We go on holiday in a couple of weeks and our finances are currently sub-optimal so I’m opening up ten Silly Little Guy slots. Usual rules apply: ⭐️ No portraits ⭐️ £30 each (via PayPal) ⭐️ Just simple silly guys My DMs are open! As ever, any and all shares are appreciated x
Captured by photographer masa5901, Moon and Venus on the Sea of Blue Velvet presents a serene nocturnal landscape along Japan’s rugged coastline.
An important petition created by a natural winemaker in Slovenian, to fight against a ridiculous change in Slovenian wine law which came into force this February. If you enjoy artisanal wines from Slovenia, please have a read and sign the petition. And share widely! www.change.org/p/a-petition...
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A petition to change the new wine law and protect natural wine makers in Slovenia
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ESA is hiring a Climate Applications Scientist at ECSAT, Harwell 🛰️ Lead atmospheric R&D projects in the Climate Team and shape how decades of satellite data get used in climate science. 📍 ECSAT, Harwell, UK | 📅 Deadline 31 August Apply now 👉 climate.esa.int/en/news-even...
Launch window set! 🎯 Ariane 6 flight VA270 is scheduled to liftoff on 27 August 2026 at 22:10-00:40 CEST, 17:10-19:40 local time, from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. This launch will carry MTG-I2 to space, the next Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite. @esaearth.esa.int @eumetsat.int
Rice Terraces in Yamakoshi-Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan. Photography by arere on photohito
So that I am not seen to be picking on one specific recent corpse, I would like to wish ALL domestic abusers a very Drop Dead.
Join us at #UKEO2026 🛰️ ESA's Climate Change Initiative will be part of the programme of UK’s leading forum for the Earth Observation community, from tipping point research to AI in Earth Observation. 📅 15–17 September | University of Warwick 🎟 ukeo.org/register/
There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.
Please look at these ducklings paddling about in a tiny pond
Easy like Sunday morning with our Muscovy ducklings
Japanese artist Koichi Miyajima uses small electronic parts to make artworks.
A delicate corn-field dress for Lammas, for running through the edgelands, through the yarrow & the poppies under a baleful dog-star bright in the ebbing sky. For slow witchcraft & trembling hare wisdom & the settling of old accounts, a heavy purse cast in a clear, cold brook.
I have an art book for #tyreecomic ! It's 62 pages at $10! Not only does it have art but I have some brief guides into my page process as well. There is even stuff I havent released publicly in it! It's a great way to support me currently and get a glimpse into my obsession ko-fi.com/s/f5c5cebbd6
Tyree is about a mute son of the Moon that wasn't supposed to exist. He strikes a deal to return Death's sword to her temple in hope of winning her favor and being turned human. It is inspired by pre-hispanic mesoamerica & deals w/ themes of grief, war, trauma, and discovering yourself. #tyreecomic
Rather than rage at women clinging to the hope of good men, why are the good men not raging openly about predators in their midst? Shunning them. Calling them out at every opportunity. Not as 'fathers of daughters' but as men. The problem does not lie with women. It lies with turning blind eyes.
Artist: Wakyosai Title: A White Horse with Raised Head Date: 1940–1950 Medium: Color woodblock print Dimensions: 27.7 x 39.7 cm Credit Line: Bruce Goff Archive, gift of Shin'enkan, Inc.
#womenintranslationmonth begins August 1, and RJL is psyched! Every day in August, we'll be posting a short bio of a Japanese woman writer* who takes up feminist themes in her stories. Stay tuned for an August episode on Japanese Women Writers.* readjapaneseliterature.com/Book+lists/J...
Took 22 years for me. Happy other women can be spared this.
Endometriosis takes nine years to diagnose. That’s about to change. NICE has approved two tests: a saliva test reading microRNA markers, and a gut-sensor test returning results in 45 minutes, sparing women the keyhole surgery currently needed. buff.ly/QX3jHk8 #ShareGoodNewsToo
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake just struck the heart of Campi Flegrei, Italy's supervolcano located outside Naples. Some buildings were destroyed and 90+ aftershocks have rocked the region getting closer to the surface since. This is the strongest earthquake to strike Campi Flegrei directly since 2020.
Europe's Supervolcano Problem Just Took A Serious Turn...
YouTube video by Stefan Burns
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🚀♿ Registration for the ESA ESTEC Open Day for people with a disability is open! 📅 26 September 📍 ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk (Note registration for general ESA Open Day, 27 Sept., opens on 31 Aug.)
Register now: ESTEC Open Day for people with disability
Join us for the ESA Open Day for people with disability at ESTEC on Saturday 26 September 2026.This is an exciting opportunity for people with disability and their carers to explore ESA's technical he...
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Published by @mercierpress.bsky.social and @feministpress.bsky.social, this debut novel from Sara Aboy Ghazal, translated by Katherine Halls, will be out here in September.
Just want to remind folks that this keeps happening. Burials of assumed-important ancients discovered to be women via genetic testing, after decades of them simply being assumed to be male. The patriarchy is incompatible with reality.
The #BronzeAge #UptonLovellShaman's burial in Wiltshire has long been considered an important religious figure & metalworker. It's been barely questioned someone of such status must be male. But now #aDNA analysis revealed that the body is in fact: a woman. 🏺 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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