While I was looking at bee pics, my Crow pal sat down across the table from me. We had a chat. #Birds 🪶🐦‍⬛

Today's Thyme-sipper: Fuzzy-horned Bumblebee. Cool look at its head, eyes, and proboscis, the reddish thing sticking out toward the flower from approx where its nose would be. 🐝 🌱

Mammoth the Denali Sledpup living up to his name. He's deluxe size! #UglyDogs www.nps.gov/dena/learn/p...

He should have tried to swallow the snakes alive.

I will go to my grave believing this with all my heart and soul. It. Was. Working. Because. They. ARE.

In case you have forgotten who Andy Kim is, he’s the rep who came into the Capitol building after Trump’s J6 goons had trashed it, got down in his hands and knees, and cleaned it up. And ICE have gassed him. They have peppersprayed the true patriot who thinks American ideals are worth defending.

IDK about who may be an AI hallucination, but I do want to know why Alex Clark is so mad. Did the esthetician use too much Mar al Lago Face filler on picture day?

Hi there, #Gardening feed friends. Can anyone help me ID this blob I turned up while digging in a dry patch of my yard? Did I dig up a truffle? 🍄 Or is it petrified deer poo? (1/2)

Interesting and quick overview of the impending Comstock battle in the war on women in this country. Definitely worth the read.

I am born and bred US Pacific Northwest, so the Earth's endlessly-flat places always entrance me.

Three new kinds of pollinators on the thyme today, including a hover fly and a very metal kind of bumble-looking thing that I'm pretty sure is not a bumblebee. 🌱🐝

Today's @robcrank68.bsky.social bird theme #StaringRightAtYou is resulting in oodles of delightful pics. Need a Sunday smile? Take a stroll through the hashtag.

We need to agree on some terms here When a group of people are collected and denied freedom of movement because of their ethnicity, they are in a concentration camp

I think I got em both covered in this old one. #BirdOfTheDay

Morrigan, judging your fate

The authorities around Chernobyl thought a small evac zone would be fine, too. Yeah, this isn't nuclear but it doesn't mean it's not dangerous af for kids. (www.bbc.com/news/article...)

never forget that really exceptional journalism saves fucking lives

You could work yourself into a lather about the latest dumb thing said by a guy whose whole deal is saying dumb things OR You could check out @sjjphd.bsky.social's A SECOND SIGHT, which is full of history and ideas of people with clear eyes and good sense! www.harpercollins.com/products/a-s...

I spent yesterday stalking three different bees foraging in my thyme flowers all together, from teeny-tiny to extra-lorge.

This White-crowned sparrow fledgeling literally singing for its supper for today's #BirdOfTheDay. (Its parent is behind it, clinging to those sticks, just out of frame.)

#DidThisToday It takes about 3 minutes. See the thread on the post shared below if you need a little inspiration to get you past that "frozen by blank screens" moment. Today is the last day... no more putting it off! #TransPowerNow

Just commented, so can confirm there's still time to make your voice heard. 👇

Seems like the AI bros' spurious use of the human-centered term "hallucinations" to describe errors of their algorithm was more of an admission that they knew the term would apply to the people *using* the tech, not the tech itself. (PS. There is zero acceptable use of LLMs in any context. Zip.)

I cannot even imagine writing this level of pseudo intellectual tripe, much less writing it with the intent of publishing it for all the world to see. Good God, the confidence of mediocre white men never ceases to astound.

Even the cognitive test calls him "sir."

I transplanted an orchid into a bigger pot, then dropped the pot into this planter. Now the frog looks like it has fairy wings and is very happy about it. 😄🌱🐸

Of course I'm going to get a bumper crop of strawberries ripening right when we'll be out of town. Enjoy the feast, squirrels. 😭 🌱

So much for Fed neutrality. This guy should be heckled anywhere and everywhere he goes.

And let’s not forget the writers, producers and crew who also made the Late Show what it was and who have lost their jobs because our president is a thin-skinned thug who deeply fears the ridicule he so richly deserves.

One thousand times this

Now to test the "weaponization" fund.

I love how the Samaras on this Japanese Maple are color coordinated with the leaves. 🌱🌳🍁

Honestly, I think I'll add "Can't go to the [fill-in-the-blank] because, um, *waves hands* a thing called Iran" to my excuse-repertoire

Do you have 33 seconds? I think you have 33 seconds for bee content.

Every week now: Monday: “AP reports say Trump family buying interest in giant novelty lollipop manufacturer” 🍭 Tuesday: “Trump says we can’t allow China to dominate the giant novelty lollipop manufacturing industry” 🍭 Friday: “Government sets up slush fund to buy billions of Trump lollipops.” 🍭

Planting for color doesn't mean ignore evergreens! The red, pink, and golden new growth on this plum yew shrub is eye-grabbing every spring. Positively electric. 🌱 #Gardening

Kind of feel like we especially don’t need fancy law explainers at the moment. “Can the president just take money when he wants?” A third grader could answer this. A Yale law prof is likelier to write the wrong answer so their 2L can work for Alito

Part of what makes it feel (cynically) plausible is that Netanyahu has lately proven he prefers a war partner to a peace partner. (Although I agree, this Ahmadinejad story is probably a planted tale, there's still a Derby longshot's chance it's not.)

I don't see any other logical conclusion.

When a mother beseeches you for alms, you give. 🐿️ #BackyardWildlife

Assuming Derek means "practically perfect in every way."

Lots of tech companies are releasing surveillance specs & I’m reminded of the internal Meta memo to put facial rec in their glasses during a “dynamic political environment” because people will be too focused on other issues to resist. Companies think now is the right time to foist these on us all.

This (part of a bigger thread) is ABSOLUTELY fascinating in the most laugh/cry way. (Be sure to listen to the sample, not just read the transcript.)

@vaginamuseum.bsky.social 🤝 Playboy It's quite a banner day here in the BlueSky

Native plants, native pollinators 🌱🐝

There is literally no bottom to the level of self-debasement that is enough for Trump. If you sink to the utter depths to prove yourself to him, he will laugh while stepping on your head to force you under.

Reading this, you can really tell that the sycophancy of the LLM has turned her into an evangelist. It reads a lot like that Dawkins piece. The "Great Minds" undoubtedly love to have their egos plumped. Having an on-demand fluffer must be heady for them.

California voters be aware: vote return totals are low in OC and more Republicans have returned ballots than Democrats as of 5/15. Of 1.9 Million Voters in Orange County, CA, 97K has returned ballots and 43k of those are Republicans and Democrats have returned only about 32K

So, in Trumplandia, fluoride in water is bad, and PFAS chemicals in water are fine. I just ... cannot