Pope Leo XIV said that a "truly just society" recognizes the dignity of every human life, as he made calls for peace in a wide-ranging address to the Spanish parliament on Monday.

Sabrina Pasterski (b. #OTD in 1993) is a world-renowned theoretical physicist dubbed the "next Einstein" for her groundbreaking work in quantum gravity & spacetime. She's turned down lucrative corporate positions (e.g., Bezos' Blue Origin) to keep her research unrestricted. #WomenInSTEM #physics

🍃 Art | Winslow Homer 🌼

The mind can show us what is possible; the heart helps us decide what is worth doing. ❤️

Remember yesterday’s post? Here is the actual timelapse of that spectacular southern aurora, sparked by a recent solar event. Captured by NASA astronaut Jess Meir aboard the International Space Station #NASA #ISS

The Syrian Network in Denmark held a conference to unite Syrian groups and initiatives across Denmark into a coordinated body to assist Syria. With Danish partners, Syrian activists and academics explored a framework for channeling diaspora expertise into the country’s rebuilding. wp.me/pgslGE-1Hg

"The children who once ran to escape shelling or arrest under the ousted regime are now, despite the challenges posed by mines and destruction, running after the ball." 𝗜𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗢𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗶, 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮'𝘀 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡, 𝟮𝟬 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

Sculpture, "Hear: With an Ear to the Ground" by Polish-American artist Olga Ziemska #womensart

To truly acknowledge a cause is more than intellectual recognition; it is an act of conscience. It asks individuals and nations alike to move beyond blame and toward understanding.

🌿 Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was a legendary Bengali poet, author, playwright, musician, composer, philosopher, social reformer, painter, and one of the most famous figures of the Bengal Renaissance. Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Experience: I sat under an oak tree every day for a year

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗹-𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗮 stressed, on 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆, the importance of safeguarding the land and natural resources, adding that the fires and floods Syria endured demonstrated the profound unity of its people in protecting their environment and resources. sana.sy/en/syria/232...

“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring, it was peace.” 🍃 Milan Kundera Artwork | Amy Katherine - Browning Lime Tree Shade, 1913. 🌼

"Something Weiss apparently doesn’t understand is that a newsroom...is a living organism with a culture all its own. That culture doesn’t function based only on commands from above," writes @sulliview.bsky.social.

youtu.be/ZfCwjumpJRY?... 🥲✌️

“War can kill anything in a person, but it cannot kill values and hope. Syrians are a naturally happy people, and we aspire to live in a spirit of giving, generosity and hospitality.” ~ 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘲 𝘏𝘢𝘥𝘩𝘢𝘥, 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮 @ newfaceofsyria.org/the-soul-of-...

Great Archangel Michael 🍃 Artist | Nicholas Roerich

We are all leaders for good in the world.

𝗔 𝘃𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗼 | The city recently hosted a Japanese culture festival, offering local residents an immersive look at traditions ranging from origami and shoddo calligraphy to traditional attire and interactive games. youtu.be/OrI19xM-D34?...

"We need movements rooted in love right now, movements powered not by difference and exclusion and punishment, but by common ground, compassion, humility, healthy boundaries, patience and healing." 🍃 Adrienne maree brown

""Lake Como #2" Sergiu Ciochină

UK contemporary artists and printmaker Vanessa Lubach #womensart

Iraq war veteran John Follmer leads vet volunteers who are rehabbing a neglected Japanese garden on the West LA Veterans Affairs Campus.

"Societies heal when every community feels seen, valued, and included in the institutions that shape their lives." "𝗔 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻" newfaceofsyria.org/a-quiet-revo...

'Hector' Linocut by UK contemporary artist and printmaker Vanessa Lubach #WomensArt

Saudi Arabia’s new pledge to Syria of $1.5 billion, a spike from previous annual funding, is earmarked for the government’s plan to move displaced families from camps to their home areas by the end of 2027. wp.me/pgslGE-1GE

"The Syrian Ministry of Education has placed girls' education among its top priorities." 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘂𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗼

Wisdom, empathy, and spiritual insight are qualities of the awakened soul. As these qualities find greater expression in human affairs, systems built on fear, division, and exploitation can give way to those that nurture dignity, justice, and well-being for all. ♡

"Health care is not a privilege, it is the right of every citizen." 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗯 𝗡𝗮𝘇𝘇𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗹-𝗔𝗹𝗶

𝗤𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 The initiative, supported by Qatari benefactors, aimed to ease the burden on families struggling to afford specialized cardiac care amid the ongoing challenges facing Syria’s healthcare sector. levant24.com/news/2026/05...

How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward. 🍃 Spanish Proverb

‘In a crowd, it feels good when we do bad to our enemies’: how anger becomes contagious

"It is this way with wonder: it takes a bit of patience, and it takes putting yourself in the right place at the right time. It requires that we be curious enough to forgo our small distractions in order to find the world." 🍃 Aimee Nezhukumatathil

🦋 Artwork | Dorothea Sharp

Caturday Kafka và những ngày mưa Đà Lạt

Pope Leo's first encyclical voices his concerns about technology and AI. The pope cautions about the illusions AI bots can create, and how important actual human relationships are.

Healing is rarely achieved through a single virtue. It emerges from the dynamic balance of justice, mercy, and forgiveness—three qualities that together affirm truth, preserve dignity, and create the conditions for restoration and peace. ♡

Human behavior researchers say catastrophes can bring out kindness in surprising ways. 15 years after Joplin, Mo., came together to rebuild after a deadly tornado, a community service spirit lives on.

Gianni Strino (Italian, 1953–2023) "The Gift", 2021. Oil on Canvas, 50 × 60 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt #catlover #caturday

In eastern Aleppo the fortress, Qal’at Najm, sits on the western bank of the Euphrates river. Historians say the site gained military importance during the medieval Islamic period and was heavily fortified by the Zengid and Ayyubid dynasties in the 12th and 13th centuries. youtu.be/u-wwMTeL6TM?...

𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗢 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Syria joined military training exercises in Turkey with 50 other nations—the first time the Syrian army has participated in exercises outside the country. wp.me/pgslGE-1Gm

Watercolor Painting, By Thai Painter..Pattanaseri Nopparat (b.1964)

Thank you for your tireless work to secure public airwaves and production tools for ordinary citizens. You lifted up marginalized communities, storytellers, and independent journalists. In #Philly and beyond, losing you "is being felt deeply.” Goodnight and godspeed, Gretjen Clausing.🕯️

The ICRC welcomed Syria’s involvement in the Global Initiative on Political Commitment to International Humanitarian Law, an initiative for restoring respect for the rules of war & the Geneva Conventions. It is part of Syria’s growing participation in international laws & treaties. wp.me/pgslGE-1Gf

The head of the world’s largest humanitarian organization is stepping down. Cindy McCain has led the World Food Programme for three tumultuous years, through unprecedented humanitarian crises and global funding cuts. https://to.pbs.org/3PMAT6E

To see ourselves as agents of a new world is to recognize that history is not fixed. Civilization changes first in the mind, then in culture, and finally in the institutions we create. ♡

Marine biologist & author Rachel Carson was born #OTD in 1907. Her groundbreaking book "Silent Spring" (1962) launched the modern environmental movement, forever changed how we think about pesticides & human impact on nature & led to the nationwide ban on DDT & creation of the US EPA. #WomenInSTEM

Babs Pease, contemporary artist and printmaker living in rural Scotland #WomensArt