I do not recommend watching the video of the Tibetan self-immolation protest outside the UN yesterday. The act itself is horrifying, but the dozens of cars and bicycles that pass right by, without slowing or stopping, while a man literally burns to death is.. something else. #Tibet

A belated happy 100th birthday to Mel Brooks! 🎉

Most vehicles will get a person from point A to point B. Some will make them look cool in the process. These ones will keep them alive. Let’s help keep people alive. That’s the coolest thing ever: u24.gov.ua/scott-kelly-...

Happy Solstice! 🌞

RIP Robert Thurman 🕯️ (4th August 1941 - 16th June 2026) thus.org ☸️

RIP Marjane Satrapi 🕯️ (22nd November 1969 - 4th June 2026)

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

After 12 years, the EU flag is back on Hungary’s Parliament building — the new Speaker’s very first decision. A happy Schuman Day indeed.

I just planted trees in Greece via the Tree App www.thetreeapp.org in honour of David Attenborough's 100th birthday! 🌴🌳🌲🌱 #DavidAttenborough100

Happy 100th birthday, David Attenborough! 🍃

Happy May Day! 🌺

Holy shit, Sabastian Sawe! 1:59:30! #LondonMarathon 🙌 🏃🏿‍♂️🥇 www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...

Happy 80th birthday to John Waters!🦩 Why not watch some glorious trash in his honour? www.bfi.org.uk/news/trash-w... 💋

Congrats to Ecosia.org (and all Ecosia users) on hitting 250,000,000 trees planted on #EarthDay! 🌍🌎🌏🌳🌲🌴 earthday.org

To my friends in Hungary: A világ veled áll, miközben visszaszerzed, ami a tiéd

Go on, Hungary! 🙌🇭🇺 #BaszdMegMagadOrban #ByeByeDickhead

Poetry & the Creative Mind. Celebrating 30 years of National Poetry Month. poets.org/pcm2026 Tuesday April 28th 2026 7:30pm ET. Virtual, free w/ RSVP! Featuring Tracy K. Smith, Chloe Zhao, Louise Erdrich, Nick Offerman and more. #PoetryMonth

“Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous ‘I don’t know.’” Polish poet Wisława Szymborska's magnificent Nobel Prize acceptance speech: www.themarginalian.org/2017/03/27/w...

You know that you are a human. To mark World Poetry Day, Sir Stephen Fry recited a beautiful poem by famous Ukrainian poet and journalist, Vasyl Symonenko. Thank you, Stephen, for promoting our culture. You are a gentleman and a scholar, as well as a true friend of Ukraine. 💙💛

Equinox Dreams. This evening in Glastonbury shortly after sunset.

Merry happy vernal equinox!🌞🌸🌱🌍

All the shortlisted books.. lambdaliterary.org/awards/curre... 🏳️‍🌈📚

✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️🫡 #Oscars

Okay, fine, I'll allow that one. If 'Come See Me in the Good Light' wasn't going to win, 'Mr Nobody Against Putin' was my second choice. #Oscars #FuckPutin

Support the recovery of injured Ukrainian photojournalist George Ivanchenko kyivindependent.com/crowdfunding... #Ukraine 💛💙

Who I am rooting for at the Oscars this weekend: Chloé Zhao Wagner Moura Wunmi Mosaku Jafar Panahi ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ (And with that I have jinxed them all. Sorry.) 🎬 #Oscars

Choreographer Russell Maliphant chooses his cultural highlights observer.co.uk/culture/on-m...

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy Saint David's Day! (Gwnewch y pethau bychain. Do the little things.) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Four years. сла́ва Украї́ні! Slava Ukraini! 💛💙 🇺🇦 www.legacyofwarfoundation.com/ukraine u24.gov.ua

Losar Tashi Delek! བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས Happy Tibetan new year! May your 2153, year of the male Fire Horse, be auspicious and full of blessings.🫶

11 years ago this week, cancer stole Jeff Rusch from the world. He was a wonderful husband and father, loved by so many. In his honor, on Feb 21 I’m going to skate the Lake Placid Olympic oval to raise money for cancer research. fundraise.scottcares.org/lakeplacid/z...

Programme revealed for the 40th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival (18th-29th March 2026) whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online... 🎬🏳️‍🌈

RIP Michael Silverblatt. 🕯️📚 (6th August 1952 - 14th February 2026) #BookwormForever 📚

RIP Bud Cort. 🕯️ (29th March 1948 - 11th February 2026) #HaroldAndMaudeForever

If you could use your faith in humanity restored, here is the remarkable story of the dawn redwood www.themarginalian.org/2023/01/31/d...

RIP Catherine O’Hara 🕯️ (March 4th 1954 - January 30th 2026)

The Tree App is now available in all European countries! Go forth and plant trees for free, European people! It’s quick, easy and (did I mention) free! www.instagram.com/p/DT-6hPGkul... www.thetreeapp.org 🌳🌲🌴🌍🇪🇺🇬🇧🇮🇪🇫🇷🇮🇹🇩🇪🇪🇸🇵🇹🇳🇱🇧🇪🇨🇭🇦🇹🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇴🇫🇮🇮🇸🇵🇱🇭🇺🇨🇿🇸🇰🇸🇮🇭🇷🇷🇸🇧🇦🇦🇱🇲🇪🇲🇰🇬🇷🇲🇹🇷🇴🇲🇩🇧🇬🇸🇲🇦🇩🇲🇨🇺🇦🇱🇻🇱🇹🇪🇪🌴🌲🌳

www.bfi.org.uk/news/hunky-j... #LGBTQ #FilmSky 🌈🎬 #BFIFlare40

I am taking the flight free challenge! Could you join me? #FlightFree2026 @flightfreeuk.bsky.social www.flightfree.co.uk

Obligatory rubbish phone camera photo of the other nights (super) Wolf moon… 🌝

Cultivate honorable relationships (Adrienne Rich), resist absentminded busyness (Kierkegaard), tell the world how to treat you (Baldwin), embrace enoughness (Vonnegut), and other worthy resolutions borrowed from worthy humans www.themarginalian.org/2016/01/04/r...

Happy New Year? Goodbye and good riddance to 2025 and the first quarter of the 21st century. 🎇

How to bioluminesce – artist Ash Eliza Williams's reveries of wonder www.themarginalian.org/2025/12/26/a...

Happy Christmas all. Share the meal if you can. ShareTheMeal.org x 🎄🫕

Happy Solstice! Erleichda! 🌍🌞🕯️

When the sky turned red. This morning on Glastonbury Tor looking out over the Somerset levels. What an incredible sunrise. There might be a few more to follow. 😂

*sigh*

RIP Rob Reiner. 🕯️ (6th March 1947 - 14th December 2025)

Here are the books I read this year that clarified and magnified my life, that will stay with me for the rest of it — from art and philosophy to memoirs and children's books www.themarginalian.org/2025/12/13/b...