For a long time, scientists thought water simply rose up through the trunk. But researchers have discovered something astonishing: trees contract and expand, pumping water like a slow-beating heart—except that this pulse beats roughly every two hours.

Serene #WaterfallWednesday #iseemoss 🌱

200,000+ Black New Yorkers have been forced out of NYC over the last 20 years because of costs. After rent, child care is the largest cost families face. So we’re making universal child care a reality. Families have until this Friday, June 26, to apply for a 2-K seat this fall at myschools.nyc.

Lizard of the day: Plumed basilisk! A Central American species! They have a distinct sexual dimorphism with males having several crests while females only have one. They can run on water to flee from predators and are normally extremely territorial.

Today, over I-5 in L.A.

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Egypt's first-ever World Cup win, celebrated in the World's Borough. Mabrouk Masr! Photo from @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social.

A #Roman mosaic octopus, found in a villa at Villaquejida (Spain) - laid some 1800-1900 years ago, but still looking fabulous today #MosaicMonday #AncientBlueSky

Should I stop writing and sharing information? This is what the regime wants people to start asking themselves. This is also why they are intentionally trying to paint anarchists as something they are not. They must vilify me first. That way, you are okay with them targeting me.

Larry the Downing Street cat is about to start co-governing with his 7th (SEVENTH!) prime minister. Some of them have been real doozies. Good luck, buddy.

mythical creature #Cat #Caturday

"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me"

Today's frog is the Mexican spadefoot.

Awful news this morning — one of Oregon's best reporters has passed away, all too young. His absence will be felt by the media and by the public at large. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Piping plover chick running around at Montrose Beach

The other day we were talking about the players on the Knicks team and Tyler's name came up. He's the only "white" player on the team, and they all love him. Today at the parade, this happened... Poor Tyler. No respect. No one knows him. Even the NYPD. But Knicks fans do. Hahaha 😝 🤪

Up close to the pink fuzzy gummi that is a gray hairstreak butterfly caterpillar. I find these little lumps - pink, green, or white - on buckwheat flowers. Their heads are usually hidden under the squishy body, but if you zoom in, you can see this one's sharp jaws as it nibbles petals. 🐙🌿🐛 #Bugsky

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay is puffin. The theme is #OutForAWalk. 🐦 #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography

Give Mayor Mamdani and his team a lot of credit for organizing a world class event to celebrate Knicks NBA Championship and a wonderful moment for New Yorkers and Knicks fans.

Rama Duwaji, the first lady of New York, showed up in style at the Knicks championship parade wearing a top made from upcycled Knicks T-shirts. nyti.ms/3QQxCDW

It's been a day.

Everlasting daisy 😍🌼 #daisy

Pink...

Tell younger generations that the Billy Joel song "My Life" was used as the theme for Bosom Buddies, a sitcom starring Tom Hanks, whose character disguises himself as a woman to score a cheap apartment in a women-only complex, and they will not believe a word of it.

Cathode Heaven

#California is testing water conservation and #renewableenergy generation. Instead of building solar farms on new land, engineers are installing #solarpanels above irrigation canals, allowing the same space to produce electricity while helping reduce water loss. #ActOnClimate #Renewables

Oak #trees #woodland #treeclub

This curious kitty loves to explore its cozy nook! 📚🐾 #Cats #Curious #Books #Peeking #Cozy

Today's frog is the semi-lined tree frog.

👴🏻*sees people having fun* Pooh! Don't get too excited! No one likes Democratic socialists! This was a fluke victory. Never happens! 🤔Except in Burlington... but that's a small city and doesn't count! OK and Seattle, but everyone knows that Seattle is not normal! OK, and in NYC! Hey wait a minute...

Andromeda WISE space telescope

Chestnut tree at Petworth in the light and shade. #TreeoftheDay #Trees #photography

Witness the sharpest-ever view of our neighbouring Andromeda Galaxy, revealing more than 100 million individual stars in breath-taking detail! (Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B. F. Williams, L. C. Johnson, the PHAT team, R. Gendler)

Sylvan Mill Falls (50 feet), Roadside, Taylor’s Chapel Rd., Rabun Gap, GA. 5/4/25. 34.9276020, -83.4204102 #waterfalls #photography #waterfallphotography #longexposure #chasingwaterfalls #landscapephotography #hiking #outdoors #explore #nature #travelphotography #georgia

#WASP Pilots at Long Beach AAF, California #WW2 - Top #The38 Virginia Carolene Moffatt 43-2 31 May 1912 – 5 Oct 1943 Cummings Critchell 43-2 21 Dec 1920 - Ruth Roberta Thompson Hawkins 43-2 21 Apr 1913 – 21 Mar 1984

CamDam did not allow passage by a mated pair of foureye butterflyfish. Pay the toll or face the troll!! 😤🙅🔮🦋🐠🦋🐠 #foureyebutterflyfish #butterflyfish #damselfish #troll #coralcitycamera

Orkney Islands, Scotland, VisitOrkney!💙 The archipelago off the north coast includes 70 Islands, 20 of which are inhabited!

Giants❤️ that take your breath away and you suddenly feel so small.🌳🌲 Such witnesses of time must be protected. 💚☘️🌿🌱🍀💚 Photo: A. Braiden

🔭 Longmore 8: The Hamster Wheel Nebula 📅 2026-06-17 © Mazlin, Parker, Forman, Magill, Hanson Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II) Src: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day #NASA #APOD #Astronomy #Nebula #DeepSpace #Cosmos #StarFormation

#ThickTrunkTuesday A cedar tree in the Ancient Forest (www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=bf...) girdled with moss.

Eastern bluebirds are just so pretty. #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

Wahlenberg's Nodding Moss - Pohlia wahlenbergii A very nice patch of it

My Canadian Queen 👸🏽, Alanis Morissette, with A stunning acoustic performance of "You Oughta Know" at her induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame last night! 🌹🩷

Slide away it's hump day all downhill and so on,halfway there🌿 #woodlandwednesday

Two cities -- view from Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans

This ancient tree is likely centuries old. It's a beech tree and suffered the loss of an enormous limb, near its base, in a recent storm. Still standing though.💚🌳 #thicktrunktuesday #trees #naturesky

DO become a musician and/or artist. DO become obsessed with music and art. It may or may not pay the bills (primarily due to unknowable cosmic whimsy) but it absolutely will make your life more magical and strange and interesting.