The Philippines evacuated over 1,00,000 residents across its eastern and northern regions as Fung-wong intensified into a super typhoon ahead of its expected arrival later in the day, threatening to unleash torrential rains, destructive winds, and storm surges. www.thehindu.com/news/interna...

Tornado flattens homes in Rio Bonito do Iguana, with one official describing the destruction as akin to a 'war zone'.

An Ottoman Drawing of a Peri, attributable to Veli Can, Turkey, 16th century

The Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) exhibition, sponsored by the Nazis, Germany, 1936

There were extraordinary windy skies today, like quick brush strokes across the the blue. #Kingston #Jamaica #AfterMelissa

A new report finds that only 3% of international aid is going to support communities and workers transitioning into a green economy. The lack of funding “risks deepening inequality rather than addressing it,” warn the authors. By @dharna.bsky.social for The Guardian:

Jamaican forests have been destroyed by #HurricaneMelissa Restoration is a desperate need! What was green is now brown and broken.

Please join us.

Post #HurricaneMelissa, plenty on-the-ground mobilization continues in JA, with nuff efforts in the diaspora as well. Movement on-the-ground is key, though, pre-empting flights down, transfers to local agencies, etc. That can't best a car setting off this a.m., reaching this p.m. BigUp local actors!

"Full is the moon, shining fierce lunar light. This empyreal dance, that takes hold of the night. The Earth and the moon, each spin as they swoon, locked in each other's embrace. On the water below, moonlight twinkles and glows, like stardust fallen down from space - Keyser Lauze 1/2

Goodnight my #bluesky friends! I leave you with a submission to the #blueskyartshow theme #evening! 🌕🦋✨️🫠✨️💙 "take the spirit of the evenings in your arms kiss it deeply" - Sanober Khan #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #beauty #moon #islandlife #westcoast #waves #sparkle #reflection

www.iweathernet.com/tropical/mes... “When a hurricane hits land,friction between the storm’s circulation and the surface allows mesovortices to descend to ground level,triggering widespread tornado development, tornado threat from landfalling major hurricanes even more dangerous and unpredictable.”

Hurricane Melissa’s Mesovortex: Understanding the Small-Scale Vortices Within the Eye Hurricane Melissa made history this week as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded, devastating Jamaica as a Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph. But beyond the raw power of…

Pope Leo XIV spent almost three hours on Saturday with 15 victims of clerical sexual abuse from Belgium. The Holy See Press Office said the meeting took place “in a spirit of closeness, listening & dialogue.” https://cnn.it/43QJoS0

COP30: The latest in climate science, from faster warming to coral collapse reut.rs/3LROJ5i

Visit comes as Syria announces launching a 'large-scale operation' targeting ISIL cells across the country.

COP30: The Amazonians who don't care who Trump is - and their fight to protect home

Don Moye And Son Famoudou Don Moye, member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, practicing while his son plays and runs around the room, Chicago, IL, late twentieth century. The vibraphonist in the background is unidentified.

Here's one for my #bloomscrolling buds! Make a wish!🌬🌼✨️💛🫶🥰🤍✨️ "Be like a dandelion.. A whimsical wanderer in the meadows of life, scattering dreams with each whiff of breeze!" - Monika Ajay Kaul #dandelion #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #beauty #islandlife #ALTpoetry #wish #flower

Oh no, what a shame.

This week's photo gallery includes holidays remembering the dead, such as Day of the Dead, All Saint's Day, All Souls' Day and more. religionnews.com/2025/11/05/p...

For today's #BirdoftheDay theme of #closeup, here is a preening Gentoo penguin. The gland is a uropygial gland that secretes oil. By preening the oil into their feathers, penguins stay waterproof and warm. 🪶

Wood ducks are cavity nesters and frequently use nest boxes. After the ducklings hatch, the next day, after the female ensures it is safe, the ducklings jump out of the box to start their adventurous life. Photos taken in my yard. #Birdoftheday theme #takeoff 🪶

A teenager’s survival in 1945 is the guidebook for how citizens resist authoritarian power in 2025.👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com

Arsenal's 10-game winning run came to an end as Brian Brobbey's last-gasp goal gave Sunderland a dramatic 2-2 draw against the Premier League leaders, while Manchester United rescued a 2-2 draw at Tottenham on Saturday. u.afp.com/SnoT

OPINION: When he says he “hopes” his Hindu wife becomes Christian, he repeats a cultural script that regards difference as something to be merely tolerated, not embraced. religionnews.com/2025/11/03/w...

#ClassicMono quartet today, Snowy and Great Egrets, and the Black-necked Stilt, all make great monochrome subjects. #Birds #EastCoastKin #Photography 🪶

Arsenal's 10-game winning run in all competitions was ended by Brian Brobbey's stoppage-time equaliser that salvaged a 2-2 draw for Sunderland jrnl.ie/6869125

Really looking forward to this. Who else is going to be there? Audience tickets available still… #poetsonbluesky #poetrycommunity

I couldn’t have said it better myself. Uuuuuuuuujjjjjgh!!

Wedge-tailed eagle, largest bird of prey in Australia Out in the Outback, Northern Territory #BirdOfTheDay #Takeoff #fotografia #Photography #eagle #Bird #BirdPhotography #birdwatching #road #nature #wildlife

Sunderland equalise in stoppage time against Arsenal! Brian Brobbey bundles home for the hosts. It's the first time Arsenal have conceded twice this season.

“We are restricted from demonstrating on university campuses, universities have been pressured to where they cannot even teach about the Palestinian cause. All of these issues erode our freedom," said Emad Al-Turk, Chairman of Mississippi for a Just World.

Jack Smith, Trump’s Target, Shifts From Defense to Counterattack www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u... Smith has told people in his orbit he welcomes the opportunity to present the public case against Trump denied to him by Supreme Court decision asserting broad presidential immunity from prosecution

Arsenal's run of eight clean sheets in all competitions is over. Daniel Ballard, who began his career at Arsenal but never made an appearance, has put Sunderland in front at the Stadium of Light. It's the first goal Mikel Arteta's side have conceded in 812 minutes...

Boy’s organ donation to save 300 lives after tragically suffering brain aneurysm on Halloween

open.substack.com/pub/petchary... We need to rebuild our broken relationship. If we start giving back to Nature, she will quickly become our friend again. #NatureBasedSolutions #ClimateJustice

exactly. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...

COME ON YOU GUNNERS!!

@destroytime.bsky.social @socalgooner.bsky.social @pharmacoholic.bsky.social Our clean sheet record has been destroyed!! 😳

what a small, vile man. i don't think he's realized yet the irreparable damage he's done to his brand. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

i hate it here — www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Defiance I nod with my beautiful flower When the earth is hoed up to my stem." - Thomas Moore, The Potato h/t @lcodonnell.bsky.social

"From the true opponent, a limitless courage flows into you." ~ Franz Kafka 🎨 László Mednyánszky (1890)

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Saturday in the woods with Rua ☺️ "Because of the dog's joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as well as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born." ~ Mary Oliver

Interested in getting involved in campaigning for nature but don’t know where to start? 🤔 Watch our Wilder Community Campaigners' Introduction to Campaigning here: buff.ly/FMfTfww Join the community, find resources and connect with like-minded people here: buff.ly/XNFD7NR 📸Roe deer © Darin Smith

For a moment, we are blinded by awe and can think of nothing other than our gratitude for being present to bear witness.

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