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@holland_tom Is that Tom "Spiderman" Holland at mid off??

Well, as it happens…

And he got a pair in the first Test. What a comeback! The King of Clapham indeed…

@sciencegirl This is a food pass between a male and female rather than kelptoparasitism

@johnnysuperbock @batcountry1980 @ronbryn @peterhook Is there anything less rock and roll than a rock and roll hall of fame? Would say that it's exactly the kind of thing they are far too cool to have anything to do with anyway, but they did turn up for the British hall of fame thing apparently.

@batcountry1980 @ronbryn @peterhook Is it really that important? I mean for Joy Div to be in the Rock n Roll hall of fame. Deep down, I don't care , I just know that Unknown Pleasures and Closer are 2 Black Diamonds.

Joy Division made 2 perfect albums, influenced pretty much every great band, had one of the best bass players of all time (@peterhook!) & an awesome drummer, guitarist & singer, but probably won't ever get voted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

@batcountry1980 ...It's like they said This Is The Way forward with Fools Gold, and Oasis said, Nah you're alright. As other responders have said, sucks that they were cut off in their prime and they didn't make an album in this vein. But the light that burns the brightest, etc.

@batcountry1980 To be fair, although there is a groove to the debut LP that no Britpop bands could match, it's far more subtle. There is a retro 60s jangly guitar vibe that does connect the Smiths and Britpop, whereas Fools Gold is something else: unmistakable bold and new and fresh...

This Is The Other One: Roll Up For The Manchester Mystery Tour Side 2 Part 1: Fools, Factory And Friendship 🧵 Side 2 of Turns Into Stone begins with the titanic double A-Side, Fools Gold/What The World Is Waiting For. Two magnificent songs, each one a snapshot of the moment, but also a glimpse into the future. For if the music of The Stone Roses is a set of sonic scales, the rhythm and Funk balanced with melody and Jangle, then this schizophrenic single sees the weight shift with each side, as the dual forces of the band take turns grasping the creative reigns. Crucially though, there’s no ego at play here, no musical coup d'état being staged. They’re a brotherhood, a gang of dreamers gladly travelling the long road, a sharp contrast to Second Coming, an album that feels like the sonic scales crashing down, and the good times ending.

@batcountry1980 ...then as the 60s ended music, ironically, became more segregated. Funk then hip-hop were blacker, all about the beat. Rock dropped the Roll - Rock, Heavy Metal, Punk, Indie were all very white until baggy got funky. Then came grunge and britpop, and that was that.

@batcountry1980 Incredible thread, you really should write a book, I'd buy it! Baggy was the last hoorah for black music influencing rock. Even before rock and roll, there was a dialogue between jazz, Broadway & popular music. The 50s and 60s were a multi colored musical melting pot...

Cranefly on @DWTBrownsea Looks like a Tipula Sp., but not one of the one 5 (of 61 UK species !) illustrated in Brock @georgecmcgavin @StevenFalk1 📷 Sue Ketteridge

Beautiful little Wolf Spider on @DWTBrownsea Pardosa Sp. - apparently difficult to ID even with microscope! - possibly P. amentata ? (Black hairs on pedipalps a clue, but don't know if diagnostic?) @BritishSpiders @georgecmcgavin

@kunst_landschap This looks stunning, we love hosting our autumn and winter Lepelaar here in Dorset, when is it out, and where will we be able to watch it?

De lepelaar: symbool voor een Nederlands succesverhaal. Ooit bijna uitgestorven in West-Europa, maakt hij - dankzij de Waddenzee - een indrukwekkende comeback. Trailer van Hilco Jansma's nieuwe film op ons YouTube-kanaal (abonneren mag): youtube.com/watch?v=w_DpA0…

Many of these Black-tailed Godwits will have spent the winter in Portugal, France and Spain (with some from UK). Southern birds are using a cunning 'overtake' plan to get to iceland early. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/11/18/ove…

Tracked down to Lancs - ringed as a chick 2023 or 2024 (we need to get a reading on the flag) and hanging out with this 2024 Sussex Avocet @DWTBrownsea @BrownseaNT @DorsetBirdClub @SightingDOR

Can anyone help with this Avocet on @DWTBrownsea? Best I could do as in deep water, and hopefully someone can get a better view and read the flag. Looks similar to the UK scheme but can't find an exact match? @GrahamFAppleton @PetePotts7 @WWTworldwide @_BTO @WaderStudy

@nikodogtwite @PooleParkLife @harbourbirds @gardenbirder1 Packed Off side field!

At least 16 Greylags @PooleParkLife this afternoon , of which 13 on cricket pitch including U013 113 160 168 169 180. Mandarins also still present. @harbourbirds @gardenbirder1

Turnstone bathing in the sun - we recently had a ring recovery locally of a bird ringed in Alert Alaska, about 4000km to the North, where it's -33c this time of year @GrahamFAppleton @waderquest @WaderStudy @Waderworld1 @_BTO

'shanks on Spring on @DWTBrownsea @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub @SightingDOR @BrownseaNT @georgecmcgavin

Signs of Spring on @DWTBrownsea yesterday with the Gulls investigating the breeding sights, the first Terns, Oycs copulating and Med Gulls courting @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub @SightingDOR @DWTBrownsea @BrownseaNT @georgecmcgavin

@kateplater @DorsetBirdClub One of @WGLepelaar s.

@DorsetBirdClub not sure who else to post this too the spoonbill I saw at middlebere on Saturday was, ringed