Cllr. June Player

Bath's 1st elected Ind.Cllr.Aim 2 keep Ward clean/green/friendly & promote comm. spirit/sadly no longer have Max+Alfie/set up On-Board Project @ Oldfield Pk Stn

[Cllr. June Player @JunePlayer1]

Plans to Protect Flying Foxes From Being Shot and Killed Are Reversed Under Pressure From Lobbyists #care2 https://t.co/jpaLKMdEtG

[Cllr. June Player @JunePlayer1]

Lizards beheaded for Gucci’s purses and belts – help stop this! https://t.co/BQ3nTtu6ki

[Cllr. June Player @JunePlayer1]

No tank, cage, or enclosure can replace freedom. Take action for animals trapped in captivity: https://t.co/9B6SUhG8zn

[Cllr. June Player @JunePlayer1]

Mega farm objection! Tell North Yorkshire council to reject plans for monstrous farm imprisoning millions of birds each year. https://t.co/7Z60bFmczC

[Cllr. June Player @JunePlayer1]

A planning application has been submitted for a cruel and exploitative “parrot experience” in Blackpool – tell the council to object to this “attraction” https://t.co/EeNDk2sq08

[Lemma the Optimist @DoctorLemma]

In 2005 a piano teacher in the United States and her husband were upstairs in their house when they heard the piano going downstairs. The same note, struck over and over. They thought someone had broken in. They ran down and found their cat, a grey tabby called Nora, alone on the bench, hammering at one key with her right paw. She looked up at them, then went back to it.

The cat had taught herself. Nora’s owner Betsy gave piano lessons in that room every day. Over the months Nora had watched, and at some point decided she’d have a go. None of the other six cats in the house ever touched the piano. Only Nora.

She had preferences. She’d only play one specific Yamaha. She gravitated to a particular range of notes in the middle of the keyboard. She refused to play if she couldn’t sit properly on the bench, and if a student annoyed her Betsy would shift the bench back a foot and Nora would simply quit for the day.

A video of Nora went up on YouTube in 2007 and got 17 million views. The Times of London compared her playing to a mix of Philip Glass and free jazz. America’s National Science Foundation, the country’s main scientific research body, put her in a museum exhibit on animal behaviour. In 2009 a composer in Lithuania scored a full orchestral concerto around her recordings. It premiered live with a chamber orchestra in Lithuania, with Nora’s playing on a screen above them. They called it CATcerto.

Most animals who do impressive things have been trained. Nora wasn’t. She picked it up by watching, which is observational learning, and it’s rare in cats. Dogs do it more often. Cats usually don’t bother copying us at all.

Nora passed peacefully in 2024, on her favourite blanket, aged 19.

[Cllr. June Player @JunePlayer1]

No tank, cage, or enclosure can replace freedom. Take action for animals trapped in captivity: https://t.co/9B6SUhG8zn

[Cllr. June Player @JunePlayer1]

Wonderful to see Bravery & Kindness together

[TheJoyConnection + @Strategiceye127]

“सैकड़ों लोग गुज़र गए…
पर उसे सिर्फ़ एक गाय नहीं,
एक जान दिखी। ❤️”

[Cllr. June Player @JunePlayer1]

Sheep are beaten, killed, and torn from mothers on “high-welfare” farms. Tell H&M to stop selling wool! https://t.co/bFs13J77p0

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

He Had $20 to His Name. He Gave Every Dollar of It to a Stranger.
It was 11:47 PM on a Tuesday when Kate McClure's car sputtered and died on the I-95 exit ramp in Philadelphia.
No gas. No cash. No one stopping.
She sat in the dark, hazards blinking, trying not to panic — a young woman alone on the side of a highway in the middle of the night. She called her boyfriend. He was 45 minutes away. She waited, doors locked, watching headlights blur past.
Then there was a knock on her window.
A man — worn coat, weathered face, a bedroll under his arm — stood in the cold. Johnny Bobbitt had been living under that overpass for three months. He'd spent the day collecting enough change for something to eat.
"I used to be a paramedic," he told her through the glass. "You shouldn't be out here alone."
Before Kate could protest, Johnny walked to the nearest gas station — 20 minutes on foot — and came back carrying a red plastic can full of fuel. He spent his last $20. His only $20. He didn't ask for anything back.
"I figured she needed it more than I did tonight," he'd later say, with a shrug like it was nothing. Like giving away everything you own to a stranger is just what you do.
Kate made it home safely.
But she couldn't stop thinking about that shrug.
She went back to find him. Then she started a GoFundMe — just to return the $20, maybe do a little more. She wrote a few sentences about what he'd done and hit share.
By morning, her phone wouldn't stop buzzing.
By the end of the week, strangers from 49 states had donated.
The total raised: $400,000.
For a man who gave his last $20 so a woman he'd never met could get home safe.
When reporters asked Johnny how it felt to have hundreds of thousands of people moved by his simple act of kindness, he got quiet for a moment.
"I didn't do it for attention," he said softly. "I just didn't want her to be scared."
That's it. That's the whole reason.
Not for cameras. Not for a reward. Just because a young woman was alone and frightened, and he remembered what it felt like to be able to help someone.
In a world that can feel so divided, so loud, so exhausting — a homeless man in a worn coat walked 20 minutes in the cold and reminded us what we're actually capable of.
Share this if you believe one small act of kindness can still change everything. 💙

