And if they weren’t taking deer their presence would at least keep the deer on their toes and moving, which also mitigates forest damage

#FobneyMarshians #KennetMeadows #ReadingCAN

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Nonsense of course from the dog-owner, wherever it was, but were you actually in a country park ?

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Know what you mean, but this did need reporting

I do hope that the request for a fine is revoked. I don’t pour liquid in bins. And as for the gutter, gallons/tons of nasties are egested from vehicles all the time that end up in the gutter

Polanski didn’t

Don’t beat yourself up about it. As much meat & dairy as you can comfortably reduce is a very good contribution. I think there’s more overall consumption reduction by getting a big cohort to reduce (fairly substantially) than pushing hard for complete veganism

Would be a great (probably hard to define) win, but it will take too long to not be tackling food production in parallel

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Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

I don't want to get all Chesterton's Fence here, but if you don't understand that a "microscopic snail" is an indicator species that's protected for the health of the entire ecosystem, you probably shouldn't be forming "good relationships" with developers
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'Our capability to observe the Earth's energy imbalance and budget terms is threatened as satellites are decommissioned'

And now it's (temporarily? 🤞) not being updated.

We need more CERES satellites.

Can @esa.int @esaclimate.bsky.social @ecmwf.int and others help?
@carlobuontempo.bsky.social

Ash dieback playing out like a high impact, low frequency event, like a hurricane, that periodically devastate and re-shape woodlands. The canopy is now all dead here, but look at that dense regeneration of hawthorn, blackthorn, field maple and some oaks.

Excellent. 35mm in UK VistaVision screenings

70mm ?

One Battle After Another review: Revolutionary road Leonardo DiCaprio stars as an off-the-grid freedom fighter searching for his vanished teenage daughter in an absurdist action thriller that thunders along with Mad Max-like propulsion.

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A lot of the BBC “in depth” articles are interesting and very informative, but this one was written by Nick Robinson so what was everyone really expecting ?

Ian Carter and myself argued this point here www.whittlespublishing.com/Great_Miscon... - species with high dispersal capacity can typically naturally recolonise suitable habitats IF the original drivers of declines have been remediated.

Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield quits over social activism row His resignation marks the latest development in a dispute with parent company Unilever.

Ben & Jerry's co-founder quits over social activism row www.bbc.com/news/article...

Why isn’t THIS the front page story right now? Net migration to the UK halved from 2023 to 2024 (Government data shared by The Guardian). There is no problem with migration in the UK, it is fiction whipped up by the press. BBC News should be the one presenting these facts.

Went again last night. Still excellent
#DoughBros

Restaurant review: Dough Bros I moved house last week, and suddenly everything changed. My little slice of Reading, my walks, maps, routes and routines were no more. No more waking up in the Village and mooching into town for lunc...

NEW REVIEW! I saved a good one for the first day of this new government - this week, I check out the quite remarkable Dough Bros: ediblereading.com/2024/07/05/r... #rdguk

What a brilliant photo. I don’t know what they might be saying

Banksy 'judge' mural scrubbed from Royal Courts of Justice wall The artwork of a judge hitting a protester with a gavel has been removed from the listed building.

Banksy mural scrubbed from Royal Courts of Justice www.bbc.com/news/article...

Douglas Gerrard | The World’s Largest Deforestation Project In the West Papuan regency of Merauke, close to the border with Papua New Guinea, Indonesia is rapidly clearing land in...

World’s largest deforestation project www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...

I don’t think it was clear who won the debate. Both were articulate. Zack got his points across well. Adrian sounded sensible. Adrian probably favoured by the Today audience, but Zack might’ve chipped a few off in his direction

Just been to the Birtwhistle / Beethoven Prom. Both magnificent in different ways. With Birtwhistle, and its like, I think the trick is to experience it rather than trying to get it. On the other hand someone standing near me was looking at the Birtwhistle score while listening ! That’s next level

@nedboulting.bsky.social Griffon Vultures Ned, not Bearded Vultures