:🍪:Semele

@semele
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the urban wild / wildscapes / vague terrain / marginal landscapes /

Arthur Zajonc writes "Humanity now stands alone and alienated in the limitless universe. Bereft of parents and far from home, each of us has now to become a center unto himself or herself, and find the spiritual strength to hang unsupported in the void, drawing support from within not from without." [Catching the #Light]

📌 my current prof pic ~

A tiny twig I found that looks like a glowing golden deer, on a bed of moss.

#AutoFrei #CarFree!Cars ruin cities (and planets).
Current bee in my bonnetThe worldwide rise of the Right.
Current bat in my belfryThe worldwide rise of wet bulb temperatures.
I like......hy-phens
:🍪:SemeleFeb 26
Wondering why the photos I post keeping coming out so >slim< ?
:🍪:SemeleFeb 26
Claudia ZahnFeb 26
Les ruines au couvent Da Conceição, à Leca da Palmeira, au #Portugal.
Que c'est beau...
By #LumièreDeLAtelier
#Architecture #Design #Style #Nature #Art #Artist #Photo #Photographer #Urbanism #City #Village #Staircases #History #Histoire #Abandoned #AbandonedPlaces
:🍪:SemeleFeb 26
The author had a penetrating understanding of how our minds run. This is one of my favourite books that he wrote. I have read it on The Internet Archive, but a publishing house had them take it down. Now I am lucky enough to have found my own copy thanks to second-hand bookshops and the people who feed them 📚
#FoundInOxfam #psychology
:🍪:SemeleFeb 21
etcFeb 21

Things you can see in places with clean air and plenty of rain. Not enough of either where I spend most of my time.

The papery looking lichen might be Platismatia glauca, and I’m guessing the fluffy one is an Usnea but I don’t know what kind.

#lichensubscribe

:🍪:SemeleFeb 21
Proto Himbo EuropeanFeb 21

RE: https://zpravobot.news/@historyinmemes/116108556020865246

As an American I have difficulty with measurements, so I made this handy graphic to visualize how fucking huge an 18' tuna is: three entire Tom Hanks long.

#TomHanks #fish #ocean #shitpost #poopboost

Show thread:🍪:SemeleFeb 20
Mind you, most people couldn't care less: from BBC news site today
'Retailers such as M&S and Waitrose and cafe chains Pret and Greggs remain members of the BCC.'(Better Chicken Commitment ~ not using fast-grown chickens), but the rest of UK outlets just want giant, spindly-legged chickens to sate their slavering jaws.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2r6jqm042o
KFC, Nando's, and others ditch chicken welfare pledge as demand soars

Wingstop, Burger King, and others have walked away from an industry commitment to avoid using fast-growing chickens

BBC News
:🍪:SemeleFeb 20

Anyone can respond to this DEFRA #consultation affecting England, Wales, Scotland, and N Ireland,
about a proposed ban on keeping laying hens, pullets, and breeder layers in #cages.

The purpose is to seek views on the preferred policy proposal - Option 1, so it would be best to read the guidance notes beforehand for proper detail.

This consultation opened 12 Jan 2026
and closes at ⏰ 11:59pm on 9 March 2026.

#FactoryFarming #UK #hens

https://consult.defra.gov.uk/on-farm-animal-welfare-future-farming-policy/laying-hen-cage-reform/

Cage reform: proposed ban on keeping laying hens, pullets and breeder layers in cages (Diwygio cewyll: gwaharddiad arfaethedig ar gadw ieir dodwy, cywennod ac ieir bridio mewn cewyll) - Defra - Citizen Space

This site contains consultations that are run by Defra.

:🍪:SemeleFeb 20
Just happened to look out of a certain window and caught sight of the jackdaws murmurating in this frigid, damp air.
:🍪:SemeleFeb 17
Dr. John Barentine FRASFeb 17

"[T]he presence of [artificial light at night] can disrupt the proper functioning of not only humans but all organisms on Earth that have evolved in conditions of alternating day and night. Cities are the primary source of LP, and the ever-increasing global urbanization makes LP one of the fastest-growing threats to our civilization. It is particularly dangerous because public awareness of its existence is exceptionally weak."

https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4672/6/1/11

#ALAN #LightPollution #DarkSkies #Pollution #Environment

:🍪:SemeleFeb 15
IcarosityFeb 15
#SilentSunday