I’m so sorry about all the reply guys. So many opinions, so little capacity to listen and learn.

For what it’s worth, I learn a lot from listening to black women. ♥️

Dame Averil Cameron obituary Historian whose sparky, innovative Byzantines challenged the stereotype of a stagnant society with nothing new to offer

I was really glad to write this obituary for Professor Dame Averil Cameron: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a.... I wish more had been done to celebrate her contributions and achievements since she retired. She will be much missed!

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

a close up of a person 's face with the words nope written on the bottom Alt: A black woman, who gets to describe black women however she likes, saying “Nope! Stop trying to explain it to me.”

Probably best not to “explain” to black women what they can and cannot do, eh?

Tell me you’re a Labrador without telling me you’re a Labrador 🥴

Muito obrigado @littleblackspot.bsky.social! Parabéns por um livro maravilhoso, e bom 25 de Abril ♥️

a sunset over the ocean with a few clouds ALT: a sunset over the ocean with a few clouds

"Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end;
Each changing place with that which goes before,
In sequent toil all forwards do contend."

—Sonnet 60

#ShakespeareSunday

Olá @littleblackspot.bsky.social!
Podia dizer-me quais das 25 mulheres são pessoas específicas históricas? Já conheço as três Marias, mas parece-me que algumas outras têm detalhes específicos que sugere que elas também sejam figuras históricas. E infelizmente o Google é bem inútil😭! Obrigada!

Statu of a girl in a lush green May garden

Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners: so that if we will plant nettles, or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up tine [..] why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.

#ShakespeareSunday

a close up of a lightning bolt in the sky Alt: A lightning bolt set against the night sky.

Swift as a shadow, short as any dream;
Brief as the lightning in the collied night,
That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,
And ere a man hath power to say ‘Behold!’
The jaws of darkness do devour it up:
So quick bright things come to confusion.

AMND 1.1
#ShakespeareSunday

"The power of fantastic literature lies not in the answers it dutifully provides, but in the questions. What we, as readers, seek is that with which the prophet threatens us in Deuteronomy 28:28: astonishment of the heart.
On this curse we thrive."
Alberto Manguel

Isto é uma desgraça. Uma tristeza e uma vergonha para todos nós. Parece que não existem. 💔💔

Caislean Óir (2003 Remaster) YouTube video by Clannad - Topic

Clannad - Caislean Óir

youtu.be/FI7D8YFxgAc?...

Clannad - Teir Abhaile Riú (Live) YouTube video by Gabriel

Maireann an crann ach ní mhaireann an lámh a chuir é. Go raibh maith agat, Máire Ní Bhraonáin.

The bards are the ones who keep the language going ♥️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9f-...

#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#AuralVisualConnection (2)

from the album Magical Ring

Clannad - Newgrange
www.youtube.com/watch?v=37fa...

Clannad - Theme from Harry's Game (Official HD Video) YouTube video by ClannadVEVO

73 éves korában meghalt Máire "Moya" Brennan, a Clannad énekesnője, Enya testvére 😢

Az ő hangja hallható többek között Chicane Slatwaterjében is.

Yes, libraries are invaluable for their collections and services they offer, but also social contact without the expectation to interact with anyone or spend money is so important to so many people

Sobreiro (coberto de musgo, porque é do Minho 😂)

Uma rolha a saltar de uma garrafa de champanhe.

Para o infinito e além (e volta)! A cortiça portuguesa foi essencial na Ártemis II.

Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented.

They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed.

That energy is all around us.

And it does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

A taste tour through fruit history at Brogdale Collections YouTube video by The Storyteller Garden

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ox8...

Apple blossoms are my absolute favourite.

Close-up of apple blossom on a garden tree, soft pink and white flowers opening among deeper pink buds, with fresh green leaves and a gently blurred background.

Today is #InternationalPlantAppreciationDay, a time to celebrate the plants around us. Spring has always been my favourite season, and the apple trees in my garden are just coming into blossom, one of my most loved sights. What flowers do you look forward to in April and May?

'Like a flea on an elephant's back': The unexpected rise of solar power Solar power is forecast to overtake coal as the world's biggest source of electricity next year, and its growth shows no signs of slowing down. Behind its success is a little-known Australian inventor...

Martin Green, ‘godfather’ of photovoltaics, who focused on sharing the research widely rather than making billions. I’m so glad he’s alive to see the impact of his teams’ work.

Go Aussie! 🦘

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

A black and white photo of Katherine Johnson, the "Hidden Figure" that sent man into space

A photo of Vanessa Wyche, director of the Johnson Space Center and NASA's highest ranking civil service member

Let it be known that Katherine Johnson was the reason for the first astronauts in space.

And now Vanessa Wyche, head of the Johnson Space Center and NASA's highest ranking civil servant, is the responsible for the longest manned space flight in history

Astronauts Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, and Victor Glover in a floating group hug inside the Orion spacecraft during the return trip home. The US and Canada flags are visible tacked up in the background.

This is my favorite Artemis II photo.

Artemis 2 safely home. Love these space explorers.

April 11th 2026
🌹 rain soaked rose 🌹

I can smell it from here 💕

Happy Birthday Herbie Hancock! The legendary pianist debuted on Blue Note in 1962 with "Takin' Off," the first in a run of brilliant 1960s albums that established him as one of the all-time greats. Stream our playlist "Herbie Hancock: The Finest": bluenote.lnk.to/HerbieHancoc...

a picture of a night sky with the words sleep and dream below it ALT: a picture of a night sky with the words sleep and dream below it

"Look how the floor of heaven
Is thick inlaid with patens of bright gold.
There’s not the smallest orb which thou behold’st
But in his motion like an angel sings,
Still choiring to the young-eyed cherubins."

(TMoV, Act 5 Sc.1)
#ShakespeareSunday 🎭