I live in Iowa so if you wanna see a cow up close, you have plenty of opportunities to do so. And when you do you understand exactly why pasteurization is an essential, life-saving process.

In 1914, Charles Daniels, a Black CPR employee, was denied his rightful seat at The GRAND Theatre (then the Sherman Grand). His refusal to accept injustice led to one of Alberta’s earliest documented human rights cases. Here's the @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social: www.sprawlcalgary.com/calgarys-unk...

here's my entry!! #Comics4Liam

For Liam.

Some from the archives for #FungiFriday 1 Questionable Stropharia (Stropharia ambigua) 2 Slime Mold (possibly White Carnival Candy Slime Mold Arcyria cinerea?) 3 Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) 4 Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)- same specimen, hand for size #fungifriends #mushrooms

We're on Erin's list & would love the support! digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop3... We're an all trans immigrant troop in Mpls MN & can't safely sell like normal due to ⓘⓒⓔ. All funds from purchases/donations going to support our hurting neighbors & community. 🍪💖

tag yourself i’m I AM MANOEUVRING WITH DIFFICULTY

one of the agents said “okay we know” when we were whistling so i leaned in and whistled louder and he threatened to pepper spray me. i then said “are you scared of a fucking whistle dawg” and he very meekly said “no i’m not scared of a whistle”

Philip Glass withdrawing from the Kennedy Center is a great opportunity to mention one of my favorite one-acts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AEQ...

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

It's a good day to stop using Hootsuite and tell them why.

Whatever doesn't kill you makes you older

The mild wet winter in the PNW is great for fungi! #FungiFriday #FungiFriends 1: Fluted Bird's Nest Fungus (Cyathus striatus) 2: Woolly Bird's Nest Fungus (Nidula niveotomentosa) 3: Purple Jellydisc (Ascocoryne sarcoides) 4: Crystal Brain Fungus (Myxarium nucleatum)

The interesting applications of AI are all, like, "we built an open framework that uses processors on recycled cell phones to identify and triangulate the location of rare bugs in tropical rainforests" while big tech is going "what if we burned down that rainforest to summarize your emails?"

HOW I WRONGED A CAT TODAY: My shadow fell on Artemis too heavily while she was enjoying crinkle paper.

Remember all the weird things you believed and odd rituals you did as a kid?

The more stories I see about Minneapolis fighting ICE, just spontaneously morphing into this gentle giant that dogs ICE agents everywhere they go and delivers groceries to families sheltering in place, the more I think @naomikritzer.bsky.social is a psychic. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

History is making fun of us

Hello 👋 I am an independent bookstore who wants to help you find good sci-fi/fantasy books. I’m also overfolio with dad jokes. BUT the algo has bibliophiled me away—condemned to be seen by no one. Please, help me appendices the day and find new people to delight and dismay.

“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy

I have posted the docs that were in your trunk and which you were probably reading at breakfast Forgive me they were a gold mine so rich and so many Copyright Credit: William

I regret to inform you all that Threads is improving

Comic-con deciding to allow GenAi imagery in the art show —giving valuable space to GenAi users to show slop right NEXT to actual artists who worked their asses off to be there— is a disgrace! A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has made the bold decision to forego federal funding in order to maintain the integrity of their evidence-based work on maternal health, preventive care, and more. 👏👏👏 Find out more at their letter to @thelancet.com hubs.li/Q03-bHZh0

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

REGIME CHANGE 🇺🇸

Fuck Bari Weiss, fuck bootlicking regime propaganda

Good summary from a reliable source. #Mask #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...

springtime seed-ordering season reminder that baker creek seed co are chuds who pal around with the bundys and you shouldn't give them your money

Another post from a Venezuelan friend:

We’ve all done it every day for the last five years during an ongoing pandemic with a BSL level 4 neuro invasive pathogen so why would America start caring now? The fascist got Americans to literally say that their own lives don’t matter as long as the Status quo for the wealth class is maintained

There's no legal difference between kidnapping Maduro and kidnapping Mark Carney.

✨️ Your gift is doubled!⁠ ✨️⁠ A generous group of match champions is matching every dollar you give until December 31. Your compassion goes twice as far to rescue, rehabilitate, and release animals in crisis.⁠ ⁠ Donate now: give.wrabc.ca/page/Holiday...

Happy New Year!The dogs managed the yelling,fireworks and pot banging,but decided the kazoo blowing neighbours a step too far.Spilled champagne in bed trying to reassure a 75lb English setter who joined me under the covers for safety as the the golden went all-in,thinking it was SuperFunWrestleTimes

Happy 2026! To start the year, here's a tree ring chiton, a 5cm ocean mollusk that sticks to rocks. Instead of having obvious eyes on a head, it's got 100s of tiny eyes embedded in the hard plates on its back, each with a rock crystal to focus light. Its top is one big eye spying on the world above

Paging @nedpyle.com- this little gal has been on a Big Adventure, but I bet her family is looking for her and would be happy to know she is safe. Hoping to extend reach in Seattle dog circles, and thought you might be the guy to tag.

This is one of my favorite paintings, from any painter, ever. Not only is she crushing Mein Kampf, but the arc of her rivet gun's cable also evokes a serpent being crushed under her heel - even while the rivet gun herself is laid on her apron like Christ on the lap of the Virgin Mary.

also, as is tradition, we will be soliciting some unsolicited solicited duck pics on Tues 6 Jan for next year's #InternationalUnsolicitedDuckPicDay. so, see you then. if you give a duck

This piece in the Globe and Mail by Christina Sharpe gave me shivers. I can’t cry, so my physical reaction to something so true, clear, and frightening (to me as visible and vocal Black woman) is from my nervous system. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/47bbb5b... 1/

One fun thing about the Japanese is we love the FUCK out of Christmas and have only the loosest concept of what is going on

3/ So, here are the Flu A case counts each year and year-to-date. So, way down at the bottom is pre-pandemic range and mean. It's THOUSANDS of cases lower than every other year shown. THOUSANDS.😱 Since COVID: You're sicker than you think™️

I spoke to the people who continue to shape their lives around avoiding [cholera/typhoid/dysentery] and only drinking ‘clean’ water

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation: www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

Bravo, anonymous hero.