Amanda R
@ajr595.bsky.social
Beekeeper, ex-bellringer. Change of avatar pic from tabby to primulas, because new start over here.
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Can a map make you happy? Feed and sooth your nostalgia? This one does!
On my patreon this week, I wrote about a map I drew to help a couple remember a favorite place once they'd moved away. It's one of my favorite map stories, and you can read it for free!
www.patreon.com/posts/put-po...
On my patreon this week, I wrote about a map I drew to help a couple remember a favorite place once they'd moved away. It's one of my favorite map stories, and you can read it for free!
www.patreon.com/posts/put-po...
Put a Possum On It! The Hideout | Surprised Eel Maps
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December 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Can a map make you happy? Feed and sooth your nostalgia? This one does!
On my patreon this week, I wrote about a map I drew to help a couple remember a favorite place once they'd moved away. It's one of my favorite map stories, and you can read it for free!
www.patreon.com/posts/put-po...
On my patreon this week, I wrote about a map I drew to help a couple remember a favorite place once they'd moved away. It's one of my favorite map stories, and you can read it for free!
www.patreon.com/posts/put-po...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Mind-boggling incompetence added to lack of political will to sort things out, over at least a decade. Shameful.
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Mind-boggling incompetence added to lack of political will to sort things out, over at least a decade. Shameful.
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The current blizzard of coverage on Rachel Reeves vs. the leeway granted to Boris Johnson.
A reminder of how the BBC covered Boris Johnson's long record of lying, as being a "complicated relationship with the truth".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
December 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The current blizzard of coverage on Rachel Reeves vs. the leeway granted to Boris Johnson.
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Christmas present idea for those thinking about beekeeping.
A good beginners' book can be invaluable.
Joining a local association can be another great idea.
Buying a hive without taking advice on types may be unwise
www.bbka.org.uk/shop/bbka-gu...
A good beginners' book can be invaluable.
Joining a local association can be another great idea.
Buying a hive without taking advice on types may be unwise
www.bbka.org.uk/shop/bbka-gu...
BBKA Guide to Beekeeping – 2nd edition - £15.00
The BBKA Guide to Beekeeping introduces the reader to beekeeping, including topics on the workings of the colony, the structure of a hive, how to acquire bees and keep them healthy and what happens in...
www.bbka.org.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Christmas present idea for those thinking about beekeeping.
A good beginners' book can be invaluable.
Joining a local association can be another great idea.
Buying a hive without taking advice on types may be unwise
www.bbka.org.uk/shop/bbka-gu...
A good beginners' book can be invaluable.
Joining a local association can be another great idea.
Buying a hive without taking advice on types may be unwise
www.bbka.org.uk/shop/bbka-gu...
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"In early Christian times, there was no state"
Kemi Badenoch there, turning everything we thought we knew about the Roman Empire on its head.
Kemi Badenoch there, turning everything we thought we knew about the Roman Empire on its head.
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"In early Christian times, there was no state"
Kemi Badenoch there, turning everything we thought we knew about the Roman Empire on its head.
Kemi Badenoch there, turning everything we thought we knew about the Roman Empire on its head.
The map posts are really interesting, if anyone feels like joining up.
Each week on my patreon, I write about maps and about the process of drawing maps for books.
I'm hoping to get membership up over 500 subscribers, and we're close! It's free, so if you're curious, go read some articles. If you like it, please consider subscribing!
patreon.com/SurprisedEel
I'm hoping to get membership up over 500 subscribers, and we're close! It's free, so if you're curious, go read some articles. If you like it, please consider subscribing!
patreon.com/SurprisedEel
Surprised Eel Maps | Patreon
Custom Maps, Artwork, and History
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November 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The map posts are really interesting, if anyone feels like joining up.
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You know Big Woke has really gotten hold of the MSM when you get labelled a “racist” simply for saying and doing racist things
EXCLUSIVE
Racist Offended by Accusations of Racism.
