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Benn Gooch

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Yeah, see, the thing is, a lot of them didn’t. Survive, that is.
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Benn Gooch @benngooch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
@everything.bsky.social 🤘
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I want children to know what it feels like to catch tadpoles in a stream,climb a tree,hear frogs after the rain and watch butterflies drift across a meadow. I want more parks, more hiking trails, more protected wilderness and more places where nature is left alone simply because it deserves to exist
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Lush Green Forest River Landscape
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Walking in our farm's rainforest with the melting heat of these days, I am filled with such inexpressible anger at what is being done to our once stable climate. The richest 1% are actively, knowingly, and uncaringly sabotaging the future for all of us, and for the rest of the planet's life.
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 17/07/2026
COPD: C-reactive protein point-of-care test significantly reduced antibiotic prescribing for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in #PrimaryCare when used alongside clinical assessment doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @mattcalaf.bsky.social #GeneralPractice #COPD #Antibiotics
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Point-of-care biomarkers or laboratory-based tests to reduce antibiotic prescribing for COPD exacerbations: a literature review and meta-analysis in primary care | British Journal of General Practice
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eve (m̠̠o̠̠t̠̠t̠̠o̠ ̠e̠̠r̠a̠ ✨) @aeviraoftheaossi.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
this is where i am mentally 💚
lush forest creek with sunlight filtering through the trees and reflecting on the shallow water 💚
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
How white working-class children are being failed A new eye-opening report paints a picture of white, working-class young people disengaged from education with high rates of school absence, writes Jackie Long. Read our latest newsletter: channel4news.substack.com/p/how-white-...
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How white working-class children are being failed
A new eye-opening report paints a picture of white, working-class young people disengaged from education with high rates of school absence, writes Jackie Long.
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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“We’ve only had 114 years to do something, let our kids sort it out!”
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🔥Colorful Cuttlefish
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
It feels strange that humanity dreams of finding life on distant planets while forests here vanish every day. A forest takes decades to grow, to cool the air, protect wildlife, and create peace—yet only moments to destroy. The most important world is the one we already inhabit.
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Lush Forest Stream with Wooden Path
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Benn Gooch @benngooch.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Geese on the river Cherwell
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Dr. Adelle Bricking 🌼 @archaedelle.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
An unusual request in the name of archaeological science: Would anyone happen to have a Shetland or Exmoor pony that wouldn’t mind sending some fur samples to me? We’re trying to compare a potentially preserved fur specimen but there’s (perhaps unsurprisingly) few sources on fur fibre diameters!
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Guy Thomas 〓〓 @guywrites.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Sundown at Poly Joke, Cornwall. A moment of serenity to soothe your timeline. Rest well, my friends. We go again tomorrow. 😊 #Cornwall #sunset #nature #flowers #calm #peace #life #mindfulness #sky #photography
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
There's so much evidence that speed cameras save lives, but they also make a small number of drivers angry and are ripe fodder for the culture wars, so it's impossible to say if they're good or not.
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Benn Gooch @benngooch.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Happy Birthday Sir David Attenborough
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The Apple Orchard. Kevin Kia
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Thankx to THE BOSS for having Public Enemy perform at Springsteen Center American Music Honors ,, we should all always continue to FIGHT THE POWER
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Campaign for Better Transport @bettertransport.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
We spoke to @theguardian.com for this story on how one rural community is fighting back against bus cuts: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘It’s a big loss’: what happens when a beautiful village loses its bus route?
Mousehole in Cornwall once had a butcher, post office and general store. Now it doesn’t even have an ATM – and one of its crucial bus services has been cut. Can residents save this vital resource?
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Here is an easy solution: Food stains are humiliating, as they suggest you're a little baby who can't feed themselves. Oil stains, such as those you'd get from working on your car, suggest you're tough, independent, and skilled. Thus, simply cover your food stains with used motor oil.
A white garment with some kind of food stain. Humiliating. A pair of dirty hands rest on a car engine. Rough, tough, cool.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Spoiler alert: nothing trickled down.
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Deborah Weeks/A Woman for An Eternity @deborah-10.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
❌👑 except...
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Benn Gooch @benngooch.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
No one is ever the butt of Bob Mortimer’s jokes. I like that about him.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
NEW ANALYSIS: North Sea “drill baby drill” would cut bills by just £16–£82 per year, and only if tax revenues are redistributed. A fully renewable UK could save households up to £441 says @smithschool.ox.ac.uk. www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/news/drill-b...
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“Drill baby drill” approach to North Sea would cost households more than a fully renewable UK, finds Oxford analysis
A UK powered fully by renewable energy could save all households up to £441 a year on their energy bills, according to a new Oxford Smith School analysis. In comparison, maximising oil & gas extractio...
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
[Day 5] GOD: What do you think? ANGEL: You’re tired. Why don’t we try making the birds tomorrow.
Two tawny frogmouth birds sit on a branch.
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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪
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Benn Gooch @benngooch.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
My reflections on ambient scribes in primary care medicine. Head line: “AI saves you time.” Well, I think you’ll find it’s a bit more complicated than that. open.substack.com/pub/benngooc...
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I Was an Enthusiastic Early Adopter of AI Scribes. Here’s Why I Stopped
A GP reflects on what eighteen months of ambient scribing taught them about the consultation they thought they already understood.
