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MOH is looking for a marketing professional to help us bring even more people into the Museum to hear the stories of those experiencing homelessness. Apply now, or share with your freelancer friends! Deadline 10th November. For details, click below: museumofhomelessness.org/news/opportu...

Every year I feel sad about summer's passing And every year I fall in love with autumn all over again

The answer was not the point. The answer was never the point. The process of searching is the process of learning.

The swifts are back in Exeter! 28 April 😎

Devon County Council elections coming up! @andyketchin.bsky.social @roselell.bsky.social if elected how will you commit to a pesticide-free, greener urban environment in Exeter? (None of my other candidates are on this platform) More info: www.devonwildlifetrust.org/blog/nick-br...

There’s a very good reason why “growth” seems to be eluding most mature economies including ours. The economy depends on natural capital and ours is severely depleted.

Not all activism is meant for public consumption. If you think all activism requires that everyone know what you're doing, are you doing work for others or for yourself?

Ah, West Wales. Clear skies, endless beaches, squeaky choughs and oystercatchers and buzzards

Plenty of Brent geese nibbling along Sandy Bay (around from Devon’s Orcombe Point) #BrantaBernicla

I'm just a girl, standing in front of regional businesses, asking them to date their press releases

Amen to this whole thread. And if you hear anyone complaining about this delaying the next Wingspan expansion, tell them they now owe a $50 donation to their local hospice organization for being an asshole. Findpan doesn't have a thing to do with the delay but my dad's cancer sure as hell does.

I'm enjoying spying signs of life in between the grey days

AI term is used for anything that employs an algorithm. There’s no distinction between statistical analysis and autocorrect and llm generative… Makes it meaningless with everyone talking at cross purpose

Working in comms & social media can make it extra challenging to have a long stretch offline, but in the tenth year of my business I’ve got the process down. So this is me signing off for the year. Catch you ~6 Jan, 2025!

“It's amazing how pollution has dropped in #Paris in 15 years. @annehidalgo.bsky.social has filled the city with bike-lanes & not only has she reduced pollution by 40% but she’s also been re-elected.” Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.

2024 is peak silly season for pre-Christmas work requests IMO we should all be calming down, slowing down, downing tools, DOWN is the theme Not up up up upload this to the website and LinkedIn and the Drive and the Canva and you get the idea

Why is it so disconcerting to watch someone watch ChatGPT spew out its answer? Like, have some self respect, click onto another tab at least

Nice to meet @exetergreens.bsky.social’s Councillor Andy Ketchin on the doorstep this morning. We chatted glyphosate, vehicle rat running, and what measures might help reduce city centre speeding 🌿

On my second migraine in six days. Wishing back the calm and sunny skies and the time to walk beneath them.

2025 is not my year! I’m thinking I may pop over to Brighton anyway in case anyone fancies meeting for coffee or dinner

Happy about this! Better for wildlife, better for me — they seem SO bright in Exeter at the minute. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Solstice may not be for another 11 days, but the sun is already ‘standing still’ ☀️ The word ‘solstice’ comes from the Latin ‘solstitium’ meaning ‘Sun Stands Still’ as the Sun appears to stop at its most southerly point Your sunsets won’t get any later, but your dawn still creeps in 🌌

If you absentmindedly whistle you are not allowed in an open plan coworking space It's me, I make the rules

Women are 65% more likely to read a nonfiction book by the opposite sex than men are. And I know so many women who have felt excluded from conversations around #nature. So here’s a starter pack for women nature writers. Please send recommendations - I want it to be much fuller! go.bsky.app/PVHJMXS

I struggle to leave the house sometimes, so have started scheduling things for earlier in the morning. 8am haircut got me walking the streets of Exeter as the sun rose. A good decision.

Next year is my 30th birthday, AND my business turns 10! Dreaming up celebration ideas… thoughts welcomed

The peatland of high Dartmoor acts like a massive sponge - continuing to release water for days after heavy rain. The Teign this morning is still looking pretty high from the rains last week- with Storm Darragh incoming I think we could be seeing some more significant flooding locally...

