#naturalworld — Public Fediverse posts

Yet, despite all the valid criticism they get on every toot, like..

- we don't want #MassSurveillance masquerading as #protecting children" to be rolled out
- we want the #EU to push back hard against the #fascist #regime in the #US & the #FarRight BS in the #EU
- we don't need #AI #datacenters but clean air, water, & conservation of the #NaturalWorld
- we want #EU politicians to stop sucking up to weird #sociopath #billionaries who are hellbent to oppress & exploit us and to destroy #democracy

Yet, despite all the valid criticism they get on every toot, like..

- we don't want #MassSurveillance masquerading as #protecting children" to be rolled out
- we want the #EU to push back hard against the #fascist #regime in the #US & the #FarRight BS in the #EU
- we don't need #AI #datacenters but clean air, water, & conservation of the #NaturalWorld
- we want #EU politicians to stop sucking up to weird #sociopath #billionaries who are hellbent to oppress & exploit us and to destroy #democracy

Yet, despite all the valid criticism they get on every toot, like..

- we don't want #MassSurveillance masquerading as #protecting children" to be rolled out
- we want the #EU to push back hard against the #fascist #regime in the #US & the #FarRight BS in the #EU
- we don't need #AI #datacenters but clean air, water, & conservation of the #NaturalWorld
- we want #EU politicians to stop sucking up to weird #sociopath #billionaries who are hellbent to oppress & exploit us and to destroy #democracy

Yet, despite all the valid criticism they get on every toot, like..

- we don't want #MassSurveillance masquerading as #protecting children" to be rolled out
- we want the #EU to push back hard against the #fascist #regime in the #US & the #FarRight BS in the #EU
- we don't need #AI #datacenters but clean air, water, & conservation of the #NaturalWorld
- we want #EU politicians to stop sucking up to weird #sociopath #billionaries who are hellbent to oppress & exploit us and to destroy #democracy

#ThomasBerry: "Absence of a #senseofthesacred is the basic flaw in many of our efforts at...adjusting our human presence to the #naturalworld. It has been said, ‘We will not save what we do not love.’ It is also true we will neither love nor save what we do not experience as sacred." bit.ly/3WRTQFD

#ThomasBerry: "Absence of a #senseofthesacred is the basic flaw in many of our efforts at...adjusting our human presence to the #naturalworld. It has been said, ‘We will not save what we do not love.’ It is also true we will neither love nor save what we do not experience as sacred." bit.ly/3WRTQFD

#ThomasBerry: "Absence of a #senseofthesacred is the basic flaw in many of our efforts at...adjusting our human presence to the #naturalworld. It has been said, ‘We will not save what we do not love.’ It is also true we will neither love nor save what we do not experience as sacred." bit.ly/3WRTQFD

Italy facing further travel chaos as Mount Etna ash keeps popular airport closed

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #Accidents #Business #disasters #Environment #NaturalCatastrophes #NaturalWorld
https://www.europesays.com/italy/39901/

Had a go at taking the partial Eclipse this evening. Not really my bag, but was easier to see it through the lens that with shaded eyes.

#Eclipse #naturalworld

Had a go at taking the partial Eclipse this evening. Not really my bag, but was easier to see it through the lens that with shaded eyes.

#Eclipse #naturalworld

Had a go at taking the partial Eclipse this evening. Not really my bag, but was easier to see it through the lens that with shaded eyes.

#Eclipse #naturalworld

Had a go at taking the partial Eclipse this evening. Not really my bag, but was easier to see it through the lens that with shaded eyes.

#Eclipse #naturalworld

Had a go at taking the partial Eclipse this evening. Not really my bag, but was easier to see it through the lens that with shaded eyes.

#Eclipse #naturalworld

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

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

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

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

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

"…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

https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324098423/about-the-book

"…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

https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324098423/about-the-book

"…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

https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324098423/about-the-book

"…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

https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324098423/about-the-book

"…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

https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324098423/about-the-book

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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."

[...]

"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

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."

[...]

"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

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."

[...]

"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

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."

[...]

"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

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."

[...]

"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

https://www.europesays.com/be-fr/196021/ Une « méduse tueuse », dangereuse même quand échouée, a envahi les côtes bretonnes #ACCIDENTS #BE #BEFr #Belgique #Belgium #disasters #environment #essential #fire #GeneralView #horizontal #International #NaturalCatastrophes #NaturalWorld #original #weather #wildfire #WorldNews

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

#Chocolate #CacaoTree #Flies #Pollination #NaturalWorld

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

#Chocolate #CacaoTree #Flies #Pollination #NaturalWorld

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

#Chocolate #CacaoTree #Flies #Pollination #NaturalWorld

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

#Chocolate #CacaoTree #Flies #Pollination #NaturalWorld

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

#Chocolate #CacaoTree #Flies #Pollination #NaturalWorld

Europe wildfires latest: Fire-ravaged France ‘at war’ say officials as new heatwave hits Bordeaux

Europe is on fire – will the continent’s climate change deniers finally wake up? “For the people who…
#Europe #EU #Accidents #disasters #environment #European #naturalcatastrophes #NaturalWorld
https://www.europesays.com/europe/104138/

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

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

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

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1080525/ Wildfires across Europe have killed hundreds over the last decade. It’s only getting worse #Accidents #Disasters #Environment #EU #Europe #European #NaturalCatastrophes #NaturalWorld #TopPicture

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

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

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

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

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

Not a #moth post.
An odonata post.
Specifically this

SOUTHERN HAWKER (female)
Aeshna cyanea

Sunning herself in our mid-terrace garden this afternoon. Possibly eyeing up our little garden pond for ovipositing.

#dragonfly #nature #wildlife #garden #summer #naturalworld #alttext

Not a #moth post.
An odonata post.
Specifically this

SOUTHERN HAWKER (female)
Aeshna cyanea

Sunning herself in our mid-terrace garden this afternoon. Possibly eyeing up our little garden pond for ovipositing.

#dragonfly #nature #wildlife #garden #summer #naturalworld #alttext

Not a #moth post.
An odonata post.
Specifically this

SOUTHERN HAWKER (female)
Aeshna cyanea

Sunning herself in our mid-terrace garden this afternoon. Possibly eyeing up our little garden pond for ovipositing.

#dragonfly #nature #wildlife #garden #summer #naturalworld #alttext

Not a #moth post.
An odonata post.
Specifically this

SOUTHERN HAWKER (female)
Aeshna cyanea

Sunning herself in our mid-terrace garden this afternoon. Possibly eyeing up our little garden pond for ovipositing.

#dragonfly #nature #wildlife #garden #summer #naturalworld #alttext