BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…” Read that again.

Beautifully Twisted. #twistedtree #naturelovers #moodyedits #gardenpath #gnarlybranches #treeappreciation #natureart #botanical #woodlandwalk #darknature #texture #smartphonephotography #photography

Republicans are to blame, period.

Dick Van Dyke has been making us laugh for 65 yrs and has spent the last few years giving away money to the homeless, those in need and his favorite charities. One of the kindest human beings that's ever walked the earth turns 100 today. Kindness is good medicine. Happy Birthday #DickVanDyke🎂🥳💙🙏

Fox News’ Chief National Security Correspondent. We are about to go to war for oil, while citing a lie as justification. Again.

#GVerse #FuckICE detain U.S. citizen for "looking" Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground. Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse. The incident occurred at the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis. #DemsUnited

Sat in the doctor's and watching the dangers of flushing meds down the toilet on video and it's impact on marine life and now I can't stop thinking about fish on anti-depressants.

A detail from Levi Walter Yaggy's chromolithographic 1887 chart, Physical Geography: a classic mid-century Iguanodon dominates the 'Pre-Adamite' Mesozoic, dwarfing the timid-looking bipedal dinosaur half-heartedly added above. Whole image viewable on the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection.

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Power to harm with no control or accountability.

“Accept us as we are or leave us as we are. For you don’t have the right to adjust us and we don’t have the wish to justify.” Naguib Mahfouz Egyptian Nobel Prize winner in literature.

Perceptive, overlooked, and not acknowledged. Gender and colour bias again? MAGA will be delighted to recognise the prophet they are following.

Liberal Democrats vs Reform UK Ltd: who’s really the underdog? The Liberal Democrats hold 72 parliamentary seats, yet the media have sidelined Ed Davey while Reform UK Ltd hogs column inches and airtime @politicalsatirical.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk

A recent legal change now recognizes animals as sentient beings rather than mere property. This means that during a couple’s separation, courts must consider the pet’s well-being, its bond with each person, and who can provide proper care similar to how decisions are made for a child. #Pets

Attempts at fixing gender equality at leadership level all tell us to adopt behaviours largely exhibited by men to ‘get there’: be more assertive& ambitious, less humble, sensitive & reflective etc. They don’t tell men to adopt any of our dominant behaviours. This messaging is in itself patriarchal.

This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months" China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.

Some more of my 87 year old dad’s spectacular Huntington Beach photography. Enjoy!

Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath? Character isn't something you tell people about. It's something you live.

A reintroduction of shellfish, just to improve water quality and not as a commercial fishery. Welcome news for #Dublin Let’s see how they get on. #rewilding www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...

Trump is now fighting in the Supreme Court to stop SNAP hunger payments, which affects one in four kids in America, as well as seniors and people with disabilities. Trump also left for Mar-a-Lago, and wow have you seen his gilded gold bathroom sinks?

One thing to do, especially if you’re a science writer or editor, is when you have occasion to mention the names of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, just say “Watson, Crick, and Franklin.” No one can stop us, and it is correct.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

A timeline cleanse. Two hummingbirds taking shelter from the rain inside a rose. Good night Bluesky.🥰

The conversation about immigration has taken a sinister turn. It’s no longer just about policy; it’s about race. I won’t stand for it. We can’t let hate and division decide who belongs in Britain. This country is stronger, kinder, and better than that 🇬🇧 #immigration #race #sarahpochin #british

Farage: epic grifter

“I came to the United States as a young boy from the Dominican Republic at the age of nine with a visitor's visa and luggage full of dreams.” 🎥 Watch @repespaillat.bsky.social share his own story.

From the FDR memorial.

Back in the 1960s, the Smothers Brothers made fun of President Lyndon Johnson and his policies many times on their popular television show. The president wrote them a letter in response.

Come for a stroll on Barcelona's Concel de Cent living street! Longer version at www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVpA... #walking #placemaking #climateaction

A little reminder of our #Hoosier duty, from Abraham Lincoln.

Why didnt stunning Caerphilly victory clinch prime 8.10am slot for Plaid_Cymru on BBCr4today prog this am? Instead it's all about Labour & Reform losing. Wakey wakey chaps. This is why Welsh folk feel so ignored. Special free podcast with Yescymru folk I met last weekend. lesleyriddoch.com/podcast

😭President John F Kennedy Lying in Repose at the East Wing of the White House in 1963. 😪 via antonwest84

Local government isn’t “boring bureaucracy.” It’s social care, housing, libraries, leisure centres, youth clubs. When these vanish, communities fracture – and people notice. When local government breaks, so does trust in politics itself. @eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social

This may well save lives. It'll certainly help to protect the health of pupils and staff. Well done @london.gov.uk www.london.gov.uk/mayor-invest...

On the Permian Basin’s dusty expanse, "Dunlap encountered towers of toxic wastewater that gushed more than 100 feet in the air, bursting through oil wells cemented shut decades ago. It was unlike anything he’d ever seen in Algeria, Uzbekistan or Iraq." www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... #energysky

I don't know who the artist is but it is worthy of placement in the Louvre. Truly a masterpiece. 😋🤣

This is bad! And with the mess that is the Department of Health now, sadly i dont see an end to it anytime soon… 😔 #Pinks 🌸 apple.news/AJ2vrcAFCQXq...

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more. Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Our MSc module 'Patients, Citizens and the Politics of Evidence' runs from 8-12 December @ox.ac.uk. Open to stand-alone students as a freestanding short course. #healthpolicy lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/pati...

The American people deserve a public health system that puts science before politics. That's why California and 14 other governors are joining forces to launch the Governors Public Health Alliance to protect communities and guarantee decisions are rooted in data and health.