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"Chandos Beauty" is a hybrid tea rose known for its strong fragrance and large, classic-shaped blooms. It features a blend of light amber gold and cream, often with subtle pink tones, and has a high petal count

Kitten discovers its tail: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/aww/s/f6Ws...

Last night, I finished re-watching all of "I, Claudius", and lemme tell ya, the fight against oligarchy never gets old. @driftglass.bsky.social

“The time has come to recognize whales not merely as resources but as sentient beings with inherent rights.”~Tongan Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho www.sej.org/headlines/to...

zeitgeist

‘Emma Bridgewater’ rose - a beautifully scented rose that changes colour as it unfurls and the flower matures. Truly lovely 🌹#bloomscrolling #gardeningfeed #cottagegarden #🌱

I think this may be the most subtle, elegant emotional support chicken I have ever knit. I’m absolutely enamoured with her! Now, I’m quickly sipping my coffee so I can get to knitting her comb and wattles. #knit #knitsky #emotionalsupportchicken #ESC #knitting #chicken

Iconic anti-war poster, originally by US printmaker Lorraine Schneider, 1966 #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

I am nostalgic for human culture

The sadness of war BL Add 10292; Lancelot-Grail (The Prose Vulgate Cycle): 1316 CE; France, N.; f.213r

BREAKING: Numerous US politicians bought war stocks before Israel attacked Iran. US Congressman Rob Bresnahan bought $LMT, Lockheed Martin, a weapons manufacturer, on 05/15/2025. Rep Jared Moskowitz bought $LMT on 04/07/2025.. Unusual. Congress Portfolios: unusualwhales.com/portfolios

What are her back feet doing

Your daily horoscope: Today you will feel like a tortoise - ancient, unhurried, and wanting to be left in peace.

Greetings and good morning it’s the Benesday farm rush hour and yes we have a baby lamb

‘Much of the pathos of Sienese painting is due to its intimacy and compression, and also to a fragile sense of historical contingency.’ Erin Maglaque on an exhibition of Sienese painting: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Rest and relaxation on this #caturday! 😻

Tammy and her Cheetos.

More progress. This is a great example of when someone sends me an extremely clear and detailed reference photo. I can get so much more detailed in the piece? 🪡

@harikunzru.bsky.social i just finished listening to your fascinating 'Four Quartets' commentary with Sophie Fiennes. thank you for this. T.S. Eliot is exactly what i need right now and 'Four Quartets' is a timeless masterpiece.

Marie Victoire Lemoine (1754-1820), Portrait of the Artist, ca. 1780, French painter, born in Paris whose sisters also became painters #womensart

Protests are all fine and good, but no major US news source is giving this more than a passing note. The New York Times covered it on page 18. The BBC, France 24, and DW Are covering it in depth. Heck, the Hindustan Times is covering it, but our "liberal media"? Crickets. Must be an oversight.

Yo, I’m so glad I grew up poor rn.

Tomorrow is going to be an absolute bloodbath on Wall Street.

One of our favorite videos, feat. baby Nikai 💕

would you care for some beans in this trying time

The Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) is a violet-blue flower native to western Europe, particularly the UK, where it's associated with ancient woodlands. It flowers in spring and supports pollinators like bees. It has various traditional names like "fairy flower" and "wood bells".

In my talk today at the Dog Behavior Conference, I mentioned the importance of maintenance training for fearful dogs. Here's a post on what it is and why it matters www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2025/01/beep...

Booker: "I've never seen an administration in my lifetime do something so monumentally wrong and that so staggering hurts American people."

Alexander the Great and the Fates, by Bernardino Mei, 1667, 📸 by Sarah Stier

Bluesky check out the crooner finally feeding his woman

Just a few ideas Why not join the developed world in providing universal health care and education ? Why not get with the trade program and offer incentives for companies to manufacture here instead of selling jobs to the lowest bidder abroad. Why not act with compassion instead of avarice ?

In 2008, Douglas Coupland revealed his Monument to the War of 1812 in Toronto. It depicts a soldier from the Newfoundland Regiment standing over a fallen American toy soldier, celebrating the defence of Canada and confronting the “creeping revisionism” that the U.S. won the war.

Who did this?

Turkish textile artist Irem Yazici creates embroideries that show often magical, fairy tale-like worlds #womensart

‘The Med was a pirates’ lake, in which no side could claim moral superiority.’ Ferdinand Mount on the 1565 Siege of Malta, during which the Ottomans faced off against the Knights of St John: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Bobbin the Robin. Photographed today. #birds #ukbirds #wildlife #nature

Moon in the Afternoon, 56% illuminated @stormhour.bsky.social @thephotohour.bsky.social #astronomy #astrophotography

A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.

These are frightening times. Your courage and tenacity are desperately needed. They will be needed for the rest of this year and next, and the years thereafter. Which is why you must also take care of yourself. robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-tho...

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Australia, as a former penal colony, simply cannot have a former cop in charge.

“Somehow we survive and tenderness, frustrated, does not wither.” – Dennis Brutus www.tumblr.com/mirymom/1760...

SATURDAY! For those in weekend mode, chill out . . . . . . at least for a few hours. Because it is April 5th. Marching day. handsoff2025.com