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Dr John Peters

@john-twohoots.bsky.social

One time Professor of Higher Education; student partnership and social justice. Early NTF. Dad and historian. Now usually found in the woods or the woodshed; nature watching and wood turning.

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History repeats. That’s why in Europe we have the ECHR. πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί

04.10.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1075    πŸ” 405    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 12
A view of the distant Malvern hills, under a blue sky, with mist shrouded fields in the middle distance. The fluffy heads of β€˜old man’s beard’ cover the hedge in the foreground.

A view of the distant Malvern hills, under a blue sky, with mist shrouded fields in the middle distance. The fluffy heads of β€˜old man’s beard’ cover the hedge in the foreground.

The Shire, shrouded in mist this morning.

30.09.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A hummingbird hawk moth siting on a rock.

A hummingbird hawk moth siting on a rock.

Nice to see this buzzing about #Blackhousewood last week. Sorry not to get a photo in flight but nice to get one for identification! @WorcsWT

10.08.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests Usage of punctuation down almost half in two decades as further research finds 67% of British students rarely use it

Oh no; this is terrible! www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

19.05.2025 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Labour is handing this country on a silver platter to Reform. People do not vote Labour because they hate immigrants and want Reform-lite. They vote Labour because they want it to make a positive difference to their lives.

02.05.2025 06:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5355    πŸ” 1360    πŸ’¬ 296    πŸ“Œ 108
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Clause 39, Magna Carta, June 1215

β€œThe past is never dead. It's not even past"
William Faulkner

19.04.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 250    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 4
Marion Montgomery & Dudley Moore - "Close Your Eyes"
YouTube video by CjamPhotography Marion Montgomery & Dudley Moore - "Close Your Eyes"

That’s wonderful, hadn’t seen it before. Also love this and not sure how Marion Montgomery kept a straight face towards the end.

youtu.be/55sQd3UX8Wg?...

19.04.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Dudley Moore Little Miss Britten.
YouTube video by The Nostalgia Machine Dudley Moore Little Miss Britten.

As Dudley Moore would have been 90 today, here is a piece of genius. youtu.be/KdmoxlqQQ4c?...

19.04.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5
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I'm going to lower the tone now, and share this clip from Colbert's interview with Gary Oldman, who loses it completely when 'Jackson Lamb's noises are added to his other roles...

14.03.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1392    πŸ” 547    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2
The Great Big Pseudoarcheology Debunk (Graham Hancock, Dan Richards, Jimmy Corsetti)
YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains The Great Big Pseudoarcheology Debunk (Graham Hancock, Dan Richards, Jimmy Corsetti)

this video is the clearest narrative that tells about the last year of my life. from the debate on joe rogan to the harassment i've faced in the aftermath. plus I cameo at the end

any boosts greatly appreciated!

youtu.be/JK4Fo6m9C9M?...

15.04.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Great Big Pseudoarcheology Debunk (Graham Hancock, Dan Richards, Jimmy Corsetti)
YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains The Great Big Pseudoarcheology Debunk (Graham Hancock, Dan Richards, Jimmy Corsetti)

Amazing video by Professor Dave about Graham Hancock, Joe Rogan, Jimmy Corsetti, Dan Richards, and me

Please share far and wide!

youtu.be/JK4Fo6m9C9M?...

15.04.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 231    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 9
Yellow sunburst of a flower, its petals are long and thin, radiating out from a pointy closely packed centre. The petals are thinner and more rounded at the tips than yesterday's yellower flower.

Yellow sunburst of a flower, its petals are long and thin, radiating out from a pointy closely packed centre. The petals are thinner and more rounded at the tips than yesterday's yellower flower.

A dandelion.

12.04.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Bright golden yellow flowers made up of many long oblong petals around a tight centre, the petal with jagged saw tooth ends.

Bright golden yellow flowers made up of many long oblong petals around a tight centre, the petal with jagged saw tooth ends.

Not a dandelion.

11.04.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Four stems of toothwort - looking like towers of molar teeth abandoned by the tooth fairy - at the base of a hazel coppice

Four stems of toothwort - looking like towers of molar teeth abandoned by the tooth fairy - at the base of a hazel coppice

A veritable forest of toothwort at the lower entrance to #Blackhousewood. @worcswt.bsky.social

11.04.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A Small Tortoiseshell butterfly perched on a yellow flower.

