Dj Connell

Some round love today. If you like any of these pictures, apart from the first one, they are all cards. A little way of spreading some love to someone for only £2.60. If you want to know where to get them, I've a new place. www.samcannonart.com

Cat Town in Oakland, CA has some Golden Oldies you might want to meet. #cats #SeniorCats #AdoptDontShop

Yet another great reason to #vote: Democrats have already made contact with potential whistleblowers ahead of expected House victory in November’s #midterms #PeteHegseth #war

For two years, student-led protests have raged against Aleksandar Vučić and his corrupt government in Serbia. Today, in parliamentary elections, he was toppled. One of the most sustained protest movements in recent European history has succeeded. Resistance works.

Let's not forget that Serbia's student movement - like those in Nepal and Bangladesh - features women in key leadership roles. Serbian women students, like generations of women democracy activists before them, have demanded political rights *and* women's rights. www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/...

“You see, evil always contains the seeds of its own destruction.” - Terry Pratchett Data center backlash cracks rural Texas Republican wall. #midterms #VOTE #Musk #DataCenters #GOP #LandUse #TechBros #conservation #GNUTerryPratchett #GoodOmens

I somehow missed that Strega Nona got her own USPS Forever stamp in 2023! Enjoy that along with the delightful fan art from Trungles in the original thread!

We still have a long way to go to avoid killing animals that end up in US shelters. That said, here is some very good news. See below. #dogs #cats #shelters #Caturday. Save lives: spay and neuter your #pets

Happy #Caturday We lost our beloved rescue cat Wile* to FIP in the early 90’s. He was only six months old. There was no hope for FIP cats back then but there is now 👇 * A coyote bit off most of his tail while trying to catch him, and his foster mom loved Looney Tunes. KEEP CATS SAFE INDOORS.

“When you don't have the safety net of good health insurance or a traditional employer, you have to think about the true cost of being sick.”— Morgen 💗😷 #MaskTogetherAmerica invites you to read our new feature: www.instagram.com/p/De2b7oAKzrL/

Onion Fairies everywhere #games #Dressmaker

Timeline cleanse. Our Leo (right) and his best pal Bridger (left). The Butch and Sundance of Dogdom. #dogs #DogRescue Notes in alt text

Pick the "D" word that fits #Trump best: He's declining, deteriorating, decompensating, and decaying. He's disordered, delusional, demented, deranged and dangerous. - The Shallow State He knows he’s mortally ill, and could die very soon. He’ll try, and take us with him. #VOTE

We knew they’d try anything. CHECK YOUR BALLETS VOTE EARLY USE OFFICIAL DROP BOXES #GOP #VoterFraud #TrumpCheats

What could be more Halloween than a BAT? How about a bat colored like a JACK-O-LANTERN? Let's meet the Painted Bat (Kerivoula picta), also called the butterfly bat, native to SE Asia. 🦇🎃 (📷: MerlinTuttle.org)

Beauty break #birds

That was a good day. #cats #kittens #Bengals #AdoptDontShop #CatsAndKids #CatsOfBluesky

Ukraine National Guard Uses Drones to Evacuate Oleshky Kittens in ‘Operation Tiger’ #SlavaUkraine #Cats #Caturday

Happy #Caturday. This nonprofit based in #Gaza does great animal rescue work, and offers a free clinic. Info on Instagram or at web page below. Winter is coming and they badly need food and supplies. #cats #dogs #birds #donkeys Donate through their website: sulala.ps or via Animals Australia 👇

Timeline cleanse #Dogs #DogRescue Want to feel a bit better about humanity? Follow Niall, a recovering addict / alcoholic who struggles with depression. He turned his life around, and rescues street dogs in Thailand while building a vet hospital named after his beloved rescue dog, Tina

Beauty break #birds #SongBirds

Another family received solar energy resilience kit and now will have power during blackouts 🇺🇦🔋 Keep the light alive. Support solar energy for Ukraine today: donate.hfu.org/solar

When we turn away from sensing our family resemblance in nature, we transform every wonder in the universe from a window into a mirror. We block out the light in the name of celebrating ourselves above all else. (3/3)

Horrific fires in Indonesia. As always, look for the helpers, and support them as best you can. #Orangutans #Wildfires #ClimateChange #PalmOil

Donald Trump has always sided with Putin, and aided Russia’s war against #Ukraine in every way he can only now he does it out in the open. Trump and Musk are destroying democracy, both here and abroad. We can end this. #Vote

Zelensky speaking the truth. The US is now a Russian ally, and the Starlink decision is a massive benefit for the Russian military (and it has nothing to do with Ukraine attacking Russian refineries). The US is literally riding to Putin’s rescue.

We've long known that city dwellers who live near trees have better health outcomes. But until now, few studies have measured the magnitude of these benefits in “health, deaths, or dollars." @ashleybraun.bsky.social reports on new research that quantifies the benefits of urban forests:

Trees save lives #EquityTreeProject #ClimateChange #HeatWaves #CleanAir

Good news for horses in New York

I look forward to this every year. #Holidays #stories #WinterTales

If you live in the following states, TODAY is the last day to register to vote before the midterm elections: –Kansas –New Jersey –Oregon –West Virginia –Louisiana (online only) Go to IWillVote.com for more info

These live on our mountain. I see them very rarely, and it’s always a treat when they appear as this fast moving flash of blue. #BlueBirds #birds #ColorAndLight

My vote for best internet comment in 2026

#Ukraine just destroyed several Russian data centers resulting in a large drop in hate filled, racist, MAGA troll bots. Elon lost thousands of “followers” at The Bad Place, Trump is openly furious with Zelensky, and social media is suddenly far less toxic. This isn’t over. #VOTE

This guy survived a drone strike at the animal shelter in Odesa. His fur is singed, but he was still purring away. 🥹 The Hachiko team brought Olga, who runs the Loving Hearts shelter, food & supplies—and we will help her rebuild the cat sanctuary.

The words are by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) 'Friendship is a sheltering tree' - from his poem 'Youth and Age'. Please go check out my new website. My son built it from the ground up. So proud of him. www.samcannonart.com ❤️

Happy #Caturday and Slava #Ukraine Photo of a large rescued tabby cat traveling in a truck with Ukranian soldiers, 2 men and 2 women. The cat’s expression is best described as “F*ck Putin” So say we all. #Cats

Anne’s magic extends to ghosts stories which will make you shudder and think. #fiction #October

Friends, I’m immensely happy to announce my second book, The Land of Tears and Hope: The Ukrainian Story. Pre-order here: bloomsbury.com/us/land-of-t... Many of you know me as a defense reporter who spent years breaking bread with Ukrainian soldiers in trenches....

Trump's plan to disrupt the election is already underway, with troops standing menacingly at a DC ballot drop box. Under 18 U.S. Code § 592, it is illegal for armed troops to be "at any place where a general or special election is held," yet there they are.

Please remember our friends in Ukraine.

Last piece of mine that ran on NPR. I did a dozen or so, but this appears to be the only one that's survived online (though I have audio of 2 or 3 of them on my computer.) www.npr.org/2012/10/08/1...

"Rosalia" is a farmworker in Santa Maria, CA. "We live in constant fear of immigration raids as it doesn't matter if we have papers or not. They target us for having brown skin. We are not criminals; we are essential workers who put the food on America's tables." #WeFeedYou

Deep respect to those fighting this. #trees

Yes to this, and, no matter how old you are, make a plan for your pets! #wills #death #estates #PlanAhead #MaskUp