Just thought I’d have a glance over this - food for thought bbc.com/news/election-2017-3…
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The origin story of the famous Chincoteague ponies is the stuff of legend. New DNA analysis shows the myths may turn out to be true on.natgeo.com/3cM1oW8
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I fucking live for unhinged Victorian Christmas cards. Some years I just share the terror with friends, and others I choose to spread the chaos. This year I pick the latter.
Let’s start with the truly inexplicable.
Frog + beetle waltz
Sky jellyfish
Mutant beet-man
GOAT
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Can any one help me identify this #wildflowerID strimmed at the local cemetery @BSBIbotany
Many thanks @nervousbotanist @thenewgalaxy @Ohnstadio I’ll get in touch with the council, and 🤞🏻 for next year
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Long before the publication of the A-Z, Matthew Paris was designing his itinerary maps, the perfect guide for any traveller going on pilgrimage. Explore his suggested routes, from London to Italy and the Holy Land in today’s blogpost.
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ALT An opening from an itinerary map designed by Matthew Paris, showing an outline of the city of Acre, with added parchment flaps.
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Epic experience watching a Sand Wasp digging a burrow, stuffing in food, then filling & hiding the hole @RSPBMinsmere #DiggerAlley yesterday. Full version youtu.be/rRcrm9mlE1c
@StevenFalk1
@Buzz_dont_tweet
@RSPBEngland
@Natures_Voice
@BBCSpringwatch
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The kids above the bed have moulted #spiderlings #cellarspider #cellarspidersurvey #Pholcusphalangioides #spiders
Water Plantain just going over for #wildflowerhour #bogplants Primeval looking tussock in the background
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#WorldPopulationDay If 100 people lived on earth:
1 person has 50% of all money 💵
14 people cannot read 📚
10 people have no clean water 🍵
50 people with no Internet access 💻
@biz @kiranshaw @PriyankaCRaina @ImRaina @AidanRGallagher @UNFPAasia
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"When you hold the pressed flower against the light and see the perfectly formed detail, you realise how wonderful nature is." Jane Anashka. Order @Savemeimwild's stunning photographic prints of pressed wild flowers at Handmade in Britain bit.ly/2M9r4LC
