Just finished reading Hell's Heart by Alexis Hall, an absolutely ridiculous and very fun Sci-fi take on Moby Dick, but queer and in space (and probably with more banging, but I've not read Moby Dick). Very mixed reviews, I enjoyed every page of it us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Can’t say I’m happy with this personal attack on me in the current Viz. Uncalled for

Just a bunch of re-enactors (but trained fighters) having a little fun fight in the snow and making a youtube video... and it looks better and more historically accurate than many big budget films & tv shows! Also Landsknechts looking splendid as always: youtu.be/VinzfRbdtbg?...

> text composed by a large language model has made its way into an act of parliament. British laws are already being written by AI. This is the worst of all possible worlds, bloody hell

The 12 Apostles, Catacol, Isle of Arran. Each of the 12 cottages has a unique window which was used by fishermen's wives to shine a light to their husbands at sea. Pic: IG/instasmithscape

BBS data for 2024-2025 show a decline of 7% in Swifts over the single year. The climate-related reduction in first-year Swift survival is driving the declines, so it’s no surprise, but this factor gets almost zero coverage. #swifts www.bto.org/sites/defaul...

We declare the 2026 Cornwall ‘Emmets Getting Their Cars Trapped On The Beach’ season OPEN. Needs a snappier name, to be honest. #YCPTM

Right in your face.. via a zooming telephoto lens. 🫍 Type B1 killer whale (Googled) or Orcinus orca emerging from the icy water in Antarctica, Ross Sea. The whale is "spy-hopping," a behavior where it raises its head above the water to get a better look at its surroundings. #nature #orca

"To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago." If you think it is necessary to be on Twitter to communicate your fact-based worldview, the reality is that worldview is being smothered.

The Netherlands is building a "digital emergency kit" in case the internet shuts down nationwide cybernews.com/security/net...

🟠 Steal the look: Atlantic Puffin Did someone say picnic at the beach? 🐟 I’ve got a fizzy-lifting prebiotic drink, tinned fish, & fresh batteries in my polaroid. BUT — let’s get real. Picnicking on fish is cute... eating plastic is not! Take Action: bit.ly/4ck42gX

'A simple (perfect) life' - my spring landscape is finally finished! An apple orchard in bloom, old railway, sheep with their lambs and an allotment being prepared for growing :) Zoom in to see all the other tiny details too... I think this might be my favourite aerial embroidery I've ever done!

There's a lot being shared right now about China's incredible shift towards renewable energy - and rightly so. But this, from the UK, is equally astonishing & encouraging. It's not just that change can happen. It's that it *is* happening. (Via climateactapp.substack.com/p/your-daily...)

Yesterday was the first day that all 3 species of breeding tern could be seen at Rye Harbour. Find out more with this video by @willrose.bsky.social youtu.be/Rv1MuCIf3Q4 @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

Travelling tonight, so just wanted to make a short post on this dramatic road cutting between Northumberland and Cumbria - the Maiden Way. It's a 32km military highway which climbs over the highest peaks of the Pennines, past Lambley up to Magna near Carvoran.

Irish far-right are making speeches about migrants at their fuel protests.. meanwhile: 'Ireland’s energy-hungry datacentres consumed more electricity last year than all its urban homes combined, according to official figures.' Amazon AWS, Google, Equinix, Microsoft, Digital Realty, Edge Connex..

Hello! I'm glad this is making the rounds, as sometimes it feels as if we're pretending the so-called hallucination problem has gone away. It hasn't. It won't. But more importantly, this poses a particularly pernicious harm for education that I think is not well understood. So, a short thread...

It takes 500 barrels of oil to fly to LA, and roughly 0 to take the train to Europe. Changing your travel habits is about more than avoiding climate collapse; it's about the petro-states not holding you over a barrel. flightfreeuk.substack.com/p/future-pro...

New paper alert: Plumage aberration on a Razorbill by Danial Oliker, Tony Diamond, and @heathermajor.bsky.social. #seabirds #OpenAccess www.marineornithology.org/PDF/54_1/54_...

This is catastrophic.

8 wildfires in early April. 🤷‍♂️🙄🤷‍♂️ www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

🚨New preprint and our results are rather concerning.. We find the "boiling frog" equivalent of AI use. Using large-scale RCTs, we provide *casual* evidence that AI assistance reduces persistence and hurts independent performance. And these effects emerge after just 10–15 minutes of AI use! 1/

Golden Plovers are everywhere on Tiree's rich grasslands just now - over 6,000 here today. Also the Grey-bellied Brant & Todd's Canada Goose both still at Cornaigmore & 8 Little Terns new at Gott Bay #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

An extra worry is how many people thought the photo was AI (it isn’t) The tech bros have given people an excuse not to care.

