Over the weekend, a premature fetus was recovered from the rubble after an Israeli airstrike killed its pregnant mother. In another strike, 4 people were killed in their car.

It's been an absolute honour to visit Clacton fewer times than I've visited America, hold zero surgeries and do fuck all for the town.

We’re not even at the peak of El Niño yet, but the wildfires across Europe and the floods in South Asia are already devastating. Will we ever see real and urgent climate action from our world leaders?

Buck & companion owl this morning (again for Owl Awareness Day). Just a few nights ago, the one will have been cupping the full moon in his antlers, the other crossing its creamy-bright light. Today they’re quotidian breakfast friends on a suburban ridge.

When you are looking for 🐸 with a 📸 & people make lots of random, heedless disturbance ... I feel cranky! "Having It All" (c) constance lee menefee

Haiku: Devil in details Assumptive prerogative Washington’s a play

Today is my birthday, Without the hand of God at play, I would have been dead the other day, Now I go for hours, Smelling the flowers, Spelling the words, Rhyming the verbs, To the blue sky birds, Of a better tomorrow.

Haiku: The past is complete, The present is near and here, The future is tense.

Never stop talking about and working for Palestine. Children are being deliberately targeted. This is abhorrent. It is a genocide.

NEW: One of Glasgow’s oldest family-run restaurants has issued a statement after bosses called in liquidators, rejecting reports it is to close 🚨

Family-run Glasgow cafe issues statement as liquidators appointed after 50 years

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I rendered the Eagle M16 and Omega M17 nebulae in the Hubble palette with a 20 hr integration time. High-resolution: app.astrobin.com/i/of8mtj - Telescope: Askar FRA500 - Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC DUO - Mount: ZWO AM5N #astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #eastcoastkin #photography

This moray's home is off the southern shore of Liuqiu Island, southwest of Taiwan. Taken with my Sony RX100 Mark IV, Nauticam housing, wide-angle wet lens and YS-D3 strobe. #marinelifephotography #marinelife #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #scuba #eastcoastkin #photography

I captured this scorpionfish in Sogod Bay, Philippines. It's the most colorful I've ever seen. I took it with my Sony RX100 Mark IV, Nauticam housing, and YS-D3 strobe. #marinelifephotography #marinelife #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #scuba #eastcoastkin #photography

Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be [achievement level unlocked — GGG]. — Rita Rudner

We all hate linguists — GGG.

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Someone needs some awareness and maybe self-awareness training. Such complete and utter bollox. People will always want bro talk to a person - even an Indian in a call centre somewhere instead of a bot ! I mean FFS 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

This story is crazy. It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists. www.notus.org/national/ame...

Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest

America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.

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I almost forgot it’s #NationalMothWeek! So here’s a giant, gorgeous White-lined Sphinx Moth (I think.) #invertebrates 🌿 #MothWeek #BugSky

Today is the start of National Moth Week – July 18 to 26 Each day we will post a new moth that is vital to our ecosystem and what each moth does! Tineola bisselliella, known as common clothes moth, are attracted to dark, undisturbed, and quiet areas. #AdvanceESG #NationalMothWeek #Commonclothesmoth

Day 2 of #NationalMothWeek and today's Moth is Tiger Moth! Beneficial garden pollinators and food sources for wildlife and Adult tiger moths are important nocturnal pollinators for many flowers and plants. #AdvanceESG #Tigermoths

💙 Featured this Week💚 In response to actions by the federal government, a wealth of climate science and information has a new, protected home. Click to read full article grist.org/solutions/sc... Want more information like this? Join AdvanceESG Today www.advanceesg.org/join-us/ #July19 #Join

The plan to make climate science harder to erase

As climate information disappears from federal websites, scientists are rebuilding it elsewhere.

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Day 3 of #NationalMothWeek and today's moth is a #Diamondbackmoth These moths do not bite, sting, or harm humans or pets. These moth are only suppose to live for 12-16 days #AdvanceESG

Day 4 of #NationalMothWeek and today's Moth is a #Bogongmoth The Bogong moth is a small, brown insect from Australia famous for traveling thousands of kilometers twice a year. In the spring, billions migrate from flat farmlands to cool mountain caves to sleep for the summer. #AdvanceESG

Tucker Carlson today announced his intention to form a "third party," completely breaking with Trump! The former Fox News commentator said the two parties are now indistinguishable on "war and finance." Watching dogs fight is always the most entertaining spectacle in Washington.

Thank you Pro-Palestine activists of Dunoon! You show the farcical Pro-Zionist mindset of the UK authorities. They not only have no moral sense, they have no sense of proportion. A Michael Rosen poem, eh? Dangerous incendiary stuff!