Paul Tubb

Good to see @kathleenjamie.bsky.social's favourite Cambridge postgrad is keeping true to form. Pseudo Corner, Current edition of Private Eye #pretentiousorwot

Neglect of Dartmoor's habitats by all stakeholders has facilitated the spread of Molinia across the moor (see photo), that's what's burning.

Dartmoor is a unique landscape of ecological, heritage, recreational, and carbon capture importance. When are we going to see mature, impartial, management?

Context is everything

Yes, interesting fella. The Great Game certainly attracted its fair share of Mauser broomstick wielding nutters at times. Here he is about to do yet another unspeakable atrocity

Canadian election: Mark Carney’s Liberal party wins fourth term Party written off months ago completes stunning comeback after Donald Trump’s threats boosted campaign

Thank God for that. I know the Liberals are no angels but the thought of Polievre was horrifying. Just a shame Carney isn't our PM

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Surely bookshops are pretty political?

I trust you can smell this image.

West Woods, Wiltshire, today and a crop of bluebells that can only come with 1400 years of continuous woodland cover.

Pope Francis dies aged 88, Vatican says Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican has said.

Meeting JD Vance was the final straw

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Felling of ancient London oak tree reported to police Oak in Whitewebbs park in Enfield was cut down by contractors but Enfield council has urged police to investigate

And in another spectacular example of the totally unqualified nature of the vast majority of so-called arboriculturalists...

"It's diseased, mate; it's got to come down". Hi-viz monkeys with chainsaws...

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Country diary: My fellow conservationists, take no notice of the notices | Jim Perrin Llanstephan, Powys: For my final diary after nearly 20 years, I’ve come to one of the great secrets of the Welsh hills

A quintessentially Jim Perrin Country Diary to conclude his 20 years at the Guardian

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Are Balts Eastern or Northern European?

Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate? Research suggests the scheme may be more popular than thought, with consultations dominated by a loud minority

The contrast in motorist acceptance of 20mph urban speed limits between England and Wales is remarkable and it is a result of the blanket approach used by WG. I spend a lot of time driving in Wales and some of the 20mph limits are absolutely ludicrous

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Agreed; need some hills to fix the eye on

Watchdog investigating whether Defra breaking laws on cleaning up English rivers Office for Environmental Protection says targets for water quality likely to be missed, and clarifying rules may help

Not that DEFRA has been biased towards agri-industrial interests at all; oh no no no.

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I love geology maps for exactly this reason

Economic growth for its own sake is ruining Britain | Letters Letters: Philip Wood, Daniel Scharf and Sheila Triggs respond to an article by Rowan Williams calling for a refocusing of Labour’s goals on wellbeing, not wealth

And this

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When politicians tell us to focus on growth we need to ask: ‘Why, and for whom?’ Isolate growth from public good and you are simply planning for breakdown. My research shows that a resilient society should be rooted in wellbeing, not wealth, says former archbishop of Canterbury Ro...

This

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UK inflation jumps to 3%, reducing chance of early interest rate cut Annual CPI inflation rate hit 10-month high in January in blow to ministers amid rise in food bills and fuel costs

Interesting how private school fees are included in the basket of goods and services used to calculate CPI despite only 7% of children attending independent schools.

Tells you a lot about the world view of the ONS and Treasury...

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Let's engage in a little etymology, shall we? Brave (n.) - a Native American warrior originates from the French word for warrior "brave" and used to describe "le guerrier indien". Many words associated with Native Americans were first used by voyageurs

Double (even triple)-fold appropriation?

Who wrote this drivel?

That's a fair point

Tree-killing beetle found to be attracted to Britain’s most common spruce Discovery of pest in UK raises fears for Sitka spruce, which accounts for half of country’s commercial plantations

Trying really hard to find a downside to this.

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Estate must pay £28k for using three Olympic swimming pools worth of water in drought A Dorset estate must pay almost £28,000 h for using more than 100x its licensed amount of water

Ilchester Estate being caught for once.

Well done, EA!

www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2492243...

Hello!

Water industry promises £22bn of environmental investment, funded by rising bills The Environment Agency has secured a commitment to carry out 24,000 actions over the next five years

Er, no. The water industry can pay out of its own pocket

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UK should learn from Donald Trump’s ‘boosterism’, Rachel Reeves says Chancellor calls for more positivity about Britain’s strengths after returning from World Economic Forum in Davos

Is she a clinical idiot or,like Liz Truss,just can't read a room on account of being so far along the spectrum she's incapable of normal human emotions? Johnson's boosterism is a significant cause of the mess we are now in

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it”

— Karl Popper.

First referred to in the 13th century but probably much older. Mine on speaks Early English; it's the only explanation for his insubordination.

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Gift for you

Essex, innit?