Geraldine Lavin

sunset over a Lema Ranch pond

I'm thinking 1 decent #LemaRanch pic deserves another. Here's a #cloudscape #reflection for #WetWednesday

#nature #outdoors #ponds #sunset

This is my education & training starter pack. Let me know if I’ve missed you or another a/c & I’ll edit the pack
go.bsky.app/2UEaY6G

#Education #Training #StarterPack #LearningAndDevelopment #LandD

#WordlessWednesday

Or Ireland 🤭 Waiting to do Griffeen parkrun 😬

"Hi, Momma... Hello, my dear. Mom, I'll come home and protect you, take care of you. Try to forget all the bad things, please..." — the first call of a #Ukrainian Defender returned from Russian captivity to his mother.

📹: Ombudsman of Ukraine

❗️⚡️Ukrainian Defenders return from Russian captivity!

If the Union is incapable of wielding such hard power as it has - and it’s strongest in trade and regulation - it has no shadow of hope of developing or wielding other more traditional tools of hard power in the defence of itself and its member states.

Seems like if you have as much money as Chan and Zuckerberg do, more money than thousands of people could spend in all their lifetimes, you should probably be able to find a way to make the world a better place rather than screwing over children who are already struggling

I am so over billionaires

I don't know about you...but I'm disturbed by the amount of hell NOT being raised by leadership about masked individuals jumping out of unmarked vans, refusing to identify themselves...and just shoving people into a Goddamn vehicle and whisking them away.

Trump Wants to Cut the Kind of Cancer Research that Saved My Life More than 600,000 Americans will die from cancer this year. Trump's cuts to medical and other scientific research will have devastating consequences for millions more.

Trump Wants to Cut the Kind of Cancer Research that Saved My Life
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

A glorious morning here but you can see the fog in the distance from the drone. It will clear to a warm sunny day for most.

@unaminh.bsky.social - do you have any suggestions?

"No no no you don't understand. I told the racists where all the immigrants were BEFORE they went and set that place on fire.".

In honor of Brian Wilson's passing, here are the four categories of Beach Boys songs:

1. surfing is great, you should try it
2. I have a good vehicle
3. I reach beyond myself into the ineffable, and that's where I find you, my love
4. sloop john b

a group of people playing instruments on a stage with snl written on the wall ALT: a group of people playing instruments on a stage with snl written on the wall

If you like him, there’s a whole evening of Bruce Springsteen on BBC2 this evening. I’ve it on record 🎸🎤🎶

A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again

A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again
theonion.com/a-shatt...

The Pride Window unveiled earlier today at Belfast City Hall (made by Alpha Stained Glass in Derry)

Thinking of all the people who travelled home to vote #OnThisDay ten years ago for the Marriage Referendum! 📝

[IMAGE: #hometovote pen, ink and watercolour drawing of the Marriage Equality Referendum by @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social, 2015; catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls0...

'Memory keepers' pass on Hiroshima A-bomb survivors' stories Becoming a memory keeper requires about two years of training. Applicants study the realities of the U.S. nuclear attack and practice public speaking skills.

The Hiroshima city government has been training "memory keepers" — individuals who learn and pass on the testimonies of hibakusha, or atomic bombing survivors, along with their hopes for peace.

I'm going to say it. I think it's not going to be popular—especially with mainstream Dems—but I'm going to say it. In the history of politics since I've been alive, no premise has come closer to "trying to make 'fetch' happen" than the effort by media and some pols to say Biden had dementia as POTUS

The Dangers of An Elon Musk Shadow Presidency Are Now Clear Following a Shockingly Raw Interview By His Father Errol Musk has given up the game—and the world can never see his son the same way again. This is the story of how a bigoted coot detonated a charade the Richest Man on Earth spent decades perfecting.

(📣) In light of the horrifying racism and antisemitism being perpetrated by Grok—which xAI cagily will not link to any specific high-access employee, but that Grok itself speculates might have been caused by Elon Musk—I am making free my report on how a bigoted Musk conned rich liberals for decades:

Support the RNLI Mayday Mile I’m taking on the Mayday Mile to support RNLI lifesavers during their busiest time of year. Will you help me fundraise and make a lifesaving difference?

I’m taking on the Mayday Mile to support RNLI lifesavers during their busiest time of year. Will you help me fundraise and make a lifesaving difference? fundraise.rnli.org/s/17346/1839...

@mparryslater.bsky.social thanks for the follow Michelle. I’m involved in the L&D Institute in Ireland & I’m doing research on owner manager learning so interested in your book 🙂

The magic of an ancient Irish forest: St John's Wood, Roscommon.

Less than 1/1,000th (<0.1%) of Ireland is now ancient woodland, down from a pre-farming original of around 80%.

In effect, over 799 parts out of 800 are gone, and even what's left is largely trashed.

Let that sink in.

@bluedotin.bsky.social a friend in Tulsa describes herself the same way you do 🙂

Always love #PintOfScience FREE events as great way of getting research out to different audiences and this year of our own MICPsych @davetothegrave.bsky.social is presenting his undergraduate psych research on music performance anxiety in DJs 😎 pintofscience.ie/event/mind-m...

I'll be presenting my dissertation research on DJs experiences of music performance anxiety at the #pintofscience festival in Limerick on the 21st of May.

Looking forward to this!

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