This is Olive.

When we watched Andor I was like “oh they fucked with the cloth industry, no wonder the empire failed, that makes sense” and my husband paused the TV to stare at me. But like. I’m right tho.

Ma’am you are frankly unprepared for camelids

A wonderful thread. Er, yarn.🧵

A bit of an #ABStorm Christmas Eve

CHRISTMAS WEEK WEATHER ON THE PRAIRIES. Travel plans? There may be weather related disruptions. Cold? For most of us, yes. And, not everyone on the prairies will have a white Christmas. The update's at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Joyeux No-eel: Lampreys as a group are sometimes incorrectly called “lamprey eels." While they do look like eels in that they have slender, snake-like bodies and smooth, slippery skin, lampreys are more primitive, lacking jaws and having a skeleton made of cartilage instead of bone #25DaysofFishmas

My absolute favorite holiday tradition is Lampreia de Ovos, a Portuguese Christmas dessert which contains zero (0) actual lamprey but 50 (!) egg yolks, sugar, and almonds - and is shaped to look like a lamprey. Don’t forget cherries for the eyes! #25DaysofFishmas www.atlasobscura.com/foods/lampre...

All done! That was so fun! I picked up a pack of felt and some beads at the dollar store yesterday and now“TheMuppetsChristmasCarol“ Gonzo/Charles Dickens is ready for the tree! #Muppets

ANYWAY happy Friday! Today is a good day to get THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST and read it safely indoors! :D (Or wrap it up and give it to some unsuspecting person, I don't know your life.) A finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, Aurora, Locus, Ignyte, and World Fantasy Award! 🦊🦄🍎

Finalizing the Headline of the Year nominees throughout the day, will likely launch tomorrow. Any submissions below will also be considered.

(And also efff colonialism for the associated loss of language and culture, that still hurts)

Oh sorry, one more I would not ever take the output of any software translation as accurate. Even excluding hallucinations (and that's a big exclude), what you're not getting from it is context dependent meanings (like homophones, idioms, slang, etc). Fastest way to accidentally insult someone

Deep breath Ok I'm going to try and stay calm But I'll point out that AI translation is literally causing translators to be fired (see the whole Harlequin line in France) (1/?)

Dolly Varden have had a bad reputation since early observers witnessed them feeding on salmon eggs- not a great look in a place like Alaska where salmon are economically important. However, research has shown that they primarily eat drifting eggs that wouldn't have hatched anyway #25DaysofFishmas

A #Fishmas Carol: Dolly Varden's common name comes from a fictional young girl character in Charles Dickens’s novel “Barnaby Rudge” known for her colorful outfits - and also a popular green fabric with small red polka dots that was marketed under the same name in the 1860s #25DaysofFishmas

While in the Salmonid family and commonly called Dolly Varden trout, they’re not a trout at all! Instead, they're considered a char (genus Salvelinus). Other chars include the Dolly Varden’s closely related (and often confused with) cousins, the bull trout and Arctic char #25DaysofFishmas

For the morning crowd

Some cows have been sacrificed to Mithras, I assume for his birthday 🌞🏺🐮

The winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere marks the start of Yule

The winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere marks the start of Yule

For #ArtAdventCalendar day 20, a fun little number done as part of a group project in which everyone was assigned characters from the Rocky Horror Picture Show to translate into a manicure (I got Columbia). Hand painted with regular nail polish.

also this is not a bagel

I am fundraising for an anonymous friend, who is a trans sex worker and POC. They are at risk of losing custody of their children. Please, please donate. This is a situation that is painful and scary beyond description. PLEASE SHARE GRAPHICS WIDELY 🫂 www.gofundme.com/f/help-keep-... 🫂

Here's some free, downloadable patterns for sewing your own binders: ureshiidesign.ca/blog/binder-... There's detailed assembly instructions here: ureshiidesign.ca/blog/binder-...

Still the greatest modern carol m.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZyJ...

Hot Dog on a Stick Mall Rats artwork by PDX Mall Rat @ryanberkley.bsky.social 🐀🌭✌️ SAT 12/20 @ Lloyd center 11am-6pm #pdx #mallrats #mallratsmarket #pdxart #artmarket #mallratspdx #🐀

Finding good subjects to test a future macro lense for my phone next week... Golden eye lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmus) will be a good one! 💚

'Mama, you are not doing me justice...' Mrs. Dashwood, Marianne, and Elinor. Illustration for the Bath bicentenary edition of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, published by Palazzo, 2011. Ink on Fabriano hot pressed. #JaneAusten250 #ArtAdventCalendar

I’m threading this one for #ArtAdventCalendar day 19 for context because I did the thing! Please enjoy my invented species! Thumb: Maratus gingerbreadus Index: Maratus dreidelis Middle: Maratus yuletreei Ring: Maratus kinarae Pinkie: Maratus wreathii

14. Spiny oakworm moth. This saturniid moth comes from a different part of the world to me, but it's fluffy and colourful and I just think it's neat. #SciArt #ArtAdventCalendar

no one asked but just so everyone who follows me knows, real psychrolutes (blobfish) look like this normally

Renton had this moment when he was finally able to transition & take hormones, which I think about a lot. Renton also found a community of people who loved/supported him, and who will fuck you up if you mess with Renton www.huffpost.com/entry/trans-...

friends, if I share "How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce," describing how several policies--some of which you may not know about--work in tandem, and you immediately reply 'quietly???' I'm quieting you with the mute button ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?" Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.

Dear New York City: I would like to report that the historic plaque commemorating Henry Bliss is in ill-repair. This is no way to honor the memory of the first person killed by a car in the United States.

Oh, hey, PDFs of the scripts to a bunch of award-season movies: thefilmstage.com/download-the...

A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas. Be a love, and pay it today.

The BMA has published an updated policy position on the rights of transgender and non-binary people in healthcare settings. www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...

It is very much pro-trans

Lovable Victorian Urchin's Guide to a Merry Christmas youtube.com/shorts/fLIh7...

Love how he not only calls out these grifters for what they are, but mentions how the whole hierarchical/dominance-based "Alpha Wolf" model it's based on was disavowed by David Mech, the biologist who came up with it in the first place, after his own research led him to realise he was mistaken.

What's behind door No.1️⃣9️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 ALPHA MALES! It's nonsense, but for the sake of our young men - and women - it's nonsense that we have to actively counter... as well as most definitely make fun of! #alpha #alphamale #sigma #psychology #wellbeing

Happy Hanukkah from Sandy, the shark who lives in my office

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

Leading the charge was a fearsome Mouse King with a golden crown. "Get the sweets!" he ordered. "I'll take care of the girl." "Not so fast," came a voice. Clara turned to see her nutcracker. Behind him were toy soldiers, gingerbread men & dolls, ready to fight. 3/ #ArtAdventCalendar #NHPNutcracker