Thank you @aoc.bsky.social

“The Taliban government has removed books written by women from the university teaching system in Afghanistan as part of a new ban which has also outlawed the teaching of human rights and sexual harassment.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

Mockingbirds dont do one thing but make music for us to enjoy

A PSA from your friendly neighborhood artist: You can wear a respirator mask to avoid catching covid for ANY reason. We are ALL in the "at risk" category. Some are more vulnerable than others & everyone benefits from wearing respirator masks. We all deserve to stay healthy & live with dignity. 🫶😷

I just rode the NYC subway. I was so scared… …that I would be early for my appointment because it’s so efficient.

Bedouin families left homeless as Israel demolishes Negev village - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bedouin-families-homeless-israel-demolishes-negev-village

They made it: Edenderry to Hull! Now @peterthorne.bsky.social just has to drive all the way back…! #worldsbesthusband

Sketch of Taghazout - Aquarelle and acrylic pen #sketch #sketches #art #blueskyart #blueskyartshow #morocco #morroccanart

Rewarding Lakeland fell adventure - diagram of walk 27 Eagle and Sergeant’s Crags, High Raise and Ullscarf. Described in my Cicerone Press book ‘Great Mountain Days in the Lake District’.

“The report also looks at the proportion of people who went to Oxford and Cambridge for university. We found that Britain’s elites are 21 times ( ‼️ )more likely to have attended Oxbridge than the general population. This can lead to a narrow set of life experiences in top positions.”

AI tools are starting to help scientists fill gaps in our knowledge of how weather and climate has varied in the past, with a focus on instrumental weather observations stored in paper archives worldwide www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"respect the data, but also look carefully at what you see all around you. Above all, think for yourself." A moral for the ages. The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration  - on.ft.com/3K7NCxI

#art #painting #landscape L1503 Lliw Falls Balla Wales acrylic and oil on paper 23x23 inches. You can see more of my work here www.instagram.com/davidbezarti...

On this date in 1924, Cornwall’s best rugby players took on the greatest New Zealand XV in history…read on… #Cornwall #Kernow #Cornish #Kernow/Cornwall the-cornish-historian.com/2024/09/21/t...

I’m proud to say that @noaa.gov and NCEI has released a 1 year retrospective on #Helene using ESRI Story Maps. arcg.is/aqCD4 Here is a brief thread of how this came to be and how NOAA can still do good things (even while wearing pajamas).

You can't say you're against animal abuse while paying for it. #GoVegan 🎨 LittleVeganArtist

Flood group 'worried' over Environment Agency plan #Somerset #BBCNews 🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...

Il y a eu 24400 morts de la canicule lors de l'été 2025 en Europe, et plus de 2000 personnes mortes en France. Plus inquiétant encore : 68% de ces morts sont attribuables au changement climatique. L'écologie punitive, la vraie, c'est celle-ci.

Scenic view from Fintra Beach, near Killybegs in Donegal. www.inishview.com/activity/fin... #donegal #wildatlanticway #visitdonegal #govisitdonegal #ireland

Outstanding thread of links to understanding Banks' Culture novels.

Listen up and listen good, I have added these three paintings to my paintings shop. They are original actual paintings, full of texture, feeling and matter. www.chloecumming.com/paintings (Also a monkey, but as she features some ‘woman features’ this post would be restricted if I included her)

Cairngorm funicular pilot to give walkers access to 1,097m summit for first time in 24 years www.scotsman.com/news/transpo... #scotland #cairngorm #mountains

Trauma recovery that pretends all trauma, or potential sources of trauma, are in the past, is not sustainable. Our recovery strategy & tools have to realistically account for ongoing traumatic stress, complex & otherwise.

Nick Drake - Time Has Told Me youtu.be/I1X6v9pDX6c?...

"See Me, Hear Me", self-portrait in charcoal, ready for the trip to the Uni of Hull Art Gallery for therp.co.uk/the-rp-drawi.... Such a huge privilege to be included. Special thanks have to go to my better half @peterthorne.bsky.social for being lovely and mad enough to drive her there!

