Bec Freeman

Very well said from @zalisteggall.bsky.social and seemed to catch Speers by surprise. #auspol #ausvotes25 #ausvotes

A tabby cat sitting on my outstretched legs and looking towards the camera with her eyes half closed. My right hand is tickling her under the chin. Shortly before this picture was taken, she got a fright when the dog moved unexpectedly so she needed a cuddle to recover

Please enjoy cat

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

I guess it's true that they are stable and predictable...

Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

There is a lot of grief around, and rightly so, but there is also friendship and music and space for poetry, and it helps.

There was a nature poetry evening at our public library tonight. So amazing to be a in room with 50-odd other people, just listening to words (and some music!) There were tears and laughter. Nods and murmurs of appreciation. Applause. Hugs. Smiles of recognition, promises of a catch-up soon

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

Omg 😍😍😍

Note to Columbia University:

This is how you do it.

www.tufts.edu/president/sp...

My sister just included me by mistake on what was clearly a chat with her fellow pharma sales colleagues, so I wrote back that I didn't have any insights about the new marketing strategy, but if they wanted to share any war plans, now was their chance.

We'd also hear the names of those 7 on the news, with pictures of them and/or their families.

Instead, it's nameless hundreds. So they are numbers, not people. It's so utterly heartbreaking, dehumanising, enraging, unjust

Seems to be taking several leaves out of the US Republican playbook, much to my disgust (however, despair is what they want and I refuse to give it to them; instead, watch me support and build community to make sure he' s one-term-and-done!)

Here I am on bluesky, distracting myself with disaster updates and geopolitical awfulness while while counting in my electorate continues and the candidate I definitely did not want to win seems to be winning #wapol

Photo of 5 dog figurines in profile facing to the left in a staggered line. The closest one is reddish, the three in the middle are beige, and the furthest is dark grey. Each one has a cuneiform inscription on their side.

For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.

On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.

dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”

munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”

mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”

Yesterday, I returned from 3 weeks in Costa Rica, where I went to find out what can be learned from their spectacular success rewilding a country.

I cannot overstate how awe-inspiring the trip was: nature loss CAN be reversed on a huge scale, benefiting *everyone*.

It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.

Alles zusammen gegen den Faschismus ✊️

(Everyone together against facism)

YouTube video by Cuddle Buddies Shorts Donkey moves into house

Who wants donkey cuddles?

youtube.com/shorts/jWmbt...

In recognition that whimsy is it’s own kind of weapon against darkness, and that we need good art and science now more than ever, let me reissue this reminder 🐙🪼

The world is bigger than this moment, and it is still full of magic.

Today is #WorldWetlandsDay. Wetlands are foundational to our shared future, they provide vital ecosystems, & enrich our lives in so many ways. This one, at Tahbilk, makes my heart sing. Let's do everything we can to support them, & their role in healthy Country. #TaungurungCountry #WWD2025

A diverse flight crew of a gay guy, a Black man, and a woman

A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼

omg

the cuteness

Thank you for your service. I've never seen it and happily, now I feel as though I never need to

It often takes me a few goes to understand words like ontology, epistemology, positivist and constructivist…The breakdown in the paper is gold!

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34457699/

This is excellent. Thank you for sharing!

The only good nonsense 🥰

Sympathies and also me too 😅

Truly the best vegetable

I think we can agree that this is a whole lot better than having to actually talk to the internet people on the phone though (also you worked out the problem, therefore not stupid)