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Mission accomplished. ✅ After 237 days in space, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has returned safely to Earth, concluding her record-breaking #εpsilon mission packed with science, technology demonstrations and three spacewalks. Welcome home, Sophie!! Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber

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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 14h

Recovery teams aboard the first fast boats are now approaching Dragon and carrying out initial safety checks around the spacecraft. Once cleared, the recovery operation can begin. #εpsilon

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

📣📣 Call For Donations! 💰💰 I am raising funds to finance the 2026 'glacier subfossil wood' field campaign! Do you want to continue hearing tales about glaciers and trees? 🧊🌲💍 I need your help! 🤍 To contribute: wemakeit.com/projects/gla... 🙏 Please share it widely! 🙏

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Campaign for Better Transport @bettertransport.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Did you know good transport is good for our health?🧐 Research shows people who walk, cycle or use public transport are more likely to meet recommended physical activity levels. That's another reason to invest in better buses, trains and active travel. 🚲🚌🚶💚

Illustration of a man with a bicycle and a woman holding a child's hand beside text about the benefits of public transport and active travel in meeting UK government physical activity recommendations.

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 07/10/2026

🔴 LIVE NOW: Watch Crew 12 undock from the ISS and begin their journey back to Earth. ▶️ youtube.com/live/PkLG02MHV-8?si=9CyAinFFRE_c4hR3

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 07/10/2026

Noticing the nights drawing in? 🌙 October brings a big shift, with most of the UK losing over 2 hours of daylight this month. Do you enjoy the cosy evenings or miss the longer days?

Map of the UK showing daylight lost during October by region, with colored bands and city labels and values (Lerwick −2h40m; Stornoway −2h30m; Oban/Aberdeen −2h20m; Belfast/Glasgow/Newcastle −2h10m; Hull/Manchester/Birmingham −2h; Cardiff/London/Southampton/Plymouth −1h50m).

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 05/10/2026

I often see people argue that clean energy is not reducing emissions, because it just adds to rather than replaces fossil fuels. This argument is deeply misguided – clean energy built since 2005 has displaced 23 billion tons. I dive in over at The Climate Brink:

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What if the world hadn't built wind and solar?

Clean energy does not simply “add to” global energy use; it displaces fossil sources that would otherwise get built.

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Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's milk time for Moshi! Every orphan in our care receives a unique milk formula tailored to their species, age and nutritional needs. Keeper Peter has every bottle feed perfectly orchestrated, under the watchful supervision of his adoring zebra shadows, Bombi & Brutus!

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Job Alert! 🔉 We're looking for two part-time Field Surveyors for the Winter survey season from November - March to conduct wintering bird surveys. To discover more and apply visit ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs 📍 Survey areas: Yorkshire Dales & the Fens. 📝 Deadline for applications: Sunday 18 October 2026.

A Fieldfare is amongst frosty grass. Wording above reads: We’re hiring! Field Surveyors - LandSpAES Project.

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Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

One of my first reconstruction drawings of a manor house near Winchester, compared with a cutaway threshing barn in pen. Then we were allowed to use colour (railway goods shed) which I still use in 'semi retirement'. #ArchitecturalIllustration #drawing #ArtShare

Reconstruction drawing, based on archaeological excavation, of two buildings, one of stone and one timber framed, from the edge of a moat. Wickham Manor house, Hampshire

Cutaway reconstruction drawing of a threshing barn and attached straw barn with a horse powered threshing machine. The drawing shows how the buildings were used for preparing grain crops for feeding cattle.

Cutaway reconstruction drawing of a railway goods shed in use, transferring items to/from train wagons onto horse drawn transport.

Cutaway reconstruction drawing of a lime depot showing railway wagons being unloaded into open fronted cells of the building for loading onto horse drawn transport.

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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

How the American life changed from 1995 to 2026 is wild. More concerts, more exercise, more video games. Fewer books, less church, not staying at work longer (I guess you leave on time and continue work at home?). Source: buff.ly/QkmYfkv

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I visited our GP practice today, to see the appropriate specialist nurse (I have diabetes and CKD). I was listened sympathetically, prescribed new meds, and given advice and a follow-up appointment. So this is just a simple thank you to the ghost of Aneurin Bevan, and to our wonderful, unique #NHS!

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today, 1st October, is the start of the pheasant shooting season. Some 50 million pheasants are released into the British countryside for this sport annually. If you have concerns about the impacts of this out-of-control industry, tell the government - handy guide below: bsky.app/profile/guys...

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Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A door at Lanercost Priory for #AdoorableThursday 📷 #photography

A wall of sandstone, some blocks red but others pale grey or even greenish. In its upper half is a Gothic arch, filled in, and in the bottom half a round-arched doorway with a slightly shorter opening in it filled with an old wooden door mounted on elaborately designed black hinges. In the foreground the side of another stone arch curves in from the left.

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The Species Recovery Trust @speciesrecovery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A little insight into monitoring a population of Marsh Clubmoss (Lycopodiella inundata) in soggy Scotland...

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This animated map by @AaronJBecker shows the average colour of Europe from September 2024 to September 2026 based on satellite images. It's fun to look at your region changing colour through the seasons.

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Wild Justice @wildjustice.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Defra is gathering evidence that could shape the future policy on gamebird shooting. Have your say! Have you experienced issues such as gamebird collisions, dumped dead birds, illegal traps, suspicious raptor deaths, disturbance, damage or loss of access to land? For info, visit buff.ly/TGjrkrK

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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This beautiful ring is carved from a single piece of amber. It’s Egyptian and dated to the New Kingdom, so 16th-11th centuries BC. The inscription shows hieroglyphics but I can’t find any information that has a translation. Grateful if anyone knows. 🏛️📷 BM

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NHM Library and Archives @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Never judge a book by its cover or size... Deutschlands Giftpflanzen : zum Gebrauch für Schulen auf einer Tafel abgebildet und fasslich beschrieben, edited by Karl Gottlieb Plato (1829-1840). Germany's poisonous plants : depicted on a chart and described in accessible terms for use in schools.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

An amazing glimpse into Mesolithic everyday life: this more than 7,500-year-old ring was made from heather roots, carefully rolled up and prepared for later use. It was discovered at the settlement of Motala/Sweden, where the same material was used for fish traps. Dating 5750–5550 BC. 🧵1/2 📷me

A thick bundle of dried plant roots, tightly rolled into a ring and secured with fibrous ties, displayed on a dark grey museum plinth.

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Dave Brice @davebriceflies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Calling ecologists! Diptera backlog? Need ID work done before next season? Planning lots of diptera work next year? We can help! Please contact me for Diptera ID, full species lists and conservation status etc, see dipteraid.co.uk/projects/ Please share Conicera tibialis (Phoridae) for interest.

Conicera tibialis (Phoridae) tiny fly with huge pointed antenna

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Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Parents, grandparents, carers, keep your eyes peeled for showings in cinemas of a double bill of animations of 'The Tiger who came to Tea' and 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. Coming soon.

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Bank Voles are very active in lawns this year.

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Sunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 28/09/2026

This week's '5 things to know about the weather' is brought to you by the letter 'W'... 🌞🌦️ Wow, what a week!

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Walking into your local library improves mental well-being by at least 62%.

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Carl Bovis @carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A gorgeous Short Eared Owl looking for a tasty vole from a post! 😍🐦🦉 You can buy my 2027 birds calendars here; www.carlbovis.com/2027-birds-c...

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Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Our 2027 Calendar has just dropped! Featuring a year’s worth of photos of our orphan herd, it makes a wonderful gift for any SWT supporter – and a daily reminder of the wildlife you help protect. Proceeds from every purchase support our conservation work in Kenya.

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I thought it was one of those verification things: "Click the squares containing a Wryneck"

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Smile, it’s Friday! 😃 Meet ‘The Oldest Smile in the World’ a tiny face that’s been smiling for some 7,400 years! Carved from oak during the Mesolithic, this small human figure was found in 1966 in a layer of peat during dock construction at Willemstad in the Netherlands. #FindsFriday #Archaeology

My photo shows a human figure roughly carved from dark brown oak wood during the Mesolithic period about 5,400-5,300 BC. It is 12.5 cm tall with a long body with two finger-shaped indents on the right hand side (left in my photo), suggesting it was made to be held in the hand. The stylized head has deeply carved eyes, nose, and open mouth. The triangular shape of the mouth makes it look as if the figure is smiling, leading to its description as ‘The oldest smile in the world’. It is displayed against a black display case background at Landesmuseum Halle in Germany where the figure is currently on loan for the ‘Shamaness’ exhibition. It is part of the permanent collections of Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, Netherlands. It was found in a layer of peat in 1966 during the construction of a dock at Willemstad, North Brabant, Netherlands.

