Erica B
@braun3.bsky.social
Poet, Musician and (sometime photographer) - I take my time building profiles they don't just happen
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Erica B
@braun3.bsky.social
· Sep 26
My grandmother arrived from Berlin exhausted by jet lag, she went to our guestroom where she went right to sleep apparently unaware that little Nini was already on the bed..
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La Niña is back. It could mean another dangerously dry winter for Southern California
La Niña is back. It could mean another dangerously dry winter for Southern California
La Niña has reemerged in the eastern Pacific, a climate pattern that typically drives dry winters across the U.S. Southwest. Last winter's weak La Niña helped push Southern California into drought, and experts say it could be even more dramatic this year.
www.latimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
La Niña is back. It could mean another dangerously dry winter for Southern California
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Aeonium, a type of succulent plant known for its rosette shaped leaves. These plants are native to the Canary Islands, Madeira, and North Africa.
My garden has many. I began growing and propagating them 7 years ago and can't stop.
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#Plants
#Photography
#Bloomscrolling
#Gardens
My garden has many. I began growing and propagating them 7 years ago and can't stop.
🌱
#Plants
#Photography
#Bloomscrolling
#Gardens
October 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Aeonium, a type of succulent plant known for its rosette shaped leaves. These plants are native to the Canary Islands, Madeira, and North Africa.
My garden has many. I began growing and propagating them 7 years ago and can't stop.
🌱
#Plants
#Photography
#Bloomscrolling
#Gardens
My garden has many. I began growing and propagating them 7 years ago and can't stop.
🌱
#Plants
#Photography
#Bloomscrolling
#Gardens
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Will Netanyahu torpedo the ‘Gaza peace plan’ sooner rather than later?
Here’s Noam Chomsky explaining the cyclical pattern of Israel reaching a ceasefire with Hamas, and then openly breaking the ceasefire and resuming the slaughter.
Here’s Noam Chomsky explaining the cyclical pattern of Israel reaching a ceasefire with Hamas, and then openly breaking the ceasefire and resuming the slaughter.
October 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Will Netanyahu torpedo the ‘Gaza peace plan’ sooner rather than later?
Here’s Noam Chomsky explaining the cyclical pattern of Israel reaching a ceasefire with Hamas, and then openly breaking the ceasefire and resuming the slaughter.
Here’s Noam Chomsky explaining the cyclical pattern of Israel reaching a ceasefire with Hamas, and then openly breaking the ceasefire and resuming the slaughter.
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So, they’re allowing the aid they “weren’t blocking.”
Israel says 600 aid trucks, carrying food, medical equipment, shelter supplies, fuel and cooking gas, will be allowed to enter Gaza daily through the UN, accredited international organisations and the private sector.
LIVE updates: aje.io/87zdo6
Israel says 600 aid trucks, carrying food, medical equipment, shelter supplies, fuel and cooking gas, will be allowed to enter Gaza daily through the UN, accredited international organisations and the private sector.
LIVE updates: aje.io/87zdo6
October 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
So, they’re allowing the aid they “weren’t blocking.”
Israel says 600 aid trucks, carrying food, medical equipment, shelter supplies, fuel and cooking gas, will be allowed to enter Gaza daily through the UN, accredited international organisations and the private sector.
LIVE updates: aje.io/87zdo6
Israel says 600 aid trucks, carrying food, medical equipment, shelter supplies, fuel and cooking gas, will be allowed to enter Gaza daily through the UN, accredited international organisations and the private sector.
LIVE updates: aje.io/87zdo6
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Anyway. Free Palestine and End Antisemitism. These are not remotely conflicting statements.
October 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Anyway. Free Palestine and End Antisemitism. These are not remotely conflicting statements.
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"For me, a chocolate cake is the basic unit of celebration," Nigella Lawson writes. Try her five-star chocolate Guinness cake recipe: nyti.ms/4355for
October 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"For me, a chocolate cake is the basic unit of celebration," Nigella Lawson writes. Try her five-star chocolate Guinness cake recipe: nyti.ms/4355for
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A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.
Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks
At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.
nbcnews.to
October 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.
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It was actually only 1.4%.
It’s time to stop shaming an entire race for the sins of a few, centuries ago.
