Emma Macleod explores uncanny overlaps between human, animal & landscape, shaped by folklore & ecological unease. Discover her diorama-like world of hybrid figures amongst moss, stone and branches, hinting at ritual traces of a lost or imagined ecosystem. #HiddenDoorFestival

Adulthood is just cycling between "If I don't say yes to every opportunity, no new opportunities will ever be offered to me" and "Oh no, I have said yes to too many things" over and over until you die.

the chief executive of Cancer Research UK is neither a cancer patient nor a cancer researcher, and yet everyone seems to understand that that’s fine, because neither of those would be the correct experience for the job??

Lost capacity across built environment: 📉 28.6% planning budget cuts 📉 38% fewer archaeological officers 📉 58% more engineers needed by 2027 Preventative spend on skills NOW prevents costly disasters LATER 💰 Invest in expertise ✅ Read our full manifesto: https://bit.ly/48NuMW2 #BEFSManifesto2026

🌊24-30 April marks #BigRiverWatch from @theriverstrust.bsky.social 🧘‍♀️ Spend 15 mins by a river and complete the survey on the free Big River Watch app. 🌳A few of our small (but mighty!) rivers in #WestLothian are without data - could you lend a hand? 👉️ buff.ly/c2akd9T

Can't believe there might be a place in AI for massively overconfident self-proclaimed geniuses who believe you can data-logic your way through any complex societal problem if you just reject complexity, empathy, morality and legality as obsolete weaknesses.

Britain should rejoin EU, says man who led Brexit department Philip Rycroft, who oversaw the Department for Exiting the European Union from 2017 to 2019, said none of Leave’s ‘heady promises’ had materialised www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

One of four wheatears at the anti-aircraft battery this evening. They stop by every year for just a day or two on their journey from central Africa to their breeding grounds ❤️ Liberton #Edinburgh #birds

If my boss was publicly talking about which cultures deserve to exist and which ones should be exterminated, i would also wonder if I were a bad guy.

Europe cyclist safety gap widens, as cyclist deaths see minimal decline in 10 years cyclingindustry.news/europe-cycli... Full report here etsc.eu/improving-th...

Opening night at #HiddenDoorFestival 2026 welcomes experimental Japanese artist ICHI taking the concept of a one-man band to new limits with his quirky handmade instrument inventions. We're taking over a huge abandoned factory for 5 nights of music, art and performance. Tickets on sale now

New from the excellent team @goodorgcic.bsky.social/Outside Influence: 'Reclaiming Tourism'. Will be of interest to natural and cultural heritage managers and critical heritage researchers. www.outsideinfluence.co.uk/reclaiming-t...

New report comissioned by the @heritagecouncil.ie - Best Practices in Community Management of Heritage-rich Landscapes: www.heritagecouncil.ie/content/file...

White-tailed Eagles are an annual feature these days on #StKilda, but today's Golden Eagle joining the three White-taileds was remarkable! There had previously been single records in only 5 years between 1955 and 1976. @hebridesbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

New craft Radler just dropped

I'm in this Moby Dick and I don't like it.

@orkneylibrary.bsky.social I think at least one of these applies?

Some photos from my 10 km run today. Sunny but a little chilly at the start. #running

If you want to know how to use #geology to turn post-industrial landscapes into places of family fun there is time to book a place on our free webinar. For link and more info nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news #MiningHeritage #MiningLandscapes

Will you join us in fighting to protect trans workers? Read on in the thread to find out what the issue is and why you should write to your MP about it. Write to your MP using our handy 'Write To Your MP' tool at actionnetwork.org/letters/fix-...

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Districts with the most protected cycle lane access have more than three times as many women cycling to work as those with the least protected cycle lane access. And districts with the most women who cycle to work have nearly six times as much protected cycle lane access as those with the fewest.

Not so fun facts about uninsured drivers: they kill and maim a lot of people.

The worst thing in the world is to say "I told you so..." 🌎🌐

Dr Antonia Thomas features in a new Time Team video on prehistoric rock art, contrasting that found on Ilkley Moor with the Neolithic carvings in Orkney and the Ness of Brodgar.