✨ This past weekend was something special and I'm still not over it. ✨ Hanging out with 21 incredibly talented, self-employed digital marketers. Rather than diving into "work", it was a space that felt effortless and meaningful at the same time. I came away feeling like I've found "my people".

📢 Last chance to apply! We're looking for two passionate and committed Trustees to join our board. Would you like to make a difference for the #NationalParks of England and Wales? Apply today www.cnp.org.uk/about/jobs/

After five years of not flying for environmental reasons, I’m off on a big adventure to Latin America. My place in Margate (two mins from the Turner and the sea) will be available from Jan 9 for a minimum of two months. DM for more info. Please share.

Still thinking about how awesome last weekend was at the Digital Marketing Union retreat. Some of the best minds across SEO, content, PPC, e-commerce, webdev, advertising, link building. And what was extra lovely is that most discussions had nothing to do with marketing. We just hung out.

I've never been to #brightonSEO. Can you believe that? Anyway, just entered the free ticket ballot, and you can too: forms.gle/UNEnkmLPsLyC... (closes noon, Friday 6 Dec)

I so rarely find myself on Exeter’s high street but was pleasantly surprised this evening by how sparkly and light it was

The tree is up. Earliest ever. No regrets, never delay joy, etc

It is a while since I posted this, but just your annual reminder that Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) will never scale to compensate all emissions (& it would be a ludicrously expensive alternative to reductions). If you like your money, then the razor-sharp focus would be on reducing emissions!

Looking out of train windows is one of the most underrated everyday experiences You mean I can just… look into someone’s back garden with geese on a pond? Glimpse a charm of goldfinch zipping along a riverbank? Marvel at the full floodplain? Watch birds of prey flap, soar, dive?

‘In the distance I see tiny glowing silhouettes sprinkled like salt’: birdwatching on Devon’s Exe estuary

NEW post looking at some Bluesky success stories and tips about how to grow here!

🐑 Getting into digital bleeting (as opposed to my normal analogue bleeting).

What do you do when an orca eats your research project? Why, you continue tracking of course! #trackingNotSlacking 🌊 New paper describes how orcas catch bluefin tuna, and shows the longest high-resolution tracking of an orca ever! @exetermarine.bsky.social 🦑🐠🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sorry the discussion shouldn’t be whether we call a post on Bluesky a post or a skeet They’re bleets

I live on a terraced street and it’s fascinating how many people drive cars that are longer than their houses are wide

not many people have heard of vestibular neuritis / labyrinthitis but it sure is validating when people have because anyone who knows its impacts immediately offers something along the lines of: “oh wow oh my god I’m so sorry that’s like one of the worst things to have” and it’s true! 😇

#Microplastics #PlasticPollution - there is no escape “This is our whole lives that we are breathing them in. So what happens as they accumulate?” #PublicHealth - in a world where #PFAS, #pesticides and other threats are also accumulating - the #CocktailEffect news.sky.com/story/daily-...

Nice new paper from Butterfly Conservation & Exeter University on habitat management for Lulworth Skipper (Thymelicus acteon) where grazing is not possible link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🌍

I’m usually a stickler for restricting anything Christmassy to December, but this year I’ve already happily indulged in lebkuchen, sparkly nail varnish and, today, the jumper ✨

New article by @jamesgyke.bsky.social, Jamie Shutler, and me @gsiexeter.bsky.social, explaining why carbon offsetting should be removed from Net Zero plans. theconversation.com/we-have-offi...

Thanks for the follow @terrymakewell.com — by checking out your profile I learned RNID support people with tinnitus too! A fairly recent addition to my life and one that’s particularly pesky this week. Checking out the resources now 😌

I cannot explain how happy the snow in Exeter made me feel today. Spent hours just wandering around, watching birds, photographing leaves, enjoying the sun on my face and the crunch beneath my boots.