#naturalworld — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #naturalworld, aggregated by home.social.
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Scenes from a walk pt 2 over #SouthDowns from Glynde to Lewes.
#Butterflies, including a rarity.Not the easiest to photo with an iPhone. Not at all compliant, so quite blurry. But this isn't a photography post; it's a natural world educational one.
1) Clouded Yellow
2) Small Heath (declining species)
3) Small Copper
4) Silver-spotted Skipper (rare chalk downland species)#nature #wildlife #naturalworld #lepidoptera #entomology #naturalworld #insects #walking #rambling #countryside #alttext
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Scenes from a walk pt 2 over #SouthDowns from Glynde to Lewes.
#Butterflies, including a rarity.Not the easiest to photo with an iPhone. Not at all compliant, so quite blurry. But this isn't a photography post; it's a natural world educational one.
1) Clouded Yellow
2) Small Heath (declining species)
3) Small Copper
4) Silver-spotted Skipper (rare chalk downland species)#nature #wildlife #naturalworld #lepidoptera #entomology #naturalworld #insects #walking #rambling #countryside #alttext
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"…the #ArtificialState has come at the expense of the #naturalworld, leading to catastrophic loss of wildlife habitat and #biodiversity.
#BestBooks of August: Barnes & Noble, Goodreads
“ #JillLepore is our best scholar of the culture of #governance, and our most vital historian. Here she repudiates the prospect of #AI as a replacement for #democracy. This is the issue of our times, and Lepore is the voice of sanity.”
— #JaronLanier, author of You Are Not a Gadget
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"…the #ArtificialState has come at the expense of the #naturalworld, leading to catastrophic loss of wildlife habitat and #biodiversity.
#BestBooks of August: Barnes & Noble, Goodreads
“ #JillLepore is our best scholar of the culture of #governance, and our most vital historian. Here she repudiates the prospect of #AI as a replacement for #democracy. This is the issue of our times, and Lepore is the voice of sanity.”
— #JaronLanier, author of You Are Not a Gadget
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Scenes from a walk, Glynde to Lewes.
1) Round-headed rampion - The Pride of #Sussex. This is a peculiar looking and quite rare chalkland species
2) Oxteddle Bottom - view looking south towards Mount Caburn near Lewes
3) A mule sheep
4) Squinancywort - local to chalk and limestone and UK uncommon, once used medicinally to treat quinsy (think tonsilitis!)#nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #flora #wildflowers #walking #rambling #naturalworld #sheep #flower #plant #purple #alttext
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Scenes from a walk, Glynde to Lewes.
1) Round-headed rampion - The Pride of #Sussex. This is a peculiar looking and quite rare chalkland species
2) Oxteddle Bottom - view looking south towards Mount Caburn near Lewes
3) A mule sheep
4) Squinancywort - local to chalk and limestone and UK uncommon, once used medicinally to treat quinsy (think tonsilitis!)#nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #flora #wildflowers #walking #rambling #naturalworld #sheep #flower #plant #purple #alttext
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Not a #moth post.
An 'everything else you get in a moth box' post
Often a moth box has the odd interesting non-moth creature. Two nights ago, I also had these four creatures:1) Harlequin ladybird
2) Weevil
3) Rove beetle (possibly Brown-Legged Rove Bettle)
4) An enormous Great Diving Beetle (which promptly scuttled off after wakening)#nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #naturalworld #insects #entomology #ladybird #weevil #beetle #garden #summer #august #hastings #alttext
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Not a #moth post.
An 'everything else you get in a moth box' post
Often a moth box has the odd interesting non-moth creature. Two nights ago, I also had these four creatures:1) Harlequin ladybird
2) Weevil
3) Rove beetle (possibly Brown-Legged Rove Bettle)
4) An enormous Great Diving Beetle (which promptly scuttled off after wakening)#nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #naturalworld #insects #entomology #ladybird #weevil #beetle #garden #summer #august #hastings #alttext
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How the #Amish Let #Technology in Without Letting It Take Over
After three years studying the community, I came to see that the real question isn't what technology can do, but what it asks us to give up.
