Why will a man always ask another man rather than a woman who knows more than they both do?

Summer solstice eve sunrise. It is going to be a warm few days so I found some shade under a tree and admired the view here in Glastonbury.

A 7th century Pictish symbol stone discovered in 1936 during excavations at the Knowe of Burrian - a broch at Netherbrough, Harray, in the Orkney Isles. Now part of the collections at the Orkney Museum in Kirkwall. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Orkney #Picts

June 19: Feast of the translation of Margaret of Scotland (†1093). King Alexander III watched as her relics were placed in a shrine of pinewood set with gold and precious stones before the high altar at Dunfermline Abbey #OTD in 1250. Her gospel-book survives. 📸Bodleian Library

#AdoorableThursday Egleton

Norwegian parliament do the "Row"-chant

Such good news. Human beings are capable of magical and wonderful things. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I would like to offer sincere apologies to the large slug my cat just sat on on the patio. Uninjured but undoubtedly disgruntled, Mr Slug slimed off into the grass at high (very slow) speed!!

So many billionaires and trillionaires and so little money for public services. 🤔

Really peeved that the plumber has cancelled again and what I mean by that is that I'm peeved I had to clean the house before he cancelled!!!😠

This #Roman glass cup features painted scenes of gladiatorial combat. It was discovered at #Vindolanda Roman fort and settlement in #Northumberland, the pieces found in separate parts of the site. It was made in the Rhineland, likely Cologne, Germany, in the 3rd C CE. #RomanBritain #Archaeology

Obsessed with this 1735 illustration of hammerhead sharks from Japan

BBC News - Gateshead woman creates cat mayor and directory - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News - Secret Dorset: The remarkable undisturbed remains of St Wite - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

News flash: people are well within their rights to object. Imposed noise can be hellish.

Colours of summer #Shetland

A gorgeous #Roman flask in the form of a shell, mold-blown from dark blue glass. It was used to hold perfume. Dating 1st century AD. On display at British Museum. 📷 me

June 9: Feast of Colum Cille (Columba) (†597), founder-abbot of Iona. Irishman who anointed Áedán mac Gabráin as king of Dál Riata, preached to ‘the tribes of Tay’, became apostle of the northern Picts and reputedly banished a monster from the River Ness. 📸Bodleian Libraries

"If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it." - Roald Dahl

Elias Irizarry, a January 6 insurrectionist who later pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor offense related to the Capitol attack, has now been appointed to a Pentagon policy position with responsibilities tied to counterterrorism and other sensitive national security matters.

Buttered crumpets. Mmmmm!

We've forgotten who we are.

Who knew it was so industrious?!!😜

A teeny weeny tiny lion for you @dfgillie.bsky.social at The Vyne NT! #TheTinyLionAppreciationSociety.

The Vyne 3.

The Vyne 2.

The Vyne. 1.

Vixen and cub , shared by Gareth Price on Facebook for your #FoxOfTheDay today !

Sometimes it would be really nice if the people I reach out to would occasionally reach out to me.

BBC News - 'It's a very big deal' - curlew eggs hatch after being saved from wildfire www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In an age where communication is easier than ever before, why does noone ever b****y well get back to you?!

Nigel Farage is a danger to Britain. An elected MP, a party leader and a powerful voice giving licence to racist rioters and Tommy Robinson with incendiary remarks. #FarageRiots

'It's unforgivable - it shows exactly who he is.'

Less: ChatGPT More: Researching amidst the flickering lanterns of an old-fashioned library in Edinburgh during a raging thunderstorm with the help of a library ghost.

The parenting skills of Rapunzel’s witch may have been suspect, but she was an ace gardener Artist: Eric Winter

A fox quadrat ? ! Shared by Karen Chignell on Facebook for your #FoxOfTheDay today

It’s all kicking off in Richmond.

No shade on anyone playing either the "very bad teacher" or the "very good teacher" game today, but: shoutout to all the teachers who had no charisma, and just got on competently with their jobs, and never really got thanked or noticed, but did more good than harm and helped people _learn_.

Days like today it’s hard to convince visitors that Skara Brae isn’t hobbiton 🏺🌼 #Orkney

Yesterday’s #Wordle: hugga (vb.): 113 cits, e.g. [GoogleTrans: comfort, show care, calm, encourage, alleviate, soothe, ease, mitigate, strengthen] ‘vil ec giarna veita yðr þat at hugga yðarn hryggleik’ (ÓT in AM 310 4°) onp.ku.dk/o37605 #OldNorse

BBC News - All Saints Church roof needs saving after Alton Priors lead theft - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'My First Name' - by Susan Harlan (2017) No, you can’t call me By my first name, And yes, I know that A male professor Told you that titles Are silly Because a certain genre Of man Is always dying To performatively Divest himself Of his easily won Authority.

Nothing has happened.

At the Yorkshire Arboretum today. Cheery elderly woman whizzing past on mobility scooter: Hello! A few seconds later, hot and bothered middle aged woman running: She keeps forgetting about me!

Cotswold Sculpture Park. Some of my favourites. 2: