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Toad went back to bed. He pulled the covers over his head and fell asleep.

'Spring bluebells' by contemporary UK painter Susan Entwistle #WomensArt

This is excellent from @samfr.bsky.social Why saving universities is far more than academic observer.co.uk/news/columni...

This is the face of a lunar scientist who has just been told that the #Artemis II crew saw SEVERAL impact flashes (the flashes when meteors hit the lunar surface) in real time 😃 🌓💥

The perfect painting for today – 'Easter Monday' by Winifred Nicholson 🌼 This artwork explores one of Winifred’s favourite themes. She loved painting views from windows, especially as the light and seasons changed. © Trustees of Winifred Nicholson. 📷 Tullie Carlisle

The stunning Baptistery Window by John Piper.

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Bravo : mille félicitations ! Well done! Congratulations! Osca, felicitacions !  👌 And thank You so much, Florence, for having given me the opportunity to contribute to this exciting and rewarding collaboration... ❤️🙏💚 .

'Sleeping Mud Maid', living sculpture, in summer and in winter, by UK artist Sue Hill (and Pete Hill) at The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall, UK #WomensArt #Spring

This ABC reporter can count himself lucky that he is a man - otherwise Trump would have also told him to smile more and wear a pretty dress

The embroidery produced by Otomi (Hñähñu) women of Mexico is known as Tenango Embroidery. Created with an "Otomi Stitch", the colourful designs of animals, plants & rural life represent the stories & beliefs of the people who produce this specific form of embroidered expression #Womensart

Reading the #Landscape - our #rivers and #coast are more than lines on a #map - come join us for this celebration of #Aberystwyth #Ceredigion City of #Literature #UNESCO #Rheidol #RiversOfWales @hywelgriffiths.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social #envhistory #Wales #heritage #environment #art #write

'Crocus & Daffodils' by UK contemporary painter Susan Entwistle #WomensArt #spring #March

Huge news for Ceredigion & west Wales. Imperial #Roman lead mines on Cardigan Bay were under the control of Domitian by AD 87 as confirmed by the discovery of these lead pigs Only the 5th & 6th ingots ever found in Wales 😮 www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Beatrix Potter, Four rabbits on bicycles, 1895 #womensart #Sunday

Study of a Cat, c.1909 by Welsh born painter Gwen John #WomensArt

'Otters' in ink by Jackie Morris, artist, author and illustrator who lives and works in a small cottage by the sea in Wales #WomensArt

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Look what happens when you leave coloured pipe cleaners on tables when people are having conversations about ideas and potential collaborations. People potch, play & create. It helps to focus energy and tap into people’s creativity. Each one of these just so happen to represent their conversation.

It was a very cold evening & the East wind was as thin as glass. Look, Wolf, look at the sky over the Downs, said Pine Marten, the clouds look so strange. They're called Lamenters, said Wolf, torn clouds, strife-tellers, come a long way they have to bring their warnings.

'“Embedded precarity” in higher education is diminishing research quality as staff on short-term contracts favour “safer” work to secure future employment, according to the author of a new report.' Royal Geographical Society maps important connections between precarity and research topics. 1/3

👏 Congratulations to field glaciologist Dr Samuel Doyle who has been awarded the Polar Medal in the 2026 New Year’s Honours List for his outstanding research and leadership in Greenland. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/569tuv47 #glaciology #arctic #Greenland #PolarMedal

I do love a bit of #CitizenScience Wales Coastal Monitoring Centre has a set up st Blackpill Bridge, to help review erosion in Swansea Bay www.wcmc.wales

The USA can withdraw from @ipbes.net but, IPBES Chair @davidobura.bsky.social observes, “unfortunately, we cannot withdraw from the fact that more than 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.” 😞😠

A rare snow day in Llanilar

Important 🧵that is worth reading to the end ⬇️

'Snow Shadows' by contemporary printmaker Alexandra Buckle #WomensArt

'Snow Day London' by contemporary Welsh painter Sarah Evans #Womensart

"Two Rabbits with a Sled' (1894) illustration by celebrated English author Beatrix Potter #Womensart ❄️

'Stag in the birches' by printmaker Celia Lewis #WomensArt ❄️

Catherine Hyde, contemporary UK artist, photographer, writer and award-winning illustrator #WomensArt #Solstice #December21st #ArtAdvent

Contemporary Ukrainian painter Maria Chepeleva #WomensArt #ArtAdvent

Victoria Crowe, Low Winter Sun, Links House Window, 2023 Scottish painter #WomensArt

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

Atmospheric walk to the bus stop this morning

The work of Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered landscapes #WomensArt

Seeking a strong applicant for Aberystwyth University PhD Funding scheme 'AberDoc', on the topic: 'Novel biogenic carbonates for luminescence dating of the entire Quaternary period'. Our lab also welcomes PhD applications for other luminescence dating projects for the same AberDoc funding round.

Land artist Sonja Hinrichsen, epic scale Snow Drawings - Briancon, France, 2014 #womensart

Want a job with the best palaeolandscapes team in the world? Seinor/Principal Marine Geoarch job up for grabs! Hit me up, DMs open... www.wessexarch.co.uk/marine-geoar...

Frost, 1910 by painter Natalia Goncharova #womensart

Tove Jansson's (1957) illustration from her book 'Moominland Midwinter'. Moomintroll, unlike his family who hibernate, decides to stay up through the harsh winter. It is a tale of endurance, acceptance and learning to live with the discomfort of uncertainty #WomensArt

'Fox in the snow" by contemporary printmaker Cat Moore #WomensArt #December6th #ArtAdvent

Print by contemporary Polish artist Laura Makabresku #WomensArt ❄️

Katja Lang, contemporary German artist who focuses on stillness and spaces #WomensArt #December

Suzie MacKenzie, printmaker working primarily in collagraph, her work describes the landscape of the north-eastern Highlands of Scotland #ReframingWomenPrintmakers #Winter

'The puddle bathers' by contemporary Glasgow printmaker Fiona Watson #WomensArt

'Driving home...' by contemporary Welsh painter Sarah Evans #WomensArt

Lovely job for @nationaltrust.org.uk Dinefwr: for every xmas they commission a local fibre artist to create tree decorations of the wildlife on site. But they realised they'd never told the public about the decorations. So they commissioned me to illustrate & create interpretation panels:

This is beautiful. During the last year, I often shared posts from this account with my dear friend. She loved trees and loved art, and reminded me to find joy in the simple things in life. Thank you @womensartbluesky.bsky.social for providing comfort to us both. I keep sharing in her memory.