Susan Matthews

It would have been hard to believe, when I moved to the UK over 15 yrs ago to start my PhD at Edinburgh, that successive Conservative and Labour governments would actively undermine one of the UK's most successful and strategic sectors and run it to the ground. Unbelievable, really. And here we are

British Surrealist artist Eileen Agar

Collective Unconscious (1978)
(oil on canvas)

#EileenAgar #Surrealism #ModernArt

A NASA astronaut has filmed the Northern Lights from space - and the footage is pretty spectacular ✨

#skynews #northernlights #nasa #space

Jumping spiders can recognise one another. This ability to learn, remember and represent images is quite surprising for such a tiny-brained animal!
buff.ly/dCkwPr0

45 years ago I made a pitch for the Director-General job. Didn’t get it – mind you, I was only 13. But I did get a reply from Ian Trethowan, who was DG at the time. All these years later I’m proud to work for the BBC.

I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.

When King Haakon IV blundered by using a flat 3000–5000-2000 formation instead of the tried & tested 4000-3000-3000

Writing tomorrow on how the victory at Hampden was a 'luminous moment' and the most important victory against Scandic forces since the Battle of Largs in 1263

A Blue Tit flying straight towards the camera with wings and legs tucked in like a dart

What it looks like when a Blue Tit flies straight at you! 😳😁😍🐦

Taken yesterday at RSPB Greylake in Somerset. 😊
#birds 🪶
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A male Anna’s hummingbird at the door. So nosy! 🤣

Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.

This is who it was:

Scotland fans shook the earth in win over Denmark Seismic activity was recorded as the Tartan Army celebrated Scotland reaching their first World Cup since 1998.

Metaphorically and, it turns out, literally.

Oh wait! Figured out how to get rid of the garbage Gemini button in Chrome:

- Right-click
- Unpin

Gone!

Dessert

Dessert, 1877
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/11926

Dreams of an Ireland once again rich in wild places and life.

We can turn them into reality.
#Rewilding

Goldie Hawn and Eileen Brennan, both received Oscar nominations for their roles in the 🇺🇸American comedy film "PRIVATE BENJAMIN" (1980) directed by Howard Zieff, with co-stars Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Sam Wanamaker and Hal Williams

🎬 Warner Bros.

Autumn in Cagnes

Autumn in Cagnes, 1918
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16294

Vase with Carnations - 1886
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14016

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.

We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.

washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

If we're really talking about a presidential election reform (none of which will happen), I like the French two-round system, which gives everyone an opportunity to blow off steam in Round 1 and then forces adults to get serious in Round 2 during a "realignment of the losers" /1

A pedestrian bridge between a parking garage and a Home2 Suites by Hilton in center city Philadelphia

This pedestrian bridge between a parking garage and a Home2 Suites by Hilton does *not* need to go this hard.

Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
, 2025 (Kojima)

Which is, coincidentally, extremely unusual.

That's more of a Sbarro tune.

Riverbanks

Riverbanks, 1905
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/13486

"He said there'd be H to pay!"

Charles Island, BC
Toni Onley
1980

An orange and white cat looks mad and is on top of papers

i don't think your loan is getting approved

Behind the scenes of the Caps’ emotional, unbelievable 8-4 win in Montreal on Thursday, through the eyes of their beat writer. Games like these give me grey hair, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.... TikTok video by Bailey Johnson

As it turned out, I picked a great day to do a behind the scenes video for my TikTok. The Caps' emotional, high-octane win in Montreal through my eyes, as the beat writer who gets another gray hair every time they score eight goals when I'm on deadline.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrdsXruA/

tree trunk shaped like a foot

forest foot

On this day in 1964, World's End (Part one of The Dalek Invasion of Earth) was broadcast.

Astonishing how long newspapers have been allowed to carry on with these small, buried corrections after printing horseshit. They should get maybe 3 a year; after which they can only print recipes, spot the ball, and articles on fashion.