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Jamie

@arborealtechie.bsky.social
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IT guy in Wales / UK, Humanist, Pro EU. Love science, trees and all nature. PV, Battery, EV, Heat Pump, etc. We are the only “pest species”.

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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 22h
Google cut down more forest than my team have created in five years for a slop bot. #FuckAI
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P. O'Leary @p-oleary.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“This is a complete rollback led by industry.. ..If you don’t put restrictions on harmful pesticides, then the incentives to shift to other alternatives is just much lower.” : Nina Holland, researcher at the Corporate Europe Observatory @corporateeurope.org #ClimateCrisis
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Big fan of sky gazing. Always changing.
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just thinking about and I haven't seen Jays much at all in several months. I wonder if they've been having a bad year overall? Would the hot summer have affected them in other ways?
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
... but it was a mistake to omit this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWtq...
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BEST OF ENNIO MORRICONE - MAN WITH A HARMONICA HQ
YouTube video by Jarek Cimrman
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
open.spotify.com/album/7l8u6J...
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Christmas Collection - Album by Ennio Morricone | Spotify
Ennio Morricone · album · 2013 · 14 songs
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
His "Christmas Album"(!) is excellent too.
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Very good - he's certainly not wrong!
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Well said, completely agree.
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yeah, I hear that a lot!😂
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sorry to hear that. I struggle to reconcile many people's views on such subjects, even as a privileged white guy. Not long ago I thought equality was finally making progress but now we seem to be going backwards.
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
AI says it could be down an SI units error - the Super Flowers were sized in meters and the Super Grass in millimetres. I think I can fix this by renaming all the different units of length as just "Super Units". After all it's not what it is but what you call it that matters ...🤦‍♂️
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I planted my Super Flowers in my Super Grass but they didn't grow. I'm going to see if AI can tell me why not.
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good point. The headline makes it sound like the whale attacked ("destroyed") the boat - such is our sense of entitlement to do what we like, where we like.
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yes, I don't know where this will end but many years ago a friend told me they saw items in a shop described as "genuinely hand made" and told an assistant that it was very quaint but did they also sell the good ones, made by machines.
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sorry for the people involved but their boat hit the whale, not the other way round. Nothing suggests the whale was acting aggressively. It was just living its life when something we built to travel in it's environment hit it. Hope the whale is OK. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Watch: Sailor couple survives after whale destroyed their ship
Jeremy and Gemma Cooper were 500 miles off the coast of New Zealand when their yacht, the Tai Tam, collided with a sperm whale.
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Jarl Graham Kirk. Photo of me 1965 @grawitmik.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's very, very rare I repost one of my own posts. It's also practically unheard of me to use a word I am about to use before December. But PLEASE buy your Christmas cards from the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. They are good quality & all recipients mention them. Plus YOU will save lives!
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As you say, not funny, but good quote. Great scene.
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
... although Ash dieback killed my 800 Ash trees, so large parts are now following natural regeneration.
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Two other things related to your bio: 1) My dad used to say that he knew more and more about less and would eventually know everything about nothing. 2) Love what you're doing with your plot. If I knew then what I do now I would have let more of mine do the same (see my pinned post).
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have read/heard that because mammals, such as badgers, are the main threat to wasps they often become aggressive when they detect the CO2 when we exhale. I have watched wasps building nests from less than 10cm just by holding me breath while I'm close. It's like being invisible!
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You are free to have opinions, including that one. No one is saying you can't. I just find it strange to court disagreement then complain when people do. I would expect it if I were posting on a climate sceptic thread.
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It is very odd to join a thread relating to a post about climate, then make a comment contradicting the post, then when someone disagrees you tell them to do themselves, without you! So why comment in the first place?
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
... but on the bright side they may only have a couple of decades before there aren't any people for them to terrorise. PS it's not the "weather" that's worrying us. Weather is what you worry about if you're planning a picnic! 😉
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Two people I knew took their own lives last week - we still view mental health with too much cynicism and not enough compassion - remember @samaritans.bsky.social and @calmzone.bsky.social - it is not weak to share how you feel #mentalhealth #depression #suicideawareness
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Every little thing has its place in the ecosystem and if you take a tiny little cog out of any machine it's going to stop working". BBC News - Battle to save the tiny, gooey snail only found in one lake in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Zoos help to save snail found in only one lake in Wales
Once prevalent across the UK, this mollusc is now only found in one lake in Wales.
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Jarl Graham Kirk. Photo of me 1965 @grawitmik.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
For those that want to donate but maybe your budget is really tight. You can donate by buying things you HAVE to buy. I buy RNLI Xmas cards every year. They are excellent quality and everyone we give a card to, comments about them. shop.rnli.org/collections/...
