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More about sand bees. They don't just live in cemeteries and garden walls but in the ground too. Hence the name! (You should be able to access this on the web; no need for the app.) nextdoor.co.uk/p/MKWFcNJJN6...

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Another example of Sand Bees all over a customer’s front lawn today.

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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 2h

Hylozoism: The belief that all matter is alive or animated, either sui generis or due to a governing force such as the world-soul (anima mundi). Coined by the 17th century English Platonist philosopher Ralph Cudworth, the term combines the Greek words "hyle": wood, matter, and "zoē": life.

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SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 6h

Adult Heermann’s gull. I love their calls. 🪶

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SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sea otter awareness week is winding down. Here are two adults with their pups. 🦦🦑

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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 4h

What does these trees look like to you? To me they look like hands, pressing and kneeding the soil.

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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 6h

A study of 2,000 subjects in Poland and Norway found that reading emotive stories about the environment didn't budge a person's needle towards action. The only predictor for charitable giving was the subject's age; older people were more likely to help. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Impact of anger, compassion, and hope on climate action taking - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Impact of anger, compassion, and hope on climate action taking

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.

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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A hilarious thread of random cartoons. ⬇️

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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Redwoods used to cool coastal summers show reduced photosynthesis when exposed to 38°C heat, even when they have enough water. Researchers detected needle temperatures as high as 10°C above air temp because trees had stopped "sweating" to save water. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

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Summer Heat Stress Downregulates Photochemistry in Coast Redwoods

When warmer than the surrounding air, coast redwood needles decrease their photosynthetic capacity and quantum yield Under experimental conditions, net photosynthetic rates decrease nonlinearly w...

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Heather @hceedee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Juvenile pigeon sunbathing, 03 Jul '17. #PigeonSky 🪶

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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yes, I'm avoiding your calls, but it's for your own good

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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

These are the kinds of fun fireworks we should have. A bit of sparkle and sizzle without the deafening explosion that terrifies wildlife.

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Lord JG @lordjongrant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The idiocy of private equity, asset ownership with no accountability. This has far more to do with our lack of productivity than those pointing at immigrants would want anyone to know.

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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Let's call on the UK government to remove the barriers that keep our dwindling fish populations from reaching their spawning grounds. Petition ⬇️

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greengirl777🍃 @cosmic7rain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

" Wczorajsza niezwykłość staje się dzisiejszym banałem, a dzisiejsza skrajność jutrzejszą normą." Stanisław Lem, Katar Dzień dobry w sobotę🍃 #MyClick

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greengirl777🍃 @cosmic7rain.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Dzień dobry w zaspany czwartek... #MyClick

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Here’s another way climate change will kill us: the expansion of mosquitoes and the deadly diseases they carry. In Paris, the invasive Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), an aggressive, day-biting nuisance, is now everywhere. So excited to get Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika in Paris.

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Scientists explore new ways to target mosquitoes as warming climate expands threat

It doesn't have sharp teeth or claws, but the mosquito kills more people than any other animal on earth. As the climate warms, mosquito season is lasting longer, giving them more time to spread danger...

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Honey Girl Grows @honeygirlgrows.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We install @batbnb.bsky.social all over Los Angeles, and they’ve knocked our 💯% of the mosquitos at client properties where we were getting eaten badly. Each provides night pollinators with critically-needed habitat. 🔑Right height, placement, and scented night-blooming plants below are all key.

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Donkadooballs @donkadooballs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Seriously. They use tech to create more casinos disguised as apps and endless "innovations" shoehorned into preexisting and useful applications that are old useless Spyware stealing information and trying to sell it back to us. "Tech"

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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Something similar to caterpillar's hairs could measure both air particle velocity and sound pressure when used in place of the membranes in a microphone. This would allow a hearing aid user to hone in on the source of a sound, for example, rather than just experience the volume.

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"We need to fight this" How long can people accept ongoing exposure to harmful chemicals, while our governments continue to pursue policies of deregulation? Will legal action be the "spearhead" that accelerates action on PFAS pollution? Our story on ITV News: www.itv.com/news/2026-09...

