Friends! Dunelm are doing a special initiative called Delivering Joy. You buy a present for someone living in poverty or struggling. If you have a Dunelm Store near you, you can pop in, choose a tag from their Christmas tree, buy what’s on the tag, pop it in a giftbag, and return it to the Store. 🎁

If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing

Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover

A coat of arms has to be impressive, full of symbolism, it's important, it represents an powerful family or person, so you have to think long and hard about its design and take it very seriously. Or just put some underpants on it. Like Lord Jan van Abbenbroeck did;

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: This delicate #Roman blue and white marbled glass unguentarium, a vessel to hold oil/perfume, was made from translucent dark blue glass with trails in opaque white. Dating 1st century AD. On display at Landesmuseum Württemberg 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

Think every senior deserves to be spoiled in their golden years? Meet Pork Chop! She seems like a grump at first glance, but this sweet granny has a heart full of love. Abandoned at 16, she's spent a month+ at the shelter hoping a foster will take her home to enjoy the retirement she deserves 🧵

It’s his day.

Who did this?

Happy Wszystkich Świętych, All Hallows Day, celebrated in Poland. One of my favourite celebrations, remembering these who have passed by decorating graves and lighting up znicze (a glass lantern)

On this Halloween, a reminder that a sculptor included a Xenomorph gargoyle during the 1990s restoration of Paisley Abbey

What a naughty kitty that Percy was, leaping up for the decorations!! 🙀🎃

With SNAP benefits going to shit because of rich assholes and corruption running rampant through politics I'd like to point your attention to a Clinton. No, not one of those Clintons. This Clinton. Clifford Clinton.

“Other signs of witchcraft listed in local records include not attending church and talking to animals…” That’s most of Bluesky done for.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

This is about so much more than a dog. It's about all of us. Please read Catherynne's patreon post. ❤️

It's time for a timeline cleanse! A small Corinthian aryballos in the shape of an owl (circa 630 BC). It served as a perfume container. On display at Antikensammlung München A lovely Sunday to all of you 🌞 📷 me

Marvellous Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters about 3,800 years ago! Which is your favourite? ❤️ Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me 🏺 #Archaeology

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast' 10/10 response, no notes

Have you had a little look at my new products and all the prints I have available in my online shop? Oodles to choose from! www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/products #shopsmall #smallbuisness #smallbusinesslove

A lovely evocative bit of writing, through the eyes of crows

Comments on the Frog Rebellion and the fall of the Mango Monarch: Earth’s so-called No Kings uprising as seen from Mars #NoKings @xylbtokthemartian.bsky.social northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/opi...

Guillermo del Toro’s retelling of the story about a scientist trying to create life is a visual treat and a rousing adaptation.

anyway one in four children in the UK live in food insecure households, but thank god GDP grew by 0.1% in August, right

The importance of ongoing ritual in my professional and personal life.

A tree in Wales was damaged by a storm. Instead of cutting it down, chainsaw artist Simon O'Rourke set to work ... #wood #carving #sculpture #art #nature #photography #nature

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

A stunning 2,000 year-old Roman blue glass amphoriskos. 📷 Getty Museum www.getty.edu/art/collecti... #Archaeology

God love Kew, this is incredible

..and now it’s time for Hisssstorical Highlights..

Mia is a gracious host and always provides a spare cardboard box for guests

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

Crow sat and watched the first leaf fall. Autumn had arrived. He thought how wonderful it was of the trees to give up their fading leaves, and even their golden ones. The trees knew when it was time to let go. So did he, he thought. How beautiful it was to let things go. #autumn #WhenBeastsSpoke

#NationalBadgerDay! Badger loved to gaze into a moonlit night, Seeing what he could see in low dancing light. One glance wasn't enough to take it all in, And to truly see what was hidden within. With patience, he studied each shadow, each hue, And saw more with his heart than his eyes ever knew.

On Monday 22 Sep 2025, Rose was diagnosed with inoperable, terminal lung cancer. At this time I am providing her hospice care, trying to make her feel as comfortable and loved as possible until it’s time for her to go. gofund.me/b0d43ba17 www.paypal.me/riffmillar cash.app/$RiffMillar

Just found this image of the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption in Iceland that I've never shared before. Being in the presence of this volcano and feeling the intense heat of the Earth on my skin was genuinely the best experience of my life and its not even close. #photography

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

Vampire is available to adopt in LA or Orange County! 2 weeks ago I found a small kitten trapped in the middle of a busy intersection. Now she's 6 weeks and ready to find her forever home. Adoption application available on VIDA. Dm if you have questions about her! www.petfinder.com/cat/vampire-...

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Can anyone help me with Storm’s expenses this week? She’s in poor health and going to a Specialist to be put under anesthesia on Wednesday but it’s gonna cost about $2,700. I need to figure out what’s wrong with her I just don’t make a lot. I only have Venmo— @wendy_lynne — even a re-skeet helps! ❤️

Rest In Peace Jane Goodall - what an extraordinary footprint you have left on this earth. Photo by Michael 'Nick' Nichols

I enjoy a well-thought-out, rule-based magic system in fiction as much as anyone, BUT I also think that we should give more props to what Terry Pratchett did in the Discworld books, where it was less about rules and more about vibes and, more importantly, what fit a given story the best. 🧵

Why businesses and senior leadership must speak out against rising populism and Brexit policies northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/bre...

"I know that too many people won't care, and by the end of the day tomorrow, it'll be like this never happened." - me, yesterday. ...and you don't even know *which* thing I am talking about, because there are so many. every. day.

I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.

Squiggle update! Hopefully people who have donated are getting these by email when I add them to the fundraiser, but I don't want anyone who's invested in our little wobbler to miss any news. Sorry I'm not updating much, the stress this week has absolutely wrecked me 🤒

Our wobbly superstar is still here, still fighting and little by little, seems to be getting stronger. There's still a long way to go and we won't be able to bring her home anytime soon, but I've posted an update to the fundraiser with the latest news from intensive care ❤️

This beautiful glass bowl looks modern, yet it’s about 2,250 years old! 🤩 Made using an innovative technique in which thin threads of twisted glass were spiralled over a convex mould. Wonderful example of the skill of ancient artisans! Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart 📷 me #Archaeology