Prairie dogs 🤝🏿 meerkats?

They reunited in NY in 1924 when Leonard turned 21 & inherited $340k from his grandfather ($6.3m today). They kept their marriage a secret from Leonard’s family. Then Philip Rhinelander sent a secretary to inspect the marriage record in person. “The father’s sobs were heard plainly over the wire”

The face of a cat who conned his staff into providing two breakfasts of Iams chicken in jelly in quick succession this morning.

Great things start in little rooms ❤️

When Andre cries I cry

(You should prolly follow @globalvoices.org and @mongabay.com for balance. The world is large.)

In Togo, the authorities have restated their intentions to regulate online speech, restricting the use of social media amid heightened political tensions.

Who made this and why are you choosing nerd violence? ✍️ I mean, it is true, but still.

this is the second time this weekend I've been late for a social event because I was editing Wikipedia

big deal. the body of a 38 year old does this all the time

Iffy connection to the Nazis outside of bringing Hitler to power. Was kicked out of the government and eventually put into a concentration camp.

One of the few people acquitted at Nuremberg was the first Nazi Minister of Economics Hjalmar Schacht - whose full name was implausibly Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht because his parents were fans of the American abolitionist.

Also his jazz flute era is brilliant! (Though I have to say this only really became apparent to me after I saw an arguably even more brilliant performance by Shabaka Hutchings)

#DRC 🇨🇩: A total of 575 displaced households were registered between October 30 and November 1 in the Ikobo group (Walikale territory, North Kivu). These displaced people are fleeing clashes between AFC/M23 rebels and government forces supported by the Wazalendo. actualite.cd/2025/11/09/w...

More trains, not more lanes, are needed.

"This is the strangest life I have ever known." Jim Morrison #Shrooms #fungifriends #fungi #nature #photography #roadside #lookdown

Runner Psychosis is the belief that most of your life’s problems can be solved with a long run no matter how little you’ve eaten or slept or how bad your knees feel

Christmas crafting! Victorian-inspired wire tinsel!

Still We Rise: Ifa Lethu Foundation and SABC Art Collections Unite for Landmark Exhibition

Hey #soupsky

Tonight's dinner 🍽️🍜: Bob Chorba, Bulgarian bean soup, served with (shop-bought) bread. Simple, straightforward, wholesome and tasty. I like the addition of dried peppers. Really nice! Recipe from: www.chasingthedonkey.com/bulgarian-be...

Sunday pot of beans. White beans with some garlic, bay leaves, and thyme. Not fancy beans, just grocery store Great Northerns, but little piece of kombu does an enzymatic trick that helps make them nice and creamy.

Me when Google or Meta gives me an AI summary of something I never asked for.

For one week only, all proceeds from my #BakeOnceAWeek Compound Butter sale will support Kindred On The Rock, Staceyann Chin’s community farm in Jamaica, devastated by the hurricane. Each small-batch baton = a seed toward rebuilding. 💛 Orders close Nov 15 Ships Nov 17 bit.ly/CompoundButterBatons

@ooeygooey.bsky.social per our recent discussion

A deep-sea expedition has recorded 30 previously unknown species from one of the planet’s most inaccessible regions, 700 meters into the depths of the Southern Ocean. The astonishing array included a carnivorous “death-ball” sponge, unknown sea stars spanning multiple families, and new crustaceans.

Nuremburg trials is the moderate position

Ragwort in Ely. #WildflowerHour

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StandingOnThings except the floor and the alternative is #Gulls An American kestrel standing on a streetlight sensor and giving us a good look at the false eyes in the back of its head. #birds

OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: “We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”

There's that one famous guy...

one of my favorite pieces of folk religion — in Swedish, there’s only one word for dove and pigeon (as they’re essentially the same thing), so above the pulpits in these old country churches, they have depicted the Holy Spirit as their own local pigeon variant. delightful!! 🕊️🕯️✨

Self care Sunday, more like heavy lifting executive function Sunday so I can try to follow y'alls silly rules & look like I'm a part of society.

'The Continent' 219, 8 novembre 2025 : - Réaction populaire et violence policière en Tanzanie. - Contamination minière en Zambie. - L'inégalité veuve/veuf au Bénin. - Prêts d'aide ou nœud coulant contre les Africains ? #Afrique

L'hommage de Gado à Daumier 💔🇹🇿

... and the risk isn't OVER. Climate change, human habitation of the seas, changing ocean chemistry and undersea mining & detonations all pose substantial risks for the humpback. But for now, there's reason to celebrate, to even leap for joy a bit. 🐳 As Scotty said: "There be whales here."

But the story in the North Pacific is the opposite: from virtual extinction, a single pregnant female ("Big Mama") signaled the return of Salish Sea humpback migrations. Big Mama has had 7 calves since 2003. There's politics in removing these whales from Endangered Species protections...

Another species no longer on the global Endangered list: Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.

"The US tech industry had the highest number of layoffs in October of any sector, with a whopping 33,281 tech workers out of the job" futurism.com/future-socie...

Elections are not going well on the Continent

Cameroon's security forces killed 48 civilians as they responded to protests against the re-election of President Paul Biya, the world's oldest ruler, according to data shared with Reuters by two UN sources. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

On Amazon, too.

Hey, so.... Walmart is selling this white power shirt on their app....

Swiss chard, mushroom, ricotta galette for dinner later. I cheated & used a purchased Pillsbury crust. Didn't love the way it ripped--will make my own crust next time. Here's a recipe that's not paywalled findingmyinnerchef.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/s...

We really need help amplifying this raffle. It’s been going for a month now and we’re only at $72/$1000 for our goal 😢 Any help appreciated, reposts, quote posts. The prize is beautiful & it helps a single mom of 4 kids in Gaza - Nicola @mommunism.bsky.social #SaveFidaa

The world is failing to meet the 2.0°C target of the Paris Agreement, let alone 1.5°C. 1.5°C was always nearly impossible, but did setting that goal help or hurt climate action?

Just finished this memoir 👇 The first half is harrowing and difficult to read while the second half is a tale of seeking justice. Not all will be able to read this - and that's ok. But if you can, it is a remarkable story of abuse, survival and the search for justice. Virginia Giuffre RIP

[COMMENTARY] 🐾 In Kenya, Samburu women of the Mama Simba program lead lion conservation — restoring harmony between people and wildlife. This commentary reminds us: “When women lead, everything changes.” ** Views are author’s. #VoicesFromTheLand