Andrew Spink

Woodpecker with red head and black and white body

What a treat to see this young great spotted woodpecker foraging for insects only a few meters from where I'm sitting to work.
#birds #birdwatching #Wageningen

Book cover on ereader showing a robot mosquito.

I've been reading Esperance by Adam Oyebanji. It was great, I really enjoyed it.
Here is my review: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/be55...

#review #scifi #detective #thriller #slavery #bookstodon #booksky #literature

I was a bit disappointed with The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson. Here is why: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/833e...
#review #scifi #books #cli-fi #bookstodon #booksky #literature

Review by andrewspink - Tussen werelden I really struggled to get through the first half of this book. It was one endless bickering be...

Ik heb, met grote moeite, Tussen Werelden (door Juli Zeh en Simon Urgan) uitgelezen. Hier is wat ik dacht: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/bb62...

#review, #literature, #booksky, #books, #boeken

Review by andrewspink - Where the Wildflowers Grow A couple of years ago, I read the completely brilliant book with exactly the same title by Lei...

I got a #review copy of Where The Wildflowers Grow by Terah Shelton Harris from #Netgalley. Here is what I thought: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/5c2b...

#books #booksky #Alabama #romance

Yes, they are tiny flowering plants that look a little moss-like

Spergula - Wikipedia

It might be thiss: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spergula

Nice photo, but those are not moss flowers!

Boek omslag op een ereader

Ik heb Dagen in de Geschiedenis van Stilte uit. Niet echt een boek voor mij. Hier is waarom; app.thestorygraph.com/books/1d5bf0...

#review #boeken #booksky #bookstodon

Signed book cover

Tijdens mijn vakantie las ik Nirwana door Tommy Wieringa. Hier is mijn indruk: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/acd3...

#boeken #books #review #literature #literatuur #wieringa

Hi Alberto, I believe that YouTube is one word.

Signed book cover

Tijdens mijn vakantie las ik Nirwana door Tommy Wieringa. Hier is mijn indruk: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/acd3...

#boeken #books #review #literature #literatuur #wieringa

Archive of all German detective novels above Cafe Sherlock, Hillersheim, Eifel.
#books #detectives #library

En dit is gewoon moord.

En hét bewijs dat de oproep om burgers uit te laten kijken naar Aziatische hoornaars een slecht idee is.

Mensen lezen de instructies niet en handelen uit reflex, het moordwapen is hier ook te zien.

waarneming.nl/observation/...

Animals are being strangled, mutilated, and left to die in agony—just for wandering into a snare. These cruel traps are still legal in England, despite bans in Scotland and Wales.

It’s time to end this barbarity.

✍️ Sign the petition: protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/

Book cover showing a small pathway down through layers of sand.

Graafdier door Nikki Dekker is een interessante boek. Hier is mijn review:
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4b7f...

#books #boeken #boek #nature #natuur #natureBooks #booksky #bookstodon #NikkiDekker

Meer leesstof!
"Het rapport is gratis te lezen en te downloaden en is bedoeld voor beleidsmakers en andere professionals in de groene hoek. Zij kunnen via dezelfde pagina een fysiek exemplaar bestellen."
Ik,als geïnteresseerde burger, heb hem ook gedownload.😅
#Biodiversiteit
@naturalis.bsky.social

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades (Gift Article) The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

NSF Physics was cut by 85%, basically wiping out most of its capacity for supporting research.

NSF Astronomy was cut by 53%

Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79%

Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO.

#GiftLink ⚛️🔭

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Experimental embryology postdoc available in my lab at the @biology.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk working on the evolution of vertebral counts. Reach out if you’re passionate about EvoDevo, enjoy lab work and microscopy and are into or could get into cichlid fishes. Deadline on the 16th June. Please share!

Book cover on ereader showing someone sitting on a diagonal plane.

Snowflake by Louise Nealon is a fun book with odd characters. Here is what I thought: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d0db...

#review #literature #ireland #snowflake #bookstodon #booksky #books #fiction

Please do. Having the best data we can helps on many fronts.

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I was lucky enough to get an advanced review copy of Call Me Ishmaelle by Xiaolu Guo to read in return for this review:
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e1e0...

#review #storygraph #literature #books #booksky #bookstodon #mobydick

Teken voor een motie van wantrouwen tegen minister Faber De ondertekenaars van deze petitie laten zien dat het Nederlandse volk klaar is met een minister die de hand boven het hoofd gehouden wordt om de coalitie bij elkaar te houden. Dit terwijl de minister...

Ik vind deze campagne erg belangrijk - doe je ook mee? actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/mo...

Boekomslag met een hekje en kat

De mosterd moorden door Chris Bajema is een ontspannen cosy-crime detective. Hier is mijn review: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/eab6...
#booksky #literature #detective #crime #boeken #books

Book cover on ereader showing a hand with a peach

I've been reading Go as a river by Shelley Read for our #bookclub. Here is what I thought : app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/39e0...

#literature #books #bookstodon #booksky #review #storygraph

Interesting photo, but it is not Sphagnum but (probably) Pseudosclarapodium.

Review by andrewspink - The Ministry of Time "Perhaps he'll die this time" is a great first line. Although the title might give the impress...

I really liked that book! app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/7d74...

Shocking green The incredible green of fresh new oak and beech leaves every year is so intense that every year it comes as a bit of a shock to see it. Especially on days like today when the sunlight shines through t...

The fresh green leaves on the trees are amazing again. Here is a new mountain bike blog about that: andrewspink.nl/mtb/en/mount...

#mountainbike #arnhem #mtb #tree #spring #botanicalmountainbiking #spring

Book cover showing the word Human reflected in sea.

I read Human by Brett Hodentt (@Cyclesoc@c.im) and enjoyed it. A fun read which also raised interesting issues. Here is my #review app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1dca...

#books #literature #sci-fi #booksky #evolution

One week left to apply for a postdoc position in beautiful Edinburgh! Fully funded, 3 years, visa sponsorship. Explore interactions between host genomes and microbiomes during population declines using #museum collections ( #aDNA #popgen #hologenomics )!