RE: new #Bluey episodes, a reminder that the reason Bandit (the dad) is an archaeologist is because dogs love digging up bones! However, Bluey’s creator Joe Brumm is also brother of renowned Stone Age expert, Professor Adam Brumm, who specialises in the earliest known cave art found in Indonesia…

Pegasus Gran Piano by Luigi Colani, Manufacturer Schimmel

This is wild — russia quite literally just threatened to attack #NATO member Latvia at the UN today: "The coordinates of decision-making centers in Latvia are well known, and membership in NATO will not protect you from retaliation." www.thenews.com.pk/latest/14031...

ABC NewsRadio still pearl clutching regarding the CGT changes. Goodness sake, income is taxable. Income comes from a variety of sources; it isn’t limited to PAYG income from a job.

🔭 NGC 2170: The Angel Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Jason Marriott ap260519

#OtD 16 May is European Romani Resistance Day, commemorating the Roma people who fought fascism during WW2, like the 'Lions of Breda Solini', a partisan battalion in Italy made up entirely of Sinti participants who had escaped from a concentration camp stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1096...

It is *never* a bad time to watch Galaxy Quest.

One of my amazing students (Gemma) just plotted up the satellite derived Vegetation Health Index for April 2026. (Red = stressed vegetation, Blue = very healthy vegetation)

#Kilauea #volcano (Hawai'i): 47th lava fountaining episode in progress - The 47th lava fountaining episode 47 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption at the summit of Kīlauea began a few hours ago, at 3:27 p.m. HST local time on May 14. Fountaining activity is currently focused at the north vent,...

*David Attenborough voice* "A group of male Waymos, which we call a DeathWish, circle around on a track in an attempt to attract the females. Note that some are flashing their lights to show their sexual prowess."

Matt Doran: “They are chanting some pretty vile, racist slogans. Things like "death to the Arabs" and “may your villages burn". “You can see some of the people who are here, they're more interested in trying to hide how they’re behaving than actually trying to justify their behaviour.”

Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa has resigned amid a political crisis triggered by drone incursions that exposed the country's defence vulnerabilities. @angelaskujins.bsky.social breaks down the scandal.

My favourite phrases for when things go wrong… 1. It’s a shitshow at the fuck factory (English) 2. Now the turnips are cooked (Dutch) 3. A donkey is inside another donkey (Persian) 4. The Devil is loose in Salmonstreet (Danish) 5. A finger in the ass and screaming everywhere (Brazilian Portuguese)

If you're online now we strongly recommend watching the nest box live cam.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBM_...

This sounds awfully close to the Tory MP saying "I am f**ing furious and I don't give a f**k anymore” state of Liz Truss premiership. (Liz Truss resigned one day later, though maybe Labour is not yet fully at that stage).

I am not an expert on UK politics but the thing that strikes me about Labour is that they look like they used The Thick of It as a model to be followed.

“Oh, fuck off!” I shout out repeatedly as I listen to Starmer on the car radio. Incrementalism won’t cut, he explains, before setting out an agenda of limp incrementalism on Europe and everything else. All he has done is make a compelling case for his own departure.

How do say thanks to a good friend? Well...if you're a medieval English bishop, you send an eel! It was common practice for bishops and other high ranking clergymen to show their respect for each other by sending gifts of "great eels." Because lesser eels just won't do! 🗃️🧪

Strong winds blow Saharan Dust over the Mediterranean Sea.

Every new Reform UK Councillor

The odds of being murdered in your own home by psychopathic waterfowl are low, but never zero.

The day has finally arrived. You can now *officially* watch puffins live from the Farne Islands, 24 hours a day: bit.ly/4tRz72T Please enjoy these puffins kissing in celebration of this momentous event.

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.

In 2025, all European glacier regions saw a net mass loss, with Iceland recording its 2nd‑largest loss since 1976. It was the 4th year in a row that all 19 global glacier regions lost mass. More insight in #ESOTC2025 from #Copernicus Climate @ecmwf.int and @wmo-global.bsky.social ⬇️ #ClimateData

Well done, Trump.

Remembering Paul Darrow, born this day in 1941.

As should be expected of a supernatural devil dog, Shuck sleeps with his eyes open and maintains a constant threatening growl throughout. 🐺🦇

scheduled post The Op Shop - Shortlist of Tropfest Australia 2011

Genera avium Brussels: V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, 1905-1914. (source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36872454) #nature #illustration #art

York Minster went up in flames #OTD in 741, according to Symeon of Durham – an event also recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 📸Paul Lakin

🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈⚖️🇭🇺 A legal earthquake - CJEU finds Hungary to have violated EU law on multiple counts with its anti-LGBT+ legislation (as expected) but also for the first time in history, in an EU law-reshaping precedent, finds Hungary to violate Art 2 TEU in a self-standing manner.

🆕 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a renewed view of the Trifid Nebula, a scene it first observed in 1997. 🔗 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... @science.esa.int @stsci.edu

Free RSV vaccine for older Australians. From 15 May, a $445.3 million investment will fund free Arexvy RSV vaccines for Australians aged 75+ and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 60+, with doses otherwise costing around $300 without NIP listing. www.health.gov.au/ministers/th...

Wonderful shot of Marlon Brando writing with his cat. noirbooks.blogspot.com #caturday #film #cinema #SaturdayVibes #mood #Brando #cat #writing

Thr South Korean president criticized Israel, Israel got super mad about the mention of the Holocaust, and not the far worse reference. The president compared them to imperial Japan, which is like the worst thing a Korean can call anyone or anything www.theverge.com/policy/91358...

The radio station I cut my teeth on in Sydney. That gave me my first paying job in radio. And that's served Sydney so well for nearly half a century, is in dire straits. More to come, but here's the background. I might be asking for your support in the coming days... www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

The Australian federal government is quietly defunding science in ways that will cost us irreplaceable expertise and money over the next decade: www.abc.net.au/news/science...

A charming #Roman enamelled fibula (a pin for fastening garments) in the form of an #owl. Found in the civilian settlement of the Saalburg fort. Photo: Römerkastell Saalburg / Peter Knierriem 🏺

Perfect front page.

"Mooning Lisa", bronze, by Nick Walker was exhibited at MShed Museum, Bristol, as part of their Vanguard:Street Art exhibition in 2021 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums

This eerie mosaic depicts Winter holding a bare branch and wearing a birrus (a hooded cloak used extensively in ancient Britain). Its use of cool blue colours, the seeming melancholy in the face & the sparse pale background really conveys the cold barrenness of winter. 🏛️Bignor 📷 mine #MosaicMonday

Happy Birthday Peter Davison, born this day in 1951.

Another eruption from Sakurajima in Japan today. This one is much bigger than yesterdays....🌋

Orson Welles photographed by Ernest Bachrach on the set of Citizen Kane (1941)

Tonight I went to the tiniest toilet that I have ever seen. It is located in a very traditional Finnish restaurant and it barely had room for me and I am quite a small person (157 cm) and Finnish women are usually not so small and HOW do they and their knees fit in there? It is a mystery.

Today we will be mainly posting pictures of artefacts that look like sweets. 🍬🍫

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