This sentence, quoted from Dr Daniel Swain in a @theguardian.com article today, deserves some appreciation: “This increase in hydroclimate whiplash, via the exponentially expanding atmospheric sponge, offers a potentially compelling explanation.”

What's wrong with the postal system? Pre 2023, I sent 4000+ #postagestamps orders all over the world. I could count on one hand how many got lost. I've sent about 30 in the last 4 months and already I'm on my second hand of lost orders!! #royalmail RIP My #smallbusiness, The Posted Stamp

Life is ... ... a #cat in a beanbag chair Makes a good hashtag for today: #satcat

Behold the Proctor musket! First, load your powder (soil) then your shot (a large bung)…

Yes, yes I have. Thank you. I don't care that it is AI that is giving me validation, I'll take it.

Rediscovering my teenage love that is #EagleEyeCherry. Remember when we used to buy and listen to music on CDs... 😱? I bought his first three albums in #woolworths. Oh the history. Recommend a listen if you're wanting to try out some new #music. www.youtube.com/channel/UC9C...

I have just started as President of the British Society of Soil Science. This is a tremendous organisation with over 900 members, spanning from students to educators, technicians, scientists, professionals and basically anyone with an interest in soils. Read more- soils.org.uk/blog/welcome...

Listening to the rain pour down, makes me think how each droplet adds up to make a flood - just like all fragments have the ability to become something much bigger and more substantial one day✨🌧️ Anyone else find inspiration in rainy days? 💭 #PhDLife #writing #ideas

Looking for inspiration on how to present cold hard #science to people? Have a look at @tjpower.bsky.social Check out these example two slides he presented today at Ali Abdaal's ' #Productivity Spark' workshop. ✔ uncomplicated ✔ reference included ✔ use of colour ✔ great labels tjpower.co.uk

Today I wondered what 'pros and cons' stood for. When 'con' means 'with' it was a bit tricky to work out. Turns out it comes from a 16th century #Latin phrase 'pro et contra'. Now, do I get bonus points for #writing the Latin in my #PhD thesis without it sounding ... odd ... 🤔

Day 2 of my morning pages done. This morning I wrote about my dreams and how we can become blinded by the environment in which we find ourselves in, or expose ourselves to. Try writing 3 pages of 'stream of consciousness #writing' in the morning ... You might surprise you...

Enjoying some holiday reading and creative activities #books #creativity Anyone else read this? Am looking forwards to trying out the activities for the next 12 weeks and beyond.

My first post of 2025 is published! In this reflection I look back at what went well and what didn't go so well in 2024. Now it's all about 2025. 🥂 https://www.knowledgeecology.me/my-2024-journey-what-worked-what-didnt-and-whats-next/

I’m making a comeback by explaining why I stopped blogging patthomson.net/2025/01/01/p...

🎉 Happy New Year! 🎉 with love from an AI image generator

#coffee #science and #baking all in one video I must be in heaven 🤣 🙏 @jameshoffmann.bsky.social youtu.be/o3AMALUTp8o?...

Claude is my BFF.

If anyone is slow to grow, it's me. But I'm at peace with that, because I understand the ecological principles behind it. One day, I'm sure everything I'm doing now will pay off. #ecology #blog #newsletter #scicomm open.substack.com/pub/knowledg...

Ever think about why things take a while to get going? Sometimes (i.e. every day 🤣) I find working on the same thing day-after-day a long slog. But I've come to trust it will all come together in the end. Because ecological principles say it will... knowledgeecology.substack.com/p/the-ecolog...

All ready to go for the @jameshoffmann.bsky.social decaf #coffee tasting. So excited, I thought it was yesterday and then realised I had to wait another 24hrs 🤣 I'm using Coffee Apothecary's kit. #decafproject

It's that time of year when my husband and I jostle to get first dibs on dates for trips away in 2025; why does everything want to seem to happen around the same time? Every year, the first two weeks in June are the worst. We will hardly see each other in June this year!

I'm currently delving into old articles and documents as I investigate #grassland plant species effects on #soil structure. 👇 If you work on temporary grasslands, I'd recommend reading The Clifton Park System of Farming. Originally published in 🚨1898🚨 it... A🧵 journeytoforever.org/farm_library...

Looks like I have joined Bluesky... 👋 So here's some 'blue sky' to show you a large part of what I do: #phd on #grasslands ; #plants and #soil #scientist 👇