The most adorable chess piece ever! A knight, made of antler. Dating 11/12th century Found at the Burgstein, Lichtenstein-Holzelfingen. 📷 me #archaeology

Liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha. The female reproductive structures in the photo are about 3cm high. Northwest Territories, Canada. #liverwort #bryophyte #botany #fungifriends

Dussera Festival in #Pushkar #Rajasthan #Indien #Travelpics 'Traditionell' #FotoVorschlag

The Christmas present I always wanted but never got

My son tried a new decorating technique this year.

Merry Christmas from all the pets still waiting for their forever homes at your local shelter. These animals are not broken. They are not disposable. They are living, feeling souls who simply want a chance to love and be loved.

Who's been naughty?

I'll be impressed by ChatGPT on the day someone tells it to kill itself and it actually does it.

Happy Solstice! 🌞

I'm going to donate my post-mastectomy binders. Also, they can't stop people from sewing.

I wish I weren't an ocean away. 😔

Also, the Dems aren't left. The only thing they're left of is Satan.

For all my fellow potters 😂

That job would be perfect for me!

Ancient undersea wall dating to 5,800 BC discovered off French coast phys.org/news/2025-12...

"We are Americans. We are not white Americans, because there are no other Americans besides those who are white and come from Europe." Always with the flags 🤮

After all these years, I got both cuckoo clocks (and the grandfather clock) working. 😊

My beautiful kitty died last night after a long illness.

Feels like -17C to the rest of the world

Makes sense, will clarify treatment, and I hope will reduce stigma. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Happy birthday to Dick Van Dyke! www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Just yesterday I was thinking how I can't stand Yahweh as a god. Selfish, mean, narcissistic, irrational and cruel. Why would you choose a god like that?

Horrowshow www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

Are there any survival videogames where you have to be friendly and helpful because you need other people? Kinda like how early humans developed social behaviour in order to survive?

Hey everyone, this one's important (please read): George/Jorge is a kitten with Spooky Whiskers Rescue now at NC State's Veterinary Teaching Hospital, and he needs a lot of help, because he is the 4th documented case of Pituitary Dwarfism ever recorded. (1/2)

A shout out to all of the people who find this time or year difficult for lots if reasons.... Big hugs to you ❤️

My gods tell me the bicameral mind is a bunch of horsefeathers 🤭

Fine. Give us the Epstein files in Times New Roman, then.

My son keeps asking the ultrasound techs questions they've apparently never thought about, like, "How does the baby know it's awake?" and, "Does it feel the ultrasound pulse the way a diver feels whale echolocation?" And they're just like, "Oh, it won't hurt the baby!" Welcome to my world, son. 😐

Meanwhile, in Italy… apple.news/AoK86RcBXT4q...

As if the Nords would want to come to a shithole country like the US 🙄

Can this administration get any more ridiculous? /Rhetorical question www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is why international limits are necessary. What a shady business! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Yuck www.972mag.com/ellisons-par...

I miss having a rational, kind person in charge.

#EpigraphyTuesday This small vase, inscribed with the twenty-six letters of the #Etruscan alphabet, may have been a container for ink. The head acts as a stopper and could be attached to the bird’s body by a cord. The missing tail no doubt curved downward to form a third foot.

I'm not keen on physical therapy, either. I had to do endless rounds before I could qualify for surgery. My surgeon said my condition simply can't be cured with PT. It feels like a racket, especially for the elderly on Medicare.

Jenipapo body painting is a sacred cultural aspect of many indigenous Brazilian communities. It is done both as a spiritual protection and as an identity marker, as each culture has their own patterns. My arm was done by a guajajara friend. It's the hay pattern, brings prosperity.

Yet another polluting, wasteful and unnecessary business, and a reason to tax the hell out of private equity.

Well, I'm horrified. forgottenlanguages-full.forgottenlanguages.org/2025/12/the-...

"Gold standard science" 🙄 - it's appalling that the malefactors running our health service don't understand even basic scientific concepts in biology, genetics, or psychology. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Here is a great list of some of the best books about Black history published in 2025. 🗃️ www.aaihs.org/the-best-bla...

Grim.

Interesting thread. I've run across the "Zero Population" people, and they don't actually do anything except complain about other people's children.

A bakery in China made a bread tree, and...

In these days of Kardashian, why is it that when I add a pack of string bikinis to my cart, it magically transforms into granny briefs?! 🤨

I just adore these bowls and mini vases as I continue to experiment with colors of floating glazes. #just-ceramics #pottersofbluesky #spectrumfloatingglazes