Under President Trump's domestic spending agenda passed by Congress, the Kennedy Center will receive $257 million. That is six times what it normally gets from Congress annually. But no money for Medicare

China's approvals of coal power plants grow after 2024 decline reut.rs/3ZfPdq6

The right is creeping across Europe.

'One man band' by contemporary English printmaker Gail Brodholt #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

An early morning walk yielded a flowering Lizard Orchid and several Burnt Orchids. Later the Col de Pennes wowed us with a mix of dry grassland and woodland flowers, Short-tailed Eagle and argumentative Duke of Burgundy butterflies @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social @beardybirder.bsky.social

Elizabeth Catlett, Sharecropper, 1952, two colour lino cut. The US artist utilised printmaking with extreme skill to explore themes of her fellow African Americans in a 20th century era of Civil Rights activism #womensart

Anemones, 1925 woodcut by Australian artist Margaret Preston #WomensArt

Canada’s liberal party, led by Mark Carney, secures election victory after dramatic reversal of fortune

Keep going and move forward. We’ll get there. Ben E. King - Stand By Me youtu.be/hwZNL7QVJjE via @YouTube

The refusal of the Egyptian authorities to free this peaceful activist triggered Laila's act of maternal determination. Listen to Laila Souief: A Mother’s Life on Radio 4 at 1.30pm Pres Michael Segalov Prod Michael Segalov and Andrea Rangecroft www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... 📸 Misan Harriman

Since last September, 68-year-old Laila Soueif has been on hunger strike. Laila is the mother of Alaa Abdel Fattah, a British national imprisoned in Egypt for the best part of 12 years. He’s one of Egypt's highest profile pro-democracy political prisoners who was due to be released in late 2024…

UK Parliament recalled tomorrow for emergency debate on the future of British Steel. Must be permanent nationalisation, not temporary where public purse nurses the company and it is then sold to private sector. Need industrial strategy: Can't rescue steel/others without controlling energy costs.

The forgotten art of letter-writing 😁

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

Tokyo's cherry blossom season has kicked off, with the Meteorological Agency declaring that a cherry tree at Yasukuni Shrine had bloomed on Monday, five days earlier than last year.

The future looks dire for the Government's own living standards milestones. ❌ The last thing they should have done with this under threat is move to restrict the incomes of disabled people through £5 billion worth of disability benefits cuts 4/5

There’s just not enough attention to environmental protection until it’s too late.

Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.

'Cat and flowers' by Scottish artist Elizabeth Blackadder #WomensArt

For everyone struggling with the news this week. Take a moment and breathe.

Today was the day the idea of America died. The free world stands with Ukraine and Zelensky. America has crossed to the other side. What was seen in the White House can never be unseen. Or undone. There is actually no coming back from this disgrace.

Mike Pence has lashed out at Donald Trump in an embarrassing X post after the US president announced Ukraine started the war with Russia.

Calling Zelensky a “Dictator” must be where the line is drawn. It is my sincere hope that the whole political spectrum in the United Kingdom will speak with one voice in opposition to Trump’s lies.

THIS MUST GO VIRAL - YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO - ON EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM.

Contemporary UK printmaker Vanessa Lubach #WomensArt

Against the odds, a lone daisy flowering yesterday. Strangely we don’t have very many common daisies on our farm, I wondered if it was to do with acidity.

Great thread on a new study that shows despite differences in soil carbon stocks in fields around the country, the carbon stored under hedges is consistently significantly higher! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

“I’m a bit under the weather” Translation: I don't appear to have a pulse.

Probably just me, but I'm struggling to remember any of the times Kemi Badenoch called for an inquiry into grooming gangs when she was Minister for Women and Equality.

Lawyers for Liz Truss have asked me to stop saying Liz Truss crashed the economy. I only said Liz Truss crashed the economy because Liz Truss did crash the economy. If she wanted me to not say Liz Truss crashed the economy, she shouldn’t have crashed the economy. Please don’t share.

Get ready. Especially writers, journalists and activists. @carolecadwalla.bsky.social wrote this over a month ago and she knows a thing or two about big fights. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Banish blue Tuesday, you’ll have to keep going until the end.

Good night sweet owl I will return tomorrow with my brushes to finish your portrait #birds #art #painting #barnOwl #owls

i think it’s safe to say a lot of us will be keeping the audio adventure flame alive thanks to Short Cuts 🌱

Icy trees!!!!

❗ 2025 is the year we need to see the government invest in social security to help turn the tide on hunger in the UK. It’s not right that so many people receiving Universal Credit are going without food and other essentials. And it doesn’t have to be this way.

BREAKING: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation news.sky.com/story/canada...

Andy Burnham, "I have called for a major program of council house building, different to social housing" "If you allow councils to build homes that people can truly afford, that gives them more control over the housing situation in their areas" Well said @andyburnham.bsky.social 👏

I stand by this.

Happy New Year

Please know that your best today was good enough. Know that your criticism of yourself is just your own intrusive thoughts. There is no such thing as normal. And reality is just our perception. You are beautiful as you are. Namaste 🙏 #Cornwall #calm #peace #mindfulness #life #love #kindness

Täytyy myöntää että teen samoin. Nimim. Siperia opettaa.