Christina Koch is so cool. airandspace.si.edu/stories/edit...

With spring comes the return of Britain and Ireland's breeding terns. Do you know their ID features well enough to know who's who of our five breeding terns below, and who's quite out of place?! Results later in the week. #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Morning! v1.0 of the Heritage Route Builder is now available for Patrons. The first full proper release. A full breakdown of how it works can be seen in the link below, as well as the link to use it. If you're planning a walk or cycle this week, have a swatch!

this wikipedia editor is orbiting the moon right now!

I hate having to do the "look, they're normal just like us" post, but sometimes you have to do that when American propaganda tries to convince everyone Iranians are "animals".

Not feeling particularly silly today, but here's a fun drawing of a marabou stork looking coy and very stylish for the #RepostYourArt theme of #silly

Been stuck writing SSSI consents all afternoon, did the world end yet?

‘Such a mix of people’: Ireland of 1926 was not monocultural, release of census shows Archive is freely available online from 18 April, revealing the lives, occupations and secrets of 2.9m people www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

London Centric's investigation into tax-evading gift shops hosted by Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital kept finding Edinburgh connections. Hard to justify spending subscribers' cash on that so I texted Michael at the @edinburghminute.com and he covered the cost of reporting the Scottish angle. Now 🎺.

Erm, they're called palaeontologists, actually.

In a world of war, anger and despair, this is actually quite lovely. The dull life to which we all aspire.

Implications for food safety of the size and location of fragments of lead shotgun pellets embedded in hunted carcasses of small game animals intended for human consumption pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35994440/

As I’ve said a million times, I’m not particularly against smart uses of AI This is the stupidest use I’ve seen yet though

🎶 WHEN THE MOON HAS A MARK THAT IS LAVA AND DARK THAT'S A MARE 🎶

Someone with the handle @velocity69.bsky.social is sharing a video with the caption: "The highest quality video of the moon was just released… so beautiful * Artemis II" It's gone viral, but it's not from Artemis II. If you've shared it, you might want to un-share.

The museum we designed and built at the field site, to share both our view on, and growing knowledge of, the Banter See common terns now has a sign, and is open for business. Opening times can be found here: www.wattenmeer-besucherzentrum.de/flussseeschw...

“Copilot is for entertainment purposes only. It can make mistakes, and it may not work as intended. Don’t rely on Copilot for important advice. Use Copilot at your own risk.” Microsoft Says You’re Not Supposed to Take Copilot’s Advice Seriously gizmodo.com/microsoft-sa...

Jobs with the South Georgia Heritage Trust: On Island Operations Manager, and Operations Assistant - working at the South Georgia Museum, based in the abandoned whaling station of Grytviken, welcoming over 15,000 visitors to one of the most remote museums in the world sght.org/job-opportun...

1926-2026 — Lufthansa is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a pair of special flights retracing the paths of the first flights from April 6, 1926 using its 100th anniversary livery 787 and A350. #LH1926: www.flightradar24.com/DLH1926/3f16... #LH2026: www.flightradar24.com/DLH2026/3f16...

reminds me of when my gran was in a right mood because she'd entered the village fete's annual knitting contest with some delightful teddy bears, and lost to a woman who'd knitted a scale model replica of Ellington Colliery

Mass poisoning of wildlife, including rare Black (Cinereous) Vulture, in Greece's Dadia Forest National Park 4vultures.org/blog/poisoin... Helenic Ornithological Society article on this (in Greek) - ornithologiki.gr/el/enhmerwsh...

Congratulations to my physio, Craig for retaining his over 40's title by carrying a 50kg bag of coal on 1,100 metre course in 4 mins 58 secs at the World Coal Carrying Championships at Gawthorpe near Wakefield which has taken place since 1963. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

ALT: Do you live in a Wally close, in the Westend of Glasgow? Tnmnttiles has been contacted by producer Amelia looking for a tiled stairwell for a shoot. They're aiming for the 16th of April, with around two hours access. For further information, contact: [email protected]

Detailed investigation into Nepal's fake rescue racket - well worth a read kathmandupost.com/money/2026/0...