Philippa R. Francis
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If you're trying to keep your heart focused on the work that you're best-placed to do, it is, unfortunately, a great day to use this procedure @kateschapira.bsky.social and I worked on. I'm going to add a few ideas and songs that I find helpful in this process. Thanks to all who contributed ideas!
Procedure for Having to Behold
PROCEDURE FOR HAVING TO BEHOLD This is a procedure to try when you witness fresh evidence of an atrocity or injustice—not a call to action, but a piece of information where your pathway to action is ...
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Wise and heartening course of action:
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Aurora all around, north, south, east and west from Sandside beach, north Scotland
January 19, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Aurora all around, north, south, east and west from Sandside beach, north Scotland
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Good morning everyone! Looks like this pine
marten is deep in thought.🌲
marten is deep in thought.🌲
January 20, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Good morning everyone! Looks like this pine
marten is deep in thought.🌲
marten is deep in thought.🌲
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If Americans add so much sugar to their sliced bread isn’t it just a very bland cake?
January 20, 2026 at 2:34 PM
If Americans add so much sugar to their sliced bread isn’t it just a very bland cake?
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January 20, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Americans are realizing that unfettered federal power to detain and arrest is a very dangerous thing. I learned that lesson as a child when they put us into internment camps just for looking like the enemy. Don’t go further down this road.
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Americans are realizing that unfettered federal power to detain and arrest is a very dangerous thing. I learned that lesson as a child when they put us into internment camps just for looking like the enemy. Don’t go further down this road.
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Brian Bilston nailing it as usual.
January 19, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Brian Bilston nailing it as usual.
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Your daily fortune:
Time is not your enemy, doubt is.
So punch doubt in the throat and get on with it.
Time is not your enemy, doubt is.
So punch doubt in the throat and get on with it.
January 20, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Your daily fortune:
Time is not your enemy, doubt is.
So punch doubt in the throat and get on with it.
Time is not your enemy, doubt is.
So punch doubt in the throat and get on with it.
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Kurt Solmssen (American, b. 1958). Summer Coffee (2013, oil on canvas).
January 19, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Kurt Solmssen (American, b. 1958). Summer Coffee (2013, oil on canvas).
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Western pasqueflowers holding their ground on the alpine slopes of Mount Rainier. Small, resilient, and quietly persistent—something I noticed while hiking with my son.
If you enjoy moments like this, sharing helps them travel further.
#NaturePhotography #Wildflowers #MountRainier #ScottKissPhoto
If you enjoy moments like this, sharing helps them travel further.
#NaturePhotography #Wildflowers #MountRainier #ScottKissPhoto
January 19, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Western pasqueflowers holding their ground on the alpine slopes of Mount Rainier. Small, resilient, and quietly persistent—something I noticed while hiking with my son.
If you enjoy moments like this, sharing helps them travel further.
#NaturePhotography #Wildflowers #MountRainier #ScottKissPhoto
If you enjoy moments like this, sharing helps them travel further.
#NaturePhotography #Wildflowers #MountRainier #ScottKissPhoto
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Happy 80th to Dolly Parton, the greatest of singers, songwriters, and people.
Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors
YouTube video by gussie5555
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January 19, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Happy 80th to Dolly Parton, the greatest of singers, songwriters, and people.
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Goodnight from Till Leyland, secretly hoping she will dream of a girl instead of a husband after midnight barley sowing for St. Agnes’ Eve. Goodnight from Edward Haverton, ensuring his home’s door to a room where it is always 1898 is definitely triple-locked. Goodnight from Hookland.
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Goodnight from Till Leyland, secretly hoping she will dream of a girl instead of a husband after midnight barley sowing for St. Agnes’ Eve. Goodnight from Edward Haverton, ensuring his home’s door to a room where it is always 1898 is definitely triple-locked. Goodnight from Hookland.
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Also, if you borrow an author's book from a library in the UK, that author gets more than 12 pence per loan in Public Lending Rights. Any author can earn up to £6,600 per year this way.
For context: I published my 15th book last year. The advance I received for it was considerably less than £6,600.
For context: I published my 15th book last year. The advance I received for it was considerably less than £6,600.
Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.
