Helen Bailey
@blackbirdsing.bsky.social
Posting things I find interesting and things I find beautiful
Art,birds,nature,photography,astronomy
poetry,literature,history,archeology and lots more
I’m curious ✨
Слава Україні! Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
Art,birds,nature,photography,astronomy
poetry,literature,history,archeology and lots more
I’m curious ✨
Слава Україні! Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
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Who brokered the purchase of Juan Orlando Hernández's pardon from Trump? How was it done?
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Who brokered the purchase of Juan Orlando Hernández's pardon from Trump? How was it done?
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One thing that people don’t talk about enough is just how much less qualified this second Trump cabinet is compared to the first one. When COVID hit, HHS had serious people in charge. Now we’ve got RFK. A weekend Fox News host is about to direct an *international war* 1/2
Very strong piece by Jack Goldsmith:
“But there can be no conceivable legal justification for U.S. Special Operations Forces kill[ing] the survivors of a first strike on a drug boat off the coast of Trinidad who ‘were clinging to the smoldering wreck.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“But there can be no conceivable legal justification for U.S. Special Operations Forces kill[ing] the survivors of a first strike on a drug boat off the coast of Trinidad who ‘were clinging to the smoldering wreck.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
One thing that people don’t talk about enough is just how much less qualified this second Trump cabinet is compared to the first one. When COVID hit, HHS had serious people in charge. Now we’ve got RFK. A weekend Fox News host is about to direct an *international war* 1/2
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A White House website with a dedicated Lügenpresse tab marks a pretty bleak moment in US history.
Don't know whether this is new or has been up for awhile. Either way, when the White House creates a hit list of journalists it doesn't like, the free press is in danger. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
Media Offenders
Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay inform...
www.whitehouse.gov
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A White House website with a dedicated Lügenpresse tab marks a pretty bleak moment in US history.
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Once they establish their White Paradise, I wonder who will do the work.
They're not even bothering to disguise their real aims any longer.
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Once they establish their White Paradise, I wonder who will do the work.
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How it started / How it’s going
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
How it started / How it’s going
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Looking across the river to the raised bank on the other side with just the tops of trees poking through the mist.
#landscape
#photography
#norfolk
#landscape
#photography
#norfolk
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Looking across the river to the raised bank on the other side with just the tops of trees poking through the mist.
#landscape
#photography
#norfolk
#landscape
#photography
#norfolk
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I didn’t vote for war against Venezuela. How about you? 😡
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I didn’t vote for war against Venezuela. How about you? 😡
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wandering away into woods... gouache, acrylic, sharpie and colored pencils on cardboard and bristol
November 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
wandering away into woods... gouache, acrylic, sharpie and colored pencils on cardboard and bristol
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Under Mahmood's current proposals, presumably would have been deported to Czechoslovakia in 1945, when it was "safe" again.
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Under Mahmood's current proposals, presumably would have been deported to Czechoslovakia in 1945, when it was "safe" again.
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Putin knows exactly how to get Trump on side, a former White House adviser who observed meetings between the pair has said. Fiona Hill told world affairs editor Sam Kiley how the Russian president is in tune with how his American counterpart can be flattered just by being around world leaders.
Fiona Hill: Russian expert on why Putin knows exactly how to get Trump on side
Vladimir Putin knows exactly how to get Donald Trump on side, a former White House adviser who observed meetings between the pair has said. In an hour-long interview, Fiona Hill told world affairs edi...
www.independent.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Putin knows exactly how to get Trump on side, a former White House adviser who observed meetings between the pair has said. Fiona Hill told world affairs editor Sam Kiley how the Russian president is in tune with how his American counterpart can be flattered just by being around world leaders.
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I have strong reason to believe that this is the mirror image of the "deal" that Trump is trying to strike with Xi for the surrender of Taiwan.
November 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I have strong reason to believe that this is the mirror image of the "deal" that Trump is trying to strike with Xi for the surrender of Taiwan.
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Suddenly, the applause he gave on that red-carpeted airport tarmac makes a lot more sense. 🤡
“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Suddenly, the applause he gave on that red-carpeted airport tarmac makes a lot more sense. 🤡
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I’ve written for the FT on art and AI. Can we use it to find lost Rembrandts? www.ft.com/content/8f07...
Is AI killing the art connoisseur?
