Willem van Hoorn

Am I too late or can I still be included on the list so I have never to see this person again? My email is getalife@youfreak.com

Walking home the other day I found two bolete mushrooms I had not found before and did not recognise. After some research I landed on oak boletes, taste test confirmed they were not one of the bitter boletes which was the second most likely species. #fungifriends

Cep trying to hide. #fungifriends

First cep of the season near Canterbury, UK. #fungifriends

I know universities in the UK are underfunded, but paying extra for an exam resit, really? I would have thought administering exams is core business, not an optional extra. I grumble but can afford it, but not everyone is in that position. What if you have to resit an exam for no fault of your own?

Wow. Just wow.

Ah, so us immigrants are still hated by the new government.

My front door in England this morning. Go #belgium

Why Labour MPs are still on X

Exactly 10 years since the Brexit vote, the verdict is in.

View of Lago Maggiore at sunset taken in the train from Geneva to Milano, 9 Dec 2025. Business trips by train take longer but there are benefits. #ScenicRailView @scenicrailbritain.bsky.social

The government needs to leave X. EVERYONE needs to leave X.

We need to make sure this editorial goes viral Misguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now! diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

Kent County Council has roads, SEND, social care, building maintenance and reorganisation to deal with. Naturally, Reform councillors have found time for prayers and the national anthem, while backing less time for opposition leaders to respond to the administration.

It’s not often that I get a better score than random in a popular culture quiz

I just backed this. kck.st/4cFGFzO @skeptoid.bsky.social

Let’s see how this goes over:

The unelected Lords has a history of doing this sort of thing. A stain on democracy. humanists.uk/2026/04/24/a...

If you are a Councillor, please watch this. It happened nearly 50 years ago in the Netherlands. The arguments against restricting traffic were the same as those made today and were proven to be wrong. Many cities would greatly benefit from a circulation plan. youtu.be/bgKokpZMFnU?...

We need more people talking about taxing extreme wealth and reducing inequality - an important message from @garyseconomics.bsky.social to get involved

My column in Chemistry World reads a little differently this month:

Government-Funded infomercial from Norway striking back at US corporations and the tech Bros for filling the Internet with slop. youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ?...

If you have a Royal Family, you have deference. If you have a Royal Family, you have a class system. If you have a RF, you essentially say, "These people are better than everyone else by dint of birth & should maintain enormous influence, wealth and power." Why would anyone want that at all?

Mate, it was 1066. Move on.

Elon Musk is a white supremacist. Case closed.

"No water companies have yet been taken out of private ownership as a result of dumping sewage." Until this happens the leadership of these companies will continue to fail to do their job. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

Never forget: Elon Musk has blood on his hands.

FRS = Fascist in Residence Society

We want your FAIR recipes. Have you sent yours yet? Fill in the following sheet to send your entry: www.rsccicag.org/index_htm_fi... We've extended the deadline to 15th December! Fill in the sheet attached and mail it to j.g.frey@soton.ac.uk

Up to 60k, go on, give it a share. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

‘The chill wind from the White House is already rippling through New Broadcasting House.’ @lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.

While the mainstream discussions are depressingly about *how* best to remove and stop immigrants, it’s a revolutionary act nowadays to say that immigration is actually a positive thing and an essential component of a thriving country, so please join me in doing so!

Last weekend's harvest clockwise from front left: trumpet chanterelles, some unexpected late ceps, bovine boletes and two saffron milkcaps. #fungifriends

"Wherever we looked for the prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."

Not all fungi are friends. Found dozens like these this morning. #fungifriends

The last of the birch (top left) and bay boletes (top right). And center stage the first of the trumpet chanterelles, one of my favourites. #fungifriends

Productive day in the woods. #fungifriends

Large cep, hand shown to give an idea of size. Had to leave it, too far gone for the pot. Blean Forest, Canterbury, UK #fungifriends

Who came first #fungifriends

Congressman Jamie Raskin hands Nigel Farage his a*** on a plate Anyone in the UK care to plagiarize?

What dastardly schemes will this evil council conjure up next in its mission to.... checks notes... stop people getting killed by bad drivers