Lady Florence Norman, a suffragette, on her motor-scooter, London, 1916 #FridayFeeling ❤️

#OTD in 1991, STS-40 (Spacelab Life Sciences 1), the first Spacelab mission dedicated to biomedical studies lifted off from Kennedy Space Center. Aboard was molecular biologist & payload specialist Millie Hughes-Fulford--the first woman to fly as a working scientist for NASA. #WomenInSTEM

#PlanetDisco #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #Music Day 4 Donna Summer Love To Love You Baby

So many beautiful people here!!! And by this, I mean actually beautiful in the ways that matter. Kind Caring Creative Thoughtful Generous Compassionate Curious Humble Honest Yes, you! ♥️ P.S. This isn't an angry or provocative meme, so it won't go viral, but please share it anyway. Thank you!

Nadine Gordimer's iconic anti-apartheid novel "Burger's Daughter" was published #OTD in 1979. Officially banned in South Africa on July 5, 1979, the ban was lifted in October 1979. Gordimer won the #Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991. #litsky #booksky #apartheid

Someone universally loved on social media. A rarity, yet so deserved.

What a difference 48 hours makes. Even I was stunned at the progress Skye made today ❤️

Trump voter on C-Span criticizes him on economy and Social Security: “Everything that I thought he stood for and the people, he has backed his family and his pocketbook ahead of us”

Fox News buries Trump appointing a real estate nepo baby to oversee U.S. intelligence agencies: www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...

Strawberry plant from "A Curious Herbal Antique Botanical Illustration", 1737 by Scottish botanical illustrator/author and engraver Elizabeth Blackwell #WomensArt

The key in hand, 2015, by Japanese installation artist Chiharu Shiota #Womensart

Womensart blog: The Dark Dreams of Artist Chiharu Shiota womensartblog.wordpress.com?s=Dark+dreams

“A ribbon tied around a bomb” was the description of Frida Kahlo by Surrealist theorist André Breton.....

Painter Frida Kahlo and dancer/jazz singer Josephine Baker in Paris,1939. There were rumours that the two artists had a love affair, though this was never confirmed #WomensArt

Pin and thread 'drawings' by artist Debbie Smyth #WomensArt

Persepolis (2000), autobiographical graphic novel by Iranian cartoonist, illustrator, author and film director Marjane Satrapi #WomensArt ❤️

RIP …. Thank you for standing up for all women

If you 🧡 the work of women printmakers, you'll 🧡 the latest womensart book!! www.waterstones.com/book/reframi... Or at a bookshop of your choice....

Snoopy shows us Six Habits of Happy People. I love this! 🥰🌻✨

Immunologist Dr. Teruko Ishizaka co-discovered Immunoglobulin E (IgE) in 1966. This major scientific breakthrough identified the specific antibody responsible for allergic reactions and laid the foundation for modern asthma & allergy treatments. She died #OTD in 2019 at age 92. #WomenInSTEM #medsky

US House passes measure to halt Iran war in rare rebuke of Trump

Anna Ancher,  Evening sun in the artist’s studio, c.1913 Danish painter #WomensArt

Fiona Gibson, contemporary sculptor based in Llandeilo, West Wales. Her work is based on local mythology #WomensArt

Fearless French volcanologist Katia Krafft chased active volcanic eruptions for >20 yrs & pioneered close-range volcano cinematography. Her work (w/her husband) laid the foundation for modern volcanic risk communication & evacuation protocols. They died #OTD in 1991 on Mt. Unzen. #WomenInSTEM

Physician & immunologist Mary Loveless discovered pure insect venom—rather than crushed whole insect bodies—is the only effective way to immunize people against fatal allergic reactions to stings. It remains the foundation of modern allergy shots used globally today. Died #OTD in 1991. #WomenInSTEM

Untitled, rainbows, 2006 by Gloria Mills Petyarre, Indigenous Australian artist #womensart

During the 2 World Wars, women in Europe used knitting for spying, including encoding messages with combinations of knits/purls...find out more in #UnravellingWomensArt the 1st @womensart1 book, along with many more wonderful and sometimes weird textile art facts....!

