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Retired therapist, cyclist, previously into scuba diving and sailing, amateur astronomer, just moved to Massachusetts. Very happy here. Profile image is from The Bridge of Flowers in Shelburn Falls. It is closed for a while as it is being rebuilt
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submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮 #SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦

submitted 2 days ago • 1644 comments

It's long been said that the most powerful person on Earth is the president of the United States of America. That is no longer true. It is the man that the US president desperately tried to silence. That all despots yearn to muzzle. And that undisputed titan is Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

And @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu too #Ukraine #solidarity

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Mark this one down for the history books.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

I agree with this. Clarity can be terrifying. It can also be immensely helpful. There is no hiding from reality now.

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

Stunning front page from the Washington Post today featuring an image of the Maidan memorial in Kyiv to those killed by Russia alongside news of the US decision to side with Russia at the UN and vote against America's Western allies

submitted 5 days ago • 16 comments

Walking on the Norwottuck Rail Trail in #Hadley, #Massachusetts this morning

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

The last king of France was forced to abdicate today in 1848. His regime swept aside by a popular revolution triggered by the government's refusal to allow a large public banquet. Gotta love the French.

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

The produce here is really fresh: I think the carrots just hissed at me. 📸 VeredLee1

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

OK, some #MaritimeHistory associated with this artwork, if anyone is interested. It depicts the J-class yachts Astra and Shamrock V sailing in Dovercourt Bay off Harwich (with The Naze in the background) in 1931. 1/

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

Can you explain your doctoral research through interpretive dance? The 17th annual #DanceYourPhD competition is open! Submit by 28 March for a chance to win $2000: https://scim.ag/4gKMnz9

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

My middle daughter is doing 10k for Breast Cancer. If you are happy to share it would be appreciated. Bo is 13. Thanks all - www.justgiving.com/page/bouffen...

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

submitted 17 days ago • 1052 comments

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submitted 18 days ago • 2462 comments

Sunrise through the moss forest #Shetland

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

A bloodhound creates an odour image which contains more information than a photograph does for the human eye. This, and lots more dog history, on our most recent History Hit documentary: 🎧: access.historyhit.com/videos/dogs1

submitted 20 days ago • 2 comments

It’s rough out there.

submitted 22 days ago • 21 comments

Costco - the only company to publicly come out in support of Diversity initiatives despite pressure from the GOP and they just raised the pay for their workers. Stop shopping at Target. Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 www.reuters.com/business/ret...

submitted 30 days ago • 799 comments

Thread ⬇️

submitted 30 days ago • 14 comments

The victims of last night’s tragic crash in the Potomac were people’s sons and daughters, friends and neighbors. Praying for those we lost and those they left behind today.

submitted 31 days ago • 344 comments

“After Auschwitz, the human condition is not the same, nothing will ever be the same. Here, heaven and earth are on fire.” —Elie Wiesel

submitted 34 days ago • 689 comments

This may be just my personal ignorance speaking but I would so appreciate it if all the politicos informing us how various governments will now succeed *because they have AI* would go into detail a bit. How exactly will AI help run a country? “They can use AI, it will be great.” is not an answer.

submitted 36 days ago • 20 comments

Todays article is up and it’s all about blurred lines in the American Revolutionary War… Specifically Lord Dunmore and his promise to Virginia’s slaves: your freedom for joining the Loyalist cause… Find out how Virginia responded… And what did the recruits do for the cause?

submitted 37 days ago • 2 comments

"Fossil fuels are losing their grip on EU energy. At the start of the European Green Deal in 2019, few thought the EU’s energy transition could be where it is today; wind and solar are pushing coal to the margins and forcing gas into structural decline" Big new @ember-energy.org report on EU energy

submitted 38 days ago • 264 comments

I'm cosy in bed, drinking coffee going through my photos and I rather like this one of the garden from a few weeks ago, the colours make me happy 🌱

submitted 38 days ago • 9 comments

THANK YOU Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for modeling “the best way to turn a spotlight back on barbarity is to be the change you want to see in the world.” 🪷 Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day 🪷

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

It’s available for free download for 3 more days, y’all! You can also get a physical copy from CUP, Bookshop, or Amazon. www.cambridge.org/core/element...

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Pawleys Island SC this morning

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments