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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈

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

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 1h
they did give us some fun snacks though lol
A cake pop in the shape of a sperm whale with it's mouth open.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 5h
ok let's do this 🐋🦑
A picture from the UK gala screening of Whalefall.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 01/10/2026
I'm sorry but what did the cute little mouse do to deserve this
A screen grab of the Wiki page for the "bastard big-footed mouse" which is actually just a very cute, very little mouse.
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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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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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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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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 06/09/2026
"oh god, what have I done??"
A historic illustration of an eagle that looks full of regret.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 05/09/2026
*of course* this is the telegraph's angle to this story 🤦‍♀️
Guardian headline to the UN vote to update the world map reading "UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa's true size".BBC headline to the UN vote to update the world map reading "UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size".The Telegraph headline to the UN vote to update the world map reading "UN votes to 'reduce size of Britain and US' in new map".
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 04/09/2026
🫠
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 25/08/2026
this is fine dot gif
Screen grab reading "AI datacentres use a massive amount of electricity to power servers and cooling equipment, and to run facility systems. There are currently 315 datacentres in the queue to connect to the UK’s electricity grid, representing 73GW of demand. This is almost double the peak winter energy demand for the entire UK.

Because of the long wait to connect to the grid, the Wapseys Wood and Quest Park datacentres are seeking to build their own on-site gas-fired power stations.

Based on government figures on the carbon intensity of electricity generation, Foxglove has calculated these projects will produce 4.577m tonnes of carbon emissions per year."
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 23/08/2026
went looking for some black-necked grebes, just saw loads of fucking ducks instead 😅
A view across one of the reservoirs of Walthamstow Wetlands, showing a very low water level and blue skies with white clouds.A view across the water showing loads of little tufted ducks and coots with some gulls mixed in.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 22/08/2026
does a sleepy cat count as a critter?? and my partner's arm lol (and happy birthday!! 🥳)
A grey and white tabby sleeping on my partner's arm.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 22/08/2026
📣 your regular reminder to give blood if you can 📣 www.blood.co.uk
My arm with a needle giving blood. A monkey emoji covers where the needle goes in.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 22/08/2026
christ this is so depressingly bleak
Screen grab from the quotes article reading "By contrast, the selling point of Magnum’s new ice-creams seems to be they will keep you laser-focused on your own body. Neville explained that the brand is trying to sell ice-cream to a customer who sees their “food as medicine”. “Now, even with a basic cereal bar, some people expect it to help metabolic resilience, control glycaemic index, improve gut health,” she said. “Functionality” is a word that came up a lot during my visit to the hub; the requirement that your ice-cream should be seen to materially benefit you in some way."
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 21/08/2026
nice to see this as the leading headline news on the guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Screen grab of the front page of the guardian website.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 16/08/2026
fucking hell, what are we even doing www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
A graph showing the water levels of the Danube from this year compared to the 1991-2020 average, in which this year's levels are dramatically lower.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 14/08/2026
doesnt mean they were a uk breeding species though!
"Natural England, the government’s adviser for the natural environment in England, does not sound very enthusiastic about white stork releases, though it says they are not banned. It argues that neither white nor black storks were ever native breeding birds in England.

It said there was one breeding record of the white stork in Scotland in 1416 and records of imports of storks from Calais in the 16th century.

While recognising the value of white storks as a visible and charismatic species in engaging people, Natural England said releases of white storks “are not a priority for us”."
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 12/08/2026
eclipse! eclipse! eclipse! eclipse!
A picture of a partial eclipse over London.A silly picture of me and my friend watching the eclipse.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 12/08/2026
hang it in the louvre
A screen grab of a polar bear cub with a cone on its head poking its parent in the butt.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 10/08/2026
AHHHHH
Quote from the article reading ""Actually we went quite close to some real Bronze Age remains, but we avoided Dobby's grave," he said."
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 08/08/2026
that was nice 🥲
Picture of a little village, with a church on the right and a chicken crossing the road.Picture a of a lake surrounded by heather.Picture looking up from a road across a field and up onto a ridge covered in heather.A group of chickens all eating seed as a straggler runs in from the back.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 28/07/2026
a little more of the detail 😌
A close up picture of the embroidered jimothy.A close up of the banner detail showing a lion.Another close up of the detail showing a bird with antenna.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 28/07/2026
this summer's cultural cross over we've all been waiting for jimothy x bayeux
A picture of a piece is hand embroidery of jimothy the raccoon in the style of the bayeux tapestry.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 23/07/2026
kind of obsessed with the idea that someone has mapped the "concentration" of sperm whales in the ocean like they were a liquid also nice to see the whales have ordered themselves so neatly off the antarctic coast
A map of the world showing the concentration of sperm whales in the oceans by using black dots. Off the coast of antarctica there is a regular pattern, presumably from a ships survey.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 20/07/2026
great to see that the UK is still being totally normal and not losing its mind again
A BBC ticker reading "New PM: Is there hope in your heart?"
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 18/07/2026
hmmm 🧐
BBC article with the headline "Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling".Screen grab of part of the same article that reads: But it is understood that plans are likely to be unveiled at a later date instead. A source close to Burnham said no final decisions in this area had yet been made.

While details of the oil and gas plans are not clear, the incoming prime minister is expected to uphold the manifesto commitment. One source said Burnham might pitch this as a significant change of direction but said any overt support for completely new licences is not on the cards.

