Matt P

I've been asked to put together a thread on the dangers of ibuprofen and other NSAIDs in ultra running by @matt-amato.bsky.social It's rather mammoth, but a topic that's hard to condense whilst maintaining enough accuracy. Please share if you find it useful! 1/18 😬

More headtorch run silliness - with the added interest provided by running somewhere off home turf 🫣

First post-work head-torch run of the season, speed check on downhill muddy, loose, slippery trails!

Cracking day, perfect running conditions for a scamper along a bit of the Southern Upland Way - including this fine recreational stile

Can you help? We're looking for more volunteers to help with this survey over the mid-winter period. A great excuse to get out for a coastal walk and enjoy some nice birds. All the info. you need is in the link below. Thanks! #BirdingScotland

POV: You're monitoring rare plants in Scotland

Gall of the week is caused by the sawfly Euura viminalis on purple willow, Salix purpurea. Photo from the BPGS website, photographer unknown.

Good morning Its snowdrop time!! The theatre in the walled garden has received its first display fot the year starting with peschmenii, transcaucasicus and reginea olgea mixed with cyclamens Stunning! Have a fabulous day!🌱🌸

Want some of these? Come to Broughton yow sale tomorrow... #SheepOfTheDay

Has anyone else on academic Bluesky had a message from an 'AI assistant'? 🧪

Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière

Ran into an old friend this evening

@xfire98185.bsky.social One for Monsieur Champignon I think

Squeezed in today’s hour easy run, followed by a trundle with the hound by the river. Chilly in the valley, warm up top!

Here’s a pika above the Hess Mine in 20 Lakes Basin and the description from our 2012 NAGT field guide to the area.

Found a patch of what I suspect is Crocus speciosus (?) growing wild, much more strikingly marked than those in my garden. I feel some sampling is needed 🫣

Resting heart rate creeping back down - though 40 feels a bit too low 👀

Herbaceous Potentilla showing off its anthocyanins

Season of Dali-esque shadows is upon us

I bought this almost a year ago and struggled to get into it. For some reason it’s working this time - recommended.

Mists on cue this morning, hoping for mellow fruitfulness later.

Zone 1 training, *amazed* I can cover 16km with 400m of ascent in 90 minutes - with a heart rate maxing at 133!! Moody skies to enjoy too

This is a deffo 'watch 'til end'..😄

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

If you're into nature writing and/or scientific nonfiction and you haven't yet bought my debut book The World Beneath Our Feet, what are you waiting for? Grab yourself a copy today and come on a safari into the soil with me! Available at your favourite bookseller now! 🪱📚🧪 @hodderbooks.bsky.social

Gall of the week is caused by the sawfly Euura herbaceae on dwarf willow, Salix herbacea. From the British Plant Gall Society website, Photographer unknown.

What is a Rube Goldberg machine and why is it so fascinating?

Nemesia seeded into a kerbside in the Tweed Valley - will we see more of this sort of garden escape in future?

Leaf miner zoomies

Pickled red onion and peanut butter…a revelation 😉

One for @dribelad.bsky.social

Take a stroll along a mossy log with this Euryurus leachii, one of eastern North America’s beautiful native millipedes.

Fun fact, this was a verbatim reviewer comment: "The results look fake, and the images of plastics also look like these were created by AI. I sincerely hope that this manuscript was a test by these authors or a test of this journal, because this should not be published in any journal as it is" 🤡

runtrip.se/about-the-ra... Realising yet another event I’d love to have a crack at falls in the 7-8 weeks when I can’t take leave 😕

Such weird caterpillars!

Since its foundation in 1824 the bravery of Royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteers has saved more than 146,700 lives at sea. Hundreds of those volunteers have died attempting to save others. They are the best of us.

This was the video I was looking for yesterday to post. I follow Joshua Wright on instagram because we are both passionate about saving old trees. This was an ancient forest valley that was recently logged on Vancouver Island. They cut down one of the largest Yellow Cedar tree in Canada. 😢

It’s that time of year…

Always a relief to know the starter survived whilst I was off gadding about

whoa!!! this is a MAJOR paper

Refuelling thanks to top notch dog sitter. Happy days.

Couldn’t leave Sweden without some salty liquorice 🤤

And that’s a wrap. After 5.5 days and 267 km of Arctic autumnal bliss I shuffled into Abisko at lunchtime today. All a bit emotional after bailing last year. What next 🤔

Scandi-stiling, plus bonus wood stacks @lakesstiles.bsky.social

Day five became a 61k epic, fuelled by ramen. You don’t have to be mad to do this stuff - but it sure helps

First half of day four in the bag, chill for four hours til the next boat then another 16km or so - and potentiall a row if I’m not fleet of foot (which is quite likely)