A few Friday flowers for your enjoyment, bloomscrollers 😀

✨ Today's EVA is the sixth all-female spacewalk in history and the first to include a non-American astronaut. 👩‍🚀👩‍🚀🚀

Until last night, I had no idea Primitive War was a real movie. It’s got everything: the Vietnam War, dinosaurs, a hefty dose of bad CGI, ridiculous sound effects, actors desperately trying to keep a straight face, and Tricia Helfer scratching her back with a twig. It's awesome.

Wesley Morgan@wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 6d ago

Finally watching “Primitive War” and it does not disappoint. Not to give too much away, but it even has Russians

I mean... amiright?

Daisy Grace@daisygrace.bsky.social · 7d ago

I was able to sleep until 6am thanks to the goober dog who decided to be patient and wait. Now she thinks she's a saint who deserves all the treats.

Keeping a watchful eye on the birbs. And the bugs. And the bushes. #safecommunity #vigilance #caturday

This is what social media was meant to be no discourse no engagement bait just folk posting a daily photo of what they're having for breakfast

Capybara King@capy-king.bsky.social · last wk.

good morning

A few flowers and a pollinator for you, Bluesky 😀 1/3

Are you ready for some paws-itvely lovely content? To celebrate International Dog Day, we want to give a round of a-paws to the dogs in our collection. 🐕 Dog from sitting on a table, 1874, Richard Samuel Chattock (1825–1906). Etching print, 7.5 x 7.4 cm. WA1995.58.1

Late summer Veronica visited by a bee

Finally finished the set! #art #bees

🔴 Live now: coverage of Sophie Adenot's spacewalk. ▶️ Watch live: youtube.com/live/a9-7HyV77TU ISS exit is expected at approximately 13:35 BST / 14:35 CEST. Follow the key milestones live on @exploration.esa.int

Sophie Adenot's second spacewalk | U.S. Spacewalk 98 (Official broadcast)

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European Space Agency@esa.int · 2w ago

After a first spacewalk earlier this week, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot is preparing to head back outside the International Space Station on 25 August to install a replacement communications antenna. Coverage start at 12:00 BST / 13:00 CEST Watch live 👉 youtube.com/live/Ejck4v8wTOk

It's been a little while since I shared some flower photos with you, Bluesky! Happy to break the streak with these anemones. More pics coming soon-ish. 1/4

"But, Bart, things like that LUCONA don't happen anymore." On a July night in 2011, seven armed men boarded a supertanker off Yemen and set it on fire. 2 weeks later, the man sent to find out why was blown up in his car. This is the story of the Brillante Virtuoso. (love that name) 1/41

The sinister man

In January 1977, a small freighter blew apart in the Indian Ocean and sank in 40 seconds. Six of the twelve people aboard died. The cargo was insured as a uranium ore processing plant. It was scrap from a closed coal mine. This is the Lucona affair. 1/35

Les Indes galantes premiered OTD in 1735! To celebrate, or if you need a laugh today, watch Petibon and Rivenq do the "turkey dance" during Forêts paisibles in the iconic staging linked below. Their facial expressions are absolute gold, and it's all so wonderfully goofy! 🥳🦃💃 youtu.be/TSvwxscsG5w?...

Rameau - Les Indes Galantes - William Christie

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It's been pouring all night, and it's cold and soggy now, so we are swapping park exploration for a cozy indoor snooze today. Happy #Caturday!

"Wow, they’ve really done it. You can’t see the camera under the ground beef at all. In fact, they look like high-fashion glasses made of raw, Grade A ground sirloin. Still, Meat Glasses are so much more than that." buff.ly/kBu0FoZ

All the Things My New Meat Glasses Can Do

“Wow, they’ve really done it. You can’t see the camera under the ground beef at all. In fact, they look like high-fashion glasses made of raw, Grade A ground...

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Behold the glorious roundness of #wombats. #WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #MammalWatching #WildOz #wombat

Wednesday. Dog. Side-eye edition.

Sophie Adenot is on her first spacewalk outside the ISS now 🙌 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgx9...

Sophie Adenot's first spacewalk | U.S. Spacewalk 97 (Official broadcast)

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The garden crew for your #Caturday viewing pleasure

Two weeks until the new album lands. Quite stoked 🤘 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PQx...

Mastodon - In The Ruins (Official Video)

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🐱 Not only is it #Caturday, it's also #InternationalCatDay, so here's a gorgeous little bronze figurine of Bastet, with a sundisk flanked by rearing cobras on her forehead. From the collection at Bolton Library and Museum Services (8.8 cm, unprovenanced). 📷 © me. #TinyJoys #AncientEgypt #Egyptology

A girl with her little fwend #Caturday

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I didn't know Ladaniva played a gig in Bethlehem with a bunch of Palestinian musicians (and a youth choir) last year. Quite different from what they usually do, still wonderful, though. I mean, try not to awww at 55:32. #Eurovision fans: Jako is roughly 66 minutes in. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtzH...

Live performance in Palestine: Ladaniva – Amwaj – Al Raseef

YouTube video by Amwaj Choir

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A Knight in space, folks. Can't get any cooler than that.

ESA Exploration@exploration.esa.int · last mo.

Day 172, orbit 2665 — I am deeply moved to have been appointed a Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour by the President of the French Republic. I am profoundly grateful to all the people who have inspired me and believed in me throughout the years. 📸 @esa.int/NASA–S. Adenot

Here's a picture of some Mars dirt for you.

Hamilton is raring to go this morning 😹 #gingercat #orangecat