Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

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Unintended consequences As the war in Iran makes oil & gas supplies increasingly vulnerable, more people are seeking lower bills & increased security by installing solar panels, says @octopus.energy: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Yes! 'Eligibility for the Female Category is to be determined in the first instance by SRY Gene screening to detect the absence or presence of the SRY Gene.' Thank you IOC for supporting equality & non-discrimination for female athletes in sport. x.com/i/status/203...

'The Government can’t pat itself on the back when we have these levels of sewage...when there is no rain +...the dry climate last year...The Government is not enforcing water companies to comply + ...planning to change the law to suit water companies' ~ Feargal Sharkey 🧵 1/2

Another extremely violent woman* *not a woman

A court just upheld the designation of nearly 160 million acres off the #Alaska coast as critical habitat for imperiled #seals 🦭❄️ We intervened in the case to defend the designation against a challenge and pursued the appeal after Trump chose not to defend the designations. bit.ly/4dKEI5T

Ahead of tomorrow's report on sewage releases, we've loaded data on discharges near bathing sites onto our Watershed Pollution Map for you to investigate & make your own assessment of how water companies are doing. Come on in, the water's lovely... share.google/fJcxMofi3Hi7...

I'm incredibly angry I needed to write a piece about the bizarre stupidity of the Hatzola ambulance ‘false flag’ conspiracy theories, but apparently this is the world we're living in now. Please read & share (including with idiots you see parroting this stuff) www.jewishnews.co.uk/bizarre-stup...

The Lion King feud isn't being talked about enough on Bluesky.

I am blogging semi-regularly on Substack about what I refuse to call “my journey” with ovarian cancer. It’s helping me and I hope it might help some other people too. substack.com/@janehill64?...

An absolute lad

I was bought this book, a pile of components and a screwdriver for my birthday in 1977 and trusted to get on with it. I wasn't very old or very good with my hands, but I built the radio and it worked very well, albeit only on the medium wave. It taught me a lot about electronics- and patience.-

May the call of this beautiful laughing kookaburra uplift your day. #bird #kookaburra #australia

I think it's vitally important that everyone know that when baby bear cubs are orphaned and taken to our local wildlife center, they get fed and rehabbed by people masking their scent and wearing costumes like this so they don't get habituated to humans

Connections Puzzle #1017 🟪🟪🟪🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Anyone else waste a few minutes trying to remember what happened on that Bear Hunt? Strands #751 “Get over it ... or get through it” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵🔵

Born 24 March 1935 - Carol Kaye, one of the most prolific bass guitarists, who has played on an estimated 10,000 recordings in a career spanning over 50 years. Kaye was the bassist on many Phil Spector and Brian Wilson productions in the 1960s and 1970s. She is 91 years old today. #CarolKaye

Well, exhuming Charles II and sending him on a tour of the US would get Trump his king while sparing Starmer and the King their blushes? And there's precedent - the Egyptians famously sent the mummy of Ramesses II to France in 1976 (for antifungal treatment). www.france24.com/en/live-news...

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The UK's biggest climate polluter, Drax Power Station, wants to build a massive 100GW data centre. It could be the first to be powered by burning trees. E-mail North Yorkshire Council to demand a full assessment of the environmental impact of the plans. www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/dr...

🪶 #birds #photography I saw a great post from @photosteve.bsky.social with a hummingbird bathing on a leaf. It reminded me of some shots of a rufous-tailed hummer in a similar situation, but when I looked for my post, it wasn't there; I must not have posted it. So here are mine in 2 posts,

In Our Blood: The Forever Chemicals Scandal (Exposure). Revealing how toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" contaminated a UK town, leaving residents and workers with staggering blood test results... www.itv.com/watch/in-our...

Wild Justice welcomes consultation on greater protection for Woodcock and other protected species.... wildjustice.org.uk/general/wild...

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Other work by the Ladybird artists. Cover to ‘Nature Lover’s Companion’ (1949) Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Bob Dylan trying to find his way back from some Wetherspoons toilets…

the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes

Today’s #SpringArrivalSpotlight is on the vibrant Yellow Wagtail, arriving from Africa from late March onwards. Keep an eye to the ground in wet meadows and farmland where you might spot these small, graceful birds chasing after insects. 🐜

Dactylorhiza romana. #Orchids

I’ve spent all day giving my website a good going over in the hope that I get a few more views/sales/commissions. Have a look and tell me what you think. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

Gremlins 3 should be a shot for shot remake of Gremlins 2 but with worse effects and then we pan out at the end and the entire thing was made by gremlins.

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to UNDETECTABLE levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.

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#alphabetchallenge #WeekLforLayers Near Mather Point at the Grand Canyon, #Arizona I particularly like this rock at the lower right that looks like a face of an old friend #GrandCanyon #NPS #EastCoastKin

In 2020, I got a phone call that changed everything. I nearly ignored it. This is that moment. 🌱🦋🌎 youtu.be/lxWywev02mI?...

Cherry tree blossom coming out in Victoria Tower Gardens.

Forsythia making up for lack of sunshine.

For those who haven't seen The Rutles' on the gem-filled RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION...

So many people showed up to support Declan Conlon, the eel fisherman suing DAERA because the condition of the Lough is killing the eels he relies on to make a living, they had to move the heating to a bigger room in Belfast High Court. Politicians need to take note. share.google/Gdaj92ZaC293...

Happy birthday to Lee Oskar who left his native Denmark at the age of 18 and headed to America with a harmonica and next to no money. A few years later, he ended up in LA and joined War. He now runs Lee Oskar Harmonicas. Watch the full recording of Slipping Into Darkness at youtu.be/itkwPhZFAHQ?...

Eel smuggling was in the news again yesterday, and I got some questions. Like: "WFT?" & "Why? & "How?" So let's take a look. Eel smuggling is maybe the biggest wildlife crime going. It's a c. 4 billion a year black market industry. Interpol has called it "Europe's ivory trade." 1/7

'The Man from the South', the first episode of Tales of the Unexpected, was originally broadcast on this day in 1979. The series, originally presented by Roald Dahl, ran until 1988, clocking up 112 episodes in total.

Signal offers secure, end-to-end encrypted video conferencing for up to 50 participants. support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...

Dreary day by the sea

Bloody hell