The High Seas Treaty came into force today following ratification by over 60 countries. Multilateralism is not quite dead yet. www.businessgreen.com/news/4524322...

New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration. readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...

MN ICE watch is measurably de-escalating violence. Attraction to ICE for newbies is social approval & group power. Now, larger group meets them with social censure. They're using more agents (taken from elsewhere) to conduct relatively fewer arrests, lowering abductions there & beyond.

This is quite a post www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/reality-is...

Everyone I know, myself included, is exhausted. We've got amazing students and colleagues, but we're being constantly asked to do more with less. Working long hours year round has become the norm because of the job cuts. It's benefitting no one. #AcademicSky

One of many reasons to consider home education, apart from the generally unhealthy paternalistic nature of schooling in England, is opportunity to have more robust academic experience. History is much more vast and interesting than this.

This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis. He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden. (After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)

I would love to run inclusive botany walks around here in the summer. Not for profit, but for identification, recording, and education. Open and welcoming. A few people locally have expressed that they want such a thing and I think it would be great!

A freezing cold moonlight walk with my big silly dog. January is a strong candidate for the best month of the year.

I've been a super fan but I think this lot have given me the ick. #thetraitors

For the very first #FossilFriday & #FernFriday of 2026, the leaf of a #fern that was growing in what is now southern France at the end of the Carboniferous, ~300 million year ago 🌿⛏️ #paleobotany #botany

An incredible new year's eve sunset here. Wishing all of you strength and wellbeing in 2026.

Chat, is this the male loneliness epidemic?

Just saw someone call AI the most important technology of the last 20 years, and man, we cured AIDS. We cured Sickle Cell. Those are technological miracles. The fucking economy killing lying machine that happily makes CSAM doesn't even crack the top 1000.

One thing about The Traitors is that everyone is obsessed with people who are "very smart" being a threat. A parable of modern Britain lol. #thetraitors

I feel like the producers are getting carried away with being overly tricky and it's putting gimmicks over nuance in this game #thetraitors

I can't tell about 8 of these guys apart #thetraitorsuk

"I do not require middle management" -- ok dude #traitorsUK

Some of these people are too self-aware, esp that orange coated guy #thetraitors

ok who's watching Traitors? Let's discuss! #traitorsUK

my festive spirit amidst our grimly stupid reality (2025)

I had H1N1 in 2009 and was trapped in an Inverness backpackers hostel. Almost comedic horror 😅😳 Took months to recover!

❓ Did you miss our recent public talk by Dr Duncan McIlroy on Charnwood Forest's newest fossil? 🌟 We've got you covered - watch the recording on our Youtube channel and discover the wonders of our fossil, Charnia brasieri! 🌐 youtube.com/live/poR8iv7...

Starmer and co's wildest wet dream.

I lost access to one of my tiktok accounts, and it only lets you reset the password if you already have the password. Not sure what to do 😭

So weird how you never meet a baby called Mike these days. I wonder if Mike is going to be the Horace of the future.

I just saw a social media video of an Oxford prof talking about their work on and I instantly knew from the specific fake mid Atlantic accent where they were from in Canada. One day I'm going to write a linguistics thesis on the fake English accents various North Americans in England put on.

Wise words from Mia Mottley on the urgent need to cut methane emissions (the ‘emergency brake’ on warming), and to turn the voluntary ‘methane pledge’ agreed at COP26 into a legally binding agreement: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We are not running out of good ideas. They are bottlenecked and suffocated by the increasingly small number of people and companies that own things.

For every 1°C that we heat the atmosphere can hold approximately 7% more water. Extreme precipitation willl become more frequent putting people living near seasonal rivers at great risk. We need robust early warning systems for people living near rivers! youtu.be/93K0ZyfTUPs #ClimateLiteracy

Well, well, well…

Love when you post on a sewing group asking for help with something and people keep answering "it's easy." Thanks Elaine, super helpful! 👍

Something I think about all the time is that pottery wheels predate wheels for transportation. To make is to be human. Never let us become detached from working with our hands.

Rod Ruth's Coelophysis and Trilophosaurus!

Look at this stunning diverse assemblage of fauna found in the Wenlock Limestone! What fossils can you spot? #FossilFriday #LapworthRocks #Fossils #Fossil #Geology #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Museum

Never not funny that when we have builders in here my huge, loud, lazy dog lays on the sofa and occasionally gives a half hearted "woof" but CBA to actually get up and look scary or anything

Whoever gave boomers access to facebook and a laugh react button is responsible for the downfall of society. I said what I said!

I wish bsky had a functional search feature.

Today in London mum groups: which nursery should you put your 2-3 year olds in to train them for the selective entrance exam at 3-4 years old to start at the fancy private school at age 4. Numerous replies about the quality of the training their 2 year olds are having at various nurseries.

Edition number 3627285857 of where are the "Labour will stop acting like Reform the moment they're elected and you better vote for them or I'll unleash a tsunami of attacks on you" people???!!! Come back, I just want to talk! Maybe they were just Reform all along!

Printing up some #linocut invertebrates… seven-spotted ladybugs on wild carrot flowers wrapping paper 🐡🐞

The United States is now a country that promotes white supremacy and nationalism worldwide. via @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I’m proud to mark the launch of the Orbit Clipper - the UK’s first fully electric cross-river passenger ferry. This is a great new transport option for Londoners: cleaner and greener than its predecessor, providing more accessible journeys across the river for far more people.

Finally watching Celebrity Traitors! I can't wait!

I understand that mailing lists are an important way to build up business but I can't help people understand that I literally do not need 8-15 emails per week from the box company about buying boxes.

Perusing art prints to add to my wall and it makes me so sad how much is AI.

Most probably don’t realise that before Thatcher 42% of people lived in council housing - now it’s only 6%. There is a housing crisis and over 300,000 are homeless as a result of her policies. The damage she did to this country is immense and irreversible yet she is viewed by so many as an icon.

a beautiful story of courage under Nazi occupation www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...

Sithean Bhealaich Chumhaing, Isle of Skye. Pic: IG/russell_davies

One after another. Girl Guiding was just before this. The only answer is the membershiip leaving, imo.