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09.03.2026 09:32
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Fantastic shot!
The arresting opening cadenza of Florence Price's piano concerto. It's hard to believe it was lost for so many decades, only rediscovered in a summer house in 2009. Can't wait to perform it tomorrow with the Filharmonia Sudecka and Agata Zajac! 🎉 filharmoniasudecka.pl/en/event/wom...
A portrait of an adult female grizzly bear mom, standing up being a rock and looking back towards the camera. She had distinctive reddish fur on her face and ears.
A long-tailed weasel standing attentively in short green grass. It is a small mustelid with a long body, light brown belly and dark brow and white patterned face. Its long, black-tipped tail is visible in the background.
A pair of fledgling great horned owls sitting side by side on a tree. The owl on the right is facing away from the camera, reaching back over its shoulder to preen its feather. It’s sibling sitting by its side with one of its feathers in its bill and its claw raised grabbing out for it.
A bobcat sitting in tall green and brown grass, letting out a yawn with its head back, eyes closed, and mouth wide open.
On this #WorldWildlifeDay I’m reflecting on how fortunate I’ve been to encounter so much diverse wildlife. There is so much magic in our environment that needs protecting.
Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.
Off the top of my head:
www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email
Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.
I would love to know the story of the guy in the main photo. He was living on this cliff, well over a mile from the nearest house. He was eventually picked up by Cats Protection, but part of me thinks he was quite happy out there as a beachcat.
As the mist swept across Glastonbury Tor, the crescent moon was rising. Taken about 45 minutes before sunrise this morning.
A large mountain in the Columbia Icefield region in Jasper National Park in Alberta. Evergreen trees, green grass, and a roadway can be seen below the mountain. The sky is clear and bright blue.
Mount Athabasca, Jasper National Park 🏔️
#JasperNationalPark #MountAthabasca #CoumbiaIcefield #IceFieldsParkway #Alberta #Canada
Another portal from my archive.
Loch Voil, Balquhidder #Scotland #Highlands #Lochs www.damianshields.com
Pick up the nearest book. Open to page 42 and post your second sentence. Add #page42 and include this rule as a reply.
"By late summer 2016 badgers had become a regular, almost casual, presence in my garden."
You might find it easier to read the full thing here: www.tom-cox.com/some-photogr...
those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
🇨🇦 For those who need a timeline cleanse (a.k.a. everyone) these are a few of the paintings I have made over the years inspired by one of my favourite spots in the Canadian Rockies that we ski tour up to annually for the past 30+ years... 1/2
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
preeminent - not at all sure this is "my word" for 2026!
Maybe I'll meet someone who is preeminent, otherwise not too sure this is "my" word for 2026! 😉
The fabulous owl, Lady Jane Grey, with her handler, Pete, in Totnes, Devon.
Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.
Some thoughts on Mozilla's trajectory and Waterfox's stance on AI in the browser 👇
www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-h...
A pheasant who gets highly annoyed at people constantly accusing it of not being a real pheasant, with real feelings, and of actually being made by hand by a talented member of a community fibre arts group.
THREAD.
A collection of photographs of birds I have met in the UK countryside.
You will find the all-important captions to the photos in the alt text.
Well, I did it. I just unpublished all four of my books from Kindle. As soon as the changes go through, they will only be available on other channels that nobody ever buys from.
So much for my writing career. AI needs to die.
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
"We are tenant farmers on Amazon’s land, irrigated by the streams of Cloudflare. We rely on Crowdstrike and Palo Alto Networks as walls to keep the barbarians out. And like all serfs, we are safe right up until the moment the Lord lowers the portcullis." brandonkarpf.com/insights-med...
A pony who is displaying anger towards me because I have had the temerity to suggest its love of being emo is "just a phase" rather than an authentic commitment for life.
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent horses and ponies I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
AHHH! CAT!
Trying to capture the pure unbridled crazy of a Cat? On canvas? A foolhardy quest.
“ !! “
Acrylic on 12” x 12” polyester of violently bright colours, wrapped over canvas stretcher.
#cat #zoomies #crazycat #funnyfeline #art
A morbidly inclined sheep, who likes to hang around in graveyards, detests parties and owns original pressings of the entire classic run of Leonard Cohen LPs from 1967-1974.
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
An iceberg with beautiful scalloped patterns on its surface sits on a black sand beach. A wave recedes around it back to the sea. Behind is the sun rising, reflecting orange on the beach. The sky is grey and peachy.
Sunrise behind an iceberg on Fellsfjara beach last week.
#Iceland
My appointment is this afternoon, big sigh of relief!
A small black and white rat terrier with an absolutely ridiculous smile on her face, laying on my chest and grinning at me
this little fool really makes my day
