Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Eco chamber: Al could wipe out humanity within a decade! From the latest Private Eye, out now. 326166
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialGardens, Heritage & Planning @gardenheritage.bsky.social · 27/09/2026To mark the 200th post on the blog (🥳), the topic explored this week is gardens with ‘exclamation-worthy views’; specifically, those where the view in question is from a dramatic elevated position (bit.ly/3Vk0CWA). All gardens inspire, but some take your breath away. 011
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#WorldRiversInASongOrMovie Skrilla - Doot Doot (Six Severn) Although the Freur original is better. 020
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialChampie @champierth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026To be fair, they were starting to get lazy with Doctor Who monsters. 0121
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialChampie @champierth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Have you tried turning it off, and not turning it back on again? 2111
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 19/09/2026British man with personal wealth of £15bn complains he is being “taxed to death”, and moans about UK immigration from his home in *checks notes* Monaco. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 020
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 16/09/2026What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you see it? 110
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialbee 'hyphen' moh @bee-moh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🎶When your 🎶white sauce has cheese 🎶use the correct name, please 🎶That's "a mornay" 2455
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Yeah, yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." 010
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.social@Joust_A_Minute @joustaminute.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Did you know there’s an association for liquorice thieves? It takes all sorts, I guess. 011
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialAnon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026We should call it Deutschland. 15531
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialWildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Rhinoceros (Family Rhinocerotidae): Rhinos once roamed many places throughout Eurasia & Africa and were known to early Europeans who depicted them in cave paintings. At the beginning of the 20th century, 500,000 rhinos roamed Africa and Asia. Photo taken by StewRat 🦏 #rhino #nature #rhinoceros #bsky 212019
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialPiers @pierscooper.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The whole of the stock and securities market is a huge casino. Why it’s not more widely acknowledged is utterly beyond me. 471
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialPlum @yesnyl.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Nobody in their right mind puts jam on first. 😉 022
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialChampie @champierth.bsky.social · 12/08/2026We started receiving their signals a few decades ago, though took a while to decipher them. Their distance from us meant we were listening to stories millions of years old. Their technology was developing at an astonishing rate. Then the signals went dead. #256CharacterSciFi #SciFi #MicroSciFiStory 281
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Game.Repost and add your contribution. Make up the name of a rock star using a quintessentially English forename and surname comprising an Indian Food. Hereward Jalfrezi 000
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Lovely. Found a Jersey Tiger basking (do they bask?) on the car windscreen this morning, but it flew off before I could take a pic. They’re so beautiful in flight. (Not that the LBJs aren’t beautiful too!) 000
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialGardens, Heritage & Planning @gardenheritage.bsky.social · 12/06/2026This week’s blog post (bit.ly/4v6ndDb) explores the house, studios and sculpture-filled gardens of Henry Moore, at Perry Green, in Hertfordshire. Well worth a visit. There are also sheep. 101
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 17/05/2026I've just backed Holly Blue in the vote for Britain's favourite #butterfly. Which butterfly would you choose? Find yours and vote at britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/butterfly/ho...britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.ukHolly Blue - Britain’s Favourite ButterflyThe Holly Blue is one of the 60 beautiful butterflies found across the UK. Will it be Britain's Favourite Butterfly? 000
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 17/05/2026 🎶 They keep the bollards happy In dear old Napoli 🎵 #DeanMartinClassics @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social 010
