Meloni61
@melonni.bsky.social
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Norway's Prime Minister marks Trump's homework
September 6, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Norway's Prime Minister marks Trump's homework
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You don't have a right to safe drinking water, a US court just ruled. A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.
You don't have a right to safe drinking water, US court rules
A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.
www.motherjones.com
September 5, 2026 at 6:39 PM
You don't have a right to safe drinking water, a US court just ruled. A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.
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A rare survival from Neolithic Cumbria some 5,000 years ago!
A polished greenstone axehead, quarried in the Langdales, with its original wooden handle preserved!
Found at Ehenside Tarn in 1869, it is the only hafted Neolithic axe known from England to date!
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
A polished greenstone axehead, quarried in the Langdales, with its original wooden handle preserved!
Found at Ehenside Tarn in 1869, it is the only hafted Neolithic axe known from England to date!
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
August 28, 2026 at 3:39 PM
A rare survival from Neolithic Cumbria some 5,000 years ago!
A polished greenstone axehead, quarried in the Langdales, with its original wooden handle preserved!
Found at Ehenside Tarn in 1869, it is the only hafted Neolithic axe known from England to date!
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
A polished greenstone axehead, quarried in the Langdales, with its original wooden handle preserved!
Found at Ehenside Tarn in 1869, it is the only hafted Neolithic axe known from England to date!
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
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I love my job cleaning at the museum, getting all the glass display cases shining and sparkling and free from the day's fingerprint smudges. Sometimes, though, the fingerprints are on the inside. #2sentenceHorror
August 28, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I love my job cleaning at the museum, getting all the glass display cases shining and sparkling and free from the day's fingerprint smudges. Sometimes, though, the fingerprints are on the inside. #2sentenceHorror
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Permafrost is thawing deeper and it’s happening worldwide.
A new study of 156 monitoring sites found that the active layer, the soil that thaws each summer, increased significantly at many sites from 2000–2024.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
A new study of 156 monitoring sites found that the active layer, the soil that thaws each summer, increased significantly at many sites from 2000–2024.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Long-term monitoring of active layer thickness confirms global permafrost degradation - Communications Earth & Environment
Active-layer thickness increased at 55% and 38% of Arctic and Antarctic sites, and >90% in European, Asian, and South American mountains, driven by increasing thawing degree-days and rainfall, acco...
www.nature.com
August 30, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Permafrost is thawing deeper and it’s happening worldwide.
A new study of 156 monitoring sites found that the active layer, the soil that thaws each summer, increased significantly at many sites from 2000–2024.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
A new study of 156 monitoring sites found that the active layer, the soil that thaws each summer, increased significantly at many sites from 2000–2024.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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I feel like I’m going to throw up
September 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I feel like I’m going to throw up
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A fine reward for habitat management on a disused road - a Lizard Orchid pops up.
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
May 31, 2026 at 6:27 PM
A fine reward for habitat management on a disused road - a Lizard Orchid pops up.
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
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Upright Brome pollen contributing to hay-fever suffering.
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
May 31, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Upright Brome pollen contributing to hay-fever suffering.
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
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You know you're in good quality chalk grassland when there's so many botanists' thistles you can't sit down.
June 5, 2026 at 12:45 PM
You know you're in good quality chalk grassland when there's so many botanists' thistles you can't sit down.
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Had a quick walk around the estate first #lawnflowers #wildflowerhour.
The contractors haven't cut (first time).
All kinds of nice things - including 3 Corky-fruited Water-dropwort.
The contractors haven't cut (first time).
All kinds of nice things - including 3 Corky-fruited Water-dropwort.
June 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Had a quick walk around the estate first #lawnflowers #wildflowerhour.
The contractors haven't cut (first time).
All kinds of nice things - including 3 Corky-fruited Water-dropwort.
The contractors haven't cut (first time).
All kinds of nice things - including 3 Corky-fruited Water-dropwort.
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Damatic weather for counting orchids in Kingsdown.
June 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Damatic weather for counting orchids in Kingsdown.
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Nearly 600 Duke of Burgundy butterflies counted in Kent
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/N...
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/N...
Nearly 600 Duke of Burgundy butterflies counted in Kent
Decades of work by Butterfly Conservation, Natural England, farmers, landowners and volunteers have helped the endangered species increase dramatically across the county
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk
June 10, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Nearly 600 Duke of Burgundy butterflies counted in Kent
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/N...
