Am i the only one reminded of Max von Sydow?

The winter 1680-81 comet above Beverwijk, attributed to Rochus van Veen (Rijksmuseum)

I lost Gill to a particularly aggressive form of ovarian cancer and the symptoms were mistaken for dietary issues combined with more exercise than normal (she was doing a lot of walks and yoga so overlooked the weight loss). For any of my female followers looking in do note the symptoms below 👇

Two tawny frogmouths perched on a palm tree branch. Both have large, bright orange eyes and fluffy facial feathers, and they stare directly toward the camera while sitting side-by-side.

Looking lively just before taking off for the night to hunt for insects.

Presented here is an animation of the supernova remnant SNR J0509.5-6731 expanding over time. It appears to be moving at close to 2% of the speed of light. It is around 163000 light years distant, so it has to move quite speedily for us to be able to witness its movement on a human timescale. The first frame is from 2006, and the second is from 2016. The video shows the two frames blinking back and forth to make the motion easy to see. Note that only the narrowband (seen here as the red, smooth outline of the nebula) was available to show the nebula's expansion. The star field is essentially a static image, though the narrowband data did also capture some star movement, particularly the bright star to the left of the frame. The Chandra data was simply scaled up to match with the expansion of the shell in the Hubble data. A still image is available here: flic.kr/p/2heTvq9 Flickr shrank this video down, so you may prefer a larger version at Youtube: youtu.be/YZUJysgK6Us Hubble proposals used: The Proper Motion of Supernova Remnant E0509-67.5 Single-Degenerate or Double-Degenerate? The Case for a Third Epoch Observation of the Confirmed Ia Supernova Remnant 0509-67.5 A Search for Surviving Companions of Type Ia Supernovae in the Large Magellanic Cloud Hubble Heritage 2.0 Chandra data: Red: .10-.70 keV Green: .70-1.0 keV Blue: 1.00-5.00 keV (Obs IDs 776, 7635, 8554) Hubble data: Red screen: ACS/WFC F658N Red: WFC3/UVIS F814W Green: WFC3/UVIS F555W Blue: WFC3/UVIS F475W ...

Expansion of SNR0509 Over 10 Years - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2heWSpn

a dalmatian with small brown spots all over sits up and smiles up at you with a goofy open-mouthed grin and sparkling light brown eyes. he is wearing a white plush unicorn horn, and he’s balancing beautifully on one front paw. both his ears are inside-out, but he doesn’t have a care in the world.

This is Timmy. He's here to wish you a happy Tripawd Awareness Day, celebrated of course on 3/3. It’s his lucky number. 14/10 (IG: jackson_the_dalmatian)

This is Gus, Duke, and Owen. Owen is blind, but that does not stop him from enjoying some quality TV time with his friends. 12/10 for all (IG: crittersbykate)

Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain

The breathtaking interior view of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain, looking up from the floor toward the vaulted ceiling.

I also recall appearances by James Doohan and Walter Koenig in Columbo.

I wonder if you’ve had a chance to view the Mission Impossible episode “Encore” (S6E2)? As i recall, lots of #TOS tie-ins, and a rare role as a badguy by M. Shatner.

Is it reasonable to expect such frank assessments to increase as we approach April?

They look like they're taking him the long way back home.

via the Pont de l'Alma.

The look you give when Pierce Brosnan has just turned around in the front passenger seat and gives you a smile.

Love yer ALT

a fox is sitting on top of a pile of rocks . Alt: a Tibetan sand fox is sitting on top of a pile of rocks. The wind ruffles its chest fur as it looks with sideeye.

You know what makes me sad?

Future generations growing up accustomed to AI-generated images will absolutely doubt all the amazing and weird animals that I find delightful: precisely because they look so unreal.

🦊: Tibetan fox (Vulpes ferrilata)

#reuters

Let’s all appreciate the skill of Phil Noble.

New study about how that shithole Twitter skews your thinking because it feeds your brain conservative views (this is a feature that has been fine tuned, this is not a bug).

It not only takes your brain to the bad place, it’s harder to come back from it.

Go show your comms teams still using it.

Photo shows a group of Rockhopper penguins with the black and white adults on each side facing each other and a brown chick in the middle with his back to the camera. The two middle adults are in an aggressive stance facing up to each other red beaks open the right one leaning in with his flippers flung back. The adults on either side of which only heads and a small amount of bodies showing appear to be joining in 2 with their beaks o0pen as well as if shouting The chick is looking at the two aggressors and is standing on one leg with its fluffy down covered flippers outstretched at each side Canon R5363mm f/8 1:1600s ISO400

!FRACAS!
I don't know what was going on here but they really were at it hammer and tongs! Even the chick joined in! Talk about #fail to get along with the neighbours
Rockhopper #Penguin being #DramaQueens

#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #FalklandIslands #EastCoastKin #ArtYear #FebruArty2026

So much fuchsia, Mr Anna’s is sporting nice color for #Valentine’sDay!
He is stopping by the #HummingbirdBuddy to see which ‘flower’ has the best juice.
#iridescence #birds

I’m sharing this in recognition of Gladys Mae West’s work on GPS because it’s been a transformational technology for archaeology and that lady deserves to be lauded.

. @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social

Per other coverage, the method was used to try to circumvent a ruling pertaining to a previous attempt at cheating in, uh, well… the same general area.

Different week, different photo.
Same heron, same spot.

#birds #nature #wildlife

Both bunnies and perpetrator were foiled.

I’ve asked this before in all seriousness: How do we nominate the Internet Archive as a UNESCO World Heritage Site? How do we protect it as a cultural resource of global importance, especially now?
(I’m not affiliated with either org, just a concerned citizen.)
#UNESCO #CRM @unesco.org @archive.org

sidewalk chalk drawing of a small furry animal wearing a coat and snow-spattered shoes stomping her way out of a tunnel in a snowbank

Jen’s response to winter is to wear big boots and keep on stomping.

Gold and enamelled case watch,
Louis Vautyer, 1630-1638

(British Museum)

The Priest, trying to be reassuring: "remember, nothing is impossible with God."

Me, still stressed: "... Yeah but it's not exactly PROBABLE, is it, Father?"