By: Lindsay Ems, July 27, 2026
Excerpt: "I first began studying the Amish in 2012 as a doctoral researcher of media studies at Indiana University, located within a few hours of settlements in Elkhart, LaGrange, and Daviess counties. Going into the project, I knew what most everyone else did: that the Amish prized simple living, communal values, and religious discipline, while resisting certain technologies such as cars, TV, and electricity. In my initial conversations with Amish leaders, they told me that they were worried that new technology might diminish the sense of purpose people in their communities feel. They worried that new communication tools, such as smartphones and social media, would disrupt rituals, traditions, and their established communication patterns. Above all, they wanted to preserve their shared culture in which each person felt spiritually connected to their neighbors and the #NaturalWorld."
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"In Joe’s settlement, the #BlackBoxPhone was developed in response to a very specific social problem: Roughly 100 crews left the settlement daily for their construction jobs and needed a way to communicate while away from home. At the same time, several ministers believed that the cell phones already adopted by many community members should be abandoned. They worried that private text messages could facilitate extramarital relationships. And #smartphones, they feared, tempted users to access unfiltered, immoral content such as pornography, which could undermine human intimacy.
"The black-box phone, by contrast, was a happy medium that posed threats to community members’ social and spiritual health. Its design reflects that: The phone is an intentionally bulked-up contraption that enables mobile communications from a vehicle but is highly inconvenient to carry. It only allows public, audible conversations — no texting or internet access. It is also shared among the crew members. Ministers in the settlement hoped that adopting these devices would make individual cell phone ownership among their constituents unnecessary.
"As a substitute for cell phones, the black-box phone is a distinctively Amish modification of an existing technology that better aligns with their values. It forces public communicative arrangements, allowing peers to hold each other accountable for their actions. Additionally, this device enables the Amish to achieve their goals and adhere to their social norms without submitting to the individualizing, privatizing, and attention-fragmenting logic of #BigTech."
Read more:
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-the-amish-let-technology-in-without-letting-it-take-over/#SolarPunkSunday #LowTech #LoTech #SmartPhoneAddiction #TechAddiction #Communication #Luddite #Connections #ConnectingWithCommunity #ConnectingWithNature
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How the #Amish Let #Technology in Without Letting It Take Over
After three years studying the community, I came to see that the real question isn't what technology can do, but what it asks us to give up.
By: Lindsay Ems, July 27, 2026
Excerpt: "I first began studying the Amish in 2012 as a doctoral researcher of media studies at Indiana University, located within a few hours of settlements in Elkhart, LaGrange, and Daviess counties. Going into the project, I knew what most everyone else did: that the Amish prized simple living, communal values, and religious discipline, while resisting certain technologies such as cars, TV, and electricity. In my initial conversations with Amish leaders, they told me that they were worried that new technology might diminish the sense of purpose people in their communities feel. They worried that new communication tools, such as smartphones and social media, would disrupt rituals, traditions, and their established communication patterns. Above all, they wanted to preserve their shared culture in which each person felt spiritually connected to their neighbors and the #NaturalWorld."
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"In Joe’s settlement, the #BlackBoxPhone was developed in response to a very specific social problem: Roughly 100 crews left the settlement daily for their construction jobs and needed a way to communicate while away from home. At the same time, several ministers believed that the cell phones already adopted by many community members should be abandoned. They worried that private text messages could facilitate extramarital relationships. And #smartphones, they feared, tempted users to access unfiltered, immoral content such as pornography, which could undermine human intimacy.
"The black-box phone, by contrast, was a happy medium that posed threats to community members’ social and spiritual health. Its design reflects that: The phone is an intentionally bulked-up contraption that enables mobile communications from a vehicle but is highly inconvenient to carry. It only allows public, audible conversations — no texting or internet access. It is also shared among the crew members. Ministers in the settlement hoped that adopting these devices would make individual cell phone ownership among their constituents unnecessary.
"As a substitute for cell phones, the black-box phone is a distinctively Amish modification of an existing technology that better aligns with their values. It forces public communicative arrangements, allowing peers to hold each other accountable for their actions. Additionally, this device enables the Amish to achieve their goals and adhere to their social norms without submitting to the individualizing, privatizing, and attention-fragmenting logic of #BigTech."
Read more:
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-the-amish-let-technology-in-without-letting-it-take-over/#SolarPunkSunday #LowTech #LoTech #SmartPhoneAddiction #TechAddiction #Communication #Luddite #Connections #ConnectingWithCommunity #ConnectingWithNature
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Ok...i had to go down that rabbit hole and learn about which flies pollinate the cacao tree, after reading that Grauniad article about the UK Flies.