[Cllr. June Player @JunePlayer1]

This is SUCH a good laugh

[Juanita Broaddrick @atensnut]

I can’t stop laughing. 🤣🤣

BRAVO!! These 5th grade boys came up with this on their own.

[Cllr. June Player @JunePlayer1]

Such a relief to know that he is now safe with you

[Tahira Animal Welfare Foundation - TAWF @tawf_uk]

They said he is dangerous.
They said he bites… that he attacked people and animals.

But what we saw was something else.

A young donkey… sitting, unable to stand. When someone approached, he panicked. He struggled to get up on a broken, exhausted body… and ran straight to a corner to hide. Not to attack… just to escape.

This is not aggression. This is fear.

He is only 3 years old… his back already damaged, his hind legs bent from carrying weight far too young. On his back is a badly infected wound—inflicted by an axe. One eye is gone… destroyed by cruelty.

And yet, he is the one being blamed.

He is safe with us! We will share his full story soon… and show you the truth of who he really is. A gentle soul who only needed a little kindness.

Please help us stand for animals like him.

💳 PayPal: https://t.co/96bi1QLbXd
❤️ Construction GoFundMe: https://t.co/2bquGktrGU
🔗 Linktree: https://t.co/pqKrHi2wQ2

[Cllr. June Player @JunePlayer1]

It’s a rare and twisted blessing to find a live animal in a snare. https://t.co/R5lris1PWK via @SheldrickTrust what a lucky, lucky Kudu

[Cllr. June Player @JunePlayer1]

There are plans for a 39,000-chicken breeding farm in Oxfordshire – sign the petition and tell the council you object! https://t.co/RviwECOF2v

[Cllr. June Player @JunePlayer1]

The government promised to ban experiments on animals – but there’s no guarantee it will fulfil its pledge. Sign our open letter now! https://t.co/iB9NVXlFUp

[Cllr. June Player @JunePlayer1]

There are plans for a 50,000-chicken factory farm near to an already polluted river. Sign the petition urging the council to reject it! https://t.co/EhCe7Ikn9f

[Cllr. June Player @JunePlayer1]

What a fascinating creature

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Camouflage of a leaf tailed gecko from Madagascar

📹misty_mountain_phants

[Cllr. June Player @JunePlayer1]

So lovely, lovely, lovely

[Tahira Animal Welfare Foundation - TAWF @tawf_uk]

Today… for the very first time… Bee stepped out of her shed into the open sanctuary 🤍

And she just ran…
ran and ran and ran…

Playfully kicking… jumping… full of energy…
going up to everyone… meeting all her uncles and aunties…
not still for a single second.

This is what we wanted to see.

she was born into safety.
But her mother, Honey… she has lived through pain, hunger, and burden.

And that is our promise…
Bee will never be beaten… never be hungry… never be overburdened…
She will only know love, care, and freedom.

This life… this happiness…
is only possible because of amazing supporters like you. Thank you for making this possible 🤍

Please continue to support, follow, and share so we can give more animals a life like Bee’s.

💳 PayPal: https://t.co/96bi1QLbXd
❤️ Construction GoFundMe: https://t.co/2bquGktrGU
🔗 Linktree: https://t.co/pqKrHi2wQ2

(If you face any issue donating, please use our Linktree for multiple options.)

[Cllr. June Player @JunePlayer1]

Live reptiles are being sawed open on farms that supply Hermès. Please take action: https://t.co/jz9r0z8J2g

[Cllr. June Player @JunePlayer1]

I love this

[Genx Labratz @GenxLabratz]

@ThoughtCrimes80