#fairies — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #fairies, aggregated by home.social.
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It's firefly time in Bellingen
* "In the early evening, flashing lights can often be seen cruising around in the forest. These are the little lanterns on the underside of the abdomen of a carnivorous beetle of the family lampyridae. These beetles have been misnamed fireflies. It is believed that the flashing light is used by males and females to attract each other." >>
https://www.wettropics.gov.au/fireflies* Tidy gardens and landscape maintenance equipment unleash a blitzkrieg on the little fairies of the soil. The ubiquitous lawn mowers "mowing the grass" like a military strategy, so no soil micro-diversity shall survive. Line trimmers, debris blowers, chainsaws, bobcats, bulldozers and a dash of chemicals complete the terraforming.
* Fireflies under threat from habitat loss, pesticides and light pollution
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/04/fireflies-under-threat-habitat-loss-pesticides-light-pollutionImage: Fireflies, Franz von Stuck, detail,1898 (Children/ fauns in awe, amazed about the wonder of energy efficiency in nature.)
#BioluminescentInsects #fireflies #soil #light #EnergyEfficiency #insects #beetles #LightPollution #pesticides #machinery #gardens #lawns #fairies #forests #destruction #Bellingen #nature #environment
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It's firefly time in Bellingen
* "In the early evening, flashing lights can often be seen cruising around in the forest. These are the little lanterns on the underside of the abdomen of a carnivorous beetle of the family lampyridae. These beetles have been misnamed fireflies. It is believed that the flashing light is used by males and females to attract each other." >>
https://www.wettropics.gov.au/fireflies* Tidy gardens and landscape maintenance equipment unleash a blitzkrieg on the little fairies of the soil. The ubiquitous lawn mowers "mowing the grass" like a military strategy, so no soil micro-diversity shall survive. Line trimmers, debris blowers, chainsaws, bobcats, bulldozers and a dash of chemicals complete the terraforming.
* Fireflies under threat from habitat loss, pesticides and light pollution
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/04/fireflies-under-threat-habitat-loss-pesticides-light-pollutionImage: Fireflies, Franz von Stuck, detail,1898 (Children/ fauns in awe, amazed about the wonder of energy efficiency in nature.)
#BioluminescentInsects #fireflies #soil #light #EnergyEfficiency #insects #beetles #LightPollution #pesticides #machinery #gardens #lawns #fairies #forests #destruction #Bellingen #nature #environment
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It's firefly time in Bellingen
* "In the early evening, flashing lights can often be seen cruising around in the forest. These are the little lanterns on the underside of the abdomen of a carnivorous beetle of the family lampyridae. These beetles have been misnamed fireflies. It is believed that the flashing light is used by males and females to attract each other." >>
https://www.wettropics.gov.au/fireflies* Tidy gardens and landscape maintenance equipment unleash a blitzkrieg on the little fairies of the soil. The ubiquitous lawn mowers "mowing the grass" like a military strategy, so no soil micro-diversity shall survive. Line trimmers, debris blowers, chainsaws, bobcats, bulldozers and a dash of chemicals complete the terraforming.
* Fireflies under threat from habitat loss, pesticides and light pollution
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/04/fireflies-under-threat-habitat-loss-pesticides-light-pollutionImage: Fireflies, Franz von Stuck, detail,1898 (Children/ fauns in awe, amazed about the wonder of energy efficiency in nature.)
#BioluminescentInsects #fireflies #soil #light #EnergyEfficiency #insects #beetles #LightPollution #pesticides #machinery #gardens #lawns #fairies #forests #destruction #Bellingen #nature #environment
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It's firefly time in Bellingen
* "In the early evening, flashing lights can often be seen cruising around in the forest. These are the little lanterns on the underside of the abdomen of a carnivorous beetle of the family lampyridae. These beetles have been misnamed fireflies. It is believed that the flashing light is used by males and females to attract each other." >>
https://www.wettropics.gov.au/fireflies* Tidy gardens and landscape maintenance equipment unleash a blitzkrieg on the little fairies of the soil. The ubiquitous lawn mowers "mowing the grass" like a military strategy, so no soil micro-diversity shall survive. Line trimmers, debris blowers, chainsaws, bobcats, bulldozers and a dash of chemicals complete the terraforming.
* Fireflies under threat from habitat loss, pesticides and light pollution
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/04/fireflies-under-threat-habitat-loss-pesticides-light-pollutionImage: Fireflies, Franz von Stuck, detail,1898 (Children/ fauns in awe, amazed about the wonder of energy efficiency in nature.)
