Dave Marley

@hoppydave6.bsky.social

Librarian, photographer, history lover.

Tonight I haven’t been able to get this image out of my head: A small group of people, somewhere out there in the great beyond, huddled together around a radio, listening to the crackling voice of an announcer from far away declare that Scott Colom has won the U.S. senate seat in Mississippi.

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Double rainbows on my walk! They appear as mirror images of each other because the outer rainbow undergoes one extra reflection in the raindrop compare to the inner rainbow, which flips the order of the colors. 🤓🌈🌈

A double rainbow against some clouds. On the right is a prominent rainbow that shows a clear, bright spectrum of colors. A second, fainter rainbow runs parallel to the first, but with the colors reversed. Below the rainbows is a lush, sunlit, green mountain range and some houses that are visible along the top. 

I’ve collected Northern Soul records for years and I’ve followed US politics for years, but it took me till this week to realise that Keisha Lance Bottoms’ father is _the_ Major Lance. Here’s a photo of the Beatles with Paul carrying a Major Lance album, which he bought while on their first US tour

The Beatles, with Paul on the left carrying a copy of Major Lance’s Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um: The Best of Major Lance (Okeh Records)

Green Cochoa. A gorgeously colored but highly elusive and uncommon bird found in extensive hill forests, particularly in areas with well-shaded ravines, gullies, and streams. Found in Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly Bhutan. 📸: Navinam Thapa

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The corollary of this is that we NEED universities to provide knowledge - as much as we need energy, clean water and food security. That knowledge is essential to our security, democracy and wellbeing. 8/9

Enemies of democracy hate universities. They might attack them as “elite” institutions, or as “woke”. But what they really worry about is the way universities share knowledge - empowering people to see through webs of disinformation & lies 7/9

listen up democrats: we did not vote for you for y'all to find common ground and reach across the aisle. we voted for you to crush our enemies, to see them driven before us, to hear the lamentations of their women