People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

Kimmel’s fighting back against The Orange Oaf!

Disney now has a 5 step process to cancel their account. I walk you through it because it shouldn't be this annoying. Also, after you cancel, invest in people *actually* committed to free speech. Welcome your support to my daily human rights newsletter ❤️✊🏽 www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

Rustic Geometry I’d been chasing a halfway decent shot of an American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) for months. Then this one flew directly overhead—wings outstretched, light bleeding through the feathers like stained glass. I snapped the image mid-flight. Finally, a silhouette with structure.

This dude

Environmental organizations in Idaho are looking for volunteers who want to help protect America’s public lands by cleaning up the Sawtooth National Recreation Area this month.

“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.” -Benjamin Franklin

The major networks are basically becoming state run television‼️

On September 15, 2006, the Cassini spacecraft observed the Sun eclipsed by the planet Saturn. Its dark side is illuminated by its rings. In the distance, to the left of the image, just above the main rings, is the pale blue dot of Earth, almost invisible. NASA

In our 4 months of existence, @beaconbio.bsky.social has gained active users in 162 countries. Clearly there is a need for a free & open resource that not only raises alarm about new threats but provides context about why it matters. Thank you to all our users!

We often worry about the wrong things. People killed annually by Sharks 10 Elephants 100 Hippos 500 Snails 10,000 Dogs 25,000 Snakes 50,000 People 475,000 Mosquitoes 725,000 🧪

The Venus girdle (Cestum veneris) is a large, ribbon-shaped comb jelly, or ctenophore, known for its transparent and gelatinous body.

Oh to be a little Tardigrade scratching its back on a bubble. 🫧🐻🧪

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear. ~ Mark Twain

Think of what can happen when a society doesn’t take the threat of autocracy seriously‼️

May peace sit upon your brow like a bird upon a tusk.

Behold, the Indian paradise fly catcher

They are privatizing Medicare, which means they will profit off denial of coverage. Say no to the GOP or face loss of insurance.

© Andre Kohn. 'The Yellow Umbrella.' Oil on canvas, 51 × 88 cm.

Yesterday we visited Green Mountain Falls, CO to visit the kinetic sculpture Off the Beaten Path by Patrick Shearn. I wasn’t ready for just how dynamic it was even in the slightest breeze. Reminds me of a murmuration of starlings. Incredible artwork. It’ll only be up through October 19th.

Dear Friends, I have an exhibition of my artwork opening at Zolla/Lieberman Gallery in Chicago this Friday, September 5th from 4:00 - 7:00 pm. It would be lovely to see you, please come!

Periods of geomagnetic storms are expected through Tuesday, forecasters said.

For at least 3 generations the #GOP has deliberately worked to dumb down, dilute and falsify public education b/c the stupid, the superstitious, the undereducated and the gullible are much easier to control. And the proof is in the number of people who still think Trump is the answer to our future.

Just enjoying the dynamism of English modernist Cyril Power’s linocut ‘The Tube Station’ (1932)

'A swoop of swallows' by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico with various fabrics #UnravellingWomensArt #summer

SIGNS OF FASCISM 🪧

A flock of flamingos walking together.

Yesterday the Sun produced this moderate-class #SolarFlare. Despite its smaller size, it was a long duration event, continuing for several hours and providing this hypnotic view of beautiful coronal rain (seen in yellow) and Supra-arcade Downflows (seen in cyan). Mesmerising!

Exciting news! I'm honored to be a featured artist in the Eiteljorg Museum's Quest for the West ® Art Show and Sale on September 5 & 6! I'll be showcasing my latest works alongside some of the nation's top Western artists in downtown Indianapolis.

But that could never happen here

The military takeover of Washington is not a “distraction” from Epstein. It’s a military takeover of Washington, which is an even bigger deal, and those of us who kill brain cells reporting on this stuff knows it’s been an explicit goal since before the election.

Why don’t we just hand Texas, Florida, or Oklahoma to Russia? We can call it a “territory swap” for goodwill. Americans can just leave and go somewhere else or live under Russian rule. Absurd, right? Stop suggesting people should just give up their home to an invader.

Jayne Converse @jayneconverse3.bsky.social

Loveland Sculpture in the Park this weekend. Come on out

Let the games begin. Loveland Sculpture in the Park

Camping at Boyd Lake for the Loveland Sculpture in the park show. Check out my neighbor 🐶

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This is what’s going on while the Orange Clown is trying to distract us! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

📌 MSM has caught up and Maddow is on point.

Tuesday

The larval stage of a spotfin #flounder dancing to the music in its funky headdress. #spotfinflounder #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #benthic #scubadiving #underwater #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater #marinelife

Pluto will not complete its first orbit around the Sun since its discovery until March 23, 2178!

There are a lot of new folks here, so I thought I would take a moment and introduce myself. I am a full-time, traveling musician, and I play banjo and guitar, and write and sing songs. I was a long time guest on Prairie Home Companion, and toured the U.K. with the Transatlantic Sessions. 1/2

Feather stars come in all different beautiful colours… ⭐️