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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈

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Science writer, editor and author | Queer animals, birds and embroidery | he/him | ✏️🌱🦦 | joshlukedavis.com

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 7h
Some people say UK should stop building clean energy and should extend its reliance on gas power instead Choosing my words carefully, I would say that it's an interesting time to be making that argument www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-win...
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Analysis: Wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis - Carbon Brief
The UK has avoided gas imports worth £5.9bn since the start of the Hormuz crisis as a result of record electricity generation from wind and solar.
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 9h
Every time a discourse kicks off over whether AI music, literature or art will be "as good as" the real thing, I'm always amazed more people don't cite that **there already are** creative pursuits where human-free spectacles have been available for decades, and nobody has ever wanted to watch them.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨🚨Emergency protest🚨🚨 The Drexel board will be at the constitution center in Old City (525 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106) from 5-6. We're asking Drexel to disaffiliate from the Academy of Nat Sci to allow them to negotiate what's best for them w/o Drexel interference. Be there.
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can’t wait for Mick Herron to bring together the Danny Tommo A-plot and the RAF Fairford B-plot in an unexpected but satisfying way.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
13 Monsters Good And True I think there are so many genuine monsters in the world that I am consoling myself by drawing little monsters who are good.
Drawing of 13 little 'monsters', rather cute little critters who wouldn't harm a fly, in fact they'd probably give it a bowl of milk and a tiny bed for the night.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If the last 15 years of work on things like MH17 and chemical weapon use tells me anything is you'll need a lot more than mere evidence to change the mind of any denialist.
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I wish all science teams who advertise their work with GenAI a very pleasant emergency meeting to mitigate the damage to public trust.
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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Very funny how Wes Streeting’s statement that the local farmer only had a “partial picture” read like “the intelligence services were all over this plot already” and could now be anything from that to “oh wow you’ll never guess what they found in the vans and I really wish I could tell you”.
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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻
A painting of fat blobby bears
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UK Seabird Monitoring Programme @smp-seabirds.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did you know some UK-breeding Lesser Black-backed Gulls are migratory? In autumn, they head to Spain, Portugal, and North and West Africa to winter. Could individuals you've monitored be among those heading south? #Seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Image of a Lesser Black-backed Gull with two chicks.
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Nit Nurse With Wound @dannybirchall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sweet Jesus. So concerned about stopping people right-clicking your public collection of images that you put the whole lot in a private DRM provider that goes under, and the whole lot is fucked. Sweet. Jesus.
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I've talked to a few journal editors who are concerned about similar problems re: anonymous reviewers. If a peer reviewer wants a little help & feeds your unpublished submission into an AI system, they've just shared your proprietary work & broken confidentiality. A nightmare to think about
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 28/09/2026
just saw someone posting that they are a "grump who hates birdsong" and while I appreciate not everyone has to like nature that feels utterly insane lol
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Two panel comic. Panel 1: a bat hangs upside-down from a telephone line at sunset. The bat is in front of a billboard advertising the Florida Mega Jackpot, which is valued at $5,318,008 - represented with a digital ticker. Panel 2: the POV flips to the bat’s upside-down perspective, which makes the digital numbers look like they spell “BOOBIES”. The bat appears delighted.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 27/09/2026
what pisses me off about the endless conversations on how to develop and scale carbon capture is that we already know of a very good way to do this: bogs if a company was really interested in capturing carbon, they'd simply pump lots of money into peatland and bog restoration projects, and yet...
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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No she’s not.
TLS: Mary Beard on the Bayeux Tapestry.
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B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And yet I was only allowed to access a 1955 B.Litt. thesis, the only lengthy study on Robert Braybrooke, in person and take notes (no photos). I had to sign a register of those who had ever accessed the thesis.
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Circ @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 26/09/2026
I'm generally a tolerant person, but feel like anyone who is flossing their teeth on the bus should actually be arrested in the night and sent to Siberia
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Chris Buckley @chrisbuckley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Remembering when teenage kids were imprisoned for lesser hacking crimes www.ft.com/content/6510...
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OpenAI says governments among ‘dozens’ of organisations hacked by its agents
Company says its models leaked images shared by users in a disclosure that is likely to further inflame AI safety fears
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 26/09/2026
I am losing my goddamn mind
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 26/09/2026
I'm generally a tolerant person, but feel like anyone who is flossing their teeth on the bus should actually be arrested in the night and sent to Siberia
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Fossillocator @fossillocator.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A buddy of mine has a program called Locktoberfest where he gives tours of the canals and locks of DC. It takes great effort not to tell him that Locktober is a thing among a different community.
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Linda Hamilton @daydreamflowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New work: Invasive species made with paper. #sciart
Phragmites, Water Chestnuts, and Water Soldier paper sculptures
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Then Toad felt very tired, and he fell asleep.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
These guys are protesting about 'groups of fighting age men threatening local areas'. You've got to admire the irony.
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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
