Kevin Thornton

Gwan, sabotage them pics by tilting the tree and leaving the telly in. Acceptable grounds for divorce, right there🎅

High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study Pesticide Action Network Europe study finds average concentrations 100 times higher than in tap water

“The highest levels were found in Irish breakfast cereal, followed by Belgian wholemeal bread, then German wholemeal bread, then French baguette. It was found across a huge range of products, from spaghetti, to cheese scones and ginger bread.” 🥖

Quote: Brian Jones, PhD - 'What's stressing this immunologist? Political indifference to nature, disease and the climate crisis' Pic: Winchelsea beach and Fairlight cliffs.

Advent #4

"As the climate warms, the ranges of disease-carrying species, such as mosquitoes, expand, so that tropical infectious diseases like malaria and dengue fever are spreading increasingly widely."

"Suck it in, keep leaning, no-one about, camera and rucksack safe, deffo a one-take selfie, do stop shaking legs, just keep staring at the cormorants out on marooned wreck of the pier.."

(You give this big kid a chance to act like the French Lieutenant Woman's half-wit brother, he's gonna take it😜)

Herne Bay. Shopping trip brightened by having 400 metre breakwater 'Neptune's Arm' all to myself for an hour.

Oh yeah, can still set a timer and race up viewing platform for a selfie😀 Did need most of that hour to recover tho'😉

(Redshank roost and a restless Kingfisher also aided my recovery.)

The wreck off of Motney - not a boat, but an old caisson from Chatham Dockyard, lost under tow and now stuck on the wonderfully named 'Wallop Stone'.

Best dawn forecast for next fortnight? Best get out there.

Windmill Hill: lot of finches scattered thru' tall hedging, nice to hear a few Brambling.
Squinting out at Motney, just able to make out the Harrier roost waking up.

That'll do me 'til the next sunny morn.

Watching an old episode of 'Out of town' from 40yrs ago and Jack Hargreaves talking about the lack of birds around compared to when he was a boy. Wonder what he'd say now....😱

Quote: Charlie Gardner, PhD - 'Walking in water' Pic: Brede Valley, sunset. Lines of gulls pass overhead, from inland feeding to their nocturnal roost on the waters of Rye Bay.

Advent #3

"As an activist, I realised, I must do more than just ring the fire alarm: I must also detail the way out of the building, and show people how to find it."

🤔 But then fraud is rife, at a variety of levels, in all aspects of life. Even within our birding community. (And not just photoshop 😉) And like many other groups, we know how to circle waggons and protect.

2/2

..as annual county analysis isn't structured survey analysis.

For writing county common spp. a/cs, take the trends, leave out outliers, provide a considered narrative.🤔

🤔 True - but then, as the blogpost argues, it wasn't designed to produce something useful in standalone.

And not designed to fit perfectly w. counties? I can only comment on a couple of conversations I've had w. county writers here. "Won't use as I don't know that person." Shouldn't matter..

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Here, our 11 ton avg annual carbon lifestyles are what we've always known. Consume, consume. We're *totally immersed*. Phaps why talk alone isn't being heard? People not yet seeing enough bods acting as they talk? That tipping point a hard one to reach?🤔

Not easy.

2/2

Apols for delay- been musing on another quote from Dec 1 advent essay:
"Phaps it's bec ause we are so much a part of the problem that we find it so hard.. A fish, so they say, can't understand the concept of water, so completely is it immersed in this substance that it is all it's ever known.."

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Apols, stepped away from own thread as felt own views might drown replies😉

If not a society, no complaints.

If Charitable Society exists there's a remit e.g. "accurate historical record.. providing data that can be used to help protect valuable habitats"

All too easy not to review against remit.

Scientists on Survival Check out this great listen on Audible.com. In this important and timely audiobook, scientists from a broad range of disciplines detail their personal responses to climate change and the ecological cr...

Shucks, thanks so much!☺️ Means a lot, as felt a tad cheeky thread-quoting in same yr as publication - but in end felt had to, such an great read👍

(And have just spotted is out on audible if any Bsky chums prefer to listen www.audible.co.uk/pd/Scientist...)

