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Paul Mitchell @paulmitchell1p.bsky.social · 3d

The door to the secret garden…

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Matt Berry @matthewberry.bsky.social · 2d

'Swallowtail by the Sea'

Watching Swallowtails glide & flutter, whilst being next to the Aegean Sea and under the warm autumn sunshine - a treat for my senses & soul today!

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Sybalan #TheSpiderWhisperer @sybalan.bsky.social · 22h

St Aubin #Jersey🇯🇪 taken on a recent trip just over a week ago

Sybalan #TheSpiderWhisperer @sybalan.bsky.social · 22h

Corbiere Lighthouse #Jersey🇯🇪 #ChannelIslands taken on two different days, can’t believe is a week since my weeks holiday ended 🥺

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 6d

I’m sure they didn’t mean to eliminate the woman in this image.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 6d

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

ok.co.uk @ok.co.uk · 12d

Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.

Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show

Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.

www.ok.co.uk

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 15d

Facebook as a major vector for riots.

(What if anything is being done to stop this?)

@privateeyenews.bsky.social

EYE PREDICTED A RIOT

A RECENT Guardian investigation into the role of Facebook groups in the 2024 summer riots concluded that the platform played a significant role in driving anti-immigrant sentiment and radicalisation, pointing to "algorithmic amplification" as a reason for the growth in these communities.

This has, of course, long been a known issue. Back in 2020, Eye 1523 reported on internal Facebook presentations from 2018 in which the company admitted that "64 percent of all extremist group joins are due to our recommendation tools".

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 9d

Inspired and wonderful 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇯🇪🇬🇬 #british

NevereverDave.bsky.social @nevereverdave.bsky.social · 9d

The British by Poet Mr #BenjaminZephaniah

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The British by Benjamin Zephaniah

"Take some Picts, Celts and Silures And let them settle, Then overrun them with Roman conquerors.

Remove the Romans after approximately 400 years Add lots of Norman French to some Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings, then stir vigorously.

Mix some hot Chileans, cool Jamaicans, Dominicans, Trinidadians and Bajans with some Ethiopians, Chinese, Vietnamese and Sudanese.

Then take a blend of Somalians, Sri Lankans, Nigerians And Pakistanis, Combine with some Guyanese And turn up the heat.

Sprinkle some fresh Indians, Malaysians, Bosnians, Iraqis and Bangladeshis together with some Afghans, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, Japanese And Palestinians Then add to the melting pot.

Leave the ingredients to simmer.

As they mix and blend allow their languages to flourish Binding them together with English.

Allow time to be cool.

Add some unity, understanding, and respect for the future, Serve with justice And enjoy.

Note: All the ingredients are equally important. Treating one ingredient better than another will leave a bitter unpleasant taste.

Warning: An unequal spread of justice will damage the people and cause pain. Give justice and equality to all."

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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 2d

Folks I’m really really trying to keep up but I may miss some comments. Apologies if I do. Also the BOTD entries today are magnificent 👏👏👏 #Flyday #photography #EastCoastKin

A close-up photograph of a bumblebee hovering above a cluster of bright yellow bird’s-foot trefoil flowers against a soft green background. The bee’s fuzzy body, with its black, yellow, and white bands, is sharply focused mid-flight, while the delicate petals of the flower curve gracefully upward, illuminated by natural light.

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Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 2d

Inocybe lilacina, also known as Lilac Fibrecap. Deciduous woodland, Dorset 17/10/25 #fungi #FungiFriends

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Jaap de Roode @jaapderoode.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, nature is too cool! Structures on stinkbug hind legs that used to be interpreted as ears are actually chambers with fungi. The bugs coat their eggs in those fungi to protect them against parasitoid wasps. 🧪

Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs

Dinidorid stinkbugs were reported to possess a conspicuous tympanal organ on female hindlegs. In this study, we show that this organ is specialized to retain microbial symbionts rather than to perceiv...

www.science.org

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Sybalan #TheSpiderWhisperer @sybalan.bsky.social · 3d

#GreyHeron Regurgitating undigestible food parts taken in June this year at St Ouen’s Pond #JerseyCI 🪶🦅

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Sybalan #TheSpiderWhisperer @sybalan.bsky.social · 9d

High tide at St Ouens bay 🌊

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 9d

A gallery of fireflies.

