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#FlowersOnFriday: These little Crimson Mallee (Eucalyptus lansdowneana) reminds us of raspberry icypoles. Perhaps it's the heat 😅

What's flowering near you this week?

You should’ve seen the first draft

The Clown Princess of Crime is at it again

James Mason, Eva Marie Sainte and Cary Grant sit on a wall in front of Mt Rushmore

Morning Bluesky.

He originally said was going to cost $200 million. Then he said $250 million. Then $300 million. But now it's going to come in under budget at $400 million.

At least they are blaming Vance instead of Biden this time.

It’s defensive. Like when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. bsky.app/profile/atru...

WAIT THEY CAN FUCKING DRIVE NOW

Nave and Angel roof at Bury St Edmunds, St Mary - a large and impressive church often missed by visitors drawn, instead, to St Edmundsbury Cathedral and the medieval abbey precinct just down the road #suffolk #churches #heritage #architecture #history #medieval #15thcentury #angelroof #burystedmunds

A lab on a strip: world-first $5 system replaces costly protein–DNA research equipment James Cook University scientists have unveiled a world-first, instrument‑free method to study protein–DNA interactions that could transform drug discovery, cancer research and biotechnology worldwide ...

JCU scientists have unveiled a world-first, instrument‑free method to study protein–DNA interactions that could transform drug discovery, cancer research and biotechnology worldwide – for less than $5 a test. 🥼🧬🔎

Read the full story here 👉📰 bit.ly/4r0bKlv

"Trials and Tribble-ations" is as loving a tribute to past #StarTrek as one can imagine. The attention to detail, the technical expertise and the perfectly calibrated tone all work together to create a legendarily classic episode of television. All-timer in every way.

Score: 5.0/5
#TrekRewatch5

Same. It's all kind of overwhelming at the moment, but if tiny birds can carry on then so can we.

#birds

The Willochra Creek rose to well over 2m overnight. The highest it’s been in many years. This is the only road out of Bruce so we’ll be sitting this one out for a few days. #brucelife

AI summary of official positions taken by heads of government or foreign ministers in response to the situation in Iran:
5 support theUS/Israel
4 support Iran
9 condemn both
10 condemn Iran but are silent on US/Israel

IN FULL: Albanese speaks after national security cabinet meeting over War in Middle East | ABC NEWS YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

Very clear & sensible comments from Albanese after the National Security Committee of Cabinet meeting this morning
www.youtube.com/live/bCWaFTf...

Happy TOSS Birthday to the Number One nurse, Majel Barrett. #TOSSatNight

Happy TOSS Birthday to prolific composer and legend Fred Steiner! His career went well beyond Star Trek, creating soundtracks for many shows and movies, but he contributed more original music for Trek than any other composer. 🎶 #TOSSatNight

Happy TOSS Birthday to composer George Duning, who wrote much music for seasons 2 and 3, including Metamorphosis. And much music for films and TV shows. #TOSSatNight 🎶

We lost Leonard Nimoy on this date eleven years ago. How can it be eleven years already. It still hurts like it was yesterday. I will raise a glass in his honour tonight. Rest in peace. See you all tomorrow night, friends. 🖖 #TOSSatNight

Stardate 3842.3
9 Pacific/Midnight Eastern tonight. #TOSSatNight
In honour of John Wheeler.

Happy TOSS Birthday to leap year baby John Goodson. Model maker at Industrial Light and Magic who worked on Star Trek VI, and then on to TNG. How many Years of the Red Bird has he seen... #TOSSatNight

On Friday night we got to see the male Powerful Owl sit on the edge of the nesting hollow and "purr" for several minutes, before entering the hollow as the female looked on. Purring seems to be how the males say, "hey, check out this hollow!"
[Photo of a female at the same hollow from 2 years ago]

Rainbow lorikeet

The rainbow lorikeets dropped by this morning.

#Australia #Canberra #summer #birds #photography #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NatureLovers #nature #naturephotography #Birding #Ornithology #bird #rainbow #lorikeet

Female Powerful Owl in suburban Brisbane just before sunset today. After sunset she met up with her partner and mated only about 20m from a nesting hollow!!!! This is way way early to be doing that, usually it would be in late April. Interesting data for the POwl Project.
#brisbane #birds #wildoz

Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.

The first first net negative migration in the US since 1935 and it’s not all down to deportations. #TrumpFlight

British Citizenship Applications by US Nationals Hit Record High The number of US nationals applying for British citizenship hit an all-time high in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House.

The number of US nationals applying for British citizenship is soaring - up 42% during the first year of Trump’s second term. #TrumpFlight

When I heard this, I drafted a skeet about it, then thought "naaah, there's no way his speechwriters would allow him to contradict himself within one sentence." But they really and truly did.

Dow 50,000!

Dow 50,000!

Also 21st out of 23.

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

“Don’t go – not with Trump in charge. It’s totally out of control." Excellent account of the unlawful 6-week detention of a UK citizen on valid US tourist visa. There's plenty of similar examples. Other takeaway is the pathetic response of UK consular officials. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...