Our economy, our medicine, and the air we breathe are all gifts from healthy ecosystems. Denying the crisis of ecocide means denying our fundamental dependence on the natural world. We can't build a future on a broken foundation. #Nature #Science #Biodiversity

The land has been year-walked. The future has been met in the lanes and ways. The cunning folk have conferred. On the doors of The Raven, The Woodwose's Crown and all the other pubs they use, the proclamation has gone up: 'This is the YEAR OF THE GREEN PATHS.'

'Hall of the Golden Hue at Hiraizumi' - Kawase Hasui, 1957. This was Hasui's final work before his death later the same year. #JapaneseArt #shinhanga

These are the cute toe beans of Ms. Bitey McBiteface, she who had to be bundled into a blanket for my safety when she objected to my keeping the lights on at 6 pm. She expressed this offense by biting my forearm with great and frenzied fervor. This Full Moon is going to be a doozy. Happy New Year!

While having a you-do-you-boo sentiment toward it, I've never expressed an interest in furry soft porn either so I'm not sure why so much of it keeps showing up on my feed. Is there just that much of it on here that it shows up so frequently? 🤔 #Curious

Seriously? "If you’re a cop or a city, you no longer get to know who searched the data collected in your town. You don’t even get to know what was being searched for. If the company feels like it, you may get one of a handful of pre-approved reasons." Cancel #Flock! 🚫 #deflock #surveillance #alpr

"Keeper of the Flame ... 1942 American... film. Hepburn plays the widow of a famous civic leader who has died in an automobile accident. Tracy ...intends to write a flattering biography of the dead man, only to find that his death is shrouded in mystery." #Playbook en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeper_...

for the love of god, AI systems aren't "just tools that are neither good nor evil in and of themselves". AI systems *are* tools of capitalism. they exist as tools of capitalism. there is no AI system "in and of itself" outside of capitalism

5, maybe 6" of snow dropped on us last night again. It's pretty but daunting as it needs to be moved in strategic places so I can get around. And it's 10°F out there. I will have to do this in segments. I am already tired contemplating it. #WhiteWinterWhine

Democrats: We have not yet begun to fight! Voters: Why the hell not? What the fuck are you waiting for?

If only he would realize the eternal fame that would be his to claim if they would just #ReleaseTheUnredactedEpsteinFiles in their entirety. Bigly fame! Forever huge! 🤔

After 9 hours 53 minutes, all clear in Kyiv. Zelenskyy said russia launched nearly 500 drones and 40 missiles, with Kyiv as the main target.

Scenes from Kyiv, the terrorist attacks by Russia on the city have been ongoing nonstop for at least 11 hours.

Kyiv. Life after the night attack. Water is back. Heating’s better. Air raid alert again. No power. Generators sing about hope. This city stands – wounded, but stands.

Greetings from Kyiv, where the night brought missiles and drones. Explosions still continue this morning. Emergency power outages. Heating problems. Residential buildings hit.

Amazing information, thank you. I find this graph interesting, because it shows how unbalanced our current calendar is, and how much sense the Celtic calendar makes. It's basic, and yet, fits so beautifully.

I think it's amusing af that mosquitoes in WI 🇺🇸 come out from wherever they've been hiding when it goes over freezing and flit around like tiny angels. They are not bitey, just getting exercise. 😂

I'm not crying you're crying. Really needed to see something good this morning. Thank you. 🌟💖

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So much about this painting that I find beautiful. Missing alt text: a person is looking out a window into the night. They are reflected in the glass and behind them the branches outside are reflected on the wall along with them above a record player on a side table. It is a lovely peaceful scene.

'Father Christmas & his Cats' (colored pencil) Anne Yvonne Gilbert, British artist and book illustrator #Caturday

This makes me so happy.

These are the Overlap Days, the days when Spiritual & Secular traditions overlap more deeply than other Seasons. We get an #Opportunity to #Choose our #Focus going forward in a more profound & personal way. Choose wisely, and Well and may whatever Spirit moves you may it bring you back to yourSelf.

Great article... open.substack.com/pub/blueprin...

i believe the problem with most tech is capitalism and not the underlying tech. things can be fixed, improved, iterated upon, but not when the only driving motivator is profit. if we designed things with regard to our fellow humans and our world first, it wouldn't be this way.

QOTD: "Yup, there's your problem. You've mistaken arbitrary norms specific to your social group for sacred immutable truths and it has driven you insane."

A 9,000-year-old skeleton in Somerset was genetically matched to a local man named Adrian Targett. Their mitochondrial DNA reveals an unbroken maternal lineage spanning 300 generations — the longest verified lineage in history.

Kyiv on Christmas Eve. I film these moments to show you our strength. We haven’t lost our spirit in this long war.

RED AIRGLOW FILLS DEATH VALLEY LAKE: Death Valley has a lake? It does now. In Nov, extinct Lake Manly came back to life after an atmospheric river passed over California. On Dec.11th, Chris Cook photographed its shallow water reflecting the red sky overhead spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload...

GREENLAND UPDATE: 🇬🇱🇬🇱🇬🇱🇬🇱🇬🇱🇬🇱 Message from the Premier of Greenland

Later, we shall walk the same path through the boneyard to midnight mass. It shall be more ghost-crowded then, for in death many seem to remember the ritual of life and walk beside us. Each year adds to the roll of phantoms. – #CLNolan in a letter to #ArthurMachen, 1929

I needed a simple watch so I binged "What's In The Box" w/Neil Patrick Harris & realized why I get bummed at "xmas". Only 1 of the mega prizes appealed to me & the Grand Prize felt like a trick. The Magic of Winter's Dark has been perverted by #greed for senseless things and it's depressing as Fuck.

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Too cool not to share. #minerals #juxtaposition #stones

Most festive thing in the world. You can stop looking now.

Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ....get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed. #pagansky #heathensky #runesky #uruz

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

🤣 I am kinda doing this, although if 'certain parties' knew, they would not appreciate being called goblins! 😂😂😂

Today’s unpopular opinion: Buying an ugly Christmas sweater that was deliberately made ugly misses the point. A true ugly Christmas sweater is one someone bought in good faith and gave to you and expects you to wear on the day. Bless their heart. #Yule

SO good, and an important reminder, if one cares to Listen. Might explain the hollowness - instead of Holiness - many feel during this time of year.

"They should have just released reams of black paper. Would have cost less and been just as transparent." ~ Unknown Author

Love the shadows and lines and simple joy of this. The angles of the perspective. Beautiful!

Not all super powers are noble and strong. Some are downright weird. So harness your dark freaky weirdness and do some good if you can.

Looks like I’ve found a new hobby – visiting local markets and discovering little treasures. Even if my posts help Ukrainian artisans just a tiny bit, I’m happy. They deserve to be seen. Just look at these cuties I saw today.

"This time of year...not all darkness is bad. Some darkness incubates, nurtures, or provides rest. ...helps us better see the soft grey illumination of winter’s dawn. In these times, let us be light for one another. In these times, let us offer respite and warmth." @thorncoyle.bsky.social 🕯️🫶💐

Seasonal grumpiness has arrived. I shall alleviate it by avoiding humans pretending their obligatory franticness and heavy spending will lead to a couple of hours of obtuse bliss that will free them from the angst that haunts them. I don't mean to be cruel; it's just #exhausting witnessing it. #Joy!