The 2025 BirdLife Australia photography awards – in pictures www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"But it was just a telephone box..." "Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child" (1963). #DoctorWho

This does remind me of the time the tomato sauce bottle was stuck and I thought what it needed was a really good squeeze.

I was the 666th person to like this 😊

Another social media thread turned into an article for easier reading: Art review: Hunters in the Snow, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1565) You can read it here; fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/23/a... Or here; fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/art-review...

DNA reveals stone age teenager as chewer of 10,500-year-old ‘gum’

“The debt of gratitude Australians owe CSIRO for Aeroguard alone can never be repaid. Which is why it’s so alarming to watch its funding – and its people – bleed away,” writes Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director at The Australia Institute. Read the full op-ed: australiainstitute.org.au/post/who-nee...

Delia Derbyshire (1937- 2001) UK musician/composer, pioneer of electronic music, working at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop 1960s, she created the arrangement of the theme music for UK science-fiction TV series #DoctorWho #WomensArt

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Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:

I forgot to post a photo as proof of concert. Here a battery of confetti cannons fire one round over the happy crowd.

Saw Rüfus last night. Cheap seats were so high it was terrifying, but it was so good. beat.com.au/rufus-du-sol...

For graphics nerds www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Come for the story, stay for the Carrie Grant impression. 😂 youtube.com/shorts/2DhQV...

Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Olympic Park

Amanda carries a taser, mace and a pistol. She’s not a gang member, she’s a US librarian www.smh.com.au/national/ama...

Women with hats www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

Clever girl Video Reveals How Far Wolves Will Go to Steal a Meal www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...

Haigh’s name to be added to Wall of Names at Freedom Park in Pretoria www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

New Bach just dropped Newly Discovered Bach Pieces Are the Fruits of Decades of Detective Work www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/a...

With only eight fluent Nyiyaparli speakers remaining, an Aboriginal group is racing against time to save their 41,000-year-old language.

Please sign. This stupid decision needs reversing actionnetwork.org/petitions/cs...

A real hoot and smart art – readers’ best photographs

Who doesn't love a pink grasshopper www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

another thing I hate about the time change making it pitch black at 5pm

Fascinating world of ancient #glass ! A small-scale but colourful mosaic glass inlay depicting an Ibis. This inlay, originating from a workshop in Roman-era Egypt, was discovered in Tawern, near Trier, Germany. The ibis was considered a sacred animal of Thoth, the Egyptian deity...🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺

Be honest - you've had a mince pie already, haven't you.

Dolly Parton has never stepped foot on the dry red dirt of Indulkana in remote South Australia, but she is a frequent visitor in the art of Kaylene Whisky, which celebrates sisterhood and strong women.

This is such a flex. I love them. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

The strength of the latest geomagnetic storms has seen the aurora australis light up skies across a larger part of the country than usual.

Rare bronze and iron age log boats reveal details of Cambridgeshire prehistory

"Not happy Jan" is very deeply embedded in Australian culture 😂 Gonna be using it forever. See also: "Charter boat? What charter boat?"

Drop crocs! Everyone loves drop crocs! Or do they? | First Dog on the Moon

Bit of old-school light relief from me in today’s Guardian. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

One last dance 😭 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

Team Seal www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Beatles, Bowie, Dylan, Mercury and more: rock’n’roll royalty – in pictures

Evidence of ancient tree-climbing 'drop crocs' found in Australia. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Aurora australis: southern lights to be visible across large parts of Australia amid severe solar storm

What we think of neo-nazis

Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)

Amazing rock photos www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Drop crocs 😬 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Do be a bee fan www.bbc.com/news/article...

Bee-elzebub: new horned ‘Lucifer’ bee discovered in Western Australia

Yes, but what have they done for us lately

Maintaining the rage www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Women's pain inquiry finds Victorians' suffering worsened by male-centred healthcare system #ChronicPain www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Went to hear Mary Beard again. Interesting stories of several Romans, and what they say about Roman society, and how Roman fashions, for want of a better word, still play.