A true Prince...

Kick Palantir out of OUR NHS.

“It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live.” - Nina Simone 🎶💔💕

Iatmul people, Papua-New Guinea

337...Let's hope he's subject to a fair and independent investigation of the evidence. Unlike our RICS surveyor with his RICS "appointed" Ombudsman.

Bill Bramhall cartoon.

#FolkloreThursday In Japanese folklore, eating the flesh of a ningyo, or mermaid, grants eternal life and youth. It was also said that Ningyo blood will cure any wound. Boxwood ningyo netsuke, Tadayoshi, 19th century collections.mfa.org/objects/19902

“It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live.” - Nina Simone 🎶💔💕

336...And when judges say that certain ombudsmen's decisions are "illogical" and still politicians look the other way democracy really is in trouble. It's apparently, "Good For Business." We look forward to a culture where it's "Good For Democracy" becomes the benchmark for success.

335...If an ombudsman arrives at decisions, "in an illogical manner (DJS Research Customer Satisfaction Reports for Ombudsman Services) isn't that misconduct in public office? And if not why not?

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BranchBirds, any bird on a branch, the Alt theme is #Robins, so, of course the obvious - a European robin. #birds #photography

334...Labour have no plan when it comes to ombudsinjustice apart from cover it up. Spent the time since 2017 trying to get Luke Pollard to take up the issue but there was apparently, "little he could do." Time for a real "change."

#OtD 19 Feb 1896, André Breton, anarchist, antifascist and founder of surrealism, was born. More information and sources: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9082...

Octopus Teapot by Japanese ceramic artist Keiko Masumoto #womensart

Joan Miró (1893-1983) Spanish “The garden” 1925 Oil on canvas, 96 x 80 cm. Museum of Modern Art, New York (MOMA) #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Delightful ‘Dancing Dogs’ figurine. Blackware ceramic, 200 BC - 200 AD. Comala, Late Formative Period. Colima, West Mexico. 📷 Princeton University Art Museum artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collecti... #Archaeology

Spring, the sweet spring, is the year's pleasant king, Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring, Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing... -Thomas Nashe

Aztec roof ornament, about 2.4 meter high, a crenellation, part of the Calmécac, the school for the sons of Aztec nobility in ancient Tenochtitlan (now CDMX). The spiral symbolizes a marine snail, associated with the rain god Tláloc, or with Quetzalcóatl in his aspect as Ehécatl (god of the wind).

Atlantic Puffins Washing Up Around the UK @dassh-at-the-mba.bsky.social If you find a puffin: ✍Log your sighting on iNaturalist - uk.inaturalist.org 🤳If the bird is alive, contact a local veterinary practice who will be able to advise you. #iNaturalistUK #DASSH @inaturalist.bsky.social

333..."We know too well - especially Supporting Palestine - that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." Nelson Mandela 1997.

332...Organisations such as The RICS also engage in "political influencing work" (lobbying to the rest of us) which is carried out "behind the scenes." Their control over their "approved" OS:Property ombudsman was also carried out "behind the scenes." It's: Good For Business. Bad For Democracy...

#OnThisDay, 18 Feb 1944, Special Operations Executive courier Mary Herbert was arrested by the Gestapo in Poitiers. The British SOE supported the French resistance. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WW2 🗃️ 1/3

331...A lot of The RICS "political influencing work" - lobbying to the rest of us - was conducted "behind the scenes." It's how they got Sir Vince Cable to "fix" legislation. Think it was behind somewhat different scenes tho...

330...From: "Light-touch regulation of RICS members" to government "monitoring" of Ombudsman Services:Property to seemingly "no-touch regulation" of headphones. The word "regulation" should be one everyone's lips.

329...And to think this lot smeared Jeremy Corbyn for this.

328..."Trust me. I'm an estate agent." "Trust me. I'm an OS:Property ombudsman." "Trust me. I'm leader of the Labour Party." Change? With Sir Keir Starmer it's every five minutes...

