Lovely colour palette in the sky tonight after sunset. 🌅 #sunset #bluehour #dusk #sky #colours #trees #landscape #germany #winter #photography #mobilephotography

The first family corruption continues.

“For Labor, climate change is not a horrifying threat to our children but an economic impediment to be managed at the pleasure of the big end of town, not least the fossil fuel and woodchip corporations.” satpa.pe/V2ZuzZW

Green Pea Galaxy Illustration - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/Mps1Xj

Ohhhhh, I get it now: this one is Pestilence. Kegseth is War. Musk is Famine. Who is Conquest, do you think?

Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy. Enough to power 23 million homes! U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.

This is sorta the good news/bad news but really good news kinda thing: The Roman Space Telescope has completed construction (yay!) and astronomers have now discovered more than 40,000 near-Earth asteroids (yikes?) but it's good to know where they are. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/roman-spac... 🔭 🧪

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower

Gemini North image of Arp 336, also known as NGC 2685 or the Helix Galaxy. Its perpendicular ring of gas, stars, and dust was likely captured from an interaction with another galaxy. Credit: International Gemini Observatory, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, L. Bassino Source

"Anthony Albanese’s official honeymoon ends this weekend, but his honeymoon with the electorate is continuing, according to the latest opinion polls." satpa.pe/N8KGyub

Put down the phone and stroke me 😾 #catsofbluesky

Posted the same day we hear that they have launched "The Irish Goodbye": ICE waiting to catch immigrants who are trying to leave this country, abducting them as they cross the border. Don't forget corporations are being paid $150k/yr tax $$$ to keep immigrants in detention centers. It's a grift.

Geomagnetic storms caused by a coronal mass ejection from the Sun could cause the aurora borealis to appear brighter and visible from the continental United States.

Agree 💯......

New research found that Instacart is charging shoppers different prices — despite ordering the same items from the same store at the same time. The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four. Corporate greed is out of control.

The Merced River at Superintendent’s Bridge #mercedriver #superintendentsbridge #yosemite #yosemitenationalpark #yosemitevalley #yose #rangeoflight #sierra #sierranevada #landscapephotography

My running tally of every news story about a Republican/Evangelical affiliated alleged and/or convicted rapist, pedophile, abuser or harasser that's come across my desk since August 7th, 2025: 49

Sun-Kissed Meshiness. #nature #forest #woodland #sunburst #trees #naturelovers #landscape #outdoors #lightandshadow #sunlight #autumnvibes #scenic #smartphonephotography #photography

Addington Hills #thicktrunktuesday #trees #treeclub

There isn’t a single person in Trump’s administration that is there to serve.

Not to bother anyone, but I'm done working until next year. 😂😜

Photos of pinewood gingertail mushrooms in Wisconsin, taken by Rik Gern (more at the site). whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/12/09/r...

La Lune à un mètre (The Astronomer's Dream, 1898, dir. Georges Méliès) 🎥 A melancholy, effectively creepy three minutes in which the moon eats people.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐳’𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝" 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐎𝐔.

They were getting ready to swear their allegiance oath. The final step to citizenship. They were pulled off the lines. Then the ceremonies were canceled. / people.com/immigrants-a...

Willow #thicktrunktuesday #trees #woodland

Nothing fancy, just some foothills stuff at #Sunset up on E. Camilo Cielo Road above #SantaBarbara tonight. #Photography

Day 1258 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and you might think this is just a candlesnuff fungus for today BUT this is actually my appropriately timed and abstract piece simply titled 'Rudolph' 🎄🎅🤶🦌🔴👃🤣🤗 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters #365DaysWild

"The Road Not Taken"... a poplar grove (cultivated) near Andrew, AB. i captured this in the fall when most of the leaves had fallen but there were still leaves on the trees in the background and the soft late afternoon light was filtering through them #ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca

And even if you're right, the punishment for drug smuggling isn't death.

THE VIEW FROM THE FLIGHT DECK: The storm hasn't even started, but auroras are already dancing around the Arctic Circle. Pilot Matt Melnyk saw them Dec. 7th while flying 37,000 feet over Greenland spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload...

Spitzer and Hubble image of Arp 142, also known as NGC 2936, NGC 2937, and UGC 5130, or the Penguin and the Egg. Dust and gas in the Penguin appear as red filaments. The Egg is made of older stars and nearly featureless. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, AURA, JPL-Caltech Source

This was sold in the Beautiful Books section at my local Waterstones. And it is a lovely physical book (as well as one of Pterry’s finest) so now it’s in my library awaiting my retirement.

Woke and saw a News notification on my phone, and thought, “FINALLY, some fun news, instead of more hate and dread to start my day.” And then I saw everyone’s favorite Bluesky Dino expert wrote it 🥰 @restingdinoface.bsky.social

Another oldie while I wrap up new paintings for my January show at LeMieux Galleries in New Orleans. "Delicate" 2018 Acrylic on canvas 5" x 5" #art #painting #insects #beetle #contemporaryart #nature

One thing Trump and his team obviously never realized: At some point they had to deliver on the promises that they made...you and I knew that he never would because he's an incompetent buffoon, but now even the sharper MAGA people are realizing Trump is a con man. Both of them. 🤣🤣😎

Happy Tuesday! I'm heading back to New Jersey after a very productive trip on Cape Cod so here is another photo from Sunday morning taken eight minutes before the sun broke the horizon at West Dennis Beach. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

#photography #unedited

I have more respect for the Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at George W Bush than any of the cowards in the current White House press pool.

My running tally of every news story about a Republican/Evangelical affiliated alleged and/or convicted rapist, pedophile, abuser or harasser that's come across my desk since August 7th, 2025: 48, I think, (my list is elsewhere at the mo)