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The Bee Guy<p>Early!</p><p>It’s <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Friday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Friday</span></a> folks!</p><p>Have the best <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/weekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weekend</span></a> you can.</p><p>You know the drill:</p><p>Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/kind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kind</span></a><br>Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/gentle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gentle</span></a><br>Be <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/true" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>true</span></a><br>Be like <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> </p><p>Oh…and don’t be a little rich stand for nothing bitch that starts a global trade war for attention.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theBeeAt3</span></a> </p><p>Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. </p><p># 83</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Bumblebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bumblebees</span></a> made history when over 130 years ago they were brought from England to New Zealand to pollinate red <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/clover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clover</span></a> for farmers - the first <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> to be introduced to a country to <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollinate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinate</span></a> a specific plant.🙁</p>
The Enemy is Within<p>Where are all the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bats</span></a> – alarm as numbers fall in England</p><p>Decline blamed on washout summer driving down population of insects, butterflies and moths they feed on</p><p>There has been a decline in UK insect populations for decades, linked to the climate emergency and widespread use of pesticides. </p><p>Fewer <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> reproducing this year is likely to mean fewer insects next year, Spowage said. “It’s a downward spiral.”</p><p>Remonder: We need insects to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollinate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinate</span></a> plants</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/21/where-are-all-the-bats-alarm-as-numbers-fall-in-england" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticle/2024/jul/21/where-are-all-the-bats-alarm-as-numbers-fall-in-england</span></a></p>
Laura Manach :bongoCat:<p>The hours pass slowly,<br>Silence filling every corner.<br>I sit alone,<br>Wishing for company.</p><p>My mind begins to wander<br>Through paths untraveled,<br>Imagining connections<br>That could pollinate my soul.</p><p>But for now the silence remains,<br>Thick as the walls around me,<br>My thoughts the only bees<br>Trying to pollinate this lonely heart.</p><p>So I wait and wonder<br>If company will ever come,<br>Another soul to meet mine<br>And make this loneliness hum.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollinate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoetryPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoetryPrompt</span></a></p>
Stamen Design<p>Paper maps and cartograms and gerrymandering, oh my! 🗺️🟨🟩✒️<br>Check out the blog post for our latest episode of <a href="https://vis.social/tags/Pollinate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollinate</span></a> to read the transcript and see some of the visual examples of maps in journalism that Denise Lu and Ross Thorn talk about!</p><p><a href="https://stamen.com/denise-lu-telling-stories-with-maps/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stamen.com/denise-lu-telling-s</span><span class="invisible">tories-with-maps/</span></a></p>
Stamen Design<p>Griping about <a href="https://vis.social/tags/DaylightSavingTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DaylightSavingTime</span></a> today? Join the club, and listen to our <a href="https://vis.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> interview from November with Andy Woodruff, guru of <a href="https://vis.social/tags/DST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DST</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/cartography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartography</span></a>: <a href="https://stamen.com/andy-woodruff-saving-daylight-through-cartography/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stamen.com/andy-woodruff-savin</span><span class="invisible">g-daylight-through-cartography/</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/PLN8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PLN8</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/pollinate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollinate</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/PollinatePodcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PollinatePodcast</span></a></p>