Jon H

Evening views of Bamburgh beach and castle from across the rocks. Partially cloudy sky gave some muted sunlight colours in the clouds

Evening stroll and dog walk at Bamburgh Beach, Northumberland. Started off relatively cloudy but the clouds started to break up a little aand give some lovely soft light in the sky across the beach and rocks. A worthwhile wander.

#Northumberland
#sunset
#uk
#evening
#Castle

The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
newrepublic.com/post/207429/...

A dirt path through a grove of redwood trees

I need a walk. Who’s with me?
Grove of Old Trees, Occidental, California
#nature #selfcare #photography #art #redwoods

Mountain peaks are reflected on the surface of a calm aqua colored lake in the Canadian Rockies. The sky is bright blue with a few white wispy clouds.

Lake Louise, Banff National Park 🇨🇦
#mountains #reflection #LakeLouise #Banff #Alberta #Canada

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed...This is not a way of life...it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.”

-Dwight Eisenhower 1953

Sierra Nevada mountains just north of LA, CA, USA. Jagged snow covered peaks rise above green trees and a yellowish plain. A small blue lake peeks around a bend.

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel -Maya Angelou

Pic of the day

#photography

Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, they’re under attack.

Several Republican-controlled states have redrawn their congressional maps to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterm elections.

How many pay increases have MPs had since 2010 now? 12? 13? Meanwhile this Labour government quibbles paying resident doctors properly, who are saving lives around the clock in hospitals that they refuse to resource properly.

It’s grotesque.

#OtD 3 Mar 2000 former dictator Pinochet returned to Chile a free man after being released by Labour home secretary Jack Straw instead of being extradited to Spain on torture charges. He got a hero's welcome, while protesters were beaten by police stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1021...

The fact that Isabel Oakeshott, economic migrant to the UAE may just turn into a refugee fleeing to the UK from a war zone will cause a level of schadenfreude in me that may just make me topple right over.

Once again, a single cartoon tells more truth that the entire US Congress.

Thanks to Rick McKee for making our current situation easy to understand.

The cover of The Complete Persepolis by Marianne Satrapi.

Now would be a good time for anyone who wants to learn about recent Iranian history to read this. It is well worth your time and money (I am sure your local library has it if you don’t want to purchase it).

DOJ's recent 6th Circuit filing misspelled:

Voters as “Votors”
Emergency as "Emeregency"
United States as "United Staes"

And, it included a non-party in the caption.

These are the people who want access to your sensitive voting records and who my team fights in court every day.

Early morning at Derwentwater in January. Blue skies with white fluffy clouds reflected in the calm lake. A thin veil of mist is lifting over the lake. The boat moorings are reflected in the water. Soft light and within 15 minutes the whole of the lake was bathed in glorious winter sunshine.

A January morning at Derwentwater, Keswick in the Lake District. Lifting mists over the lake and a lovely calm cold morning. Within 15 minutes the whole lake was bathed in winter sunshine.

#landscapephotography
#derwentwater
#keswick
#uk
#lakedistrict

One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

30 years.

This video should be on every network.

tough journey. we took a card to our vets thanking them for looking after our fluffs. we combined Mya's and Kai's ashes in the same urn after Mya passed, so that they're together again.

A wide-angle, horizontal photograph capturing a vast reflection in a large puddle on a muddy field during sunrise. The sky is filled with rhythmic rows of dark, textured clouds, with a vibrant orange and golden glow visible along the horizon. The still water creates a near-perfect symmetrical mirror image of the dramatic sky and the morning light. The horizon is lined with the dark silhouettes of trees and low buildings. The image features enhanced color contrast, emphasizing the deep, moody tones of the clouds against the fiery light of the dawn.

Smartphone snapshot

#nature #photography #sunrise

oops. White nationalism is a helluva drug.

#COYS

Photo of Yusuf at a lectern saying “shadow Home Secretary” (Wot?) Reform's plan for a 'British ICE' combines cruelty with stupidity

Project forward to 2036 under a majority Reform government and the picture darkens further. Britain would be smaller, older and whiter; more isolated from Europe; paradoxically, more vulnerable to foreign interterence and less able to fund its own defence. The welfare state would shrink to a skeleton. Charity would fill the gaps. Flags would proliferate; rights would not. The police and courts would be politicised. The BBC could disappear. The NHS would survive only as a minimal safety net. Protections against discrimination would erode - you might indeed be sacked for being disabled. Migrants and even their British-born children could find their rights curtailed unless they were deemed to "contribute" sufficiently. Meanwhile, the wealthiest would enjoy a generous, low-tax regime.

“Rarely has a British political party unveiled a programme that combines cruelty with impracticality on such an extravagant scale.”

Chilling on Reform’s increasingly confident fascism. High on viciousness and greed. Very low on wisdom. A ruinous combination.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/zia-y...

we were there that day. great day out. #COYS

#OtD 24 Feb 1942 the Canadian govt ordered the expulsion and internment of all people of Japanese descent from a 100 mile distance from the West Coast. 22,000 were expelled, with most sent to labour camps, losing most of their property stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9646...

We live on such a beautiful planet, with different live light shows in our skies.

US military builds up the largest force of warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades The Pentagon is building up the largest force of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades.

“US military builds up the largest force of warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades” by Konstantin Toropin and Ben Finley for The Associated Press, February 23, 2026.

apnews.com/article/us-m...

#OtD 22 Feb 1943 three German White Rose activists, Christoph Probst, Hans and Sophie Scholl, were executed by guillotine for urging the overthrow of the Nazi government. As the blade fell, Hans called out "Let freedom live!". More on anti-Nazi youth: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/72-e...