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The obligatory snowdrops of spring. Trying different angles.

Some Octavia Butler for you this morning

Aurora cinnamon roll formation tonight spiraling over my house in North Pole, Alaska. This is a real-time video with only exposure adjustment and vignetting removal. No saturation applied.

Texas. Where the lone star is a review.

A little reminder for everyone who says, "It takes more time to prove or disprove manmade climate change". The greenhouse effect has been experimentally observed ... ... BEFORE the US Civil War began ... BEFORE Darwin’s Origin of Species was published ... BEFORE Charles Dickens died

Pay attention to the educated people. This is the judge hearing the case concerning the EO banning transgender people from the military.

Judge Reyes, I salute you.

"The bicycle is a simple solution to some of the world's most complicated problems"

It must be amazing having the sort of persecution complex the reactionary right has. You can win power, destroy the lives of minorities, get paid vast amounts for stand-up specials on major streamers and STILL claim you're under attack from woke. It must feel fantastic!

Low-income families now spend a significant proportion of their income on Council Tax. While the lowest income households spend 5% of their income on Council Tax (after discounts have been applied), for the richest households it is just 1%. 👉 https://buff.ly/4gE0beF

What do NASA physicists, "Jurassic Park", and fractals have in common? The dragon curve, a mesmerizing geometric pattern that defies expectations. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)

1/5 🚨 Open Letter 🚨 Labour is turning to a failed playbook to deliver growth: deregulation. A model which has driven instability for over a decade. We’ve written to the gov with @fairness.bsky.social and 24 business leaders, investors and legal experts to demand a re-think. shorturl.at/w7jxB

But teacher. . . .

Ethnic minorities are more likely to live in overcrowded homes than White British adults despite spending a larger share of household income on housing. For instance, Pakistani and Black other households are over 10 times more likely to live in overcrowded homes than White British adults.

🫢 A remarkable survival—our latest project is focused on minimal intervention rather than restoration. It’s about protecting, conserving, and gently breathing new life into this piece of medieval standing archaeology in Wales. More here: 🔗 rmbconservation.co.uk/news-posts/p...

Here's a really great starter pack from @greenpeace.eu with a selection of eNGOs, nature advocates, journalists, campaigners, and others working on climate and the environment in the EU. Give it a go! go.bsky.app/NdboQ6H

Let’s be crystal clear - these tariffs are gross violations of the USMCA and WTO law. Lawless behaviour will ultimately be punished by the international community. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Here's a valuable round-up of why Heathrow runway 3 is incompatible with UK climate targets, from @richsulley.bsky.social

The comments by Trump after the Washington DC plane crash reached new depths of racist depravity, even for him. He laid out his plan for control by a master race of white, supposedly Christian men in plain sight - called them the 'brightest and the best'. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01...

Fixed It.

We went undercover with @tortoisemedia.bsky.social and exposed the shocking biases of a court expert, whose advice had been pivotal in the removal of children from their mothers’ care

Very interesting-looking new on "three-dimensional transport poverty" in Amsterdam doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

Magical solutions. . . .

If you want to hear directly from ocean scientists, a feed exists for that. Please like it even if you hate the ocean so others can find it.

Day 24 of #365daysofsmiles Baby trying to process uncle's new haircut

For all of those who have posted my cartoon with my signature cut off, here is the original.

Dr. Jones illustrating the most important and rewarding part of being an archaeologist.

Helpful!

🌡️ A record-breaking climate year in seven key charts. Discover the data from the Global Climate Highlights 2024 report: bit.ly/3DZs8jn #C3S #CopernicusClimate

Dressing for work today.

Six years later and this, from the editorial board of Nature (the single highest citation-indexed science periodical in the world) is sadly once again highly relevant. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Daily Briefing | US: Trump’s first orders likely to include border, drilling, DEI policies 🔗 Read today's full briefing here: buff.ly/40r8WCG 🔗 Sign up to our email briefings: buff.ly/4fRUaL3

Whether it's wildfires, hurricanes, flooding, drought, whenever we're devastated by extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change, we are shooshed by climate deniers. It's another attempt to delay action on climate change and is making our world more dangerous.