Emily St. Amant

#watercolorpainting #art #seascape #caribbeanart

Watercolor painting of Gallows Point in St. John, featuring the resort, turquoise Caribbean waters, a partly cloudy sky, a small boat, and other distant islands.

Gallows Point, St. John, US Virgin Islands 🇻🇮

This view is what you see while approaching the Cruz Bay ferry dock coming over from the neighboring island of St. Thomas. Watercolor on cotton paper.

🖼️ Private collection | Prints can be found at www.GeoGalleries.com/EmilyStAmant - link in bio

Rest in power, Virginia Giuffre 🕊️

New Utah Law Seeks to Crack Down on Life Coaches Offering Therapy Without a License Some therapists who lose their licenses transition to the unregulated life coaching industry, an investigation by The Salt Lake Tribune and ProPublica found. A new law makes it clear that only…

In Utah, life coaching has emerged as an unregulated alternative to therapy.

Researchers analyzed online ads for ~220 life coaches and found that about 40% say they specialize in mental health — some even claiming to “conquer” clients’ conditions.

By @jessicamiller.bsky.social
With @sltrib.com

If you believe that only the “fit” should survive and the rest are excusable deaths, that’s eugenics. Every life is important. Every disabled person is worthy of life. Disability is part of nature. If you live long enough, you will become disabled. We’re all vulnerable and all valuable.

Whenever I post about climate, skeptical folks inevitable respond with this graph. So I decided to do something radical: actually read the underling scientific paper and ask the authors.

As it turns out, it actually says the opposite of what skeptics claim: www.theclimatebrink....

🖼️ Prints can be found at GeoGalleries.com/EmilyStAmant

#watercolor #watercolorpainting #jostvandyke #bvi #beachart #turquoisewater #britishvirginislands #islandlife

Latest painting… The view of the beach from the water, Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands 🏝️Watercolor 🎨

High suicide rates show music industry ‘profoundly dangerous’, researchers say Calls for more support as study finds musicians in England and US have among highest rates of suicide

Our industry is in crisis www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

Her name was Emily Pike.
She was a 14 yo member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, known for her passion for painting & drawing, w/dreams of studying art in college. Her dismembered remains were discovered on Feb 14, 2025, off Hwy 60 near milepost 277, northeast of Globe, Az

HER NAME WAS EMILY PIKE

5 years ago today, Ahmaud Arbery was hunted down in broad daylight without hesitation, simply because he was Black.

True justice is a world where Ahmaud was allowed to grow old and thrive. A world where he was never seen as a suspect in the first place.

Rest in power.

Got to see four rainbows today 🌈

Book cover for the book How We Learn To Be Brave, Decisive Moments in Life and Faith By Mariann Edgar Budde The Episcopal Bishop of Washington

Currently reading 🩵 #booksky

Please enjoy these videos of some American Oystercatchers that stopped by yesterday! They were so cute and so loud lol 🏝️ #usvirginislands #americanoystercatcher #birdwatching #birdsky #islandlife

Report: Maternal mortality is three times higher for TennCare members TennCare recipients have historically faced higher death rates tied to pregnancy than those with private health insurance, but a recent report showed the gap is

TennCare recipients have historically faced higher death rates tied to pregnancy than those with private health insurance. WPLN's @catherinejsweeney.bsky.social says a recent report shows that gap is widening.

I came across these rather chilling words recently, written by Hannah Arendt (1906-1975), the German-born American historian and philosopher.
"The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall in barbarism."
#empathy #history #philosophy #politics

Plan ahead. Maintain your habitat. This moment is part of forever.

-Frank Herbert, from “Chapterhouse: Dune”

#dune #booksky

🖼️ Original available | Prints can be found at GeoGalleries.com/EmilyStAmant

My newest painting, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 This cityscape painting was inspired my the view from atop the Castillo San Cristóbal fort. I loved the textures and colors of the city seen from this perspective so much, and as soon as I saw it I know I just had to paint it. Watercolor 🎨

Insurers Failed to Comply With Mental Health Coverage Law, Department of Labor Report Finds The probe found widespread noncompliance and violations of federal law in how health plans and insurers cover mental health care, echoing the findings of a recent ProPublica investigation.

NEW: The Department of Labor report found widespread noncompliance and violations of federal law in how health plans and insurers cover mental health care, echoing the findings of a recent ProPublica investigation.

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Op-Ed: Corruption Has High Economic Costs and Should Be Combated | St. Thomas Source UPCOMING EVENTS

Recent corruption charges against cabinet members highlight the economic impact of public corruption in the US Virgin Islands.
https://stthomassource.com/content/2025/01/23/op-ed-corruption-has-high-economic-costs-and-should-be-combated/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=op-ed-corruption-h…

Musk’s wealth in 2012: $2 Billion
Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion

Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion

Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion

Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25
Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25

I’ve read through the series maybe six times, and wow do they get better every time. My loved ones also love Dune so I’ve been enabled in the best way 🧡

I’ve heard mixed things about them, thanks for the rec 🙏

Good morning ☀️ The price of eggs went up a dollar in the USVI in the last two weeks 🥚 The cage free eggs are now $8.99 a dozen at Cost You Less, the cheapest grocery store on the island (St. Thomas) 🍳 #islandlife #usvirginislands

“True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.”

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day