[Good news] It was a record year for razorbill & puffin breeding as the Gulf of #Maine - which has been warming faster than 99% of the ocean - sees a pause in its heating over the last couple years, @themainemonitor.org reports Common & endangered roseate terns also did well this summer:
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Seabird researchers report good year for razorbills and puffins
Seal Island saw a record 127 razorbill nests, while Eastern Egg Rock saw a record 213 puffin burrows.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 23/09/2026
mmm forbidden sea bacon
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 23/09/2026
EXCUSE ME
A screenshot from Wikipedia reading "Usually, the house sparrow is regarded as a pest, since it consumes agricultural products and spreads disease to humans and their domestic animals. Even birdwatchers often hold it in little regard because of its molestation of other birds."
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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There is also a significant human cost to managing moorland fueload by burning it (along with diverse environmental costs) iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... 🌍
Screenshot of paper entitled: Prescribed moorland burning in Great Britain exposes 2.3 million people to PM2.5 levels exceeding the WHO 24 h guideline limit
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 23/09/2026
HMMMM
Screenshot of a press release about a plesiosaur showing title and image, with a red circle around the part of the caption that reads "AI-assisted image"
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Started watching Sky’s War Game last night where Michael Gove is the PM during the Russian attack and I’m afraid it is just very difficult to watch it without thinking of this, one of the great cartoons ever published
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"The climate crisis ... is the most profound intergenerational power imbalance of all. One generation consuming the future of the next." UNSG António Guterres at UNGA Plus: Guterres interview by @fionaharvey.bsky.social #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘It’s my duty to tell the truth’: UN chief on the climate crisis, capitalism and reasons to be hopeful
Before his final general assembly, António Guterres speaks about why he put climate at the centre of his UN tenure
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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🦭 Senryūdō gafu Asakusa-ku: Matsuzaki Hanzō, Meiji 13 [1880] [Source]
Two-page Japanese woodblock illustration from 1880 showing detailed black-and-white depictions of marine animals and seals. The left page features a large flatfish at the top and a seal with distinct whiskers and fur texture below it. The right page shows another seal with detailed fur, accompanied by an eel-like sea snake and coral or seaweed motifs. Japanese characters label the animals and plants, emphasizing the naturalistic study. The image combines scientific observation with artistic style typical of the Meiji era.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 21/09/2026
christ meta wouldn't even allow ads that mentioned recycling as it was deemed political, but, you know, deep fakes of children are absolutely fine
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 21/09/2026
the lack of ampelmann feels like rage bait
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 21/09/2026
question: why is that walking/trekking holidays which include a guide etc. are often cheaper than wildlife watching holidays that also include a guide etc. is it just... that wildlife people are willing to spend more so the companies charge more?
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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A fun, affordable hobby is: 1. Turning up in random well-to-do Cotswold villages wearing a hi-vis vest with a picture of a wind turbine on it, and a hard hat. 2. Taking measurements of the village green and any other open space, and enthusiastically writing notes on a clipboard.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Reposting this would be very helpful. We're having a tough month at Skype a Scientist between much of my energy being devoted to Academy of Natural Sciences stuff. I need help!!
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Rebecca Williams @rebeccawilliams.info · 20/09/2026
The use of the term “AI” has flattened the policy conversation considerably from the start, but now that the stakes are “life or death” the conversation is completely unmanageable. Everyone is talking and talking about something else.
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Quite emotional to report that we've just found our amazing survivor Marsh Tit, still here in his ancient woodland kingdom. He's now 11 yrs 4 months old, survived the 2026 heatwaves/drought and smelt the wildfires of nearby Holme Fen. I ringed him in my 30s and I'm now in my 50s.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 20/09/2026
same energy
A picture of the Wet Bandits from the film Home Alone.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 20/09/2026
hilariously havent seen or even heard of any of the series listed that got advertising spend and renewed 🙃
"Part of the current wave of “white wine thrillers” — series featuring adult female leads — Ride or Die launched on July 15 with a fraction of the marketing money Amazon put behind its YA summer lineup that got a big Obsession Is In Session promo campaign, including Elle, Off Campus, Every Year After and Sterling Point, all of which have been renewed."
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 19/09/2026
AI chatbots give wrong answers to financial queries ‘most of the time’ ft.trib.al/oImlEFY
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AI chatbots give wrong answers to financial queries ‘most of the time’
Report finds some chatbots ignored upcoming tax changes and hallucinated rules
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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🐖 Ornithology Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1853-1855 [Source]
Pig illustration from historical archives
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Nathan Bulmer @natemorebikes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
3 panel comic titled “Logging into Bluesky”

Panel 1: 
A Pink Guy bursts into Bluesky wearing a t-shirt that says “Fun”. His little face looks so happy.

Panel 2: 
Six Bluesky users turn to look at the Pink Guy. They all look dour and angry because they have been overdosing on the discourse. Having the current state of the world mainlined into their veins for 22 hours a day has left them real grumpy.

Panel 3:
Pink Guy slowly removes his t-shirt and quietly says “sorry”. He won’t soon forget that Bluesky is the home of Serious Discussion. If he wants “Fun” maybe he should log into the Barney the Dinosaur forums.
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Chris Gug @gugunderwater.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’ve seen it >100 times, but I’ve never been about to capture it until now. Presumably, it is spawning (but I can’t be positive). But what is the green cloud, and what is the smaller blue squiggly??? #blackwater, #blackwaterdiving #polychaete
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Jason GRIZZLED Bittel @bittelmethis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thank you, Josh! I spoke w/Paola for NatGeo. Her grandfather was a park ranger. She grew up in nature. She wanted to be a veterinarian, but created a conservation org instead. She learned genetics for this cat, & collaborated with a Brazilian lab that studies this species complex. SHE’S AWESOME!! 🧪
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