Next up, let’s find Merlin!

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/12/mythical-roman-fort-frenni-fawr-wales-emperor

Not a good week for anyone named Tom Watson, it seems.

Hopefully this turd is now open to slander actions.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/10/recruitment-boss-accused-of-being-behind-doxxing-campaign-against-rnli-and-anti-racism-activists

While the weather continues, bees are taking advantage …

#thearchers Bad Carol. No biscuit.

Reform to receive cognitive dissonance award …
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/03/reform-media-presenter-worked-chinese-state-propaganda-channel

“Defra is consulting on possible changes to this”
There’s a phrase to give you confidence in fuck all happening.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/02/mass-breeding-of-game-birds-without-welfare-checks-may-be-curtailed-in-england

Not a cheerful article, I’m afraid.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/01/high-winds-el-nino-england-stressed-trees-heat-drought

#thearchers
There are worse options than Alan for helping Carol with any digital problems …

@MiaMarkTwo After yesterday’s land taxing, here’s an easy to fix business taxing loophole.
Sadly little chance of renaming America Square to Angela Davis Square …

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/31/the-london-office-the-empty-boxes-and-the-1bn-tax-loophole

Michael Rosen talking about Gaelic, the language of landscape.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0030n9z

@MiaMarkTwo https://toot.wales/@NationCymru/117143631781451284

This won’t come as a surprise to most of Fedi, but bugs need our help.

(I’ve already done my bit for today, fishing several beetles out of rainwater they weren’t expecting to return)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/20/humans-bugs-invertebrates-of-the-year-natural-world-chris-packham

An interesting piece from today’s Byline Times, starting to dig up some of the well-established network of poison at Cambridge (and elsewhere, sadly).

Probably much more to come, but ultimately the university itself needs to do some serious deep-cleaning over racism and bullying.

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/the-peter-thiel-linked-race-science-network-that-penetrated-cambridge-university-and-targeted-jason-arday/

Rare Earth, talking about architecture and the built environment.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m003011r

A depressing but necessary read.

If only Burnham would read it too.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/14/el-nino-predicted-peak-amazon-rainforest-climate

@MiaMarkTwo https://stroud.social/objects/2c374d11-c2a7-4a84-ab3d-d455263384d1

@aral Don’t know if you know a bit about this? https://social.coop/@afewbugs/117087705864226393

What happens to soils in the drought?
A nice but too short bit by Prof Katie Field of Sheffield.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct977z

(from the Guardian)
Weifang, China

A pig slides into a pool at Jinbao amusement park as the park’s zoo adopts measures to help the animals cope with continuous high temperatures

Maybe not a fully flying pig, but at least a briefly gliding one.