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@aninewforest.bsky.social
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56-year-old disabled former journalist and environmental campaigner [insert verb depending on my state of health] among the flora and fauna of this ancient landscape in the New Forest, U.K.

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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 1h
Brilliant camouflage, and yet you, the photographer, spotted him. I bet he's miffed.
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 1h
More rainy day discoveries... Who is this spider that weaves dozens of flat little webs among the fallen leaves-- perhaps to catch the bugs that scuttle out from under them?
A glistening flat web, shaped like the oak leaf beside it, stretches over the dewy grass.
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 1h
Having a horizontal day 🛌 but dragged myself up to gather garden greens for my littlest girl🐇 I was greeted by refreshing drizzle and a sparkling carpet of clover🍀 (Softer underfoot than actual diamonds, I'll wager)
A patch of fresh clover speckled with shiny raindrops.
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Dave Meredith @davemeredith.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A carousel of storm cloud images of Colpoy's Bay, Ontario for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Weather #BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #LongExposureProject
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 11/10/2026
Wind and solar helped the UK avoid US$7.8 BILLION in gas imports during the Hormuz crisis. That’s what breaking fossil fuel dependence looks like. Governments backing more oil and gas owe people an explanation. SCALE UP RENEWABLES.
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Little Green Space 🐝 @lgspace.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Fake cobwebs like these may look spooky – but what's really scary about them is that they can trap & injure wildlife, including birds, insects & small mammals. And fake webs aren't recyclable – so will end up in landfill for many years. More: www.littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/5-i... #halloween
Fake cobwebs draped over a garden wall
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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 10/10/2026
Soot from wildfire smoke doesn't just irritate your lungs—it crosses the blood-brain barrier. A landmark new report reveals how climate pollution drives neuroinflammation. www.momscleanairforce.org/climate-c…
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New Report Highlights What Climate Change Is Doing to Our Brains—and What We Can Do About It
Whether we’re aware of it or not, our brains are profoundly impacted by the environmental conditions around us. A new landmark report describes how climate change impacts our brains, who’s most at risk of harm, and what we can do about it.
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Interesting. This is likely true of all types of smoke.
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
SUVs amp up drivers' latent sociopathic tendencies: road.cc/news/suv-dri...
road.cc
SUV drivers don’t care about danger posed to cyclists and pedestrians, new study finds
Motorists who are warned about the dangers posed by SUVs to cyclists and pedestrians on the road are very unlikely to be deterred from buying one, according to a new study.The study, conducted by rese...
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I agree, but from Zelenskyy’s point of view, alienating Trump is extremely risky. Let’s hope European support is enough.
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Exactly! But that’s how the mania caught on in the first place. Advertisers shifted perceptions away from the fact cars are loud, smelly, expensive, dangerous. Behind the wheel, one is made to feel powerful, in control, untouchable. Studies show drivers look down on non-drivers. We’re the Have Nots.
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
That sounds sarcastic.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Capitalism needs to exploit to survive. Exploit labor. Exploit land. Exploit life. In 2026, that exploitation is killing the planet that keeps us alive. That's not economics. That's immorality.
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
By cropping grasses in patches, bison open up spaces where a variety of wildflower and broadleaf species can thrive beside taller, ungrazed plants. The bisons' presence also sped up nutrient cycling, boosting biodiversity and ecosystem resilience to an extent greater than domesticated cattle.
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Marilyn Munster @heyfren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Picture of a raccoon trying to scratch into a cybertruck. Raccoons are trying to break into cyber trucks believing they are dumpsters.
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Your mom's here
A white delivery van parked on a street with trash cans nearby. The side and back of the van feature blue lettering and a blue arch logo, but the text is partially obscured by the open sliding door and a black strap, creating an unfortunate optical illusion where the company name reads "WHORE".
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Donati @apocalypse-skr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Yup
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Greenwings Wildlife Holidays @greenwingstours.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A blast of colour from Bolivia for #SkipperSaturday There's about 3,500 members of the Hesperiidae family of butterflies. Here's a few of them, photographed today by one of our guides that we felt were worth sharing.
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JunkboxJim @junkboxjim.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Things are tough all over.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 10/10/2026
#OtD 10 Oct 1903 the Women's Social & Political Union was founded at the Pankhurst family home in Manchester by six women. A split from the non-militant NUWSS, they chose the slogan "Deeds, not words" and a direct action approach to win votes for women stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1262...
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Gerry @atw1062.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Labour would have them all jailed now days
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What is AGW?
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Documents obtained by Freedom of Information requests show that parts of the 'simplification drive' have ended up closely reflecting the demands of fertiliser & chemical companies to roll back environmental & health safeguards Insects in EU have declined 75% in 3 decades www.ft.com/content/3c86...
