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@psyllobora22.bsky.social
Big ladybird fan. She/her 🕎🏳️🌈
Profile pic shows a 5 spot ladybird.
Indie author and nature podcaster :)
Tips here: https://ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast
Profile pic shows a 5 spot ladybird.
Indie author and nature podcaster :)
Tips here: https://ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast
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We should be aping Mamdani not the 1920s but that points to a class based coalition that pays due attention to identity and understands that "the class" is not mostly semiskilled male physical labourers any more, if it ever was, it's not Shipyards enough for some people.
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We should be aping Mamdani not the 1920s but that points to a class based coalition that pays due attention to identity and understands that "the class" is not mostly semiskilled male physical labourers any more, if it ever was, it's not Shipyards enough for some people.
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#SundayPixBelovedCritters The trouble with being a ladybird friendly house is that they need to hibernate & they do it in the cracks & gaps of the window frames. In the winter it's difficult to open windows cuz they all drop in or wake up & crawl inside! These are actually quite small groups.
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
#SundayPixBelovedCritters The trouble with being a ladybird friendly house is that they need to hibernate & they do it in the cracks & gaps of the window frames. In the winter it's difficult to open windows cuz they all drop in or wake up & crawl inside! These are actually quite small groups.
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everything that's wrong with our transportation system
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
everything that's wrong with our transportation system
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Did you know there's a new porcupine from Colombia? Listen in as Héctor Ramirez-Chaves shares the discovery and more of his porcupine adventures!
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A New Porcupine with Héctor Ramirez-Chaves by New Species
Simultaneously one of the cutest and most pain-inducing creatures, porcupines capture attention all over their worldwide range. In this paper, Héctor Ramirez-Chaves and his coauthors describe a new sp...
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September 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Did you know there's a new porcupine from Colombia? Listen in as Héctor Ramirez-Chaves shares the discovery and more of his porcupine adventures!
spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/p5raG2HEvWb
spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/p5raG2HEvWb
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#LiteratureNotice Duarte-de-Mélo et al. A new species of #Zenoria Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellinae), with a key to similar two-spotted hairy lady beetles from South America doi.org/10.12976/jib... #Beetle #Beetles
October 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
#LiteratureNotice Duarte-de-Mélo et al. A new species of #Zenoria Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellinae), with a key to similar two-spotted hairy lady beetles from South America doi.org/10.12976/jib... #Beetle #Beetles
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I'd actually really like to get someone on the show to talk about spot variations, hmu if this is your speciality #ladybirds #entomology
It’s not often that I find a slightly different 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata), so it was good to see one today with very reduced central spots! #VC40Ladybirds
November 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I'd actually really like to get someone on the show to talk about spot variations, hmu if this is your speciality #ladybirds #entomology
Good.
The Greens are imperfect as all parties are, but can you imagine any other mainstream party standing up against transphobia in today’s climate like this time and time again?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Leader of Herefordshire Green group claims party ban
Councillor Diana Toynbee says she has been banned from the party for her views on gender.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Good.
This is some Nuremberg type shite
They can't use buses, they can't take taxis, they can't have jobs, they can't have houses, and in about six months there will be another uproar about how many refugees are in hospital due to preventable illness
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This is some Nuremberg type shite
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@aremay.bsky.social is fond of mentioning how on the BBC's 'Brexitcast' podcast they always got faintly embarrassed about having to talk about the actual policy content. They'd always refer to it as geeky or nerdy.
Your audience is people who've downloaded a Brexit podcast.
Your audience is people who've downloaded a Brexit podcast.
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
@aremay.bsky.social is fond of mentioning how on the BBC's 'Brexitcast' podcast they always got faintly embarrassed about having to talk about the actual policy content. They'd always refer to it as geeky or nerdy.
Your audience is people who've downloaded a Brexit podcast.
Your audience is people who've downloaded a Brexit podcast.
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Switched on BBC News and they’re crowing about how their investigation has led to the govt banning asylum seekers from using taxis to go see a doctor. Sick country.
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Switched on BBC News and they’re crowing about how their investigation has led to the govt banning asylum seekers from using taxis to go see a doctor. Sick country.