Anyway, this but for helmets and cyclists

People love to yell at other cyclists about wearing helmets because it's a convenient way to avoid both their responsibility as drivers and the systemic factors that make biking in cities so dangerous

I wear a helmet. I recommend other people wear helmets. But helmets are not a solution for unsafe infrastructure. That's why so many of us get mad at finger wagging comments about helmets. It hides the real risks to cyclists. Cycling at low speeds is very safe! It's the cars that make it dangerous.

In general, (re)orienting education wholly or chiefly to specific perceived market needs is always going to produce disaster once the near term passes. It also eviscerates institutions that might otherwise help people weather change, intellectually and in other ways

We can confirm that visitors to the Palace will be able to buy "healthy cocaine" from this dealer, in our car park.

Here's my candidate for the best ever archaeological excavation souvenir- what's yours? #SundaySouvenir

As Hungary votes, would recommend this piece about how Viktor Orban has used public money to bankroll an international ultraconservative network - including Roger Scruton cafes and €10k a month for failed Reform candidate Matt Goodwin democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-brits

Has anyone built a scaleable interactive bioregions and landscapes map of Europe? I would love to be able to zoom in from the scale of the Atlantic bioregion to the Atlantic Archipelago, to southeastern lowlands, to North Downs, to North Downs chalk heath or Surrey Hills, to Headley Heath, e.g.

One of the comments to this is like “of all the things to be mad about, not being able to get a credit card is low down the list” and y’all being able to leave shitty men is so important and cannot be done without money.

If you have not walked in these shoes, don’t you dare question what it takes to come forward or every individual’s choice as to when and how, if ever. Don’t you dare.

Listen up: I am one of those rare sex assault victims who actually took the guy who did it to court. It was a local scandal that put my initials on the front page of the local paper (not my whole name because I was a minor). You have no idea what happens to women on the stand or in the press.

I still get threats from men I wrote about a decade ago who are angry I covered federal lawsuits against them related to sexual assault allegations. To my personal email, to new work emails. I don’t think readers understand how difficult and laborious it is to get these stories published

Recent court decisions are making it increasingly difficult for trans and nonbinary people to go to work with dignity and privacy. Complete our Workers Survey to help us push the government to update the law and make trans inclusion possible again! tinyurl.com/TransActualW...

Sunrise at Lighthouse Park this morning, Edinburgh

The proposals will have a disproportionate impact on refugee women, creating cycles of instability, uncertainty and fear. It's time for the Government to listen to those who will be impacted by these cruel proposals! Women like Tina: 🗣️"It feels so hard to plan, live, and dream." 3/🧵

The asylum reforms are regularly making the front pages. But behind the headlines are real people, and there will be real consequences. So refugee women in our network have come together to share their thoughts. 🗣️"These policies are killing us." www.refugeewomen.co.uk/consequences... 1/🧵

The Abduction 🎨Carina Lomeli

The latest episode of my new international and Balkan affairs podcast, Balkanomnicon, is now streaming. This week: I chat with my friend Amb. Drilon S. Gashi about his remarkable journey from the Kosovo diaspora to the diplomatic service of the Republic of Kosovo. rss.com/podcasts/bal...

New science is out on one of Earth's critical "tipping points": the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which brings warm Gulf Stream water toward Europe and helps make the mild climate of northern Europe possible. (🧵⬇️)

Avant / Après Boulevard de Denain devant la Gare du Nord dans le 10ème arrondissement de Paris. Un endroit qui a connu de longs travaux pas encore finis, mais la végétalisation est sortie de terre récemment.

7. We can slow the worsening of extreme heat over the coming decades if we sharply reduce heat-trapping emissions from the burning of fossil fuels.

6. To make matters worse, the Trump administration announced disruptive changes to the US Forest Service, which could leave the nation less prepared and at greater risk from wildland fires, as part of its ongoing assault on science amid growing climate threats.

1. Last month was the hottest March on record for the contiguous US with alarmingly high temperatures across a large swath of the country that would have been nearly impossible without human-caused climate change.

Successful Riverfly survey this morning at Longstone. Lots of river invertebrate found, including a stunning Cassed Caddisfly