Rhonda Black

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are. – Kurt Cobain

[Bobby Don Welch @Bobby_Don_Welch]

What a great story! ❤️❤️❤️

From a friend.

-- My dad has bees. Today I went to his house and he showed me all of the honey he had gotten from the hives. He took the lid off of a 5-gallon bucket full of honey and on top of the honey there were 3 little bees, struggling. They were covered in sticky honey and drowning. I asked him if we could help them and he said he was sure they wouldn't survive. Casualties of honey collection I suppose.
I asked him again if we could at least get them out and kill them quickly, after all he was the one who taught me to put a suffering animal (or bug) out of its misery. He finally conceded and scooped the bees out of the bucket. He put them in an empty Chobani yogurt container and put the plastic container outside.
Because he had disrupted the hive with the earlier honey collection, there were bees flying all over outside.
We put the 3 little bees in the container on a bench and left them to their fate. My dad called me out a little while later to show me what was happening. These three little bees were surrounded by all of their sisters (all of the bees are females) and they were cleaning the sticky nearly dead bees, helping them to get all of the honey off of their bodies. We came back a short time later and there was only one little bee left in the container. She was still being tended to by her sisters.
When it was time for me to leave we checked one last time and all three of the bees had been cleaned off enough to fly away and the container was empty.
Those three little bees lived because they were surrounded by family and friends who would not give up on them, family and friends who refused to let them drown in their own stickiness and resolved to help until the last little bee could be set free.
Bee Sisters. Bee Peers. Bee Teammates.
We could all learn a thing or two from these bees.
Bee kind always.

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Happy International Women's Day! 🥳🥳

#WomensDay

[Unite the Union NI @UniteunionNI]

Happy #internationalwomensday from our Unite delegation attending the ICTU Women’s Conference in Athlone today 🎉
#IWD2024

[Unite the Union NI @UniteunionNI]

A Happy #internationalwomensday message from Unite Regional Secretary Susan Fitzgerald @1977susan
#InternationalWomensDay

[Unite the Union NI @UniteunionNI]

Some photos from todays special ceremony in the grounds of Belfast City Hall to mark the installation of statues of two of the most notable women in Belfast’s history, Mary Ann McCracken and Winifred Carney, on International Women’s Day 2024 #IWD2024

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Biodiversity in the garden

[Rhonda Black @ronnib70]

Visited once and it is a booklovers dream 😍

[Biomedical Sciences @UlsterUniBiomed]

Great to meet so many future scientists at @niscifest Festival from @StJohnsPSDerry @ulstergenomics @UlsterUniBiomed @UlsterUniLHS @StudyAtUlster

[Biomedical Sciences @UlsterUniBiomed]

Pupils from @foyle_college brushing up on DNA extraction skills @niscifest with @UlsterGenomics @UlsterUniBiomed

[Long Tower Key Stage 2 @LongTowerKS2]

We have some future scientists in the making! Thank you for a great session this afternoon!

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

This old Portuguese commercial is brilliant

[Unite the Union NI @UniteunionNI]

Strike action starting 27 February remains in place
Read more here: https://t.co/tLpM6yjkSJ

[LeesMurdock_Diane @LeesMurdock_DJ]

Delighted to meet @barrabest @niscifest today as well as all the enthusiastic future #scientists!

[Unite the Union NI @UniteunionNI]

Unite warns that if there is nothing on the table for a pay and grading review, further strike action is a certainty.
Read more here: https://t.co/hhM200yhKM

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❤️ Happy #HeartUnions week ❤️

Unite’s total focus on improving jobs, pay and conditions is winning for our members.

Every worker needs a union - join Unite today here: https://t.co/rExzNYD0Qo

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Unite members are fighting back to improve the #JobsPayConditions for workers across the country. Now is the time to build strong, effective trade unionism at every workplace. Not a member of Unite? Join a winning union today. #FightbackFriday https://t.co/x5gHPZKt6O
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[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

Words for the Weekend 🥳

Pick your winner ✨️🥇✨️

A B
C D

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Unite’s total focus on improving jobs, pay and conditions is winning for our members. #HeartUnions ♥️ week starts on Monday. It's a fantastic opportunity to celebrate our incredible wins.

Get involved and tell us why you ♥️ Unite ⤵️

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[Albert @OwdAlbert]

The rain has turned to snow now. 🙂
Bob Richardson, a street in Hebden Bridge.

[Paintings of London @PaintingsLondon]

'View through a Window', Lewisham (2020) by Jason Line
https://t.co/gj7vGRon7V