18th century "cat contract" (納貓兒契式; based on a Yuan-dynasty original), laying out the cat's duties and responsibilities: tirelessly guarding the grain, repelling the "mousey bandits" (鼠賊), not messing with the livestock, not stealing numnums "of any kind whatsoever" (不得偷盜食諸般).

Me, a disaffected teenager: Sleeping Beauty is so BORING why would I want to read a modernized take on it she has no AGENCY BLAH. Me: *reads Jane Yolen's Briar Rose* Me: Wait never mind.

Oh, man, this looks good. This is the case that I got all annoyed at Love Lies Bleeding kinda ripping off.

Angel doodles

Remedios Varo, Spanish (1908-1963), La abeja adolorida, 1957, ink and gold leaf on glass with leather backing, 20.3 x 14.9 x 2.2 cm, private collection

Scott Pelley just discovered what a lot of us have been figuring out for a while, which is that many things we took for granted as stable realities are now something entirely different. I work in academic research, so this hit me more than a year ago.

this is actually a very good article

This book ROCKS.

Happy Pride month, y'all! This Pride Month let's all remember to not neglect the other deadly sins. Indulge sloth, have a little lust, partake in some gluttony, and REIGN DOWN WRATH UPON YOUR FOES.

Backrooms: finally, a movie designed to unnerve me specifically. (I hate fluorescent lighting.)

@moviessilently.bsky.social Random question for you: were there any notable directors in the silent era who were 25 or under when they made a movie?

so like lemme weigh in on this as someone who is more financially comfortable than many in my generational cohort: everything I have gained seems precarious and temporary because I know the people with real money will take it all from me the second they get an opportunity and no one will protect me.

Photo essay: Europe’s stunning stained-glass tributes to fallen American troops

"Bastet Mechanical" Mural by Ardif 66 Rue Charlot, 75003 Paris, France, Removed #CatStreetArt #MenWithCats

Keep this article away from Tom Cruise's eyeballs at all costs: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Never forget that YOU are a data center. Drink some water ffs.

#StreetArt by Curtis Hylton #Waterford #Ireland

🦊 “Longbridge Foxes” — By Annatomix in Longbridge, Birmingham, UK 🇬🇧 Underpasses That Became Secret Art Worlds (12 Photos): streetartutopia.com/2026/05/23/u...

By Jane Fisher Medium Oil painting

Well, JD, on one memorable day I submitted five proposals for my faculty while also helping a first-grader with her take-home math worksheets.

@moviessilently.bsky.social A kindred spirit!

#StreetArtSaturday #SatArtDay "Le Selva en Carnaval" By Julian Cruz Solano in Petrolina, Brazil. #Art #Murals #3D #Animals #Painting #StreetArt #Graffiti

It is that most blessed and glorious of days; I have someone out to turn on the swamp coolers today.

The data center boom has a direct historical analog - mining booms of the 1800's. Just like then, without regulatory controls they will strip your community of resources, destroy nature irresponsibly and provide jobs...only for a moment. The end result will be a global "rust belt".

@cupcakegoth.bsky.social I very strongly recommend this book to you specifically.

This book is AMAZING and exactly what I need for major distraction right now; 10 out of 10; highly recommend.

The mosquitos are officially back in Albuquerque.

Courtesy of my kid's social science teacher: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZy6...

Little experimental doodle of a chubby bear 812 beneath the falls, based on a bear cam snap from October 2021.

My favorite mother’s day cartoon from the stupendous @rosemarymosco.com

The Pike’s Peak Humane Society has a social media manager who is very good at their job

My kid: So I saw something on TikTok about hantavirus; are we all gonna die?? Me: No, because it's not very contagious and there's only one strain that spreads between humans and it's only in one small part of South America. My kid: K Me: But we live in New Mexico, so avoid mouse pee, okay?

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a freshly-mopped floor must be in want of cat barf.

There is probably a long German word for the hindsight realizations of all the things that were off about someone who was actually a catfish that you now see clearly.

My personal theory about RFK Jr.: He was the firstborn male grandchild of Amb. Joseph P. Kennedy, who had lost his firstborn son (and namesake) in WWII. Grandpa used his (rumored) underworld connections back in Ireland to have a leprechaun captured and shipped to Hyannisport [1/?]

Fashion tips from nature. A very old comic that I still really like.

Yes, can we help you??

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Josh O'Connor, on the incredible performance note he got from Steven Spielberg while shooting Disclosure Day apnews.com/article/disc...

She is very lonely

It's a shame that "defend your culture" always means "hate strangers different from you" and never "enact anti-pollution laws so that you can go fishing with your grandkids the way your grandpa taught you."

Me in my twenties: I will drown my stress in cheap booze. Me in my fifties: I will smother my stress with expensive salads.

Cannon Beach, Oregon, photographer unknown

Barcelona #Odd #photography #BlueSkyArtShow

Nancy 4/24/26