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ianhunt, 10 months ago to random

Late for #WildflowerHour -- we were working! Getting saplings out of the meadow on our plot at community garden. Tufted Vetch flourishing this year. That, and Meadow Vetchling are main pea family plants here; also Smooth Tare (lots), Hairy Tare (first time I've seen it on this patch), White Clover and one clump of Birdsfoot Trefoil. Much more ragwort this year; and Hogweed made first appearance. Grass and plant growth in general less, owing to lack of rainfall. #ClimateDiary

ianhunt, 10 months ago to pakistan

Deaths, injuries -- from building collapses and electrocution. Terrifying. 'Pakistan, which has the world’s fifth largest population, is responsible for less than 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to officials. However, it is one of the most vulnerable countries to the extreme weather caused by global heating.' #pakistan #ClimateDiary https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/07/pakistan-monsoon-floods-punjab-province-deaths

ianhunt, 11 months ago to random

A week or so either side of northern summer #solstice we are able to watch the sun set between buildings on the other side of the courtyard, from the front door of flat (on top floor). The jasmine in the big pot is out and scents the air. For a moment, everything feels all right.

ianhunt, 11 months ago to random

Silent spring. This Pyracantha hedge (London, UK) last year was covered in insects . . . yesterday just a solitary Andrena scotica and a few honeybees and flies. Impressionistic records of insect population can't be more than that. Local weather conditions this year (esp that late frost) may be something to do with it -- has there been any discussion of this? But still, it's eerily silent. #insects #bees #bioabundance https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/28/conserve-insects-or-birds-will-vanish-with-them?fbclid=IwAR3BqZ1VlWy_ZsoPJD-C9sGFZJUTsGl-Pb2dts9zuT3wGDY1d-TYiCfXhH0

ianhunt, 1 year ago to random

Tipula vernalis -- first one I've seen, a sign of Spring -- at Gillespie Park, #Islington, reclaimed from railway and industrial land. A common cranefly with an interesting wing pattern and striking green eyes. #Bioabundance matters in different ways, and just as much, as #Biodiversity. #ClimateDiary #insects

Barros_heritage, 1 year ago to academicchatter

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ianhunt, 1 year ago to random

1 of 3/ Jenny Erpenbeck, Heimsuchung, 2008, translated as Visitation, 2010. I seem to have read very few C21 German writers, but have finally made a start on Jenny Erpenbeck, in Susan Bernofsky's brilliant translation, unaccountably not attributed on the cover of the book. Place and a building is centred here, not character as such -- or even 'history' as some kind of stand-in character. #JennyErpenbeck #Bookstodon #GermanLiterature

ianhunt, 1 year ago to random

#GPEW in local elections. I like the look of these maps today (Guardian + BBC). Greens are functioning as an anti-Tory vote in places without much of a Labour tradition and as v strong 2nd party to Labour in eg S Tyneside. Well placed to influence many councils in no overall control (grey on BBC map). Rough maths (check this for me!): Greens far away winners in percentage rise, 50% up, LDs 24% up, Labour 20% up. But maths may be shonky. I am using BBC figures to work this out.

BBC Map of England councils -- which party controls. Greens now have first majority on a council in Mid-Suffolk! Many are in No Overall Control.

felicitymartin, 1 year ago to random

May Day green. A lovely walk this morning while the world was fresh. Bathed my face in the dew - not that it’s likely to do much good! #spring #Scotland #MayDay