Terry Pratchett in a blue jacket and Akubra hat holding a young owl for release.
Eleven years since you crossed the black sands. I wish I could say that the world is better than you left it (although it will always be better for having had you in it) but at least there is a new Young Sam to help carry on the Pratchett name and ethos. Love you always ❤️
I can proudly say I sat behind this woman in many a seminar wherein she would sit in the front row quietly knitting the whole time and then ask a DEVASTATING question (complimentary) at the end.
One thing we don’t do well, societally or interpersonally, is digest harms when there really isn’t anyone to blame.
Being called a n*gger on international television in front of your peers is a harm.
Having a disability that creates that harm through no choice of your own is a harm.
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
Wow.
*Yes, Ed is a much better writer than a code-bro having a panic attack about his industry turning inside-out
*But this reads like an opera tenor criticizing the diction of the Boy Who Cried Wolf
"The wolf really bit my leg hard, I'm scared now"
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
@schmidtocean.bsky.social saw a Hatchetfish earlier today & it reminded me that they got this fantastic image back in 2021 during their #designingthefuture2 expedition during dive 454. That was a phenomenal midwater expedition. #MarineLife
A golden retriever named Bronson, who passed from bone cancer, donated his wheelchair to a dog named Brue who is battling the same cancer and recently became paralyzed. Brue got used to it very quickly, and now she's running for both of them. 14/10 for all (IG: grizzlybane)
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Happy Martin Luther King Day my friends: "I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war."
Speech given on December 11, 1964 after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.
this guy is such a goddamn delight
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Porcupine puffer with side-eye so strong it deserves to be a reaction gif 👀🐡 #porcupinepuffer #pufferfish #pufferfishofcoralcity #sideeye #reactiongif #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
Jan. 12, 1926: Rufus Turner works on a radio set he built for his own station, W3LF of Washington, D.C.—making him the first Black person to hold a broadcasting license. At just 18 the high school student will transmit music and sermons from St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church.
I recommend following more libraries, museums and galleries - especially the small local ones - and all sorts of intriguing nuggets will brighten your day.
Thanks to @themerl.bsky.social for this great starter pack!
I’d like to add @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social as another recommendation.
trefoil stained glass window, an owl perches on w winding branch at the center of the design
an incredible window from the Church of St John in Whitbourne, Herefordshire
'Young Woman Seated.' (1910) Writing about William Orpen's draughtsmanship, a critic of The Art News commented: 'his drawings are remarkable not only for their delicacy of handling, but for the loving care with which the pencil has revelled in beauty of form.'
Mandy & kids great — but can we get a word for the choir conductor — shown for a bit near the end ? Doing classic kid’s choir arm-inspirations and fulsome face cheers.
Let’s hear it for all the kids’ choir and band conductors/instructors past, present, and future 👏🏼🫡
This is really Sam Vimes ‘Boots’ Theory of Socio-Economic Unfairness in action. She's recognized that spending a bit more is worth it.
sam vines. The parable of the boots.
This is my favorite sentence in a long while. From Doug Varone, whose dance company lost $40,000 by canceling two Kennedy Center gigs planned for next April:
“It is financially devastating but morally exhilarating.”
#courage
The image shows fourty-four annular (ring-shaped) translucent turquoise blue glass beads strung on a modern circular thread and displayed against a black background. The glass beads were found in 1885 when a farmer ploughed up a cremation urn at Kongehøj in Denmark. The urn broke and was found to contain burnt bones, the 44 blue glass beads and two gold spiral rings. Recent analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), indicating far-reaching trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
Something lovely for the weekend!
Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙
Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 71616:
If you're struggling to stay creative during the dark part of the year, go back to what you love. Re-read, re-watch, rediscover old favourites. Remind yourself why you're doing this. Find your joy.
My 14 year old son Luca took me here after cricket training today. He said there is hope in that sky Mum, I’ve never seen anything like it, the locals said there are half a
million starlings here.
Keep your families close, hug your children, help those who need us, do a 1000 piece puzzle, enjoy!
