Not an overwhelming number of volunteers so far.. But you have until a bit later to vote. I'm wondering if I should set up an accountability sheet somewhere for #FediWriMo *
*/(other # are available)
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/115453932325005032
Willow in the marsh, polypody ferns.
#ThickTrunkTuesday #mosstodon
Find a #rainforest in the UK? 👀
➡️ https://map.lostrainforestsofbritain.org/
HT Guy Shrubsole et al.
Next invited talk: Gerard Steen on DMT @… #metaphors
Unthinkable now, so far has Winter receded in Europe...
📝 #NDR #Schneekatastrophe1978 #Norddeutschland
🚂 Bahntickets nach Dresden: 160€
🛌 Hotel in DD (Adventszeit): 😳 ohne Worte
🥰 Zum Supermarkt gehen, Tee trinken, Kindheitsessen kochen mit Papa: priceless ❤️
#schöneDinge #dankbar
A very good issue of the European Correspondent this morning, nice and clear overview of the new European #defence roadmap, #Readiness2030 , plus where is Western Europe actually? Visualised in a trademark beautiful graphic. Also, problems in Georgia, and maybe some hope from Cyprus.
https://elaine.mayoris.com/go/qx33kj8tcubzccki3dw0q1jjjhxmf8mj4jxck0s8w6mb/2866
There are a lot of trade-offs with fossil fuel use that we definitely don't discuss enough. #PiperAlpha was the really big one I recall as a kid, but it was just the latest in a whole succession of oil platform accidents that cost a lot of lives and suffering in the North Sea. And then there was #DeepWaterHorizon.
And that's quite apart from the climate costs.
You wonder how many of these happen that we don't hear about too.
This is a good reminder.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/28/the-piper-alpha-oil-rig-exploded-and-collapsed-and-i-made-a-desperate-175ft-jump-into-the-sea
I have probably been out the UK too long.
I am foolishly contemplating taking the train from Manchester (airport) to Leeds for a meeting next week.
National rail inform me it will take at least 2 hours and cost anything from £10 to £40..
Half the trains have been replaced by buses.
It's 79km.
I could cycle it in about 4 hours.
#NorthernPowerhouse was just a big lie, wasn't it...