AHA, I knew they had seen another Vamproteuthis on this expedition! If these only eat detritus then why do they look built to catch moving prey? For mating? If that's the reason then things must get intense. From @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 460 #designingthefuture2 #MarineLife

This is Wiley. He has never seen snow before and wants to make sure he gets a real good look at it. For science. 12/10 (IG: smileywileydog)

This is the most incredible footage of blue whales I’ve ever seen

This is important y’all. This is our chance to save the stars.

Courageous civil rights activist Jo Ann Bland passed yesterday at 72. Her life as a seasoned activist began very young. “By the time I was 11 years old,” she once wrote, “I had been arrested at least 13 documented times.”

STARTING TODAY — Friday, February 20, 2026 — Natchez ( @sidewalkfilm.bsky.social, Feb. 20 – Feb. 26) — #film

Crescent moon setting over the quarter, Ursulines at Burgundy, New Orleans

We are all one, living thing. There is no "away." Act accordingly.

“Trump and his cowardly border officials want to rob this iconic place from all of us, locking away our swimming holes, hiking trails and desert vistas behind a monstrous steel wall, even as border crossings are at record lows.” www.marfapublicradio.org/news/2026-02...

Today is the anniversary of the Phantom, created by Lee Falk. His daily newspaper strip was first published on February 17, 1936, and a color Sunday strip followed on May 28, 1939.

Another night encounter in the theater of New Orleans

If you haven’t seen the Bollywood Mardi Gras marching krewe, rectify that now

This was my first time seeing a grackle fly by with a crawfish! Southeast Texas, February 07, 2026. #Birds #Photography #TexasStateParks #NaturePhotography #Grackles #BirdPhotography #Crawfish

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Two dogs, 1550. A fitting end to Jacopo Bassano’s doggy day.

Bertram Fitzgerald was an accountant who grew up an avid reader, & that included Classics Illustrated comics. In 1966, he launched Golden Legacy Illustrated History Magazine, a comic book focusing on important figures in Black history that published until 1976. #BlackHistoryMonth

Royal and Bourbon between Esplanade and Canal, New Orleans

BREAKING: DHS waives dozens of laws to rush border wall construction through Big Bend State Park. They want to rob this iconic western landscape from all of us, locking away our fishing holes & campsites behind concrete and steel. It's a grotesque act of political vandalism.

#BREAKING: Another young North Atlantic right whale has been found dead. A 3-year-old female, identified as the 2023 calf of “Porcia”, was found washed ashore on the Virginia coast. With around 380 remaining, we must do more to protect this species: https://oceana.ly/4aAKKDa

Ciphers and Constellations, in Love with a Woman https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/ciphers-and-constellations-in-love-with-a-woman

As day draws to a close, landscape at sunset, 1522, by the extraordinary Albrecht Altdorfer of Regensburg. It’s been his day today.

Put this on repeat if you need to relax. I spent yesterday evening trying out the new catering menu at Assiniboine Park (such great food), and capped off the evening hanging out in the biomes at the Leaf. I love the tropical biome at night. #Winnipeg

René Lalique - Snake Mirror - Bronze - ca. 1899–1900

Xhuwaji – Haida Grizzly Bear Bill Reid 1990

White-capped albatross 🪶

“Like a firefly in the middle of a field filled with noise, its shining, latent light within, a tiny bell, small and soundless. I fade away so that you may lose yourself. I fold myself into my wings.” Poem by Pedro Serrano, trans. by Don Cellini. Psychedelic jellyfish, #argentiniandeepseeps, 3804 m

The Indigenous Art Behind the #Seahawks' Helmet A 19th-century Kwakwaka’wakw "transformation mask" from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, inspired the team's logo www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #BirdsInArt #IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt #SuperBowl

The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker arrived for his usual suet feed. Did you know that the sapwells created by sapsuckers are a vital early-season food source for other species, most notably Ruby-throated Hummingbirds when they arrive in the spring? #birds

This is what I call a superb owl! German tournament shield, 1500.

Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Now THAT is a superb owl! Even has a mustache. Nice! From, of course, the great Hieronymus Bosch. #SuperBowl

I hear it’s almost time for some superb owls! Here’s one from 1508 by Albrecht Dürer.

The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836 London: Published by Smith, Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill, 1839-1843. (source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48899166) #nature #illustration #art

beads mimic silk embroidery. It's like a spray of fireworks across the back. #Fashionhistory #ootd @metmuseum.org

Ok, so before moving on to my next and last Parisian exhibit from the summer of 2025, I am going to post some quick images that I have gathered up in my research, including this 1890 Worth evening jacket. It was made to imitate the jackets of the late 18th century, where the

The @alabamareflector.com, this nonprofit outlet I’m honored to edit, turns three years old today. This was my introductory column on launch day; may we always strive for — and reach — the goals laid out here.

My backyard right now. Just put this on loop if you need something to calm you. ❄️

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

"Our entire being is nourished by color." Exhibition poster for Hans Hofmann at André Emmerich New York, January 1967

Velvet-purple Coronet at @montezumalodge.bsky.social #Colombia #birds #hummingbirds #nature

There will be no #FridayNightZillow this week thanks to another shutdown showdown, but I leave you with this video I took of horses dancing in the snow.

Red-legged Honeycreeper at La Carolina Lodge #CostaRica #birds #nature

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Shoda Kakuyu, Japanese (1879-1948), Ryokuin, Green Shade, 1933, sumi ink and mineral pigments on silk, 172 x 113 cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

NCAR represents what is possible when a nation chooses to invest in science as a public good, writes @carlonimbus.bsky.social of @ucs.org. #SaveNCAR eos.org/opinions/wha...

Bird Benjamin Chee Chee ~ Ojibwe 1977

Scenes of Witchcraft: Morning https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.37.1

Jackie Wirramanda, Indigenous Australian, Walking on Country, acrylic on linen, 118 x 89 cm, private collection

Carlos Pinto, Squirrel, 2023 Metrocard Collage on Board 9 × 12 in Carlos Pinto (b. 1968) is a Guatemalan-born artist & art historian in NYC. He’s made many public artworks, often creating with materials from the streets, such as discarded glass, plastic, & pieces of pottery w migration as a theme.