Biggest march against the far-right in British history. 📍 Happening now: Park Lane to Whitehall. You won't want to miss it. #Together

Coordinated to coincide with No Kings Day, London is holding its largest-ever protest against the far-right. #NoKings

Heads of Bondi, Miller, Hegseth, Patel and Vance #nokings

The Search for the Perfect Snail Snack Hawai‘i’s depleted land snails are eking out an existence in human care. Giving them a brighter future means figuring out what they actually want to eat. www.biographic.com/the-search-f...

The Search for the Perfect Snail Snack - bioGraphic

Hawai‘i’s depleted land snails are eking out an existence in human care. Giving them a brighter future means figuring out what they actually want to eat.

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Hello—here’s the official trailer for UNDERLAND, based on my book of the same name, dir. by Rob Petit, with a haunting, glittering score by @hannahpeel.bsky.social, & the ‘Storyteller’ voiced by Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest). Hope you like it. In UK/Irish cinemas 27 March.

‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

The Mastodon team is introducing https://help.joinmastodon.org, a "place where people can learn how to use Mastodon’s software [and] more information about participating on mastodon.social in a healthy, safe, and accessible way". More on the official blog […]

This was the Starling murmuration, on Sinker's Fields, at Whixall yesterday. It was one of the most spectacular natural spectacles I have ever seen and is a must watch.

“This is my praise song for Farwell Canyon—that glorious Coyote-blessed and bewitched cathedral of salmon—for my enemy who is also my relative, and for the fish we love and share.” Unmissable Julian Brave Noisecat essay on rivers, memories & imagining otherwise. placesjournal.org/article/farw...

Farwell Canyon

The Chilcotin River in present-day British Columbia has long divided — and joined — the Secwépemc and Tsilhqot’in nations, each with an ancient claim to the land and the cherished salmon run there.

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Thanks for following along in 2025!

This year, winter on Usedom is so unusual and amazing that I feel reluctant to see it go. And yet, come spring with its potent air, fresh colours and new beginnings, I’ll happily be drinking it all in.

Near Mombasa, women in Jomvu Creek are transforming livelihoods through mud crab farming. A blue economy grant supports crab fattening, ecotourism and mangrove restoration — with nearly 1 million seedlings planted to protect the shoreline and sustain fish nurseries.

In Kenya’s Jomvu Creek, women help restore a vanishing coast through crab farming

MOMBASA COUNTY, Kenya — Five minutes’ walk up the hilly road from the mangroves lining the tidal flats of Jomvu Creek, the sharp scent of sea water fills the air. A dozen women fill a small hall with…

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A red dragonfly is always a glorious sight! This one is an Autumn Meadowhawk. Happy Bugentine’s Day #invertebrates 🌿

Saimi Hanma ⚔️ サイミ@saimihanma.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It's almost Valentine's Day, so let's hear what bugs you love the best. Bonus points if they're red, pink or heart shaped. Extra credit if you tell us in a poem. Here's one of my favs, the Cardinal Meadowhawk, a common species in the Pacific Northwest and always glorious to see.

New work- aquatic plants- mostly invasive. These are paper sculptures.

Rhytisma acerinum (tar spot) on sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) leaves. It's a relatively harmless parasite and at the same time a bioindicator of low air pollution. Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland) #fungi #grzyby #fungifriends #mycology

Decentralized is the way to go. Mastodon has some great instances, and while not perfect feels much less toxic than any corporate owned platforms.

#LeaveX, join #Mastodon and the #Fediverse. #Journalism

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 6mo ago

Given the toxicity of social media, a moral question now faces all of us: is it still ethical to use it? | Frances Ryan

This Ancient Egyptian board game is almost 4,000 years old! Known as ‘Hounds and Jackals’ or ‘Game of 58 holes’, its original name is unknown. It’s suggested it was played in a similar way to ‘Snakes and Ladders’. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #Archaeology

"Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?" Figures and facts: www.theguardian.com/environment/... #economy #climateCrisis #globalHeating

Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out?

Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?

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I suppose I also take this personally bc attacks on craftivism land poorly with me as a Native person. Beading together, making regalia, sewing in groups — this is at the heart of how the women on my reservation gather to do healing work, political ed, and mutual aid. This has long been true.

Is craftivism performative? Yes. That's the point. Resistance includes a public demonstration of opposition at accessible events with a low barrier to entry. The red resistance hat pattern has raised $300k for the people of Minnesota. That's not effective?

Hope 🌉@hopeintheusa.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Angela, the pussy hats weren't very effective. Knitting is cool, especially if you put resistance messages in it, but it's not resistance. It's performative. It's only actually effective if you're a spy and putting messages in or something. Otherwise it's a hobby, and the pussy hats were just silly.

#Artists #Dancers #Poets #Bakers #Animators 🐡 #OpenCall Pitch an idea for a 15-to-30-second social media video inspired by a work of art from the National Gallery's collection. If your idea is selected, you’ll receive $3,000 to bring it to life. Proposals due Feb 28. More info here:

Open Call | National Gallery of Art

Calling all creatives across the U.S. Do you paint? Write poetry? Dance? Bake? Animate? Join the Open Call and make art come alive in your own way.

nga.gov

Instead of pushing ahead with the expansion of the grid, as most people would probably do, we have a minister who is curbing the expansion of photovoltaics and wind power so that the energy transition continues to proceed at a snail's pace so it matches the weak grid. www.t-online.de/heim-garten/...

Reiche plant Vollbremsung: Ministerin will massive Hürden für Wind- und Solaranlangen

Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche plant, den Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien deutlich zu erschweren. Viele Projekte könnten dadurch nicht mehr finanzierbar werden.

t-online.de

10 countries have launched investigations related to the released Epstein files: Norway, UK, France, Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Australia, North Macedinia, Turkey and Poland. Together with the investigation of the unredacted files by members of the US Congress, we must be able to get the pedophiles

Anyone purchasing a Ring camera should be required to read Once Upon a Time by Nadine Gordimer and write an essay about its themes to prove they understood it, and then they shouldn't be given a Ring camera anyway because those fucking things shouldn't exist. xpressenglish.com/our-stories/...

I've cancelled my Nitro subscription, and you should do the same.

The Verge@theverge.com · 6mo ago

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

"My personal go-to is brokenhearted sobbing, followed by intense feelings of hopelessness for about a day, listening to sad pop songs, and then getting back to painting"

Yes, Take It Personally

Artists are good at keeping secrets.

artologica.substack.com

10/ We’re not done reporting. Please get in touch with us via Signal at 917-512-0201 if you or someone you know: • Has worked at an immigration detention facility • Has been detained at such a facility • Has info about the companies contracted to build and provide services

On a platter, my Liege @anntelnaes.bsky.social

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 6mo ago

You may recall that in January of 2025, artist Ann Telnaes announced that she had quit The Washington Post after editors killed a cartoon that depicted owner Jeff Bezos, among others, genuflecting to Trump. This cartoon feels even more relevant this week.