a grocery list written by Michelangelo March 18, 1518, Illustrated for Illiterate Servants: he sketched the items alongside the text because his servants were probably illiterate Menu Items: The list includes bread, wine, herring, fennel soup, and anchovies! Tasty! Full list in alt txt

Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Sabah #Malaysia #birds #nature #wildlife @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @tonyrinaud.bsky.social

Pressure is growing to reverse the changes to settlement - and the Government must listen. This isn’t just about migrants. It’s about the kind of country we choose to be. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana). We saw very large numbers. Predominantly Black-naped Terns in the images but other terns present. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Sabah #Malaysia #birds #nature #wildlife @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @tonyrinaud.bsky.social

Guy will be talking us through this remarkable story on LBC at 12.45pm.

"He's used to operating in environments where his will, backed by threats of overwhelming force, can move any obstacle. He has a zero-sum view of relationships...which precludes recognition of mutual advantage. He measures success...by the degree of humiliation inflicted on the other side."

Following up that last repost with some caddis larvae in their cases from Pond & Stream Life of Europe, edited by John Clegg (1963)

A honeybee feeding on an open white flower of a Cherry Plum, Prunus cerasifera with a lightly blurred background of other branches and emerging leaves of the tree 🐝 #WildWebsWednesday #InsectThursday #Bees #Pollinator

Just in case you didn't know what the different parts of a fighter jet are called: - WELFARE CUTS - FOOD STAMP CUTS - SCHOOL LUNCH CUTS - LEGAL SERVICES CUTS - MEDICARE CUTS - EDUCATION CUTS - STUDENT LOAN CUTS - JOB OPPORTUNITY CUTS - SOCIAL SECURITY CUTS - AID TO CITIES CUTS

Well…. yeah. Can we have the Quantum Leap where Sam (or anyone, really) leaps into Trump’s head and stops WWIII, please? Also with a few scenes of Trump raving in the waiting room with Ziggy and Al, thanks.

Can't believe it's been ten years since I caused confusion.

Plus would take at least 10 years and millions of £££ of investment to do with potentially very little benefit.

On this day 16th March 1906,one of my favourite Ladybird artists Ronald Lampitt was born in Worcester

Congratulations to Swansea poet Guinevere Clark for her nomination to the @forwardprizes.bsky.social by Black Bough for #poem ‘Snow and the Alchemy of Pause’.

Women are allowed to do this.

Here are some nice mushrooms

Bunty & I are off on a short break. We are on a mission to save somewhere hot, sunny & Christian. Yes we’re off to protect Dubai from Iran with: Ramrod our golden Lab Newly bronzed flaps Muffins And pumped up camel toes. Conor & Andrew, we’re on our way loves!😘 Back in 5 days!🐫

#ForestFriday #Scape #ClassicMono An assortment of trees in thin fog. Defined, intertwining and twisted oak trees are juxtaposed to a faint, tall and straight eucalyptus tree in the background. #ECK #Hiking #Trees #Forest #SLO #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJuxtaposition #WestCoastKin

Good morning and Happy Friday, Have a wonderful day.. Catch up later ...☕🌳💚☀️ Alton Water Reservoir, Suffolk, UK 📷 Nov '25 #Scape #Nature #Photography #EastCoastKin #GetOutside

I love it

Trump keeps calling his war on Iran an “excursion,” like it’s a sightseeing trip. You can almost hear the briefing where someone said “incursion,” and he just ran with the wrong word. The people paid to advise him are either too afraid to step in or are just fine with him looking like a fool.

Trump has removed the olive branch from the dime—can we remove Trump from the oval…

I know we all understood that the post-Musk version of Twitter featured more right-wing slop, but this academic study of the algorithm's effects is pretty astonishing: Just 7 weeks of using the "For you" feed made X users more sympathetic to Trump www.fastcompany.com/91507338/x-a...

This week’s episode of Bubble People features journalist @rachelcdailey.bsky.social. We talk ableism in the media, working as a journalist, and the ableist legacy of Tiny Tim and “A Christmas Carol.” 1/ https://youtube.com/shorts/3yaTTJx_xNw?feature=shared

The DWP don't want claimants using AI to help them fill in 40 page long applications - but they'll happily use AI internally By @rachelcdailey.bsky.social

Will you write to your MP and ask them to press the government to release the impact assessment now? Use our tool: https://hey-mp.uk/?c=USphar

Our reserve team and volunteers have been busy at Rhos Cefn Bryn. They've just finished hedge laying for the year to improve habitat for Dormice whilst creating flight paths for Marsh Fritillary. 🦋🐭 📸 Becca Killa

Magnolia moment from last week.

'UN aid chief Tom Fletcher warned that the escalating war and its impact on the strait was having "a direct impact on our humanitarian supplies, including going to areas of key need in sub-Saharan Africa".' www.france24.com/en/live-news...

"There is a world of microbes around us that is very different from one place to another." Brewers Kjartan Óli Guðmundsson and Sveinn Steinar Benediktsson are capturing the wild tastes of Iceland in every bottle of the... https://grapevine.is/mag/interview/2025/01/14/your-favourite-place-in-a-glass/

Latin for the act of speaking in tongues, Glossolalia continues multi-hyphenate artist Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir’s years-long exploration of language as a means of artistic expression. Jóhannes Bjarkason caught... https://grapevine.is/music/2025/01/17/speaking-in-tongues-asta-fanneys-glossolalia/

the spring wind still cold... with such a scent of plum blossoms I just cannot close my windows’ paper sliders はる風は まだ寒けれど 梅香に まどのさうじも さされざりけり -Ōtagaki Rengetsu (太田垣蓮月 1791-1875). #Kyoto #梅の花 #ume #京都 #blossoms #plumblossoms #Japan

季節の花 枝垂れ梅。

it's time to be reposting 梅の花 ume #梅の花

三重県津市 結城神社の色々な梅 blog.livedoor.jp/denenlifemin... #TLを花でいっぱいにしよう　#キリトリセカイ　#花が好き

確定申告終わった〜 来年はもっと早くに 始めないと 📷 #photography @bskyphotos.bsky.social @botanical.bsky.social

#Canon #青空写真部 #photo #photography #flower #plumtree #Apricottree #梅 @bskyphotos.bsky.social @botanical.bsky.social 26.2/14 ☁️☀️📷 梅🌸

鳥の画像がタイムラインによく流れてきまして，凄いなと思うんですよね． 僕が撮るとどうもブレてしまうもので． ただ，珍しく鳥を撮れたのがありまして，これなんかは割とよく撮れたほうかと思っております． 梅の木に乗ってるこの鳥，目白って云うんですかね？（全然分からん…） #photo #写真 @bskyphotos.bsky.social @botanical.bsky.social

梅の花 最終版 おはようございます

🍵🥧PLUMS, PICNICS & THE NARROW BRIDGE🙏📿 Nao-san hosts a small tea ceremony for her weeping ume tree✨ secluded house- enough plum blossoms for brewing tea かくれ家や茶をにる程は梅の花 -Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1813. (Some excellent camera work from Nao's husband👍) #Kyoto #抹茶

梅の花 Plum blossoms #photograph #flower #梅の花　#風景　#plum #landscape　#photoJapan #xperiaphoto

＊ リョクガクバイ (八重) 花言葉「気品・高潔・忠実」

河津桜 cherry blossoms #photograph #flower #河津桜　#風景　#cherryblossoms #photoJapan #xperiaphoto

梅の花 Plum blossoms #photograph #flower #梅の花　#風景　#landscape #photoJapan #xperiaphoto

いつの日かの会社帰り 道草写真を貼り付けて、今日はこのへんで 今日もいいね・リポスト・リプライ ありがとうございました😌 それではおやすみなさい😴 #青空写真部 #photography #nature #flowers #キリトリセカイ #梅 #梅の花 #オールドレンズ

梅の花も終わり頃かな ✿.* 今年は実が沢山つきますように🙏 梅干しに梅酒、梅ジャム色々作りたい

梅の花 Plum blossoms #photograph #flower #梅の花　#風景 #Landscape #photoJapan #xperiaphoto

March 8, 2026 - Tehran at sunrise today. But the sun is hidden behind a sky filled with smoke. After a night of intensive strikes on oil facilities, thick black clouds now hang over the city, turning morning into something that feels like night.

Labour's core voters, on which its re-election entirely depends, are crystal clear about this: they absolutely hate its illiberal, intolerant, draconian, rightwards turn. Hence the total collapse in support. So how does the government respond? #SuicideMission🤦‍♂️ thesecretbarrister.com/2026/03/07/k...