A #SilentSunday on a forest trail. #Photography #Forest #Cumbria #Walking

@robcrank68.bsky.social Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StaringRightAtYou, any bird staring right at you. The Alt Theme is #Yellow, any bird with Yellow in it's plumage. Here's an Eastern Kingbird pausing a moment from insect catching #Birds #EasternKingBird

From a recent misty and wet wander wander up past Hartsop Dodd and Hayeswater Gill in the #LakeDistrict, #Cumbria. This well photographed abandoned stone barn with its old slate roof and a tree growing out of the back of it is very typical Lake District. #landscapephotography #uk #photography

Sing your song this weekend.

Gabbard's story in 15 minutes: She told everyone in 2019 that Trump lied when he promised to keep us out of wars. Then in 2024 she endorsed him anyway, claiming he would keep us out of wars. And as he got us into more wars, she did nothing. She's a complete sellout. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA4O...

For the second time we know of, Kash Patel's FBI got a warning about a dangerous Nazi sympathizer (the other is the Evergreen shooter) but did not prevent an attack. This time 3 people were murdered. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/u...

Abrego García should apply for the “Anti-Weaponization Fund.” How many other people have a district court ruling actually *finding* vindictive prosecution?

"John Roberts may as well have ordered “Whites Only” signs to be printed and hung up on the doors of state legislatures in the South, just like the drinking fountains of yore." @thelisagraves.bsky.social

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #HeadShots, here is an Bellbird enjoying the nectar on a rainy day in #NewZealand. #birds #birding #nature #birdphotography #FeatheredFriday

Take visiting friends to Glendalough. You can't go wrong. Easy shuffle around the buildings and cemetery or good hikes up around the lakes and hills. #Photography #Scape #ForestFriday #EastCoastKin #Glendalough #Ireland

For the still-living survivors of those who were maimed or murdered during the Civil Rights Movement, Louisiana v. Callais marks a return to the 1960s that isn’t abstract. They remember the threats, the fear, and the bloodshed that led to the Voting Rights Act. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/their-l...

This adds to the benefits of solar. The main benefits include not having to pay for fossil fuels every year with scarce foreign exchange. Another benefit is insulation from oil market disruption. Not burning up the planet is good too.

www.contrariannews.org/p/undaunted-... Given the betrayal by the U.S. and the threats from Russia and China, the EU deserves more recognition for upholding democratic values and at least partially filling the vacuum created by Trump’s retreat from reality.

"Together, wind and solar generated 22% of global electricity in April, compared with 20% from gas." More evidence: low cost wins in power generation. Gas is expensive and getting more expensive.

Happy Thursday 🌱💚 #natureheals #trees #nature #outdoors

The #Grassland always has some good bugs! #BirdOfTheDay #birds #backyardbirds #bluebirds #birdphotography #ECK 🪶

Hard to stress how badly Trump has screwed up.

Let's figure out this phone thing — what it's doing to us, and our kids. But let's do it by focussing on research rather than intuitions. I just reviewed the latest evidence, and it leads to some pretty interesting (and unexpected) places. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/what-reall...

Six of the current US states (ND, SD, MT, ID, WY, WA) were created by Republicans in a nine-month period to give themselves extra votes in the Senate and Electoral College, and 136 years later it’s still working. DC statehood is long overdue.

Trump's new $1.8b “anti-weaponization” fund could funnel money to activists who served felony sentences for breaking into and blocking patients from entering abortion clinics. Clinic leaders worry this could incentivize more violence as death threats, assault, stalking and blockades are on the rise

Marshy inlet stream and Herron Pond, White Memorial Foundation, Morris, Connecticut. April 30, 2025, 4:08 PM. #hiking #forest #lake #marsh

Yellow-bellied flycatcher #Birds

Solar to overtake coal on Texas grid for the first time ever this year - Canary Media Inc. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

Rep. Thomas Massie has conceded. Republican voters have rejected the member of their own party most responsible for forcing the vote to release the Epstein files. All because Trump, a man named in the Epstein files thousands of times, didn't want them released. That says a lot. None of it good.

