The odds of being slapped by a random turtle in the middle of the ocean are low, but never zero. Original post

British Academy President's statement on the UK's higher education crisis, July 2026.

Palace of the Ether has now taken material form - a few copies are now in the country. Out 16th June & available to order here: www.lundhumphries.com/products/pal...

New post from @drkdwatson.bsky.social on the influence of forensic techniques and assumptions from the 'Jack the Ripper' investigation: legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/06/19/t...

140 years ago this week, a now-forgotten crime in Kentish Town: www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2617775...

After last night's Russian attack on Kharkiv, this little fella was saved from the rubble. His wing is broken, but he is receiving care now.

The King Bird-of-Paradise is notoriously difficult to find in the wild. These stunning, vividly coloured birds spend most of their lives high in the dense canopies of New Guinea's lowland rainforests.Locating them is an enormous challenge! So beautiful!

This week we also published 'The Correspondence of Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh, 1640–1691', edited by Evan Bourke: bit.ly/4ouSa1l This is the latest volume in @royalhistsoc.org's Camden Series of primary source editions, published online & print by CUP: bit.ly/4oxm5Ga #Skystorians 1/2

What a powerful message! My aai (maternal grandma) in India got small pox. My mom had to get the small pox vaccine. She has that same vaccine scar. Their generation saw the havoc. We were spared from that. The public health actions taken by the past generations affect the future of children. 🧪

"Recapping. In these months, the President of the United States Donald Trump has praised Putin, Kim Jong-un, Orbán, Netanyahu, Lukashenko, Xi Jinping. And he has attacked: Pope Leo XIV, Meloni, Macron, Starmer, Merz, Sanchez, Carney, the European Union and NATO."

oh permanent full-time pre-1800 job at Limerick! Deadline 14 August -- start of the job in January 2027. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRU993/a... #earlymodern #MedievalSky #Skystorians #Jobfairy

Many of us have been saying this for years.

Male hummingbird dancing for a female: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...

The Canada Strong Pass is back. Free access to our national parks. Lower entry fees at museums. Free rail travel for your kids. From now until September 7th, you and your family can explore more of Canada for a lot less.

President Zelenskyy putting Putin lapdog Lukashenko on notice. #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦

'Turner, a professor at Swansea University, shows that while public and political attitudes to disability have remained poor, disabled people have challenged them at every stage, wresting progress out of even the most unpromising circumstances.' 1/2 #Skystorians

Dogs, they bring a spark of joy to everyone they meet. 🐶💖🦮 "Dogs are humans' best friends. A dog is never just a pet; they are family, a guardian and the gentlest companion in the world." #dogs #companion #joy

What two scenes have the same vibe. I'll go first:

New blog post examines forensic continuity in the history of serial homicide: The ‘Ripper Template’ and Forensic Investigations of Serial Murder legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/06/19/t...

Kirill Petrenko, Chief Conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker and the winner of Denmark's prestigious Léonie Sonning Music Prize, will donate the entire prize money - DKK 1 million (€134,000) - to organizations supporting Ukraine.

Securing a just and lasting peace for Ukraine and Europe. That’s our focus this morning at the G7 Summit here in Évian, France.

www.itv.com/news/2026-06... I confess I hadn't ever heard of this problem before - illegal schools - but it's pretty shocking.

When I meet people in the real world, they have 0% - and I mean zero - knowledge of the disaster unfolding in British HE. Even if their kids are actually at uni. They look at me as if I've gone mad. This is why. 👇

During Trump 1 he was literally extorting the new Ukrainian President Zelensky by refusing to send Ukraine the weapons that OUR Congress had appropriated to defend itself from the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine UNLESS HE ANNOUNCE A FAKE INVESTIGATION OF THE BIDENS! Fox shouted those facts away…

Seal inspecting a diver: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

When people see a maple leaf on a uniform, they see hope. They get help.    On Canadian Armed Forces Day, we honour the women and men who defend our sovereignty. They represent the very best of Canada.

When octopuses are stressed, they retreat into hiding to avoid attention, showcasing their unique coping mechanisms in the ocean's depths.

The Gentle Giant the Blue Whale the largest animal on Earth, a marine mammal that can reach up to 100 feet long and weigh 200 tons, with a heart the size of a small car. These filter feeders eat almost exclusively on tiny crustaceans called krill

One of the most competent politicians we’ve ever had, but stooopid voters screwed us.

Nature at its best! I love this one! An octopus getting an UBER ride on a turtle!!🙂

Even if climate change wasn't happening Even if burning fossil fuels didn't kill millions It would still make sense to invest in the green economy because these are the technologies of the future, and fossil fuels are the technologies of the past You don't sit out an industrial revolution

I hope if not due to natural causes that the perpetrators can be identified. Too many farmers and gamekeepers (a profession that should no longer exist) are slaughtering our wildlife. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thank you, Rep Joyce Beatty! Nobody else tried to do it. I appreciate it very much!👏👏👏

This flouf is one of 15 healthy California condor chicks to hatch at our conservation center this season. A new record! #Condorable #KeepCalmAndCarrion

Audition polaroids taken by Hollywood Casting Director Mali Finn in the 1980's

Credit to val_j0hnst0n #MeanwhileInCanada #BritishColumbia 🍁🫎

"Some things are best left unknown, and some places best left unvisited." #MountEverestDay

Rare and endangered Golden Eagle 🦅 released back into the wild in Ottawa after being found injured in early May #Canada #OttawaAnimalRescue

Belugas Recognize Themselves: New Research Strengthens the Case for Whales #SeaShepherd seashepherd.org/2026/05/26/b...

www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/dia... A rare good news story #Conservation.

While Russia continues to shamelessly claim it never strikes civilian targets, this week it used a precision-guided Iskander ballistic missile worth several million dollars to hit a World Food Programme warehouse in Dnipro, destroying food stocks intended to feed 130,000 people.

Let's prioritize installing solar panels on structures like car parks and building rooftops instead of agricultural land, as this approach embodies sustainable development.

Japan, Norway, Iceland, Faroe Islands, and any other group who slaughters whales, dolphins, etc. use rationale like “research” or “cultural heritage” but it is really just cruel and disgusting share.google/StMQsQuwqpoq...