Allan Russell
@arnaturegeek.bsky.social
Scottish birding and nature liking person plus B.Sc and M.Res ecology graduate. Have found my way here after abandoning Twitter. All views expressed are my own. He/him 🐦⬛🐺🐋🐍🦋🌱🍄🏴
View over the rhubarb fields at Blackstoun Farm this afternoon on a lovely, crisp early winter day. 1000+ Chaffinches, 400+ Skylarks and 170+ Stock Doves around these fields, plus managed to eke out at least 3 Bramblings among the finch hordes #clydebirding #birdingscotland
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
View over the rhubarb fields at Blackstoun Farm this afternoon on a lovely, crisp early winter day. 1000+ Chaffinches, 400+ Skylarks and 170+ Stock Doves around these fields, plus managed to eke out at least 3 Bramblings among the finch hordes #clydebirding #birdingscotland
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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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🔥🔥🔥 While everyone is distracted by other budget news, Labour have just announced that they will allow more drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea 🔥🔥🔥
Genuinely catastrophic for our climate and further proof that Labour care more about corporate profits than people or planet.
Genuinely catastrophic for our climate and further proof that Labour care more about corporate profits than people or planet.
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🔥🔥🔥 While everyone is distracted by other budget news, Labour have just announced that they will allow more drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea 🔥🔥🔥
Genuinely catastrophic for our climate and further proof that Labour care more about corporate profits than people or planet.
Genuinely catastrophic for our climate and further proof that Labour care more about corporate profits than people or planet.
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You know for a fact they're only doing this because juries are routinely finding anti-genocide and climate change protestors innocent.
Bit of a test case here for “is liberalism still a real thing, or is it just a political version of a collection of Labubus that you show off to your friends” IMO.
![NEW: The Government is set to scrap trial by
jury for most cases
Only murder, rape, manslaughter and a few public interest cases will go to a jury, while all other cases will be decided by a single judge
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The move will be highly controversial. Senior criminal justice figures have already described the plan as "the biggest assault on our system of liberty in 800 years"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5hyjbx4hnlxe5il24ydnn4sr/bafkreight7vricfo6wq76slatkvbmacfvpyq5t3lznlt27oanyqu2g4lk4@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
You know for a fact they're only doing this because juries are routinely finding anti-genocide and climate change protestors innocent.
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I have felt for quite a while that at least a part of anti-migrant, anti-refugee behaviour from successive governments is pulling the drawbridge up ahead of an increase in climate-caused refugee movement.
And you know what? It's not gonna save us, lads
And you know what? It's not gonna save us, lads
On one of the dirty hippy US politics podcasts in 2017, after the torchlit Nazi rally where one of the marchers killed a woman.
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I have felt for quite a while that at least a part of anti-migrant, anti-refugee behaviour from successive governments is pulling the drawbridge up ahead of an increase in climate-caused refugee movement.
And you know what? It's not gonna save us, lads
And you know what? It's not gonna save us, lads
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
A fire breaking out at the COP conference seems a bit on the nose?
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A fire breaking out at the COP conference seems a bit on the nose?
An celebration of the Christmas special of John Carpenter's The Thing
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
An celebration of the Christmas special of John Carpenter's The Thing
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Shabana Mahmood casually saying they're gonna take migrant's jewellery off them has got me thinking about that scene in Schindler's List where the Jewish family wrap family heirlooms in bread and swallow them.
What the fuck are we?
What the fuck are we?
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Shabana Mahmood casually saying they're gonna take migrant's jewellery off them has got me thinking about that scene in Schindler's List where the Jewish family wrap family heirlooms in bread and swallow them.
What the fuck are we?
What the fuck are we?