Rosebank and Jackdaw both already have licences to exclusively explore for oil and gas. The decision currently under consideration is whether to give approval to produce oil and gas there. If given the go ahead, that would not break the manifesto commitment on licences.

The ongoing legal processes around Rosebank and Jackdaw mean Burnham will also not be able to explicitly announce their approval, but he will likely nod to it in his first speech as prime minister on Monday. This decision will instead effectively fall to the new, unannounced energy secretary.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 13/07/2026
have we not suffered enough
Guardian headline that reads "Gianni Infantino hints at expansion to 64-team World Cup before 2030 event".
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 11/07/2026
this is literally it, this is what pisses him off so much 🙄
Screen grab of quoted article that reads "Increasingly rare is the guest who doesn’t feel the need to curry favour with his interviewer. ‘Thank you SO much for inviting me on!’ has become standard. To which the correct response should be: ‘On the contrary. Without someone to interview there’d be no programme.’"
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 07/07/2026
"I think he is a breath of fresh air in politics" as there has been non-stop news about how he was ""gifted"" £5 million he didn't declare 🙃 honestly, we're all cooked
screen grab from a BBC article that read "Graham Smith pledged to vote for Farage again, alleging there had been a campaign against him.

"Everybody who can is trying to poison the political atmosphere against him," said Smith, speaking on Connaught Avenue in Frinton.

"I think he's a breath of fresh air in politics and I really don't care if he's got six houses, after all that's gone on in the Labour party and the Tory party in the past."

Memmzy Ozy, a barber in Frinton, said: "He's alright, you know. I trust Nigel. Hopefully he'll be the winner.

The 31-year-old said he agreed with Farage's policies on illegal immigration."
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 03/07/2026
and if you actually bothered to read the listing rather than blindly plugging it into a pond draining machine
A screen grab of the BTO advert reading "Logo creation:
We believe in the power of human creativity, and have a long track record in working with creatives to engage audiences with the wonder of birds. For this reason, we ask that any submissions are ‘human-made’ and not drafted or created using generative AI. Short-listed designers will be asked to sign a document confirming that they have not used generative AI in the creation of their design."
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 26/06/2026
alright, once was enough
A screen grab showing the same person blocking me twice in 24 hours.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 21/06/2026
got my latest mugs back in the quest to make the perfect mug ✅ lighter! good handles! the red slip really works! ❌ inconsistent sizes we'll go again I'm sure, and I'll try some other colours 😌
Five hand made white porcelain mugs, three of which have a red band around them and two a blue band.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 11/06/2026
Clydach nickel refinery coming out for the gays ✊🏼⛏️
A picture of the front of the Clydach nickel refinery with a huge progress pride flag attached to the front.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 10/06/2026
LOST, LARGE FRENCH CAT
A historic poster for a lost cat that reads "lost, on Saturday morning, last, a large french cat with very long hair and a remarkably bushy tail."
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 09/06/2026
ok so I went to the Pets & their People exhibition at the Bodleian Library and they had this cute display of old photos of people and their pets except one of these photos was... not like the others 🧐
A display showing a range of old photos of people and their pets.A close up of one of those photos showing a historical furry.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 07/06/2026
who's that guy
A selfie of me stood next to a poster of me advertising my talk.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 27/05/2026
welp, well this is it not the way I thought things would go, but yesterday was my last day at the Natural History Museum from dino digs to wombat butts, the last eight years have been a blast 💚 onwards!
A picture of me standing underneath Hope the blue whale at the natural history museum.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 24/05/2026
ok but what about the deepsea nipple
A deepsea anemone that looks like a nipple with a frilly fringe.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 22/05/2026
had a very lovely evening celebrating @drcarpineti.bsky.social's new book, Invisible Rainbows! ✨🙌🏼🌈
Alfredo and Suze sitting on a stage talking about his new book in front of a crowd.The front over of Invisible Rainbows by Alfredo Carpineti.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 14/05/2026
AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Screen grab of the guardian live blog in which Catherine West, who led calls for a leadership contest against Starmer is now saying she does not rule our voting for him if a contest actually happened.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 25/04/2026
the only way to spend a sunny saturday afternoon in London 😌
A picture of a pint of beer on a wooden table with the sun in the background.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 15/04/2026
📢 your regular reminder to give blood if you can! super easy, free snacks, save some lives 👇🏼 www.blood.co.uk
A picture of my arm donating blood with the monkey covering it's eyes emoji over the point where the needle goes in.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 12/04/2026
the quest for the perfect mug continues
Five hand made porcelain mugs, three of them have a red band of slip and two with a band of blue slip.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 11/04/2026
Soon: Moon
Crop of a screen grab of BBC live feed of Artemis II return reading "Soon: Moon"
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 04/04/2026
in Poland I managed to accidentally buy 1.5kg of forest honey and I'm not even mad 😌
A picture of my hand holding massive jar of honey.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 03/04/2026
plus a little bit of mammaling 👀
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 03/04/2026
not bad for five days of birding in Poland 🇵🇱🦉
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 03/04/2026
cat yoga 🧘🏼
A grey and white tabby cat lying on its side and holding one back foot between both its front feet.
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 01/04/2026
my I add another to this excellent list of queer natural history books 🙏🏻🌈🐧
The front cover the book "A little queer natural history".
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