It’s truly baffling to me that so many of these stories focus on “wow big fish” and not “this is an IUCN Red List Critically Endangered species that is extremely physiologically fragile and often does not survive fishing practices like this” www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-t... 🦑🧪🌎🦈🐠

I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine. And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide. Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.

Flappy 50th Hatty Sower

I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.

Frog by torchlight.

IT IS THE GOD OF SPIKES, GIVE ME MORE! Although I don't want to think about how they made baby Spicomellus, because ow. (Clearly I am thinking about it though because of course I am.) BUT LOOK AT THOSE SPIKES! 😎

DON'T MOVE THE ROCKS! Rocks in & around rivers are important habitats for salamanders, macro-invertebrates, fish and more! When you move these rocks for useless internet points on social media, you change the flow & increase sedimentation, which affects what can survive there. #RockStacking sux.

I started using DuckDuckGo when Google got so awful. Now in the last few days I've had to turn off AI assist and AI images. Why would anybody want AI images in a search?! They are the opposite of helpful. Even Ecosia (the eco choice!) pushes AI now. I'm running out of search options.

Information relating to the M&S complaint, reportedly from the trans woman whom the complaint was about. Almost everything claimed in recent articles is extremely inaccurate. 1/

Love it when reposts align.

If you see this, post a TV ident.

Tiny tiny frog. 💚

Tiny frog is tiny. So tiny it is too tiny to eat even the tiniest of snails. Poor tiny frog.

You’ll all have seen the many announcements and PR pieces from #ColossalBiosciences. There are reasons to be concerned about the general message promoted by CB, one being that it is seen >by some< (US politicians in particular) as meaning that we can devalue conservation. A 🧵 1/n

A white-tailed bumble bee just flew down my t-shirt while I was pruning the buddleia out on the street. It's very difficult to coax a bee out of your t-shirt without looking very strange! And there's a *lot* of walkers this evening. (The bee is fine.)

One of the saddest things about ponding is when a dragonfly fails to emerge successfully. This one has a badly deformed body, and the wings have hardened without separating. Usually this happens when they emerge in a cramped space, though that doesn't seem to have been the case here.

From The Sea Of Adventure, very much not by Enid Blyton.

Josh always was my favourite in 'The West Wing'. 😎 www.instagram.com/p/DLDnp6ENtS1/ (The thumbnail says you need an Insta account, but you don't.)

TW: harm to children. My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review. It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban. Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...

Was at a charity football match with my family many years ago, and Keith Chegwin trod on my sister's foot. Best thing is, last time this meme went around and I mentioned it, about three other people said "Me too!" Don't know if he was having a particularly clumsy day, or if it happened regularly.

To mark Pride Month, I interviewed Stonewall founder Lord Michael Cashman 🏳️‍🌈 The actor-turned-activist and former Labour peer told me: - Why he thinks the 'Blue Labour' approach is the wrong way to win back the Red Wall - Why despite losing the whip, he believes Starmer is a "good leader"

Amazon is preparing to test humanoid robots for deliveries: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRQe...

@willowneal.bsky.social Does this interest you?

Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey. They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵

@libdemcam.bsky.social Have you been made aware of this event tomorrow, Mr Thomas? bsky.app/profile/nanc... It's intended to allow MPs to educate themselves on trans issues from experts, rather than merely hearing the manufactured panic from certain sections of the media and the government.

🧵 UK trans ppl feel powerless & abandoned. It’s not surprising, given how the media & politicians Other them relentlessly; how the ‘official’ UK human rights watchdog was issuing anti-trans illegal guidance for years & how the UK Supreme Court found against them, without listening to them [1]

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.

Feel free to share mine petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

It's a very newty day in the pond today.

Don't get to go on walks much now I'm a full time carer, but on the eve of #NoMowMay, here's part of my 'lawn' for #WildFlowerHour. Speedwell, dandelions, forget-me-nots, and loads of yellow rattle coming. Also, for this week's Brassicaeae challenge, a cuckoo flower.

Age yourself with a movie you saw in the cinema. I think this must have been the first one I saw, although there wasn't much to choose between this and Clash Of The Titans.

Less than 7,000 signatures needed for self-ID to be considered for debate in Parliament. Sign here 👇 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Really good thread on an important bit of Queer history. Sorry about reposting Maggie though. 😱

🚨 URGENT: Parliament Square This Saturday 1pm – Stand for Trans Rights feministgenderequality.network/urgent-parli...

My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"? Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...

Are Muslims really banning dogs in parks? 🤔 Let’s look at this perfect example of how rage baiting works, and how disinformation spreads, sticks, and fuels division, even years after being debunked… 🧵1/22 (1/1)

Oh look! A survey... ...and it's a survey where they're not checking the validity of emails... Oh my... mwahaha... 😈 You might even want to share it... secured.heritage.org/the-doge-sur...

#SharksNearMe on a hoody for International Trans Day of Visibility. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social

So. Many. Tadpoles! 💙

What perfect albums came out when you were 16?

Allosaurus. #art #dinosaurs

BEHOLD! MY FUCKS! @alwayscoffee.bsky.social @asuwish3.bsky.social @audryt.bsky.social @swordznsorcery.bsky.social (If you got tagged in on this it’s because you replied being interested in the hat of fucks over the past week.)

Happy Bandcamp Friday! Here is my most recent release - if you buy it from Fika today, Bandcamp waives the fees fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/throug...

Self employed, lost most of my work (still not back to pre-Covid levels). Got a job cleaning the local school, which had to stay open. Was caring for my father who had dementia, and was so scared I'd give him Covid. It was tense. At the same time... the peace and quiet was glorious. #fiveyearson

A federal judge has blocked the Trump Justice Department from transferring 12 transgender female inmates to male prisons — a setback for Trump's executive orders denying recognition of transgender people.

ELEVEN FROGS! I've never had more than four or five before. Mostly male, granted, so probably won't mean much more spawn, but ELEVEN! All trying to mount just about everything. The pond is a noisy, seething mass. It's wonderful! 😀 #spawnwatch

Repost with the first album you bought with your own money.

I have ALL THE SPAWN. #spawnwatch

Spawn! There has been spawnification. Spawnicity. Much spawnishness (etc). Hurrah! #spawnwatch 🥂🍾