#OtD 18 Feb 2004 the Hunting Act came into force in the UK banning fox hunting with hounds. While supporters claimed it as a rural pursuit, in fact it was primarily an activity for the rich, with origins in the theft of communal lands by the wealthy stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8974...

Mosaic Stairs (San Francisco) by Irish ceramicist Aileen Barr and US mosaic artist Colette Crutcher #WomensArt

A Great Eggfly butterfly in profile, its dark wings marked by bold white patches, resting on a leaf against a muted background. The contrast creates a simple, graphic composition. Photography is about perspective - follow for more. #Photography #Butterfly #Macro #ScottKissPhoto

Bonobo sexual behavior as a window into the deep evolution of rhythm and synchrony. New data on facial mimicry and movement tempo raises hard questions about what's uniquely human and what's far, far older. #Paleoanthropology #Primatology #HumanEvolution

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has passed away at the age of 84. My thoughts are with his family. I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.

Read and share all over..he nails it

"We know too well - especially those brave medics - that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." Nelson Mandela 1997.

Clarice Cliff (1899-1972), regarded as one of the most influential ceramics artists of the 20th Century #WomensArt

#OtD 16 Feb 1931 coal bosses in Harlan County, Kentucky cut miners' wages by 10%. Workers responded by going on strike several weeks later, kickstarting nearly a decade of often violent conflict and eventually winning union rights in the region stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8776...

Girls reading, 1939 by US photographer Dorothea Lange #WomensArt

Angela Davis does not believe in selective freedom. Justice is not a privilege. It is a principle. American scholar and activist whose writing and organizing reshaped feminist, racial justice, and liberation movements. Black History. Always. 🖤 #SheShed #Voices4Victory

Pollinators Paradise #StreetArt in #Portland #artist: Jeremy Nichols, #Muralist www.pdxstreetart.org/articles-all... #EcoStreetArt #murals #art #Ecology #EnvironmentalArt A few more from this mural in the comments. Thread.

Long Eared Owl Europe, the Palearctic, and North America 📷: David Driver #birds

"We know too well - especially Arundhati - that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." Nelson Mandela 1997.

15th century stained glass depicting St. Cuthbert (with the head of St. Oswald. The panel is part of the St. Cuthbert Window at York Minster which was commissioned by Thomas Langley, Bishop of Durham (1406-37). 📸 My own. #StainedGlassSunday #YorkMinster #StCuthbert

327...Rigged Market Capitalism seeks to colonise everything in its domain. From the pro-business so-called justice system that so spectacularly fails the people. To corrupt on-the-take politicians who eagerly legislate on its behalf. So let's change it once and for ALL.

326...Scandalous how no Labour think-tank has thought it a good idea to investigate the ombuds shambles at Ombudsman Services at the time of CEO The Rev Lewis Shand Smith. But then that wouldn't be Good For Business.

325...See now why Labour defends a system whereby an Ombudsman is free to "arrive at decisions in an illogical manner" DJS Research. Change? Not with Starmer Labour.

Unions & Labour MPs call on Starmer to end 'narrow factional agenda'. Authoritarian Starmer can't change. Left purged, local parties weakened, conference resolutions ignored. Starmer withdrew whip from 7 MPs for opposing the two child benefit cap, now govt policy. Need new leader, policy changes.

"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." ~ William Shakespeare Share the joy of the forest. Breath deep the tonic air. Touch the living soil. Bask in Earth's embrace and dance in the sunlight. I hope that you've had a wondrous day my friends. Rest well ❤️

Trump would have you believe that immigrant workers are “freeloaders” and the “worst of the worst.” Here to debunk his lies and lay out how we can protect immigrant workers on the job is former Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u_HwUn4bYQ

Palestinian tatreez is a deeply rooted, intricate form of traditional hand embroidery and cross-stitch (falahi) that refrences identity and heritage #WomensArt

324...And when it came to keeping the public safe from "illogical" ombudsmen Luke Pollard waved the white flag and then ran for cover. Change?

"We know too well - especially Zack Polanski - that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." Nelson Mandela 1997.