John Moore

Whatabout, whatabout ......
We can do what we can.

For Shropshire Day: here are some Shropshire breed sheep in Shropshire last summer.

Does that mean the works are enabled by biodiversity destruction elsewhere? I'd want to know what has been lost. But I am a fan of cornfield annuals areas, and started a project in Wakefield Dist in a former mining town back in the 90s.

Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged runs out of insults but is still working his way through his alphabetical list.

Chequered Skipper (univoltine butterfly) may skip diapause completely in captive generations raised in greenhouses where temp elevated in autumn. In wild would overwinter as fully grown larvae and pupate without further feeding in spring. Interesting work might be done here.

Get the butt of malmsey ready!

Men's Doubles Luge, Winter Olympics St Moritz 1948. When winter sports were less formal.

Have registered for potential volunteering.

The Resolution Foundation’s “Unsung Britain” is an exercise in neoliberal excuse making for the politics of destruction The Resolution Foundation (RF) sent me a very breathy press release / email this morning, promoting this: As they say: The 13 million working-age families across the poorer half of the country are ...

The Resolution Foundation’s “Unsung Britain” is an exercise in neoliberal excuse making for the politics of destruction www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/02...

Comparison of three temperate rainforest climate envelopes for Britain and Ireland: Where could our rainforest be? There are multiple methods for creating climate envelopes for temperate rainforest, and these climate envelopes result in different extents across Ireland and Britain. An awareness of these differenc...

How much temperate rainforest could there be in the UK and Ireland, and where? Despite campaigns calling for restoration in both countries, these questions have been difficult to answer. In our new paper we assess the evidence base 🌏🧪🌐🌳🌲 1/9

This was never science led, this was economy led

Here’s the problem…

Feelings started trumping facts

Stewart Lee put it perfectly when we met him…

Great news and congratulations to Middle Marches Community Land Trust on the purchase of another grassland SSSI. middlemarchescommunitylandtrust.org.uk/white-grit-m...

Don't mess with Tufty now he's grown up.

We are on our own folks. The government has abandoned us on preventions. 👇👇

Can we sue him for damage to UK's reputation? $5B or so should do.

My ticket didn't come.

Sadly I chose a stupid way to pay today (Bacs direct debit) so not processed in time to get the tickets? Leastways they haven't appeared. But please keep as a donation anyway.

YouTube video by The Midnight Special Hocus Pocus - Focus | The Midnight Special

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Covid vax day today at Tesco Extra. Outrageously expensive. Nobody masked except me and one other person waiting to be vaccinated.

Also see likely future response to Long Covid.

You do know we pay taxes for this, yes? That's why it's free at the point of delivery. It is not a government handout. It's socialised healthcare - we all pay in collectively, we access healthcare as needed. That's the theory anyway.

Seriously, WTF?

Yeah, because we're absolutely all the fucking same, aren't we? So, if I was born 6 months later none of the current shit show would be my fault in any way.

Look who came with

YouTube video by Knowledge In Films "I Hate Illinois Nazis" - The Blues Brothers (1980)

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They are very chickeny - in texture at least. I needed a ladder and climbing for collection though.

FFS

Beards were obligatory for (male) ecologists back then.