The business model of these pricks is always the same: find a money river, divert as much as possible to your own reservoir, take questionable designer drugs, adopt fascism, space travel, and eternal life. Never become more than 12 years old, mentally or emotionally.

Please enjoy this utterly delightful thread, combining the joys of biology and design.

#Heronoftheday is this very sexy male Bare-throated Tiger Heron showing all of the ladies his manly inflated throat at Caño Negro #CostaRica #birds #herons #nature

Thinking of those who are waking up every day to check if family and friends are safe, and who are having to endure our government continually failing to acknowledge, call out and act on war crimes, genocide.

BREAKING: study shows men love having young ladies around, but men do not like it when mom, wife, or teacher tells them what to do

Good morning naarm

In actual for-Bluesky news: I saw a seal in the Maribyrnong River yesterday, in Footscray reach, while on a bike ride! It was so close, just cruising along beside the bank. I watched it surface 3 times. It seemed healthy and relaxed. How cool is that?!

Guys, I've blocked the word "Trump" for a reason. PLEASE so sharing screenshotsbof his rantings, or at least tag them, so the block with catch them, i beg you! I read the news every day: i don't need that shit shoved in my face every time i do by to see how you're all doing. Here's a fish instead

The deleterious effects of not having a hobby are becoming a defining point in this cultural moment—and who is poised to help? That’s right: the autistics. Job fair day where we all set up tables explaining our deep dives and give people a hand out, a path back to society.

I love that German hits the nail on the head by using the term "hobbyless behaviour" to describe those effects. Painting flags on roundabouts? Hobbyless behaviour. Harassing immigrants? Hobbyless behaviour. Picketing drag brunches? Hobbyless behaviour.

Exactly. Having a hobby has been hailed as a key step in deradicalisation, because it forces them to interact with other people and talk about things that aren't their obsession. Otherwise they spend all day seeking out info that matches their biases and reinforces the warped thinking.

April Newsletter, get it while it's fresh. Also come for a catchup at Mamma Chen's this Friday newsletter.bikewest.org/april-2026/

"That is why the debate cannot be reduced to whether AI might do good one day, because the system being built right now is already redistributing power upwards while pushing environmental costs and information risks outwards" www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

The remarkable Artemis II mission isn’t making me more passionate about Mars. It’s making me more passionate about Earth.

Look at all that water and land with greenery. What a miracle that the Earth even exists, and that every single one of us was born on it. We should treat each other and our planet much better.

So much discourse seems to be set up with a dynamic of "I'm right, you're wrong", it's so exhausting. Feels exceptional to be in a conversation where there's actual listening & understanding going on. Hard to imagine that this could ever be the norm, but jesus imagine what a radical shift that'd be!

Bug I saw in a dream once #art

Anne Eunson knitted a fence with twine based on a Shetland lace pattern, installed at the Shetland Textile Museum, Lerwick #womensart

Contemporary artist Pippa Dyrlaga's hand cut paper art #womensart1

Aww! I'm very self-conscious about playing my euphonium, living in medium density. These messages on the shared laneway chat this afternoon have really made me feel welcomed and free to practice.

I find myself in the strange position of teaching my parents how to sell their house. Dad built the place 50+ years ago, so it's all new. I made so many mistakes buying the Disaster House, as I was leaning everything as I went. Do not underestimate the importance of financial literacy.

Good morning beautiful people! I had a most delightful day yesterday, introducing a climbing friend to my favourite Melbourne day hike, which involves a bit of climbing. My quads are feeling it today, but so is my heart. 💚🩵🤎

How hard can it be to stand back & be curious about what kind of society would help us be healthier, & what kind of services would support us when we have urgent/ongoing needs... & then be working towards that, with funding to make it happen. I just don't get the sense that this is ever the driver.

Well this is coming along nicely. I've named my betta "Monty". He loves in a delightful garden.

#Eggs at #Easter relate to ideas of new life in the #Spring. Painted eggshells by artist Ruby Silvious #WomensArt

Did a clean up of the path by my house. Seemed like a good Good Friday activity. Also grrr to the jerk using our strip as a toilet for a very large dog (or is another poo jogger).

Hydatina physis, aka a bubble snail, which is a type of sea slug. Those little eyes peeping out from behind the head shield get me every time 👀 #rstats #dataviz 🦑🐙🧪 #marinelife #invertebrates

If you see this, I implore you to post a picture from whatever device you're using with no explanation.

This whole threat is great! Thanks @mikeachim.bsky.social for taking us through why North is "up".

And there it is.

I fear the threat of AI is even deeper, a drift not only from understanding but a slow disconnection from an innate inner sense of meaning, which can only come from the great struggle of engagement, the tireless work that accompanies true understanding.

The #1 problem with AI: "...the tool requires expertise to validate, but its use diminishes expertise and stunts its growth." taggart-tech.com/reckoning/

So... bit of an upgrade to the new nano #aquarium tonight. I made a lil cave for the pygmy cories to hide in, and while i was at the shop picking up rock for that, i discovered they had hand-reared bettas that were pretty cool with other fish. Say hi to my new guy!

So... bit of an upgrade to the new nano #aquarium tonight. I made a lil cave for the pygmy cories to hide in, and while i was at the shop picking up rock for that, i discovered they had hand-reared bettas that were pretty cool with other fish. Say hi to my new guy!

It’s not easy processing a personal crisis inside a global one. Know that it’s okay to leave the global kind to those whose personal life isn’t also falling apart.

Lots of tech dudes think the "idea" is the important part of creating, not the creative journey you take through work to give that idea actual meaning. Ideas are the easiest, cheapest and least fulfilling part of it. Giving ideas life through work, and sharing that work with others, is the stuff.

🌞 Tiny Corals 🪸 lovingly handcrafted from glass beads 🪄✨🪸 #ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Corals #JanuArty 🦑🐡

"criticizing AI use in journalism or other creative industries is classist" NO IT IS NOT there is a class that benefits enormously from cognitive surrender, epistemic warfare, and the enclosure of all hitherto produced culture and it is NOT THE WORKING CLASS

Aliens. Utterly fabulous, totally foreign.

It's impossible for a decent person to become a billionaire. Anyone who isn't a total sociopath would just stop and do something worthwhile instead a long time before they accumulated that kind of wealth.

Three little birds.... Happy Tuesday x #wildlife #Spring #birds #artist #painting

If you wanna know how things are going, water and wastewater treatment facilities are increasingly targeted for fuel theft. Given challenges in refuelling, it goes beyond the financial hit to essential services, to threatening basic service provision. Woo!

My flower painting 🌸

An old photo of a quiet country road and some nice clouds. This is at Beaufort, South Australia. North of Port Wakefield. Bluebonnet parrot territory.

4. -Even if you think you're going out of your way not to put "politics" into your work, you are. Who you are in the world, what you think of it, and what you aspire to say your work is *inherently* a social/political stance. Writers can't help but be "political" because all writing is commentary.

Sex determination in humans is incredibly complex genetically and phenotypically we vary greatly in terms of gender presentation, even as skeletons. No, you can't tell, and no, XX doesn't equal woman and XY doesn't equal man.

Good morning everyone. I'm tired, snotty, and need a good hug. Please send me photos that bring you joy.

If you're in the mood for a How to be a Werewolf reread, or if you'd just rather read on Webtoon (or want to help me pump up my numbers), check out HTBAW from the beginning on Webtoon :) www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ho...

“I would like to see the baby … octopus.” 🐙 We interrupt your scrolling for a few more photos of our teeny-tiny Red Octopuses! Now that they’ve “settled” in, these little ones are exploring their surroundings behind the scenes.