#BioluminescentInsects #fireflies #soil #light #EnergyEfficiency #insects #beetles #LightPollution #pesticides #machinery #gardens #lawns #fairies #forests #destruction #Bellingen #nature #environment
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It's firefly time in Bellingen
* "In the early evening, flashing lights can often be seen cruising around in the forest. These are the little lanterns on the underside of the abdomen of a carnivorous beetle of the family lampyridae. These beetles have been misnamed fireflies. It is believed that the flashing light is used by males and females to attract each other." >>
https://www.wettropics.gov.au/fireflies* Tidy gardens and landscape maintenance equipment unleash a blitzkrieg on the little fairies of the soil. The ubiquitous lawn mowers "mowing the grass" like a military strategy, so no soil micro-diversity shall survive. Line trimmers, debris blowers, chainsaws, bobcats, bulldozers and a dash of chemicals complete the terraforming.
* Fireflies under threat from habitat loss, pesticides and light pollution
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/04/fireflies-under-threat-habitat-loss-pesticides-light-pollutionImage: Fireflies, Franz von Stuck, detail,1898 (Children/ fauns in awe, amazed about the wonder of energy efficiency in nature.)
#BioluminescentInsects #fireflies #soil #light #EnergyEfficiency #insects #beetles #LightPollution #pesticides #machinery #gardens #lawns #fairies #forests #destruction #Bellingen #nature #environment
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I was talking to a friend last week about a personal/work project I had about 10 years ago where every month or so, I had to change my mind (properly!) about something I believed in – Which in this case, meant I had to go and seek things out because it’s really hard to do every month unless it’s active.
It’s half of the reason I spent so long embedded in Flat-Earth and Scientology; the other half was that I was researching pathways to radicalisation and trying to trace a lot of them to the source and exit.
I was listening to a Sherlock Holmes podcast yesterday and realised that being able to change your mind completely about something is a core investigative skill (and this is how I increased my B2B sales… No! No… Away with you LinkedIn!).
Good investigative technique means having a theory of the case from the start, but then, importantly, it means deliberately challenging it and then changing it, when new evidence emerges. It can be a lot of paperwork and mental gymnastics. Sticking to the original theory of a case and looking for evidence to support it is what created the Birmingham Six and the Central Park Five. Completely irresponsible and incompetent police work and static minds are a liability to any good casework (see also: Donald Trump who is still trying to execute the CP5).
This isn’t really going anywhere except to note that although Sherlock was excellent at changing case-theories (and does so a lot in the books), his creator, Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, of Cottingley Fairies and Harry Houdini feud fame, was so bad at it that he’d certainly have had a leadership role waiting in the West Midlands Police any time.
Ironically, the person in his most famous stories that he can be most said to resemble, is Lestrade of the Yard.
#Books #SherlockHomes #Detective #Investigation #TrustAndSafety #Fairies #Police #Crime #Houdini #Ramblings #ASIS #FlatEarth #Scientology #Radicalization #LinkedIn #B2B
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Ebook and paperback: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1845438
Two soldiers, pixie Commander Stargazer Candleflash and human Sergeant Edwin Harris, find their fates entwined by revenge, but crashing together in a dangerous rainforest forces to work together to survive. Will they make it or will their bickering get them killed?
@bookstodon
#indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #sciencefantasy #scifi #actionadventure #fiction #books #fairies #EOYSale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks -
I have a question on #fairylore and #changelings for a #folklorist. Anybody?
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I have a story in this book!
(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧My contribution is the story
"Baobhan sith," which is a retelling of an old Scottish horror folktale.#scottishfolklore #folklore #fae #fairies #horrorstories #horrorbook #horror
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When a frustrated Hampshire farmer decided to forgo sleep to catch whoever had been making a mess in his barn every night in the act, he saw thousands of tiny elves coming and going through the keyhole in order to carry away all his straw one piece at a time. #LegendaryWednesday
📷: Mats Hagwall
#Folklore #Folktale #Elves #Fairies #Barn #Hampshire #England #EnglishFolklore
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Happy Midsummer Day and International Fairy Day! This artwork by Antoinette Inglis really captures the wonder that these magical beings inspire.
#Fairy #Fairies #FairyRing #Midsummer #InternationalFairyDay #Illustration #ChildrensBookIllustration #AntoinetteInglis
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The initial site planned for Jersey's St. Brelade's Church turned out to be a favorite of the local fairies, who began moving all the construction tools to a beach miles away each night in protest. Eventually, the workmen gave up and built the church at that location instead. #WyrdWednesday
🎨 : P.J. Ouless
#Folklore #Folktale #Fairies #Church #Jersey #England #EnglishFolklore
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In the English fairy tale of “The Imp Tree,” Queen Heurodis falls asleep beneath a tree and dreams about the Faërie King, who makes her promise to return to the same tree the next day under penalty of death. When she does as he asked, the fairies kidnap her, despite the fact she was being guarded by her husband, King Orfeo, and 1,000 of his knights.
#FairyTaleTuesday #FairyTale #Folklore #EnglishFolklore #Fairy #Fairies #TheImpTree #England
📷: Jeremy Bishop
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We walked the ancient crooked paths to #StoneHenge and being the person I am, while all others concentrated on the stones, I saw a Ylfen ring (faerie ring).
I stood for sometime, watching the stone circle from another age as to guarded this tiny ring of magic by its side; brothers in enchantment.