Phenomenal Fireflies - Alex Wild

Fireflies are a family (Lampyridae) of about 2,000 beetle species known for their ability to produce light through chemical reactions.

www.alexanderwild.com

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Mary Dineen 📷 𓀡𓆀 @marysunshineisgone.bsky.social · 10d

Back to my very first bee butt.
2007

#InsectThursday

Bee in center of the frame. Flying away from a nice snapdragon on the left.

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Sybalan #TheSpiderWhisperer @sybalan.bsky.social · 11d

Corbière Lighthouse #Sunset #JerseyCI

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Jem's Jumpers UK @jemsjumpers.bsky.social · 17d

Day 109 of showing the internet that (jumping) spiders aren't scary

Cosmo is back with his very own spa day routine. Did you know jumping spiders love to keep themselves clean? They wipe their eyes for crystal-clear vision and groom their legs so all their sensitive hairs stay sharp 💙 #cutespider

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Sybalan #TheSpiderWhisperer @sybalan.bsky.social · 17d

A great loss RIP thank you for all you done 🐒

Butterflies Katz ⓥ @butterflieskatz.bsky.social · 17d

Jane Goodall passed away at the age of 91. I saw a recent interview where she explained that she's thinking of death & the nicer reality where she might go. She became #vegan in 2015.
This video of a chimpanzee hugging #JaneGoodall as she is being freed, says it all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClOM...

Wounda's Journey - Jane Goodall Witnesses Release of Chimpanzee Into New Island Sanctuary Site

YouTube video by Dr. Jane Goodall & the Jane Goodall Institute USA

www.youtube.com

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JenX_Perth @jenxperth.bsky.social · 17d

💔🌏💔 #JaneGoodall

"We are the most intellectual species to walk the planet, but we're not intelligent.
If you're intelligent you don't destroy your only home."

Dr Jane Goodall
World-renowned anthropologist

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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 17d

Remembering Jane Goodall 🤍

A friend to TVO primatologist Jane Goodall delivered a lecture on the similarities between chimpanzee and human emotions at the University of Toronto in 2006.

Watch the full lecture here: youtu.be/FXsYIeg9WNQ?...

#JaneGoodall

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Guy Thomas 〓〓 @guywrites.bsky.social · 17d

May your light shine on, Jane Goodall. Thank you for the education and the wonder. 🙏

#JaneGoodall

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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 17d

It is with great sadness that we have been informed of the passing of the remarkable Dr. Jane Goodall, age 91, who died of natural causes in Los Angeles, CA while on her speaking tour in the United States.

Photo credit: Marko Zlousic #jane #goodall #JaneGoodall #drjanegoodall #wildlife #nature

Jane Goodall, we are sad to hear of the passing, today, 1 October 2025, of the remarkable Dr Jane Goodall 😢

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Sybalan #TheSpiderWhisperer @sybalan.bsky.social · 18d

I love these Shieldbugs I see them on Jersey when on holiday

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Andrew Jewels @andrew-jewels.bsky.social · 19d

A tight cluster of Striped Shielbugs (Graphosoma italicum), plus a 7-spot Ladybird, on a Hemlock stem in Abbey Gardens, Waltham Abbey yesterday. A total of 19 adults and five nymphs counted on this one plant. #EssexWildlife #UKBugs

A tight cluster of Striped Shieldbugs on a Hemlock stem with a 7-spot Ladybird at the back.

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AJCann @ajcann.bsky.social · 18d

Grey Damsel Bug, Himacerus major, helpfully flaunting the key identification feature of the dark patches on the hind femora.

#Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Nabidae #macrophotography #macro #OlympusTG6

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