Flashback to one of the most beautiful spiders I'd ever seen, one of the first sights to greet me when I went to Costa Rica. #arachnid #invertebrate #spider

Total threat, is there ever was one. December 22, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

2025 was brutal. For many in the LGBTQ community, protest wasn’t symbolic -- it was survival. A year-end reflection on resistance, Pride, loss, and hope by Will O'Bryan. www.metroweekly.com/...

Terrifying how far down this is on my list of things to worry about

They’re scrambling. Written for a party of one.

A glorious sunrise this morning in Flagstaff, Arizona.

The U.S. Coast Guard is reportedly attempting to seize a third Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, escalating its pressure campaign against the Nicholas Maduro regime.

God, if you are listening...

ESA/Webb's final Picture of the Month for 2025 features Westerlund 2 containing many of the Milky Way’s hottest, brightest & most massive stars. Located 20,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Carina Link for more info: esawebb.org/images/potm2... Photo credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA

Light at the end of the tunnel of 2025 in the Forêt de Soignes/Het Zoniënwoud this morning.

Ukrainian artist Andrii Kovalyk, based in Madrid, ‘Where the Winter Dreams Begin’

#GVerse 😂😱🤣

In an internal email, 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi said new editor in chief Bari Weiss had “spiked” the story and said the government was using silence to “VETO” stories.

His entire rant had to be fact-checked to see if there was any truth in anything he ranted about. As usual, if his mouth is moving, he's lying.

Circle of Life. #fungi #mycology #forestfloor #naturetextures #woodland #treestump #mushrooms #bracketfungi #naturelovers #macro #outdoors #treecircles #smartphonephotography #photography

The colors on this well worn abalone shell are really cool! #1046 taken 8:41 pm #art #photography #macro #abstract

The lighthouse is always watching.

🤖 processing for highlight #JWST 🔭 MIRI data, target name: NGC-4388-IMAGER. PI: Veilleux, Sylvain, program 5627. CRVAL: 186.441986, 12.656833 Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. See more highlights at jwst_highlights_gray.html.

Well things are finally looking up wait no that’s just the child mortality rate my bad

Monday night’s curved viewing line nearly stretches to the border of Minnesota and Iowa.

Soon after the golden hour…

Slabtown, Northwest, Portland, OR #pdx #murals #streetart

cotton candy skies — day 356 of 365 - sunset - 22.12.2025 - Central Tablelands, Australia #scape #australia #landscape #sunset #photography #photographersofbluesky #goodnight #naturephotography #sunsetphotography #colour #nature #potd #aesthetic #spring

Women's rights advocate Lucy Burns died #OTD in 1966. Burns founded the National Women’s Party with Alice Paul. An activist in the US & UK, she joined the militant suffragettes. She played a key role advocating for the 19th Amendment that granted American women the right to vote. #history #suffrage

Please no, Don't tempt us with a good time...

California is strengthening security and urging heightened vigilance among faith leaders and houses of worship during the holiday season. We're acting with urgency to ensure that every family can gather, worship, and celebrate without fear.

Lloyd, Portland, OR #pdx #graffiti #streetart

#StreetArt by Patrícia Mariano, Lisbonne 2025 @apatmariano

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Solar winds could impact the aurora early on Monday morning, forecasters said.

Who was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate? Arkansas Senator Hattie Ophelia Caraway. Caraway first assumed her husband's Senate seat after his death in 1931. Most thought she would step aside at election time. She didn't. She ran & was elected. She died #OTD in 1950. #history #UShistory

Blueberry bush in fall color #stunday #fall #winter #blueberry #vaccinium #photography #eastcoastkin #bloomscrolling #leaves

www.livescience.com/space/glitte... Wow #jameswebb #astronomy

I'll take Rockwell paintings for $800 Ken.

Something to brighten a Monday morning. #macromonday

Police in Many “Sanctuary Cities” Have Repeatedly Collaborated With ICE Police face allegations of violating laws meant to protect immigrants from DC to Oregon to Colorado and beyond. truthout.org/articles/pol...

I do not envy the next Democratic president. The task of bringing all these criminals to justice while trying to piece back together the very foundations of our government and institutions will be daunting.

Mass deportations don’t protect working people—they weaken labor standards, silence organizing and empower bad employers. An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social

🌹 random rose 🌹 March 9th 2024

🤖 image processing for #JWST 🔭 data (ESO-484-36). RGB Filters: 2100, 1130, 770 PI: Mazzilli Ciraulo, Barbara, program 05637. CRVAL: 68.919211, -25.135772 Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.

#christmasmovies #christmascountdown #physicalmedia Day 20: Scrooged (1988) A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve. #scrooged

‘Light Storm Over St Ives, Cornwall’ second piece in the Cornish Collection, original oil on canvas board, 26x18cm - please DM for prices #art #seascapes #skies #storm #landscapes #oilpainting #stives #cornwall

Pamela Jo Bondi, doing her part to help an administration that calls itself, with a seemingly straight face, "The Most Transparent in American History."

🌹 random rose 🌹 March 9th 2024

And now…an excerpt of the Epstein Files apparently: ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️ Thanks for reading!