Canada taps Defence Chief -- Gen. Jennie Carignan for NATO's top military chair #Canada #NATO Defence chief hailed as an 'exceptional' leader and candidate for key alliance post www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The double crested Cormorants mouth turns a vivid blue in April and lasted thru the mating and breeding season until end of Sept then returns to its original colour.

Good morning from me and my neighbors. #birds

That’s my baby 😍 #WildlifeWednesday

You sure about that, JD? 👀

*Gestures wildly to historians* there’s no one I’d rather face this with than you. 🗃️ www.historians.org/perspectives...

Happy World Bee Day 🐝 #WorldBeeDay #bee #pollinators #bees #nature #wildlife

I like my president to look like he's alive.

❤️‍🩹The reunion of two loyal friends after a long separation – a Ukrainian soldier and his dog. First, the dog seemed to scold him for being away so long. Then it started hugging him. I’m not crying. Something just got in my eye.

Just sharing one of my videos from one of my scuba dives in Saint Lucia this past week. This is a Green Sea Turtle. These turtles as of 2025 are no longer endangered because of years of conservation efforts & grow up to 3 feet long with their main diet being sea grass. They are so beautiful to watch

Putin has taken revenge for his Victory Day parade humiliation in typical fashion by targeting Ukrainian civilians. Over the past 24 hours, the Russian dictator launched one of the largest bombardments of the entire war. Multiple Ukrainians were killed in the attack

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HumDaddy: “Lots of hummingbirds showing up! Over 1,000. Going through 2¼ gallons of nectar a day.” TT: copperhead_den South Texas

The owner didn't need to speak; the dog handled the entire situation Original post

Quote posting this with another example, because it's really cool seeing Exchequer commissioners travel across the world to take depositions. Here are cases relating to the West Indies. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_c...

New York subway rule: dogs can only travel if they go "in a bag." New Yorkers took it very seriously... and became incredibly creative. 🐶

The Extraordinary male Mandarin Duck, the lighter one is the female is soft colours brown-grey with white and hint of blue at wing. They live in Eurasia. Life span is 3-6 years in the wild, and 10-20 in protected areas.

In the ocean, humpback whales have surprised scientists with one of the strangest and kindest things seen in nature. When orcas, also known as killer whales, go hunting other sea animals like seals, sea lions, small dolphins, or even baby whales, humpback whales often arrive to stop the attack.

Spaces still available for my in-person records workshop on 17 June at The National Archives. I can promise treason records, witchcraft cases, and chunky plea rolls. What more could you want.

We need as many people as possible to agree with putting in place more ways to increase funding rather than making cuts and essentially punishing those who are already suffering. Tax the Rich – Wealth Tax Now www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...

VPR’s Expanding the Field Prize is awarded annually for an outstanding essay that diversifies the existing geographic, racial, and ethnic composition of C19 periodical studies. The winner receives $500 and publication in VPR. Submissions due June 15, 2026. More details at rs4vp.org/awards.

Hope for Britain’s Ash trees thanks to scientific ‘eureka’ moment Scientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich have found a way to speed up the germination of seeds, allowing disease-resistant Ash trees to grow, writes Alex Thomson. Read our latest newsletter here:

Owl Camouflage: the cryptic plumage that makes owls vanish against tree bark https://sinapti.ca/post/en/the-vanishing-owl-the-art-of-cryptic-camouflage-explained-su9tjg58

Everything you always wanted to know about the tricky term 'raptus' by @sarabutler.bsky.social in her latest post: Reading Records of Raptus from Thirteenth-Century England legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/05/08/r...

If you published a book on legal history in *2025,* please nominate it for a 2026 ASLH prize! For US work: Cromwell Prize for early career authors & Reid Prize for mid- and senior career authors. For non-US work: Stein Award. Due June 1: aslh.net/award_type/b... #legalhistory

New post from @sarabutler.bsky.social: "Reading Records of 'Raptus' from Thirteenth-Century England": legalhistorymiscellany.com/2026/05/08/r...

Oh, go on then . . . 🐟🏳️‍⚧️🐟 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBYf... #Attenborough #tv #queer #nature #animals #fish

Four sailors from doomed Franklin expedition identified through DNA #Canada www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...