I'd actually really like to get someone on the show to talk about spot variations, hmu if this is your speciality #ladybirds #entomology
It’s not often that I find a slightly different 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata), so it was good to see one today with very reduced central spots! #VC40Ladybirds
November 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I'd actually really like to get someone on the show to talk about spot variations, hmu if this is your speciality #ladybirds #entomology
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It has taken over two years for @vc40ladybirds.bsky.social & I to attract another Willow Ladybird (Scymnus limbatus), an extremely small & elusive species, to the refugia we designed in an attempt to learn more about them. It has been a long wait but we found one yesterday, plus an Anthocorid bug
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It has taken over two years for @vc40ladybirds.bsky.social & I to attract another Willow Ladybird (Scymnus limbatus), an extremely small & elusive species, to the refugia we designed in an attempt to learn more about them. It has been a long wait but we found one yesterday, plus an Anthocorid bug
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Every day they find new ways to be cruel to asylum seekers — the article clearly says this was to get to medical appointments! Also asylum seekers are not allowed to work, how are they going to find the money to pay for transportation if they need it? I have no words left for this government.
November 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Every day they find new ways to be cruel to asylum seekers — the article clearly says this was to get to medical appointments! Also asylum seekers are not allowed to work, how are they going to find the money to pay for transportation if they need it? I have no words left for this government.
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I don't particularly like BBC reporting on immigration, but if you have a government which is now pushing not only the most anti-immigration/asylum policies in this country for decades, but also one of the most hostile in the world, because the BBC made them then it isn't fit to govern
November 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I don't particularly like BBC reporting on immigration, but if you have a government which is now pushing not only the most anti-immigration/asylum policies in this country for decades, but also one of the most hostile in the world, because the BBC made them then it isn't fit to govern
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So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It was good to find Rhyzobius lophanthae (Bristly Ladybird) yesterday, in its typical habitat (!!), from grasses at the base of a Salix, next to a pond! 😂 With the rather more typical 16-spot #AlwaysExpectTheUnexpected #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
It was good to find Rhyzobius lophanthae (Bristly Ladybird) yesterday, in its typical habitat (!!), from grasses at the base of a Salix, next to a pond! 😂 With the rather more typical 16-spot #AlwaysExpectTheUnexpected #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird
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It's also an example of the underlying problem being the same cruelty that they now think will solve it!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
This is just revolting cruelty, done to pander to racists who won't give it the time of day. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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What the fuck? Every paragraph of this article is more depressing and aggravating than the last
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
What the fuck? Every paragraph of this article is more depressing and aggravating than the last
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Imagine being a grown man sticking a middle finger up at a child looking out of in window in a refugee hotel that you are harassing. Not knowing you are a blind tool of a billionaires' game of divide & conquer.
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If you choose to terrorise children, we have nothing in common
Following yet another anti-migrant hotel protest, Nikesh considers whether it’s even possible to engage with the other side
thebristolcable.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Imagine being a grown man sticking a middle finger up at a child looking out of in window in a refugee hotel that you are harassing. Not knowing you are a blind tool of a billionaires' game of divide & conquer.
thebristolcable.org/2025/11/if-y...
thebristolcable.org/2025/11/if-y...
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The British people are going to get net migration below 100,000. But they’re not going to like it. Meanwhile, the cruelty continues. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The British people are going to get net migration below 100,000. But they’re not going to like it. Meanwhile, the cruelty continues. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The BBC could close tomorrow and we’d all be so much better off
Tracking UK migration: Small boats, asylum hotels and visas
Use our interactive tracker to explore the latest migration statistics for the UK
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The BBC could close tomorrow and we’d all be so much better off
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He characterise an 80% drop as a "step in the right direction"
PM describes net migration of 205k as "a step in the right direction". His govt has no public position on a sustainable level of immigration is, nor any known process to decide what, why & how. Starmer is now implying he wants it significantly lower
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Net migration drop ‘step in the right direction’ – Starmer
Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 but has fallen sharply since then.
www.standard.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
He characterise an 80% drop as a "step in the right direction"
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There are some people who seem to see the recovery of ecosystems in a deforested waste as a personal affront. It's about power, and different landscapes reflect the different ways in which power is distributed - or concentrated.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Willow trees on Prince William’s land in Devon poisoned with herbicide
Exclusive: Unknown culprit suspected of spraying glyphosate on protected trees hoped to stop peat erosion and flooding
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There are some people who seem to see the recovery of ecosystems in a deforested waste as a personal affront. It's about power, and different landscapes reflect the different ways in which power is distributed - or concentrated.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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there's that famous left wing bias again.
this is not neutrality.
this is not neutrality.
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
BBC presenters and journalists have been told they cannot quote a line removed from its prestigious annual lecture, in which a Dutch writer accused Donald Trump of being “the most openly corrupt president in American history”.
Rutger Bregman accused the BBC of cowardice after the decision to remove the line from the first of his Reith Lectures, which he was invited to give by the corporation. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
there's that famous left wing bias again.
this is not neutrality.
this is not neutrality.