On a Pacer today.. which are supposedly retired .. a 40 year old #train .. #northern https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacer_(British_Rail)

Big #FellaPacks Update: Fellas of the North | #NAFO Norway : 63 Fellas of the North | #NAFO Sweden : 71 Fellas of the North | #NAFO Finland: 110 Fellas of the North | #NAFO Denmark: 50 Fellas of the North | #NAFO Baltics: 72 Fellas of the North | #NAFO Canada: 112 Almost 500 #Northern Fellas:

Withy Grove Stores

https://justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/withy-grove-stores-justin-farrimond.html

Twenty first century Manchester, England; with a little dash of early twentieth century added to the mix.
Shot with a cheap medium format camera the faded grunge aesthetic shines like a Didsbury diamond.

New book documents harms — and resistance — at Northern residential schools
A new book, By Strength, We Are Still Here: Indigenous Peoples and Indian Residential Schooling in Inuvik by Crystal Gail Fraser, documents the harms done by Northern residential schools while also highlighting the ways children resisted.  
#school #resistance #book #Indigenous #Northern #Inuvik #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/book-northern-residential-schools-1.7413202?cmp=rss

Permafrost - A Central Hub For Permafrost Information In Canada.
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https://geo.ca/communities/permafrost/?hsid=f464bd17-b45b-4beb-ad6b-1f55f6ccd489
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“As #GeographyAwarenessWeek approaches, it's the perfect time to highlight Canada’s permafrost - a crucial component of our northern ecosystems that plays a key role in shaping both our environment and infrastructure.
[You are] invite[d] to discover GEO.ca’s new Permafrost Community space, a go-to resource for anyone interested in learning more about permafrost thawing and its impacts across Canada…”
#Permafrost #GeoDiscovery #ClimateChange #GIS #spatial #mapping #arctic #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #geography #canada #spatiotemporal #northern #ecosystems #infrastructure #change #damage #carbon #carbonstorage #environment #foodweb #melt #melting

When the #northern stretch of #HS2 was canned last year, there was a widely held view that a swift sell-off of compulsory purchased land on route would make reviving the #rail project impossible & the sales would hand handy profits to the 'friends of Rishi'.

However, it now seems (as always) things have moved much more slowly, and no land sales are likely before the election, leaving Labour (if elected) the option to reviving HS2 North.

Whether that's a good or bad thing is another matter!

How do you inflame #Northern #voters (again)?

By announcing that the money that has been saved by binning large elements of #HS2 & replacing it with the hodgepodge of fragmented projects in the (so-called) Network North is now going to be spent on filling potholes in #London.

Wrong on (the claimed strategy of) #LevllingUp;

Wrong on #publictransport for a #greentrnasition, and

surly a miscalculation if trying to keep 'new' Northern Tories on side.

But would we have expected anything else?

After the cancellation of #HS2's remaining #Northern section, Andy Bagnall, from Rail Partners (the train operators) told the FT

“if we get reform right, the railway can still be an engine for green growth in Britain... If we don’t, a generation will be put off from using rail to travel & move goods, leading to another era of managed decline'!

Despite special pleading from #railway operators, without a central role for #publictransport its hard to see how to get #netzero!

Now #RishiSunak has confirmed that #HS2 will have no #northern end, much as the 'rumours' has indicated, who in their right mind would take his 'commitments' to other (replacement) #investment seriously.

How strange that despite all *its* problems & cost-overruns #Crossrail still got built, but something that might (and I know that is a contentious issue) have benefitted the #North has been progressively neutered.

Its almost like our Government seldom travels outside the M25 & then by air!

You have to laugh at all of my jokes from now on because science

#Silly #Funny #Northern

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/new-research-reveals-funniest-women-30649672.amp

Some purposes of hairs on plants
-Protection - hairy calyces on SelfHeal flower spike
-Anti grazing stinging trichomes
-Dispersal - hooked hairs on Goosegrass seeds
#Hairy #HairyPlants

#Coleraine #Northern #Ireland #wildflowerhour #Wildflower #Wildflowers #Botany #naturephotography #BloomScrolling #NI #North of #Ireland #Macro #Handheld
#Irish #NorthernIreland #Ireland #mastodaoine #IrishMastodon

Welcome, new followers!

I am an #ecologist mainly working with #insects, although I've published on #archaea, #bacteria, #fungi, #plants, and non-insect #animals.

Work in my lab and with collaborators ranges from #genomes to #organisms to landscapes and ecosystems.

I'm a #professor in the #Faculty of #Environment at the #University of #Northern #British #Columbia in beautiful Prince George, BC: https://www2.unbc.ca/people/huber-dr-dezene

I'm particularly concerned about #biodiversity and #climate change.

I'm following these accounts for credible, accurate #Northern #California storm updates:

@ai6yr
@BakerRL75
@weatherwest
@nwssacramento_bot
@nwsbayarea_bot
@nwshanford_bot

If you're in the storm path, please be safe!

Please ensure your car is fueled up. Have cash on hand in case of extended power outage.

Please don't drive through flood waters even if it looks doable. Water can rise quickly & catch you by surprise. There may be road erosion you can't see.

[1/3] a #canadian #northern #christmas story from 1985 that i just learned the backstory to 35+ years later

when my sister and i were 4 & 6 years old, my father called up #santa on his CB radio on christmas eve, as he delivered presents to other kids deep in the northwest territories.

This is little Rabia Ismail from #Kobanê #Rojava, #Northern Syria. #Turkey bombed and destroyed her childhood home because they are #Kurds and #Erdogan is planning ethnic cleansing of the region. All she had was her doll. Because she's not Ukrainian, the world doesn't talk about her.

Also, can I go proper #Northern for a minute? When the heck did curtains get so expensive?! I know there’s a #CostofEnergyCrisis so everyone is buying them…. But geez! I nearly fainted in Dunelm!!

#introduction.
I’m a retired IT guy most well known for being an #AwardWinning #Music #Podcaster since January 2006, in the days when #podcasts were unknown. I love #live #music & attend gigs in #Brighton regularly. I’m also a #swoover (think #zumba with #singing & #whooping) which I do 4 times a week. I’m also busy in the #garden & the #allotment growing fruit and veg. I’m a proud #northern #lefty, #guardian reading member of the #wokerati. I washed up here escaping the #twitter crash of 2022