Barb Lomow @blomow

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A single family was so obsessed with its own glory that it built a tomb covered, floor to ceiling, in marble and precious stones. The work took so long that the family went completely extinct before it was finished... This is the Chapel of the Princes in Florence, the mausoleum of the Medici, the dynasty that ruled the city and bankrolled the Renaissance. It sits behind the Basilica of San Lorenzo, beneath the second-largest dome in Florence, surpassed only by Brunelleschi's. And inside, there is not a single bare surface: every wall, every column, every inch is sheathed in dark, gleaming stone. The Medici wanted a tomb that would rival the great royal mausoleums of Europe and announce that they were not merely bankers, but rulers chosen, almost, by God. So they did not decorate the chapel with paint. They covered it in pietre dure: precious and semi-precious stones, porphyry, jasper, lapis lazuli, coral, mother-of-pearl, cut and fitted together by hand like a vast jigsaw of jewels. The work was so difficult and so costly that the family founded an entire workshop just to produce it, the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, which still exists in Florence today. The scale of the ambition is almost hard to believe. Construction began in 1604. Along the lower walls, craftsmen inlaid the coats of arms of sixteen Tuscan cities in glowing stone. Six grand dukes were entombed in niches of porphyry and granite. And still the work went on, decade after decade, generation after generation. It went on so long that the Medici dynasty died out... The last of the line, Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, used part of her fortune to push the chapel toward completion, but she did not live to see it done. The floor of inlaid stone was not finished until 1962, more than three and a half centuries after the first stone was laid, and more than two hundred years after the family it was built to glorify had vanished from the earth. The Medici built it to make themselves immortal, and it worked. The family is gone but you can still stand inside the room they built to be remembered by, surrounded on every side by their refusal to be forgotten...

A beautiful Canadian family ❤️🇨🇦

Trees. Trees. Trees. They matter. Plant them. Protect them.

A pregnant endangered fin whale was found dead on the bow of a cruise ship in Seward, Alaska. She was a 61-foot fin whale, the second-largest animal on Earth after the blue whale, and about six months pregnant. A necropsy found blunt-force injuries consistent with a ship strike. She was carried into Seward on the bow of a cruise ship with nearly 5,000 people. This wasn’t a freak accident. Ship strikes are now the leading cause of death for fin whales. The solution is simple: slow ships down. A 10-knot speed limit dramatically reduces the risk of fatal collisions, yet many cruise ships travel faster. We built ships so large they can kill one of the biggest animals on Earth without anyone on board even noticing. So why is slowing down still the exception instead of the rule? [Source: Alaska Public Media, citing NOAA Fisheries (June 2026).]

This innocent animal friend is about to be brutally murdered👺The fear must be excruciating 😢Foam coming from the mouth. Look at the eyes 😔#StopYourKillings #LiveVegan you have a heart, do you?

Hundreds of thousands of chickens in France have died one of the worst deaths there is—from prolonged extreme heat. Dairy cows are also hit: "They're standing there with ​their mouths wide open, just trying to find air," a farmer said. "It's very difficult, physically for people and for the animals." Even if you don't care about animals suffering, food supply and prices are impacted by CC. Milk production ​has fallen by 15% to 20%. All the carcasses are a problem too: the collection service has buckled under the sheer scale of the demand. Disease looms when bodies lie rotting from the hell we have created. Report in 🧵

This is not farming. This is violence.👺What you’re seeing here isn’t a glitch in the system, it is the system. A shed so overcrowded with chickens that they can’t move, breathe properly, or even live with basic dignity. Every step the farmer takes risks crushing a bird, not out of carelessness, but because space is so limited that it’s nearly impossible not to. But he won’t step on them. Not out of mercy, but because each one has a price tag. Because their lives, in this system, are measured in cents. This is the daily horror behind the cheap meat industry. These chickens will never see the sun. They will never touch grass. They are treated not as living beings with the capacity to feel pain, fear, and suffering, but as units of production. They are born into misery and die without ever having lived.This is not food security. This is not tradition. This is an industry built on exploitation, suffering, and silence. We must stop pretending this is acceptable. We must stop normalizing cruelty because it’s hidden behind walls and marketing labels like “farm fresh” or “all natural.” Animals deserve better. We all deserve better.🌱 Choose compassion. Support plant-based alternatives. Demand systemic change.#AnimalRights #FactoryFarming #EndAnimalCruelty #VeganForTheAnimals #CompassionOverKilling #ChickensDeserveBetter

Orphans like Chamboi (seen here as a baby) are guided by their Keepers every step of the way, until they are ready to reclaim their place in the wild. Ask any Keeper about their greatest pride, and you’ll likely hear the same answer: seeing ‘their’ babies grow up happy and healthy, return to the wild where they belong, and one day start families of their own. Adopt an orphan with us and become a foster parent to a baby rhino, helping us raise them back to the wild: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans

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400 Years old yew tree in Muckross Abbey, Ireland 🇮🇪

Gannet chicks killed, butchered and burned for a tradition. The Guga hunt has to end.

Every creature leaves a mark on Earth. Birds leave footprints. Turtles leave trails. Crabs leave tiny patterns in the sand. WE leave plastic bottles, buckets, wrappers, containers etc behind. We are the only species that understands the damage & still continues doing it.

“Imagine seeing this beautiful animal and getting excited to murder him”

Ducks were meant for water, sunlight, and open spaces — not a life defined by confinement and exploitation.

He's still fighting for his life, his safety, his freedom—even if his legs aren’t working 💔 Take this video as a devastating reminder to NEVER support bullfights or Running of the Bulls events. #AntiBullfightingDay

The end of the life of a spent #dairy cow 👺 When you are not profitable anymore you will be sent to slaughter. If you can’t walk they will drag you. Dairy cows on average are murdered when 5-6 years old. A cow can live 20-25 years when not exploited for profit. #DitchDairy TODAY #GoPlantbased NOW #LiveVegan the only decent way of life ✌️

Taşyaran Valley , Turkey 🇹🇷