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I'm so sorry to hear that @rossjanderson is no longer with us. I grew up next door to him in Scotland and he has been a tower of strength for me as I found my feet here in Cambridge. One of those people whose quiet kindness will still be with me, long after he himself is gone.

@camcycle @PhilRodgers @CUH_NHS I think it would be good for them to rethink this now. The GP surgeries are under such pressure still, and the social distancing is no longer such an issue.

@PhilRodgers @CUH_NHS One of our members raised this last year, asking "Maybe it was different when they set these test centres up, but none of us was vaccinated then. The level of risk is so much lower now. Why are they not more responsive to the needs of local people?" camcycle.org.uk/magazine/magaz…

I've been contacted by someone wondering why the @CUH_NHS Newmarket Road blood testing service only allows drive-throughs, but not people walking or cycling in. Does anyone know more about this cuh.nhs.uk/our-services/o… says "safety reasons" but not what they are. @camcycle

@PhilRodgers @GreaterCambs If it made the parking situation better in our street, it might mean that kids could play out again. That would be great.

Here is a zoomable map of the proposed Cambridge congestion charge zone. This is an unofficial map made by me based on the lower-res map published by @GreaterCambs. If implemented, driving a car anywhere in this zone 7am-7pm Mon-Fri would cost £5 per day. google.com/maps/d/edit?mi…

@BobStewart723 I always liked this a child. It's really sparkles doesn't it?

Usually, it's the plant, adorn in flowers, that stops you to have a closer look, but in this case I enjoyed the closeup beauty of just a single flower. In this case the flower is Hibiscus syriacus (rose of sharon), commonly grown, but still beautiful, even just one.

@TheBotanics @VisitScotland That picture is really strange. There are hands holding the books, but there doesn't seem to be space behind the yello wooden hand for the body of the person to be concealed, as it doesn't show through the heart-shaped hole. What is going on there?

100 stories born of nature and ‘grown’ in Scotland bloom alongside the plants they were inspired by in Of Scotland’s Soils and Soul, our offering as part of @VisitScotland Scotland's Year of Stories. (1/4) #YS2022 #TalesofScotland #SoilsandSoul bit.ly/3ytSVOs

@PolMahesh1 @PhDVoice Motherhood is literally like this.

New PhD student after discussing potential projects/ideas with supervisor #PhD #chemtwitter #phdlife #research #researchers @PhDVoice #phdmemes

@ABRSM Elgar's cello concerto played by Jaqueline Du Pre on Radio 4 when I was 6 years old, living abroad.

Do you remember the first piece of music you heard? The first concert you went to? Your first music lesson? Reply and let us know! 👇

@RestIsPolitics What is going to happen with the no confidence vote tomorrow if a lot of people vote in favour of Boris Johnson? Might we end up stuck with him as Prime Minister again?

Anymore QUESTIONS for Alastair and Rory to answer tomorrow on this fine, sunny morning? (Sunny at TRIP Towers at least) ☀️

@rellanalvarez I was wondering that as I wrote it. They are very well wrapped anyway aren't they, whereas Dahlias really aren't. Maybe nature has it covered with Maize, both literally and figuratively. :-)

@rellanalvarez Thanks, that's great. We used to have to do that with snapdragons during my PhD. I was thinking maybe you were doing it like they do with Dahlias to make the cobs look especially beautiful for shows. :-)

@RestIsPolitics @RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret I'm just so tired of the total idiocy at the top of government. Is there any way to get rid of the whole lot of them and get back to some level of basic competence?

QUESTIONS REQUEST 🚨 What would you like @campbellclaret + @RoryStewartUK to answer this week when we record on Tuesday morning? Timely, timeless, UK or internationally focussed - please reply with your questions below!👇

@PhilRodgers Nice! Taken a weight off my mind to see some actual rational sounding speech from one or two of them.

Twitter list of Conservative leadership candidates twitter.com/i/lists/154611…

@rellanalvarez Oh good! I don't. Mostly actually I would rather put bags over the male parts to stop the hayfever, but I probably better not as it will really not help with pollination. :-)

@rellanalvarez Why do you have the heads in bags? Should I do that too?

@LNethsingha Is it the very tall old ones that were used to make the masts of ocean-going sail ships? When I was an undergraduate botany student at Glasgow we were taken to see a field of oak trees that had had their main trunk harvested for a mast. The remaining tree was a very funny shape.

@facette_lab Mine is doing that too! :-)

Update: it is making these lovely pale orange flowers with fused petals. And the flowers ooze sweet nectar!

I came back and found this guy grew a nice surprise for me over the weekend (that was fast!). Wondering what it will look like when it opens!

@kwamigh If you were in botany that would be bang up to date in a lot of topics.

The struggle is real #PhDLife #PhdChat

@RestIsPolitics @RoryStewartUK Where do we get to see the answers, and could we read them instead of listening?

Anymore questions? 🧐

@LukwesaBurak Nice!

@VenetiaJane Thanks, yes, and my fern work seems to go best if I let it develop over geological time. Rushing a fern has never worked for me.

@JIDeegan No pressure to do it, just do it when you have time and feel like it. Life can be so busy!

The magical fern is said to bloom once every year at precisely midnight on 23rd June, #Midsummer Eve. #Fairies and #demons engage in fierce combat for the possession of seed from these enchanted flowers, which give them the power to render themselves invisible. #FolkloreThursday