2/2 Dance of the witch-cats. Now you know what they get up to when you are not at home!

Tough day for Grandpa Brian…

This remarkable bronze cobra with eyes inlaid with glass paste likely originated from a workshop in Alexandria. The cobra motif is prevalent in Egyptian iconography, symbolizing royal authority and safeguarding against the Pharaoh's enemies. The Greek author Plutarch indicates that...🧵1/2 📷me 🏺

Here at the Portland #NoKings, the costumes are ON POINT.

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) on october 16th at 5:30 utc. Sony A7III 85mm lens F1.8 Stars: 60x30sec foreground:7x30sec Location: Beuil,France (06) #astrophotography #comet @astropierre.com

Thanks for posting- another relative - 2nd cousin, 10x removed

Happy Amazon Prime Day! Amazon collects mountains of data about how you use the service, but there is a setting you can change to make it harder for the company to use that data to sell you more things. #OptOutOctober www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

What if people who eat too much red meat reduced to one serving a week, and replaced it with chicken, fish, beans or other protein-rich foods? What kind of GHG savings could we expect? We did the calculation for the @projectdrawdown.bsky.social Improve Diets solution 👇 drawdown.org/explorer/imp...

William, duke of Normandy, defeated Harold II, king of the English, at the Battle of Hastings #OTD in 1066. Harold’s pregnant second wife Ealdgyth then withdrew to Chester while, in London, Ealdred, archbishop of York, rallied support for the boy Edgar Ætheling. #medievalsky

Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country. I will be there on October 18th, and I hope you will be too. #NoKings snyder.substack.com/p/no-kings-f...

Tiny Homes Aim to Address Shortage on Lakota Reservation www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/r...

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th” 👉👉 nokings.org

A 7th century Pictish symbol stone discovered in 1936 during excavations at the Knowe of Burrian - a broch at Netherbrough in the Orkney Isles. Now part of the collections at Orkney Museum in Kirkwall. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Picts #Orkney

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

Catching up with #31DaysofGraves - Day 4’s prompt was ‘Languages’. Here’s a stone from St Magnus with a Greek inscription meaning ‘Behold the end of life’ ☠️

If "states' rights" mean anything, they must include the right to not get invaded by another state in peacetime. Americans everywhere: Speak up and stand against Trump's outrageous assaults on Illinois and Oregon. gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker...

we lost a queen 👑

Wessex Archaeology and @dendrochronicle.bsky.social have identified the Sanday, Orkney wreck as that of a whaler -the Earl of Chatham, formerly HMS Hind, lost in 1788. www.historicenvironment.scot/about-us/new...

It's time once again to celebrate the artistry and heritage of our historic graveyards with the #31DaysOfGraves initiative, curated by @annaandthedead.bsky.social Today's theme is "Flower" so here are two wonderful 18thC stones from Currie Kirk in Edinburgh with some daisies carved on them. (1/2)

For #FindsFriday the stunning iron Gjermundbu helmet I saw this week at the KHM in Oslo 🇳🇴. It is the best preserved Viking helmet around with a cool visor. Found in 1943 in Ringerike in a ship-shaped burial mound, it dates to the 900s.

Song sparrow on sedum. In the secret garden at Weir Farm NHS. Sparrows don't get enough love. 🪶

My favourite Jane Goodall quotes....so many, so to the point, so wise. How different the world would be if enough people listened to her.

One Girl’s Journey After Her Grandma Said to Kill Her www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚

"Every single one of you has that indomitable spirit. But so many people don’t let it out. They don’t realize the power they have to influence and change the world. And so I’m saying to you, let your indomitable spirit make a difference." — Jane Goodall, March 30, 2024, grist.org/looking-forw...

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

This new machine churns out carbon-storing biochar on the cheap. A worker-owned cooperative is deploying PyroTowers to produce biochar, which helps farmers in the developing world improve their yields. grist.org/climate/this... #Climate #Cassava #Corn #Wheat #Rice #Farms #Farming #Food #Science

I would normally be horrified about someone releasing a video to talk about being indicted but this is pretty disciplined.

Today, we launched the biggest thing that Project Drawdown has ever done -- the Drawdown Explorer. It is the world's *ultimate* guide to effective climate action. The latest data, the best science... brought down to actionable *here and now* recommendations.

Met a little flock of Junior Cedar Waxwings on the walk home today - stuffing their faces with chokecherries. Sound up for waxwing trill #birds

‘They’re Small but They’re Mighty.’ Meet the Wisconsin Sisters Healing the Land. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

Hillary Clinton Sees a Dangerous Moment for Women’s Rights, and Democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...

I had a chance to visit the London Mithraeum and would love to hear other peoples thoughts! Located under the Bloomberg building in central London, in the heart of the ancient Roman city, are the foundations of a 3rd C temple of Mithras, conserved and displayed in an immersive initiation experience.

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

youtube.com/watch?v=e6m5... Reverend Capen is a first cousin 10x removed on the Dryer- Daggett line

Everything we've made will break, buildings and streets will crumble, and cities will be abandoned. But the CO₂ we emit into the atmosphere will persist for centuries, and the climatic impacts will last longer than human civilization has existed. This is our legacy for the future.

See images of winners and honorable mentions from the Audubon Society’s 16th-annual competition, including photos of bird life from around the world:

"Putting solar arrays above water can help keep panels cool, in turn improving their efficiency and electricity output. Shade from the panels can also prevent water loss through evaporation in drought-prone regions and can limit algae growth in waterways." Looks good too!

Just putting this here for anyone who might like to hear Bobby Kennedy's remarks to a predominantly black audience in Indianapolis on the evening of April 4, 1968, after the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2kW...

Edward I of England pays hommage to Philip the Fair of France in 1286. Room is intensely decorated to remind you who is powerful here! As painted in 1455 in the Grandes Chroniques de France by Jean Fouquet.

Extreme weather events forced the Solomon Islander people of Walande to abandon their island home, which is now submerged in the sea. As Pacific leaders attend the Pacific Islands Forum in Solomon Islands this month, they should center voices from displaced communities.

In the “Pelican Portrait” of 1574, Elizabeth I pulls out all the stops with unbelievably elaborate outfit. You can hardly stop looking at the amazing detail of each piece & layer. Happy birthday to one who knew how to accessorize.