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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 11h

Staggering to read that the privately owned National Grid made over £5.3 billion in profit.
Had it still been nationalised then consumers bills would be almost £200 lower. Instead we giving US and middle eastern billionaires even more money to sit on.
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/22/t...

The Real Energy Scandal The Media Won't Tell You About

Fossil fuel interests are colluding with billionaire-owned media companies to block the UK's transition towards a cheaper and greener future, argues Donnachadh McCarthy

bylinetimes.com

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Chris The Boatman @romanyboatman.bsky.social · 13h

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Chris The Boatman @romanyboatman.bsky.social · 1d

Out on today’s #Towpathstroll #UKCanals
Honey fungus or Armillaria mellea around the base of an ash tree. Apparently the mycelium is faintly bioluminescent so may have a trip back to look.
🍄 #fungifriends

Small light orange brown fruiting biddies clustering around the base of an ash tree

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Smallholderific @smallholderific.bsky.social · 1d

Kicking off the 2026 growing season with Germidour garlic and some elephant garlic cloves.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 1d

This month I announced that London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide for the first time ever.

When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than predicted.

London Ulez reduced nitrogen dioxide to legal limit, mayor says

The mayor of London says the fall in airborne toxins is due to the Ultra low emission zone expansion.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Chris The Boatman @romanyboatman.bsky.social · 1d

A grim read
#giftlink #giftarticle Firing Squads and Forced Death Leaps: A Tipping Point in Syria www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/w...

Firing Squads and Forced Death Leaps: A Tipping Point in Syria

www.nytimes.com

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蓮猫 Lotuscat @lotuscat.bsky.social · 1d

Evernia sp. with large apothecia staring down at you. Yachiho Kogen, Sakuho-machi, Nagano #Lichen #FungiFriends
じっと見つめるヤマヒコノリ。長野県佐久穂町八千穂高原 #地衣類

Close-up of the apothecia of Evernia lichen. Smushed bowl with dark-brown interior and white-grey rim. The apothecia emerge from the middle of stem, not at the tip.

Colony of Evernia lichen on tree. The branches are ridged and rough with divided and pointy tips. Large apothecia can be seen on the lower righthand side.

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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 2d

How did 25 years of the Millennium Seed Bank and its partnership begin? 🌱

@michael-way.bsky.social shares his story from helping to create the home of 2.5 billion wild plant seeds and a conservation network spanning 100 countries & territories 👇

www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
#MSB25

Memories from helping to create the Millennium Seed Bank and its Partnership

As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB), I think back on life during its origins.

www.kew.org

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Ohara Koson @oharakoson.bsky.social · 1d

Carp and Wisteria https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/173736

The artwork "Carp and Wisteria" by Ohara Koson beautifully captures a serene scene with a majestic carp swimming beneath dangling wisteria flowers. Known for his exquisite kacho-ga, or bird-and-flower paintings, Koson's delicate use of color and attention to detail highlight the grace and tranquility of the natural world.

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El Eremita @dinamitteros.bsky.social · 2d

Charles Spencelayh.

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Chris The Boatman @romanyboatman.bsky.social · 2d

‘The cars just turn them into mush’: can Britain’s toads be saved from traffic and terrible decline? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘The cars just turn them into mush’: can Britain’s toads be saved from traffic and terrible decline?

Since 1985, the country’s toad population has almost halved, with hundreds of thousands killed on the roads each year. But many people are determined to protect them – including 274 dedicated patrol g...

www.theguardian.com

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Anna Drehel @annadrehel.bsky.social · 15d

This is the most unusual Slime Mold I have ever came across. I needed assistance in identifying it and the verdict was it is a False Puffball Slime Mold. The color is so shiny and unnatural I actually smelled it to make sure it wasn't painted. #Hedgewatch #slimemold #fungi

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Chris The Boatman @romanyboatman.bsky.social · 2d

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El Eremita @dinamitteros.bsky.social · 3d

Jugadores de cartas.
Ca. 1620. Óleo sobre lienzo.

Adam de Coster.
Flamenco. 1586-1643.

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Story Group @storygroup.bsky.social · 4d

Philip Pullman - BOTD
💙📚 #LiteratureSky

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Chris The Boatman @romanyboatman.bsky.social · 4d

Not sure about the bulls bridge one , but the watford one definitely

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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 5d

More fungi from Suffolk, specifically Ickworth House NT - Hen of the Woods, more Verdigris Roundheads, Dyer’s Mazegill and Weeping Widow
@suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

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Story Group @storygroup.bsky.social · 5d

Muriel Spark
#Caturday

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 5d

Claude Chabrol and Stéphane Audran
#Caturday

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Chris The Boatman @romanyboatman.bsky.social · 4d

Same here did not qualify for the Covid shot. The cheapest I have found was Tesco at £90.

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Score My Wordle @scoremywordle.bsky.social · 4d

The top scorer for Fri, Oct 17, 2025, UTC is: @villades82.bsky.social! They scored 360 points for #Wordle 1581 and solved it on row 1! That's better than 539 (~100%) other users. You rock!

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Chris The Boatman @romanyboatman.bsky.social · 4d

The underbelly
Halesus radiatus
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El Eremita @dinamitteros.bsky.social · 5d

Gabriel Picart.

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Random Japanese Webcams @jp-webcams.bsky.social · 5d

📍 Yokohama, Japan 🇯🇵 — Local Time 01:00:07 PM

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Chilli Chirps @chillichirps.bsky.social · 4d

I called a few more in today. Mostly Jalapenos, Aji Amarillo, Berbere Brown, Green Trinidad, and the still unidentified Mystery #7 & Mystery #2.

Mystery #2 looks like it's AI generated, but it's definitely real. Shiny like burnished bronze, the colours seems to cycle with the angle and the light 🌶️🌱

A trug of chillies - rocoto, aji amarillo, berbere brown, jalapenos, tangerine dream, hungarian black, green trinidad, cherry bomb, and a bunch of mystery peppers, some of which look like an AI-generated alien spawn built of copper and bronze.

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