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Londonist: Time Machine @londonist.com · 25/09/2026

Phyllis Pearsall, creator of the A-Z, was born 120 years ago today. Her sort-of-statue stands in Greenland Dock, Rotherhithe, in the company of fellow local, Michael Caine (and a cormorant representing cycling campaigner Barry Mason). Very odd.

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 25/09/2026

How hot & dry was your UK summer? Excellent interactive tool to explore how hot this summer was: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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UK summer 2026: BBC postcode lookup shows how hot and dry it was

Most of us experienced drought and heatwaves - but temperatures and rainfall were not the same everywhere.

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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"I don't fucking think so"

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A helper has just turned up backstage to assist with the final preparations for my Gresham Lecture this evening. Cute! The lecture is called: Carbon: Our Flexible Friend that Built the Natural World, and you can watch live online (free) from 6pm today. All carbon-based life forms welcome!

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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 24/09/2026

"Day 223, orbit 3456 — We’ve all heard the saying, “Don’t play with your food”... To be honest, in microgravity, it’s hard to resist!" says @esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot. 🎥 ESA/NASA #εpsilon

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NullPointer 🍄 @nuiipointer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Mushroom exposition at the Estonian Museum of Natural History. It’s been going on yearly for 64 years! Every other day, museum employees collect fresh mushrooms and replace the wilted ones. #fungifriends #loodusmuuseum #estonia

A table with a covering of fresh moss. Various mushrooms are exhibited on it, with signs. Notably, there are two giant puffballs, and some tall parasol mushrooms.

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Teresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 23/09/2026

Willing to see a woman leading the UN

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A Brown Bear mom checking out if the coast is clear before she leads out her two young cubs #bears #slovenia

An adult female brown bear standing between two trees looking out

An adult female brown bear walks out of the trees and looks off to see any sign of other bears. One of her two cubs is waiting behind her in the trees

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Peter Coffinman @petercoffman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tomorrow is the Fall #Equinox! Which means that when the sun rises at Loughcrew, Ireland, it will shine straight through the passage of the 5000-year-old tomb 'Cairn T' and illuminate the mysteriously carved backstone. Weather is expected to be sunny; should be unforgettable for a lucky few!

An earthen mound with an entrance opening flanked by upright stone slabs.

View through an enclosed passage with upright stone slabs on either side, leading into a dark chamber.

View of a very rough stone chamber with upright stone slabs on the sides, a corbeled domical roof, and a flat, carved stone at the far end.

Close-up view of a stone slab with various indecipherable carvings on it depicting geometric shapes and patterns.

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 22/09/2026

🌞 Wednesday 23 September is the autumn equinox, at 01:05 BST. It's when the Sun crosses the equator heading south, marking the start of astronomical autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. This video shows how the Sun’s path changes through the seasons, driven by Earth’s 23.44° tilt. ☀️🌍 🧵 1/2

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hadn't realised that the Royal Society had invested in the Royal African Company (November 1682, £200). Just one thing learned from Finding Britain's Slave Traders with David Olusoga, series 1, episode 1. On iPlayer now. #Skystorians

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026

Spotted in Winchester:

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Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is great news! Its about Time Jim did the Christmas Lectures. 🤓

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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Fantastic news Latest records show that #RNLI donations have increased by 5000% over the past couple of weeks after far-right backlash. The RNLI is on track to record its highest annual fundraising total in its almost 200-year history. Donate here rnli.org/support-us/g...

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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea

Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What surprises me is that people who have left Britain for the sake of their own greed still feel entitled to express an opinion about the country.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The most insightful thing I heard about business was an academic saying that the corporate dream is that their customers should cheerfully hand over 10% of their disposable income for the rest of their lives.

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Richard Moyse @kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Looking forward to this! Lots of us collect biodiversity data - many talks here deal with aspects of data collection, how info is presented, and how it can be used to drive conservation. A range of taxa covered. For amateurs & pros & anyone! (Full disclosure - I'm one of the organisers).

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