Kathy Kerrigan

1909 Baker Electric

Lovell Birge Harrison (USA 1854-1929) Fifth Avenue at Twilight (c. 1910) oil on canvas

A few of the hundreds of passengers Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has flown over the years, each an orphan in need of a helping hand and a second chance at life. #AGoodPlace

#MosaicMonday Part of the Roman mosaic found at Hinton St. Mary, Dorset 4th Century AD. Now at the British Museum. #History #artwork #Archaeology

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anti electricity propaganda from the 1900s

Béla Czene (Hungary, 1911-1999) Fashion Magazine (In the Studio), 1969 Oil on canvas

The seasons are changing, the water is cooling, and the lookdowns are back in town #lookdown #elegantoddball #shiny #coralcitycamera

Hyacinth Macaw 100cm Largest Parrot Central and E South America Diet Palm nuts, variety of nuts fruits seeds Pairs mate for life and are always seen together Nest in a tree cavity female incubates 30days, male feeds her, they feed chicks 4 months inside the nest, and up to a year after fledging

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a primary architect & driving force behind the organized movement that ultimately won American women the right to vote in 1920. She died on #OTD in 1902 & never got to vote in her lifetime. Because of her (and others), we can. #VOTE #WomensRights #WomensSuffrage

'Otters' in ink by Jackie Morris, artist, author who lives and works in a small cottage by the sea in Wales #WomensArt #Monday

cats in sheet music

Kendal Ross, contemporary fiber artist from the US (via Instagram) #Womensart #Monday

Nailed it #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon

Black Bulbul 23-25cm M/F are identical songbird found in parts of Asia Diet frugivorous wide variety of berries + small fruits insects during breeding season Parents share equal duties, incubation 14 days, feeding chicks 12 days, plus 3 weeks after fledging they join social flocks with parents

Bronze head from a statue of Hypnos, 350-200 BC

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Drunk Bee… Cat Edition #Caturday

There was a fucking hole in our planet’s *atmosphere* Like a legit, no joke, “this will unravel our entire ecosystem” hole in the world, and then we fixed it by working together across national and political lines As a species we decided, “we will survive” Let’s do that some more

SanaHeal is developing a biocompatible adhesive to seal wet tissues and simplify some surgeries. Its surgical applications still require human clinical trials to confirm safety and effectiveness. Source: MIT News/MIT spinout makes surgical stitching more like applying a sticky note

“How long can we tolerate Elon Musk deciding our elections and foreign policy? How critical is it that investigations immediately begin if and when the Democrats take back power? Should Starlink and SpaceX be nationalized to minimize Musk’s power?” www.americaamerica.news/p/how-long-c...

Did you know… there used to be a pool up behind the Hollywood sign? It was built in 1939 as a glamorous backdrop for early b&w TV broadcasts, which featured "bathing beauty" segments to help sell products on air.

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” Seneca

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Istanbul's Basilica Cistern is a 6th-century Byzantine underground reservoir built by Emperor Justinian I, famous for its 336 columns and two Medusa head bases that became one of the city's most photographed landmarks. IG: @hugo_guiaturco Avanos, Türkiye 🇹🇷 www.instagram.com/hugo_guiatur...

Heads up. A Senate bill being sold as “permitting reform” could seriously weaken protections for our public lands, clean water, historic places, and sacred Tribal sites. S. 5653, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, would narrow environmental reviews and

A carefully planned Russian propaganda operation is underway. Having starved people in Oleshky for months, Russia, with the 'intervention' of Melania, will allow people to leave and pretend Ukraine was at fault. Read @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social www.kyivpost.com/analysis/88041

Eurasian Hoopoe. The Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) is the most widespread species of the genus Upupa. It is a distinctive cinnamon coloured bird with black and white. The Eurasian hoopoe is native to Europe, Asia and Africa. It is migratory in the northern part of its range. 📸: @osman_erdem_56

Brittany, France early 20thc, women making 'picot bigouden' a form of intricate and complex crochet linking to Irish crochet #WomensArt

Grey catbirds 22cm Breed southern Canada, US Migrate eastern Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Can mimic 100 different sounds, birds, cats, frogs, mechanical sounds Diet Spring omnivores winter soft fruits and berries Female incubates 12 days, both feed chicks 14 days plus 12 after

Lorna Sharkey, contemporary artist, known for her hand painted stained glass artworks #Womensart #Sunday

Long-tailed Silky Flycatcher This is a passerine bird that occurs only in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama, usually from 1,850 m altitude to the timberline. It is a thrush-sized species, weighing about 37 g. 📸: @milanzygmunt

If you are a survivor of sexual abuse and were forced to sign an NDA, you cannot be prosecuted for speaking out against your abusers. Please spread the word. #EpsteinFiles en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak_O...

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

This man was dead weight, hanging high above the ground after touching a high-voltage line. His coworker climbed up, held him in place, gave him mouth-to-mouth. Randall Champion survived—and lived another 35 years. Rocco Morabito’s photo, “The Kiss of Life,” won the Pulitzer Prize. True heroism.

Nancy is a rare c.1910 Paris breathing automaton that uses hidden bellows and air chambers to mimic human respiration and hand movements, a hallmark of Edwardian mechanical engineering now displayed at the House of Automata. IG: @naomi.paxton

Starry Night (1918) by Edward Henry Potthast