Auntie Syzygy
@auntiesyzygy.bsky.social
Hermit pensioner & forager. Former indexer.
Scottish Statehood, Greek & Greece, Bee Orchids & the Bronze Age.
Nobody should own land as if it was a thing.
Scottish Statehood, Greek & Greece, Bee Orchids & the Bronze Age.
Nobody should own land as if it was a thing.
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It occurs to me that, being newly here, I should maybe explain my name. It comes from Caledonian Antisyzygy - a perceived characteristic of Scots literature (and presbyterian theology) to see the bad in the good. I think we Scots tend to second-guess ourselves, and our lack of confidence hampers us.
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Good site visit out to see the #GUARD Archaeology team who have just started excavating at the Chest of Dee mesolithic site at #MarLodgeEstate
October 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Good site visit out to see the #GUARD Archaeology team who have just started excavating at the Chest of Dee mesolithic site at #MarLodgeEstate
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A 2027 Pyramidal Orchid just poking its head up on the front lawn. Sawston, Cambs.
@ukorchids.bsky.social
@ukorchids.bsky.social
October 6, 2026 at 8:34 PM
A 2027 Pyramidal Orchid just poking its head up on the front lawn. Sawston, Cambs.
@ukorchids.bsky.social
@ukorchids.bsky.social
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A stunning lecture
We had a full house in the theatre for last night’s 'Socialism after AI' event with Evgeny Morozov exploring how AI exposes deeper blind spots in socialist thought. Co-hosted by @leaypi.bsky.social & Gavin Jacobson #AlternativesToCapitalism
🎧Podcast lse.ac.uk/events/ai-so...
🎧Podcast lse.ac.uk/events/ai-so...
October 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
A stunning lecture
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TOMORROW EVENING
Tues Oct 6 18:30 🌘
'The sex-strike theory of human origins'
Chris Knight and Camilla Power
All welcome
LIVE Daryll Forde, 2nd Floor, UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St
ZOOM ID 948 6108 7055 passcode Wawilak
Tues Oct 6 18:30 🌘
'The sex-strike theory of human origins'
Chris Knight and Camilla Power
All welcome
LIVE Daryll Forde, 2nd Floor, UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St
ZOOM ID 948 6108 7055 passcode Wawilak
LIVE and ZOOM
🌗Tues evening Oct 6 🌘
18:30 London time @UCL #Anthropology
Chris Knight and Camilla Power
'The sex-strike theory of human origins'
#humanorigins #femalecoalitions #symbolicculture
🌗Tues evening Oct 6 🌘
18:30 London time @UCL #Anthropology
Chris Knight and Camilla Power
'The sex-strike theory of human origins'
#humanorigins #femalecoalitions #symbolicculture
October 5, 2026 at 8:14 AM
TOMORROW EVENING
Tues Oct 6 18:30 🌘
'The sex-strike theory of human origins'
Chris Knight and Camilla Power
All welcome
LIVE Daryll Forde, 2nd Floor, UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St
ZOOM ID 948 6108 7055 passcode Wawilak
Tues Oct 6 18:30 🌘
'The sex-strike theory of human origins'
Chris Knight and Camilla Power
All welcome
LIVE Daryll Forde, 2nd Floor, UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St
ZOOM ID 948 6108 7055 passcode Wawilak
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I think when history looks back at this era, should we make it to the future, it will wonder how the people who actiively contributed to the world's problems, i.e. exploitation of people & resources, managed to convince their populations that they should vote them in as the answer to those problems
October 5, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I think when history looks back at this era, should we make it to the future, it will wonder how the people who actiively contributed to the world's problems, i.e. exploitation of people & resources, managed to convince their populations that they should vote them in as the answer to those problems
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October 6, 2026 at 5:50 AM
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Just watched a live event of Epstein Survivors from New York. How is it even possible anyone could vote for such a morally bankrupt person like Trump. Mind blowing.
October 5, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Just watched a live event of Epstein Survivors from New York. How is it even possible anyone could vote for such a morally bankrupt person like Trump. Mind blowing.