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Christmas Cards | RNLI Shop
Every purchase of our charity Christmas cards from the RNLI makes a lifesaving difference. The profits will help to prevent tragedies at sea for years to come.
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Well said! Could not agree more.
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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
One of many horrible examples of how human infrastructure disrupts the natural world. And we laugh at them for being foolish. When we are the foolish ones for building a world that doesn’t support the natural environment we need to continue as a species.
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Fascinating to finally have an answer to this and not what I've heard anyone suggest before. Sadly yet another example of our species unthinkingly ruining the lives of other species.
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Thanks. I've done my best to compromise in certain ways. I think people view it as either an investment in trees, a waste of agricultural land or just a bit crazy/weird.
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garynortheast.bsky.social @garynortheast.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Sign the Petition
A Charter for the Rights of the River Severn in Shrewsbury
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Some 50 million pheasants are released into the countryside annually. Now DEFRA have opened a Call for Evidence on gamebird rearing, releasing & shooting, it’s vital that the public input - because you can be sure that the shooting industry will do so: consultations.defra.gov.uk/call-for-evi...
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Call for Evidence on Gamebird Release, Shooting and Welfare during Rearing in England
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is seeking evidence on the environmental and animal health and welfare impacts of gamebird rea...
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Stuart Aken @stuartaken.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Yes, just how bad does it have to get before those in charge start to take real, meaningful action to curb #Climate change? eia-international.org/blog/climate...
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Climate change – how bad does it have to get before global leaders act? - EIA
We investigate and campaign against environmental crime and abuse
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Amazingly the answer seems to be "even worse". How much worse is hard to guess, as "they" will always say "the climate has always changed" - something they only know because climatologists told them so - the same people saying this is us! The mind boggles.
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Thanks, that sounds about as good as it gets. Looking at the photos it should have a long life ahead of it. So, on the bright side, it stands a good chance of out living our species as long as we don't take it with us!🤞
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Wonderful: A whole eco system within an eco system - a world within a world. The great thing is that when it dies it becomes an even richer world - as long as those damned humans leave it alone!
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Nice tree, nice alt-text! 🙂
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"Clean air should not smell like highly concentrated citrus fruit. It should not really smell of anything." Instead corporates are spending huge sums on pushing indoor #AirPollution #PublicHealth phys.org/news/2026-08...
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Scented cleaners can create nanoparticles that reach deep into the lungs within minutes, tiny-home experiment finds
What does a clean room smell like? Many people say citrus, pine, or flowers because these fragrances are common in cleaning products. A research team led by Brandon Boor found that scent compounds in ...
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Ms M 💚🌱💙🦊🌳🦔🌸🐞🧶♾️ @themorganic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Save our trees! 🌳
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Typical human solution: We invent a habit that kills us, then replace it with one that's still bad but also causes massive pollution of land and water, kills other creatures and wastes vast quantities of rare materials which could be used for better purposes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Nicotine vapes best chance to quit smoking, major review finds
They work better than patches, gum or pills, the most up-to-date evidence suggests.
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Fair point, I'm convinced. From now on it's shades of heliotrope.👍
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A true legend as a performer , writer , and humanitarian - and incredibly witty too - “I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb… and I also know that I’m not blonde.” - I reckon she’s going to investigate the whereabouts of Mitch McConnell
Dolly Parton looking iconic
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Yes, I like to say that everything is shades of grey. But I like to ignore that and have a good rant sometimes!
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I do both. I love the science. Understanding it shows we are just another animal, a part of nature and not separate from it. I love macro photography as it shows the exquisite detail of creatures we don't even notice. The science says we need nature more than it needs us! But yes, we are screwed.
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
As a Repair Cafe volunteer I could not agree more. We need items designed to be repaired, for economic and environmental reasons. At the moment the opposite is true; we see a lot of Dyson cordless vacs and many seem designed to be deliberately hard to disassemble/repair. #ReapirCafe
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DMHardc @dmhardcc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Right to Repair is a particularly good EU initiative that we will be missing out on thanks to Brexit, unless manufacturers being forced to do this across the EU means we also benefit from it by the back door. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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Right-to-repair law takes effect in bid to extend lifespan of household goods
EU directive also aims to tackle waste mountain that grows by million of tonnes each year
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Liz 💙 💚🌳🌍🌈 @lizimarshall.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Fabulous!
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Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
thoughts from a drought-ravaged Oxford park youtube.com/shorts/coCI7...
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thoughts from a drought-ravaged Oxford park
YouTube video by Media Sovereignty Act Campaign
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Jamie @arborealtechie.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Perhaps, when The Daily Mail headlined a story blaming rewilding for increased wildfires, their painstaking research somehow missed cases like this? #Nature #Rewilding #Climate #ClimateChange www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding
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