Entomologist, artist & photographer with a love of nature, especially our smaller invertebrate relatives. Born at 313 ppm CO2 (now 423 ppm & rising). FLS, FRES.
Scarborough, England
Joined July 2012
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Using a flash can completely change the tone of a photo. Sharper but not necessarily more aesthetically pleasing. Same Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly sitting on a grass stem.
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Wasp numbers have been down this year, but there have been some about, like this German wasp (Vespula germanica) I photographed on 5 Aug 26
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Raymond Cannon retweeted
Corrupt sleazeballs the lot of them. Which is what we would have if Reform and their bankrollers ever get near power.
The US president’s eldest son and his wife Bettina Anderson posted on Instagram that they had a private wedding and confirmed that Umar Kremlev, who is reportedly close to Vladimir Putin, paid for part of the celebration. ft.trib.al/boa00MU
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Extraordinary journalism from @NewYorker, on Jared Kushner's catastrophic diplomacy, conflicts of interest, arrogance. He represents "a new kind of Washington figure, for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth"
newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
A light-hearted story with a serious message.
rcannon993.com/2026/09/14/me…
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Mouth!
Not the best shot ever but it’s the first time I’ve caught these mouth parts in flight.
I think it’s a Ivy Cellophane bee in rspb Ryemeads
Nikon Z9 and Z105mm
SS1/3200 F8 ISO3200
#ivybee #miningbee #bee #bees #beesoftheworld
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After a month in a complete coma, he opened his eyes and said, “Dad 💔… Mom 😭.”
He did not know that, one month earlier, their bodies had been vaporized by an internationally prohibited missile that tore their bodies apart and threw his tiny body, just a child, 100 meters outside the targeted residential area.
My heart broke. My tears soaked his wounded cheeks, and I walked away to continue crying for an entire people who have been annihilated and erased while the whole world watches—and, tragically, has grown accustomed to watching us being slaughtered.
For three and a half years, the killing of an unarmed people has sadly become just another thing for the world to watch, except for those whom God has shown mercy. 😭😓
Majd is the last remaining person from a family of 24. The occupation killed every one of them.
He survived, but was left wounded, helpless, orphaned, and devastated—a child whose soul grew old before he even reached his third birthday.
The photo is from the archive of the days of the siege of Kamal Adwan Medical Complex in northern Gaza. 😭
#WitnessToTheGenocideAndHolocaustOfOurTime
#AWholeUnarmedPeople
Raymond Cannon retweeted
I have rarely heard remarks more despicable than these (I could say “idiotic,” but they are entirely intentional).
Putin’s only “aspirations” are the destruction and subjugation of Ukraine.
Kushner knows full well that russia is waging a war of extermination, but he doesn’t care.
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"Israel" ha convertido la Franja de Gaza en el lugar con más niños amputados del mundo, más de 40.000 niños palestinos han sido heridos, perdiendo extremidades, en 3 años, en una media de 36 niños amputados al día.
Elegir el silencio ante la barbarie, es elegir la barbarie.
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Let me introduce you to Aida Rostami, another hero from my country, Iran.
She was 36 years old. A general physician.
During January arising in 2026,, while the streets of Iran were filled with injured protesters, Aida chose to do help them. She was a doctor. Her job was to save lives.
Quietly and anonymously, she traveled to homes in western Tehran,l, to provide medical care to protesters who were afraid to go to hospitals because they feared arrest, torture, or worse.
On December 12, 2022, Aida left her home of one of the injured protesters to get medical supplies. She never came back.
The next day, her family was called to a police station and told that Aida had died in a car accident.
But when her family saw her body, they saw something very different.
Her hands were broken. The right side of her face was crushed. Her nose was shattered. Her left eye had been severely injured. There were bruises across her body.
Her family questioned the official story. And then the story changed.
First, they said it was a car accident. Later, authorities claimed she had fallen from a pedestrian bridge.
Her family continued to reject the official accounts.
And later, her brother released an audio recording that shed light on the pressure security forces had placed on the family. They took her life.
Aida was not carrying weapons, she was carrying medical supplies. She was treating wounded people.
I have a question:
How many people outside Iran know the name of Aida Rostami?
How many doctors around the world know the story of a physician who risked everything to treat injured protesters when hospitals were no longer safe?