Expressing his frustration that he keeps getting called a racist, a Clacton racist finally broke his silence on Monday.
More:
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/racist-off...
Racist Offended by Accusations of Racism.
Expressing his frustration that he keeps getting called a racist, a Clacton racist finally broke his silence on Monday.
More:
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/racist-off...
Racist Offended by Accusations of Racism
Expressing his frustration that he keeps getting called a racist, a Clacton racist finally broke his silence on Monday.
mrhenrymorris.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
You know Big Woke has really gotten hold of the MSM when you get labelled a “racist” simply for saying and doing racist things
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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For this week's post, I've written about the maps, family trees, and diagrams that I made for Alan Stahl's recent book about Renaissance Venice, "The House of Condulmer." (published by @pennpress.bsky.social
Like most of my posts, it's free, so give it a read!
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Like most of my posts, it's free, so give it a read!
www.patreon.com/posts/maps-t...
Maps, Trees, and Labels: Three Kinds of Work for The House of Condulmer | Surprised Eel Maps
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November 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
For this week's post, I've written about the maps, family trees, and diagrams that I made for Alan Stahl's recent book about Renaissance Venice, "The House of Condulmer." (published by @pennpress.bsky.social
Like most of my posts, it's free, so give it a read!
www.patreon.com/posts/maps-t...
Like most of my posts, it's free, so give it a read!
www.patreon.com/posts/maps-t...
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Supersedure trigger.
This study shows that elevated virus infections shrink the queen’s ovaries, which causes a change in her methyl oleate pheromone component production. That pheromone shift signals to the workers that the queen is compromised
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
This study shows that elevated virus infections shrink the queen’s ovaries, which causes a change in her methyl oleate pheromone component production. That pheromone shift signals to the workers that the queen is compromised
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Elevated virus infection of honey bee queens reduces methyl oleate production and destabilizes colony-level social structure | PNAS
Pathogenic threats to reproductive individuals pose a profound challenge to the stability
of insect societies. In honey bees (Apis mellifera L.), s...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Supersedure trigger.
This study shows that elevated virus infections shrink the queen’s ovaries, which causes a change in her methyl oleate pheromone component production. That pheromone shift signals to the workers that the queen is compromised
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
This study shows that elevated virus infections shrink the queen’s ovaries, which causes a change in her methyl oleate pheromone component production. That pheromone shift signals to the workers that the queen is compromised
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Rachel Shabi: "UNICEF have issued this report, 280 Palestinian deaths & 672 injuries since the pause began. That is not a ceasefire, if that many people are being killed there is no way you can describe that as a ceasefire. Israel is continuing unimpeded to violate the ceasefire"
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Rachel Shabi: "UNICEF have issued this report, 280 Palestinian deaths & 672 injuries since the pause began. That is not a ceasefire, if that many people are being killed there is no way you can describe that as a ceasefire. Israel is continuing unimpeded to violate the ceasefire"
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This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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UK politics live – latest updates
Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
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When is an orchard not an orchard 🍎🌳❓Apparently, when it stands in the path of a GCP busway 🚍💰 www.facebook.com/share/p/16tb...
November 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
When is an orchard not an orchard 🍎🌳❓Apparently, when it stands in the path of a GCP busway 🚍💰 www.facebook.com/share/p/16tb...
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How many more warnings will it take before we wake up and finally act on climate change?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/13/world-still-on-track-for-catastrophic-26c-temperature-rise-report-finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/13/world-still-on-track-for-catastrophic-26c-temperature-rise-report-finds
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM
How many more warnings will it take before we wake up and finally act on climate change?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/13/world-still-on-track-for-catastrophic-26c-temperature-rise-report-finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/13/world-still-on-track-for-catastrophic-26c-temperature-rise-report-finds
Heartbreaking and awful.
If the grouse shooting industry are to be believed, Susie probably stamped her own chicks to death before turning the gun on herself.
Oh well. By a happy coincidence, less hen harriers means more red grouse for the toffs to shoot.