Spoiler alert, nah...I wouldn't do that, read the blog piece it is very good. 😃
https://www.thechocolatejournalist.com/blog/cacao-pollination
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Ok...i had to go down that rabbit hole and learn about which flies pollinate the cacao tree, after reading that Grauniad article about the UK Flies.
Spoiler alert, nah...I wouldn't do that, read the blog piece it is very good. 😃
https://www.thechocolatejournalist.com/blog/cacao-pollination
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First rule of a #museum Always do the dressing up!
Anyone who knows anything about #nature and #wildlife in the UK will know of or have read The Natural History of Selbourne by Gilbert White, one of our foremost naturalists. Yesterday we revisited his house in Selbourne where my enthusiasm for the #naturalworld was once kindled.
Here I am showing off my Gilbert (steady on…!) and giving him a hug. A fine fellow indeed. And so was Gilbert…
#history #culture #gilbertwhite #alttext -
First rule of a #museum Always do the dressing up!
Anyone who knows anything about #nature and #wildlife in the UK will know of or have read The Natural History of Selbourne by Gilbert White, one of our foremost naturalists. Yesterday we revisited his house in Selbourne where my enthusiasm for the #naturalworld was once kindled.
Here I am showing off my Gilbert (steady on…!) and giving him a hug. A fine fellow indeed. And so was Gilbert…
#history #culture #gilbertwhite #alttext -
Listen to Britain’s #DawnChorus of 1976: the dramatic loss of #birdsong in 50 years
Guardian recreates audio landscape of past filled by loud morning symphony before 73m wild birds were lost
Sandra Laville and Madeleine Finlay
Fri 3 Jul 2026"As the symphony of birdsong known as the dawn chorus draws to its annual close at the end of June, the Guardian has recreated an audio landscape from across the past 50 years to try to portray the variety and plentitude of birdsong we have lost since tens of millions more birds were in full voice. The calls and songs of a variety of species have been isolated to build an illustration of the dawn chorus, representing a year in each decade, from now back to the abundance of the 1970s.
"In April 1976, as the dawn chorus was in full swing, Labour’s Harold Wilson resigned as prime minister and James Callaghan took his place. Today, while remarkably similar political manoeuvrings are taking place, the soundscape of the #NaturalWorld is utterly changed to one of absences, omissions and loss."
Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/03/dawn-chorus-uk-birdsong-50-years-audio-landscape#SolarPunkSunday #DawnSong #Birds #Wildlife #Nature #HabitatLoss #NaturesSoundscapes #Biodiversity #DiversityLoss #WildlifeLoss #SaveNature #RestoreNature
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Listen to Britain’s #DawnChorus of 1976: the dramatic loss of #birdsong in 50 years
Guardian recreates audio landscape of past filled by loud morning symphony before 73m wild birds were lost
Sandra Laville and Madeleine Finlay
Fri 3 Jul 2026"As the symphony of birdsong known as the dawn chorus draws to its annual close at the end of June, the Guardian has recreated an audio landscape from across the past 50 years to try to portray the variety and plentitude of birdsong we have lost since tens of millions more birds were in full voice. The calls and songs of a variety of species have been isolated to build an illustration of the dawn chorus, representing a year in each decade, from now back to the abundance of the 1970s.
"In April 1976, as the dawn chorus was in full swing, Labour’s Harold Wilson resigned as prime minister and James Callaghan took his place. Today, while remarkably similar political manoeuvrings are taking place, the soundscape of the #NaturalWorld is utterly changed to one of absences, omissions and loss."
Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/03/dawn-chorus-uk-birdsong-50-years-audio-landscape#SolarPunkSunday #DawnSong #Birds #Wildlife #Nature #HabitatLoss #NaturesSoundscapes #Biodiversity #DiversityLoss #WildlifeLoss #SaveNature #RestoreNature
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Not a #moth post.
An odonata post.
Specifically thisSOUTHERN HAWKER (female)
Aeshna cyaneaSunning herself in our mid-terrace garden this afternoon. Possibly eyeing up our little garden pond for ovipositing.
#dragonfly #nature #wildlife #garden #summer #naturalworld #alttext
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Not a #moth post.
An odonata post.
Specifically thisSOUTHERN HAWKER (female)
Aeshna cyaneaSunning herself in our mid-terrace garden this afternoon. Possibly eyeing up our little garden pond for ovipositing.
