#uglydogs If you are near Quebec or Maine, a kennel in Quebec has to downsize and has a number of dogs available for adoption! My own very good boy came from here, so perhaps I am biased, but I have met some of them and they are all such friendly dogs. www.facebook.com/share/1Jw7ac...

I LOVE when science is applied to "toddler questions" like "Why is the sky blue?" or "Why is ice slippery?" Because the answers can be so SUPRISING. Let's dig into recent revelations about how ice skates work & why tires skid across black ice. First, we'll dismiss 3 VERY GOOD hypotheses as wrong.

Good morning youtu.be/zj8FlXGPcOQ?...

Harold Harvey was better placed than many artists to turn WW1 restrictions on painting coastlines to his advantage, he developed from a typical Newlyn landscape painter into a wholly original one equally adept when painting interiors and portraits. This is from 1919.

Batman 60th Anniversary

Noticeboard outside our local hardware store this morning.

"We now have evidence that maternal vaccination may influence pathways involved in preeclampsia development, suggesting a broader immunological or vascular benefit of vaccination. The authors called for strengthening COVID-19 vaccination programs during pregnancy and research into PE etiology.."

The other day I went out mushing on Lake Superior with some friends to explore some of the caves along the shore!!! Absolutely stunning. Legend and Percy did a great job.

Just imagine conquering more devastating germs we now accept as part of life bbc.com/news/article...

This is emphatically the goal with my podcast! I guarantee that every week you will learn something you definitely didn't need to learn. That is my promise to you all. cms.megaphone.fm/channel/the-...

A Grade 2 listed red phone box outside Holy Trinity Church, Guildford sells for £8,000 at auction with the new owner hoping to fit it with a defibrillator. 👇 BBC News - Red phone box sells at auction for £8k www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Battle of Iwo Jima began when 30,000 U.S. Marines stormed beaches of the Japanese island on this day in 1945. This battle produced the famous Joe Rosenthal photo of Marines raising American flag on Mount Suribachi. Casualties: approx. 26,000 American; approx. 21,000 Japanese. Image: Public domain.

Oh no.

I need a cigarette

Hey #uglydogs, volunteers are needed for the CopperDog races in the Keweenaw next week here in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. www.uppermichiganssource.com/2026/02/18/d... #906Life #PureMichigan

Before the blizzard. We had a heat wave. #mushersky

[Enter Puck.]

La Retraite de Hugues de Payens, by Georges Mathieu, 1958 (rotated), 📸 by @tiltoncreative

Blue Currents, by Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, 2025, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

To say that bottom-dwelling nurse sharks are slowpokes with all the chill is an understatement—one paper calls them "energetically suited for a minimally active lifestyle." But yesterday I spoke to a researcher who calls nurse sharks "lazy sausages" and now I will never think of them any other way

Take me back…

Ingenuity's final resting place among the sand ripples in Neretva Vallis - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2pwza3e

England’s Giant Sequoia are only 170 years old, but already BY FAR the tallest trees wherever you find them These three are in the centre of Tonbridge Because of the clientele who bought the seeds, they also mark the location of churches, grand houses and ornamental gardens

Sorry but I may be slow to respond to your email as I'm currently beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.

If you wanna know just how unpopular Andrew is, just consider he's the first ever modern royal to get arrested. On his birthday. And then they throw this offer on top.

19 FEBRUARY 1776, BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS: Josiah Quincy, Sr., writes to George Washington on behalf of all the people of Braintree (including Abigail Adams and her children), alarmed at their vulnerability to a redcoat raid: founders.archives.gov/documents/Wa...

A scene from the Quarryville Grazing Conference

Tell me you're a sled dog without telling me you're a sled dog #UglyDogs

Call me crazy…but I think this is gonna be a gorgeous day! #DawnOfTheDawn

Tan. Rested. Ready.

Is the perp walk on the left side of the road in the UK?

The face of a sheep who has accepted her fate of being adored by a tiny pup, and perhaps might actually like having some ear nibbles #spudlet #grumpysheep #farmlife

The identification of a 'smiling' object found on Holy Island in Northumberland has been confirmed by BGS senior paleontologist Jan Hennissen. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bluesky, you ok? You're looking a little pale

'Les deux petits pots.' (1889) Albert de Belleroche was a founder member of the Salon d’Automne, exhibiting alongside the Impressionists and associating with Emile Zola, Oscar Wilde, Albert Moore, Toulouse Lautrec and his good friend John Singer Sargent.

every device i own just pinged with the news that andrew has been arrested. I think probably the oven did.

Gaze into the vert antique.

I'll buy all his Barbours off him

Wednesday

Me: I'm giving up using Microsoft Office until Easter. Him: How do you think that's gonna go? Me: It will be Excel Lent.

it's actually a pretty good hospital but yes, humiliating

🎶So take... these boneless wings...🎶

Hey MN friends on here: I used to have social media contacts to reach indigenous acquaintances and sources for wild rice. Now that we’ve been away, and off Fbook and Twtr, I have a craving and could use some networking help. Thanks!

Let Nazgul light the torch in 2030!

Mercury was only 50 arcminutes (0.8°) above a very young waxing crescent Moon this evening. KAS member Pete Mumbower captured this image from his home in Vicksburg, MI.

I'll be talking about 'These Isles: A People's History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales' in person and on Zoom at Wakefield Civic Society, Thurs March 19th, 7.30pm, Kingswood Suite, free. Book here for in-person or livestream tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/these-isle...

Gonzo with the Wind