Michael Hogg

Poster illustrating dialogue between Scotland and the UK state, revealing that in this 'partnership of equals', the UK won't allow Scotland to vote o independence.

“Equal partners” Theresa May, Tories
A ‘more equal union than anywhere in the world” BetterTogether
A “Union of equals and partnership” Johan Lamont, Labour.
If England decided it wanted to vote on becoming independent, do you think it would have to ask Scotland’s permission first?

Not in my Scottish Name 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

So, when US citizens start arriving on our shores trying to claim asylum, how will our politicians react, do you think?
Will the reaction depend on the skin tone of the asylum seekers, or their sexual orientation or gender expression?
Hmm...

Things in flower from Colzium park, Kilsyth
#wildflowerhour

So many good people from down south and they just do not see how poor their political system is or that the UK is a forced union. Actually they don’t care. Easier that way.

Any country can vote to leave the EU but only English politicians get to decide who can vote to leave their union.

Mick Lynch "Nigel Farage is a racist."

RT if Mick is right.

'They attack disabled, migrants, travellers, homeless - next they attack you"
Spotted in Liverpool, UK

GB Energy was only ever about removing energy from Scotland to profit private investors in England.

Scotland's "journalists" should be kept indoors by their owners to prevent them from annoying the rest of us....

I always used to think that the lyrics to the Happy Days theme song were
"Goodbye grace guy, hello blue..."
😂😂😂

It is still unbelievable to me that anyone in Scotland would vote blue.

Front cover of a new book on British spiders by Richard Lewington. It has an illustration of a Wasp Spider. Published by Bloomsbury.

Meta menardi in a cave. A glossy dark brown spider. It is resting on white spherical egg sac hanging from the ceiling.

Metallina merianae, in a culvert. This is the more unusual var. celata, with a broad cream stripe down the dark brown abdomen.

New spider book!🕷

@rlewington2.bsky.social has produced this beautiful guide to some of our UK species.

A while ago I provided 'models' of cave-dwelling sps. V. happy to get a copy of the finished book as thanks😊

Buy it. And make 2025 the year you get into spiders!
@britishspiders.bsky.social

Dicranopalpus ramosus sens. lat. : England : VC21 Middlesex : TQ2679 : January 2025

Dicranopalpus ramosus sens lat on plane tree in Kensington Gardens in London, TQ27/VC21 Middlesex, England. Probably far too cold to run away from camera! @megabunus.bsky.social @vannabartlett.bsky.social is 'Zorro mask' on this male good enough for D ramosus sens str? Happy to iRecord either way.

A sedge flush dominated by Mountain Bog-sedge (Carex rariflora), a population of 10,000s of this wonderful nationally rare plant

Top refind for me last year - Mountain Bog-sedge (Carex rariflora) in the Angus Glens, last recorded in 1875 😁😍

Peter Merrett delivering a talk on the history of the BAS - Photo: Richard Gallon.

It's with great sadness that we report the death of legendary British arachnologist, colleague and friend, Peter Merrett. A former BAS president, Peter edited the Bulletin (now Arachnology) for a remarkable 37 years. He published widely and was the ultimate judge of all our ID difficulties.

This is a terrible loss for arachnology, and a worse loss for his friends and family.

A great man, a terrible loss.

If, like me, you are hunkered down as #StormEowyn rages, then here is a hopeful pic of Purple Saxifrage, one of our earliest flowering mountain plants, to help get you through! Stay safe out there.
plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...

Pale chonky pseudoscorpion with big red pinchy claws, feeding on a long worm-like beetle larvae

Pseudoscorpion with a snack 👀
(she got a beetle larvae)

A dark bodied harvestman with long black legs on a brick wall. This one is a male.

A long legged harvestman on a red brick wall. This one is a female, her oval shaped abdomen is dark pinky-brown with a black area in front of the eyes, a dark square patch towards the rear of the abdomen and some pale markings along the sides. She has long dark legs.

A group of 8 harvestmen clustered loosely together on a red brick wall. They have very long dark legs and dark bodies, slightly blurred as they were bouncing up and down as they were photographed.

24 from 2024: My Invertebrate Highlights.
21. Leiobunum Species A. An enigmatic harvestman as yet undescribed as nobody knows where it comes from. Privileged to be invited to see the first recorded individuals in Norfolk on a private house somewhere near Stalham.

An old alder tongue fungus. I am very pleased with this photo, taken on my phone, as most of my.phone pics are dreadful.

This is the only flag I’m flying today. For Janey. #Trumpisacunt Let’s make it trend.

[source: @msm_monitor] We've checked the RCN survey and can confirm BBC Scotland misled the public.

The only reference to patients dying in corridors was in the English NHS sample. The only reference to a miscarriage in a side room was in Yorkshire. /->

Just think what they will achieve when given time.
Actually, I dread to think.