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Hazel McNab

An overwintering male Wood Duck brings some color to the winter landscape as he strolls along the icy shoreline. He was with a flock of about 100 mallards.

💛How Great Thou Art!💛
#YellowRose

Yellow roses symbolize friendship and joy. They are also used to represent those feelings that are associated with friendship such as warmth, delight, gladness, caring, and affection.

Another AI Dirty Secret: How the Data Center in Your Backyard Is Being Supported by the World’s Largest Petrochemical Companies - Moms Clean Air Force The list of members of the AI Infrastructure Coalition, the group spearheading the industry counteroffensive to public opposition to data centers, may surprise you. It's not just tech giants, like Met...

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Learn more about AI data centers' dirty secret and how increasing methane gas creates enormous problems for families. #DataCenters #AI

#BeyondPetrochemicals
#mbp

AI data centers and the petrochemical industry have a Dirty Secret. They are working together, doubling down on #methane gas, which will lead to increased electricity bills and increased air pollution. The best clean and affordable solutions are renewable energy.
#momsky

In Love With Nature (8 Photos) Nature is taking over the city in the best way possible! These incredible artists use trees, stones, and flowers to turn the streets into a wild wonderland. Get ready to see how the concrete jungle gets a green makeover. More: When Nature Become Art (10 Photos) 🌸 1. Natural Style — By Fábio Gomes Trindade in Trindade, Brazil 🇧🇷 This girl has the best hairstylist in the world.

In Love With Nature (8 Photos)

Nature is taking over the city in the best way possible! These incredible artists use trees, stones, and flowers to turn the streets into a wild wonderland. Get ready to see how the concrete jungle gets a green makeover. More: When Nature Become Art (10 Photos) 🌸 1.…

I was leaving the park when I noticed two Bald Eagle calling and chasing each other overhead. One landed on a nearby branch with the other in close pursuit, flying right past as if to bump him/her off the perch. The eagle doing the chasing has a bit of jewelry; he/she is banded on the right foot.

Bottlebrush bonsai in training planted in a dark charcoal coloured round pot. The top left of the leader is burnt black and this is a root over rock style.

Bottlebrush bonsai in training planted in a dark charcoal coloured round pot. The top left of the leader is burnt black and this is a root over rock style. More zoomed out view.

Burnt top Bottlebrush #Bonsai in training.

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Planned New Brunswick gas plant could threaten vital migratory bird corridor As the province moves ahead with plans for a new gas plant, experts and residents warn it could endanger one of Canada’s most fragile and important ecological corridors.

Ecological system, wetlands, water sources, species at risk et al at at risk cross Canada, as PM ⁦‪Carney‬⁩ & some premiers push nat gas plants to starve us of water & safe environments.

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For #BirdoftheDay a #BlueJay in warmer times. We actually had two here yesterday at home. Couldn’t open the door because our kitten was going to rush out. 🥶🥶😂 #Nature #Photography

A head-on shot of an olympic speed skater in a blue body suit. Another skater in the same suit follows directly behind, giving the appearance of one skater with four legs.

the use of performance enhancing drugs by olympic athletes is getting out of hand

Defence department warns of increasing climate risks to bases and infrastructure Climate hazards like flooding, storms, permafrost melt and coastal erosion are increasingly threatening nation defence infrastructure and operations, while complicating the management of its contamina...

“Climate hazards like flooding, permafrost melt and coastal erosion are increasingly threatening Department of National Defence (DND) infrastructure and operations, while complicating the management of its contaminated sites across the country, documents

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They sure are, Mike.
All the best, Gerrit.

YouTube video by ABKCOVEVO The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Official Lyric Video)

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First Noble Truth . . .
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A Ferris wheel lit up in green and blue colors

Seattle's Great Wheel lit up in Seahawks colors last night:
📸 credit in frame

Juvenile Male Sparrow
Against the hush, there’s a song.
Against the harshness, there’s a gentle persistence.
Against the odds and the weight of winter, the sparrow emerges with songs of a not so faraway spring.
#birds🪶 #photography

Architecture and landscaping blend so effortlessly in the gardens of #Kyoto, #Japan, here on the Tofuku-ji Temple grounds.

#Eastcoastkin #landscape #landscapephotography #gardens #architecture

Mon bol de chorba avec des bouts d'agneau des pois chiches des carottes du céleri et des pâtes langue d'oiseau

Ce soir c'est chorba ...

Of greatest interest to us is the success and proliferation of the urban strain of staghorn coral native to PortMiami (Acropora cervicornis aka ACER ‘Ventura’). Not only did it not bleach, but has grown swiftly (30fps version) #coralcitycamera

Bonne soirée et nuit à venir…

📷 Luka Vunduk

Black and white Taoist symbol of Yin-Yang.

Reflecting on the ancient Taoist symbol:
seeing the black Yin as Evolution
and the white Yang as Holism.

Going to sit with this
and see what arises.

Screenshot of a graph: 65% of Albertans would vote to remain in Canada in a referendum on indepence.

A new Angus Reid poll on Albertan independence shows 65% would remain in Canada at this present moment.

Not that this will silence Maple MAGA
or turn Premier Smith from stirring the pot.
But it might influence the math calculations
of potential traitors.
#Cdnpoli

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Renee Good's Wife Makes First Public Appearance After Her Murder, Shares New Personal Statement (People) On Saturday, Feb. 7, Becca Good appeared onstage in front of hundreds of people in Minneapolis who had gathered to commemorate her late partner Renee's life

RRenee Good’s Wife Makes First Public Appearance After Her Murder, Shares New Personal Statement

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This formal hikizuri kimono, crafted from luxurious chirimen silk, dates to the transitional period between the late Meiji and early Taisho eras. The garment features a deep black ground that serves as a dramatic backdrop for a meticulously detailed scene of auspicious treasure ships (takarabune) sailing across a foamy, "shimmering" sea. Each ship is rendered with expert yuzen painting and further enhanced with embroidery highlights and fine gold foil outlining. The stylized white crests of the waves create a rhythmic pattern along the hem, while the colorful cargo of the ships—representing luck and prosperity—offers a vibrant contrast to the dark silk above.

This chirimen-silk Geisha formal hikizuri showcases a scene with auspicious treasure ships sailing on a foamy sea, meticulously detailed with yuzen-painting, embroidery highlights, and gold foil outlining. 1900-1926, Japan

Naomi Okubo, Set a Fire to Set Me Free (acrylic on raw canvas, 2023)

PFAS levels in Great Lakes fish are dropping, study finds A new study shows PFAS levels in Great Lakes fish are on the decline as manufacturers have phased out some chemicals in recent decades.

PFAS levels in Great Lakes fish are dropping, study finds.

The declining levels were driven by an industry phase-out of legacy PFAS chemicals. #Climatechange

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WCK's #ChefsForUkraine team was serving food and drinks to people in Kramatorsk shortly after yesterday's attacks on residential parts of the city. We were on site within hours—serving hot soup, sandwiches, and water to people impacted. (1/2)