Low tide beach north of Scripps Pier at sunset. Ripples in wet sand form dark, parallel lines toward the ocean. One person stands alone near the shoreline. Sunlit cliffs and a few distant people line the right edge of the frame.

Scripps at sunset

#SanDiego #sunset #scripps

A peaceful ending to my day.
#nature
#photography
#kenai
#Alaska
#alaskawomenwriters

The USA Hockey team visited Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada & he showed WAY more respect for these champion Olympians than Trump did.

That says everything.

A low tide beach at sunset with dark storm clouds breaking to reveal warm light near the horizon. Wet sand reflects the sky, a long pier stretches across the background, and a single dog runs along the shoreline in silhouette.

Fetch. Ocean Beach, San Diego, California

#SanDiego #sunset #OceanBeach

Two sketchbook pages showing various animals drawn with black, orange and yellow pen/marker

Getting back into daily sketching. Started with some Franz Marc studies and then had a play around

Largest nurses strike in New York City history ends as holdout workers ratify contract The largest nurses strike in New York City history ended this weekend when the last holdout nurses voted to ratify a contract and agreed to return to work.

New York City nurses get a deal, end strike, ratify contract. “The largest nurses strike in New York City history ended this weekend when the last holdouts in the 41-day labor action overwhelmingly voted to ratify a contract and agreed to return to work, officials said." abcnews.com/US/largest-n...

A watercolour painting of a bearded reedling

Fresh from the paintbrush today, this Bearded Reedling

#watercolours #birdart 🪶

Can't fuckin' believe I'm doing this but here goes: Twitter is a mind prison, a true jail of career advancement. I stopped posting on there and within months I became the CEO of The Onion and I'm not kidding. Went back on last year, felt worse, then left again.

A watercolour painting of a great spotted woodpecker

I painted this Great Spotted Woodpecker around 3 years ago. At the time it was the best painting I’d done and I was sure it’d sell really well. To this day, I haven’t sold a single print of it 😅

Just goes to show, you never can tell what’ll be popular :)

#watercolours #birdart 🪶

A big fuckin hawk came for a visit #birding

Counterpoint: No.

ICE doesn’t need reform. Abolition and prosecution is the bare minimum.

DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions.

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Sunset in Malibu. Large rocks jug the shoreline meeting the Pacific Ocean. Purple and pink skies usher in the evening

For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.—Nelson Mandela

Pic of the day

#photography

Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) [Stop Making Sense] YouTube video by lucaslockeridge

"This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)" (1983) - Talking Heads - Live performance "Stop Making Sense" (1984) 🎶🎧 #coffeebreak

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The reason we're here is that tens of millions of people will punch a hole in a wall if they hear someone used food stamps to buy soda but they're fine if the right-wing podcaster turned fbi director uses his taxpayer funded private jet to go party whenever he feels like it bsky.app/profile/thed...

Belated Lunar New Year meal.

As per Chinese tradition, every dish here has some kind of name that is good luck. 🍸

I got more graphic novels at the library yesterday. After ten days of reading a memoir, my first thought was 'I miss pictures' so gotta slow dose the reading books without pictures for a bit I guess? I got some fiction books that don't have pictures too, but yeah. I needed the artsy inspo.

Secret Service Shoots And Kills Armed Man At Mar-A-Lago The man appeared to be armed and in his early 20s, according to the Secret Service.

The man appeared to be armed and in his early 20s, according to the Secret Service.

A historic blizzard is about to shut down the Northeast with up to 2 feet of snow | CNN The snowstorm will be one of the biggest in years for millions of people in the region.

Weather technology provides ample time to prepare for big storms like the one expected in New England today and tomorrow. This saves lives. If you are in a vulnerable area it's still not too late to prepare so you are not caught off guard. Stay safe out there!
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