Nature's 4th of July finale! Judy Boyle in Whitehall, Montana, captured this bright #rainbow last Friday after a lightning storm. Thank you, Judy! 🌈📸

buff.ly/Iw42a3l

Go to EarthSky Community Photos to see more great images, and submit your own recent photos:

buff.ly/kZvXwYq

I'd like to introduce Scrapper. He's a tweenaged cottontail bunny that's recovering from a serious injury circling about 70% of his neck, possibly from a predator, perhaps from something else. He's one of my garden buddies, and is comfy munching clover with only about 3 feet between us. 😍🐇❤️ #rabbits

A win! The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it no longer plans a large-scale staff reduction.

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll reveals that nearly 73% of Americans believe democracy in the U.S. is at risk, citing political violence and deep partisan divisions as the main threats.

Amicable Avians
I’d never seen such sweetness among #pigeons before as this juvenile grooming its mom.
#JuliArty #Love
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAlliteration

Mayor Bass: This morning, it was frightening in Los Angeles to see tanks essentially rolling into MacArthur Park.

It was an egregious show of force. I have no idea what their purpose was. I don’t even think they detained anyone.

Los Angeles was peaceful before June 5. We need to go back to that.

I'll be on the Rachel Maddow show tonight in the second half of the 9pm ET hour talking about the Texas flooding and the connection to climate change.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Su Blackwell, UK artist who creates paper artworks out of discarded books #WomensArt

Elton John, ‘Hamilton’ and more enter National Recording Registry

The Library of Congress’s 2025 selections also include works from Celine Dion, Mary J. Blige, Helen Reddy, Chicago, and Amy Winehouse, plus music from “Minecraft.”
#music #MusicHistory
wapo.st/3EhzsaC

🌳 📸 Learn how to capture stunning photos of the gorgeous landscaping and ornate statuary at The Green-Wood Cemetery on a guided photo walk! 🪦

🔎 Lots to unpack in this year’s budget proposals, and our policy experts did the deep dive so you don’t have to. Join our webinar this Monday at 12 pm ET for a breakdown of the budget’s environmental priorities and how it will impact NYers. See you there!

Tour #Scotland short 4K #Spring Sunday wildlife #nature camera travel video Blog clip of sight and sounds of bushy tailed Grey Squirrel opening feeder box on afternoon visit and trip to my #Scottish cottage garden in Scone by Perth, #Perthshire tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2025/03/grey...

Cats Against Oligarchy---my new motto.

Could this be the fate of our Milky Way #galaxy? An anomaly in a distant galaxy challenges our understanding of the universe in a new study by astronomers at Christ University in India. Read about it here: buff.ly/cnwkztq

📸 Bagchi & Ray et al/ Giant Metrewave/ RAS.

What a weekend!
Across the U.S., over 100,000 Americans mobilized — including more than 34,000 attendees at the Bernie/AOC rally, marking the biggest political event since Obama. Protests erupted in multiple states to defend Social Security, Tesla takedown protest gained momentum, and so much more!

Trump signed an Executive Order attacking federal funding for Libraries and Museums that decimates the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
#SaveIMLS
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary