A few flowers for your weekend, bloomscrollers 🙂 1/3

George Grosz, The Agitator, 1928 www.stedelijk.nl/en/collectio...

Absolute unit. Easily 50 mm.

When I was writing this piece about the Ocean Cleanup, I had a surreal experience: They assured me that they only kill invasive species, and sent me a published paper to demonstrate that. But the paper said the opposite! I wonder how many journalists just took their word for it and didn't check?

Hera's space odyssey across the cosmos is underway! Much like Odysseus learned the mysteries of his world, #Hera too will probe the possibilities of our universe and its celestial bodies. Learn more about why so many space missions are connected to Greek mythology here: www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

Here's some daylilies to brighten you day, Bluesky 🙂

"I’ve had debates with members of different political persuasions on whether we should eat the man we caught in a net... Those aren’t the types of discussions you’re likely to have in public, especially when much of the media is ready to pounce on celebs for stepping out of line."

New Mastodon album is coming on August 28th 🤘 (yes, that's Josh Homme in the thumbnail) www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Cr...

This is ridiculous. The cats in this house (which they own) understand everything I say to them. I think. www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...

No one ever dies of natural causes. If I die tomorrow I want you all to know Antonio Banderas did it. Why him? Because he knew you'd never suspect him.

Cat for Caturday My darling Sammy

Under a tree, watching a birb

Good morning.

Shiny happy summer vibes, perfectly normal, not at all evil 😆 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LfN...

There are dozens of works of art that have stayed with me, but honestly this one's close to the top of the list: it's just so absolutely bonkers I'm obsessed that someone actually conceived of & then painted it

Heart bum ❤️ #OrangeCats

"Whether or not local cats were more likely to follow lotion wearers was not part of the research" www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The fluffiest of fluffy 🐝 bums

Life finds a way 🙂 1/2

Found another perfect cat at the British Museum. This one is basically ready for avocado toast, Eurovision and punk at the same time.

Saw a postal themed scratch pad at our local pet store, & being a mailman, I couldn’t pass it up. It’s been a big hit with the cats! #Caturday #CatSky 😸

I am in the British Museum and feel like home due to all the #cats. Also reading #hieroglyphics aloud, so sorry if I accidentally wake sth up.

Woah, dude. That catnip was too strong. I think I'm seeing a ninja cat behind me!

Ugh I regret to inform you that the stupidity is the point open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

Sorry to bother you, folks.. Can you see the photos in the post below? All I'm seeing is alt text (briefly), and than nothing. I'm suspecting some fckry between eurosky and bluesky. bsky.app/profile/crou...

Flowers (and insects) for Friday :)

#PPOD: This image shows satellites crossing the night sky above the northern Atacama Desert in Chile over just one hour. It is a stack of a time-lapse video taken on 15 October 2025, about two hours after sunset. 🧪 🔭

Milan's one of the richest cities in Europe. I wonder what their politicians are doing that is so successful.

Russia ‘mounted drone surveillance of European nuclear sites over 18 months’

Summer rain 😍 🌱

Q: What are Canadian values? A: Tolerance. Sustainability. Diversity. Rush.

This kind of seems like a big deal!

“House Of Flying Daggers: The Director’s Cut” Well that’s hardly surprising, is it? Accident waiting to happen, mate.

Pterocephalus perennis for your viewing pleasure, Bluesky.

How much light comes from a firefly? www.aip.org/scilights/ho...

The "greatest cosmic movie ever made" has begun filming -- the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, being carried out at the Vera Rubin Observatory. It will take ten years to complete. www.nsf.gov/news/action-...

Baby alligator doing death rolls

Hail our infallible AI overlords

This heatwave is a bit much. The temperature peaked at 38 °C this afternoon, it'll be even hotter tomorrow 🥵

A stealthy predator is tracking her elusive prey. Approach with caution (and treats)

I visited Meta's metaverse on the day it was supposed to shut down. I ended up in a virtual reality off-brand McDonald's car park – "a horribly designed, ultra-capitalistic space—a car park with no cars, for a restaurant that can sell no food, an earthly purgatory we have built for ourselves".

Party time... 🥳

It's not even 7 AM and it's already 23 °C 🫠

no one can understand the mind of the frog. no one can decipher his riddles.

It's still Friday here, and Friday's for flowers. This time with a creepy-crawly twist 🙂

Washing off the evidence

Yes, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is older than the Solar System When we first spotted 3I/ATLAS, its trajectory told us it might be older than the Solar System. Today, three even stronger lines of evidence point to its ancient age. bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #astro #comet #ATLAS

A new live session from Messa is just what I needed 😃 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fef...

Leela’s guide to happiness: Step 1: Sit down. Step 2: Listen to bellflowers ringing. Step 3: Continue being a cat.