Manuscript illustration of a dragon being fed a cake. Many more cakes are on a table next to it. The dragon is both pleased and trying to give the impression that it has NEVER HAD TREATS in its life and STARVING.

This 23 April, why not try being kind to your dragon and feeding it treats instead of sticking nasty sharp things into it?

Dragons endorse this message.

[Bibliothèque du Château de Chantilly, Ms 139, f. 14v].

Search for Love in a Digital Age.
Oil on fine canvas

One of my selfie paintings.

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

Sunday morning Heron…

Line chart of reported cervical cancer deaths per 100,000 women in the United Kingdom from 1950 to 2021 where the rate falls from about 8.6 deaths per 100,000 in 1950 to about 1.7 in 2021, an approximately 80% decline.

Death rates for cervical cancer in the United Kingdom have fallen by 80% since 1950—

Cervical cancer death rates among women in the United Kingdom have fallen by around 80% since 1950. You can see this reduction in the chart.

This progress happened for a couple of key reasons.

Bittern #Birds #Wildlife #Suffolk wildlifeandtravel.com

Pregnancy vaccine reduces baby hospital admissions for RSV by 80% A study confirms the vaccine gives excellent protection for babies against life-threatening chest infections.

Some good news.
“A vaccine during pregnancy which protects newborns against nasty chest infections (RSV) is cutting hospital admissions of babies by more than 80%, UK health officials say.”

Utagawa Hiroshige. Naruto Whirlpool, Awa Province. Japan, 1853.

Red and yellow streaked tulips are clustered amongst smaller white forget-me-nots with hedges and huge green trees in the background, under a blue sky

A wild cluster of yellow and dark red tulips amongst spindly pink and purple small flowers. An ornate stone carved wall is in the background under the canopy of a green tree and blue sky

The ruins of Nymans under a moody sky surrounded by a wall covered in yellow, white and pink blooms is in the background. In the foreground are a cluster of white, red and pink tulips interspersed with smaller dark pink flowers

How magical are these tulips at Nymans?🌷

This magnificent flower is a sure sign that spring has arrived. What’s more, the wildflowers in and amongst these tulips are a great way of making gardens wildlife friendly. What a brilliant way to support wildlife in your garden and make it look stunning.

A portrait ID photo of a mature woman. She is wearing a blouse. She has wavy hair that covers part of her forehead ad her ears. Her handwritten signature is visible in the picture.

17 April 1895 | A Czech Jewish woman, Pavla Friedová, was born in Votice.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 October 1944. She did not survive.
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The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/3MdIVUA

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A Kingfisher perches on a curved branch above golden water, its bright blue back and orange chest glowing in warm light. The reflection of the curved branch in the water below forms an imperfect circle beneath it, creating a striking moment.

A Little Egret steps delicately through shallow water, its slender black legs and white feathers sharply reflected below.

A Lapwing stands in still, shallow water, its black-and-white plumage and wispy crest clearly visible. Its reflection sits almost perfectly beneath it, doubled in the calm surface with soft reeds around the edges.

We heard today's #BirdOfTheDay theme was #reflection... and couldn't resist joining in with these stunners.

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Pottery cup fragment from Roman Peterborough (Durobrivae) depicting a magnificent hare. Now part of the collections at Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery. 📸 My own. #RomanBritain #Peterborough

The picture shows a toy sword, a toy hammer, and a toy weaver's comb. All three are made of wood

A glimpse into #childhood in Roman #Egypt - some wooden action #toys from Karanis: a toy sword, a toy hammer, and a toy weaver's comb.
Dating 1st to 4th century AD.

📷 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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A gray and white bunny and a yellow duckling sit next to each other near yellow flowers with a grassy field in the background.

Victor Glover and Christina Koch in orange spacesuits sit in the doorway of the rescue helicopter

Commander Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen sit in the doorway of the rescue chopper

Going to get some great images from NASA in the coming days. Here’s a couple of post-splashdown snaps of actual heroes.

A photo of the face of a young boy with short hair and a shirt with a collar. Very grainy photo.

11 April 1939 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Janos Willheim, was born in Salgotarjan.

In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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▶ A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

A young girl photographed sitting at a desk. She is holding a pen and holds her hands on some pieces of paper. She is wearing a school uniform wieh large buttons. She has dark hair.

10 April 1929 | A Czech Jewish girl, Ruth Gallusová, was born in #Prague.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

We have just launched our election slogan.

I somehow forgot to call a press conference to announce that we lost a council seat on our flagship Kent Council. I missed an opportunity to brag about how our councillor was sent to prison, we found no savings and put council tax up by 3.99%.

Tabby cat on red cover, sleeping, grey background, painting.

🖼️ Rinjiro Hasegawa #Caturday

A Robin perched on a branch, its beak full of food and other material.

To reduce disease, we all need to make some urgent but simple changes to how we feed our garden birds.

See our website for the latest guidance: brnw.ch/21x1t4w

This is One of Those Poems without any Rhymes   This is one of those poems without any rhymes, the sort of thing you might read in the Telegraph or Times Guardian.   For, as proper poets know, rhyme’s deleterious and only gets in the way when you’re trying to be serious profound.   It’s childish and cloying, simplistic and singsong to bat rhymes back and forth like some dull game of ping pong table tennis.   To the literary critic it will cause great affront, which will make you resent them and think them a snob.   This is also one of those poems which looks like it might go on to say something insightful about the human condition but then just kind of ends. Brian Bilston

Today’s poem is called ‘This is One of Those Poems without any Rhymes’.

The photo shows a detail of a Roman mosaic featuring a rabbit

For #MosaicMonday and #Easter Monday a lovely image of a #rabbit, a detail from a mosaic showing Orpheus surrounded by enchanted #animals.

Found in Antioch, modern-day Antakya, Türkiye. Dating 4th c. AD.

On display at Museum Kestner Hannover.

📷 me

🏺 #archaeology

Image of the start of the latest post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog

Bad vibes. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog looking at how discussion of Brexit and the reset is still saturated with dishonesty, and the latest episodes in the 'vibe politics' that have embedded that dishonesty in British politics: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/bad-...

bene valete written as a monogram

the 'bene valete' monogram

Octopus hauling ass on the sea floor: #AGoodPlace

Source: www.reddit.com/r/Romania_mi...

🚨: NASA just dropped a full disk image of Earth taken by Artemis II 🤯

A fresco of Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, Pompeii, c. 1st c. AD.

A fresco of Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, Pompeii, c. 1st c. AD.

Two frescoes of Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, Pompeii, c. 1st c. AD.

Her name means ‘heavenly’. In ancient art her attributes include a celestial globe and a pointer.

👉 🪐 Visit Exploring Art History here: ideasroadshow.substack.com

🗃️ #arthistory #art #skystorians #frescofriday 🏺

Portrait photograph for documents. A man with short words wearing frame glasses on his nose. He has a narrow mouth. He is wearing a jacket, tie - the collar is slightly folded over the tie.

3 April 1882 | An Austrian composer of Jewish origin Richard Fall was born. Conductor in operettas in Berlin and composer of film music in Hollywood. He fled to France.

In #Auschwitz from 23 November 1943 (deported from Drancy). He perished in January 1945.

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