Ecological misinfo: please stop
Hey everyone please stop sharing that plankton article, there’s no actual linked research and the org GOES’ website is only pointing out what most ecologists have already been warning about for ages, which is that we’ve got about 25 years left before we have a massive plankton problem. If this is something you didn’t know about already then I hate for this to be your intro to ocean acidification but FWIW current plankton populations are like, still alive
My curtains that face the street form a trans pride flag. I just got a text message from a DoorDash delivery driver saying they love them.
I don't really know what I expected from putting them up (they've been like this for months) but it felt really good to hear that.
ukpol, strike action
A handy guide to all the strike actions being planned in the coming weeks, including background, and how you can support the strikers:
https://novaramedia.com/2022/07/13/everything-you-need-to-know-about-hot-strike-summer/
Is there something like Welcome To Night Vale, but cozy fantasy instead of horror?
Er, so. Looking for #podcasts that are episodic and not horror, and a narrator who speaks not too quickly but noooooot liiiiiiike thiiiiiiis, either?
I'll take non-fiction if it's in some way nature related, too.
UK heatwave, train cancellations
LNER said no trains would run between London and Leeds and York on Tuesday
Crikey! I knew they were advising people not to travel, but I wasn't expecting them to preemptively cancel services.
The river tweed
A few pictures of the wonderful river tweed from our recent holiday. Its such a lovely river and always has some wildlife magic.
This time within moments of walking along the riverside path, a large fish (bigger than my arm) lept clear out of the river and came down with a big splosh.
These are all taken in Berwick-upon-Tweed, with the railway bridge in shots 2 & 3
Queer, autistic, white, early-40s nonbinary trans man in the UK. I'm into knitting, Pokemon, and Eurovision. Also a cat furry!
Tip jar for knitting stuff: https://ko-fi.com/knittingrob