Jackdaws love chimney pots.

Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering, and events, and we lay hold of a great hope. Dietrich Bonhoeffer to his parents, Easter Day, 25 April 1943

White to move. Puzzle "Mate in 3" from chess.com. #ChessPuzzles

Antarctica's 12-month running average temperature is the highest on record. That seems bad. 😟

Sindarov continues to make easy work of his 1st ever FIDE Candidates Tournament, while late replacement Anna Muzychuk has take the sole lead in the Women's event!

Hans Niemann and Vincent Keymer are the only players still on a perfect 5/5 score in the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open! www.chess.com/news/view/20...

Have a fabulous Easter Sunday everyone. Photo taken this morning in Glastonbury, shortly after sunrise.

Jonathan, 193-year-old tortoise on Saint Helena Island, still alive and eating bananas despite viral death hoax

Waters merging #Dartmoor #Devon

'Cornish Harbour.' Originally from London, Elizabeth Maude Wilde concentrated her work on the coastal areas of Cornwall particularly around Mevagissey and St Ives. This picture is from around 1920.

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering, and events, and we lay hold of a great hope. Dietrich Bonhoeffer to his parents, Easter Day, 25 April 1943

Abdusattorov is now up to World no. 4 on the FIDE April rating list. Nodirbek was the highest-rated player at 11-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan's current age, but only 10 players have even been higher rated than the new English Women's no. 1 at the same age! www.chess.com/news/view/ap...

'Logan's Rock, St Levan,' (c1916) perfectly demonstrates the height of Laura Knight’s development in Cornwall, this work is part of a series of paintings she composed between 1915 and 1919 all sharing an elevated viewpoint, dramatic diagonal composition and vibrant colour.

It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.

"One of the most dominant open tournament victories in recent memory!" www.chess.com/news/view/ta...

20-year-old Javokhir Sindarov stunned his co-leader Fabiano Caruana to take a 1-point going into the 1st rest day of the 2026 FIDE Candidates! www.chess.com/news/view/20...

White to move. Puzzle "A.W.Fox vs Bauer, 1901" from chess.com. #ChessPuzzles

432.81 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 31-Mar-2026 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Britain has several marine protection areas. The problem is that they are neither properly protected nor effectively policed. We need much stronger rules and to stop scraping the ocean floor clear of almost all life www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"More than he deserves" | David Dimbleby argues against King's US visit with "bully" Trump #Newsnight www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfl4RqTo9Ls

Caruana & Sindarov stormed into the lead on 2.5/3 in the FIDE Candidates while Assaubayeva & Lagno broke the deadlock in the Women's event! www.chess.com/news/view/20...

The Island St Michael’s Mount, Marazion, Corwall. #TidesoutTuesday #RockinTuesday #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMovies #Coastal #ColorADay #BlueTue #Landscape #Photography

White's threatening a queen or checkmate, but Black has a BRILLIANT way to hold on! Do you see the sequence GM Vaishali 🇮🇳 found? #FIDECandidates

And now for something completely different… "Morning garden in Spring", 1930, Oil on canvas Peder Mørk Mønsted, Danish (1859 - 1941)

Arriving at Dawlish Warren I knew exactly where to find the Sand Crocus, Romulea columnae, as I just made a bee-line towards someone who was crouched down in typical botanist position! This turned out to be @ghostofdatura.bsky.social! Super to meet her, and the stunning Sand Crocus. #WildflowerHour

The blackthorn blossom is something else this year

Spain invested heavily in clean energy over the last 6 years. Now, as gas prices rise, Spain has some of the lowest electricity costs on the continent. In August 2025, Spain used zero coal — just 10 years ago it powered 25% of the country. This is what energy independence actually looks like. 🌎

Fabiano Caruana defeats rival favorite and world #2 Hikaru Nakamura in the first round of the Candidates! 🤯

White to move. Puzzle "No Escape" from chess.com. #ChessPuzzles