Agatha Grimke ✒️📚🏺🫏🟦🐈‍⬛️🦆🌹

In the Ramtop Village they believe that no-one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away, until the clock he wound up wounds down - until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvest. The span of someone's life, they say, is only the core of their actual existence.' Terry Pratchett - Author and humanist #HumanistBookshelf

A great humanist sentiment by author Terry Pratchett for #WorldBookDay. He was our patron and is sorely missed. GNU Terry Pratchett

Boston Harbor has been through enough hazard waste exposure as it is.

Taxation without representation, troops in our streets, unreasonable search & seizure, and comply or die. We literally fought a war against this, in 1776.

Andy Weir on Balancing Science and Story | PROJECT HAIL MARY YouTube video by Penguin Random House

Here's one for the science & SF geeks. Lovely interview with Andy Weir (The Martian, Project Hail Mary) about constructing fiction with real science.

Such a nice fellow. (And yet another novelist with aphantasia!*)

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Pen and ink illustration of a very round partridge, drawn in black and white, then coloured digitally in painterly tones of blue and brown.

I just missed the recent #BirdOfTheDay birb/borb theme, colouring up this brush-pen sketch of a grey partridge in Procreate at a get-together with drawing friends last week. #birds

Kingfisher, a quiet little moment of feather-preening and stillness.

#WorkinProgress #Kingfisher #Birds #Nature #Watercolour #Painting #Art #Artist

Great White Egret in flight

Great White Egret landing.

Great White Egret

Great White Egret with a fish.

I felt lucky to get such good views of this great white egret at Chard Reservoir this afternoon. It flew towards me and then spent some time fishing close by. Lucky for me - not so much for the fish. #Birds #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #SomersetBirds #Egret

I finally finished this drawing 🐥 thank you for all your kind words as I've shared snippets of it coming to life 🪶✍️

created to raise funds for FugleAdvokatene (The Bird Advocates) - Norwegian city bird rescuers based in Oslo & Bergen 🐦‍⬛

Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man who breaks the law out of greed?

- Terry Pratchett, Snuff

I agree!

I mean that was more Wesley crowding her out, but sure...

Oh no, poor puppy!!

Mr. Wesley inserting himself into the cat tower

Tiramisu adapting to her new, reduced space

Full acceptance

Important update, Wesley has no respect for the personal space of other's

Sleeping cat

Update, she was just sleepy

Tiramisu gazing wistfully at the snow

Tiramisu sometimes looks so wistful when gazing out at the frozen, wind blasted vista before us... except I know if I opened the front door she'd go hide under the bed in an instant...

You are the second to vote for a scarf, which is a truly capitol idea I wouldn't have thought of on my own, thanks!!

That sounds lie a great combo, thanks! And I dont know, they want our group to be recognizable through the conference. I guess I should be glad it's not a neon vest...

Oooooo, a scarf, what a brilliant idea, thanks!!

I have a winter pair and a Halloween pair thanks to Marshall's, and I rock them both all year round 😄

Reallllly, that's good to know my blue pants are still on the table! Thanks! And I don't think I have any medium fancy pants, but I'll see what I can find in the depths of my closet...

Well I dug these pants out of my closet and a reference dark green thing, and the colors do seem good together, thanks!

Okay, if you made it this far, thanks for listening to my rant. I welcome any and all wardrobe guidance.

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I'm probably over thinking this but there is a REASON I have a set wardrobe for these things (so I don't over stress about being under/over dressed). And now I'm staring at my closet and muttering about green and blues not going together.

MANY OF MY FANCY PANTS ARE BLUE. THE RESERVES DWINDLE.

Now, I'm generally bad at fashion and with the whole aphantasia thing it's hard for me to imagine wardrobes (vest is not in my possession). Should I assume jeans are now back on the table? Or should I bring out the reserve fancy pants?? If so, should they be of a certain color??? What about tops?!?

A green vest, of diabolical natute.

I request heeeeelp! Okay, so in less than a week I'll be at a conference. I don't normally dress up for work (jeans and a nice blouse), but I have a set of dresses for conferences. Reserve fancy pants, etc. I Found out today that as part of a group at the conference I need to wear this green vest

what I want people to feel, when they look at South Korea and the UK and Brazil holding elites accountable, is that it's possible here too. Elect true leaders this year and in 28, empowered - but also driven by us, the people - to hold the criminals accountable for their crimes. It's possible.

I don’t know who needs to hear this but listening to an audio book absolutely counts as “reading” a book.

In fact, I’d argue that listening to an author read their own work aloud is an exceptionally magical and even holy experience.

I love it so much. Especially as my eyesight gets worse.

They are, and I hope you can have some again soon!!

Very true!!