"These geoengineering ideas have no intergovernmental agreement at all," says Professor Martin Siegert. Scientific efforts should be focused "primarily and solely" on decarbonisation, he tells @alexisconran.com on Times Radio. @universityofexeter.bsky.social

"See Me, Hear Me", self-portrait in charcoal, ready for the trip to the Uni of Hull Art Gallery for therp.co.uk/the-rp-drawi.... Such a huge privilege to be included. Special thanks have to go to my better half @peterthorne.bsky.social for being lovely and mad enough to drive her there!

A long read and a good read. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

Because of the tube strike in London, there are way more people on bikes, which is great. But the bike infrastructure is definitely inadequate. There are also more people in cars, which is not great. And there’s already too much car infrastructure.

You can't wash away genocide....your complicity will always remain.

I’m incredibly happy to say that my charcoal portrait, ‘See Me, Hear Me’, has been selected by the Royal Society of Portrait Painters for their inaugural Drawing prize Exhibition: Revealing The Human. 😃

"Fast forward to the present day, and Shetland having contributed substantially to the development of the oil & gas industry in the U.K., is now playing a pivotal role in the transition away from fossil fuels." #Energy #Renewables #Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Goat Fell, Arran, from Tarmore Hill, Bute #Scotland #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #seascape #seascapephotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitephoto #monochrome #bnw

I can’t thank you all enough for supporting this fundraiser. We raised €975 for the extraordinary msoe.ie 😃 you’re amazing! 🙏❤️

i’ve just bought a raffle ticket for this!

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We’re now just €30 short of 1000 with only a few hours to go! Come on internet - it’s such a worthy cause! 😃🙏 Muslim Sisters of Eire Raffle www.idonate.ie/raffle/Musli...

Another from Crowland Abbey. Bronica ETRS, Ilford HP5 120 developed in D23 #believeinfilm #filmphotography #photography #blackandwhitephotography

So proud of my daughter, the “Chicken Jockey from Minnesota”! 🥰 Follow her on Instagram Katarina.and.misscongeniality or TikTok K.and.Miss.Congeniality

“Human health can be seriously affected by high heat and humidity. Such a dramatic increase in the occurrence of these humid-heat events is bringing more societies into challenging, potentially life-threatening, situations.” - Dr. Kate Willett @metoffice.gov.uk #ClimateEmergency 🥵

CBS Sunday morning feature on the work of @jillpelto.bsky.social and I www.cbsnews.com/video/captur...

Muslim Sisters of Eire Raffle www.idonate.ie/raffle/Musli... One day remaining!

2 days remaining to buy raffle tickets to raise money for the extraordinary msoe.ie and win my recent painting, Clouds Over Connemara. €800 achieved so far: Please share & support if you can! 😃 www.idonate.ie/raffle/Musli...

I'm hopeless at reviewing all of the photos that I take when I'm in #Iceland - so it's good to go through some old memory cards! This is from a place called Hólmatungur in the north, taken in April 2023.

#Poetry #Poem #BlueskyPoetry #DerekMahon Everything is Going to be All Right by Derek Mahon

2 days remaining to buy raffle tickets to raise money for the extraordinary msoe.ie and win my recent painting, Clouds Over Connemara. €800 achieved so far: Please share & support if you can! 😃 www.idonate.ie/raffle/Musli...

City of Fire and Beautiful Bricks’ Exhibition at The Glosthouse, Longton. Stoke-On-Trent. www.theglosthouse.co.uk An ongoing exhibition of Works both new, and never before exhibited. Painting : Drawing : Collage. Poetry : @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social #Stoke100 #SoT100

I was particularly moved by his final words, words that we in western countries need to heed. Listen to the voices of the oppressed. Be moved by their words to action.

Gabor Maté’s humanity and patient wisdom is incredible. But his humility + empathy shines through in this incredible conversation with Marc Steiner about Gaza. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...