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialBerks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust @bbowt.bsky.social · 07/05/2026🩵 We've spotted a lot of holly blue butterflies on the wing this spring! There will soon be a lull as the spring generation ends, but we can still look forward to the summer generation which emerges from July. 📸 Phil Townsend at Aston Clinton Ragpits 182
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Wishing everyone at @zslofficial.bsky.social @zslscience.bsky.social @zsllibrary.bsky.social @londonzoo.bsky.social @whipsnadezoo.bsky.social a very happy BISONtennial!!! #SeeWhatIDidThere? 🦬 Here's to another 200 years at least! 020
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Gotta love an odd-toed ungulate. 💚 #WorldTapirDay 001
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 23/04/2026It’s an enjoyable map, but is it a @terriblemapshq.bsky.social ? 000
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialSteve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 17/04/2026I saw a poor parody of a well-known poet once. It was very Audenary. 111
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Is it just me, or has this ladybird had one of her spots enhanced? 🖤 #entomology #bugs 110
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialStephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 28/03/2026I think the clocks in UK go back tonight. Or forward. Not sure. Is it forward 471290405
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 17/03/2026No Sex, please, we’re British. @terriblemapshq.bsky.social 000
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialGardens, Heritage & Planning @gardenheritage.bsky.social · 13/03/2026This year is the bicentenary of the Zoological Society of London, and also the centenary of the identification of Whipsnade (in Bedfordshire) as the site for ZSL’s second zoo. This week’s blog post (bit.ly/46WubAu) explores the history and heritage of Whipsnade Zoo. 033
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialGardens, Heritage & Planning @gardenheritage.bsky.social · 11/03/2026What lies beneath… when the water is clear, you can see the ‘vapour trails’ and footprints resulting from ducks moving about in shallow water. 🦆 011
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Well, if it’s 31 December, it’s... yes, of course: 172nd anniversary of the dinner Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, creator of the Crystal Palace dinosaurs, gave for 21 leading academics and other VIPs inside the Iguanodon 927589
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialGardens, Heritage & Planning @gardenheritage.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Making much use of camera traps, the latest post on the blog (bit.ly/3Y43dC9) looks at various mammals which are widely regarded as pests in the garden, but which do bring *some* benefits: moles, grey squirrels, deer, rabbits, foxes, badgers, and a seasonal reindeer. 🎄 011
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Is it just me, or is everyone’s #iPhone battery draining like billy-o in iOS 26?media.tenor.coma green battery icon on a black background shows that it is fully charged .ALT: a green battery icon on a black background shows that it is fully charged . 000
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 04/12/2025I may have misread the title of this movie. 🫢 000
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 14/11/2025This is fascinating. Who knew there were so many prehistoric garden features out there? (@cpdinosaurs.bsky.social are the original and best of course.) 030
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialGardens, Heritage & Planning @gardenheritage.bsky.social · 12/09/2025I was reminded of Jurassic Park recently, having seen this Ficus macrophylla bursting out of a tiny pot and thriving: ‘Life, uh, finds a way’. More specifically: *Life breaks free. It expands to new territories. It crashes through barriers….* #GardensAndDinosaurs 011
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialZSL @zslofficial.bsky.social · 04/09/2025🐒 Can animals learn to adapt to changing environments through changes in behaviour, rather than depending on slower genetic adaptations? Join us on 30th September to find out! 🎟️ Book your ticket to this free event now: www.zsl.org/news-and-eve...zsl.orgLearning to Adapt: Animal behaviour for conservation success | The Zoological Society of LondonHow can a better understanding of animal behaviour support conservation action and population recovery? 042
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Tomorrows are for work. Todays are for thinking about it. (After Elmore Leonard “The Boy Who Smiled”, 1953) #ProcrastinationalQuotes 000
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Southern oak bush cricket (Meconema meridionale) on a dirty car Beats a polecat any day. #UKWildlife 010
