Reposted by Amanda RBumblebee Conservation Trust @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Is this bumblebee knitting?🧶 Female bumblebees collect pollen by brushing the fine grains out of their hair and into the pollen baskets on their hind legs. Still, how cute would it be to see bumblebee queens wrapped in tiny woolly jumpers as they settle down to hibernate over winter? 17013 0
Amanda R @ajr595.bsky.social · 14/10/2026For me, it's a hermit crab reaching out from its shell. :) 010 0
Reposted by Amanda ROceanCare @oceancare.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The 70th meeting of the International Whaling Commission, #IWC70, has just ended in Hobart, Tasmania, & the most important news first: the moratorium on commercial whaling was upheld. Learn more about the results in this video by OceanCare's Fabienne McLellan. 📹👇 @fabiennemcl.bsky.social 0157 0
Reposted by Amanda RBat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 10/10/2026🦇 Would your place of worship benefit from a small grant to help manage bat roost-related issues? Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant applications are open and will close at 10am, 26 October. More information: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bui... 05633 0
Reposted by Amanda RFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The BBC is already giving Nigel Farage coverage for a speech he hasn’t even delivered. Report on what he says tomorrow, by all means. But previewing it now gives him free publicity and lets him set the agenda before anyone can scrutinise his words. 55724204 0
Reposted by Amanda RAnna H @athenepallas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Latest far right malign effect - unfounded accusations of immigrants stealing wild birds to eat have led to a physical assault on a volunteer rescuing a cygnet. The Greenwich Wildlife Network statement is long, but worth a read - it's thoughtful, courageous and impeccably argued: 6245122 0
Reposted by Amanda RAltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 10/10/2026You can read up on what we do here AltYelloNatPark.org We study how moose shed papillomavirus with no scarring and no effect on their ability to reproduce. In women a very similar disease is the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Please donate tonight.altyellonatpark.orgThe Polar Zoo @AltYelloNatPark 1538 0
Reposted by Amanda RAltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 10/10/2026Donations are down way down but we're not giving up. The paper is just too important. We're waiting on some minor edits and going to resubmit ASAP. We didn't have the money for samples and without them the last journal rejected us. Please donate tonight Yes we are a 501c3 gofund.me/b1b9e683agofund.meDonate to please support our research at ALTYNP, organized by Ominous AnnHaving found a research project here in the park, now its up to me to find funding. … Ominous Ann needs your support for please support our research at ALTYNP 17041 0
Amanda R @ajr595.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I suppose there's no info yet on when Horngard will be available in the UK? Not fussed about format, just yearning for the story. :) 020 0
Reposted by Amanda RAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Thank you for leading the team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, guiding Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to a safe landing on the moon. Yours is an amazing legacy & everyone should know your name. Goodnight and godspeed, Margaret Hamilton. 🕯️nytimes.comMargaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died (Gift Article)Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90. 15948326 0
Reposted by Amanda RAltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 04/10/2026We're a 501c3 so your donations are fully tax deductible. We're listed on Guidestar, registered with the IRS, the state of Colorado and the state of Montana. And we could really use the help ;-) If you can manage it Please donate today. 1528 0
Reposted by Amanda RAltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 04/10/2026The moose in our study area shed papillomavirus with no scarring and no adverse effects on their reproductive capabilities, we want to know how they do that. You can read up on what we've got so far right here on our website. And yes we are a 501c3 Please donate today thepolarzoo.org/our-storythepolarzoo.orgAbout ALTYELLONATPARK™ — The Polar Zoo @AltYelloNatPark 17014 0
Reposted by Amanda RAltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 04/10/2026We'll barely make end of season. Coolers empty, tanks low, shoes are paper thin but we'll make it. What a ride and there's so much more to do. We study papillomavirus in moose looking for parallels in human medicine. If you can manage it Please donate today gofund.me/b1b9e683agofund.meDonate to please support our research at ALTYNP, organized by Ominous AnnHaving found a research project here in the park, now its up to me to find funding. … Ominous Ann needs your support for please support our research at ALTYNP 110526 0
Reposted by Amanda Rrprobbins.bsky.social @rprobbins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The intelligent way to employ data centers 💯🎯 18629701014 0
Amanda R @ajr595.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A collection of horizontal lines, in Whitstable yesterday. 000 0
Amanda R @ajr595.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The smell of nectar collected from ivy blossom is all round the hives at the moment. Ivy honey sets really hard but the honey bees cope with it in their stores. 000 0
Amanda R @ajr595.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Honey bees walking back up into their hive, to where the scents and vibrations tell them it's safe. 000 0
Reposted by Amanda RNikkSinc 📚 @nikksinc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Microsoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...you.38degrees.org.ukStop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition. 01714 0
Reposted by Amanda RTHE NERVE @thenerve.news · 20/09/2026Good morning @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social Your journey from MP who most understood the Cambridge Analytica scandal to paid-up Palantir apologist is really quite the journey. Hope the pay packet is worth it. 💰 Here’s some background reading ahead of your first day 🧵👇 19421170 0
Reposted by Amanda RGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 20/09/2026£1m-plus donations from individuals 2001–19: 💷💷💷💷💷💷💷 2019–25: 💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷 It’s time we took politics out of the hands of a wealthy few. www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/s…theguardian.comUK politics increasingly funded by billionaires as mega-donations surgeExclusive: A total £179m has been donated by wealthy individuals since 2019, research reveals 59344 0