January 20, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Also, if you borrow an author's book from a library in the UK, that author gets more than 12 pence per loan in Public Lending Rights. Any author can earn up to £6,600 per year this way.
For context: I published my 15th book last year. The advance I received for it was considerably less than £6,600.
For context: I published my 15th book last year. The advance I received for it was considerably less than £6,600.
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We’ve never invaded a sovereign nation over solar panels, wind generators, hydro or geothermal.
Just saying.🤔
Just saying.🤔
January 20, 2026 at 8:13 PM
We’ve never invaded a sovereign nation over solar panels, wind generators, hydro or geothermal.
Just saying.🤔
Just saying.🤔
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Morning campers.
My friends on Tresco #IslesofScilly shared these beautiful images of #northernlights 💜💙💚🩷
After the storm the healing.
My friends on Tresco #IslesofScilly shared these beautiful images of #northernlights 💜💙💚🩷
After the storm the healing.
January 20, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Morning campers.
My friends on Tresco #IslesofScilly shared these beautiful images of #northernlights 💜💙💚🩷
After the storm the healing.
My friends on Tresco #IslesofScilly shared these beautiful images of #northernlights 💜💙💚🩷
After the storm the healing.
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Some lovely Apiocrinites crinoid fossils on Canon Street. Jurassic Massangis Limestone. More at www.londonpavementgeology.co.uk/location-det...
January 19, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Some lovely Apiocrinites crinoid fossils on Canon Street. Jurassic Massangis Limestone. More at www.londonpavementgeology.co.uk/location-det...
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Have a tranquil #thicktrunktuesday all
January 20, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Have a tranquil #thicktrunktuesday all
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#OTD in 1961, Eleanor Roosevelt became the first Chair of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW).
The PCSW was established to advise POTUS on issues concerning the status of women. Created by JFK in 1961. In 1975, it became the National Association of Commissions for Women.
The PCSW was established to advise POTUS on issues concerning the status of women. Created by JFK in 1961. In 1975, it became the National Association of Commissions for Women.
January 20, 2026 at 3:19 PM
#OTD in 1961, Eleanor Roosevelt became the first Chair of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW).
The PCSW was established to advise POTUS on issues concerning the status of women. Created by JFK in 1961. In 1975, it became the National Association of Commissions for Women.
The PCSW was established to advise POTUS on issues concerning the status of women. Created by JFK in 1961. In 1975, it became the National Association of Commissions for Women.
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📸 | Northern Lights over Crosby Beach last night 🌌
Photo by Ian Murren
Photo by Ian Murren
January 20, 2026 at 8:32 PM
📸 | Northern Lights over Crosby Beach last night 🌌
Photo by Ian Murren
Photo by Ian Murren
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January 20, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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So hard to believe there was a time in my life when being sent to bed was a punishment
January 20, 2026 at 10:07 PM
So hard to believe there was a time in my life when being sent to bed was a punishment
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Seems Farage and Brexiters are proven wrong again.
We absolutely do need a European Defence Force.
We absolutely do need a European Defence Force.
January 20, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Seems Farage and Brexiters are proven wrong again.
We absolutely do need a European Defence Force.
We absolutely do need a European Defence Force.
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Don’t forget to notice and remember the good stuff that is still all around us in this sea of horrors, cruelty, greed, and oppression that we are living through. 🌱🌻🐶
January 20, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Don’t forget to notice and remember the good stuff that is still all around us in this sea of horrors, cruelty, greed, and oppression that we are living through. 🌱🌻🐶
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January 20, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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What do you call little snowmen?
Chill-dren
Chill-dren
a teddy bear is singing into a microphone while wearing a tie .
ALT: a teddy bear is singing into a microphone while wearing a tie .
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January 19, 2026 at 6:57 PM
What do you call little snowmen?
Chill-dren
Chill-dren
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Free Dutch therapy.
No wonder the old masters were painting skies so often, the sky is pretty stunning.
No wonder the old masters were painting skies so often, the sky is pretty stunning.
January 20, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Free Dutch therapy.
No wonder the old masters were painting skies so often, the sky is pretty stunning.
No wonder the old masters were painting skies so often, the sky is pretty stunning.