On Earth Day 2026, we know the planet is in trouble.
Project Drawdown gives people the tools and the know-how to fix it. We work tirelessly to find the most effective science-based solutions, and share with the world — for free.
We would really appreciate your support. Thank you!
Maxfield Parrish, An Ancient Tree, 1940
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
My illustration of a perched female kingfisher. Drawn in Photoshop using a Wacom Intuos drawing tablet.
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon, female). From my book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale University Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #kingfisher #LongIslandSound
Elena Wuest (German, b.1977)
"Blooming Air," 2025
Oil on canvas
135 x 80 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Donald Trump is stuck in “no man’s land” on Iran—he doesn't want to commit to war, but he's also unwilling to make the concessions needed for a deal.
So instead, it’s delay after delay—“two weeks, two weeks”—as the crisis grows more dangerous.
A little-known law that lets the government sidestep the Constitution to spy on American citizens is set to expire at the end of this month.
We need to make sure Democrats don’t reauthorize this civil liberties disaster. 👇
(2029)
GOP: noooo you can't send the DOJ and IRS after our groups THAT'S CHEATING 😭
Dems: Ha-ha! indictments machine goes brrrrrrr
Washington Post Editorial Board headline: “The Texas gerrymander freak out. What’s happening in Texas is not a threat to democracy.”
Washington Post Editorial Board headline: “Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss. The redistricting scheme was always a power grab by Democrats. Voters went along with it.”
The Washington Post Editorial Board was fine with Republicans gerrymandering in Texas.
But when Democrats responded in Virginia, it’s a “power grab” that “plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss.”
A close-up photo showing a jumping spider (Platycryptus undatus) gripping a green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata).
🔵🟢🟡🟠🔴
Photography by Vietnamese macro and nature photograph:
Nguyễn Trọng Quyết [FB]
quyet_macro [IG]
#insect #macro #fly #spider #nature #metallic #colors
Georgia O'Keeffe Pink Moon over Water | 1924
Georgia O'Keeffe
Pink Moon over Water | 1924
Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today:
Active Voting Rights Cases: 158
Active Redistricting Cases: 44
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 85
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 71
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 30
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I miss Hibiscus
Agami Herons.
Trump thought he could steal the midterms by making MAGA minions rig the House maps.
They thought blue states would sit back and do nothing.
We proved them wrong. Thank you to VA Indivisibles and organizers across the commonwealth for this huge win and your commitment to protecting our democracy.
#PedoTrump
Epstein Files
#Iran
#Epstein
Sen. Warren: "Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election?"
Handsome Kevin: "ummm... errr... "
His response raises real questions about whether Warsh is independent of the President and if he has the courage to tell hard truths.
Democrats did not step back. We fought back. When they go low, we hit back hard. We won Prop 50 in California, reclaimed a seat in Utah, pushed back extremists in Ohio and halted toxic GOP efforts in Indiana, New Hampshire, Nebraska and Kansas. Tonight, thanks to the relentless work of Virginia Democrats, led by Governor Abigail Spanberger, Speaker Don Scott, State Majority Leader Scott Surovell and President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas, “YES” won and Donald Trump lost. Virginians spoke with a crystal-clear voice, voting to stop the MAGA power grab and protect the integrity of free and fair elections. This war is not over. Next week, Ron DeSantis is hauling the Florida legislature back into a special session to redraw maps because Republicans know they are on the verge of an epic defeat in November. DeSantis is clearly more interested in illegal gerrymandering than lowering the high cost of living or fixing our broken healthcare system. Right now, nearly 5 million Floridians are facing higher premiums because Republicans failed to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits. If Florida Republicans proceed with this illegal scheme, they will only create more prime pick-up opportunities for Democrats, just as they did with Trump’s dummymander in Texas. We will aggressively target for defeat Mario Díaz-Balart, Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Giménez, Kat Cammack, Anna Paulina Luna, Laurel Lee, Cory Mills and Brian Mast. We are prepared to take them all on, and we are prepared to win. Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.”
Hakeem Jeffries puts out a FAFO:
"We will aggressively target for defeat Mario Díaz-Balart, Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Giménez, Kat Cammack, Anna Paulina Luna, Laurel Lee, Cory Mills and Brian Mast....
Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time"
Young, humpback whale launching itself into the sky: #AGoodPlace
Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
a photo of trees on the edge of a forest.
"Learn character from trees, values from roots, and change from leaves."
— Tasneem Harneed
Iran’s consulate in Hyderabad just posted this video mocking Trump and his “ceasefire extension”
Timeless El Capitan!
I took this pic April 11, 2026 in Yosemite Valley, CA.
#TimelessTuesday #RockinTuesday #NationalParks #yosemite #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #AdventureDoesNotWait #PhotographersUnited #photography
By turning Trump's own redistricting gamble against him, Virginia just changed the math on Congress.
WE MISS LEONARD NIMOY, LOVE
MR.SPOCK..........🖖🏻🖖🏻🖖🏻🖖🏻🖖🏻🖖🏻🖖🏻
Court portrait of Federico Gonzaga with a particularly handsome-looking good boy by Titian, 1529.
Detail of dog in Court portrait of Federico Gonzaga by Titian, 1529.
A dashing portrait of Federico Gonzaga w/ a particularly handsome good boy 🐾 by Titian, 1529.
🎙️🎬 Coming soon: Part 2 of our conversation w/ Bill Wallace about the relationship between Michelangelo & Titian!
Part 1 ▶️ youtu.be/cV9E73T73Mg.
🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #academia #art #dog #dogsky
(Folio 169r, illumination for Book 9 of Livre des proprietés des choses de Bathélemy l'Anglais showing a few people and earth as a sphere.
Happy Earth Day! Look at this 15th-century depiction of Earth as a sphere, illuminating!
#Earthday 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #academia #medievalsky
To mark Lesbian Visibility Week here is a selection of articles from our queer history archive 🌈🗃️
First up is @sexhistorian.bsky.social discussing the slippery history of the dental dam and lesbian health activism.
'Gallipoli: Ottoman Fronts' by @blackmillgames.bsky.social releases on 21st May. Watch the release date trailer below and see the blog to catch up on everything we've announced about the game so far. 🗃️
youtu.be/1xjzolTHWFU?...
store.steampowered.com/news/app/306...
Found in the Densho Digital Repository
A photograph of two Japanese American children posing together at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. The photograph was taken by Yoshio Okumoto on April 22, 1944.
🗃 #skystorians #OTD
