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"Rachel Reeves, boasted to corporate executives that she has “unblocked” a large housing development in Sussex being held up by “some snails … a protected species or something … microscopic snails that you cannot even see”. .. The very rare little whirlpool ramshorn snail, by no means microscopic, is an indicator of fresh water not affected by sewage pollution"

💢 Unreliable public charging stations deter many potential electric vehicle buyers
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-unreliable-stations-deter-potential-electric.html

Unreliable public charging stations deter many potential electric vehicle buyers
Public electric vehicle charging stations in America have a bad reputation. They're notorious for breaking down, charging at a snail's pace, refusing customer payment and leaving drivers stranded without juice.

Ned is a perfectly nice snail, but a rare shell means a doomed love life
https://apnews.com/article/ned-left-coiled-snail-new-zealand-5ffbac35db3bbab99966464b12ab39a8

Ned the snail has a quirky shell that's dooming romance
If you have trouble finding dates, spare a thought for Ned, a perfectly nice snail with dire romantic prospects. Only 1 in 40,000 common garden snails have shells that coil to the left like Ned’s, instead of the right. Their shells have to match to mate, which means Ned faces a life of celibacy unless another left-coiled snail is found. A New Zealand woman discovered Ned in her garden in August and began a campaign to find a match, but hasn't found one so far. New Zealand’s strict biosecuri…

Nextdoor:
"Not sure if allowed here but we are moving countries and can’t take our African snail with us.
If anyone would like to give it a good home feel free to contact me. Approx 6-12 months old."

A few months ago a video about the Knight and the Snail popped up in my timeline. I had bookmarked that adorable project to see where it went. There is a behind-the-scenes video on Youtube now that shows the artist working on a shot. The movie is actually NOT stop motion but puppeteering!
Clean plates are filmed, rigs get removed in post, mouth animation will get tracked onto the puppets later.

I can only dream of identifying something as big as a tree. I'm on the microscopes today trying to tell the differences betwenlen lots of tiny snails that all look the same 😶‍🌫️😵‍💫
Back to their roots: a brief history of trees – in pictures | Photography | The Guardian
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So far, pub talk has bounced from moss, to snails, and a little skate sex… 😶

Snail Homing and Mating Search Algorithm for Weight Optimization of Stepped-Transmission Shaft
Kaustav Saha, Ishaan R Kale, Vivek Patel, Anand J Kulkarni, Puskaraj D Sonawwanay
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13721

Snail Homing and Mating Search Algorithm for Weight Optimization of Stepped-Transmission Shaft
In this paper, the steeped-transmission shaft design problem is proposed for weight optimization. The bio-inspired search-based Snail Homing and Mating Search (SHMS) algorithm is utilized to solve the problem. It is inspired by the social behaviour of snails and their inherent nature of finding better homes, and mate. The proposed steeped-transmission shaft design problem is modelled considering the fatigue loading, combined bending, torsion loads, and the principle of Modified Goodman criteria…

Was removing some snails from the greenhouse. Opened skylight to fling them over the fence (into an uncultivated garden) and the window collapsed on my head! No injury as I was wearing a cap and the glass didn't break. Mortice joint had rotted through. Greenhouse was quite old when we arrived 40 years ago and I keep replacing bits.
Luckily I'd kept a partially rotten roof spar so was able to cut it down, using the sound part and joint it to fit.
Never throw anything that …

"Quite how Schrodinger’s Russian army, currently moving at a snail’s pace across the Ukrainian plains, can simultaneously present an existential threat to Starmer’s Camden constituency remains to be explained but the Premier chose the British/US arms giant BAE Systems’ Clydeside shipyard to insist that military spending should be prioritised over welfare and public services."
Dangerous times threaten as Labour’s militarism expands | Morning Star