Estie D

Was law, mediations & R+ dog training. Now nature, battling invasives & replanting nourishing native habitats. Always animals, behavior & minds. #NoDemUnder1k

[Robbert Leusink 🇳🇱 @robbertleusink]

Every Stradivarius violin is a recording of 17th-century weather

The spruce Stradivari used grew during the Little Ice Age between 1645 and 1715

Cold decades, slow growth, rings so dense the wood vibrates at a frequency no tree grown since can match

When you hear a Stradivarius played in a concert hall, you are not hearing a craftsman

You are hearing a frozen era of Earth's climate

The instrument cannot be replicated

Not because the knowledge is lost

Because the weather that made it will not return

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Native Red Cloud🪶Maȟpíya Lúta~Hińhan Wakangli⚡️🦉 @Native3rd]

“Earth is not a platform for human life—It's a living being.

We're not separate from it but part of it, Its health is our health.”

[Maura DragonHeart 🍀🇺🇸🇮🇪🌛🌝🌜💙 @maura_resister]

Biden knew the sociopath would try and withdraw from NATO

[Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley]

President Trump's profanity-laden Easter threat to attack Iran's civilian infrastructure—power plants and bridges—are the words of a frustrated and immoral madman. Many experts agree that such attacks would be war crimes under international law.

To our military leaders, remember this: You are legally required to refuse orders to commit war crimes.

[Alvin Foo @alvinfoo]

Sadio Mane, a Senegalese soccer star, earns approximately $10.2 million annually. He gave the world a rude awakenng after some fans were flabbergasted when they saw him carrying a cracked iPhone 11. His response was awesome:

"Why would I want ten Ferraris, 20 diamond watches, and two jet planes? I starved, I worked in the fields, played brefoot, and I didn't go to school. Now I can help people. I prefer to build schools and give poor people food or clothing. I have built schools and a stadium, provide clothes, shoes, and food for people in extreme poverty. In addition, I give 70 euros per month to all people from a very poor Senegalese region in order to contribute to their family economy. I do not need to display luxury cars, luxury homes, trips, and even planes. I prefer that my people receive some of what life has given me.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Trump is calling reporters today to tell them he is going to commit mass war crimes next week. GOP leaders need to stop him.

Never mind that blowing up bridges and power plants and killing innocent Iranians won't reopen the Strait.

It's also a clear war crime. 1/ A 🧵on why:

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral and former Navy SEAL William McRaven on Donald Trump: "Through your actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation."

RETWEET if you stand with Admiral McRaven!

[Rep. Mike Levin @RepMikeLevin]

The Financial Times is reporting something that should be front-page news everywhere.   

Pete Hegseth didn’t just help design the Iran war. He championed it publicly, cheered it on, and sold it to the American people. And according to the Financial Times, while his own department was in the final stages of preparing to launch it, his broker at Morgan Stanley was attempting to make a multimillion-dollar investment in the defense companies that build the weapons we used to fight it.   

The investment didn’t ultimately go through, but only because the fund wasn’t yet available on Morgan Stanley’s platform. Not because anyone stopped it.  

If these reports are accurate, the Secretary of Defense was positioned to profit from a war he helped start, using information no private investor could ever have. That is a profound betrayal of every service member he commands, and of every American who trusted this Administration with their national security.  

No one should be cashing in on privileged information while lives and national security are on the line.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

GEN. PETRAEUS: Ukraine has the best battlefield command-and-control system I’ve ever seen, better than ours. I told this to our software engineer in Ukraine.

He said, “Well, it should be. These guys are fighting for their lives and survival of their nation every single day.”

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

this!

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

Absolute bombshell on Sky News. A prominent Middle East expert reveals Trump completely purged the State Department of real diplomats, leaving the entire Iran crisis to real estate developers Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. The incompetence is staggering.

[🐑🚩Anthony ☦️🌹 @AntoniusOhii]

these beautiful creatures are worth infinitely more than some millionaire's third vacation home

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

The people doing this to our world are building bunkers.

Time to wake up & get furious.

#ActOnClimate

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

ZELENSKYY: This is very important. If we want to end this war, you shouldn’t pressure me or Ukrainians.

You have to pressure Putin, because he doesn’t want to stop. His goal is to occupy us and then go further. He will go to the Baltic countries if we don’t stop him.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

To everyone celebrating Easter, Michelle and I wish you a joyful holiday filled with reminders of the enduring power of faith and hope.

[niya @niyaslookbook]

People who ask “why didn’t you fight back?” need to watch this once a day.

[Roshan Rinaldi @Roshan_Rinaldi]

For I was hungry, and you voted against the school lunch program that provided me my only meal of the day, I was thirsty and you voted against clean water legislation, a stranger and you voted to lock me in a cage at an I.C.E. concentration camp at the border.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

I constantly hear people say, “Books are obsolete because you can just learn things from videos.” And that couldn’t be more wrong. Video is not capable of teaching you anything with the level of depth that a book can. If you don’t read, you’re not engaged in real learning.