A crow perches on a lit metal lamp post, Portishead Lakeground #BirdOfTheDay #ManMadePerch #Birds #WildllifePhotography #ECK #Crows #Portishead #UK #Dusk

Is Trump now realising the level of contempt others hold for him? The extraordinary level Israel holds? The level Iran holds? The level Europeans hold? Will his ego allow him to contemplate what a failure he is? Or will he also have to fail in the US before he does? Will he ever do so? #Trump #Ego

Tulips #Flowers #Blooming #Pictures

Pink blossom flowers. #Flower #Blossom #Pink #Bloom #Photography

Tufted duck, Portishead #BirdOfTheDay #TuftedDuck #BlackHeads #Birds #Photography #Portishead

“You’re a handsome devil. What's your name?” #BirdOfTheDay #BlackHeads #Birds #Crows #Photography

Caught at a distance - A blue tit in flight #BirdOfTheDay #Grey #BlueTit #Birds #Photography

One foot, no feet, charge!? A goose tries some postures… #BirdOfTheDay #BlackHeads

“December 24, 1972: The fourth theatrical re-release [of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs], paired with Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua, a two-part episode of The Wonderful World of Disney.” The first film I ever saw in the cinema. I definitely remember the short about the Mexican boy and his dog.

Tufted duck, Portishead #BirdOfTheDay #TuftedDuck #BlackHeads #Birds #Photography #Portishead

“You’re a handsome devil. What's your name?” #BirdOfTheDay #BlackHeads #Birds #Crows #Photography

Pink blossom flowers. #Flower #Blossom #Pink #Bloom #Photography

Tulips #Flowers #Blooming #Pictures

Caught at a distance - A blue tit in flight #BirdOfTheDay #Grey #BlueTit #Birds #Photography

One foot, no feet, charge!? A goose tries some postures… #BirdOfTheDay #BlackHeads

The famous Andor line is that "tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle." Here is a perfect example of that through malicious compliance: Idaho forced the city of Boise to remove its Pride flags. So the city painted rainbows everywhere else.

HPPA's Wendy at our Haleakalā NP store locations has spent a LOT of time hiking in the park she 🫶s. Here she is "snaring the sun", in front of Hōlua Cabin on the 11.3 mile trail btwn Sliding Sands/Keoneheʻheʻe Trailhead & the Halemauʻu Trailhead. 🥾 #ThisIsWhereWeWork #HPPA #HALE #TXWendy #MauiTrails

Evil. No other word for it.

@darrenpjones.bsky.social, I am so glad your government is reining the Americans in. Otherwise we’d be in a right bloody mess.

Vance isn't holding back with the election interference in Hungary, is he? Slagging the EU, who have been integral to Hungary's economic growth. What a Putinite cunt he is. Incredible that Russia and America both support this tinpot fascist, Orban. #Magyarorszag #JDVance #Orban

"Israel tells Iranians not to travel by train as Trump threatens to 'demolish' infrastructure." More war crimes.

Bill Anders?

The academic center is one of the most elite hubs of scientific development in the Middle East. Destroying universities and schools is not justifiable. Such attacks are violations of a nation’s human capital, commitment to development, and the fundamental principles of international law. 2/2

You can really tell America is winning this war when the president panic posts “open the fuckin’ strait, you crazy bastards” at 5 am on Easter Sunday along with an extension on their deadline

At this rate, the Iranians could assassinate Trump, and be applauded by most of the world for doing it. He is totally out of control.

The swearing is of course equivalent to the war crimes. People are so weird sometimes.

My basic viewpoint. Enjoy it while it lasts. And while Nazis get blocked.

Watching all the kerfuffle about the two downed airmen, I really wonder if the US is cut out for military operations. Expecting no one to be captured while spending many weeks flying over a country and bombing it is unrealistic, even if mechanical failure is the most likely cause of a crash.

Crow in flight. Wing tip feathers are blurred, but the tail and head are nice and sharp. Ended up rather arty after adding filters. Ah, well, still pretty. #BirdOfTheDay #Feathers #Birds #Crows

What I like about these two pictures is that you see feathers that are not normally visible, the neck feathers on the Mallard and the white face feathers of the gull. #BirdOFTheDay #Feathers #Birds #Photography #Gulls #Ducks

View towards the altar in the Sagrada Família, Barcelona, 2017. #Stunday #Photography #BlueSkyArtShow #Openings #Barcelona #SagradaFamilia

Different chimney pot design on Casa Milà, Barcelona. #BlueSkyArtShow #Openings #Photography #Gaudi #Barcelona #Monochrome

Chimney pot designed by Gaudi, Casa Milà rooftop, Barcelona. #BlueSkyArtShow #Openings #Photography #Gaudi #Barcelona

Chimney pot designed by Gaudi, Casa Milà rooftop, Barcelona. #BlueSkyArtShow #Openings #Photography #Gaudi #Barcelona

UK state pension age starts rising to 67. France, 62. Millions will struggle to work, may get derisory benefits. Poor have shorter life, receive pension for fewer yrs. Rich retire whenever they want, have longer lives, receive pension for longer period Huge wealth transfer from poor to the rich

Such a bad idea. The most consistent finding in LLM research is that it replaces thinking for students. Students who get access to AI and then have it taken away perform considerably worse than students who never use it.

I think a lot about the lockdown. There was horror, mostly about my OH’s health between March & June, but we did not encounter Covid personally in that first period. There was much that was strange: empty roads, no overnights, no in-person teaching. Our village was a good place to experience it tho.

Acts 12: ‘Herod made a speech to them... the people gave him a great ovation, shouting, “It is the voice of a god and not of a man!” Instantly, an angel of the Lord struck Herod with a sickness so that he was filled with maggots & died—because he accepted the people’s worship…’ Just saying. 😂

Gull fight! #Birds #Gulls #Photography #Portishead

A gull biting the head of a goose! #Birds #Gull #Juxtaposition #Photography

Black-headed gulls stood on the ice in winter. #BirdOfTheDay #Weather #Gulls #Birds #Photography

Cormorant about to fly in Portishead Marina. #Birds #Photography #Cormorant #Portishead

A little nearer home than Chicago, Berlin and Hamburg, this is the inner courtyard of The King’s Arms pub in Stow-on-the-Wold, The Cotswolds. The ‘tunnel’ is the opening to the main square of Stow. #BlueSkyArtsShow #Openings #Pub #StowOnTheWold

Under The Bean, Chicago. #BlueSkyArtShow #Openings #TheBean ##Chicago #Photography #Travel

The Oculus of the Reichstag Dome, Berlin. #BlueSkyArtShow #Openings #Photography #Berlin #Reichstag #Travel

Openings in the sides of The Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg. #BlueSkyArtShow #Openings #Photography #Hamburg #Travel

How many will be fit enough to enjoy a pension at 70+? Is it outrageous to think that young folk should go & live a good life while young, & let old age look to itself? I have no doubt those our economy benefits, those happy to condemn young folk to a retirement-less life, will think it heresy.

I think a lot about the lockdown. There was horror, mostly about my OH’s health between March & June, but we did not encounter Covid personally in that first period. There was much that was strange: empty roads, no overnights, no in-person teaching. Our village was a good place to experience it tho.