Tim Evans

Closeup of green leaf dotted with tiny orange rings

Among dark green oak leaves, a monstrously lumpy & crested shape

Oak galls on Hackney Marsh. Right, a knopper (wasp) gall. Left, I've not noticed this one before, they're made by the gorgeously named Silk-button Spangle Gall Wasp (thanks, Seek app).

Both wasps produce an autumn generation of parthenogenetic females & then in Spring a sexual generation. Amazing

New Severn Estuary wetlands to be open to public, it emerges The 80-hectare site is being created as part of flood defence works along the River Severn.

Do post about how you get on.

You probably know about it, but this local BBC story may suggest some contacts?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...

Links to the perceptions in Graeber & Wengrow's The Dawn of Everything. They describe cultures in eg. North America & Turkey where people chose not to move permanently to agriculture or urbanism. And where fair debate and logic were valued above rhetorics of violence.

Screenshot of a tweet from Simon Lightwood MP. Jul 21. "Everyone deserves safe, accessible transport. That’s why we’re extending e-scooter trials to 2028 and expanding them to new towns to learn how best to regulate them. We’re also looking at our mobility aid laws so disabled people can use the devices they need for independence." Accompanied with a photo, the alt text for which was "Hire escooters parked in a line in a designated parking area", image attribution Department for Transport.

Easy to miss, but important. At @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk we've been working towards this moment for years - the DfT has publicly announced that it is looking at sorting out mobility aid laws. 🎉 Our #MyCycleMyMobilityAid campaign looks like it is paying off.

That's interesting - Alan Moore in his recent novel The Great When, says something on these lines.

Dad's Army were HG mark2. HG Mark1 was organised by Tom Wintringham, left military theorist & Spanish veteran, on guerilla lines, until the blimps sidelined him.

Join the campaign: Fairer transport for disabled students Parent carers have launched a campaign to close the loophole in the law. Please sign their letter to the Schools Minister

#TakeActionTuesday

There's still time to sign the Fairer Transport for Disabled Students letter 

Petition: Ban cheap renewable energy from being charged at the price of expensive gas Mandate energy providers to stop charging the same price as expensive gas for much cheaper renewable energy. We think they should pass any savings on to consumers, rather than keeping them as profit.

There's a parliamentary petition on this
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

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Hope no punching or chasing was involved. Well, maybe a bit of chasing.

UVW security guards at London’s top museums secure major pay rises after sustained strike action UVW

www.uvwunion.org.uk/en/news/2025...

'twasn't an organ, doctor

Sounds like a transverse decision

Petition: Make the climate emergency a lawful excuse in criminal cases Make the climate emergency a lawful excuse in criminal damage and other such cases.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Marshall Wace Trial Yesterday, billionaire Paul Marshal was rewarded by the "justice" system when Westminster Magistrate Court granted compensation following a protest at his office.

Ines Smyth, a 76 year old from Oxford & retired Development & Humanitarian worker, is now forced to pay £7,250 because…

…she told the truth & protested against Marshall’s lies by spraying a washable, organic, fake crude oil recipe on the front of the building

@just-stopoil.bsky.social

Image of hand holding megaphone with speech bubble calling for a ban on undercover police having sexual relationships while on duty with members of the public. Also a link to sign parliamentary petition about this issue.

Outraged by the #spycops scandal? Care about protecting women & girls from male sexual violence? Believe police should behave ethically?

If so, please sign our parliamentary petition to ban police officers from having sexual relationships while undercover.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

@hackneyabbott.bsky.social I'm disabled and I support the assisted dying bill because people I loved have died with avoidable suffering & I don't want that for me. Please represent me.

We’re hiring. We’re looking for an administrator. Part-time, freelance. We’ve been volunteer-led for 25 years but we’re now doing so much more! Please circulate.
@greenerhackney.bsky.social @sustainhackney.bsky.social

I wonder if light rail requires less energy than an urban road bus? fewer stops+starts, better wheel grip ... ?

Close shot of hands above a pan of liquid beeswax on a scruffy workbench. In the left hand, a narrow wooden piece 30cm long. Right hand holds a teaspoon with handle bent at right angle, dribbling wax onto wood.

Hands have separated wood into 2 bars. One has an uneven strip of wax projecting from its surface

Longer shot of smiling man holding the 2 bars . He's dressed in workshop clothes & looks very pleasant.

Neil's first go at waxing leaders on #Warré bars. Comb wax from past seasons (foundation free so no pesticides). Bain Marie. A water-soaked guide piece held against the bar. And that vital tool, a cunningly bent teaspoon. And ... voilá!
#beekeeping

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I remember Blair as PM being asked about flying to Caribbean holiday. His reply: 'No politician is going to stop people flying.' I thought, that's why we need leaders not politicians. Blair was never more than a politician.

Some marathons are metaphorical

Justin Webb at it again on #Radio4 #Today -- It must be so grievous being a researcher on that programme. You put facts in front of Webb and the little pub Tory in his head shouts Lalalala.

And full of clichés he can't even quote right. *Lay* on McDuff? I think not.

Still, good stage adaptations of, like, Zeffirelli etc

Remarkable -- a full three weeks after their normal sighting date

Petition: Require candidates for MP to be registered to vote and residents of the UK Currently, a candidate for MP is not required to be registered to vote or be resident in the UK. We ask the Government to require candidates for MP be registered to vote and residents of the UK.

Why should UK MPs be registered to vote & be resident in the UK?

Voting is a basic civic duty. If MPs aren't even registered to vote they can't fully engage with the democratic process & can't represent the public who elected them.

Please sign & share.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

"Every time I throw something away, I am bound to need it half an hour later." - Charles Darwin iirc

He had a table built with man drawers all round it, still there at Downe House.

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Wow, yes, one ex-rental in Australia, £20 postage.

(Telling you I was a librarian without telling you ...)