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Chemical groups succeed in watering down EU pesticide rules
European Commission and leading MEPs side with industry demands for laxer standards
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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 09/10/2026
Google cut down more forest than my team have created in five years for a slop bot. #FuckAI
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Women generally want respect, not protection.
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Meditation helps.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Zack Polanski, "Over the next year, more than 1/3 of the money that the DWP spend on housing benefits, go straight into the pockets of private landlords, subsidising their extortionate rents" "That's £13.4 billion" "That could be spent building new council homes"
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Researchers anticipate meeting 25% of the current agricultural requirement for fertiliser using engineered bacteria.
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Forest soil stayed viable when harvests minimised compaction and soil displacement. But when tree-felling heavily disturbed, removed, and compacted the forest floor with vehicle traffic, recovery lagged even 20 years later.
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hyperbolic.
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wabi-sabi (侘寂) The Japanese concept of appreciating both natural objects and the forces of nature. That imperfections in nature, as all things of the natural world are impermanent, and thus beautiful
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself William Blake
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I wish we got kids enthusiastic about other ancient creatures than dinosaurs. There's everything from cynodonts to mammoths to choose from.
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Wildlife cameras look like blinding lights to any animal except the human, an outlier for lack of night vision. I use such cameras too, but animals' discomfort around can be a problem. We don't notice, but animals dislike the clicking noise when it starts recording and the bright flash of light.
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Reading stuff off a flashing screen has a hypnotic effect; I mostly blame that for the decline in my reading comprehension and general mental acuity 😆
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
😂 Welcome to aging... which in my case is well ahead of schedule 😜
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Here in the New Forest, it's donkeys. 🐴🐴🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗
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Rina @rina2012.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Albanian traffic jam 🐑 Slow down and enjoy your day 🫶 #UrbanGaze #Photography #travel #Roadtrip #Vanlife #ECK #Albania #HumansofBluesky #Scape #MountainMonday
A large flock of sheep is being guided by a shepherd along an asphalt road in Albania. In the background, a large, striking mountain peak rises under a clear blue sky. A white van approaches the herd from the left lane.
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
No, it's fake, unfortunately. But these kinds of posts go viral.
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Chris Gilbert @ravenseyechris.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In Monsal Dale #landscape #photography #shotoniphone 📷
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Chris Gilbert @ravenseyechris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Autumn in Bolehill quarry #landscape #photography #shotoniphone 📷
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Chris Gilbert @ravenseyechris.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Autumnal Oak #landscape #photography #shotoniphone 📷
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Drax Power Station is the biggest CO² emitter in the UK, but because of a loophole in carbon accounting, it was officially classified as carbon neutral after it switched from burning coal to burning imported wood. If it installed new carbon capture technology, it could reclassify as carbon-negative.
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's just map. I couldn't find any data.
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Any theories why these particular countries have pioneered laws against ecocide? France and Belgium, OK. Vietnam, understandable. But all those former Soviet republics? - Vietnam - Russia - Kyrgystan - Kazakhstan - Tajikistan - Belarus - Georgia - Ukraine - Moldova - Armenia - France - Belgium
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Lyndy Lambert @lyndyphotos.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This snowy egret is a #BirdSupermodel - with its golden slippers, bold eye makeup, and feather extensions. #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #birds
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Island Girl (IG)🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @tenoaks6.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
when we allow the present moment to lean in close, time pauses with us..... #photography #nature #thicktrunktuesday #art #noticing #slowdown #wellbeing #lifeisbeautiful
Guess what??? Another woodsy scene😊 This red dirt trail was very inviting amid the changing leaves and filtered sun. A slim trail leading deeper into the forest but no moving ahead without a wee break to notice the sun reflecting off the tall evergreen at the trail head, its moss all but glowing in the morning light. Accepting foliage embracing their change dance softly in the mild warmth covering the trail in places like natures faerie lights. Beyond the beam, old growth forest beckons beneath a neutral sky
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A classic-style illustration meme captioned "What really happened at a plague research laboratory in Russian Siberia". The image shows a cat sitting on a laboratory counter next to a test tube rack. Below a Russian flag hanging on the wall, the cat extends one paw to nudge a glass jar labeled "Plague" toward the edge of the shelf, as if about to knock it off.
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Shame; it’s a wonderful quote, marred by a typo. If only we had an edit option. It should have read: “…by chance.”
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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.watermagazine.co.uk/2026/09/30/b...
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Burnham promises 10-year transformation of water industry - Water Magazine
Andy Burnham has announced plans to remove restrictions on Government ownership of water companies as part of a 10-year water reform programme.
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