Susan Sears

Writer, poet. Semi-hiding behind redheaded cat. Fmr. academic, recovering reporter/editor. 'Burgh raised, lived in France, Italy, Jerusalem. AU alumna.

[Susan Sears @juliethecat]

How the media covered the rise of Hitler and Mussolini via @ConversationUS https://t.co/aku23n3s7f via @SmithsonianMag.

[Richard Morris @ahistoryinart]

This view of the harbour at St Ives in Cornwall (c1890) was painted by William Osborn and shows local people catching sardines in drift nets. Osborn was often near poverty and frequently exchanged paintings for food and lodgings, bartering works to earn a living.

[NASA Marshall @NASA_Marshall]

☄️Night owls, meteor fans, and sky watching enthusiasts, this one's for you!

In just a few hours, we will be hosting a Perseids meteor shower watch party live on YouTube with imagery from our observatory.

Join us at 11 p.m. CT (12 a.m. ET) >> https://t.co/AouHNtnaAD

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

The quote of the century.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Marco Rubio declared this woman and her teenage son a “threat to foreign policy” and had them arrested and locked in an ICE prison for months not because of anything THEY did, but because her husband’s mother was a top Iranian official during the 1970s hostage crisis. Seriously.

[Ben Cooper @LaunchPhoto]

SUCCESS! Total Solar Eclipse 2026 from just outside the rural town of Duraton, Spain.

[Nahel Belgherze @WxNB_]

TOTALITY.

Castrojeriz, Burgos, Spain minutes ago.

[Ramin Nasibov @RaminNasibov]

If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

I was bemoaning the dense cloud cover here on the Somerset Levels, but actually, I think it made for a dramatic #eclipse photo! 😀😍⛅️

[Henri Cole @ColeHenri]

I love appearing in the jellyfish issue.
@NewYorker

[SUE the T. rex @SUEtheTrex]

The offerings have begun to arrive. Thank you, mammals. 🍖

[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

Daughter’s heart pinhole camera 🖤#eclipse

[The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @LorenzoTheCat]

Best eclipse photo ever.

[NASA @NASA]

LIVE: It's eclipse day. Come watch with us.

Totality begins in Iceland at 1:45pm ET (1745 UTC) and in Spain at 2:28pm ET (1828 UTC). https://t.co/SlVVfuUUsr

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

"You cannot speak truth to power when you’re sipping cocktails with it — and certainly not when that power is waiting in the parking lot with a subpoena and pair of handcuffs if you report something he doesn’t like." https://t.co/YNnxBC4rgJ

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

Never forget that RFK Jr. testified in his divorce proceedings that he couldn’t afford alimony because he was so brain damaged he couldn’t hold a job.

Anyway, now he’s the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

Totality for this sunset eclipse is in less than 11 hours.

I’m currently prepping 8 cameras to capture it from the deck of a ship in the Mediterranean. Shoutout to @VirginVoyages for hooking me up with the spot!

Photos to come!

[Richard Morris @ahistoryinart]

Whistler visited Venice in 1879 after losing all his money with his famous libel suit against John Ruskin. This scene (using pastels) is superbly arranged: smoke from coloured flares adds to the drama of night-time view of the Grand Canal and the Santa Maria della Salute.

[Richard Morris @ahistoryinart]

'The Bathers.' (c1936) Sam Black is best known for his watercolours of birds and seascapes along the British Columbia coast but before he emigrated to Canada he produced small, narrative works, like this one painted off the coast of Cornwall.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

With Western governments publicly silent about how the United Arab Emirates is aiding and abetting genocide in Sudan (by arming the Rapid Support Forces), it takes a man in the street in London to speak out. https://t.co/es8ha9MY5u

[Capital Weather @capitalweather]

🌞☄️ Wednesday is a big day for skywatchers. First comes a partial solar eclipse during the afternoon. Then, after dark, the Perseid meteor shower — one of the year's best — reaches its peak, with the prime viewing hours from midnight to dawn. Clouds may complicate things, but breaks should offer opportunities to catch some shooting stars.

Here’s when, where and how to watch: https://t.co/3ZFHrEybeP

Photo by Geoff Chester shows comet whose debris field is the source of the meteor shower