“One walks among elementals, and elementals are not governable." - Nan Shepherd #NanShepherd #ShepherdSunday #naturewriting #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #photographersofbluesky #stunday #eastcoastkin #midwest #marsh #wetlands

Goodnight ✨ May waking be a joy. May an open heart be each of ours. May hope and love be your feast. 🌸

I suspect most of us have experienced this at some point in our lives. It's helpful to know it's a brain thing - and able to be dealt with.

NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights. The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system. 🧵 [1/8]

Focusing on the people having digital ID's is insane as asked & not answered here. The focus should be on businesses. Any employer that can't afford to pay its staff isn't a viable business. Investigate the corrupt corporations not the people. The slave owners and not the slaves.

More “war-ravaged” Portland 🤷🏽‍♂️ We control our narrative. We control our reality.

This has to be countered strongly. We can't let the christofascists win here. There is too much at stake

Sky News and the BBC repeatedly mention the "migrant crisis" in doing so they are normalising and legitimising far right talking points. There is no "migrant crisis", there is only migrant hysteria, which the British media is feeding into instead of countering.

"An actress who plays the Duchess of York in an ITV drama has pulled out of promoting the show. Natalie Dormer said Sarah Ferguson’s behaviour was “inexcusable” after the revelations over her correspondence with Epstein."[Telegraph] She has donated her salary for the show to sexual abuse charities

When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland. My column today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Saturn, rising behind its largest moon Titan. This scene is a composite of images taken by the Cassini spacecraft on 31 March 2005. At the time, Cassini was 7,000 km from Titan and 1.2 million km from Saturn. Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/Ian Regan/Val Klavans

Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them. - Assata Shakur Pic of the day #photography

headline in my inbox: "The War on Tylenol". Except that it isn't? It's a eugenicist war on pregnant people, blaming them and their medical caregivers for autism, which the eugenicists regard as a fate worse than death. Focusing on Tylenol hides that fact.

And to fix the NHS and re-open libraries, and invest in infrastructure and education...

Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it. Yes, they might. And he should wear it as a badge of honour. Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet. Where's the hazard in that?

🌸☺️ I'd change the word "God" to "the universe", but hey, otherwise, yeah.

It was only a sunny smile, And little it cost in the giving; But it scattered the night Like morning light, And made the day worth living. -Author Unknown Have a wonderful day gentle souls and if you can, share some smiles.💚 #Naturephotography #Photography #Quotes #Bluesky #Nature

Beautiful Japan. Photography by hamapenguin on Flickr.

Adoring this hoopoe!

🐙 Meet all sorts of species & fanciful themed octopuses on my website: sculptedreef.com/collections/...

Here's something to brighten your Monday 💛 The comical-looking Canary-shouldered Thorn has pale orange-brown wings with scalloped edges, allowing them to blend in perfectly with the autumn foliage. 📷: Kate Reece, Iain H Leach, Will Langdon #MothMonday #MothsMatter

I continue to be very proud of this bespoke window cling I had made for a friend's bathroom window - from a watercolour of my own making. #art #artist #turtle #windowart

Orange! #autumn #orange

Indeed. This goes for me too. Just so you know.

Ed Davey, "It's so frustrating, so infuriating that Nigel Farage gets such an easy ride from the media" "As he lies, as he divides, the BBC and others given Farage so much time and attention" "But they never hold him to account for all the damage he has already done" "The damage of Brexit"

Can't we just section the USA? They can only be released when they stop talking bollocks.

Elderberries in my porridge this morning make it purple porridge! ☺️💜 Happy today. The world is a better place because you're in it. We all have days and then we can have DAYS. Let's try and be here for each other. I had one of those days yesterday. Today is better. Purple porridge helps. Hugs

This speech is such an extraordinary combination of lies, delusions, narcissism, hatefulness, ignorance and lunacy that it could have been given by no other person than the president of the United States. It could well be the low point of US public diplomacy in our history.

Hardcore climate denialism seems like a very US problem, but its deep pocketed funders are also behind some UK politicians.  We cannot let this influence block action to prevent the worst of climate change, which will affect every single one of us. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Acetaminophen doesn’t cause autism, but willful ignorance does cause quackery and conspiracy theories.

The Golden Apple #settingsun #appletree

quite cool- a young woman curator from the Rijksmuseum went to Middelburg on her day off, and happened to notice that a dog in a painting there was identical to one in the Night Watch. It turned out Rembrandt had copied it line for line, and no-one ever noticed before #plagiarism nos.nl/l/2583719

I am disgusted by Reform UK's threats to people who have built a life in this country. They are coming for our neighbours. They are coming for our colleagues. They are coming for our friends. We are at a dangerous moment. This hatred cannot be appeased. It must be defeated.

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins? He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions. So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

Bite him, bite him 😂

Well it's "that time" of year. Equinox Chilly - needing cosiness and a fire. Time to appreciate the warmth and feel gratitude I have a house and home, food and friends. #cosy #fire #autumn #equinox #gratitude

Homeschool anyone

Disgusting Dangerous Absolutely not in the BBC charter

Trauma recovery is never, ever about "getting rid" of feelings, "parts," or even memories. I know, they hurt. I know, you hate this. Valid. Real. But the path ahead is about acknowledging & integrating & realistically transforming them-- not amputating or destroying them.

Alien: Earth (N. Hawley and others, 2025)

The sun peeped out as it went down today - equal hours of daylight and night tomorrow/tonight! Happy equinox tomorrow. Here we come autumn and winter. 🍄🙏☺️ #sunset #garden #equinox

The stamens of this begonia are so velvety I feel like they're almost too sensual to photograph. #stamen #begonias #flowers #red&orange #velvety #gardens