A Small Tortoiseshell butterfly perched on a yellow flower.

The latest data from the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme has shown that 2024 was the worst year on record for the Small Tortoiseshell, with a steep 86% decline in abundance since 1976. πŸ“‰

πŸ“·: Iain H Leach
#ButterflyEmergency @ukbms.bsky.social

10.04.2025 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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This.

10.04.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Green fields, hedgerows, a cherry tree in white blossom, and the β€˜blue remembered hills’ beyond.

Green fields, hedgerows, a cherry tree in white blossom, and the β€˜blue remembered hills’ beyond.

Another frosty, then misty start to yet another beautiful spring day in the Shire. πŸ€—

10.04.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
πŸ“· Mark Searle

πŸ“· Mark Searle

Time to dive into the 2024 @ukbms.bsky.social results. Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) had its worst year since monitoring began. This was also the case in each of the 4 UK countries separately. It’s had 10 below average years in a row now and has declined by a staggering 86% since 1976.

04.04.2025 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

The count today included 7 peacock, 3 large white, 3 comma, 3 orange tip, 2 red admiral and 3 speckled wood! πŸ™Œ #blackhousewood @worcswt.bsky.social

07.04.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Giraffe coloured, brown with yellow patches, butterfly on bright green wood spurge

Giraffe coloured, brown with yellow patches, butterfly on bright green wood spurge

First Speckled Wood of the year! πŸ₯Ή #blackhousewood @worcswt.bsky.social

07.04.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Small tortoiseshell butterfly on meadow chaff.

Small tortoiseshell butterfly on meadow chaff.

By no means the greatest photo but, given that I didn’t see a single small tortoiseshell butterfly last year, still worth celebrating!

06.04.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A peacock butterfly in the leaf litter.

A peacock butterfly in the leaf litter.

10 Peacock butterflies, 2 red admirals and a Brimstone on the way round #blackhousewood today @worcswt.bsky.social

03.04.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For Americans who didn’t get the joy of living through the Truss/Kwarteng budget, this is the point where the government starts to call the stock market left-wing and/or woke.

03.04.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6487    πŸ” 1275    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 75
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Busy day of media interviews spreading the news of the @ukbms.bsky.social officially dreadful year for UK butterflies in 2024. 51/58 species declined, with common species having their 2nd worst year on record butterfly-conservation.org/make-your-pr... 🌍

02.04.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Nearly 40% of the world’s dirty money flows through London.
But which institutions are profiting from it – and why has Britain become so central to the global kleptocracy?
Tom Mayne joins @seththevoz.bsky.social on The Bunker to follow the money.

Listen: linktr.ee/bunker_pod

03.04.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 203    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
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​​Matt Hancock Used His Personal Email Account to Help β€˜VIP’ Supplier Win Β£25 Million COVID PPE Contract Excalibur Healthcare, which supplied the UK Government with tens of millions of pounds worth of unusable PPE, ultimately folded owing taxpayers Β£22 million

Matt Hancock used his personal email account to help a 'VIP' supplier win a Β£25 million PPE Covid contract

The company, which supplied the NHS with tens of millions of pounds worth of completely unusable PPE, later went bust, owing taxpayers millions

bylinetimes.com/2025/04/03/m...

03.04.2025 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1395    πŸ” 792    πŸ’¬ 124    πŸ“Œ 55
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It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.

03.04.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 10702    πŸ” 3991    πŸ’¬ 175    πŸ“Œ 446
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I took this photo less than 10 years after the deer fence behind was erected. Before it went up, the land behind was just grass, exactly like the foreground where he sheep are.

*Nothing* was planted here.

"It's not rocket science" is an understatement.
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29.03.2025 06:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1642    πŸ” 266    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 24
Comma butterfly, glowing orange and brown, by a twig in the leaf litter

Comma butterfly, glowing orange and brown, by a twig in the leaf litter

Two commas and a brimstone on the way round #blackhousewood today @worcswt.bsky.social

19.03.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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