Dr Elisabeth Kosters
@elisabethkosters.bsky.social
Earth Scientist, living on the shore of hypertidal Minas Basin in Nova Scotia; writes about it on www.earthsciencesociety.com Born at 312ppm. Widow, (grand)mother, leftie. Fossil fuel burning causes global warming. 🇨🇦 🌈 🚲 🇳🇱
Made me think of this
(Pic by me: northern point of Curacao, earlier this month)
(Pic by me: northern point of Curacao, earlier this month)
November 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Made me think of this
(Pic by me: northern point of Curacao, earlier this month)
(Pic by me: northern point of Curacao, earlier this month)
Good morning
November 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Good morning
File under “things we don’t need”
I mean, WHAT THE F?!?!?!
I mean, WHAT THE F?!?!?!
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
File under “things we don’t need”
I mean, WHAT THE F?!?!?!
I mean, WHAT THE F?!?!?!
Nicholas Eberstadt, “The age of depopulation”, Foreign Affairs Nov/Dec 2024.
I wonder if he’d write the same paragraph today after nearly 10 months of Tr*mp’s hatred, hostility and violence
I wonder if he’d write the same paragraph today after nearly 10 months of Tr*mp’s hatred, hostility and violence
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Nicholas Eberstadt, “The age of depopulation”, Foreign Affairs Nov/Dec 2024.
I wonder if he’d write the same paragraph today after nearly 10 months of Tr*mp’s hatred, hostility and violence
I wonder if he’d write the same paragraph today after nearly 10 months of Tr*mp’s hatred, hostility and violence
The garlic is in, the parsnips are out. Gardening season is over.
(Yes, the Rosemary is out too, but not necessarily every year)
(Yes, the Rosemary is out too, but not necessarily every year)
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The garlic is in, the parsnips are out. Gardening season is over.
(Yes, the Rosemary is out too, but not necessarily every year)
(Yes, the Rosemary is out too, but not necessarily every year)
I wish Thomas Massie well in his new marriage.
I don’t think I would like to meet him. This was his family’s X-card 4 years ago
I don’t think I would like to meet him. This was his family’s X-card 4 years ago
November 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I wish Thomas Massie well in his new marriage.
I don’t think I would like to meet him. This was his family’s X-card 4 years ago
I don’t think I would like to meet him. This was his family’s X-card 4 years ago
As long as people are willingly paying for the thing called “cruises”, I have no hope for humanity.
(Willemstad, Curacao - I was told this is a smallish ship)
(Willemstad, Curacao - I was told this is a smallish ship)
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
As long as people are willingly paying for the thing called “cruises”, I have no hope for humanity.
(Willemstad, Curacao - I was told this is a smallish ship)
(Willemstad, Curacao - I was told this is a smallish ship)
Kura Hulanda, Willemstad, Curacao.
LH street artwork
RH in the excellent Slave Trade heritage centre.
LH street artwork
RH in the excellent Slave Trade heritage centre.
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Kura Hulanda, Willemstad, Curacao.
LH street artwork
RH in the excellent Slave Trade heritage centre.
LH street artwork
RH in the excellent Slave Trade heritage centre.
I did that with a ventifact and made it into a butter dish and called it Borealis
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I did that with a ventifact and made it into a butter dish and called it Borealis
Three yards of mulch, spread over crucial beds in the garden by me myself all alone (nearly 73) in about 4 hours over 2 days
Please clap
Please clap
November 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Three yards of mulch, spread over crucial beds in the garden by me myself all alone (nearly 73) in about 4 hours over 2 days
Please clap
Please clap
For those of you not up on famous quotes: "let them eat cake" was what Emperess Marie Antoinette said when her lacquies reported that the people were uprising because there was no bread.
Here is Marie Antoinette in her fine regalia and on her way to the scaffold (she was guillotined).
Here is Marie Antoinette in her fine regalia and on her way to the scaffold (she was guillotined).
November 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
For those of you not up on famous quotes: "let them eat cake" was what Emperess Marie Antoinette said when her lacquies reported that the people were uprising because there was no bread.
Here is Marie Antoinette in her fine regalia and on her way to the scaffold (she was guillotined).
Here is Marie Antoinette in her fine regalia and on her way to the scaffold (she was guillotined).
Kudos to the American friend who did this
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Kudos to the American friend who did this
It’s raining cats and dogs (yes! Finally) and everyone is on their way to Europe or beyond but I’m going to snuggle in.
Good night
Good night
October 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It’s raining cats and dogs (yes! Finally) and everyone is on their way to Europe or beyond but I’m going to snuggle in.
Good night
Good night
We can all do with a bit of good news:
October 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We can all do with a bit of good news:
Nice in Nova Scotia too - including the sugar bush ready to be tapped next winter/spring
October 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Nice in Nova Scotia too - including the sugar bush ready to be tapped next winter/spring
No Kings!
(Shakespeare library, Washington DC)
(Shakespeare library, Washington DC)
October 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
No Kings!
(Shakespeare library, Washington DC)
(Shakespeare library, Washington DC)
The Rhine went West because the Saalien (Illinoian) glaciation threw up a big moraine, known as de Veluwe
Illustration from www.stenenzoeken.nl/ijstijdverha...
Illustration from www.stenenzoeken.nl/ijstijdverha...
October 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Rhine went West because the Saalien (Illinoian) glaciation threw up a big moraine, known as de Veluwe
Illustration from www.stenenzoeken.nl/ijstijdverha...
Illustration from www.stenenzoeken.nl/ijstijdverha...
And we made them
October 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
And we made them
Fall in Nova Scotia
October 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Fall in Nova Scotia
Very cool.
The reason the Romans didn't get further north in what is now the Netherlands was the Rhine-Meuse river/delta system and the stubborn folks living across it. Too muddy and wet for Roman soldiers
The reason the Romans didn't get further north in what is now the Netherlands was the Rhine-Meuse river/delta system and the stubborn folks living across it. Too muddy and wet for Roman soldiers
October 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Very cool.
The reason the Romans didn't get further north in what is now the Netherlands was the Rhine-Meuse river/delta system and the stubborn folks living across it. Too muddy and wet for Roman soldiers
The reason the Romans didn't get further north in what is now the Netherlands was the Rhine-Meuse river/delta system and the stubborn folks living across it. Too muddy and wet for Roman soldiers
These will be properly carved
October 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
These will be properly carved