The Marvelous Spatuletail, found in just one valley in northern Peru and is one of the rarest hummingbirds on Earth. [📹Alex Fine]

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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

"This is an important thing to think about."

Sir Olly says that, based on due diligence alone, appointing Mandelson was a mistake (that Starmer now admits). But on what basis was it a mistake based on those considerations, if the FO subsequently felt any security risks could be managed?

Olly Robbins had to implement something many people at the time believed to be a bad decision, badly made.

But enough of his time as Brexit negotiator.

....Partition of the land was opposed by both parties, leading to a war which the USA-backed Jews won and unilaterally declared the new State of Israel in 1948. As you say, Israel has continued to expand its borders as a response to subsequent revolts by those displaced in that conflict and allies.

Not really. The Palestinian Arabs resisted Jewish settlement in their land from the outset, post-WW1. British attempts to control the rate of settlement were increasingly opposed by the Jews through terrorism...

James Barr's book A Line in the Sand provides a great account of how the Middle East was divided up after WW1, for those who want to understand the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Roots of the current crisis:

Iran, 1953.

CIA fomented a coup against Mohammed Mossadegh, the legitimately elected President.

Mossadegh’s “crime”?

Nationalizing the foreign owned oil companies that were pumping Iranian oil.

If you know no history, everything is a mystery.

In a nutshell. 😊

Are you sure it's not Donald Trump's halo?

Trump Tariff Refund Portal open for companies only!!

The Welsh Tories firmly place the blame for the poor state of the NHS in Wales on many years of the Labour administration in the Principality. So who do they blame for the poor state of the NHS in England which was mostly run by the Tories, and who controlled the Welsh Government's purse strings?

The total wealth of UK billionaires is £772.8 billion.

150 people have enough money to...

Build 2000 hospitals.
Pay the entire 500,000 person NHS staff budget for 10 years.
Build 8m homes.

And much, much more.

We need that money, THEY DONT.

China Lifts Green Push With Plan to Double Clean Energy by 2035 China will seek to double its supply of non-fossil fuel energy by 2035, in a plan that analysts see as a boost to Beijing’s green targets.

If you are worried that China is beating us, then take a look at this. China is investing heavily in renewable energy. The USA is fighting all forms of green energy.

Reducing dependence on fossil fuels, and diversifying our energy sources could help us get ahead.

It could prevent wars over oil.

A convicted felon as President of the United States talking about removing criminals is the very definition of hypocrisy.

Will voters EVER understand the big lie about "scary democratic (small D) socialist policies?!" Bernie has told us for decades, and Mamdani is showing us now. We can instantly fund a WAR but have TO DEBATE for decades about healthcare for all - GEEZUS!
They've LIED TO US FOR PROFIT for decades.

Dog imitating Penguins 🤣

We should be learning from other countries...

Five unanswered questions on Keir Starmer’s Mandelson debacle How did the PM’s chosen US ambassador fail security vetting but still get approved, what exactly did he know, and who is to blame?

And this: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

What happens during security vetting and why did Peter Mandelson fail his? Almost all officials working in Foreign Office HQ undergo process before gaining access to top secret material

Some useful context for understanding the Mandelson issue. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A question for those desperate to cut benefits to fund defence: who exactly are you willing to impoverish? | Polly Toynbee George Robertson has joined Reform and the Tories in making the case. Look welfare recipients in the face and say that, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Quite!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Daily Mail is asking the internet a question about Brexit. The internet is answering.... with 79% for rejoining the EU and counting. 🇪🇺

Not quite what they were hoping for ...

Make your vote count here: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

#Brexit #Poll #WhenTheInternetDecides

You know what's really embarrassing about this conflict? Iran has a 90 percent literacy rate while 50 per cent of the US reads at the 6th grade level or below. Iran sent Phds to the ceasefire talks. The US sent realtors.

For the FIRST TIME EVER, renewables provided more electricity than natural gas in the U.S. for the entire month of March 👏🏼 👏🏼

In spite of relentless attacks and setbacks, clean energy is showing up and doing its thing. Imagine if we scaled it instead of derailing it.

According to the Tories, the only way we can increase defence spending is to cut back on welfare. In other words, to safeguard those with all the wealth in our country, the poor must yet again take the hit. Same old Tories.

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The symmetry of a turn in the air. Yellow Warblers (Setophaga petechiae) are small birds known for their splendid "circling flight" while building their nest. [📷 Glen Noyer]

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