Dave Hemprich-Bennett

Specieswatch: push to reintroduce lynx into UK gathers momentum It’s 1,300 years since apex predator known for keeping ecosystems in balance was hunted to extinction

The push to reintroduce lynx in Britain is gathering momentum.

Come on, Ireland!!!
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i hope and assume that they’ve added a ‘turbo’ button. anything else would be unethical imo

OpenAI: we’re giving you PhD-level expertise in your pocket!

Everyone with PhDs: I know exactly who you’re automating and I hate him

Heck, this PhD can’t even manage a short post with no typos

In fairness, I’ve definitely had conversations with people with. PhDs that have felt similar

So we have this database for wildlife disease surveillance, and we made a data standard, and an R and Python package to help you clean your data, and two years in we just still cannot get first adopters, so here’s my new bit: I will personally Venmo you $20 of my personal money to share a dataset

Dispelling harmful misinformation about M&S 'trans' bra fitting row Dangerous misinformation over an M&S 'trans' bra fitting story is spreading online; here's what we actually know.

The moment I saw that "trans bra" M & S story I sensed it was nonsense.

Seconds later, having read the Telegraph piece I knew it was worse than that. It was deliberate hate mongering completely devoid of evidence, names and facts.

Superb job of debunking it here
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Proceeded to make my singing *even less* rhythmic and even more monotonous, that did the trick. Good luck dancing to that bubs 💪

I’m singing my toddler soothing lullabies to try and lull her to sleep. She’s started energetically dancing along, just vibing.

Unsure what my next move is. Defeated

We once loved pigeons. We might not remember that, but they do | Joseph Earp The gentle, beautiful curiosity of humans led to the discovery that these birds are able to differentiate between paintings by Monet and Picasso

It's nice to see more discussion about the origin of pigeons that, like gentle and humble dandelions, follow in the dismissive wreckage of human history, without any fault of their own.

Rewilding group to assess possible return of white storks to London Citizen Zoo to map habitats in the capital and consult boroughs and the public about reintroduction of the birds

'An urban rewilding group is seeking the public’s views on the potential return of white storks to London as part of a project to see if the birds could make a home in the capital.'

Survey link here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/brighton/t...

Kinda interestingly (to me): my muscles are now aching waaay more than I would have expected from a 6 mile race. Presumably I did a load more anaerobic respiration than normal during the race due to impaired breathing, and that takes longer to recover from. Fun.

Free ice cream for all, no chimes needed

Three hours later and I’m still coughing 🙄😭 the race photographer took a photo of all the guys at the front looking impressive on the start line and there’s me right in the middle, taking my inhaler lmao

I doubt there are many race directors following me on here but in case: if your inflatable start-line requires the runners to spend ages stood next to a diesel generator breathing in fumes before beginning a run, know that you’re pissing off all asthmatics in your midst

Even the Neanderthal-brain-robots are becoming crab now

An infinitely better idea than a pretend direwolf at least

It’s about damn time tbh

The Offspring > The Foo Fighters

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If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:

Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.

Cartoon drawing of Nietzsche hoovering and thinking "God I hate this thing". Caption reads Nietzsche abhors a vacuum.

Nietzsche abhors a vacuum

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…’thank you’ for reminding me this song exists. I think

Co-sign for Bangor being a great place to be. I’ve no idea about the forestry programme but loved my year living in North Wales during my masters

Job opening: lecturership (research & teaching) in forestry or agroforestry at Bangor University. This is probably the best forestry programme in the UK and a great place to work. Deadline 1 Sep. More here: 🌳🌲🌏

Cc @shetrockpoolsafari.bsky.social, I wonder what you guys will wind up discovering 😉

Tourist discovers ‘extinct’ jellyfish while rock-pooling in Outer Hebrides Thistle-shaped Depastrum cyathiforme was last seen in France in 1976, but has now been found on South Uist

This is kinda lovely www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“If the title is a question the answer is almost always ‘no’”

Somebody asking Google Gemini to give them a random 32-character string and it responding with “aBcDeFgHiJkLmNoPqRsTuVwXyZ0123456789”

Lmao this rules so hard

BIG NEWS: For the first time in six years, Britain's rarest breeding bird has successfully nested in the UK!

A pair of Montagu's Harriers have raised four healthy chicks, all of which have taken their first flights.

I nicked a pot plant from an All Bar One when drunk. Watered it for 2 years before discovering it was made of plastic. I have a PhD in Plant Molecular Biology.