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Canary-shouldered thorn (Ennomos alniaria) hiding in the ivy. #UKWildlife #TeamMoth #Moths #Insects iPhone 13, cropped & rotated, no filters. 060
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialGardens, Heritage & Planning @gardenheritage.bsky.social · 04/08/2025This is interesting. Not just in relation to the garden-related uprising, but also due to the fact that it was prompted in part by ‘the antient persons’ not being able to ‘walke for their pleasures’ in the common fields. Given that I too like a nice walke, I’m feeling rather antient myself, now…. 021
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialGardens, Heritage & Planning @gardenheritage.bsky.social · 18/07/2025The latest post on the blog (bit.ly/44OOU7n) looks at the engineering & heritage combo that is the Seven Mile Bridge, in the Florida Keys (actually two bridges, dating from 1912 & 1982). Striking, and scenically located, they are the subject of various designations. 021
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Very friendly comma, in Suffolk, yesterday. #UKWildlife 010
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Hawthorn shield bug on the compost bin. We can’t all snap a white-tailed sea eagle. #UKWildlife #bugs #etymology #oops #entomology 140
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 05/07/2025How times have changed! In this case for the better. No more chimps tea parties, but the Zoo is open daily still! @londonzoo.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social 011
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 05/07/2025…and it’s mow! Mow! MOW! #MurrayWalker #F1 020
Reposted by @matttherhino.bsky.socialGardens, Heritage & Planning @gardenheritage.bsky.social · 27/06/2025This week’s blog post (bit.ly/44bOis4) looks at the handling of parks and gardens in the first Baedeker guide to Great Britain (1887). They aren’t covered extensively, but a few do receive the coveted Baedeker asterisk, and a good number can still be visited, happily. 011
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 24/06/2025I wish ICE was called something else so that I could mute the word without risking missing important posts about gin and tonic. 000
matttherhino.bsky.social @matttherhino.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Just introduced a family of several dozen adult and baby British two-spot ladybirds 🐞 to the garden to keep the aphids company. These ladybirds were feisty little critters, and preferred crawling on me than the shrubs. They came from GreenGardener at www.greengardener.co.uk/shop/ladybir... 000
![1 [Nurse talking to camera]
This is usually our busiest time of year at the centre
2 [Show a sign outside a medical institution reading:]
Centre for Adults Who Still Can’t Get Their Heads Round Daylight Savings
3
NURSE:
We have a spike in admissions when BST starts
4
CONFUSED PATIENT BEING LAID DOWN BY NURSES:
Is it forward or back?
NURSE:
Lie down love
5
We often see the same patients ever year
PATIENT:
So it’s like… time travel?
DOCTOR:
No
6 Every year we try to explain BST to them in a fun and memorable way
[The patients are sat around a fun show, with people dressed in bunny suits jumping around a giant clock]
BUNNY: And now I *spring forward*...
7
[Bunny springs forward one hour on clock]
8
PATIENT WATCHING SHOW:
I don’t get it
9
The hardest patients are the Summer Time refusers
10 PATIENT [sat strapped to a chair as a doctor talks to him through a screen, through a tannoy]
PATIENT: But why is it better?
DOCTOR [talking through microphone]:
Because it complicates things.
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PATIENT:
How is that good?
DOCTOR:
It makes you more tired.
12
DOCTOR [to assistant]:
Fetch the cattle prod
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![NUMBER TWO:
Don’t you want to interrogate the prisoners, sir?
CAPTAIN:
Dear oh dear, why on Earth should I want to do that?
NUMBER TWO:
Well to get information out of them sir. They are my prisoners, can’t I just interrogate them - a little bit?
CAPTAIN:
Oh, all right, if you must. Ask them what they want to drink.
NUMBER TWO:
Oh thank you sir. [Shouts] All right! You scum! You vermin!
CAPTAIN:
I say, steady on Number Two.
NUMBER TWO:
Oh very good sir. Whaddya you want to drink?!
FORD:
Well, uh, the gin-and-tonic sounds very nice to me. Arthur?
ARTHUR:
What? Oh yes..
NUMBER TWO:
With ice or without?
FORD:
Oh, with please.
NUMBER TWO:
Lemon?
FORD:
Er, yes please. And do you have any of those little biscuits? You know the cheesy ones?
NUMBER TWO:
I’m asking the questions!
CAPTAIN:
Ye-ah… Number Two… Number Two.
NUMBER TWO:
Sir?
CAPTAIN:
Push off would you, there’s a good chap. I’m trying to have a relaxing bath.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lmqrxmnxoe6ngcet654sy2am/bafkreifvv5etaz3nfk7wwwja635xkif3lzyz4gtmhvtl5dlospcmnhbcdu)