Reposted by Amanda RLittle Green Space 🐝 @lgspace.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳 7479204 0
Reposted by Amanda RDr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Climate scientist here. 👋 We are NOT fucked. BUT we are behind where we should be. The good news is that we have the solutions we need to stop climate change. We just need to get busy deploying them! And here’s the proof. Almost 120 solutions, with more coming. drawdown.org/explorerdrawdown.orgDrawdown Explorer™We know what we need to do: stop climate change as quickly as possible. Now, with the Drawdown Explorer, we know how to do it. 6358164 0
Amanda R @ajr595.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I'm often pleasurably surprised by the offers that my phone network company can magically come up with once I produce evidence of a good deal elsewhere and say I'll move if they can't match it. If you don't ask, you don't get... 000 0
Amanda R @ajr595.bsky.social · 14/09/2026You share my birth year, too. :) And, I sometimes feel as though the skills I acquire and use could help people and it's good to have a chance to say 'have you tried...?' occasionally. 000 0
Reposted by Amanda RAltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 14/09/2026You can read up on our work on our website. Oh and yes we are a 501c3 Please donate tonight thepolarzoo.org/our-storythepolarzoo.orgAbout ALTYELLONATPARK™ — The Polar Zoo @AltYelloNatPark 0456 0
Reposted by Amanda RAltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 12/09/2026We're looking at how moose shed papillomavirus with no scarring and no adverse effects on their reproduction. There could be a non invasive treatment option in that just waiting to be discovered. Please donate tonight Oh and yes we are a 501c3 gofund.me/e15d82287gofund.meDonate to please support our research at ALTYNP, organized by Ominous AnnHaving found a research project here in the park, now its up to me to find funding. … Ominous Ann needs your support for please support our research at ALTYNP 210022 0
Reposted by Amanda RSurprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's Friday. I wrote a poem about the spiders who are trying to kill me. 1011535 0
Reposted by Amanda RDr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 09/09/2026My mum wanted the details of her death heard. She strongly believed in the right to die & had a living will. We need to be honest about what death often looks like & that there is often *no* palliative care that can make someone like my mum's death any easier. TW: This thread is a difficult read. 1312941 0
Reposted by Amanda Ralix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"books should start with action" "the first pages must introduce the protagonist" "world building should be invisible" hush child ms. robin mckinley is speaking 36973170 0
Reposted by Amanda RAltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 08/09/2026The blood vessels in their legs are set up like little heat exchangers so the cold blood from their feet warms a bit long before it gets to their body and the warm blood cools a bit before it gets to their feet. They're very efficient that way. 111 0
Amanda R @ajr595.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Electrical faults always seem a bit Schrodinger-ish. Hope it decides to be found. 000 0
Amanda R @ajr595.bsky.social · 08/09/2026How do their legs keep warm in v low temps? Do they have more blood vessels along them, or is it down to their fur? 100 0
Reposted by Amanda RLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The US has a dark history of unaccountability. 773134314325 0
Reposted by Amanda RJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This is just to say... I have stolen the work that you spent years creating and which you were probably hoping would pay your bills But online sharing doesn't count It's actually a compliment So fuck you BTW, I'm a fan 182516587 0
Reposted by Amanda RWard Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026A particularly infuriating aspect of this A.I. bullshit is that nobody seems to remember that we all got along just fine without it for centuries. How are we all suddenly incapable of reading and understanding written words? Of creating art? Of telling stories? It’s madness. 44691812017 0
Reposted by Amanda RBumblebee Conservation Trust @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Ivy comes alive in September. These globe-shaped flowers are a vital source of pollen and nectar when not much else is in flower 🐝🍂 For even more seasonal tips, download our gardening guides: ow.ly/uM3b50ZFYEp 15622 0
Reposted by Amanda RMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I think the Telegraph misspelled “the highly respected leader of Camden Council” in the headline. 862515547 0
Reposted by Amanda RKent Wildlife Trust @kentwildlife.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Under the framework, plans set to destroy ancient woodland should be refused unless there's a wholly exceptional reason and a credible plan to compensate for the loss. Oaken Wood's allocation as a quarry site hasn't met either test. You can help object to the destruction: kwtg.uk/save-oaken-wood 031 0
Reposted by Amanda RKent Wildlife Trust @kentwildlife.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Oaken Wood is a living, breathing habitat, filled with rare and exciting species - including ancient woodland indicators. 🌱 And yet a Mineral Sites Plan threatens to destroy it... How is this even a possibility when the National Planning Policy Framework is meant to protect irreplaceable habitats? 131 0
Reposted by Amanda RMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/08/2026My latest about the real risk that Trump is wiling to take down the entire vote by mail system and cause a failed midterm election. newsletters.democracydocket.com/trump-doesnt...newsletters.democracydocket.comTrump doesn’t think mail-in voting is "too big to fail" 30915360 0
Reposted by Amanda RJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Cartoon by @mackinnonart.bsky.social. 6168151780 0
Reposted by Amanda RDignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 24/08/2026Dr Andrew Green, Chair of the BMA Medical Ethics Committee reaffirmed “Neutrality means the BMA neither supports nor opposes attempts to change the law on physician assisted dying. We are therefore neutral both on the principle of assisted dying and on any particular bills or legislative proposals”. 1125 0