Thanks Joe :) a new day has begun here.

AIHA pitches hemp as answer to fuel crisis Hemp biofuel pitched as a domestic solution to Australia’s fuel security concerns amid Middle East conflict.

The Australian Industrial Hemp Alliance (AIHA) is pushing #hemp #biofuel as a viable domestic solution to Australia’s fuel crisis.👇🏻

www.cannabiz.com.au/aiha-pitches...

Can't read it but yes please. If the good oil can also fuel up our industries, there's no time to waste. Grow, grow, grow(th) that seed.

When a sitting U.S. president makes insulting remarks about Canada and threatens its sovereignty, I’ll criticize the United States and its administration if I bloody well please. What happens in that country has a big impact in the world, so no, I won’t “stay in my own lane.”

🤔 isn't the world (our home) everyone's lane?

For my own wellbeing, sometimes it's best to completely ignore harsh reality & focus exclusively on one or all of our 3 pets.

In this case it's our youngest, Trixie (a/k/a Bat-Mite, a/k/a Spawn of Satan), who I love dearly. ♥️ 🐶

(also: #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files)

Exactly :) 🫀🧠✨️🌟

There really is no such thing as race. We all came from Africa. We are all of the same stardust. We are all going to live and die on the same planet, a Pale Blue Dot in the vastness of space. We have to work together.
— Bill Nye

Time to learn Linux

After France, Denmark is moving too: its Digitalisation Ministry plans to phase out Microsoft, switching to Linux and LibreOffice in the coming months. The goal is clear—reduce dependence on a handful of global tech giants and strengthen digital sovereignty.

Support these data centers: SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, BOOKSTORES

Happy National Library Week! 💙📚

My painting SUNFLOWERS

Summer planting time to bring more of these beauties in Minnesota.

Summer beauties in summer past, planting again in Minnesota
#Garden
#Minnesota

Librarians are amazing. You can ask them about a book you think might have been a dream, but you’re pretty sure you read when you were eleven and the cover was blue…and they’ll find it! 💙📚

Lovely Bird Songs 🎶

Please look at THIS DOG.

'Everyone is scared': Captain caught at the world's shipping chokepoint speaks out For months seafarers have been stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, tanker captain Raman Kapoor is speaking out about the fears and uncertainty of his crew.

#ReleaseTheShips

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

A Chequered Swallowtail butterfly from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia.

The Strait is closed to shipping again. Trump keeps stepping on the rake.
Geoff Gowers, Merricks North
The Age, letters

Probably need to get to a deal with heart

April 21 is World Curlew Day.
This photo is from a few years ago when I found a small group of overwintering Far Eastern Curlews at Port Clinton, Yorke Peninsula.
Three types of ‘true’ curlews can be seen in Australia: the Little Curlew, Whimbrel and Far Eastern Curlew.
Gorgeous birds!

😊

🤩 Applications are OPEN for the Hiroshima–ICAN Academy! A unique chance to learn about nuclear weapons & global security in Japan, directly from those affected by the nuclear attack in Hiroshima.

➡️ Apply now: https://www.icanw.org/2026_hiroshima_ican_academy

#Opportunity #Hiroshima #NuclearBan

A bright illustration of an orange and yellow squirrel with a large fluffy tail on a deep blue background with simple star shapes. The text reads: “I hope that you continue to feel more and more like who you really are. The squirrel of self confidence.” Picture by Katie Abey. Us

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

A little more you, today. Not the role, not the expectation, just you.

That’s enough. 🧡

#authenticity #kindness #SelfCompassion

Picture by Katie Abey

A varied sittella at Gluepot Reserve, South Australia.
#BirdsSeenIn2026

#RealHeroes Vs #ClimateCriminals

Kambe Events – the company behind music festival Shambala – has announced a transition to employee ownership, making it the first UK festival to adopt the model.

www.thenews.coop/uks-shambala...

I love this pic Sandy 😃💗