Finally found a gold Christmas beetle, so of course I had to paint him! #christmas #art #watercolor #watercolour #bugart #beetle #insectart

Monstera! #art #watercolor #watercolour #plantart

Loving spring in Sydney! #floralart #watercolor #watercolour #art #flowers #painting

Not a weed! #watercolor #art #floralart #watercolour #buttercups #wildflowers

My newsfeed is full of pumpkins and orange maple leaves. It’s spring in Australia so here’s my response - non-autumn crunchy gum leaves! #watercolor #art #watercolour #autumn #romanszmall

My first time painting a goldfish 😊🐠 #art #watercolor #watercolour

I may be turning into a crazy plant lady! Meet the newest additions to the family 😂💚 #watercolour #watercolor #art #plantart #houseplant

Watermelon slices. Playing around in my new sketchbook 😊 #art #watercolor #watercolour #foodart

It might not belong on a pizza, but it's beautiful to paint! Pineapples are another of my favourite subjects. #pineapple #watercolor #watercolour #art #botanical #pineappleonpizza

Gum leaves in a vase. #art #watercolor #watercolour

Practicing still life with some onions! #watercolor #watercolour #art #foodart

My #worldwatercolormonth post for day 23, group. #art #foodart #stilllife #watercolor #watercolour

A cup of espresso for #worldwatercolormonth. Because who doesn’t love coffee? #watercolor #art #coffee

Picked up my paintbrush for the first time in a couple of months. It felt good! #watercolor #art #autumn #watercolour #watercolorart

Pretty cool. Natalie Portman is among the readers of "Autocracy, Inc.," the powerful book by @anneapplebaum. It's a smart and important read, explaining the web of corruption among the world's dictators.

Facebook started taking down posts of historian Heather Cox Richardson, a national voice. This is outrageous! You can follow her here on Bluesky. But, to see her wonderful posts at Letters From an American, you can subscribe at this link. There is no paywall. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Just a thought…👇

Wow, this is seriously beautiful work!

Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.

BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him. Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.

A cute little cat to try out my new Masters Choice paper. #art #animalart #watercolor

In London

Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

Brilliant

Democrats are really going to regret not standing up to Trump, not just because they’ll lose voters, but because they’ll lose a democratic system where having more voters is the way you gain power.

Judge Theodore D. Chuang of the U.S. District Court in Maryland ruled that the Defendants’ unilateral decision to shut down USAID likely violated the US Constitution. Indefinitely blocked the agency’s dismantling and barred Musk’s staffers from accessing sensitive personal data maintained by USAID.

"If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy when we release [next year's] data," said Staffan Lindberg, head of the Varieties of Democracy project, run out of Sweden's University of Gothenburg. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

The world's richest man stole food from the world's poorest children. Now they are beginning to die www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

NEW: The leaders of every major political party in Greenland have united in a joint statement against Trump. "We cannot accept the repeated statements about annexation & control of Greenland. We find this behavior unacceptable. “Greenland is one country that everyone wants to stand behind." 🇬🇱🇩🇰

A Tesla driving past our Tesla poster #teslatakedown

Current scenes in Tottenham, North London. Just down the road from the local Tesla showroom.

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Don’t forget about tomorrow’s Take Down Tesla protests happening across the country! Since we launched the Elon boycott, Tesla’s stock has plummeted from over $400 to $262. Let’s keep the momentum going!

This is a real issue. When we lived overseas we would have to hand carry or FedEx our ballots back so they could make it in time to be counted. Not everyone can afford to do this. Citizens and military posted overseas should be able to vote in their countries elections.

Today in TN Senate Education Committee, the Senate passed a bill that prevents undocumented kiddos in K-12 from attending public schools. Never mind that violates federal law, these guys want to challenge settled law with our current corrupt SCOTUS.

#art #watercolor #ukraine I stand with Ukraine

Yes, Trump just rescued the Russian economy

Some new sunflowers ... thought it was the right time to paint some more 🇺🇦 Happy Wednesday x #Sunflowers #watercolourpainting #flowers #Ukraine #painting #loosewatercolour #art #brightcolours #watercolour #watercolor #paint #inspiration

A quick update on the US’s global standing, via tomorrow’s UK front pages:

I painted this 3 years ago shortly after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. I was inspired by the story of the woman giving sunflower seeds to Russian soldiers, "so they grow when you die" Then and now, I stand with Ukraine, even if our government doesn't #ArtYear #BirdArt #SciArt #FineArt

I stand with #Ukraine #art #watercolor

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

Breaking News: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the Pentagon to halt offensive cyberoperations against Russia, officials said.

I wrote this before the Oval Office performance, but really, there is nothing to add. It's all still true.