Reading Cinder House by @freyamarske.bsky.social. Don't think I didn't notice the yellow wallpaper.

Guys. The Ancient Greeks weren't white. They were more like cephalopods than modern humans -- their skin was bioluminescent and constantly shifting its color. And they didn't live in in idyllic seaside villages; they could only survive near deep-ocean vents. They DID have Matt Damon accents, though

Lol someone I've been vaguely considering blocking for a while just blocked me.

Done. It isn't colored the same as Jurassic Park, but I wanted it to be true to life. 🪶 🐣

Of course the headline and the graphic are deeply misleading. The author does not advocate "forgetting climate change." He's speaking strategically: climate change is not a winning issue with many voters, so better to engage voters with class/economic arguments.

These solar canals are made with bifacial solar panels that pull in sunlight from both sides. They generate power not just from the top, but also from light reflected off the water in the canal below. #solarcanals #energysky

Couldn't remember Benedict Cumberbatch's name, so I said "what's his name, Bandersnatch" and everyone knew who I meant.

There was a colony of Acorn Woodpeckers at the community college where I was taking classes. They are easy to find and fun to watch! My toddler became obsessed with Attenborough's Life of Birds series around the same time, which contributed.

My most deeply held and utterly futile position is that the president should never be referred to as "commander in chief" in a non-military context

What's your favorite Bible verse? (Wrong answers only.) "Tweedledum and Tweedledee Agreed to have a battle; For Tweedledum said Tweedledee Had spoiled his nice new rattle."

Anthologies that @datlow.bsky.social & I co-edited are available in ebook editions here - including several volumes of adult fairy tale fiction, plus stories inspired by forest folklore, faery lore, Trickster myths, animal/human shape-shifter myths, and more. www.humblebundle.com/books/best-e...

We present you with prairie dog Phred really enjoying his salad. 🥗 📹: Zookeeper Taylor T

Whoa 🤯 The Moon, in full eclipse, with the #Artemis II Orion spacecraft. Part of the Moon and spacecraft are lit by Earthshine, and both Saturn and Mars are visible to the lower right. Incredible. Details: images.nasa.gov/details/art0...

A few have suggested that some aspects of this mission--joy, international teamwork, diversity--are being played up to stick it to the hateful attitude of the administration. But I don't think it's that. I think it's just that those things are essential to and inseparable from a mission like this.

My son noticed some Acorn Woodpeckers up at Foothill College today. They were busy using the theater building as a granary!

Me: When did you get to sleep last night? Son: I don't know, I was asleep. Me: Fair.

"The real conspiracies—the actual plots and plans that will shape whole worlds—are often far too vast and far too impersonal to really grasp, and when they *are* grasped, they are not called 'conspiracies' at all, but rather 'policies' or 'business plans.'" From Slow Gods, by Claire North

Public, peaceful protest only makes sense if you think the people in power might be influenced by it.

Public health is a wild field to be in because when things go right, people assume we're not doing anything useful, and when things go wrong, people assume it's our fault. This pattern dates back to the beginning of public health.

Last Dance Cocktail. It's the same as a Last Word, except with bourbon instead of gin, lemon juice instead of lime, allspice dram instead of chartreuse, benedictine instead of maraschino liqueur, and a lemon wheel instead of a cherry. Oh and it has a dash of bitters. Otherwise, exactly the same.

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26 NO - 41% YES - 38% UNSURE - 21%

There's a similar conspiracy theory about diabetes.

"It’s been a while, so quote this skeet with your favourite $20 dollar word." specious factitious (sic) idiolect

I didn't see any.

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

Lovely thread. Be sure to read all the alt.text.

I'm not generally paranoid or into conspiratorial thinking, but ...

Local zoning is the way! A lot of these are being stopped or stalled by neighborhood organizing. These warehouses often need to be purchased, permitted, approved for occupancy and specs. Each one of those steps can be interrupted. Ppl are pressuring corps not to sell, counties to deny permits, etc

This is a CAT checkpoint. Show me the most recent cat image on your phone.

Spouse picked these DVDs up at the Friends of the Library book (etc) sale. Tonight: All About Eve. Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night.

"The chatbot is in the desert and dying. Why are you crying and helping it?"

Pine marten

Artists, quote with something silly!

I planted these seeds on Wednesday, people.

Kitten timeline cleanse youtube.com/shorts/5H5JV...

Yesterday I was on the way to a medical appointment when I saw a train stopped on the tracks at a railroad crossing near one of our high schools. There were cops directing traffic. I thought "oh no, not another suicide." Looked at the local news this morning. Unfortunately, my guess was correct.

The theme of this week's farmer's market trip: single-serving vegetables. The artichokes double as mallets.

I just want to make it clear that it was *Border Patrol* agents who murdered Alex Pretti, and those fuckers murder people regularly here along the border. Renee Good´s murderer is also a former Border Patrol agent (currently ICE). Disband ALL the paramilitary groups and prosecute every member.

Best headline.

bsky.app/profile/brit... here is a donation list of vetted charities currently on the front lines in Minnesota

National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3

I don't get thong underwear. Why deliberately give yourself a wedgy? #DeepThoughts

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'

It's actually a good thing that previously apolitical normies are finally getting angry and starting to speak out. We need the numbers in the streets and at the polls. If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.

In case you’re wondering whether the pro-ICE reactions to Renee Nicole Good’s murder are natural, here’s a comment that was just left on my video. My video about anti-transgender bias at the BBC. I haven’t made a video about Good yet. youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto

"I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care." Pretty much sums up this whole regime.