Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soybeans

Still catsitting. Murky skies. The smell of smoke.

'Barnsley is a roaring town... BUT Barnsley is always left out' Dr Kat Simpson's talk highlights the experiences of young lads in Barnsley, excluded from traditional routes of education, and explores ideas of 'social haunting' in former coalfield communities warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

1825: Recievd a letter from Mrs Emmerson in which she tells me that Rippingille is come up & she wants me to start tomorrow - this is one of the hottest days I have known & all my ferns is nearly scorchd up - Began to teach Eliza Holmes the common rules of Arithmetic at the restless request of...

I’d forgotten how many mannequin pictures I’d taken over the years.

Perks of catsitting.

3 am swim: there are stars in the sea again, and the water is as warm as a bath. I might as well swim down the Channel and out to the Azores.

Our subway conductor just told us a riddle over the intercom in both English and Spanish and said he’d give us the answer in a few stops. I ❤️ NY

Nigel Farage walking, but with the St Trinian's Flash Harry music added. 👌🏻

María Mercado, a 65-year-old activist with Movement for Justice in El Barrio, has been a "standby guardian" for five NYC families—parents worried they could be detained by immigration enforcement, and that their kids would have no one to look out for them. citylimits.org/if-ice-detai...

1777: White throats sing. Ricked the St foin; it lay 12 days washed with continual showers, & yet is not quite spoiled. Began to cut my meadow-hay; a large crop.

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1777: A swarm of bees has hung-out in a torpid state for many days. Cuckow cries: white throat whistles. The rainy fit lasted just a month.

Absolutely essential read for all — and further affirmation that if you haven’t switched from Google to DuckDuckGo you should without a second’s further delay.

The Odyssey with Emily Wilson, Sarah Ruhl 🎟️ The Odyssey Thursday, July 16 92NY In Person: Emily Wilson, Sarah Ruhl

Imagine saying this on the record to the Times

Behind-the-scenes 🧵 on this story revealing that the American Museum of Natural History in New York is holding thousands of hair samples taken from Native Americans, including children at residential schools - despite knowing their names. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/a...

Count Binface, when asked what his appeal will be to the people of Clacton, he told the Today programme: "Well, I'm not Nigel Farage." His national policies include a pledge to "price cap 99 Flakes at 99p", he noted : "I think the Clacton folk will like that one."

New joy unlocked: reading about Count Binface - Graf Mülltonnengesicht, comte Face de Poubelle, il conte Binface etc etc - in European papers.

love this and yes!!

Outside the Sanitation Garage.

l-Ǧāḥiẓ, Kitāb al-ḥayawān (Book of the animals), Syria, 15th C

“Pope Leo made a plea on Wednesday for countries to offer their ​citizens universal healthcare, calling it a ‘moral imperative’ that ‌people have access to the health services they need.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...

POWER TO THE PEOPLE / MARSHA P. JOHNSON

Had a chance to get some reasonable shots of the shy male Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) this morning. Here's one for fun. You can see why they're called "Satin" #ECK #birds #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #Photography #Nikon #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Feel sorry for the US team. They didn’t ask for the situation they were put in. But they were outplayed by a better team. Congratulations, Belgium. And thanks! You did us a huge favor.

4 - 1!

Television journalist, educator, and civil rights advocate Tony Brown, whose groundbreaking public affairs program “Tony Brown”s Journal” became one of the longest-running series in PBS history, passed on June 17. He was 93 Rest in Peace Tony Brown. 👑🙏🏾

blue whale skeleton in Pisa's museum of natural history, displayed in a 17th century monastic barn, ready for Ishmael to tattoo its measurements on his arms... photograph: Jeroen Hoekendijk

Temporarily pivoting into full Belgian mode.

Où sont les rêves? Stromae. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU83...

it seemed as if this were the Loom of Time, and I myself were a shuttle mechanically weaving and weaving away at the Fates

New York Public Library #America250 #July4

I Wish it Would Rain. The Temptations. 1967. www.temptationsofficial.com/video/i-wish...

Astoria.

A sailboat, the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, was removed from the Sail4th 250 Parade of Ships for displaying banners about climate justice and clean water. Source: ig/jackiemarieburton, ig/sloopclearwater

"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"

Good morning!

And again remember how Douglass ends his speech, with hope - a call to see the forces working to make America fulfill its heretofore broken promises God speed the year of Jubilee daily.jstor.org/what-to-the-...

The linden trees are blooming on our eponymous street. The scent was quite heavy yesterday but now the wind carries it further. 🌱

Lois Dodd, "Purple Window + Moon", 2016, Oil on aluminum flashing, 7" x 5"

bernie wagenblast, whose voice new yorkers hear every time they ride the train www.nytimes.com/2024/01/06/n...

1777: Boys bring me female wasps, & hornets.

Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.

genuinely crazy to watch these people freak out over what is essentially 21st century new dealism

To a thinking mind few phenomena are more striking than the clustering of bees on some bough where they remain in order, as it were, to be ready for hiving: ...arbore summa Confluere, & lentis uvam demittere ramis.

Heading home on 7.

Say hello to my lil fren