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The King’s cut from your electricity bill bit.ly/4yx46ng he gets 12% of crown estate profits through the Sovereign Grant
Crown Estate sea bed auctions could add £38 a year to energy bills
The business that manages the King’s land has put wind farm projects at risk with move away from capped fees for developers, a University of Oxford study warns
bit.ly
October 6, 2026 at 5:24 AM
The King’s cut from your electricity bill bit.ly/4yx46ng he gets 12% of crown estate profits through the Sovereign Grant
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ABRDN's purchase and attempted sale of Far Ralia: What happens when carbon speculation fails | Nick Kempe for Parkswatch Scotland:
#ScottishEnvironment🌱 #ForestryPolicy🌲 #CarbonCapitalism #LandSpeculation #LateNeoliberalism
parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/10/02/a...
#ScottishEnvironment🌱 #ForestryPolicy🌲 #CarbonCapitalism #LandSpeculation #LateNeoliberalism
parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/10/02/a...
Abrdn's purchase and sale of Far Ralia - what could have been - parkswatchscotland
In 2024 the Abrdn Property Income Trust (APIT)’s shareholders took the decision to wind down the fund. Following the disposal of their other fixed assets in 2024, APIT have been having difficulty (se...
parkswatchscotland.co.uk
October 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
ABRDN's purchase and attempted sale of Far Ralia: What happens when carbon speculation fails | Nick Kempe for Parkswatch Scotland:
#ScottishEnvironment🌱 #ForestryPolicy🌲 #CarbonCapitalism #LandSpeculation #LateNeoliberalism
parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/10/02/a...
#ScottishEnvironment🌱 #ForestryPolicy🌲 #CarbonCapitalism #LandSpeculation #LateNeoliberalism
parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/10/02/a...
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No shit🤔💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
October 4, 2026 at 10:15 PM
No shit🤔💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
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New post Parkswatchscotland: The end of the Cairngorms National Park Authority’s unlawful exclusion zone in Glenmore/Abernethy? https://parkswatchscotland.co.uk/?p=33940
October 5, 2026 at 9:29 AM
New post Parkswatchscotland: The end of the Cairngorms National Park Authority’s unlawful exclusion zone in Glenmore/Abernethy? https://parkswatchscotland.co.uk/?p=33940
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How cruel to admit this and still not give them safe routes when you have the power to do so.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Nearly all women arriving on small boats have been raped, says Shabana Mahmood
Home secretary warns people traffickers will exploit asylum seekers because they decide who comes to the UK
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2026 at 7:47 PM
How cruel to admit this and still not give them safe routes when you have the power to do so.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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The silver lining to the horror story is that traditional pneumonic plague is inefficient at spreading - it kills its host far too quickly.
However, given the international consensus that Russia has an active bioweapons programme, it would be presumptious to rule out a novel, weaponised strain.
However, given the international consensus that Russia has an active bioweapons programme, it would be presumptious to rule out a novel, weaponised strain.
October 4, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The silver lining to the horror story is that traditional pneumonic plague is inefficient at spreading - it kills its host far too quickly.
However, given the international consensus that Russia has an active bioweapons programme, it would be presumptious to rule out a novel, weaponised strain.
However, given the international consensus that Russia has an active bioweapons programme, it would be presumptious to rule out a novel, weaponised strain.
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We just published our Annual Review 2025/26.
It provides a round-up of the amazing achievements of #BSBImembers over the past year: our research, training, outreach & publications.
It shows who we are & what we do.
Includes a Message from our President + a financial report:
bsbi.org/about/who-we...
It provides a round-up of the amazing achievements of #BSBImembers over the past year: our research, training, outreach & publications.
It shows who we are & what we do.
Includes a Message from our President + a financial report:
bsbi.org/about/who-we...
October 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM
We just published our Annual Review 2025/26.
It provides a round-up of the amazing achievements of #BSBImembers over the past year: our research, training, outreach & publications.
It shows who we are & what we do.
Includes a Message from our President + a financial report:
bsbi.org/about/who-we...
It provides a round-up of the amazing achievements of #BSBImembers over the past year: our research, training, outreach & publications.
It shows who we are & what we do.
Includes a Message from our President + a financial report:
bsbi.org/about/who-we...
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I *cannot* wait to be reunited with my orchid-hunting best mate @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social for Orchids of Crete in 2028. We are going to have an absolute blast in this orchid wonderland.
Tour update 🚨
Those of our 2027 edition orchid tours that are fully booked now have their 2028 editions open for booking. Orchids of Crete, with @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social & @dunnjons.bsky.social as your leaders, has taken its first booking already.
www.mariposanature.com/tours/botani...