Polls are open from 7am to 7pm for primary elections, and general elections for the Supreme Court of Georgia and inferior court judges. Go vote, Georgia!!

Walking along Loch Lomond last month on my favourite stretch of the #WestHighlandWay 🥾 #ThickTrunkTuesday

Sing your song.

DoGE "accidentally" cancelled Ebola protection whilst raiding voter data.

The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen. And it worked. Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%. Industrial process heat is the real prize.

I say without hyperbole that this is the most brazenly corrupt action in US Presidential history. That it does not immediately lead to impeachment is a dangerous sign of how far the rule of law has declined.

Another amazing orange sunset in the Ocala National Forest. #StunDay #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Landscapes #EastCoastKin #sunset

Any day with a discovery is a good day.

After covering a busy week of #SCOTUS news, today’s “One First” takes a deep dive into justices testifying before Congress—how it used to be a regular occurrence (and not just to ask for the Court’s budget), how it’s petered out over the last 15 years, and why we should really make it a thing again:

"Especially over the last 15 years, the Court's corrupt majority has more & more openly adopted the stance that you have a powerful presidency for Republicans & a weak one for Dems. They won’t allow Dems to enjoy the fruits of political power when they win it, & that’s just an untenable situation."

I appreciate @natecohn.bsky.social & Eve Washington's NYT piece pointing out that random simulations of nonpartisan districting tend to produce many minority opportunity districts, perhaps as many as we have now. But although the subhead comes close, the authors do not ever quite say the key point—

Goodmorning Bluesky! Wishing you all a nice Sunday with peace and love. Tulips are greeting you from the Netherlands #spring #bloom #flower #flowers #nature #photo #Photography #tree #trees #blueskynature #tulips

The #BirdOfTheDay alt theme by @alan678.bsky.social #songbirds #BlackThroatedGreenWarbler singing right next to my ear yesterday, with a beautiful teeteeteeeteebzzzbz #warblers Taken with #CanonR5 on a 200-800mm

Cassidy jettisoned his integrity by voting for RFK jr. and got nothing in return.

In the world of science, progress is being made.

Editor Commentary: The Supreme Court has unleashed a cascade of gerrymandering across the nation. It turns out Ohio gerrymandering was just a primer to measure how degraded politicians could get and get away with it. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/15/o...

For most color per square inch, no bird beats the painted bunting.

Stairway in Lednice Castle in the Czech Republic. 1851.Carved out of one oak tree and made with no nails. Truly a lost art.

Justice Alito even asked a smartass question during the Temporary Protected Status oral argument the other day like 'what does non-white immigrants even mean? Are Greeks white? What about southern Italians?' ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/supre...

NEW: Solar plus batteries cheaper than gas. “A new report finds that 24/7 ‘firm’ clean energy is cheaper than coal & gas in many parts of the world. The Iran War may catalyze faster adoption.” It’s just really dumb not to lean in on renewables. Unless your personal profit requires oil dependency…

3-year-old Teslas fail inspections more than any other 3-year-old car in the Finnish market by multiples. Top 3 worst: 1. ⁠Tesla Model Ys saw 62.7 % failures. 2. ⁠Tesla Model 3s saw 58.7 % failures. 3. ⁠Dacia Dusters saw 23 % failures. Nearly all other car models had under 10% failure rates.

Rational not looney behavior.

Some of the identified individuals the US killed in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific showed "no indication of involvement with drug trafficking." And even if they were traffickers, they'd be low level. Killing them would make virtually no impact on the cartels or drug trafficking into the US.

Every defense of our current "market" system runs smack into the reality of grossly overcapitalized financial markets that get *less* rational as the entity gets bigger. Trillions of dollars poured into greater-fool theory instead of productive economic activity.

View from inside #BrucesCaves showcasing stunning ##autumn foliage in the surrounding #forest near #Wiarton, #Ontario. #BuyIntoArt #Nature #NaturePhotography #Hiking #DiscoverON #WiartonOntario https://jrtphotography.com/featured/looking-out-of-bruces-caves-near-wiarton-ontario-john-twynam.html