Dr Savanna van Mesdag

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While I think having a Labour government is far, far better than having certain other governments in this country, this Bill, in my scientifically-informed opinion is terrible and anti-nature. These releases, while they would be good, demonstrate a glaring hypocrisy.

Yes, this is all well and good, from the same government who have basically said "F*** you" to our country's wildlife by passing this: www.gov.uk/government/n...

The boys’ club: How Epstein’s influence shaped the exclusion of women in STEM In one email, an AI researcher suggested it’s “hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you.”

In 2018, an elite group of academics and scientists planned an exclusive retreat. The guests were picked by prominent New York literary agent John Brockman.

The problem? Brockman added two women to the list, and his biggest funder — Jeffrey Epstein — wanted them out.

@jkutzie.bsky.social reports

Marsh Clubmoss (Lycopodiella inundata) shoots creeping across a wet, bare substrate. The shoots are bottle-brush like, bright yellow-green with narrow, untoothed leaves sticking out from the main stem.

A series of Marsh Clubmoss shoots criss-crossing the flush, looking like a group of yellow-green centipedes running across the muddy ground

**BREAKING NEWS** - Marsh Clubmoss refound in Dunbartonshire, at a site where it was last recorded in 1854!

Being more-or-less evergreen, clubmosses make great botanical targets all year round. With that in mind, I set out to hunt for Marsh Clubmoss near Inveraran on the shore of Loch Lomond 🧵

Crocuses

Primrose

Hellebore

Iris

Spring flowers providing a source of food for the early pollinators in the Lodge Grounds of #NorthBerwick.

#wildflowerhour #springflowers
#EastLothian

It is rare to find this abundance of Polypody on a Pedunculate Oak in Sussex. Clapham Woods. Dip-slops South Downs ancient woodland, on chalk (Tarrant Chalk) near Worthing. A rare form of ancient woodland. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #southdowns #ancientwoodland #polypody

New research shows that by 2050 global yield losses linked to extreme heat at flowering could rise by about one-third. By 2090, those losses could increase by more than 75%.
Full story👇
https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/extreme-heat-and-drought-flowering-could-put-future-wheat-harvests-risk

Arghghghgh... 😭😭

I was going to take my copy of that book to the charity shop, but now it's going straight in the recycling bin....

No wonder that Edge, edited by John Brockman, was incomprehensible and a slog to get through. Almost DNF. I hadn't realised that all of those interviews that I read, conducted around the early 2010s (if I remember correctly), had such toxic, racist and misogynist undertones.

Exfeckingactly. Silly, silly BBC News.

a crowd of people with their hands on their heads ALT: a crowd of people with their hands on their heads

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Very cool! 😀

I've been fascinated by animals in this phylum since I first read about them in about 2015. I'm so delighted that research into the Xenoturbella genus is still very much ongoing and that these fab additional species have been discovered.

a medieval illustration of an anatomically accurate woodcock perched in the floral margins of a manuscript

the "medieval people didn't know how to draw animals" crowd has been real quiet ever since john siferwas dropped the Perfect Woodcock

Thanks @bsbicountries.bsky.social for this reminder: there are still wild plants out there just waiting to be spotted, identified & recorded!
Find out how to submit a botanical record & why it's important:
bsbi.org/recording/ab...
Use #RecordSubmitted to let us know what you recorded. Happy hunting!

Don’t know about anyone else but this is the densest display of Maidenhair Spleenwort I have ever seen

Decline in botanical education threatens response to climate action and food security

*Decline in botanical education threatens response to climate action and food security*

Early, hands-on encounters with plants, inspiring mentors, and emotional connections to nature are among the strongest drivers behind choosing a plant-related path.

www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...

When the AI bubble bursts, humans will finally have their chance to take back control | Rafael Behr The US economy is pumped up on tech-bro vanity. The inevitable correction should prompt a global conversation, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We really are living in a terrifying society, absolutely galling that the Home Office can get away with such a hostile tweet.

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Louvre catalogue entry for 'Deux hommes vus en buste, conversant', by Saint-Aubin, 1775. The drawing shows two bewigged gentlemen gazing at each other, one's hand about to tenderly cup the other's face

Ah, two men 'conversing', is it? 😘

(Deux hommes vus en buste, conversant, by Saint-Aubin, 1775)

Two of a total of 17 December Moths found by Alison Averis in East Lothian, Scotland, on the night of 26-27 November 2025. Photo: Alison Averis.

Here are two of a total of 17 December Moths found by my wife Alison here in East Lothian, Scotland, a couple of nights ago. Photo: Alison Averis. #TeamMoth

me (extremely busy doing statistical analysis): Oh i need this package

R: hey to install this package you need to update these packages, want me to update everything else while i'm here?

me (a fucking idiot): yes please. Thank you.

Narwhal, narwhal, on a beach, causing a commotion, because it's so unusual... 🎶

I absolutely loved this, great art style and delightful story. ☺️

OMG FFS 🤬🤬🤬