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/N...
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Heath Fritillary on Corky-Fruited Water-dropwort. Not a combination I've seen before.
June 16, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Heath Fritillary on Corky-Fruited Water-dropwort. Not a combination I've seen before.
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Delighted that Dropwort has returned to its old site in Kingsdown!
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
June 21, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Delighted that Dropwort has returned to its old site in Kingsdown!
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
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Just getting ready to sit in a shaded nook in the garden... laptop, drink, snacks, chair all set out.
And then discovered that the blackbirds have fledged and are not happy with my presence.
Back into the house.
And then discovered that the blackbirds have fledged and are not happy with my presence.
Back into the house.
June 24, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Just getting ready to sit in a shaded nook in the garden... laptop, drink, snacks, chair all set out.
And then discovered that the blackbirds have fledged and are not happy with my presence.
Back into the house.
And then discovered that the blackbirds have fledged and are not happy with my presence.
Back into the house.
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That’s obviously Israel’s plan! Thwart a deal by stirring up more and more regional turmoil, death and destruction.
June 1, 2026 at 4:46 PM
That’s obviously Israel’s plan! Thwart a deal by stirring up more and more regional turmoil, death and destruction.
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Looking through the Mandelson files, has Wes Streeting said in public Israel is committing war crimes, or does he just keep that sentiment for DMs?
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
June 1, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Looking through the Mandelson files, has Wes Streeting said in public Israel is committing war crimes, or does he just keep that sentiment for DMs?
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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"Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes" - Wes Streeting, in a private message.
So it turns out that government ministers were not, after all, incapable of understanding what is happening there. Just incapable of saying it in public, and of acting on that knowledge.
#MorallySupine
So it turns out that government ministers were not, after all, incapable of understanding what is happening there. Just incapable of saying it in public, and of acting on that knowledge.
#MorallySupine
Looking through the Mandelson files, has Wes Streeting said in public Israel is committing war crimes, or does he just keep that sentiment for DMs?
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
June 1, 2026 at 4:18 PM
"Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes" - Wes Streeting, in a private message.
So it turns out that government ministers were not, after all, incapable of understanding what is happening there. Just incapable of saying it in public, and of acting on that knowledge.
#MorallySupine
So it turns out that government ministers were not, after all, incapable of understanding what is happening there. Just incapable of saying it in public, and of acting on that knowledge.
#MorallySupine
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How can you map a changing landscape and retain its history and spirituality?
Land by Maggie O'Farrell is haunting tale set in post-famine Ireland about history, map-making and memory
How can you map a changing landscape and retain its history and spirituality?
tcnv.link
June 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
How can you map a changing landscape and retain its history and spirituality?
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The White House is doing this a) so it can intimidate voters physically at the polls, and b) because more Dems vote by mail.
June 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The White House is doing this a) so it can intimidate voters physically at the polls, and b) because more Dems vote by mail.
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Treacle and Brimstone is on 🔥. #auriculaheaven
May 30, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Treacle and Brimstone is on 🔥. #auriculaheaven
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A slice of edgeland life in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Susie White from #rhschelsea.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: A celebration of life on the edge | Susie White
Chelsea, London: I find myself moved by this garden that highlights the ‘edgelands’, those unprotected and modest places where nature can thrive
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2026 at 7:51 AM
A slice of edgeland life in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Susie White from #rhschelsea.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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31 May 1819 saw the birth of the poet Walt Whitman. By way of tribute, here is Ralph Vaughan Williams’ setting of sections from Leaves of Grass in his early work, A Sea Symphony. Vaughan Williams, introduced by Bertrand Russell to Whitman’s work while at Cambridge was a lifelong admirer of the poet
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
YouTube video by Colin
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May 30, 2026 at 9:23 PM
31 May 1819 saw the birth of the poet Walt Whitman. By way of tribute, here is Ralph Vaughan Williams’ setting of sections from Leaves of Grass in his early work, A Sea Symphony. Vaughan Williams, introduced by Bertrand Russell to Whitman’s work while at Cambridge was a lifelong admirer of the poet
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Good to see @velshi.com out there. This is fucking crazy.
May 31, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Good to see @velshi.com out there. This is fucking crazy.