Professor Plum
@davindaire.bsky.social
An "X"pat from Twitter. Lover of nature, pets, history, vintage films, illustration, wise old words, & golden-age whodunits. I mostly skulk about here for political news & commentary.
Books! The color blue! Ghosts and Goblins! And the month of October! I approve this message (and repost it every year)....
October 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Books! The color blue! Ghosts and Goblins! And the month of October! I approve this message (and repost it every year)....
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From Saddam Hussein’s draining of southern Iraq’s marshes to Russia’s attacks on a Ukrainian dam and nuclear power plant, calls are increasing to recognize mass environmental harms as international crimes.
@leilasadat1.bsky.social outlines a role for the proposed #CrimesAgainstHumanity treaty:
@leilasadat1.bsky.social outlines a role for the proposed #CrimesAgainstHumanity treaty:
Case for Environmental Harm as a 12th Crime Against Humanity
Addressing the global environmental crisis requires urgent action. This treaty offers an opportunity to confront it directly and decisively.
www.justsecurity.org
October 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
From Saddam Hussein’s draining of southern Iraq’s marshes to Russia’s attacks on a Ukrainian dam and nuclear power plant, calls are increasing to recognize mass environmental harms as international crimes.
@leilasadat1.bsky.social outlines a role for the proposed #CrimesAgainstHumanity treaty:
@leilasadat1.bsky.social outlines a role for the proposed #CrimesAgainstHumanity treaty:
If only for the signage, the Green Man pub in Westminster would be my local...
August 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If only for the signage, the Green Man pub in Westminster would be my local...
So well observed....
July 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
So well observed....
Jim Parkinson was everybody's type.
RIP Jim Parkinson, an iconic Oakland-based typeface designer who designed or refined the nameplate of every magazine and newspaper you know
June 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Jim Parkinson was everybody's type.
On behalf of every pet I've had the honor of caring for,
I second Elaine's opinion.
I second Elaine's opinion.
I loathe fireworks.
And softly do all the animals who live in the woods with me.
And softly do all the animals who live in the woods with me.
June 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
On behalf of every pet I've had the honor of caring for,
I second Elaine's opinion.
I second Elaine's opinion.
The new documentary, "Sally", is brilliant in every way. Please consider watching it. films.nationalgeographic.com/sally
June 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The new documentary, "Sally", is brilliant in every way. Please consider watching it. films.nationalgeographic.com/sally
"Summer, 1917" is my favorite painting of Cornish artist, Harold Harvey (1874-1941). Seeing it brings to mind the Henry James quote: "“Summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."
June 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"Summer, 1917" is my favorite painting of Cornish artist, Harold Harvey (1874-1941). Seeing it brings to mind the Henry James quote: "“Summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."
@actuallyelaine.bsky.social
Naturally, Elaine, I thought of you when I saw this....
Naturally, Elaine, I thought of you when I saw this....
May 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
@actuallyelaine.bsky.social
Naturally, Elaine, I thought of you when I saw this....
Naturally, Elaine, I thought of you when I saw this....
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People are NOT understanding what empty cargo ships from China means.
It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.
It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.
April 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
People are NOT understanding what empty cargo ships from China means.
It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.
It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.
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I need to find a massage therapist who is willing to risk killing me
March 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I need to find a massage therapist who is willing to risk killing me
Sadly forgotten now, Jean Hersey wrote many fine books on gardening. Her observations on the changing seasons have a poetic truth about them. Here she comments on March & its contrary motion:
March 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Sadly forgotten now, Jean Hersey wrote many fine books on gardening. Her observations on the changing seasons have a poetic truth about them. Here she comments on March & its contrary motion:
Perhaps Spring can distract me from the winter of our politics.
March 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Perhaps Spring can distract me from the winter of our politics.
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Unexpected good news - Mexico City bans killing or wounding bulls in the ring.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
Mexico City, home to world’s biggest bullring, bans killing bulls
Legislators in Mexico City, home to the world’s largest bullring, voted Tuesday to ban bullfights where the animals are killed or wounded, as opponents and supporters staged rival protests.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Unexpected good news - Mexico City bans killing or wounding bulls in the ring.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
Artist Tasha Tudor's visual calendar, "A Time To Keep", is corgi-filled and unabashedly innocent. Still, it's nice for the modern mind to imagine a March day that never was but should have been.
March 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Artist Tasha Tudor's visual calendar, "A Time To Keep", is corgi-filled and unabashedly innocent. Still, it's nice for the modern mind to imagine a March day that never was but should have been.
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I find this very moving: a 10-year-old Ukrainian boy who moved to the West of Ireland 2 years ago as a refugee, speaking in Irish of his love of playing Irish music
February 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I find this very moving: a 10-year-old Ukrainian boy who moved to the West of Ireland 2 years ago as a refugee, speaking in Irish of his love of playing Irish music
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“You cannot be great without the greatness of others.” - Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni after winning Super Bowl VIX.
February 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
“You cannot be great without the greatness of others.” - Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni after winning Super Bowl VIX.
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Oslea Ridge at blue hour
December 2024
December 2024
January 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Oslea Ridge at blue hour
December 2024
December 2024
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Wild Horses • Camargue (2024)
February 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Wild Horses • Camargue (2024)
Not far from where we all live is a magical entrance to a land of enchantment: our public library. In Cerritos, California this is literal truth...
January 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Not far from where we all live is a magical entrance to a land of enchantment: our public library. In Cerritos, California this is literal truth...