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Prof Dr Kevin Fong giving the most devastating and moving testimony to the Covid Inquiry of visiting hospital intensive care units at the height of the second wave in late Dec 2020. The unimaginable scale of death, the trauma, the loss of hope. Please watch this 2min clip.

🚩 According to our latest #BeeWalk figures, 2024 has been the worst year on record for our bumblebees 📉 We need your help. We’re launching an urgent appeal to secure a future for bumblebees. Find out more at: ow.ly/UwTC50TvYCm

A pretty parrot for #fungifriday! 🦜 Parrot Waxcap, Gliophorus psittacinus.

I'm helping the BBC with a new landmark series on terrestrial invertebrates. If there are any fascinating stories you know of or that you're working on, please get in touch. Pls RT.

As we come to the end of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, I wanted to reshare these photos of Ruby, at the beach, 2 weeks before her diagnosis She’d been poorly for a few weeks & the various doctors we’d seen were sure her symptoms were due to allergies. #ccam 🧵

JOB ALERT. I’ve have been waiting to offer this for ~10 years. We’re hiring an Expeditionary Botanist to lead our expeditions, enrich our collections, support our conservation collaborations, and inspire through teaching and engagement. Please RT! 1/6 botanic.cam.ac.uk/join-support/j…

The FIT Count season is over for another year - many thanks to all who have participated, with the 2nd highest ever total of counts sent in, from the highest number of participants to date 👏👏 Results will provide information on pollinator populations during the year.

UK Fungus Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gardd Cymru 🌿 Garden of Wales was a success, with the sun was shining! Had some great walks, talks and displays of cool fungi. Thanks to Bruce Langridge Plantlife Cymru Emma Williams and Professor Hawksworth for joining us and sharing your fascinating insights!! 🍄 UK Fungus Day

Dewick's Plusia (Macdunnoughia confusa) was the standout moth in the Cardiff garden trap last night. It was new to Glamorgan last year with two caught by David Gilmore in Cardiff. No doubt there'll be many more to come... #MothsMatter

So, this afternoon I got home to find a lovely letter from NORTHERN 🚆 telling me about how they wanted to prosecute me for using the below ticket to travel on the specified route at a peak time. I paid £1.90 less than the fare they say I should have paid. A thread 🧵

Secret filming uncovers illegal killings of rare birds in England

Free scientific illustrations for biologists! 😍 NIH has released a library of 500+ free scientific illustrations to create figures, presentations, and illustrations! all freely available in the public domain. Retweet and spread the message! bioart.niaid.nih.gov

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A lovely pink Vestal from our #Yorkshire garden last night.

Woman dressed as Handmaid votes in Asheville, North Carolina. How to bring your political message while wearing no political message. Genius!🔥

Still some lovely Moths around in November. These, just a few from our #Yorkshire garden last night.

Spending 9 hours reading 15 papers to write 1 footnote containing 40 words and 3 references

Me with your draft: “go easy on yourself, it doesn’t need to be perfect” Me with my draft:

2.5 years later I finally got my thesis bound 🙏🏼 You can stop nagging me now Dad.. just wish you were here to see it 🌈🩷✨