This kylix (an ancient Greek wine drinking cup) depicts a nude Circe preparing her potion for Odysseus' men, who have been turned into anthropomorphic animals. Currently at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

June 2026: second-warmest June on record globally. Hottest June ever for western Europe. Hottest June ocean ever measured. If your memory says "it was like this in the 80s," your brain isn't remembering. It's lying to your face, and you're tipping it.

When we were at Buckaringa Gorge, @boyfrombruce.bsky.social saw a flock of cockatiels fly over. We hurried to the tree where they landed but they were then spooked by a kestrel so we only got a few distant shots before they fled. Still, it's always cool to see wild cockatiels! 😀 #birdsseenin2026

700 000 $ de bénéfices par minute. Soit 93 milliards $ en trois mois. Ce sont les bénéfices record que les huit majors pétrolières – Aramco, BP, Shell, Equinor, TotalEnergies, Eni, Chevron et ExxonMobil – ont réalisé entre mars et juin dernier. Sur le dos de la planète. Et de ses habitants.

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

theguardian.com

Incoming! A black kite at Bruce, South Australia.

Happy Wrensday Wednesday! A tiny purple-backed fairywren on an aloe plant at the farm near Quorn. #wrensday

A Tree Swallow hunts for insects over a small pond.

The Tree Church - Ōhaupō, New Zealand

"The project was approved by Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin despite an impact assessment finding the project would negatively impact fish and bird habitats, water quality, Indigenous people and Canada's ability to meet its climate goals."

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · yesterday

Thousands of good jobs. Billions in new investment. A stronger, more resilient Canadian economy.

I guess while everyone is airing their pandemic grievances I’ll add that as a nurse, the most traumatic thing about the pandemic for me was the lack of appropriate PPE and the denial of airborne spread that STILL happens in healthcare

Fun fact: it requires up to 60x more power for a GPT-5 query than on GPT-3. We're burning the planet so idiots can pump out slop.

Temporary jobs for permanent abuse of the environment and communities that live within those environments. You're doing Trumpism and just being polite about it instead of vulgar and brash.

Stop funding fossil fuels. Invest in clean energy and job training. @mark-carney.bsky.social PM Carney it is your responsibility to protect Canadians. We are in DANGER. Help us.

Dear PM It's 2026. BC is burning and I'm locked in my home because of smoke pollution. Canada is burning. Climate change is real as you noted in your book Value(s). You have children. Think of their future. Fund renewable energy projects. Later is too Late! 350.org/canada/pipel...

Happy to report that the water temperatures have been declining over the past week, dropping us below critical bleaching temps of 30.5C (86.9F) 🌡️📉🥰🪸🌈🌈🐠🐠🪸 #rainbowparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #coralbleaching #coralcitycamera

Predator and Prey by Casey Roberts (2024)

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By 2025, the ocean will contain about 1 ton of plastic for every 3 tons of fish. B - source Theworldcounts.com Encaustic Monotype, copper ink, Sashiko stitching. Available through the Encaustic Art Museum. eainm.com/2024-global-... #encausticart #painting #finart

snakes been legless for 250 million years, literally survived the extinction that killed the dinosaurs, evolved to inhabit every continent but Antarctica... and the first thing humans do is cast them as villain in their god pop psychosexual soap opera! RUDE!

Ghost Construct from the Armature series by Snail Scott

also they are literally hollowing out actual feminism and replacing it entirely with regressive and sexist gender conformist nightmare bullshit. in effect, they are anti-rights not just for trans people but for all women in general

This is an alien. I mean come on.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · yesterday

‘When you kill it, it doesn’t die’: the jellyfish that has cracked the secret of immortality

Your timeline has been blessed with snacking bears I almost said bears eating nuts but some of y'all are sickos youtu.be/te7EJz4tJ9I?...

A really cool video of the bears cracking some nuts. Yes, they discard the shell and eat the inside.

YouTube video by Orphaned Wildlife Center

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The largest funeral in Gaza history is being held today as the remains of 112 people from a single clan are laid to rest after being buried in rubble for three years. More than 300 people were killed in the strike by Israel, including 44 children and 37 women. The others were vaporized.

Gaza families bury 112 people recovered nearly three years after Israeli strikes

Remains recovered from beneath the rubble renew grief for families still searching for thousands missing in Gaza

middleeasteye.net

The Loot of the Rainbow by Arthur Ferrier, c. 1928

Mammal in a Sunday Dress, by Georgina M. Cox, 2026

There are at least *three* right-wing text-based social media sites, one owned by The Actual President, another by the richest man in history, and all of which openly foster white supremacy. But those are not the ones every op-ed page in the western world is sneering about

[alt: Japanese painting on a sepia paper. Asymmetrical - the painting is on the left. Darker sepia brown and black in places shoots. A bright light blue blossom left, a fully opened iris in the centre]

Shin Hanga Daily@shinhangadaily.bsky.social · yesterday

Kahaku Kobayashi - Blue Iris #ShinHanga #Woodblock #Print

RCMP intentionally set home ablaze during wellness check

De Facto Journalism Co-op@defactomedia.ca · 6d ago

3) RCMP set Chilliwack home on fire during 2023 wellness check & standoff A court decision revealed officers chose to ignite the home to kill or capture an armed man in crisis — despite the ammo inside & proximity to 31 houses, a seniors’ community, & Skowkale reserve www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

#Blender animation depicting Mars 4100-3700 million years ago. The period is characterised by high rates of meteorite impacts, volcanism and possibly abundant surface water — however, the water is thought to have been localized rather than spanning the planet in oceans, as on Earth.