earthling

A ring-necked parakeet feeds on cherry tree blossom nectar in St James’s Park, London, UK
Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock

#photography
#birds
#blossoms
#BloomScrolling

Delicate balance

#Bangkok, #Thailand
The sun sets behind Wat Saket’s golden apex.

Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

#photography
#sunset

#Beirut,#Lebanon
A building in the capital’s southern suburbs that was destroyed by Israeli strikes amid an escalation between Israel and the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah.

Photograph: Reuters

#photography
#houses

Tehran, Iran
A woman sits on rubble by a residential building damaged by the US-Israeli bombing campaign.

Photograph: Vahid Salemi/AP

#photography
#Iran
#houses
#women

Nice missile

A member of ground crew moves munitions towards a USAF B1 B bomber at RAF Fairford airbase, used by USAF personnel, amid the U.S.–Israeli conflict with Iran, in Fairford, Gloucestershire, Britain. REUTERS/Phil Noble

#photography
#US
#missiles

A ship burns, after Iranian explosive-laden boats appear to have attacked two fuel tankers in Iraqi waters setting them ablaze, according to port, maritime security and risk firms, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. Media Office of Iraqi Ports/Handout via REUTERS

#photography
#Iraq
#Iran
#tankers

A measure of man

A drone view shows a drone operator taking a picture of the remains of a missile, launched by Iran into Israel, in central Israel, March 11. REUTERS/Ilan Rosenberg

#photography
#Israel
#Iran
#missiles

Bombed Iranian girls school had vivid website and years-long online presence

The Shajareh Tayyebeh School was adjacent to an Iranian military compound and was among at least seven buildings struck February 28. Its online presence included a local business listing and a website that showed girls at work and play. Iranian officials have said students made up most of the 175 people killed that day in Minab.

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/bombed-iranian-girls-school-had-vivid-website-yearslong-online-presence-2026-03-12/

#Iran
#US
#schools
#children
#girls

Trump has spoken about the US strike on an Iranian warship near Sri Lanka, saying he questioned why the US sank the ship, killing dozens of crew members.

I said, ‘Why do we have to knock ’em?’ And actually one of my generals said, ‘Sir, it’s a lot more fun,'” the US president added.

#US
#Iran
#quotes

Israeli forces have killed a mother and her three sons in an attack on a house in Burj Shemali, in Lebanon’s Tyre region.

Those killed were Fatima Awada and her sons Sadr, Hussein and Fadi Zalghout, NNA reported.

One other son Ali miraculously survived and is in the hospital undergoing surgery.

At least 570 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since it resumed widespread attacks last Monday.

#Lebanon
#Israel

Today I’m celebrating the reproductive success of New Zealand’s kākāpōs (Strigops habroptilus). The gorgeously goofy flightless parrots are caring for more than 240 eggs this year in response to a bumper crop of berries from the rimu tree (Dacrydium cupressinum). Kākāpō mating is triggered by an abundant rimu ‘mast’ year, and this is the first since 2022. There were only 236 kākāpōs at the start of the year, so every chick that survives will be very welcome.

Nature Briefing

#NZ
#Kākāpō

Up to several metres

The amount by which sea-level rise has been underestimated, depending on where you live — a difference that puts millions more people in the danger zone. (The New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/climate/sea-level-underestimated.html

Reference: Nature paper

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#SeaLevelRise
#photography
#Fiji

Nearly 20,000 civilian buildings damaged in #Iran

Almost 20,000 civilian buildings across Iran have suffered damage during the ongoing Israeli-US war.

Red Crescent said its preliminary assessments show that about 19,734 civilian structures have been affected.

Among the damaged sites are hospitals, schools and aid facilities
77 medical centres and 65 educational institutions were among the buildings hit.
It also reported damage to 16 facilities operated by the organisation itself.

Aftermath of an Israeli strike on a residential building in central Beirut

Hussein Malla/AP Photo]

#photography
#Lebanon
#Beirut
#Israel

Armageddon fashion

A model presents a creation by Noir Kei Ninomiya for the clothing brand’s autumn/winter collection at Paris fashion week, Paris, #France

Photograph: Stéphane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#fashion

Montasik, #Indonesia

People walk down a road running through paddy fields at sunrise.

Photograph: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty Images

#photography

Scenes from the Middle East as the US and Israel attack Iran

#photography
#Israel

Israel’s Air Force says it has dropped more than 1,200 munitions on Iran over the past day in its joint attack with the United States.

Among the sites attacked in Iran include an elementary girls’ school in Minab, a city in the Hormozgan province of southern Iran, where at least 148 people have been reported killed and dozens more injured.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said “dozens of innocent children” were murdered in the attack on the school, which would “not go unanswered.”

#Iran

Trump raises prospect of 'friendly takeover' of Cuba

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-raises-prospect-friendly-takeover-cuba-2026-02-27/

#US
#Cuba

“The heavy and pinpoint bombing, however, will continue, uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary to achieve our objective of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, INDEED, THE WORLD!”

#Trump

#quotes
#MiddleEast
#peace

It is important to note that while Israelis have missile defence batteries, warning sirens, and shelters for protection, Palestinians living under Israeli occupation do not have the same level of protection. They have nowhere to seek shelter and are left watching how this war will affect them.

