Mandy Patrish
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The time is out of joint: O cursed spite, / That ever I was born to set it right!" Hamlet 1.5 #ShakespeareSunday
January 11, 2026 at 1:39 PM
The time is out of joint: O cursed spite, / That ever I was born to set it right!" Hamlet 1.5 #ShakespeareSunday
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Today's #ShakespeareSunday theme: CHAOS & ORDER
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a parliament holding a microphone and shouting .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a parliament holding a microphone and shouting .
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January 11, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Today's #ShakespeareSunday theme: CHAOS & ORDER
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“Vast sin-concealing chaos!” (Rape of Lucrece) #ShakespeareSunday
The Trump administration has gutted or scrapped multiple oversight offices within the Department of Homeland Security—meaning violent incidents will get less scrutiny, Caitlin Dickerson reports:
How ICE Lost Its Guardrails
The Minneapolis shooting will get less official scrutiny because of cuts by the Trump administration.
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January 11, 2026 at 9:04 AM
“Vast sin-concealing chaos!” (Rape of Lucrece) #ShakespeareSunday
This song has been relevant since the day it was written. Never more so than now, and not just in the USA. youtu.be/gp5JCrSXkJY?...
Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth 1967
YouTube video by PettyYou007
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January 10, 2026 at 11:20 AM
This song has been relevant since the day it was written. Never more so than now, and not just in the USA. youtu.be/gp5JCrSXkJY?...
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I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
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The world feels rough right now
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The world feels rough right now
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
I like the idea of surrounding this popular symbol of fertility with wildflowers and nature. Happy to chip in to make it so.
We've looked after the Cerne Abbas Giant and the small plot of land he calls home since 1920. Help us secure the surrounding land for generations to come.
Donate today: buff.ly/YE0N5Nt
Donate today: buff.ly/YE0N5Nt
January 7, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I like the idea of surrounding this popular symbol of fertility with wildflowers and nature. Happy to chip in to make it so.
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Not commenting on Venezuela is one thing, but Starmer's ministers not even being willing to say "no of course the US shouldn't invade a peaceful sovereign democratic NATO country, which is one of our closest allies" is quite another.
January 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Not commenting on Venezuela is one thing, but Starmer's ministers not even being willing to say "no of course the US shouldn't invade a peaceful sovereign democratic NATO country, which is one of our closest allies" is quite another.
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Today, the Aquarium’s Executive Director Julie Packard joined voices with the former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in a firm defense of sound science, community and our shared environment, and protecting the California coast from new offshore drilling. mbayaq.co/4qHvLO5
Trump’s plan to open California’s coastline to oil drilling threatens more than ocean life
OPINION: The Trump administration plans to open the length of California’s coast to offshore oil and gas development, regardless of the law and the consequences.
mbayaq.co
January 6, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Today, the Aquarium’s Executive Director Julie Packard joined voices with the former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in a firm defense of sound science, community and our shared environment, and protecting the California coast from new offshore drilling. mbayaq.co/4qHvLO5
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Europeans didn't learn about electric eels until after they learned about electricity. There are electric catfish in the Nile, and they were called thunder fish.
Native S. American peoples called electric eels something that translates to: the fish that takes away movement.
Native S. American peoples called electric eels something that translates to: the fish that takes away movement.
January 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Europeans didn't learn about electric eels until after they learned about electricity. There are electric catfish in the Nile, and they were called thunder fish.
Native S. American peoples called electric eels something that translates to: the fish that takes away movement.
Native S. American peoples called electric eels something that translates to: the fish that takes away movement.
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6th January 2026 08.06
January 6, 2026 at 8:51 AM
6th January 2026 08.06
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5th January 2026 15.38
January 5, 2026 at 3:44 PM
5th January 2026 15.38
A song for Twelfth Night.
If music be the food of love
@homefreeguys.bsky.social
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If music be the food of love
@homefreeguys.bsky.social
youtu.be/4F1CP7eXhIk?...
Home Free - What We Need is Love
YouTube video by Home Free
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January 5, 2026 at 11:14 AM
A song for Twelfth Night.
If music be the food of love
@homefreeguys.bsky.social
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If music be the food of love
@homefreeguys.bsky.social
youtu.be/4F1CP7eXhIk?...
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5th January 2026 09.09
January 5, 2026 at 9:23 AM
5th January 2026 09.09
'How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen,
What old December’s bareness everywhere!'
#ShakespeareSunday
Sonnet 97
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen,
What old December’s bareness everywhere!'
#ShakespeareSunday
Sonnet 97
snow is falling in a park at night with trees covered in snow .
Alt: snow is falling in a park at night with trees covered in snow .
media.tenor.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:34 AM
'How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen,
What old December’s bareness everywhere!'
#ShakespeareSunday
Sonnet 97
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen,
What old December’s bareness everywhere!'
#ShakespeareSunday
Sonnet 97
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January 4, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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4th January 2026 08.44
January 4, 2026 at 8:54 AM
4th January 2026 08.44
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At 5.15pm GMT today, the Earth will be at perihelion, the closest point to the Sun in our annual round.
This should be the start of the year. Happy new orbit, everyone!
This should be the start of the year. Happy new orbit, everyone!
January 3, 2026 at 9:48 AM
At 5.15pm GMT today, the Earth will be at perihelion, the closest point to the Sun in our annual round.
This should be the start of the year. Happy new orbit, everyone!
This should be the start of the year. Happy new orbit, everyone!
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I choose to take this as a positive omen.
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
December 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I choose to take this as a positive omen.
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
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Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
January 1, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
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Stop.
Read the post below.
Do what it says.
Look at Earth - our home world - from the surface of Mars.
You are a terranaut on that fragile planet.
This moment brought to you courtesy of NASA Science.
Read the post below.
Do what it says.
Look at Earth - our home world - from the surface of Mars.
You are a terranaut on that fragile planet.
This moment brought to you courtesy of NASA Science.
Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
December 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Stop.
Read the post below.
Do what it says.
Look at Earth - our home world - from the surface of Mars.
You are a terranaut on that fragile planet.
This moment brought to you courtesy of NASA Science.
Read the post below.
Do what it says.
Look at Earth - our home world - from the surface of Mars.
You are a terranaut on that fragile planet.
This moment brought to you courtesy of NASA Science.
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30th December 2025 09.20
December 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
30th December 2025 09.20
Feels like a Wassailing sort of day @thelongestjohns.bsky.social youtu.be/SiBsoMh03SA?...
Gloucestershire Wassail | The Longest Johns
YouTube video by The Longest Johns
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December 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Feels like a Wassailing sort of day @thelongestjohns.bsky.social youtu.be/SiBsoMh03SA?...
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🔭 Red Sprites and Circular Elves Lightning over Italy
Image Credit & Copyright: Valter Binotto
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Image Credit & Copyright: Valter Binotto
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December 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔭 Red Sprites and Circular Elves Lightning over Italy
Image Credit & Copyright: Valter Binotto
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Image Credit & Copyright: Valter Binotto
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"Snow Globe" by Home Free. LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9i7...
Home Free - Snow Globe
YouTube video by Home Free
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December 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"Snow Globe" by Home Free. LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9i7...