Ember

Still amazes me how trees grow on rocks

#ForestFriday
#trees
#EastCoastKin
#Landscapephotography
#PhotographersofBluesky

it really is astonishing how quickly it goes from “civil war” and “blood in the streets” to “wow guys it’s just a sad tragedy” when it becomes inconvenient

If you have a screenshot of a US politician or leader blaming the left, or declaring some war, or anything before we knew who the shooter was, please post in the comments. We will need to keep these

This is simply untenable. There is no way forward with media and political classes captured by the right. Every time someone commits a crime you have to pray it's not an undesirable or it's purge time, then when it turns out to be themselves again they just shrug and wait for the next one.

Finishing touches on Gandalf.

To achieve the glowing effect on this Doors of Durin Fabled Passage, I first painted the design in a faint blue, then painted over that, slightly thinner, in white.

The International Space Station arcs through the night sky over Ellicott City, Maryland. (Three, twenty five second exposures blended.)
#photography #iss #spacestation #maryland #EllicottCity #astrophotography

No contento con su "abrigo" de polen, este sírfido apoya una pata delantera justo en el estigma de una flor de Drimia, como si quisiera asegurar la faena. Esto sí que es polinización manual...

A scene of four young Black figures tumbling and leaping in playful poses against a landscape backdrop

Since I'm starting to think my full-time job may now be "cleansing the timeline" (in addition to teaching art history @huntercollege.bsky.social), here is Jacob Lawrence's 1999 screenprint "Play," one of his most joyful & exuberant images

‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the megaprison where the U.S. deported migrants Interviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions inside the notorious prison.

One was beaten unconscious. Others were covered in bruises, struggling to walk or vomiting blood. Another said he’d been sexually assaulted.

These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.

LIVE NOW: NO KINGS PROTESTS LIVE! God on Substack

I'm watching the NO KINGS protests all over the USA!

Join me!

Grieve the Political Assassination. Feel the Rage. But Don’t Miss the Target: It’s the Ballot, Not Just the Bullet The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #363

A political assassination just happened on American soil. Be angry. Grieve. But don’t get distracted. The real fight is at the ballot box — not just in the streets. Read why winning first is the only path to real change.
#NoKings #VoteToWin #Minnesota

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

If you’re undocumented, don’t march tomorrow. Stay home. Let the rest of us get this one.

Solidarity ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼

Monster crows at the Minnesota Capitol today

A protest sign shows Laura Palmer the murder victim from Twin Peaks morphed into the Statue of Liberty and reads Who killed lady Liberty?

Twin Peaks protest signage game off the charts

The Nashville #NoKingsDay rally has taken it to the streets…

Defying a ban, Long Islanders masked up for "No Kings" “If ICE is going to wear a mask in their uniform, then I can."

“If ICE is going to wear a mask in their uniform, then I can.”

Let’s Go TACO!
#NoKings

-huge- turnout in North Bend/Twin Peaks for this legitimately tiny town. Even a Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank presence.

On the Ben Franklin Parkway, they keep coming and coming

RALEIGH. #NoKingsDay

Tanks in the streets. A $45 million ego trip. And a dangerous slide into authoritarianism. The Big Picture has two must-reads this week, one on Trump’s birthday travesty, and one on how we can stop it. Now’s the time to get informed. buff.ly/DbA0NVk

Here’s a song for today! “NO KINGS” #nokingsprotest

No Kings
Frisco TX
#nokings
#friscotx

I want you to remember this... everyday

#nokings

No Kings flagship rally in Philadelphia opens with Rev. Barber: We have heard that lawmakers in Minnesota have been killed…In this moment, my brothers and sisters, let us repent as a nation for all of this violence and death.

It isn’t lost on me that the suspect in the assassination of one of the most prominent women in Minnesota politics had a target list with abortion providers and advocates. Misogyny is deadly. My heart is with the victims, their families, and everyone affected.