Distribution map of 3,300 oaks in England with a girth greater than 6 metres
The UK has more ancient oaks than all other EU countries combined
There are around 170 million oaks with almost 1 million in London alone
Map: Justin Moat, GIS Unit, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
@Rainmaker1973 More trees is good.... After the ice age pioneering species took over quickly... Biodiversity then happened over time..... The same will probably happen here with planted Forrest's. Of course we should look after our mature old forests but give China credit for thinking big
Elon. I have been a fan and advocate of your work for a long while and you are of course one very smart cookie however you are starting to come over as a bit of a doosh.
Please dont fuck everything up.
Good luck with Starship 7
@Farris_TN Because if you were a believer you would believe in forgiveness... Which you obviously don't therefore you will probably go straight to hell..... Just going by what I read
#Lancia#stellantis Just read the new Ypsilon piece in #Autoexpress Great news Lancia might come back to the UK however youre marketing team plainly dont. understand Lancia in UK. We dont see Lancia as a luxury brand we see it as a Rally bred racing brand. Do that & it will sell!
While we are all distracted with elections and sports israel (lower case I is intentional due to lack of respect) blows up children. How can this still be happening??
How are the worlds countries allowing this??
This is #genocide by consent
#gaza#israel#warcrimes
It is not anti Semitic to say..... FFS Stop it Israel... Netanyahu you are a really horrible excuse for a human being and why our countries are still supporting him is beyond my comprehension.. We should all refuse to pay tax until they stop funding this war
#israel#palestine
Steve Albini has died at the age of 61. Steve Albini was a HUGE figure in the music industry, a musician with the bands Big Black and Shellac, a recording engineer, and a record producer. Albini gained significant recognition for his distinctive production style, which often emphasised raw, unpolished sounds and captured the honest performances of the artist. Albini produced albums for a wide range of artists across various genres, including Nirvana, Pixies, PJ Harvey, The Jesus Lizard, and many others. He was respected for his commitment to maintaining the integrity of the artists' sound and vision, often favouring minimal overdubs and a "live" recording style. Albini famously did not like to be called a "producer," however he worked on, by his own estimate, "a couple thousand" albums as a recording engineer, including hugely important classics like the Pixies' seminal โSurfer Rosaโ, Nirvana's โIn Uteroโ and PJ Harvey's โRid of Me.โ However, Albini was originally no fan of Nirvana, believing them to be a generic version of the Seattle sound. He only agreed to work with them because he felt sorry for them, believing they were at the mercy of their major record label, and wanted to give them a more abrasive and explosive sound, more indicative of their live shows. Hating the term โproducerโ he saw his role as recording a band and not shaping its sound.
Outside of music, Albini is also known for his outspoken views on the music industry, economics, and various social issues. He declined to take royalties, charging only a flat fee because he considered it unethical to make money from an artist's work indefinitely. He's published essays and articles on these topics, gaining a reputation for his sharp and sometimes controversial commentary. He ran his own studio, Electrical Audio, in Chicago, Shellac's sixth studio album, โTo All Trainsโ, is set to be released May 17th. Steve Albini, your uncompromising attitude will be sorely missed!