This morning our co-CEO Leanne Minshull helped launch a public inquiry into AUKUS! Australians deserve transparency and should not be asked to simply accept a project of this magnitude without scrutiny. @leanneminshull.bsky.social #auspol

A striped honeyeater and a spiny-cheeked honeyeater sharing a branch. Stripy seems to have something to say and spiny is listening 😆 From one of my trips to Gluepot Reserve.

💃🎤⭐ Sister Rosetta Tharpe ⭐🌦️🌞

AI is the new Oil It should be nationalized and regulated to stop harmful impacts on people and our planet, and harnessed to help the working class. I believe it can be. The government didn't let Oppenheimer start a business and sell nukes! AI is as powerful or more powerful.

"Goodbye Norma Jean" ~ celebrating 100yrs of Her Sweet Soul ~ DOB 2 days after mine & 2 before my Brother ~ 'Marilyn' in an earlier year; with whom I have a 'true' affinity, arriving through a unique 6-day portal. Marilyn ~ Divine Feminine. Victim of toxic masculinity. www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

My project 2028 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Human rights for ALL is my starting point, the floor, not the ceiling! We must have natural rights that guarantee the right to coexist in peace with all forms of life and humanity. It's actually the only way we can all thrive and be free. If that makes me radical, so be it.

We showed up to vote today. Late, I know, but not "too late". And I said to the room full of volunteers, "Is this where we reclaim our democracy?" They laughed, smiled, and all in unison said YES!" And we thanked them for being there to help us.

Thrilled to be screening DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE with the @shencodems.bsky.social JUNE 4 @6PM at the Shenandoah County Library. Director Laura Nix will join for a post-screening online Q&A! @lauranix.bsky.social

Yes... Who works for who?

Wiki: "Wu was shocked at the sexism in American society when she learned that at Michigan women were not even allowed to use the front entrance..." In the 1930s!!!

Dr. Wu's exclusion remains one of the most heavily criticized, infamous gender-bias oversights in the history of the Nobel Prize. #MatildaEffect + First female physics faculty member, Princeton University, 1943 + First female president, American Physical Society, 1975 #WomenInSTEM #physics

Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu, one of the most influential nuclear physicists of the 20th century, was born #OTD 1912. Her Wu experiment (proving parity isn't conserved) won her 2 male colleagues the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics. Her role wasn't honored until she won the Wolf Prize in 1978. #WomenInSTEM 1/2👇

Love this! 🙌🏼 #resist #Pinks

How can we explain the recent revival of interest in the work of Australian pioneering feminist Miles Franklin? One answer is that Franklin’s ideas about politics still matter, writes John Uhr #MilesFranklin #femalewriters #literaryculture #review

Over 900 pounds of ghost net removed from the bay, protecting marine life and restoring our oceans. Every effort counts in the fight against marine pollution.

American hero

me: changes the light fixtures in my house to energy efficient LED lightbulbs Jeff Bezos:

“There is no right way to do a hard thing.” Glennon Doyle Not everything is urgent. Not everything needs solving today. Sometimes living well looks like slowing the pace, letting good enough be enough, and choosing what feels true to you. 🧡 #love #kindness Picture by Simply Anxious

Today was world parrot day! Check out this short king bringing lunch for his girlfriend 😍 budgies are not a threatened species, but they’re one of the most iconic parrots in the world. For most people, budgies are the first parrot they ever meet; perfect gateway to loving birds 😍

Trickling down From the top of a tree Water droplets Subtly catching the sun Reflect a kaleidoscope of colours Adding a mystic hue to the scenery As if a fairy might drift past On their way to a friend’s lair Or a nymph bound to the tree Maybe awaiting a lush drink Stories for another day #poem

This GetUp petition for an independent media regulator is really needed. Please join me in signing it. getup.to/e2wnenFJCnqoHk

Two cultural heritage protection applications for Barrambin Victoria Park have been rejected but 5 more are being assessed. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...