#dragonfly #nature #wildlife #garden #summer #naturalworld #alttext
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Has anyone else been watching the Big Bear Eagle cam? If so, then you saw Sandy leave the nest today at 84 days old. It is such a treat year after year to watch the eaglets from hatchlings to fledge, or in Sandy's case today, FLUDGE, when her little brother accidentally knocked her off the limb. But she recovered and flew away. Luna, who was born one day later, will be gone any minute, and the nest will be empty until next winter or spring when the Big Bear eagles, Jackie and Shadow, welcome new chicks, if we are all so fortunate. SOAR HIGH, SANDY WE LOVE YOU!!!! #birds #nature #eagles #chicks #lucky #eaglet #naturalworld #flying #eagle #babies #bird #birdoftheday
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Has anyone else been watching the Big Bear Eagle cam? If so, then you saw Sandy leave the nest today at 84 days old. It is such a treat year after year to watch the eaglets from hatchlings to fledge, or in Sandy's case today, FLUDGE, when her little brother accidentally knocked her off the limb. But she recovered and flew away. Luna, who was born one day later, will be gone any minute, and the nest will be empty until next winter or spring when the Big Bear eagles, Jackie and Shadow, welcome new chicks, if we are all so fortunate. SOAR HIGH, SANDY WE LOVE YOU!!!! #birds #nature #eagles #chicks #lucky #eaglet #naturalworld #flying #eagle #babies #bird #birdoftheday
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A quotation from Bill Watterson
CALVIN: It offends the human ego that nature is indifferent to us. Nature doesn’t care if people live or die. It refuses to be tamed. It does whatever it wants and acts like people don’t matter. It won’t confirm our right to be here. That drives people crazy. We can’t stand being ignored. It’s insulting and … hey!
HOBBES: YAWWNN. [wanders off]
CALVIN: I think that’s also why some people don’t like cats.Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1994-03-04)More about this quote: wist.info/watterson-bill/84594…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #cats #ego #humannature #indifference #naturalworld #nature #reality #validation
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A quotation from Bill Watterson
CALVIN: It offends the human ego that nature is indifferent to us. Nature doesn’t care if people live or die. It refuses to be tamed. It does whatever it wants and acts like people don’t matter. It won’t confirm our right to be here. That drives people crazy. We can’t stand being ignored. It’s insulting and … hey!
HOBBES: YAWWNN. [wanders off]
CALVIN: I think that’s also why some people don’t like cats.Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1994-03-04)More about this quote: wist.info/watterson-bill/84594…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #cats #ego #humannature #indifference #naturalworld #nature #reality #validation
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Interesting theory... It doesn't call for #Degrowth, but it does call for not buying as much stuff and #TaxingTheRich!
‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival
Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions
Jonathan Watts
Thu 4 Jun 2026Excerpt: "[The plan] offers a set of bold policy proposals, including hefty #WealthTaxes on #billionaires, sharp reductions in working hours, a change in diets and a shift of investment from materially intense sectors like industry and #mining to education and health.
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"This 'plan for equality and prosperity within planetary boundaries' is the product of 45 authors based on databases compiled by more than 200 researchers from the world.
"At its core is the concept of sufficiency – the idea that people can enjoy a prosperous, healthy life without constantly striving to consume or accumulate more #MaterialPossessions that degrade the #NaturalWorld on which all life depends.
"To achieve this, the authors envisage three steps: more than halving average working time from 2,100 hours a year to 1,000 hours, roughly equivalent to a two-and-a-half-day working week; encouraging people to #EatLessRedMeat, which is the main driver of deforestation and ecological destruction; and refocusing the economy toward #LowConsumption activities by more than doubling #Education spending to €8,400 euros (£7,250) a person and #healthcare spending to 14,400 euros.
"Piketty said: 'One extra euro of GDP in education and health has three to four times less material footprint and energy consumption than one extra euro of GDP in the manufacturing sector. So that’s why the sectoral shifts are hugely important.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/wN58l#SolarPunkSunday #GiantLeapScenario #Earth4All #SharingEconomy #CircularEconomy #RightToRepair #ClimateChange #Polycrisis #WorldInequalityLab #WIL #TaxTheRich #PlanetarySurvival
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Interesting theory... It doesn't call for #Degrowth, but it does call for not buying as much stuff and #TaxingTheRich!
‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival
Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions
Jonathan Watts
Thu 4 Jun 2026Excerpt: "[The plan] offers a set of bold policy proposals, including hefty #WealthTaxes on #billionaires, sharp reductions in working hours, a change in diets and a shift of investment from materially intense sectors like industry and #mining to education and health.
