Doggo loving his li’l bro ❤️

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Earth Day🌍
Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch captured this video of Earth outside the windows of the Orion spacecraft during the second day of the mission. Orion was roughly 33,800 miles (54,400 km) away from Earth when Christina took this video.

Bottom line: the issue isn't only what Iran can do. It's that everyone now knows what Iran can do. Revealed vulnerability changes bargaining power.

Happy Earth Day! Our planet is beautiful.

A small black dot in a grey sky

how do people get such bloody good photos of birds? This is my effort. which I thought wd be a great shot of a red kite - FFS

blue bells against a yellow flowering shrub

cherry blossom tree and stone steps

the garden today

Horrifying tea footage YouTube video by Garron

A good strong breakfast tea - here's some of Gareth's thoughts 😉
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Shoebills are unfortunately not doing too well in the wild. It has been estimated that there are only between 3,300 - 5,300 adult shoebills left in the world according to IUCN. This is due to wars, habitat loss, poaching and capture for the illegal pet trade.

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Baking set to opera. Found this weirdly satisfying.

Garron Noone

His videos on tea preparation are the best

UNIT!

my dog rescues me every day ❤️

Garron and Dolly - perfect combo!

watching the Ballad of Wallis Island. It's wonderful ❤️

Here are my top 10 dog and news reporter interactions!

This hedgehog mom shows extraordinary care as she walks slowly to keep her 7 hoglets in tow, revealing the tender side of nature's spiky mammals.

Notice how the most celebrated and successful space mission in *decades* was run by at least 50% “DEI hires”—not all white men? And not even all Americans. Maybe diversity *is* strength . . .

A 1st century BCE Roman marble sculpture of four puppies asleep together, discovered in the House of the Faun in Pompeii, and now preserved at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. 🐾💕

Wikipedia description - The glazed roof is supported by wrought iron arches in three spans, respectively spanning 68 feet (21 m), 102 feet (31 m) and 70 feet (21 m). The roof is 699 feet (210 m) long, and the original roof spans had two transepts connecting the three spans.

Paddington Station, London

The main station of 1854 was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

But, the architectural detailing was by his associate Matthew Digby Wyatt. He took inspiration from Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace & the München Hauptbahnhof.

#IronworkThursday
#MetalworkThursday

National Geographic Award winning photograph of the year.
So beautiful. 🐝🐝🐝

Ukrainian artist
Anlriy Katerniuk

This is now reminding me of the time that my aunt’s friends got a magnetic catflap - which could only be opened by the magnet on their cat’s collar - and kept finding their cat stuck to the fridge.

ditto.

One day, "It" will happen, by which I mean sudden and unexpected news that you want to celebrate. In such cases, you will want the right outfit. 🧵

This planet — with all its troubles — is worth caring for.

That should be our single purpose, as a species: To be stewards of this magnificent world, ensuring it thrives long into the future.