#Shetland flowers are really doing their thing now. Marsh Marigold (Blugga), Tormentil, Spring Squill and Cuckooflower all in fine fettle #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
Searching for orchids on Scat Ness. A few (well, ok one) Early-Marsh, but lots of Heath-Spotted. #ScatNessSunday #Shetland #orchids
#Shetland has finally caught up with last week’s #OrchidChallenge A few Early Marsh ssp. Coccinea and lots of Heath Spotted #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscotland.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social
Today June 10th is Age Without Limits Day. Plenty to think about here!
www.agewithoutlimits.org
Hanging out with the puffins on Monday morning at Sumburgh Head #Shetland #puffins
Puffins in the Mist at Sumburgh Head #shetland
Monthly report for May 2026. Oxford & Shetland rossmac.blogspot.com/2026/06/mont...
Today is the first day of #30DaysWild, run by The Wildlife Trusts. More info here,
if you’re interested: www.wildlifetrusts.org/30dayswild
And this exchange with Dominic Cummings is perfect.
Read the whole obituary here www.ft.com/content/59c9...
Schama’s best critique of the man-child #Hegseth :
“As if the little people’s rage against immigration somehow is superior to the war against the 3rd Reich and entitles this comic book nobody to lecture the actual heroes.”
‘Comic book nobody’ sums up Hegseth really well.
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The Age Without Limits campaign aims to change the way we all think about ageing and support a growing movement of people and organisations working to make society more age-inclusive.
Historian Simon Schama on US defense secretary Pete Hegseth’s D-Day remarks.
Schama described the remarks as a “special kind of loathsomeness: a blend of historical deafness, grotesque stupidity and comically ludicrous self-importance.”
Historians and campaigners accuse US defence secretary of desecrating memory of soldiers who fell in Normandy
