The Watchful Cook

All fingers, toes and paws crossed for you, Sam!

Thirty years of glacier grounding line retreat in Antarctica | PNAS The Grounding Line (GL)—the transition from ice grounded on the continent and ice afloat in the ocean—is a sensitive indicator of glacier stability...

A multiple-satellite study of Antarctica’s grounding line area show a loss of 12,820 km2 over the last 30 years. Grounding lines are the contact points where continental ice sheets anchor to the seabed, slowing their flow into the oceans.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#Antarctica #sealevelrise

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Yep. Can’t afford to replace my 2015 MacBook with like-for-like.

A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔

100% agree.

A German court has ruled that it is legal to state that the man who runs the Müller (Rice) empire is a supporter of the far-right AfD. Müller repeatedly denied it, which says everything about how bad he knew that association could be for his business. I hope the boycotts intensify.

But you can’t use this for rabbit pie!
Can you?

"Snowcrust Moon, Adrift"
#NativeWriter
40 new patrons at $25/month cover all Aji's household bills & get daily vignettes of life on the alpine desert (Taos) Reservation where Aji lives. Today is a good day to subscribe.

March 3rd. New month. #HelpFolksLive2026 thread. Something's *always* due & food is *always* needed. Things only get better with community action. *Now* is when folks need food, water, shelter, meds. *Now* is when we/the community needs to be there for each other. There's no one else. Just us.

The morning of the second of March. Five and twenty past eight. "I'm terribly sorry to call so early," said the Dragon of Kensington Church Street to Old Fox, "just wanted to wish you a happy St David's Day for yesterday! I quite forget, I'm ashamed to say. May I make a toast over the telephone? I'm drinking a very nice cup of tea as I speak." Old Fox made the necessary salutations and soothing phrases – "quite alright," "no bother at all!" "I believe the Bishop would enjoy an extra day!" – and together, one in a warm, book-lined study in a Dorset cottage, the other in a rather smart sitting room in a London flat, they toasted Saint David and his mother, Saint Non, and her mother and grandmother before her, and then they settled down to a very enjoyable catch-up, as the first warm sun of the year streamed in and the first daffodils nodded in park and field.

A beautiful 1821 Edo-period Japanese woodblock print from the series "Remarkable women of the floating world" (浮世名異女図会) by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865).

A beautiful 1821 Edo-period Japanese woodblock print from the series "Remarkable women of the floating world" (浮世名異女図会) by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865).

For sale! A beautiful 1821 Edo-period Japanese woodblock print from the series "Remarkable women of the floating world" (浮世名異女図会) by Utagawa Kunisada (1786 - 1865). Dm to buy or go to my Etsy shop here: etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

#JapaneseArt #FloatingWorld #UtagawaKunisada #ForSale #ArtSky

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Anyone have a spare laptop they don't need ? The power port on my laptop has stopped working so I could really use another laptop as I will lose access to the world in the next 10 hours.

Yorkshire to decide fracking proposal and not the Government Secretary of State declines to call in Burniston fracking proposal River Ure in Yorkshire Proposals for fracking near Scarborough will now not be ‘called in’ by the Government and instead the decis…

"People will not stop fighting until it’s dead and buried."

Radioactive waste, water contamination & seismic activity - why people in Burniston, North Yorkshire, say they will keep up the fight until their homes are safe from the threat of fracking:

climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/02/y...

Thanks for listening and for the shout-out!

Hi @eatcookexplore.bsky.social. Here's an episode from a quiet place - a good distraction.

I find it helps to calm me, hope it works for you too.

I find it helps to calm me, hope it works for you too.

a cat is peeking out of a box with the words `` hug coming your way '' written on it . Alt: Grey and white cat standing up on his hind paws and stretching up for a hug. Text says “hug coming your way” followed by a red heart.

Sorry to hear you’re not in the pink today. At least you had emotional support from one of them!
Have a hug

Good idea. I’m listening to @radiolento.bsky.social a lot. A bigly lot.

Project Officer, Natur Am Byth! (Swansea Bay’s Stars of the Night) - Swyddog Prosiect Natur Am Byth! (Sêr y Nos Bae Abertawe) - Bat Conservation Trust Fixed term, Home based, Part-time (22.5 hrs/week)£30,000 - £32,000 pro rata depending on experience (£18,000 - £19,200 at 0.6 FTE)

🦇We are recruiting! We are seeking a Project Officer to deliver the last 2 years of the Swansea Bay’s Stars of the Night project, a component of Natur Am Byth!

Fixed term, Home based, Part-time (22.5 hrs/week).

Deadline: 9am, 13 March www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...

👍🏻

After having evaded service themselves…

Tiny, little, old white men are the biggest threat to everything good in this world.

Must admit, I was wondering…

🔥 Might be a good time to drive this over 100,000.

Link —> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

Oh god, speaking as someone who has had a finger wagging from her Doctor re cholesterol, this is torture. Wonderful, but torture.

Ditto
Sigh…