Just pure and utter evil. Labour and the Tories both need a deserved annihilation, then salt poured on the ashes so nothing ever grows back
Asked if Keir Starmer believes British people want to "see refugee children pulled out of school and deported after 10 years in this country”, his spokesman says that “what the British public wants and what this government was elected on a mandate to deliver was to secure our borders"
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Just pure and utter evil. Labour and the Tories both need a deserved annihilation, then salt poured on the ashes so nothing ever grows back
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The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
The Labour government is evil, nature killing scum. They need removed from power as soon as possible if our precious wildlife is to stand any chance www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The Labour government is evil, nature killing scum. They need removed from power as soon as possible if our precious wildlife is to stand any chance www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Peter Thiel is in the Epstein emails, enjoying himself.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
How Palantir infiltrated the state
At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Peter Thiel is in the Epstein emails, enjoying himself.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
Surprised to see this tame Shag during my Clyde Estuary @webs-gsmp.bsky.social count on Sunday. Seemed alert and active so hopefully not afflicted with avian flu. Slavonian Grebes, Great Northern and Red-throated Divers and Greenshanks among the best of the rest noted #birdingscotland #clydebirding
November 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Surprised to see this tame Shag during my Clyde Estuary @webs-gsmp.bsky.social count on Sunday. Seemed alert and active so hopefully not afflicted with avian flu. Slavonian Grebes, Great Northern and Red-throated Divers and Greenshanks among the best of the rest noted #birdingscotland #clydebirding
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donald trump is a pedophile and half the voters in the united states will come out acknowledge this, and be okay with that
“.. Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to Michael Wolff … ‘[O]f course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop.’”
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November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
donald trump is a pedophile and half the voters in the united states will come out acknowledge this, and be okay with that
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really need these clouds to fuck off
Watch Out For Aurorae Tonight – The Strongest Solar Flare Of 2025 So Far Just Erupted From The Sun
The show may even be visible in California.
www.iflscience.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
really need these clouds to fuck off
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spending the first year in power appeasing the racists in an attempt to win over reform voters who will never vote for him then going "somehow, racism has returned" the second he finally sees people are abandoning him for the greens
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
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Decades-old racism is returning to British politics, and “it makes people feel very scared” Keir Starmer has said, warning that divisive hard-right politics was “tearing our country apart”.
Speaking to GP and TV personality Amir Khan, the prime minister accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of overseeing a return of the racist and divisive politics “that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
spending the first year in power appeasing the racists in an attempt to win over reform voters who will never vote for him then going "somehow, racism has returned" the second he finally sees people are abandoning him for the greens
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I seem to remember Labour very recently making attack ads about how @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the Greens didn't care about the environment and that Labour are the REAL party of climate action.
Labour are an absolute disgrace on every conceivable level.
Labour are an absolute disgrace on every conceivable level.
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit.
Keir Starmer flew to Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon, on Wednesday to join the summit of world leaders hosted by Brazil’s president, Lula da Silva. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I seem to remember Labour very recently making attack ads about how @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the Greens didn't care about the environment and that Labour are the REAL party of climate action.
Labour are an absolute disgrace on every conceivable level.
Labour are an absolute disgrace on every conceivable level.
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Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
Fair to say I was surprised when this Glossy Ibis appeared today at Castle Semple Loch when I was about to head home #birdingscotland #clydebirding
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Fair to say I was surprised when this Glossy Ibis appeared today at Castle Semple Loch when I was about to head home #birdingscotland #clydebirding
Of all the nazi tech-bro vermin that are making current life miserable, Musk must surely be the dumbest. Guarantee he's never read the books
The "hard-men" of Gondor were getting their shit kicked in until they were rescued by foreigners and a girl.
The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.
The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.
October 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Of all the nazi tech-bro vermin that are making current life miserable, Musk must surely be the dumbest. Guarantee he's never read the books
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What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
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Beavers have returned to Glen Affric, 400 years after their extinction in Scotland :beaver: A family of five beavers and a beaver pair were released last Friday at two sites on Loch Beinn a’ Mheadhoin in the Glen Affric National Nature Reserve 🦫
Full story 👇
treesforlife.org.uk/beavers-rele...
Full story 👇
treesforlife.org.uk/beavers-rele...
October 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Beavers have returned to Glen Affric, 400 years after their extinction in Scotland :beaver: A family of five beavers and a beaver pair were released last Friday at two sites on Loch Beinn a’ Mheadhoin in the Glen Affric National Nature Reserve 🦫
Full story 👇
treesforlife.org.uk/beavers-rele...
Full story 👇
treesforlife.org.uk/beavers-rele...