It’s time to stop shaming an entire race for the sins of a few, centuries ago.
October 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It was actually only 1.4%.
It’s time to stop shaming an entire race for the sins of a few, centuries ago.
It’s time to stop shaming an entire race for the sins of a few, centuries ago.
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Please contribute if you're able or share if you're not.
Directly asking people you know is most effective
Directly asking people you know is most effective
Urgent Help for Tasneem
My name is Tasneem, I’m 19 years old, and I’m from Gaza.
chuffed.org
October 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Please contribute if you're able or share if you're not.
Directly asking people you know is most effective
Directly asking people you know is most effective
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Thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to north Gaza on Friday, making their way along the coastal Al-Rashid road after the ceasefire took effect at noon. Israeli troops withdrew to agreed lines, retaining control of 53% of the Strip.
Journalist & Drop Site contributor Abd Sabbah captured...
Journalist & Drop Site contributor Abd Sabbah captured...
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to north Gaza on Friday, making their way along the coastal Al-Rashid road after the ceasefire took effect at noon. Israeli troops withdrew to agreed lines, retaining control of 53% of the Strip.
Journalist & Drop Site contributor Abd Sabbah captured...
Journalist & Drop Site contributor Abd Sabbah captured...
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October 10, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Can we stop saying this is what fascism looks like, Jesus Christ we know
October 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Can we stop saying this is what fascism looks like, Jesus Christ we know
Trans: "Instead of asking about things that have not happened, try to take a lesson from what has happened!' Hz. Umar
October 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Trans: "Instead of asking about things that have not happened, try to take a lesson from what has happened!' Hz. Umar
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Goddamit. Every now and again FB throws me a reminder that I could once make art and I need to find the time again.
I need to quit my day job lbh.
I need to quit my day job lbh.
October 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Goddamit. Every now and again FB throws me a reminder that I could once make art and I need to find the time again.
I need to quit my day job lbh.
I need to quit my day job lbh.
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Quay with Men Unloading Sand Barges, 1888 #vangogh #vincentvangogh
October 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Quay with Men Unloading Sand Barges, 1888 #vangogh #vincentvangogh
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The rock churches of Matera, Italy 🌄🌟⛪
#RockinTuesday
#RockinTuesday
October 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The rock churches of Matera, Italy 🌄🌟⛪
#RockinTuesday
#RockinTuesday
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Hi Readers and Writers,
I have a single post on my Substack that you easily review some of the micro and flash stories and decide which one you might want to read.
Stop by any time.
Enjoy your day!
I have a single post on my Substack that you easily review some of the micro and flash stories and decide which one you might want to read.
Stop by any time.
Enjoy your day!
September 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Hi Readers and Writers,
I have a single post on my Substack that you easily review some of the micro and flash stories and decide which one you might want to read.
Stop by any time.
Enjoy your day!
I have a single post on my Substack that you easily review some of the micro and flash stories and decide which one you might want to read.
Stop by any time.
Enjoy your day!
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★★★★ @annekescott.bsky.social #IrishBaroqueOrchestra #PeterWhelan #RoyalIrishAcademyofMusic Dublin - Towards a #Mozart masterpiece, with characteristic joy and enlightenment from this team, but a valveless horn brings problems - review @davidnice.bsky.social theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
Scott, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Whelan, RIAM, Dublin review - towards a Mozart masterpiece
One miracle of musical performance is that a work you’ve loved for years can be revealed as never before in an outstanding interpretation. That happened to me last week at the New Ross Piano Festival ...
theartsdesk.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
★★★★ @annekescott.bsky.social #IrishBaroqueOrchestra #PeterWhelan #RoyalIrishAcademyofMusic Dublin - Towards a #Mozart masterpiece, with characteristic joy and enlightenment from this team, but a valveless horn brings problems - review @davidnice.bsky.social theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
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Scottish flotilla activist Margaret Pacetta is currently hospitalized with leg complications, multiple infections, and severe dehydration, consequences of her harrowing detention conditions in Israeli prisons.
October 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Scottish flotilla activist Margaret Pacetta is currently hospitalized with leg complications, multiple infections, and severe dehydration, consequences of her harrowing detention conditions in Israeli prisons.