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I wonder what they mean by bleaching? Deep water sponges don't have captive single celled algae like corals do. Doesn't seem to mean death either, as they mention possible recovery.

It means you know which chicks to murder as soon as they hatch

With a rucksack?

Gardening weirdness: I planted various beans in piles of tyres last year, including the giant white beans that you get in Tapas - I was dubious they'd survive, as they're mostly grown in places like...

Have you not seen the Singapore Merlion? Yarmouth is a hellhole, but the kipper museum is nice

It's a hell of a walk from the nearest parking - definitely worth roping in family members to help carry everything down and then settling there for the whole day.

More in the great chicken saga! Darkwing, the brainless cockerel I had to rescue from his brother earlier in the week, was looking very depressed and not eating much in solitary confinement and...

When your other half pulls your sock off halfway through a very serious Zoom meeting with people who want to give you money and help you do new and interesting work, and hits you in the face with it.

I would point out that you were there and you are...

Tonight at 7pm - be there or be somewhere else!

Bump - This is this Wednesday, May 11th at 7pm - Zoom link above. This is a basic photography talk, aimed at getting as much use and information out of your photos as possible - feel free to bring...

Spring hormones finally got the better of our last pair of pekin bantam brothers today and they locked in grim, silent battle that wasn't deflected by a 2 gallon bucket of water. By the time I'd run...

Nope! I managed not to push the 'record' button during the excitement that was getting it to connect and letting people talk.

I don't want to share changing rooms with anyone at all

Actually, bacteria do exchange genetic information with one another, just for fun. That's how a population quickly become immune to antibiotics - the ones that can survive pass the bit of info that...

Nobody actually said that

So not sure what I was hoping they'd say, but 'Fucking hell!' from the ultrasound technician when the fluid went through probably wasn't it. I didn't even get to show off my perfect valsalva...

Yes - more per day than I currently get in a month! It's only for 2 months in total over 2 years, but that suits me!

Bath?

Drive up to Norfolk and back - half a tank of fuel, so £50? Take all 16 tanks and get 2 dives out of the big ones £0. Live on chips and packet rice and sleep in the bus - season parking ticket £16...

I've just been offered a job as 'biodiversity lead' on a big project on the strength of being able to name more than 2 sponges on a dive boat last year! Whoooo!

I'll ask Pete to drop in

Ew!

Note to self - deploy the cheesewire!

Bump - tonight!