching them what with England and Palace both doing the job properly 😂 #cryliv #communityshield

Potential new way to foil illegal trafficking of animal products. #iwt injection of isotopes that could trigger detectors at borders www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Fucking #penalties. Could only be #England 😂 Here we go again 🙄 #EngEsp #euros2025

You can NEVER write off the #lionesses 1-1 #EngEsp #euro2025

"I knew the global market for ivory carvings and statues was causing destruction. But seeing a baby elephant hacked to pieces in real life is something else."

Arise Dame Chloe Kelly #EngIta #euros2025

Warming seas in the arctic could see unexpected consequences as seen in this study of whale poo and algal toxins www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I already like it just from the title!!! 🌊 academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

For the first time, a non-primate species has been proven to use gestures to signal what they want. 🐘🍎 New work led by @vestaeleuteri.bsky.social at @univie.ac.at‪ marks a key milestone in animal communication, showing elephants are capable of goal-directed intentionality. tinyurl.com/yc3a2vew

If it’s England, must be penalties. Seen so many over the years for men and women, nothing can surprise me #SweEng #euros2025

Further to Amano et al's article on the extra hurdles non-native-English researchers face, here's a report on language skills & capabilities in UK research; an appraisal of its role in research work/institutions, evidence of hidden multilingual use/skills. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...