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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There are always ears listening in a forest. Not necessarily human ones. Be good if there was a nearby bear in this one.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We're told to look out for misspellings like that as they are indicators of a scam

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Or possibly, from a harnser, which is an old word for a heron

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That's the second post I've seen today that talks about humanities and STEM as if they are two separate and mutually antagonist tribes. CP Snow's Two Cultures are still a thing, it seems.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You would throw the baby out with the bath water - remember, it's STEM trained scientists who are trying to warn about climate change for example.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I went to school on a single decker like that - although in red London Transport livery

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For #WorldRiversDay, a music video by my late brother Andrew (1958 - 2021): A journey through history along the Thames, in three parts. 1/3 youtu.be/4RlPnLpEQqA

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Thames Part One - Source to Eton

YouTube video by Andrew Lowe-Watson

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Not just negligent. They are actually training them to hack, then 'accidentally' letting them loose. It's like creating a biological weapon and putting it in the water supply. These models are weapons.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A snatch of robin song, a kerfuffle of jackdaws, and two herring gulls gliding silently above

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lots around here - ivy is literally humming, an amazing sound

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I never tire of your wonderful mossy forest images

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Mute swans have a special hiss which means "give me that sandwich, or else .."

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Our models took actions we did not intend" could be an epitaph. Ideally the epitaph of the AI industry, not of humanity.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

These AIs are being trained to hack, that's why they do it. The intent is clearly to create a weapon - for warfare, crime and control. If you train attack dogs and let them loose, deliberately or through negligence, you are responsible.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

But we ARE acting on climate change. We're building new airport runways, vast numbers of data centres and driving around in bloated SUVs...

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I've bought the book from Habitat Press using link on your website - enjoying it. FAQ says "hashtag will be on the email with the download link". I can't see any hashtag on the email. Please can you clarify where the hashtag is?

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Anger and grief at suspected arboricide unites Korean community."It was the only tree in the neighbourhood that belongs to everyone ... the campaign to keep it alive has brought the people of Buam-dong closer together." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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When a beloved tree began withering away, locals suspected a killer in their midst

A neighbourhood’s fight to save a cherished ginkgo pits them against an unlikely foe.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ivy flowers are opening and it's literally buzzing with bees - ivy bees and honey bees, I think

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I wonder whether instead of talking about climate activists, inactivists or deniers, we should use terms like 'climate attackers' or 'climate defenders'.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

There is a wider problem, which is that some of the world's richest and nastiest men are using their media power and control of politicians-for-hire to whip up a xenophobic frenzy in order to move us closer to an autocratic corporate state.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A sparrow alighting on an overblown rose (Madame Alfred Carrière), sending creamy white petals fluttering down to the ground.

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Lewes Urban Arboretum @lewesarboretum.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Following the good news that the Rights of our Trees motion was approved by Lewes Town Council last night, here is a celebratory decorated version of the Tree Charter for Lewes. It was designed by the talented Lynda Durrant, fullcircle-design.co.uk

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Have the best one you can in the circumstances. Hope the port was good.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

When I was in 6th form, a pocket calculator was over £100. By the time I was a student, you could get one for £5. Not long after, they were given away as freebies. Amazing how fast things can change when you reach a tipping point.

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Andrew Knights @andrewknights.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

One of two pairs of Willow Emerald Damselflies in the garden this afternoon. Six individuals seen at once. Sawston, Cambs. @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I suspect these replacements for the old-style formal bedding on Eastbourne sea front will be great for birds, as well as being low maintenance and sustainable. I like it! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Eastbourne residents in favour of keeping new sustainable flowerbeds

Nearly 70% of those surveyed preferred the more eco-friendly look of Eastbourne's Carpet Gardens.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @helenbennett.bsky.social is #BirdsInAbstract A collared dove perches at the centre of our local web

Silhouetted dove perched on one of many wires radiating out from a pole, against a banded blue-grey sky

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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hey @ericlipton.nytimes.com 👋 AI is not “evolving” on its own. *People* are choosing how to build it. *People* are choosing how to train it. *People* are choosing how to run it. Maybe the problem is that they are the *wrong people* to make these choices.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Suppose a superintelligent AI is created, and it's woke. It decides it wants humans to phase out fossil fuels, stop eating meat, end all discrimination and genocide, destroy nuclear weapons, redistribute wealth, etc, etc. What happens next?

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Collectively, the world's scientists form a superintelligent cloud, but that doesn't give them the ability to take over the world. Access to power isn't a function of intelligence. It's more a function of the stupidity of the people who control it.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

In the fullness of time, the children will the adults trying to run the country, and they'll have every right to be angry.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Yet Scrooge is not like today's oligarchs. He has no yacht, no mansion, no servants. He's as miserly to himself as he is to everyone else. The book is as much the story of Scrooge's rescue as that of the Cratchits. Could any ghosts perform such a miracle on Musk or Bezos or Trump himself?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I didn't mean to turn this into a thread, but the issue has got me properly triggered (again). Read on for how this approach has been embedded in every aspect of government, who has driven the process and how it works.

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Simon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The war poet Siegfried Sassoon died #OTD 1967. His poem 'At The Cenotaph' begins: 'I saw the Prince of Darkness, with his staff, Standing bare-headed by the Cenotaph...' You can read the full poem in the alt text to the photo, which is of the War memorial at Polstead, Suffolk.

'I saw the Prince of Darkness, with his staff,
Standing bare-headed by the Cenotaph:
Unostentatious and respectful, there
He stood, and offered up the following prayer.

'Make them forget, O Lord, what this Memorial
Means; their discredited ideas revive;
Breed new belief that War is purgatorial
Proof of the pride and power of being alive;

Men's biologic urge to readjust
The Map of Europe, Lord of Hosts, increase;
Lift up their hearts in large destructive lust;
And crown their heads with blind vindictive Peace.'

The Prince of Darkness to the Cenotaph
Bowed. As he walked away I heard him laugh. '

(Siegfried Sassoon, 'At The Cenotaph')

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Our garden sparrows have been having quite a party, gorging on pyracantha berries #BirdsUpClose #BirdOfTheDay #Birds

A small brown bird (female house sparrow) on top of a branch with green leaves and bright orange berries. She has a berry in her bill.

Small bird with grey, black and chestnut plumage (male house sparrow) surrounded by green leaves and bright orange pyracantha berries

Two small fluffy brown birds (immature house sparrows) on top of a pyracantha bush covered with orange berries

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

How about inventing some creatively derogatory nicknames for media proprietors and journalists?

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I've seen floating islands - not that size of course, but a few metres across with small trees - on Hickling Broad, a 600HA lake in eastern England. When water levels rise, mats of vegetation can be torn loose from the bottom and go floating off.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A couple of shots of this morning's partial lunar eclipse, just before dawn

Partially eclipsed moon, rusty brown with a bright strip top left.

Partially eclipsed moon setting over wooded landscape in a deep grey-blue dawn sky. Only the sunlit portion is visible, giving the appearance of an upside-down crescent moon

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Governments have spent the last 40 years responding in exactly the wrong way - promoting fossil fuel powered growth. It's not been inactivity. It's been reckless, destructive activity.

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Stephen Lowe Watson @stephenlowewatson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I do too, especially when they stay on the rails...

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In honor of the death of eternal legend Dolly Parton, here’s her 2023 #ClimateChange anthem “World on Fire.” “Liar, liar, the world’s on fire / What’cha gonna do when it all burns down … Still got time to turn it all around.” 😭💚🙏 m.youtube.com/watch?v=0QJX...

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Dolly Parton - World On Fire (From The 58th ACM Awards)

YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO

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