Nida Ibrahim

#WestBank
#Iran
#Israel

Large fireball lights up the sky after Iranian missile strike on Tel Aviv

#photography
#Israel

Iran’s UN ambassador accuses US and Israel of ‘war crime’

Amir-Saeid Iravani has begun speaking to the panel, saying US and Israeli strikes were “illegal and entirely devoid of legal foundation.”

He accused to the “deliberate and persistent targeting” of civilian infrastructure.

He referenced the strike on an elementary girls’ school in Minab, which he said had killed over 100 children.

“This is not only an act of aggression, it is a war crime and a crime against humanity,” he said.

#Iran

“Military action carries the risk of igniting a chain of events that no one can control in the most volatile region in the world.”

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

#quotes
#MiddleEast
#Iran
#Israel
#US

US military says no troops killed or ships hit in Iran attacks

In a post on X, the US military’s Central Command says there have been “no reported US casualties” in the wake of US-Israel strikes on Iran.

It added that “no US Navy ship has been struck. The Armada is fully operational.”

#US
#Iran
#news

Raining noodles

Hyderabad, #Pakistan
A worker prepares vermicelli as Muslims around the world observe the holy month of Ramadan by abstaining from food and drink between sunrise and sunset.

Photograph: Nadeem Khawar/EPA

#photography
#Ramadan
#vermicelli

A cardinal in winter

Brad Holzman Photography

via chasingbowsforever

#photography
#birds

Adré, #Chad
#Refugees wait for the third day at a food distribution point at the Aboutengue refugee camp in Adré.

The latest report from the UN independent fact-finding mission on the fall of El Fasher in #Sudan reads like a postmortem of a preventable tragedy. The report details what it calls the ‘hallmarks of genocide’: mass killings, systematic sexual violence and ethnic cleansing targeting non-Arab communities by the Rapid Support Forces

Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

#photography
#women

RE: @appassionato@mastodon.social

Apparently it's illegal in Australia to hate fascists...

#Frankfurt, #Germany

A regional train passes a railroad crossing between flooded fields in Nidderau-Eichen, near Frankfurt

Photograph: Michael Probst/AP

#photography
#floods
#roads
#trains
#ClimateDiary

Gaza City
An artist paints a mural on a tent for displaced people to welcome the arrival of Ramadan.

Photograph: Omar Ashtawy/APAImages/Shutterstock

#photography
#Gaza
#artists
#art

Look at me

www.instagram.com

Eurasian Jays, Kuusamo, Finland

jsalophotography

https://www.instagram.com/jsalophotography/?g=5

via maureen2musings

#photography
#birds

RE: @appassionato@mastodon.social

Killing women & children by drones is not limited to Gaza & Ukraine.

Snowdrops

https://www.instagram.com/p/DUhwrmogvor/

via sweetd3lights

#photography
#winter
#flowers

Platypus scrambling out of a river (to go around the rapids?)

Or for another ride?

South Hobart, photo by Daniel van Kuirkerken

#photography
#Australia
#Tasmania
#platypus

#Tehran, #Iran
Women walk near ballistic missile launch vehicles in Tehran during a rally marking the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#missiles
#women

Vladyslav Heraskevych of Ukraine shows his helmet following his disqualification from Olympic competition for wearing it in tribute to athletes who have died amid Russia's attack on Ukraine after a scheduled meeting with IOC President Kirsty Coventry REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

#photography
#Ukraine
#Olympics

#Hanoi, #Vietnam
A woman sells decorations at a shop ahead of the lunar new year, or Tet, which is considered the biggest traditional festival in Vietnamese culture.

Photograph: Luong Thai Linh/EPA

#photography
#festivals
#Tet

Dualities ❄️ © Dani Guindo

https://www.instagram.com/dani.guindo/

via pangeen

#photography
#Iceland
#volcano
#eruption
#lava
#ice
#MidnightSun

Developmental Psychology: The Growth of Mind and Behavior by Frank Keil, 2013

Frank Keil 's Developmental Psychology represents his vision of how psychology should be taught and is based on nearly four decades of teaching a lecture course in developmental psychology and conducting developmental research.

#books
#nonfiction
#psychology
#developmental
#textbooks

The Golden Ratio by Gary B. Meisner, 2018

The Divine Beauty of Mathematics

The Golden Ratio examines the presence of this divine number in art and architecture throughout history, as well as its ubiquity among plants, animals, and even the cosmos. This gorgeous book features clear, entertaining, and enlightening commentary alongside stunning full-color illustrations by Venezuelan artist and architect Rafael Araujo.

#books
#nonfiction
#mathematics
#GoldenRatio

How sad that we have no memories of our mother’s milk or our first sight of the world, through eyes made blurry by the tears we shed for milk …

—SAIT FAIK ABASIYANIK, “Milk”

From:
Milk by Mark Kurlansky

#quotes
#milk

Hidden Connections and Double Meanings: A Mathematical Exploration by David Wells, 2018

Everything in mathematics has many meanings — every diagram and every figure, every sum and every equation can be "seen" in different ways, just as every sentence in English or in algebra can be variously read and interpreted. This book explores mathematical topics by pointing out remarkable similarities and taking a fresh look at familiar items.

#books
#nonfiction
#mathematics
#puzzles

Nordic flowers © Philipp Steiger

https://www.instagram.com/steiger_photography/

via pangeen

#GIF
#Norway
#lakes
#mountains
#flowers
#lupins

Rise, My Brother, Come by Armen Movsisyan (translated by Tathev Simonyan)

#poetry
#Armenian

RE: @appassionato@mastodon.social

Australian Pieta