The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo is a large all white parrot except, as the name implies, for a sulphur crest. A widespread species in Australia.

Just in from a friend on holiday, currently in Sydney in Australia, a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo on a bench for #BirdsSeenIn2026

Looking up the river Dart into mist and gloom.

Welcome to February.

January saw us have 4 named storms within 5 weeks in south west England. Not cold so much as extremely wet. And now everything is dank. Really dank.

The river Dart on such a morning.

#photography #landscape #Dartmoor

The aurora dancing over Howth Lighthouses, from October 2024.

Nottingham exhibition shows artefacts from Anglo-Saxon cemetery Artefacts from a cemetery at Broughton Lodge, in Willoughby-on-the-Wolds are being put on display.

An exhibition at Uni of Nottingham Museum at Lakeside Arts brings together 40 excavated discoveries from the early medieval cemetery at Broughton Lodge in Willoughby-on-the-Wolds for the first time in over 50 years. 👇
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I just spoke to a live crowd… I recently spoke to a crowd that reminded me exactly what real democracy looks like.

I just spoke to a live crowd…
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Pastel of Newnham Mill pond, Cambridge, with punts and the Granta pub. Note the ducks swimming through the water lilies in the foreground.
#pastel #cambridge #newnham #punting

Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans trained as constitutional observers The Immigrant Defense Network works with more than 100 organizations to help train constitutional observers. At the end of November, there were 2,500 trained observers. That number has soared as more ...

A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.

Samson the boxer looking bored and uncertain.

how i feel about going to work today

I don't agree historians will be stunned, they've seen thIs throughout history, in the USA.

A wading bird standing at the edge of a pool with its reflection in the water.

Dunlin reflected.
#BirdOfTheDay
#reflections

Ahead of Time to Talk Day (5 Feb), with Mind Charity this week’s Mindful Chat around the value of honest conversation.
No fixing. No pressure. Just space to talk - sometimes best found on a quiet walk or shared moment outdoors.
Thanks to Mind for highlighting this.

mindfulhealthchat.freeforums.net

Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of an investigation into child porn, deepfakes and more French prosecutors have launched a search at the offices of Elon Musk's social media platform X. This is part of an investigation into alleged offenses, including spreading child pornography and deepfakes.

Paris prosecutors raid the French offices of Elon Musk’s X as part of an investigation into spreading child pornography and deepfakes.

👇👇

Take me away. #lenticularclouds #clouds #nm

A photo of Noah Feldman beside A quite with the ABC News logo “If we cannot impeach a president who abuses his office fir his personal advantage, we no longer live in a democracy — we live in a monarchy, or we live under a dictator.@ Noah Feldman, Harvard Law School

Those that hay 😋🌾 together, stay together!

#bunny #rabbit

Archie kept inspecting my Lego build last night. Thankfully he didn't try to play with any of the pieces. So far, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is my favourite ever Lego build. I'm already half way through it.

Greenpeace calls on MPs to halt export of armoured vehicles to U.S. immigration agency ICE  - Greenpeace Canada Toronto – Greenpeace activists unveiled a banner saying “No Canadian Arms for ICE” at the Brampton headquarters of the Canadian company that is building armoured vehicles for the U.S. Immigratio...

"Canada cannot claim to defend human rights while exporting armoured vehicles that will be used to terrorize communities”: @greenpeaceca.bsky.social calls on MPs to halt export of armoured vehicles to U.S. immigration agency ICE
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Europe just started building a ‘kill switch’ for U.S. tech — and the market isn’t priced for it, says this strategist — MarketWatch Zoom and Microsoft are among those companies that could lose business, says Matthew Tuttle

“The main event is this: the world is building optionality away from U.S. policy and platform dependence. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it — because it’s showing up in procurement decisions, supply chains, defense budgets, and capital flows”

Some bracket fungi… looking like it’s seen and had better days…..

Flightless Cormorant in profile against a blue sky, with a begging chick.

Flightless Cormorant with chick, Elizabeth Bay, Galapagos Islands. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Ecuador

Acrylic painting of a dusky fruit bat hanging upside-down from a branch, with tears dropping from one eye.

Another small painting from my solo exhibition going on right now at LeMieux Galleries in New Orleans. One of a group of 4" square paintings. On view through the 21st. lemieuxgalleries.com

"Uncertainty"
Acrylic on canvas
4" x 4"

#art #painting #surrealism #bats #nature #contemporaryart

#ICE

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

#Project2026 #VoteBlue2026

… forest fantasy …

an orange and white cat underneath a bed, hanging off the side of a cardboard box

i heard a noise under the bed, and i found sissel trying to settle down on a box that was far too small to fit him

As I spend time in my quasi-hibernation mode, I can feel and start to work on the different layers of my being. Similar to the many wonderful layers and textures I am always drawn to at waterfalls. Each has a different course. A different goal. Or just enjoy the journey........ who knows......

a golden retriever puppy sits on a gray ottoman in profile, casting the most ruthless side eye directly at you. the dog’s wearing an impeccable blue rain jacket with a hood, patterned all over with bright yellow rubber duckies. he’d like to remind you that no rain is necessary to have nice drip.

This is Bowie. He overheard you talking about his rubber ducky jacket. Jealousy is a disease. Hopes you get well soon. 12/10 (IG: bowiethegoldenbear)

Two brown mushrooms cuddling

“Just the two of us…” 🍄‍🟫 🍄‍🟫

A few Southern #Oregon beauties! 🤩

#mushrooms #fungifriends #fungiphotography #naturephotography

An oil painting with pelargoniums and a wooden lizard

Another still life, this time featuring pelargoniums, a wooden lizard and a wooden bird with a long beak, poppy seedheads and autumn colours in the leaves outside the studio window. That old earthenware pot with twisty handles is a favourite. Oil on gessoed board, 2019.
#oilpainting #stilllife