@raptorpersuk.bsky.social
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Oh well. By a happy coincidence, less hen harriers means more red grouse for the toffs to shoot.
@raptorpersuk.bsky.social
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Heartbreaking and awful.
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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The Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee has called for an independent review plus simpler reporting, better collaboration between agencies, and a full assessment of the risk that landfill tax reform will increase other forms of waste crime.
Read the committee's letter ⬇️
Read the committee's letter ⬇️
Independent review on waste crime needed following multiple failures and lack of action - Committees - UK Parliament
The Environment and Climate Change Committee has published its policy letter on Waste Crime.
committees.parliament.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee has called for an independent review plus simpler reporting, better collaboration between agencies, and a full assessment of the risk that landfill tax reform will increase other forms of waste crime.
Read the committee's letter ⬇️
Read the committee's letter ⬇️
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Illegal dumping of over 38 million tonnes of waste is costing almost £1 billion every year, yet it is not being prioritised. Much of this waste is being dumped by organised crime groups involved in drugs, firearms, money laundering and modern slavery.
Independent review on waste crime needed following multiple failures and lack of action - Committees - UK Parliament
The Environment and Climate Change Committee has published its policy letter on Waste Crime.
committees.parliament.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Illegal dumping of over 38 million tonnes of waste is costing almost £1 billion every year, yet it is not being prioritised. Much of this waste is being dumped by organised crime groups involved in drugs, firearms, money laundering and modern slavery.
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“Before the election it promised to ‘remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance.’ But in government it has lined up alongside the Tories and Reform UK at the cruelty Olympics.” – @goodlawproject.org
https://bit.ly/43CpABH
https://bit.ly/43CpABH
91% of UK trans people don't trust the Labour Party, survey reveals
91% of trans respondents in a YouGov poll conducted between July and August, commissioned by the Good Law Project, said they distrust Labour.
www.attitude.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Before the election it promised to ‘remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance.’ But in government it has lined up alongside the Tories and Reform UK at the cruelty Olympics.” – @goodlawproject.org
https://bit.ly/43CpABH
https://bit.ly/43CpABH
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‘The threat couldn’t be more urgent and imminent. Yet here we are, still putting our head in the sand.’
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.
October 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
‘The threat couldn’t be more urgent and imminent. Yet here we are, still putting our head in the sand.’
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.
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Honey comes in a vast range of colours, textures and aromas.
Every batch is unique and can come from a single floral source or be from multiple local flowers
The sheer diversity is often surprising.
#NationalHoneyDay
Every batch is unique and can come from a single floral source or be from multiple local flowers
The sheer diversity is often surprising.
#NationalHoneyDay
October 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Honey comes in a vast range of colours, textures and aromas.
Every batch is unique and can come from a single floral source or be from multiple local flowers
The sheer diversity is often surprising.
#NationalHoneyDay
Every batch is unique and can come from a single floral source or be from multiple local flowers
The sheer diversity is often surprising.
#NationalHoneyDay
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Honey starts life as nectar from flowers
Honey bees collect nectar and take home in their honey crop.
Bees add enzymes to nectar & change the sugars in it.
The nectar is 'ripened' by water evaporation
When water content low the bees wax cap to preserve
#NationalHoneyDay
Honey bees collect nectar and take home in their honey crop.
Bees add enzymes to nectar & change the sugars in it.
The nectar is 'ripened' by water evaporation
When water content low the bees wax cap to preserve
#NationalHoneyDay
October 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Honey starts life as nectar from flowers
Honey bees collect nectar and take home in their honey crop.
Bees add enzymes to nectar & change the sugars in it.
The nectar is 'ripened' by water evaporation
When water content low the bees wax cap to preserve
#NationalHoneyDay
Honey bees collect nectar and take home in their honey crop.
Bees add enzymes to nectar & change the sugars in it.
The nectar is 'ripened' by water evaporation
When water content low the bees wax cap to preserve
#NationalHoneyDay