Dan Mitchell

'Accounts described elephants selecting particular plants when they seemed unwell, and mothers reportedly giving medicinal plant material to their calves. ...the researchers concluded that the elephants use 35 different plant species, and that 25 of those are known locally to have medicinal uses.'

He's back 😄 #archaeohistories

I suspect this Great British Potato is whistling the Colonel Bogey March

This is good, but we all know that really, it should be a long string of sausages and the fox should be being chased by a red faced, moustachioed, irate butcher who is wearing a blue and white striped apron and a straw hat

Man, this is so incredibly cool. www.popsci.com/environment/...

Congrats on “opening” a strait that was open six weeks ago, and all it cost was at least 13 dead service members, thousands of dead Iranian civilians, tens of billions in taxpayer dollars, our loss in global standing, and the Iranian regime’s increase in power. Phenomenal work.

Fans of Welsh History, Folklore and Boardgames. Have you even seen or played the game of #Gwyddbwyll ? Its a game with similar vibes to chess mentioned in 11th/12th century Folktale classic the Mabinogi #Mabinogion and I've read differing descriptions of the game.

objectively the funniest critique an american could level at another country

FRANCE: we're fancy WORLD: ok FRANCE: a fried ham sandwich is our national lunch WORLD: FRANCE: a fried ham sandwich with an egg is its wife

STICK IT ON A FIVE POUND NOTE

That's because they coddle them too much now. Back in my day, it only took 20 years for T-Rexes to fully mature, because they had discipline. Spare the rod, spoil the terrible tyrant lizard. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

A modern-day tragedy, BUT YOU CAN HELP. 1 Like = 1 Pray 1 Share = 10,000 Prays

This story is truly something. I'm imagining the 'tiny people' like the lemmings in the 90s video game phenomenon Lemmings. Marching towards you in a solemn line. Shaking their little heads at you. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.

A Lord of the Rings band called Durin Durin

This is what The Cardigans were talking about when they wrote ‘My Favourite Game’ #totp

this, *this*, is the greatest crossover of all time

This is part of the new citizenship test

The witch trials of 1612 still cast a long shadow.

Good morning Bluesky !

This week I have had a red kite and a buzzard in the garden. Yesterday a magpie came into the house. Either something has died nearby or I'm getting a load of omens.

The Magnificent Shite

Why is Rod Stewart making Glastonbury political? Artists should just shut up and perform

This is the last thing the BBC needs

Today, two of the bluetits in my nestbox hatched. I have dubbed them Eggwina and Eggs Benedict II

Just checking some facts about Cantre'r Gwaelod, which drowned in the 7th century, and some call the Welsh Atlantis. Google clearly believes it to be a person as questions such as "when did Cantre R. Gwaelod drown?" pop up. Looking forward finding out about Bannau Brychieniog jr & R. Wyddfa III

. @middleageriot.bsky.social 🏆

My employers are hoping to recruit someone who can practice content design in both Welsh and English, attached to our Cardiff office: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41... Happy to answer any questions I can by DM.

Had my first visitor to my birdbox this week. A beautiful little bluetit. They've visited a few times and I'm hoping they're checking it out as a potential nest site.

Every episode of Columbo includes a scene where he tells the killer that his wife is a huge fan of their music, acting, cooking, art, etc. And then he arrests them for murder. The whole show is all about Columbo destroying all the things his wife loves. Pure emotional terrorism.

This is fake duck. It’s lucky it wasn’t named by the people who called fake bacon ‘Facon’.

Listening to some "lads" (early teens)on the bus. "I would have sparked him out but my Mrs told me not to get involved." One said between bubblegum vapes. Your Mrs is wiser than you, lad. Listen to your Mrs, even in this fictional scenario.

Went to a new gym and found about old workout playlist from about 10 years ago and now I'm researching what happened to Lady Sovereign, Buju Banton and LMFAO.

I knew there was a risk that AI would one day take my job but I didn’t know it would happen so soon.

Today, I saw a bus driver who shouted angrily at a woman to stop her daughter pressing the bell. Upon exiting the bus, to show my disapproval of his harsh reaction, I gave him the ultimate slight. I didn't say "Cheers, driver."

Today there were 7 blackbirds (turdus merula) in my garden. Two years ago I started feeding the birds regularly and last year the blackbirds introduced me to their family, who seem to be thriving. It's a simple pleasure that gives me tremendous joy.

This New Year's Eve, I saw a Mari Lwyd in an old church and stopped my dog from ending a duck. Quite an adventure. Here's to tomorrow!