Rain

@stormbird007
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I am:
She/Her #Queer #Neurodivergent #Friendly #Humanist #Environmentalist #AntiCapitalism #AntiFascism #Writer #Artist #Nerd

My interests:
#Nature #Entomology #Science #Archery #Reading #Writing #Art #Photography #Biking #Gaming #Bushcraft #Permaculture

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My #painting of two #magpies and their treasure is progressing - though rather more slowly than I would like. I need a least an hour completely undisturbed to get any painting done and that has been hard to find!

Anyway, check out all those awesome colours in the plumage. Gosh, that was fun to paint.

My next task is to start on their treasure, all tangled up in the nest.

#WorkInProgress #picapica #detectorists #art

The delicate beauty of a super tiny Mycena roseoflava. ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ’— Photographed by @cyanesense [IG] #nature #macrophotography #photography #fungi

The fish doorbell season in #Utrecht starts today!

See some fish ๐Ÿ  ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿก, ring the bell. ๐Ÿ›Ž๏ธ The operator will let them through the #Weerdsluis.

#visdeurbel #fishdoorbell #slowtv #fish

https://visdeurbel.nl/en/

The Fish Doorbell โ€” The Fish Doorbell

Did you spot a fish? Press the Fish Doorbell! This alerts our lock operator to let the fish through. The Fish Doorbell is in Utrecht, NL.

The Fish Doorbell

I find Trump as repulsive as most people here, but as a German, one thing I want to push back on is focusing only on one man.

Hitler's rise was possible because he was able to exploit the racial hatred and conspiratorial thinking that already existed.

It's MAGA acolytes that see Trump as an extraordinary figure. He was a reality show grifter with a crumbling business; Hitler was an undisciplined drifter with delusions of grandeur.

It's the soil that matters, not just the rotten harvest.

I'm a knitter so I let knitting speak what is in my heart. Three years ago I did a post with free knitting patterns supporting Ukraine including the colors of the Ukraine flag and the national flower the sunflower. I am horrified that these are still relevant 3 years later and at the way Ukraine was treated today in the White House.
https://intheloopknitting.com/sunflower-peace-knitting-patterns.php
Sunflowers and Peace Knitting Patterns- In the Loop Knitting

Knitting Patterns with sunflowers and peace symbols in support of Ukraine. Most patterns are free.

Time to reshare I think. โ€œI donโ€™t want my portraits to hang in your offices, because the president is not an icon or an idol. Hang pictures of your children there and look them in the eyes before every decisionโ€ โ€“ Volodymyr Zelensky

FISH ๐ŸŸ
DOORBELL ๐Ÿ””
TIME โฐ

In the Netherlands, spring fish migration has begun! This literal live stream from a manually operated canal lock in Utrecht lets you click a button when you see fish, which sends a screenshot and lets the lock-keeper know to open the lock and let fish through.

The #Visdeurbel returns March 3 and there will be some exciting additions: updates from 4 fishways (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_ladder) across the Netherlands! The latest Visdeurbel news report explains: https://youtu.be/BQNPNQ6Ui2Q

https://visdeurbel.nl/

Fish ladder - Wikipedia

Organic farmers and environmental groups sued the Agriculture Department over the removal of climate change references from its website, claiming it blocked crucial data and funding for farmers. The suit argues the actions violated federal laws and requested restoration of the pages and protection from further deletions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/climate/agriculture-farmer-website-data-lawsuit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zU4.eQ7h.1GZXd8zt66Hd&smid=url-share

Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites

The data, which disappeared from Agriculture Department sites in recent weeks, was useful to farmers for business planning, the lawsuit said.

The New York Times

I share this not just because it's good news, but because of the framing.

It's easy to overlook things like the introduction of legislation in all 50 states, but this is what a quietly moving revolution looks like.

Be shrewd. Move quietly & plant things. Our future is still coming.

https://www.404media.co/all-50-states-have-now-introduced-right-to-repair-legislation/

#solarpunk

All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation

The legislation hasn't yet passed everywhere, but all 50 states introducing some form of right to repair legislation is a "tipping pointโ€ for the right to repair movement.

404 Media