Australia is one of the world’s most important producers of critical raw material. In contrast, Europe is one of the world’s major users. So today, we agreed on four major projects, covering production of rare earths, lithium, and tungsten.

And we also agreed to launch negotiations on Australia’s accession to Horizon, Europe’s flagship innovation programme!

Men need to women up and know when to help. This is the domestic violence hand signal.

One of my favourite facts is that the spiky tail of a stegosaurus didn't used to have a specific name, until Gary Larson published this Far Side cartoon, at which point "thagomizer" was adopted by paleontologists.

If I say, “We got Ramen at home.” I really mean that 😏 #FoodSky #BlackFoodSky #ChefSky

🔭 Astronomer Antonia Maury (b. #OTD in 1866) was a "Harvard Computer" (women who processed astronomical data at the Harvard College Observatory). Known for her independent & rigorous scientific mind, her work provided the foundation for how we understand the life cycles of stars today. #WomenInSTEM

Thank a Democrat.

"To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now." - Fred Rogers In loving memory of the beloved and forever impactful Emmy/Grammy-winning television icon, minister, advocate, and pillar of true human decency on his 98th birthday.

Happy Birthday to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and a massive thank you to her for inventing rock and roll She was born on March 20th, 1915

This is going to be the GOAT of didn’t age well takes

Latest CT scan results: again the cancer is there but "essentially unchanged." Not wild about the "essentially," but everything is still functioning fine, so I'll take it. Glacier cancer continues to glacier along. And I continue getting all I can out of every day the chemo buys me.

Quite Generous

Reposting

#Maddow Cartoon Of The Day

Maddow: How is Jared Kushner's role in the U.S. attacking Iran not more of a show-stopping scandal?

I absolutely don’t think I’ll win but I was nominated

I don't know why I'm still shocked by headlines. Maybe it means I still have a modicum of faith in humanity. Anyway, wtf.

Nichelle Nichols

Beware

@thewelshtaffy24.bsky.social Tricia, thank you! 🙏👊🦋 go.bsky.app/ZQA7QB

I have been saying this for years.

Selma Burke was a sculptor and member of the Harlem Renaissance Movement. She is known for her bas-relief portrait of President Franklin D Roosevelt. She never received credit for her portrait of Franklin D Roosevelt even though it was put on the dime.

Spread the word.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." - President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. — Iain Thomas

The year opened with the most job cuts since the recession.

Washington Post Headline Last Week: "Trump aids struggle with how to spend $500 billion more on military."

“No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.” www.columnblog.com/p/corporate-...

If Kamala Harris had been elected, we would still be respected by (most) of the world. Our economy would have been better. Senior citizens wouldn't be worrying about medicare. SNAP benefits would still be in place. We wouldn't be involved in another mid-eastern war. But no, Stupidity won.

Eisenhower

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Reposting

My Fellow Americans: We must never again elect a President who does not love dogs.

HILLARY CLINTON IS NOT IN THE TRUMP / EPSTEIN FILES SHE TESTIFIED: SHE HAS NO INFO ON EPSTEIN'S CRIMES SHE DOESN'T RECALL EVER MEETING HIM But we DO KNOW who was BEST FRIENDS WITH EPSTEIN And we DO KNOW who IS in the Epstein files...OVER 38,000 TIMES So when are republikkklans going after him?

And here is the tree that is rumoured to have inspired Tolkien to write Ents into Lord of the Rings. He was stationed at Cannock Chase during the war, and this tree is near Brocton where he was stationed.

Knowledge is power! Maybe we should understand the republicans don’t want a republic, maybe we need to stop making excuses for them

Ship and Crew Star Trek's finest

2/18/1878 — b. Blanche Ames, American inventor, artist, suffragist, birth control activist. Inventor, hexagonal lumber cutter + anti-pollution H20 device; co-inventor, scientific color paint mixing system.Pub political suffrage cartoons #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #SciSky #HistSci #womensart #PolSky

Raman's interest in the scattering of light began during a voyage from England to India in 1921. He was intrigued by the blue color of the Mediterranean Sea and conducted experiments on board the ship using simple instruments.

A.A. Milne showing us how to wrap up a story in the most beautiful way possible.

Steven Spielberg Becomes An EGOT Winner With First Grammy | Grammys 2026

Made pasta and now I'm watching GOODFELLAS, as one does

I watched 12 Angry Men tonight. It's fantastic. Like actually wow I have a hard time thinking of other movies of that have held up so well......

Good morning, Bluesky! Happy #Sunday! Sunrise at Tahoma. The sun lighting up a lenticular cloud just as it peeks above the summit of Mt Rainier, Washington on New Year's Day, 2025. 📸Morgan Stephen