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"This 'plan for equality and prosperity within planetary boundaries' is the product of 45 authors based on databases compiled by more than 200 researchers from the world.
"At its core is the concept of sufficiency – the idea that people can enjoy a prosperous, healthy life without constantly striving to consume or accumulate more #MaterialPossessions that degrade the #NaturalWorld on which all life depends.
"To achieve this, the authors envisage three steps: more than halving average working time from 2,100 hours a year to 1,000 hours, roughly equivalent to a two-and-a-half-day working week; encouraging people to #EatLessRedMeat, which is the main driver of deforestation and ecological destruction; and refocusing the economy toward #LowConsumption activities by more than doubling #Education spending to €8,400 euros (£7,250) a person and #healthcare spending to 14,400 euros.
"Piketty said: 'One extra euro of GDP in education and health has three to four times less material footprint and energy consumption than one extra euro of GDP in the manufacturing sector. So that’s why the sectoral shifts are hugely important.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/wN58l#SolarPunkSunday #GiantLeapScenario #Earth4All #SharingEconomy #CircularEconomy #RightToRepair #ClimateChange #Polycrisis #WorldInequalityLab #WIL #TaxTheRich #PlanetarySurvival
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A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyone.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubt
#DigitalArchive #Science #NaturalWorld #Learning #Heritage #Conservation #BioDiversity #Library
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A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyone.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubt
#DigitalArchive #Science #NaturalWorld #Learning #Heritage #Conservation #BioDiversity #Library
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Not a #moth post.
A filthy fornication post. 👀We all love to watch others having sex...
Er... don't we?!22-spot ladybirds in the garden clearly affected by today's sunshine.
And in public too! Would you give it credence?!
I'm now off for a w....
a w....
...a wee lie down.
Alttext** available.
(** may be embellished a little)
#ladybird #insect #reproduction #entomology #garden #nature #wildlife #naturalworld #alttext
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Not a #moth post.
A filthy fornication post. 👀We all love to watch others having sex...
Er... don't we?!22-spot ladybirds in the garden clearly affected by today's sunshine.
And in public too! Would you give it credence?!
I'm now off for a w....
a w....
...a wee lie down.
Alttext** available.
(** may be embellished a little)
#ladybird #insect #reproduction #entomology #garden #nature #wildlife #naturalworld #alttext
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I may be 400 miles from home but with the power of a new phenomenon called Internet Wiffy or 5Gees I can bring you a #MothOfTheDay from yesterday’s batch. This is
PEBBLE PROMINENT (see pebble effect on wing)
Notodonta ziczac (great #Latin)Larvae feed on sallow and poplar. Common and widespread
#moth #mothing #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #entomology #lepidoptera #cute #animals #naturalworld #butterflies #conservation #alttext
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I may be 400 miles from home but with the power of a new phenomenon called Internet Wiffy or 5Gees I can bring you a #MothOfTheDay from yesterday’s batch. This is
PEBBLE PROMINENT (see pebble effect on wing)
Notodonta ziczac (great #Latin)Larvae feed on sallow and poplar. Common and widespread
#moth #mothing #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #entomology #lepidoptera #cute #animals #naturalworld #butterflies #conservation #alttext
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It’s damn good to see #Hungary returning to democracy and the #EU, rejecting the caveman vibe of narcissistic sociopath corrupt greedy haters and delivering a dick punch to the weird #WhiteSupremacist #FakeChristian cult overseas in #America and their supporters in #Europe.
The reality is that just like in the #NaturalWorld, #diversity is the foundation of a thriving world, while #isolationism eventually leads to #extinction.
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Inspired by Nature - Old Grocery's annual open call exhibition for artists in and around Wivenhoe Essex. In conjunction with Wivenhoe Open Gardens 2026. Tickets available from Old Grocery. #wivenhoeartists #fineart #exhibition #opengardens #nature #naturalworld #gardens #wildlife #flowers
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A little warmer last night, but close to a full moon, so lowish expectations.
Delighted to get two:
GREAT PROMINENT
Peridea ancepsLarge old beast. Larvae feed on oak.
#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #animals #naturalworld #garden #spring #April #conservation #biodiversity #alttext
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A little warmer last night, but close to a full moon, so lowish expectations.
Delighted to get two:
GREAT PROMINENT
Peridea ancepsLarge old beast. Larvae feed on oak.
#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #animals #naturalworld #garden #spring #April #conservation #biodiversity #alttext