“The A220-300 is a showcase of Canadian ingenuity,” says PM Mark Carney in Mirabel, Que., as he welcomes Airbus' multibillion-dollar deal to supply 150 of the Canadian-made jets to AirAsia. #cdnpoli

Airbus and AirAsia just signed the largest single order of commercial aircraft in Canadian history — supporting thousands of good careers in Québec and right across the country.

Woah. Fascinating update on the Franklin expedition remains. (Franklin, for non-Victorianists, was a 19th-c. naval officer & explorer, known to the tabloids of the day as ‘The Man Who Ate His Boots’ after surviving a particularly hairy expedition.)

Ukraine can now reach targets in Russia up to 1,750 km away, expanding deep strike range by 2.5 times since 2022 - Ukrainian Defense Ministry. ◾️ In 2022, two Tu-95 bombers were hit at the Engels-2 Air Base in the Saratov region of Russia, located at a distance of 650 km.

Marta Kostyuk, #Ukraine's second-ranked tennis player, has won the WTA 1000 tournament in Madrid, defeating "neutral" Russian player Mirra Andreeva in the final. Marta claimed the biggest title of her career - her third trophy in six WTA finals. Congratulations!

⚡️ Sweden has confiscated a Russian shadow fleet vessel caught transporting stolen Ukrainian grain under a false flag.

This is who Reform are. Everywhere they take over, the cranks leave a mess and chaos in their wake. Councils after next week's elections could be full of these people. bylinetimes.com/2026/04/30/r...

Russia's return to big sports is being normalized. This is wrong and unethical. President of the Russian Curling Federation Dmitry Svishchev is using legal threats and public pressure in Moscow's bid for international readmission into another Olympic sport, Politico reported.

Calling all fans of Story of a Murder - you will LOVE @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social new book, Sleuth-hound about the man who became the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes. Coming on October 20th but available for preorders!

Kaja Kallas: Russia does not want to engage in any kind of dialogue. We should not humiliate ourselves by saying, "please, we beg you to talk to us." Instead, we should put them in a position where they move from pretending to negotiate to actually negotiating.

The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis—and then called her a “fucking bitch” moments before she died in her car—was only placed on three days of administrative leave and continues to work for the agency in another state. trib.al/C3bEEAM

Some plans of police stations went to the National Archives and some into our collections - here's one of the latter showing the 1910s station-and-police-court complex on Rosslyn Hill in Hampstead. (CC @burghhouse1704.bsky.social) #ArchivePlan #Archive30

PM Carney: "Members of the [Iranian] Revolutionary Guard rightly have been prohibited from entering this country and they will not enter this country."

PM Carney on Canada being chosen to host multinational defence bank: "It's a testament to Canada's reputation, Canada's commitment, Canada's financial expertise, and our sense of innovation and partnership that we work with other countries."

Electing a Reform UK govt is exactly analogous to Brexit. Given demographics and technological lockin, 2029 is the last possible moment they can derail and destroy our economic future. Don't let them do it again. www.businessgreen.com/news/4529059...

12-year-old Anatolii saved his brothers &sisters from a Russian FPV drone by disabling it himself This happened in the border town of Semenivka,Chernihiv region.Anatolii Prokhorenko saw a Russian drone flying toward where his younger brothers&sisters were playing.He knew he had only seconds to act

“Use AI to brainstorm but not to write.” “Use AI to help you outline but not to write.” These are commonly proposed as “ethical” ways for undergrad students to use AI, but I’m sorry, brainstorming & outlining are just as integral to writing as the actual construction of sentences.

Please submit your abstract for the British Crime Historians Symposium 2026! Closing date is 6 May 2026. The conference is happening in Oxford 3-4 September. legalhistorymiscellany.com/british-crim...

This week had some genuine bright spots. Trump's approval is down in the 30s and still dropping. Democrats are surging in the polls, and Virginia voters just handed them a redistricting win worth four new House seats. Oh, and The Onion now owns InfoWars. Gotta love the universe's sense of humor.

In Russia,oil refineries are burning,"oil rains”are falling,airports are closing,the internet is being blocked.Russians are starting to complain-cautiously.Interestingly,when bags with the bodies of their soldiers were sent back to Russia,it didn’t provoke complaints But now it’s a different story⤵️

Comedic moment: PM Tusk joked about this being the first EU meeting without Russians (referring to Orban), just as pro-Russian Slovak PM Fico walked by.