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To everyone celebrating Easter, Michelle and I wish you a joyful holiday filled with reminders of the enduring power of faith and hope.

The #poetry of #easter englishliterature.net/alfred-edward-… #poem #aehousman #20thcentury

Last week this cherry blossom tree was in full bloom, surrounding a windmill. After all the strong winds and hail it's not completely empty. We still have the photos.

Right then. Let me explain something very slowly, because it appears some basic logic has gone missing somewhere over the Atlantic. No serious nation in the history of warfare has spent fourteen months insulting its allies, threatening to annex their territory, siding with their common enemy, and then knocked on their door expecting them to come running to rescue a catastrophe of its own making. That is not how alliances work. That is not how anything works. You abused the UK. You threatened Canada. You tried to grab Greenland. You called the EU an adversary. You praised Putin, the one man every serious NATO ally has spent decades preparing to fight. You hosted Kremlin officials in the Capitol. You undermined European elections. You abandoned Ukraine. You imposed tariffs on your closest partners. You did all of this loudly, proudly, and on camera. And now you are surprised that nobody is returning your calls. Here is a question worth sitting with. Why do you think that is? Is it possible, just possible, that when you treat your allies like enemies for over a year while cuddling up to their actual enemy, those allies might update their opinion of you? Is that concept too complicated? Does that require more working memory than is currently available? You did not plan this war with your allies. You did not consult them. You did not build a coalition. You started a conflict, watched it go sideways, and then got on your knees asking for help from people you spent fourteen months calling weak, corrupt and irrelevant. NATO is not what it was. Not because Europe changed. Because Washington made crystal clear which side it is on. And it is not ours. You want European boots on the ground? Start by explaining why America is more aligned with Moscow than with Brussels. Take your time. We will wait. Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

Because of conventional medicine: Your mother didn't die in childbirth You didn't get polio as a kid You've never seen smallpox Your friend with type 1 diabetes is alive because of insulin You recovered from that infection because of antibiotics Science saves lives!

In the light of #Easter, let us allow ourselves to be amazed by Christ! Let us allow our hearts to be transformed by his immense love for us! Let those who have weapons lay them down! Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace! Not a peace imposed by force, but through dialogue! Not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them!

Death is always lurking. We see it in violence, in the wounds of the world, in the cry of pain that rises from every corner because of the abuses that crush the weakest among us, because of the idolatry of profit that plunders the earth’s resources, because of the violence of war that kills and destroys. #Easter

Pretty much as close to perfection in beauty as you can get. On the edge of a Llyn Padarn lagoon in Llanberis. Stunning photography courtesy @BJRoberts #Wales #WelshPassion

Happy #easter ! youtube.com/watch?v=wvEIPW… #blues #music

Twin towers of the Royal Liver Building, Liverpool catching the early morning sunshine.

Even in darkness, we glow. In this image of Earth taken by the Artemis II crew, we can see the electric lights of human activity. In the lower right, sunlight illuminates the limb of the planet.

Happy Easter from the Yorkshire Wolds. 6°C and sunny after the storm. Lambs.

A #poem for #easter discoverpoetry.com/poems/christin… #victorian

"The good old days before vaccines"

🚂 This year we’re joining communities across the Dales and beyond in celebrating 150 years since the first passenger trains travelled the iconic Settle–Carlisle line. We invite you to ride the line, take in the scenery, and be part of this special milestone year. 🚂💚

This view just hits different 🌍 @Astro_Christina and @astro_reid take a moment to look back at Earth as they continue deep into space toward the Moon.

History in the making In this new image from our @NASAArtemis II crew, you can see Orientale basin on the right edge of the lunar disk. This mission marks the first time the entire basin has been seen with human eyes.

Happy #easter ! I always recall seeing this sheep being born on Easter Sunday one year in Ilam, #Staffordshire .

Good morning, and happy Easter! 🐰🍫🐣 📍 Bainbridge 📸 Wendy McDonnell | #YorkshireDales #HappyEaster

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