ECK/Bluesky, what is the color of the day? Red What Wednesday is it? Rose Wednesday. Well, that is perfect for my perfect red rose from the end of last month! ❤️🌹❤️ #ColorADay #RedWed #ECK #RoseWednesday #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling

"Future-facing systems earn legitimacy when leaders make them understandable, accountable, and connected to public benefit, then build the capacity to make the promise real." www.weforum.org/stories/clim...

What San Francisco can teach us about building trusted public services

As governments and businesses navigate major transitions, San Francisco's three-bin waste system shows how reliable public services can build trust through consistent delivery.

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I captured this stunning sunrise on Christmas morning, 2024, over my rooftop. Alas, like all sunrises, it was ephemeral. I don't come by too many of these. But I have this photo to keep. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEForEphemeral #ECK #sunrise #nature #skyscape

🌎"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small." - Neil Armstrong. Remembering Neil Armstrong on his birthday. 💐💐💐

“As delicate as flower, as tender as rose petals, choosing to be tender and kind in a harsh environment is not weakness, it's courage.” ― Luffina Lourduraj. 🌅Good morning! Wishing you a kind and lovely Wednesday! #RoseWednesday #roses #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling

“If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable.” - Rainer Maria Rilke Wishing you a lovely evening and a simple, wonderful Wednesday! #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #twosday

We are all responsible.

Quote Investigator@quoteinvestigator.com · 3d ago

No individual raindrop ever considers itself responsible for the flood Who deserves credit for the saying above: John Ruskin? Douglas Adams? Sydney J. Harris? Anonymous? quoteinvestigator.com/2026/08/02/r...

🎼Well, it's the second time I've caught you talking to him Do I have to tell you one more time, I think it's a sin youtu.be/2nyeoNDjJAY What is playing? #djshantha #musicsky #music #'60s

You Can't Do That (2023 Mix)

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#ThickTrunkTuesday #ECK Pacific Madrone's thin, papery orange-red outer bark naturally flakes off every summer. Stripped layers reveal a smooth satin wood that turns deep copper-red over time. #nature #trees

Ephemeral Morning Glories- a single bloom lasts for only one day. While individual flowers are fleeting, the vine compensates by constantly producing an abundance of new buds. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEForEphemeral #ECK #ColorADay #BlueTue #Twosday #BlueTuesday

🎵The colors of the rainbow So pretty in the sky Are also on the faces Of people going by I see friends shaking hands Saying, "How do you do?" They're really saying I love you 🌈💙 youtu.be/rBrd_3VMC3c Remembering Louis Armstrong on his birthday!💐💐💐 #musicsky #music

Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (Official Video)

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🎶Once I was in your heart Now someone else holds the key Outsider That's me youtu.be/6JGoPqEgNIc #djshantha #musicsky #music #'60s

Outsider (1998 Remaster)

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"Love is the answer And you know that for sure Love is the flower You gotta let it, you gotta let it grow..." - John Lennon. 🌅Good morning! Wishing you a lovely Tuesday! #ColorADay #BlueTue #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling Agapanthus: Greek words agape (love) + anthos (flower)

Here's a secret: At the end of the day, think about what is important to you. Nothing else matters. Wishing you a lovely end of the day and a wonderful Wednesday! 🌹 #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling And yes, there's a reason I called it a “secret”—the rose is named Secret. See ALT.

🎶"It’s the beauty of the daily sunset And the tulips every spring Walking through a maze and finding rainbows at the end Find the little things that make you happy..." youtu.be/EcQCYuXSgXw Lyrics/composition: Charu Suri. Sung by Danielle Erin Rhodes. Performed at the Kennedy Center.

It's the Simple Things

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🎼 Alas, my love, you do me wrong To cast me off discourteously And I have loved you oh so long Delighting in your company youtu.be/1g64hauOT6U What is playing? #djshantha #musicsky #music #'70s

Olivia Newton-John - Greensleeves

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A stunning zinnia up close, with a visiting bee to boot! #MacroMonday #MagentaMonday #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling From a visit to Gamble Garden last month.

A rain-drenched Erin Rachel hibiscus from my November 2025 garden. The flower is ephemeral, lasting only a day or so. But while they do, what a delight! #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEForEphemeral #ECK #ColorADay #PinkMon #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling

Fascinating research at @cmu.edu ! Humans may not have invented the foundations of geometry. We may have inherited them—and then invented mathematics on top of them. www.cmu.edu/news/stories...

Children and Monkeys Share a Common Understanding of Geometry

With their ability to use tools, remember faces and even learn how to communicate with humans through sign language, non-human primates are considered to be among the smartest creatures on earth. Howe...

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“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear,... all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” ― Leo F. Buscaglia 🌅Good morning! Wishing you a caring Monday and week! 🩷 #ColorADay #PinkMon #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling

"Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing,..." - H.W. Longfellow Wishing you a lovely evening and a wonderful new week full of courage and hope. #ColorADay #OrangeSun #macro #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #ImageAndVerse #ECK

🎼I said, "You're on, buddy, my mill's runnin' fine Let's come off the line now at Sunset and Vine But I'll go you one better if you've got the nerve Let's race all the way to Dead Man's Curve" youtu.be/Q8WFcOHtd6E What is playing? #djshantha #musicsky #music #'60s

Dead Man's Curve (Remastered 1990/Stereo Remix)

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I had wanted to capture the full moon, and failing that, at least one that hasn't become a crescent. Alas! The moon rises too late for me. So this morning I took a photo. It is not great. But there it is. I will see if I can do the capture tomorrow, early morning! #nature

Dark, dramatic granite—where deep black meets fiery rust-red mineral veins and crystalline flecks, creating a striking balance of color, texture, and aesthetic appeal. 🖤🧡 When we remodeled, we were thrilled to have found this for the kitchen! #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDForDark #ECK

Love the stunning red anemone coronaria. I planted one, but it disappeared when the weather became hot. Don't know if it is coming back! 🤞🏼 TIL: Scarab beetles show an overwhelming preference for red anemone coronaria. #stunday #macro #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling

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The Women In Science Archive@wisarchive.bsky.social · 3d ago

Mary Poonen Lukose, the first woman to become a surgeon general in India, was born 140 years ago today. She was also the first woman to hold a legislative position in the state of Travancore, and founded one of the earliest TB sanatoriums in India. #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistory #MedSky ⚕️

What a fascinating story! Talk about letting genie out of the bottle - unintended uses of the invention and the unhappy inventor. A cautionary tale for GenAI.

IEEE Spectrum@spectrum.ieee.org · 3d ago

The story of the Magnetophon captures how engineering choices can rewrite cultural norms about what sounds “real.”

A brilliant account that inspires, by Kamala @kamal-t.bsky.social, the superb storyteller. It made my day. www.npr.org/2026/08/01/g...

How these slum dwellers went from one-room shacks to beautiful new apartments

It's a bold new experiment and it's already won a prize. Residents in a jam-packed slum, many of them living in one-room tin shacks, help design their apartments in a brand new building.

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📚“You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not.” ― Isabel Allende Happy Birthday, Isabel Allende! 💐💐💐 Photo credit: Lori Barra

🎶Alone in apartment, she'd dwell Till the man of her dreams comes to break the spell Ah, stay, don't stand her up youtu.be/hhoiwDLVTnE #djshantha #musicsky #music #'70s

Another Day

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