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 26/01/2026

"ai" is not a genie that can't be put back in a bottle, it's a pillar of smoke that dissipates unless you keep burning money

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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Interesting post about sand bees. I wonder if they made the perfect little holes in the mortar in my old garden wall. nextdoor.co.uk/p/T47_KNf2SX...

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🐝 Sand Bees – nothing to worry about!

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SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Female sea otter dining on shellfish while her pup floats nearby. Sea otter Awareness week. Stop offshore drilling. 🦦🌿🦑

Female sea otter eating shellfish while her pup floats nearby

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Weston Big Wood is irreplaceable ancient woodland & a protected SSSI . Yet plans could see around 500 homes built on Tower Farm and Black Rock , enclosing it on both sides . We should be protecting places like this , not building right up to their edges . c.org/8bV8Vy5Gm6

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Save Weston Big Wood from development

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Daniel Brown @danjbrown97.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Red Deer at Bushy Park today. #Mammals #UKWildlife

A Red Deer stag laid on the ground surrounded by flower seed heads

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Daniel Brown @danjbrown97.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Pig at Acres Down in the New Forest today.

A pig stood on a path with bracken behind

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Daniel Brown @danjbrown97.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A video of the Common Dolphins riding the bow waves on our AK Wildlife cruise from Falmouth on Wednesday. #Mammals #UKWildlife

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Daniel Brown @danjbrown97.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Grey Seal at Godrevy last week #Mammals #UKWildlife

A Grey Seal on a beach at the edge of the sea

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Daniel Brown @danjbrown97.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

View from St Giles Hill at lunch time.

A phone photo looking over Winchester from St Giles Hill with buildings such as the Guildhall and Winchester Cathedral visible as well as trees.

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Daniel Brown @danjbrown97.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Great to see a Fox before coming home this evening. #Mammals #UKWildlife

A Red Fox beside a car park with grass and flowers around it and a wall behind

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Did you know that UK gulls like the Herring Gull and the Great Black-backed Gull are now on the conservation Red List? While they seem common in towns, their natural coastal populations are facing a severe crisis and have plummeted by over 50%.

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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Looking for a wholesome distraction? Try this fun quiz. You might learn something about a very versatile nut... Ahem! Legume... Ah...drupe? Find out ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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What’s the Healthiest Nut? (Gift Article)

This quiz might surprise you.

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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Having just acquired my first "new" (refurbished) laptop in almost 20 years, I'm astonished at where technology is dragging us. You have to undo various default settings to save documents to your own drive instead of the "cloud"; in reality a screeching data centre in some unfortunate neighborhood.

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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In the 18 months since the US axed its monitors, air pollution rose <33%, mostly in Africa and SE Asia where reliable data is scarce. Impartial data on air quality upholds accountability in countries with autocratic governments. Results suggest that without it, industries revert to dirty practices.

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ECIU @eciu.net · 24/09/2026

"It's not a race to save the polar bears anymore. It's all about industrial strategy." Renewables hitting all time records in UK & globally Gas and oil price spikes based on whims of foreign regimes highlights the case for renewables as a national security measure 693GW installed in 2025 alone

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We organised blood tests for people living near a chemical factory in Thornton-Cleveleys where we uncovered high emissions of PFAS forever chemicals, including internationally-banned, cancer-causing PFOA. Last night, BBC News spoke to people as they received their test results:

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026

Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/

Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.

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Paul David Gould @pauldavidgould.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Please take TWO MINS to respond to Ofwat's consultation to demand that they BLOCK water bill rises. If our *polluting money-grabbing* water companies can't survive without hiking bills, let them go bust and nationalise the buggers! Deadline: midnight Thurs 24 Sept weownit.org.uk/NoBillHike

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Megaweapon @megaweapon5.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Circling hawk in the air? I remember watching burrowing owls in Florida when they all started looking at something in the sky. I looked up and, yep, red-tailed hawk was soaring above us.

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