YouTube video by LBC James O'Brien tells billionaire: 'hop on your jet and go to Dubai'

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Before / After on the right bank of the Seine in Paris. A classic video I posted on Twitter a few years ago I had not posted here yet.

Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales Site deletes feature after real estate agents and some homeowners say scores appear arbitrary and hurt sales

The new American dream: Buy a house, make it a home, save for the future, lose it all to a predictable climate disaster you weren't warned about because damage from Big Oil's pollution is now hurting real estate agent commissions!

Floods kill at least 1,100 people across south and south-east Asia – video Authorities in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia race to help victims of devastating flooding

The floods in South East Asia are coving a mind bogglingly large territory. As if there was flooding from Scotland to Southern Spain. This is not normal.

www.theguardian.com/world/video/...

In conversation with Helen Coffey | The Flight Free Podcast Helen Coffey, head of travel at The Independent, joins us to discuss her experience of taking the flight free pledge for the fourth year in a row.

Helen Coffey, travel writer, has taken the Flight Free pledge 4 years straight. She’s swapped frequent flying for slow travel ferries, trains, even cargo ships, finding trips more intentional, immersive, and sustainable. #FlightFree #SlowTravel #EcoTravel flightfreeuk.podbean.com/e/in-convers...

At least 1,250 people dead: What caused the devastating Asia floods? Climate advocates say it's time to move to accountability for climate change, as people in Asia are living the evidence.

Over 1,250 now confirmed killed in Asia floods. Storms that form over warmer seas hold more moisture and cause more intense rainfall.
“I have covered natural disasters, and usually, there is an area where landslides are contained, but this time, landslides have affected all the villages that we saw”

Satellite imagery shows massive flooding in Thailand > www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Flood #Landslide #Songkhla #Thailand

As I probably won't be back at my allotment until late January .. here's a memory of Orlando, my landlord, enjoying a rest in the spring sunshine on my plot that he checks out regularly especially in spring & early summer.
See you soon Sir!

YouTube video by Rush is a Band December 2, 2012 - Rush 2112 references in FOX's "American Dad!"

December 2, 2012 - #Rush 2112 references in FOX's "American Dad!" (Season 9, Episode 5 - "Error Guitar") youtu.be/2flpDlE1EVI

Some local orchards picked, many not.
(Some plucked for good.)

Windfall presently going free to any finch flock in need.

Kent. The so-called "Garden of England".
The astroturf is on order.

70 years ago today, Rosa Parks became a legend

Tired after a long day at work & fed up with the injustice of it all, one day she sat on a ‘whites-only’ bus seat and, when asked to move, decided on the spot to refuse

She was arrested, and her courage sparked an uprising

Or so the story goes

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Footpath Closed Ahead.

Surely one of the most pointless signs I’ve come across.

Slight change in route required towards the end of my run.

28k of muddy, wet fun in East Devon.

#TrailRunning

YouTube video by A greener life, a greener world Sustainability Advent Calendar - Ep 1 - Dr Jennifer Brandon

The 1st of December has arrived, and so has our alternative sustainability Advent Calendar.

In the first episode, Jennifer Brandon shares six tips for limiting microplastics exposure in 2026:

#sustainability #adventcalendar #sustainabilityvoices

Quote: Nikki Tagg, PhD - 'Wildlife at the heart' Pic: A sunset, beyond Cadborough Cliff, Brede Valley.

Advent #2

"People in the Global North live in bubbles. We surround ourselves with stuff, immerse ourselves in a human-made world, live without any connection to nature, and deny any need for it. For many people, nature can seem peripheral, optional or irrelevant.."

I have high levels of forever chemicals in my blood - what can I do about it? The chemicals would

"Any level of PFAS above 2ng (nanograms) per millilitre of blood is considered to bring health risks, according to Dr Sabine Donnai, a specialist in preventative healthcare. She has never met anyone without at least some PFAS in their bloodstream.
My result was 9.8ng per millilitre."