Such specialists are an endangered species but computer attribution is often wrong — and can be out by as much as a century
www.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I’ve written for the FT on art and AI. Can we use it to find lost Rembrandts? www.ft.com/content/8f07...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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❗️Prime Minister of Poland Tusk: I wish to remind our allies that NATO was created to defend the West against the Soviet aggression, that is against Russia. And its foundation was solidarity, not selfish interests. I hope that nothing has changed.
November 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
❗️Prime Minister of Poland Tusk: I wish to remind our allies that NATO was created to defend the West against the Soviet aggression, that is against Russia. And its foundation was solidarity, not selfish interests. I hope that nothing has changed.
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Happy days, chatting to far right nutter Steve Bannon about plans to form a network of populists, including Putin's pal Viktor Orban, Russia supporting Narendra Modi and all round good guy, Rodrigo Duterte, currently in The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity.
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Happy days, chatting to far right nutter Steve Bannon about plans to form a network of populists, including Putin's pal Viktor Orban, Russia supporting Narendra Modi and all round good guy, Rodrigo Duterte, currently in The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity.
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Disgraceful! A patriotic flag shagger who dedicated his time to illegally putting up 64 flags is being charged £2,300 for the cost of taking them down. If it wasn't so funny I'd be furious.
November 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Disgraceful! A patriotic flag shagger who dedicated his time to illegally putting up 64 flags is being charged £2,300 for the cost of taking them down. If it wasn't so funny I'd be furious.
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good morning 😸✌️ sunrise in the woods hereabouts... sharpie and acrylic on sketchbook paper, 14x12"
November 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
good morning 😸✌️ sunrise in the woods hereabouts... sharpie and acrylic on sketchbook paper, 14x12"
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BOOM!! 100,000 signatures! Now let’s have a date for the debate
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
BOOM!! 100,000 signatures! Now let’s have a date for the debate
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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This is Salem. He waited for his mom to leave the car before stealing her breakfast. Loves the thrill of the hunt. 12/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (TT: unhingeddogmom)
November 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is Salem. He waited for his mom to leave the car before stealing her breakfast. Loves the thrill of the hunt. 12/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (TT: unhingeddogmom)
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Jacques Louis David, Kneeling Sabine, Lifting an Infant, c. 1796 – 1797, Graphite, black chalk
#drawing #david #artaddictgalleria
#drawing #david #artaddictgalleria
August 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Jacques Louis David, Kneeling Sabine, Lifting an Infant, c. 1796 – 1797, Graphite, black chalk
#drawing #david #artaddictgalleria
#drawing #david #artaddictgalleria
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Sculpted head of a frog within a hollow trefoil, c. 1198 - 1217, North Portal, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France
June 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Sculpted head of a frog within a hollow trefoil, c. 1198 - 1217, North Portal, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France
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This work was painted at Gerald Gardiner’s home in Gloucestershire in the mid 1930s and is a good example of his depiction of a night-time scene, showing the light, the reflections and shadows cast by the oil lamp and fire as his wife, Evelyn contentedly reads a book.
November 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This work was painted at Gerald Gardiner’s home in Gloucestershire in the mid 1930s and is a good example of his depiction of a night-time scene, showing the light, the reflections and shadows cast by the oil lamp and fire as his wife, Evelyn contentedly reads a book.
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House #3, Providence, Rhode Island, 1976 - Francesca Woodman (1958-1981), photographe américaine. La majorité de ses tirages met en scène son corps, partiellement nu, dans des environnements énigmatiques, souvent des lieux inhabités, au point qu'elle prend l'apparence d'un fantôme.
#FrancescaWoodman
#FrancescaWoodman
October 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
House #3, Providence, Rhode Island, 1976 - Francesca Woodman (1958-1981), photographe américaine. La majorité de ses tirages met en scène son corps, partiellement nu, dans des environnements énigmatiques, souvent des lieux inhabités, au point qu'elle prend l'apparence d'un fantôme.
#FrancescaWoodman
#FrancescaWoodman
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Trump’s belief in Might Makes Right - the slogan for bullies everywhere - is going to create a vast army of enemies for the US across Central and South America. The repercussions could be huge for all US citizens.
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Trump’s belief in Might Makes Right - the slogan for bullies everywhere - is going to create a vast army of enemies for the US across Central and South America. The repercussions could be huge for all US citizens.