Those of our 2027 edition orchid tours that are fully booked now have their 2028 editions open for booking. Orchids of Crete, with @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social & @dunnjons.bsky.social as your leaders, has taken its first booking already.
www.mariposanature.com/tours/botani...
October 3, 2026 at 8:58 AM
I *cannot* wait to be reunited with my orchid-hunting best mate @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social for Orchids of Crete in 2028. We are going to have an absolute blast in this orchid wonderland.
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The very last Autumn lady's tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) and seeding Autumn squill (Scilla autumnalis) at Berry Head, 3/9/2026. @ukorchids.bsky.social
October 3, 2026 at 9:50 PM
The very last Autumn lady's tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) and seeding Autumn squill (Scilla autumnalis) at Berry Head, 3/9/2026. @ukorchids.bsky.social
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I'm working out in Switzerland at the moment. Having a pretty stunning time. Here's a few from last week's expedition.
October 4, 2026 at 6:44 AM
I'm working out in Switzerland at the moment. Having a pretty stunning time. Here's a few from last week's expedition.
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In the Highlands, work is being done to protect the fragile ecosystem of the peatlands; one of the world’s most important stores of carbon | Naz Saad
Restoring peatlands in Scotland’s Flow Country
In the Highlands, work is being done to protect the fragile ecosystem of the peatlands; one of the world’s most important stores of carbon
bylines.scot
October 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM
In the Highlands, work is being done to protect the fragile ecosystem of the peatlands; one of the world’s most important stores of carbon | Naz Saad
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Yes! This was and is a terrific read
Since Suella Braverman is trying to exclude many of us from England, here’s my family story from seven years ago to push back against this ethnonationalism
This is My England, and Yours: Reclaiming Englishness bylinetimes.com/2019/12/18/t...
This is My England, and Yours: Reclaiming Englishness bylinetimes.com/2019/12/18/t...
This is My England, and Yours: Reclaiming Englishness
Now that English Nationalism has been unleashed, Peter Jukes argues that we must all try to restore England's buried civic tolerance and historic diversity.
bylinetimes.com
October 4, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Yes! This was and is a terrific read
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A superb retelling of the struggle of West Virginians as coal companies moved in, stole the land, and used violence - supported by the US military - to maintain their monopoly and stop workers unionising. This is more than a well told story - it's a history lesson.
October 4, 2026 at 8:57 AM
A superb retelling of the struggle of West Virginians as coal companies moved in, stole the land, and used violence - supported by the US military - to maintain their monopoly and stop workers unionising. This is more than a well told story - it's a history lesson.
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This one normally only flowers in early Spring.
September 30, 2026 at 6:36 AM
This one normally only flowers in early Spring.
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In 2003, the U.S. military bombed Iraq’s national seed bank in Abu Ghraib, effectively eliminating hundreds of varieties of indigenous seeds adapted to growing in the drought-prone desert climate. A year later, U.S. law prohibited Iraqi farmers from seed saving. (First published in 2025 by Prism)
Saving Iraq’s Seeds, One Garden at a Time
Comprising a diverse range of backgrounds and ages, the collective fosters a space for voices of Jewish, Muslim, and Christian seed stewards from the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region…
www.thexylom.com
October 2, 2026 at 1:48 AM
In 2003, the U.S. military bombed Iraq’s national seed bank in Abu Ghraib, effectively eliminating hundreds of varieties of indigenous seeds adapted to growing in the drought-prone desert climate. A year later, U.S. law prohibited Iraqi farmers from seed saving. (First published in 2025 by Prism)
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I cannot think of one good reason they could have for doing this. Nor even a bad one. They should fix it.
I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation.
Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
bylinetimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 6:21 PM
I cannot think of one good reason they could have for doing this. Nor even a bad one. They should fix it.
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The Germander has now been cut back in order to allow it to put on some growth and provide a low evergreen hedge for the winter. You can do the same now or leave it until the spring 🌱🇬🇧 #herbs #flowers #allotment #horticulture
October 1, 2026 at 9:50 PM
The Germander has now been cut back in order to allow it to put on some growth and provide a low evergreen hedge for the winter. You can do the same now or leave it until the spring 🌱🇬🇧 #herbs #flowers #allotment #horticulture