#Kirkcudbright looking lovely yesterday before the squally rain set in #Scotland

Beggars belief

Reducing reoffending is vital.

For people leaving prison, for communities and for the economy.

Every voter should care about education in prisons and rehabilitation🗳️

Glad we could contribute to this: so many of our guests come to us after eviction from Home Office accommodation when they get refugee status. It should be a time of celebration but it’s one of destitution & anxiety.

Read the statement from our Executive Director Caroline Coombs on the changes that come into force today.

A family is a right not a privilege.

Three good things in nature in Sichuan – April 1st to 7th - what's not to like about a sub-tropical mountain
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Totally unfair....theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

#CareersWithPlants Thinking of a career with plants? Try for a paid summer #placement or #job with plants. Wherever it is, whatever it is about, people to talk with, other roles to see. Expand your knowledge through personal experience.

Job opening: Woodland Mammal Ecologist, Forestry Commission, Forest Research.
Deadline 28/04/2024.
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BES careers MammalWeb Mammal Society IAPETUS DTP CEG Durham

Three good things in nature -the insects are back - March 18th to 24th heatherkelly.blog/2024/03/25/thr…

The imminent famine in the northern part of Gaza is an entirely manmade disaster.

I repeat my call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.

We must act now to prevent the unthinkable, the unacceptable, the unjustifiable.

Famine is now imminent in #Gaza .
Children are being starved at the fastest rate the world has ever seen.
This is unconscionable.
Israel must immediately open land crossings to Gaza, including in the north, and allow aid and aid workers to safely help those in need.
#CeasefireNOW

Feels like #spring is really on the way in these parts now - the #frogspawn is fast turning into tadpoles and I saw a Curlew just a mile or so from home :-) @NoticingNature
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Richard Chapman Please fight Tories #StopRacism
Together we can do this
MIR increasing from £18600 to £38700 means only top 30% of earners have freedom to love who they want #ToriesAreEvil it #DiscriiminatesandDevastates
- increases start 11.4.24

Sign and share
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Under the radar, Tory MPs & landowning lobbyists are trying to undermine nature protections in England.

Yesterday, Tory MP Derek Thomas tabled a Bill in Parliament to strip Natural England of its power to create nature reserves (SSSIs) & instead give that power to Ministers. 1/

Back in #GreatYarmouth this week for more 'coastal youth' fieldwork. On the off-chance you have links to those working with young people who aren't in work/training/education on the East Norfolk coast, please feel free to send them my way! 🙏 UCL Global Youth

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Is it nearly #spring yet? #NaturePhotography #Natureconnectedness

I've got a postdoc position open in my lab. Do you work on moss, single cell transcriptomics or plant developmental genomics? Consider applying for this position - more here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06360

I don't want lower taxes.

I want hospital beds.

Trains that run on time.

Kids who aren't too hungry to learn.

Libraries in every town.

Rivers that don't run with slurry.

Local councils not forced into bankruptcy.

Politicians who don't venally line their own pockets.

Its great to see all our Black Galloways together even in the rain. Our free roaming Galloways have brought the valley bottom alive over the last decade or more. Their selective grazing and micro seed bed making has helped increase bird number by 63% which is brilliant.