this is Willow, a lovely 4 year old Golden Retriever that I meet sometimes on the daily dog walk. She recognized me from 100 yards away and was thrilled that I gave her a biscuit...

"The world is not going to be saved by big SUVs that are electric,” says Renault’s chief design officer" - looks like we've fixed things in less than 24 hours 😉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“If anybody is wandering around Atlanta this Monday, Drivin N Cryin is playing a festival called Decatur Watch Fest on the Decatur town square at 7:30. I’ll be joining them for the last few songs, playing my new 12-string guitar, pictured here. See ya there.” -Peter

Michelle and I loved reading to this bright group of kids today! We hope this new Chicago Public Library branch at the Obama Presidential Center will be a place where folks come to read, check out books, and connect with one another for years to come.

People have shown up to watch the removal of the orange felon’s disgusting name from the Kennedy Center including thousands more watching live streams. It’s coming TF down!

Papua New Guinea has detailed its plans to protect approximately 200,000 km² of Pacific Ocean waters from fishing and all other destructive human activity. Papua New Guinea sits within the Coral Triangle, the global epicentre of marine biodiversity. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/papua-n...

France floods Europe's grid with solar, pushing prices negative www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Great to see ABC news doing this - that's Rebel News panicking because if everyone does it they no longer have a business model @news.abc.net.au

Hi Bluesky 👋 I finally deleted my X/Twitter account today after years of going back and forth about it. Walking away from nearly 4k followers was honestly terrifying. Washington photographer obsessed with wildlife, ferries, storms, and dramatic Pacific Northwest light ❤️

All the car parks to the supermarkets and hyper markets in this area are done. Plus quite a few much smaller parking areas. All new agricultural buildings have solar panel roofs as well.

Since I’ve been on a Spring bird craze here’s an oldie from my archives. An Indigo Bunting for the #BirdWhisperer Project (May 2016). 💙 #birdart #sciart #drawing #art #colorpencil

It was two years ago that I jumped in the car and headed off to the Riverland hoping to see my first aurora. I pulled an all-nighter. I almost went home around midnight. It was cold. But I'm glad I persevered, because I saw this just after 5am! (The bright light is a car.)

Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.

1. Flip the Senate this year 2. Block all GOP SCOTUS nominations 3. Hold the Senate and elect a Dem POTUS in 2028 4. Kill the filibuster 5. Pass HR1 6. Pass 18 year term limits on SCOTUS 7. Fill the 5 new vacancies with liberal justices 8. Have nice things

Denmark's coal-to-wind transition is one of the most dramatic energy transformations of the past three decades. In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%. Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.

Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx.  In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible.

This is the moment the market gets it. Not climate. Not policy. Not ideology. Just pain at the pump. Once people switch… they don’t go back. As foretold—Used EV prices rising. ICE falling. More than just a trend— it’s the whole system flipping. #Bettrification

Walz: We will never leave the side of our Somali Minnesotans. Here's our pledge to you, our Somali Minnesotans, your great grandchildren will still be here when that orange clown is in the dustbin of history.

UK-based Yemini artist Asmahan A. Mosleh, known for her hugely intricate mandala artworks #Womensart

Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th. We can’t wait for you to visit. Go to obama.org to learn more.

oh yes happy Strade Bianche Day to all who observe it. #stradebianche

There is no amount of money in the world that would lead me to fight a Vietnamese refugee that grew up in Louisiana (Also I really want to try a Korean style Po’ Boy)

The findings that come from an DNA studies fascinate me. The fact that DNA can even be extracted from ancient bones (and sometimes teeth) is amazing. Ancient DNA Reveals Europe’s Last Hunter-Gatherers Survived Thousands of Years Longer Than Expected share.google/WJYszOE4b4PE...

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him. The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/

Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani is officially mayor of New York City

CBS pulled the 60 Minutes CECOT segment, but Canada aired it anyway. The segment was streaming via Global TV and YouTube (since taken down). Having a VPN set to Canada helped. 🇨🇦 My take, there is no reason we shouldn’t see this. Most of it was known information, easily searchable. 1/5

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 5 ‘Snowstorm in a Pennine Valley’ Artist: SR Badmin

The painted trees, the air so still, The rustling leaves that strew the hill John Clare

I’m quoted in this one. Please give it a read and share it.

So high time for all Councils to be out planting the streets with shade trees Maybe Fed Govt could even help - such a tangible project better than a fake ‘offset’ scheme!

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year: www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

South Australia hit –11¢/kWh today—and it’s not even summer. 135% renewables in the grid, utilities paying us to use energy. This is the future Tony Seba mapped out: solar, wind & batteries pushing prices below zero. Fossil baseload is fading fast; superabundance nears. #EnergyTransition #Renewables

Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)

The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...

One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.

Other work by the Ladybird artists ‘August’ (Whitbread calendar, 1958) Artist: Ronald Lampitt

EU fossil fuel share is collapsing. Coal, oil + gas 🔥 Top drops from 2004 → 2024: 🇩🇰 Denmark: 76% → 12% 🏆 🇵🇹 Portugal: 73% → 15% 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 91% → 46% 🇮🇪 Ireland: 95% → 55% 🇬🇷 Greece: 90% → 50% 🇫🇮 Finland: 44% → 5% Clean power isn’t a future dream—it’s already the present. ⚡ #EnergyTransition #EU

Stage 7 Saint-Malo to Mûr-de-Bretagne Guerlédan - Big stack in the final kms #letourdepoupees #couchpeloton #sbscycling #TDF2025

Stage 1 Lille Métropole to Lille Métropole - Typical crash on the cobbles...uphill #letourdepoupees #couchpeloton #sbscycling #TDF2025

“You have to hold developers to high standards. You don’t just let anything get built. The answer isn’t to say ‘no’ to everything—it’s to say, ‘Yes, if.’ If it meets our vision. If it improves our public realm. If it creates benefits, not just burdens.” My @sarasotamagazine.bsky.social interview.

Where is #TrollDJ ?!! #couchpeloton

Everybody loves Caleb Interv-Ewan #letourdepoupees #couchpeloton #sbscycling #TDF2025