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UK Hospital At Home Society @ukhahsoc.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
⏰ Our National Benchmarking Survey deadline has been extended! 📨 Please complete the survey – members will have received the links by email. 🕒 Deadline to complete is 30th April Your insights will help shape the future of Hospital at Home nationally. #HospitalAtHome
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swandiveswim.bsky.social @swandiveswim.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
All of us on this site know better, right? focusingonwildlife.com/news?mailpoe...
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This extremely rare starlit frog may be slipping into extinction – are wildlife photographers to blame? | Focusing on Wildlife
A series of photography trips has left one of the world’s most visually spectacular frogs in peril. The rare galaxy frog (Melanobatrachus indicus), named
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Benn Gooch @benngooch.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I was in a coffee shop today and the there were hundreds of fossils embedded in the marble walls and floors. Here’s a nice example. #CoffeeShopPalaeontology
A polished marble wall with a close-up of a spiral shell fossil about 8cm across.
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biometlab @biometlab.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Restored Peatlands Could Become Carbon Sinks Within Decades eos.org/articles/res...
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Restored Peatlands Could Become Carbon Sinks Within Decades - Eos
That’s much faster than what most scientists thought.
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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) - Photo courtesy of Dick Vautrinot on Instagram.
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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
In 2025 the Puerto Rican music artist Bad Bunny released an album named DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS! Videos for this album featured a character named Sapo Concho, named after the real life Sapo Concho, the endangered Puerto Rican Crested Toad! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Sapo Concho, an anthropomorphic Puerto Rican Crested Toad, sitting on the edge of an expanded metal table, wearing tiny grey coveralls! He is eating a quesito, a Puerto Rican pastry made with puff pastry and sweetened cream cheese!

Still taken from BAD BUNNY - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Short Film)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLSzEYVDadsA real-life Puerto Rican Crested Toad, Peltophryne lemur! A rough-skinned yellow toad with small black markings on the tops of each of their warty looking spots! They have a prominent crest that runs from the tip of their upturned nose across the tops of their eyes!
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joeymaier 🌊 @joeymaier.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A popular press recap of all the cool stuff that @schmidtocean.bsky.social recently found off the coast of Argentina Deep-sea explorers film massive animal drifting through darkness in South Atlantic Ocean | Discover Wildlife share.google/99B8UnGPRL7y...
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Deep-sea explorers film massive animal drifting through darkness in South Atlantic Ocean | Discover Wildlife
The rare giant phantom jelly was spotted during a science expedition off the coast of Argentina.
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htfcuddles @htfcuddles.mmfcomic.com · 01/02/2026
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
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Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Introduced species like foxes like to stalk the tiniest penguin, so an experimental program to protect the nesting colonies includes Maremmano sheepdog guardians keeping watch for threats. If that doesn't warm your heart, I think it's time to see a cardiologist.
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The dogs that protect little penguins
When foxes nearly wiped out a colony of little penguins, a sheepdog saved the day.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
In my ongoing attempts to give you a break from *gestures widely* THE HORRORS: Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring. Here's a weird starting point: There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr. Cats that roar = genus Panthera Cats that purr = genus Felis
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Royal College of Physicians @rcphysicians.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
‘When we began this work in 2014, we had a simple aim: reduce unnecessary admissions while giving patients rapid access to the investigations & treatments they needed.’ Dr Shahid Nasim reflects on a decade of change in ambulatory & same day emergency care at @mse.nhs.uk: ow.ly/Q9MV50XXZqr
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Benn Gooch @benngooch.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Going to learn some point-of-care ultrasound. What are the best use cases in primary care? In what scenarios does it make the biggest impact? #POCUS #PrimaryCareUltrasound
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 13/01/2026
Technology advances mean some scientists rarely leave the lab and have stopped doing field work. A feature in Nature reports how ecologists fear this loss could lead to error, bias and oversimplification of results. #Academicsky 🧪
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‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI
In the race to embrace new technologies, some ecologists fear their field is losing touch with nature.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I'll be giving the Annual Guest Lecture for the Oxford Centre for Personalised Medicine. On 28th April 2026 at 5.30 pm. ‘Personalised Medicine, a Primary Care Perspective’. Open to all. cpm.ox.ac.uk/event/cpm-an...
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CPM Annual Lecture 2026 - cpm
We are delighted that the 2026 CPM Annual Lecture will be given by Professor Trish Greenhalgh; Personalised Medicine: A Primary Care Perspective. This will take place at the Maths Institute on Tuesday...
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Benn Gooch @benngooch.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
A crested guan #CostaRicanWildlife
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Benn Gooch @benngooch.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
An agouti #CostaRicaWildlife
A side view of a large rodent with long legs and a very short tail. Comically rounded rump and small mouse like ears.
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Benn Gooch @benngooch.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
More #CostaRicawildlife. #herpetology
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Benn Gooch @benngooch.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
A visitor to the garden. They were ushered out with great caution. #Herpetology #CostaRicaWildlife
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Benn Gooch @benngooch.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Here’s another one #CostaRicaWildlife
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Benn Gooch @benngooch.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
#CostaRicaWildlife
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Solve the School Run @solveschoolrun.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Glad to see our research in the Daily Mail in a really thoughtful and well researched piece from Elizabeth Haigh. This is the untold story of millions of children making their way to school in levels of unacceptable danger. We need #streetsforkids www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Girl, 12, in hit-and-run as 440 kids injured each year on school run
Aaishah Mohammed, then 12, was walking home with her eight-year-old sister when a car came careering around a corner and struck her head-on, leaving her needing emergency surgery.
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