Well it’s taken a while, but I give you my latest embroidery, it’s a little different but still very much me, if that makes any sense. 😅 I hope you enjoy all the same.🪡🌿🌺🪻✨ *completely freehand stitched using the needle like a paintbrush. #stitchedart #embroidery #thesewingsongbird

The tiny snake that lives on my back doorstep. DeKay's brownsnake (Storeria dekayi)

Shrooms!

Sam Neill insisting on changing the Australian flag in Event Horizon, and the reasoning behind it, speaks to his character so well. For those who don't know, the reason the flag on Weir's costume has the Aboriginal flag, not the Union flag, is because Sam said he hoped by 2047 we'd have changed it.

Witch, hare and herbs linoprint by my mum, Jo, from my short story collection Help The Witch. You can read more about my mum's work here: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...

Damn

I made tater salad 🤤

🧡 grateful for this fox rescue blessings kind sir 🧡🔆🎈🌼🧡

Late Neolithic macehead which was found during 1839 at Dounby Farm in Sandwick on Orkney. Discovered in a burial cist, the macehead is now part of the collections at Orkney Museum in Kirkwall. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Prehistory #Orkney

Some of you might find this interesting: the adult Ravens are black inside their mouths, whereas the juveniles are still pink. Apparently the mouth turns black any time up to 2 years, and social status is a key factor: more dominant Ravens turn black earlier, in the first winter. #ukbirding

🦇 #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #Jewellery #Precolumbian #TainoCulture #DominicanRepublic Taino artist BAT MAN PENDANT, ca. 800 - 1000 Carved jasper or rhyolite

I mean Stephen King would have come up with something way better than that shite, but in general...yeah.

".. the small Quebec town ... has become the first municipality in Canada to officially recognize trees as living beings with inherent rights ... declaring that trees deserve protection, including the right to life, natural growth, integrity, and regeneration" www.facebook.com/groups/29053...

An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

When you realize being a cat doesn't exempt you from the daily existential dread. #Cat #Caturday #Catsofbluesky #LifuX

there appears to be some confusion over whether senator mcconnell is living or dead, which is understandable because how could you even tell

Re: Platner My take, having been married to an abusive alcoholic, is that 1. They don't remember what they did, so why are you upset? 2. If it's fun for them, they don't care if it isn't fun for you

Men will literally run for the United States senate instead of going to Alcoholics Anonymous.

Maya vessel of an enthroned lord and a seated figure, 765CE, Puuc region Xcalumkín, Campeche. A young Maya lord is shown seated on a wooden basket throne covered with a jaguar skin adorned with fringe. On the left, a figure in a submissive position wears a conical headdress with floral details.

I watched Independence Day last night, having never seen it before. It's one of those films that would benefit by switching all the genders. Also can't help thinking of all the pollution and environmental destruction.

Colours.

I have such an expertly curated algorithm that I'm seeing posts from Mexican street food restaurants in the US and this is how they're advertising the game tomorrow night. "Good vibes"

The shawl I didn't finish in time to list in the @romancingthevote.com auction? I'm now trying to finish it on time for the END, so I can quickly pivot to the custom items I have on offer.

He's ruined our sesquicentennial.

From today’s hike. And with that, good night. ~•~ Fruited Balloonpod Milkvetch (Astragalus whitneyi) with lupine, daggerpod, mariposa lily and paintbrush on a high elevation ridgeline. 🌿

-Notice News 1/ "YES: Mamdani's administration just funded New York City's first-ever pet food pantry program.

Afro-futurism exhibit at SFO. Very cool.

Mmm, tortellini salad 🤤

I was fortunate to see the elephant seals at Año Nuevo. They have strange fur - it feels like plastic. I still laugh about the "super weaners." I'm still mad about Freya, too. People need to give animals space! www.npr.org/2026/07/03/g...

Jared Kushner in Venezuela looking for property.

2/2 And while I'm at it: Reminder that DC has more residents than two entire states w total of 3 Reps and 4 US Senators (WY and VT, closing in on ND). We pay *more* federal tax per capita than any other jurisdiction—really, top even NY and CA. And have zero vote in Congress. Statehood for DC.

When genetic mods are available, I'm going for the purple feathers!

Mayan art: corn god emerging from a flower, symbolizing the cycle of birth, growth and regeneration that sustained the existence of Mayan communities. Corn was much more than food: it represented the origin of life, fertility and the constant renewal of nature. 600-800CE, Hopelchén, Campeche.

Thanks for making everyone in the country miserable for our 250th Anniversary you weak prick. Thanks for alienating all our dear friends around the world. Thanks for ripping us off and driving up the cost of living to unsustainable levels asshole. Go away. Leave us the fuck alone. You are done here.

#FindsFriday The Bullion Pictish stone. Found in 1933 in Invergowrie this Class 1 symbol stone is on display @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social It shows a rider on a horse drinking from a bird shaped horn and dates to c.AD900-950 #Scotland #Picts #IronAge 📸 mine

If you have an outdoor area, please put a basin of water out for wildlife. They suffer in these extreme temps.

Saying good night to my BlueSky friends with this incredible sight. On June 31, a rare 22-degree solar halo appeared above Devils Tower in Wyoming. The ring formed as sunlight passed through millions of tiny hexagonal ice crystals, creating one of nature's most beautiful optical displays.

I'm suing Puppy Boutique in Brooklyn after they illegally sold puppies to New Yorkers, exposing them to exorbitant veterinary bills for animals raised in inhumane puppy mills.   I'll continue to ensure that animals are healthy and protected, and that abusive breeders are stopped.

Not a great economy alert! Wall Street Bets users think Palantir spiked today because The Onion story titled “Palantir Acquires Pentagon for $800 Billion” hit their front page. They’re guessing trading bots indexed the top post on the subreddit reddit not understanding source.

Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98!

Such a heavenly blue!

We need this law where I live. The last three vets I've gone to have hassled me about wanting to buy my pet meds online, and the most recent one forces clients to use their pharmacy. I keep looking for a vet I can trust. Pet insurance is driving costs up. weartv.com/news/local/f...

I worked for a major art institution during this period, and went to the WPA Mapplethorpe show. We had to deal with megachurches flooding us with complaints about artists like Sally Mann, Serrano, and Mapplethorpe www.npr.org/2026/06/30/n...

The forums went away and the guys who called mods Nazis for making racism against the rules got to run the whole internet instead

On #WorldSnorkellingDay, an air-bag deployed on a Neo-Assyrian gypsum wall panel relief, c. 865BCE, from Nimrud North West Palace. Now in British Museum. I love the fish swimming along in the same direction.

Sociopaths! You beat up on yourself for believing them, but they have honed their skills. www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...

Kærrrrrssst! m.youtube.com/watch?v=cmjp...

Music is not a luxury here. It is proof that we are still alive. Two young women. Two banduras. One bench in a Ukrainian city. They played. People stopped. No one said a word. hfu.org