Photo from the early 1970s of a man on horseback negotiating the Birmingham inner ring road at Holloway Head
I’m searching for the original and/or rights owner of this fabulous picture of Birmingham in the early 1970s. It popped up on my Instagram feed, but I’ve been unable to track it down.
Any leads? I’m really hoping to use it in a book.
(And would much appreciate a RT please)
the "lost" species Monarda mexicana is still out there! Known from just 2 historical collections (most recent from the 1950s). Imagine my joy in stumbling on a picture of it on @inaturalist.bsky.social !!! We've now documented the first known modern populations and revived the species name:
Dw i'n cael fy synnu taw pob gwenynen ydy gwenynen yn unig.
Oes gan Bombus terrestris enw Cymraeg? Dw i wedi bod yn ychwanegu enwau Cymraeg at @iNaturalist.bsky.social. Dw i wedi dod o hyd i enwau ar gyfer pethau fel Fucus vesiculosus a Littorina littorea ond does dim enw ar gyfer Bombus terrestris ar Termau. Oes 'na gyfeirnod bo' fi'n gallu ei ddefnyddio?
If UBI was a coup for billionaires and corporations, we'd have gotten it decades ago. They don't want us to have the power UBI provides. They want us to have no choice but to work for them, for as little as they can legally get away with.
UBI = POWER TO THE PEOPLE
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New Welsh Government legislation has officially recognised the Eurasian beaver as a native species and granted it protected status
If you ever want to read a paper for free and can't find it otherwise, email the lead author and politely ask for a copy. You will not be bothering the person. You will in fact make their whole entire day. I have had scientists get so excited I asked they sent me everything they ever published.
There is always a tweet.
Yeah, having now slept on it properly, it is weird that no losing parties statement really reckons with why people might have chosen the Greens and instead they all chose to blame sectarianism. It does suggest that they still don't really recognise people who vote Green as, you know, real people.
The best gift I gave myself was to make sure my personal site has no analytics.
Treecreeper in a woodland puddle plus its reflection
Treecreeper in a woodland puddle. 😍
Taken recently at Swell Wood in Somerset. 😊
#Birds 🪶
All my links;
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Note to other people outside the UK: @blackwells.bsky.social really are great for overseas deliveries. ZERO postage!
It looks like I’m not upgraded yet.
Will spring aid Omics?
Who can research? Who can not?
Survey needs answers
Challenging Sudoku Garden: 🧩 Omics Needs Your Help
Complete in 1:40 with no hints.
Can you beat me?
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Everything that Andrew Windsor has allegedly done happened while he was a full member of the British royal family, surrounded by security with his every move monitored and arranged for him. Why isn't the whole organisation being investigated?
My philosophy:
Such as Ruffingham in Arcturusshire. Or Bartley in Capellaset. Which is ironic as the planet is tidally locked.
Crossed with the Bayer names this would work well. Also Oxon has two different villages called Wootton because of shifting admin boundaries. Similar would make for great missed deliveries “Ah no, this is for Ottery-by-Gamma Aurigae, This is Ottery-juxta-Beta Tauri”. Or stars as county names.
Great show. Season One might be a bit clumsy, but 2-4 are just amazing. Also the later arc is depressingly relevant to our current situation in the US. If you’ve never watched this show I’d strongly recommend it.
It’s not clear if he’s saying that as a warning or as a boast.
I see this went up 4 minutes before I posted a similar thing. I didn’t realise I was THAT slow a typist. :)
Deeply excited by the idea of sending Musk to the moon. This is such important work it should be done as fast as possible.
If necessary, I’m sure we could develop a system for bringing anyone back from the moon at some point in the future too. Or ask Grok to do it.
A woman involved in organising a protest against migrants has been banned from entering Wrexham football club’s ground for five years for posting an allegedly racist message on Facebook ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-1eEE
Post a banger not in English
Adwaith - Eto
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Post a banger not in English
Sebona Fi - Yws Gwynedd
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From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵
"Rob, you once spent a day following Peter Mandelson round Blackpool. Did you take any pictures that, even at the time, you thought might one day come in handy?"
