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A small selection of early carboniferous marine invertebrate fossils from Fife, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🖤 #ScottishGeology #ScottishFossils #AllMyPalsAreRocks

"Why should we help refugees"

Because THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS. They're not another species, it's not 'them or us'.. THEY ARE US.

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Tomorrow at 7:15 AM ET, Orion will fly about 80 miles above the surface of the moon. You can tune in here: https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive #space #science #nasa #artemis

What's it with people reporting every single one they dont like..

Please, stop with that.

This is not #Twitter. Please use features like mute or block if you don't like people but stop reporting otherwise I'll start banning people who keep reporting for nothing

I'm trying to keep things running with so many new people and it's such a waste of time to hear whatever you don't like

Otherwise go waste Elon's time, not mine

Today is #TransDayofRemembrance when we honor and remember trans lives taken by violence. How horrifying that a deadly attack upon the LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs should occur right before this solemn day.
Hate isn’t born in us. It is taught. It must end.
This starts with our political leaders, who must cease their cynical attacks against our community before another attack occurs.
Call out the hate. Remind them of its consequences. Hold them to account.

This site makes me feel guilty about the fact I didn’t let mastodons on the Ark.

Looking down on Al Khazneh, the Treasury, Petra from a tiny ledge. One of Petra's famous High Places. Possibly the scariest places I have ever been. It took me several attempts over a few years, and the help of lots of friends, to get to all of them.

I always follow back, & really appreciate & follow boosters

#Photography #PhotoOfTheDay #PicsOfMastodon #Photo #Photographer #Jordan #Travel #Petra #High #View #History #AncientWorld #Archaeology #Boost

Just a baby elephant on a beach for the very first time, adding some loveliness to your timeliness today. 😊 #elephantlove #weekendmood #boost #tooting

When I was seven or eight, I was given a copy of the “Ladybird Book of Butterflies & Moths”. The idea was to record seeing each one of the several dozen varieties of butterfly and moths illustrated in the book and when you had ticked off all the varieties in the book, you could send off for a badge or a certificate, or something like that.
The area where I lived was particularly blessed with species variety in the butterfly world as it encompassed chalk down land, salt marsh, ancient woodland on clay soil and a variety of other habitats. This meant that I had little difficulty finding most of the butterflies in the book, but one particular species evaded me: the European swallowtail, “Papilio machaon”. This was not surprising as it is found, to this day, in the UK only around the Norfolk Broads and even there it is rather rare.
I pestered my mother for months to take me to somewhere where we would see a swallow tail and no matter how often she explained that the only place we would be likely to see one was, back in those days, 3/4 of a day's journey on the train. I was distraught; inconsolable, even! I cried, I sobbed, I begged, but all to no avail; in the end, I just had to accept that my ladybird book of butterflies would never be complete!
I had almost completely forgotten about the ladybird book of butterflies until a few months back when a swallowedtail butterfly appeared in my garden. I have never seen one before, nor since. It took me right back to my childhood and the gamut of emotions that I endured due to that damned book of butterflies.
The only problem I have now is “what the hell did I do with that sodding book?”

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A yellow swallowtail butterfly feeding on the purple Buddleia blossom in my garden in Luxembourg. A rare species even over here!

Portrait of a Large Fox by George Stubbs

Excellent long shadow day. Complete with strategically placed “fig leaf” 👀😊

Thinking about the adaptability of #trees today. How ancient junipers like these have flowed so differently in their centuries of growth because of pressures faced long ago, from lightning strikes and buckling winds to storms lifting them partially out of the earth. The resilience needed to remake the arrangement, counterbalancing a suddenly altered centre of gravity or reshooting from a shattered, fire-scorched crown. The stories of endurance held by the heartwood.

I really like the favorite/boost/bookmark distinctions. I also like the fact that here you have to go back to the original post to talk--my brain says lovechild of Twitter and Pillowfort. Also, accountability, woohoo!

So. In my view.

Favorite: HEY YOU this was a COOL THING.

Boost: HEY EVERYONE this was a COOL THING.

Bookmark: HEY ME don't forget about this COOL THING.

Reply: OMG WHAT A COOL THING can we TALK about it?

Let me show you some of my wide field work! When I am not searching for dark skies here in Germany, I love the darkness of the canary islands. Especially Tenerife has some amazing places for milky way photography.

My dog requires me to ask "Was it nice?" after every meal. If I don't she just stands there staring at me like I am neglecting her. After a bit of fuss has been made, confirming that the meal was indeed nice, she goes off for a lie down.
#dogs