Remembering Tamás Erdélyi aka Tommy Ramone, founding member, producer and drummer of the Ramones from 1974 to 1978, born on this day in 1949, Budapest, Hungary

Punk drummer in heaven 💔 🥁

Photo Gus Stewart

#punk #punks #punkrock #tommyramone #ramones #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Fleet of Feathered Knaves

A couple of days ago, I mentioned the ragtag crew of ducks and geese patrolling the lake we visited. This image captures a contingent of that group—perhaps half of the full assembly. There was also a sizable flock of black-bellied whistling ducks at the lake, but this domestic crew kept to themselves, forming a smaller, tight-knit clique. No mingling, no negotiations—just quiet sovereignty in their own corner of the water.

Step into a world where even the smallest moments—like the glint in a bird's eye—tell their own story.

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #waterfowl #ducks #geese

Latest comic: What does not belong?

#cartoon #comic #politics #democracy #firstamendment #monarchy #authoritarianism #uspol

Today, I Received the Necessary Signals That the U.S. Is Considering Ways to Strengthen Our Cooperation – Address by President #Zelenskyy 11.10.2025

Extract
We count on the United States and all our partners to continue acting decisively and exerting strong pressure so that our people feel support, have protection, and #Ukraine can stand strong.

Full address https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/sogodni-ya-otrimav-neobhidni-signali-sho-amerika-rozglyadaye-100761

#OTD in 1859, Harriet E. Wilson publishes her novel, Our Nig.

"Harriet E. Wilson (March 15, 1825 – June 28, 1900) was an African-American novelist. She was the first African American to publish a novel in North America."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_E._Wilson

"Our Nig" at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/584

#books #literature #africanamerican

Ukrainian Scouts of the 15th Artillery Recon Brigade "Black Forest" directed a strike on a Russian Buk-M2 surface-to-air missile system.

The system, worth about $25 million, exploded together with its ammunition. The Russian air defense system is beyond repair.
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Slate Wings Passing

This great blue heron was a long way off, but I’m still pleased with how the photograph turned out. The distance softened the details, and the result feels almost like a watercolor—light, fluid, and just a little abstract.