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I don't normally ask, but if you are concerned about #COVID19, please share my latest post with others. I'd like it to reach folks who AREN'T already COVID-aware. I’ve Read 3,000 Studies About COVID: Here’s What You’re Ignoring That Could (Still) Harm You or a Loved One medium.com/@augieray_66...

It wasn't the same day, but freshman year in college there were four of us on the same floor in the same dorm who were born within 5 days of each other. I've mostly lost touch with them, but we were still joking about it and having fun into our 40s.

I try to never reskeet things without alt-text, but if you have something about a subject I have filtered here in a screenshot that doesn't have alt-text? I will block you. Because fuck you. #Angry

Lot of cool people (including me) in here.

Want to join your library board but don't know how to get started? The For the People Library put together this searchable database of library systems that may have openings!

The birds in your neighborhood - even inner city - are every bit as fascinating as jungle birds.

Hey! I am working on curating a starter pack for trans and nonbinary authors -- please either comment here or DM me if you want to be added! Also, share so I can get the word out. #writingcommunity

Current WIP, both are on the richer end. Pen is a fucking dragon princess who sleeps on gold sometimes. David just quit his job, but he was a successful real estate agent who specialized in higher end properties for the last decade.

Anyone want to see my very bad picture of the hairy (or maybe downy?) woodpecker that's hanging out in my front yard?

Remember back in the 90s during WWE, wrestlers used to run up on their opponents doing ringside interviews and clothesline them? I just saw Stephen Miller on tv and that popped into my head for some reason.

From reddit: "Former B&T employee. Before you sign with Follett, you should know who killed the cats." 👀 www.reddit.com/r/Libraries/...

Also, when reporters start talking about the chatbots this way, it is imperative to remind them they are basically asking a toaster for comment. They should be a lot more embarrassed about this than they currently are. “Grok told CNN…” no it didn’t. You typed stuff into an unreliable calculator.

I can't end the thread without this GIF of a capy enjoying a relaxing citrus bath at Izu Shaboten Zoo in Japan. Be like the capy, my friends. "Water pigs who are happy in water".🧘‍♂️

Here's Eve the 3 month old capybara at the Miami Zoo demonstrating one of the OTHER many ways capys have of moving through the water: half-hearted bipedalism. Note that eyes, ears and nostrils are fully above the water line.

In fact, we should examine the semi-webbed toes. On the left is a capy's semi-webbing, on the right is a beaver's fully-webbed foot. You can see similarities, but also a slight difference in the extent of the webbing.

The scientific name, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris is Greek: Hydrochoerus = "water pig", hydrochaeris = "happy in water". So, "the water pig who is happy in the water." 😀🌊🐷 Adaptations to semi-aquatic life: Eyes, ears & nostrils at the top of the head Streamlined form Webbed feet (📷JoeJoe the Capy)

I need a mood booster, let's talk about capybaras. Here's a capy demonstrating one of MANY ways they can move through the water: running along the bottom. They're 'semi-aquatic' mammals, just like hippos, seals & beavers. They LOVE water. (📷: Fernando Maidana)

Dolly Parton (left) and a cat

🫏 Donkey stars in New York operas Wanda the donkey has played roles in classic New York Metropolitan Opera productions since 2022, including "La Boheme" and "The Barber of Seville", starring alongside hundreds of performers. #AFPVertical

Do you guys know about this? Listen to random forests around the world? So soothing.

While I want this sentiment to spread in general I also want to throw kudos and appreciation to everyone I personally follow for not doing that and choosing peace, lmao.✌🏼

I will reiterate that if you are an independent journo/hobbyist I will happily set up your ghost install and host it for a few quid above cost price. You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue. And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.

A 6-pack of seltzer, a stack of books, and heart shaped sunglasses.

Casual reminder that Itch stole my money & I can no longer sell there, meaning I can't promote with my friends or participate in bundles & other opportunities. I'd really appreciate if y'all could help me get more discovery for my books on here instead! 100% human made, 100% queer creative team!

Another one: when someone orders a mixed drink, especially a martini, and the bartender/server doesn't ask even the most basic stuff like vodka or gin, rocks or up, olive or twist?

"If Bird Sounds in Movies Were Accurate". Only 37 seconds with several examples. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7aI...

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My Neighbor Totoro

I know this probably makes me a bad Jew, but I would eat every single one of these. Especially the honey bacon sriracha cream cheese. Yummy, yummy treif.

Oh wow an improvement on the classic. youtu.be/sXxbkjlHvf4?...

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THREAD. My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments. I've collected his work here...

Every single one of the kids in Goonies is wearing Nikes. No way that many kids would all wear the same brand.

If there is one resolution I want for journalists this year: it is to get off S*bstack and use Ghost or any other indy publishing platform that does not fund literal nazis instead.

<tears of relief> It doesn't matter that the MRI didn't cause the cancer, I still freak out every year because the MRI is how they caught the cancer and my brain doesn't see the difference.

I don't know if it's a hobby, per se, but Pen (the dragon) likes to nap with black bears. They like it, too, since she's got that internal furnace going for her. David loves to cook, and he's really good at it. Like, homemade pho and duck confit and hot water crust meat pies good.

Welcome to the new world:

You don't tug on Superman's cape You don't spit into the wind You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger And you don't say anything about furries on bluesky

Ditto.

Happy 85th birthday to Hayao Miyazaki ♡

Not exactly the Muppets version of a Blanc film that Rian Johnson has pushed back on, but I'll take it.

repost to give those 2 or 3 followers who always like your weird posts a little forehead kiss & a grilled cheese cut diagonally

Pretty cool www.bbc.com/news/article...

This. Absolutely this. I feel like people cried "distraction" specifically so they could let certain things happen without worrying about them. Many horrible things are happening. Do what you have the capacity for to make sure you raise your voice against them. All of them.