⚡️ The Nordic Swimming Federation, comprising Denmark, Estonia, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Lithuania, Norway, Iceland, Sweden, and Latvia, announced they will refuse to host international competitions involving Russian or Belarusian athletes after World Aquatics lifted bans.
😅 Rosstat announced a return to industrial growth a week after Putin's demand to halt the economic downturn.
Russian industrial growth returned to growth in March, Rosstat reported. After a 0.9% decline in January and 0.8% in February, industrial production increased by 2.3% year-on-year.
Language Matters Why English is so hard to learn Marlene Davis YOU think English is easy? Check out the following. 1. The bandage was wound around the wound. 11. The insurance was invalid for the invalid in his hospital bed. 12. There was a row among the oarsmen about who would row. 13. They were too close to the door to close it. 14. The buck does funny things when the does (females) are present. 15. A seamstress and a sewer fell 2. The farm was cultivated to produce down into a sewer line. produce. 3. The dump was so full that the workers had to refuse more refuse. 4. We must polish the Polish furniture shown at the store. 5. He could lead if he would get the lead out. 6. The soldier decided to desert his tasty dessert in the desert. 7. Since there is no time like the pres- ent, he thought it was time to present the present to his girlfriend. 8.A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum. 9. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. 10. I did not object to the object which he showed me. 16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. 17. The wind was too strong to wind the sail around the mast. 18. Upon seeing the tear in her painting she shed a tear. 19.I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. 20. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend? Heteronyms These are brilliant. Homonyms or homographs are words of like spelling, but with more than one meaning and sound. When pronounced differently, they are known as heteronyms.
Marlene cooked with this one.
The most beautiful of all.... colorful Green Magpie of Kaeng Krachan Thailand
April 2026
By Zuharie Avian
Gen Z romanticizes the Soviet Union as “vibey,” forgetting it was a regime of repression, poverty, and silence.
🧵 1/17 ⬇️
My illustration of a red-and-black American Redstart Warbler, perched on a branch, drawn in Photoshop using a Wacom Intuos drawing tablet.
American Redstart. 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 #Warblers #LongIslandSound #birds #BirdArt
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
For those who feel sorry for russians: do you know how you can help them? Tell them — GO HOME!
russians say: “You’re ours”
No.
I’m Ukrainian.
My heart beats in yellow and blue.
My land grows sunflowers,
Not your flags.
BREAKING: EU ambassadors approve €90 BILLION loan for Ukraine after Hungary lifts veto, reports Radio Free Europe journalist Rikard Jozwiak.
The envoys also approved the bloc’s 20th sanctions package against Russia.
Killing train drivers and attacking civilians in their homes appears to be an integral part of the russian mindset. Europeans must join forces to prevent this mindset from taking root in Europe.
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
Peace Treaty between russia and Latvia (1920):
"russia recognizes the independence of Latvia and forever renounces all sovereign rights in relation to the people and land of Latvia"
Twenty years after signing,russia annexes Latvia
That's what it means to negotiate with cannibals
(@alyonapopova)
🤩American Kestrel deep dive. Toronto, Canada, April 17th 2026. Sony A1 I| 300GM 1/4000s, F/5.6 ISO 1600
I don't normally like messing with great art but I liked this! Happy Sunday Friends!🙏😂
#Savethebees 🐝🐝🐝
Мгер Chatinyan.
Oración de la tarde. 2020
Conor Walton
Il pescatore sull'Arno alla Casaccia (1871)
by Odoardo Borrani
Eurasian Blue Tit pecking open a poppy seed pod to get at the seeds. Common behaviour in that part of south Cheshire in the 1980s although apparently little documented. Around 40 years later an American naturalist observed American Goldfinches doing the same thing and suddenly it was interesting and unique behaviour.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Petals&Perches. A juvenile Eurasian Blue Tit pecking open a poppy seed pod in a south #Cheshire garden. More details in the alt text.
#ECK #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #TenMinutesFromHome #Kodachrome #1980s
EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027.
The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.
Evening grosbeaks.
Frayed Threads of a Grecian Summer
By Jeff Stanford, 2026
by artist JB Cornish
A Red-flanked Bluetail perched on a thin tree branch, facing right. The bird shows an orange wash on the flank, a pale belly, olive-brown upperparts, and a distinct blue tail. The background is softly blurred, with intersecting bare branches around the subject. 細い枝にとまって右を向くルリビタキ。脇にオレンジ色が入り、腹部は淡色、上面はオリーブ褐色で、尾は青い。背景は大きくぼけており、周囲に葉のない枝が交差している。
I went out looking for a Stonechat, but ended up finding a Red-flanked Bluetail instead — guess “Bluetail” works for today’s #BirdOfTheDay #ABCD 😄🪶
なおノビタキもいっぱいいた✌️
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #Red-flankedBluetail #ルリビタキ #birds #野鳥
A large crowd as always at the weekly march in Tbilisi. Georgians have been protesting in 8+ cities every day for the last 507 days.
Russia’s Olympic athlete doping program is run by the same FSB team that poisoned Navalny.
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Townview of Brugge
by Ben Viegers
Mark Grantham
