THREAD. When my parents' cat Bridget went missing, my dad, to try to ease his worry, painted her on a variety of historical ventures. Soon, these numbered in the dozens. After much nagging, my dad has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series: michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com

This is a new image from #JWST. The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way. Everything else is a galaxy. Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.

Oh i would so like to have been the chris wallace who authored Hidden photons with Kaluza-Klein towers but I have to disappoint Academia.edu yet again.

During WWII, four brothers from the same Jewish family signed up to fight against the Nazis. Only one of the four brothers survived. His grandson is the current President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Slava Ukraine! Heroyam Slava! 💙💛

I love how Trump, Vance and Musk style themselves defenders of free speech, while simultaneously banning government agencies from mentioning climate change or diversity (inc biodiversity!), equity and inclusion, or even possessing maps which show the Gulf of Mexico. Torquemadas the lot of them.

The tree arriving on platform 2

We should really really copy Paris.

Is the opportunity for local offsetting of BNG being lost? bristoltreeforum.org/2025/01/25/r...

𝗦𝗮𝗺 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱, 𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲́𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗲 🏁This Saturday at 1403 hrs UTC, @GoodchildSam crossed the finish line in Les Sables d'Olonne, completing his very first Vendée Globe after 76 days, 02 hours, and 01 minute of racing. A remarkable achievement for the British

In a world gone mad, the most powerful acts of resistance don’t involve posting on social media, but engaging in your community. Here’s my piece from last summer on the value of Supercitizens, who don’t just provide the glue that keeps us together, but also live longer because of it.

A beautiful arched entrance that enhances & heightens the beauty of the tree However, the tree could be felled IN AN INSTANT, and with no penalty whatsoever to the axeman. Yet the arched entrance is protected BY LAW I value the archway, but the tree is priceless

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

Dr @kierachapman.bsky.social's talk at our recent conference outlined how botanical training she received via our #Identiplant course helped her carry out the fieldwork which led to this important report: theconversation.com/property-dev... Watch Kiera's talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-t1...

In an effort to ignore the hideous reality we are all facing, here's a picture of me as a cowboy for no apparent reason. 🤠

I wrote a thing, because these fires are in the increasingly common category of shocking but not surprising. Neither unprecedented nor unforeseen by those who study the subjects..... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Bristol Tree Forum's 2025 Tree Giveway is on! Order yours using the form in the article bristoltreeforum.org/2025/01/09/t...

A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳

One of my favourite things about this time of year: Working to restore the East London tidal marshes, amongst the frosty reeds, as the lower winter sun goes down in a blazing ball of red & gold, framed by the incongruous contrast of the soaring concrete overpass of the North Circular

It took me a while but I finally finished to recode the 300 programs of Jean-Paul Delahaye’s book "Nouveaux dessins géométriques et artistiques" with p5js. The book was published in 1985 and features classic generative algorithms. github.com/v3ga/nouveau...

Johannes Vermeer would like this, I think!A fire alarm made beautiful on an industrial brick wall in quirky Bristol 😊

1800 cast iron bridge over the Kennet and Avon canal in Bath - love the design, reminiscent of an Appolonian Gasket. historicbridges.org/bridges/brow...

Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Desert Island Discs this morning was such a beautiful listen - gorgeous music and very moving - with @laurenlaverne.bsky.social interviewing so kindly. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

In fact, Eunice foot first made the connection between atmospheric carbon dioxide and global climate in 1856 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

2025 tree planting started today… a new fully funded street tree scheme in Horfield then a new grant funded scheme in Hillfields Park. Lovely day… #Bristol #BristolTrees #Trees

We support Baroness Young, who is sponsoring a private member's bill to protect our heritage trees - bills.parliament.uk/publications... - which are defined as 'a tree in England listed as such by Natural England on grounds of exceptional historic, landscape, cultural or ecological importance.'

2024 saw the launch of our revamped toolkit! Thanks to amazing Toolkit Maintainers and Guardians, you can find a database full of useful free-to-access tools. Complete with complexity ratings and clear descriptions, the toolkit is a one-stop shop for investigations. bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit

We don’t talk enough about the importance of standard components in a greener economy. Engineers always say “but *our* design for battery/connector/module is 2% better than a standard one”, missing the point that it’s far worse for repair, reuse, recycling & minimising extra “stuff”. It’s maddening.

I had an hour to kill in Oxford today so, as any sensible person would, I went to the Pitt Rivers Museum, which is the premium destination for sculptural representations of animals looking pensive

Butcher's Broom with its bright red fruit is amongst the most #FestivePlants even when dead and dried out! #WildFlowerHour

Up close a flower of Butcher's Broom can be quite festive! #WildFlowerHour #FestivePlants

I went on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Rare Earth’ programme this week to talk about protecting & caring for our street trees I discussed how threats to them could be reduced by giving trees rights & guardians so their interests can be given voice & represented in our legal system www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

'All felled, felled, are all felled... O if we but knew what we do When we delve or hew Hack and rack the growing green! ... Where we, even where we mean To mend her we end her, When we hew or delve; After-comers cannot guess the beauty been.' Gerard Manley Hopkins Binsey Poplars - felled 1879

I can imagine Christmas going by around me whilst I tackle challenge.bellingcat.com

www.theguardian.com/education/20... I wonder why he didn't go the whole hog whilst he was at it.

This is what the Observer team & I were doing between strikes. Please read it because it couldn’t be more relevant. I interview @asifkapadia.bsky.social about his alarming new film, 2073. It’s a stark warning of where Trump, Musk & Farage are taking us.. www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...

Yes, @GeorgeFergusonx 👏 @bristolgreen can 💚 Stick to its environmental credentials 💚 Avoid wasting vast amounts of taxpayers money on lawyers 💚Save itself from having to defend the indefensible ….by withdrawing @BrisZooSociety planning permission. www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...

Tiles for making braids based on Penrose kites and darts. You can follow the link to a printables page for the model. To get two colors, you need to feed a new filament while printing or weld two together. The slicer softer should help you determine when to switch. #3d #3dprinting #Penrose #braids

Nobody wants a student essay as a product; we want students to learn to compose their thoughts in written form as a process. I mean, would you have a machine run your laps or play your scales for you? In which case we would not say you had run or played.

Developers can't be trusted to honour nature mitigation conditions and councils are too weak to protest wildjustice.org.uk/general/lost...

The Maritime Approximation xkcd.com/3023

This video of Carl Sagan testifying before Congress nearly 40 years ago is fascinating. What did all of those people sat in that room do with this information? We've categorically failed to act on these warnings & deliver the solutions Sagan was advocating. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp-W...

ooh, Shapeways is coming back, working on restoring shopify integration and future ideas for shops... maybe the new year will bring great things somehow

If you are happy to wait another 65 years until what has been lost is finally replaced, this is what you will get...eventually - bristoltrees.space/trees/Reckon....

Someone there is who does not like a tree - in this case a 65 year old Weeping willow growing on the Metford Road Allotments. They have ring-barked it then tried to disguise their work by nailing the bark back on with copper nails. The police have been told. bristoltrees.space/Tree/tree/BC...

A reminder that earth.nullschool.net is a great resource for visualising the weather now. #StormDarragh visible in the surface image below; going to different pressure levels will help you see the jet stream. (Thanks @cambecc.bsky.social!)

🔴The Trumpian Power Worship at the Heart of Jordan Peterson’s ‘We Who Wrestle With God’ In arguing the Left is in league with the devil, Peterson inadvertently reveals the religious reverence to power and money defining the pro-Trump Right, says @adambarnett.bsky.social