Constable Earstripe. I’m currently reading the „Saint of Steel“ series by T. Kingfisher. It has romance, hilarity, absurdity, horror, and badgerfolk, a.k.a. gnoles! I’m also working on a gouache brushset for Procreate, which this was made with. =)

Did you know Wood Frog and Spotted Salamander egg masses have a symbiotic relationship with algae? In early spring ephemeral ponds, green algae grow on the gelatinous egg masses. The algae feed on waste from the developing embryos and release oxygen through photosynthesis, helping the embryos...

...it's just the grinding, unrelenting stupidity of the details of this administration that get to you.

In a terrible sign of my age I just had to make my mouse cursor slightly larger 🤣

There’s a lot of good stuff in these replies :)

...any of the thousands of US Navy members current and former who have transited the Strait of Hormuz while Iran trolled the ship for shits and giggles can describe for you at least 3 ways they can close the Strait without attending any briefing.

"People used to be excited about tech, now they dread what data you're going to steal next, they dread what violation of privacy or the environment will turn up next." this whole missive will make you want to stand on your desk and yell "O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN!," but that bit really got me good

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:

This is amazing. When the government kills a crucial report, independent scientists decide to write it anyway and release it outside of government channels. That’s science serving society, even when our political leaders don’t.

Went to the ceramics studio this morning to get some fancy mud time in before the kids have spring break. I carefully weighed my clay into 4lb lumps with the aim of consistency, and then proceeded to throw three bowls of wildly different size. Consistency whomst? 🤣

たんぽぽ(2022.5)

God damnit Schiff.

Tomorrow's call list. www.senate.gov/general/cont... United States Capitol switchboard: (202) 224-3121. A switchboard operator will connect you directly with the Senate office you request.

jonathan apples, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1915

‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’ ‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’ ‘Hello’ is not related to either. Goodbye.

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It’s the root of all evil in Washington.

Doing the racism dial dril bit in real life

Daily bunny no.3253 is ready for an adventure

Bright boy with snack (Colonus sylvanus)

Just watched this twice with Daughter, who by halfway through was jumping up and down with glee and giggling “it keeps sproinking!”

Republicans are using kids as a smokescreen for what Big Tech lobbyists want: a national surveillance program to harvest our data with zero protections for people and their privacy. We must fight this dangerous expansion of surveillance technology.

Some professors at the University of St. Thomas are doing a research project on the effects of the ICE occupation on Twin Cities parents. They're looking for parents who are US citizens, who live in the Twin Cities metro area, and who have kids ages 5-10. stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

California’s system of funding public schools is so incredibly broken it is infuriating.

This puts me at 10 people released. I filed my 1st habeas petition 29 days ago. I am an incredibly small-time, nobody lawyer who knew nothing about immigration law the day I submitted that case. I barely know any more today. I had never sued the federal government and now I've beaten them 10 times.

Did you know American Kestrels, like Fe, are the smallest falcon species in North America? These tiny powerhouses weigh about as much as a stick of butter, a cup of flour, or a ball of yarn! #AmericanKestrel #DidYouKnow #SmallButMighty

Crustose lichen mix: Candelariella (yellow), Rhizocarpon (dark grey) Dimelaena (off white) and Acarospora (brown). Photo covers about 6cm, left to right. NWT, Canada. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

Squeeee’s for the Bees 😂 🐝🌱 I’m excited to dive into this. Lori is one of the most unyielding champions for native bees around today and her revised book is now available in the US. Get your copy and see what the buzz is all about! ☺️🙏🏼

In addition- even if Muslims were new arrivals to the US, they would still belong here as much as anyone else. I think establishing historical precedent for minorities can be important but people should not have to justify their presence like this!

Just a reminder that Muslims have been on this continent since the first arrival of non-Indigenous people. They were among the first generation of Americans, and have been here ever since.

I don’t think Trump and his people are capable of engineering “distractions,” I think the mind-numbing chaos we see every day is straightforwardly the result of giving the dumbest, cruelest, most corrupt, most selfish people of a generation near-unmitigated power

Daily bunny no.3252 has room to spare

Looked at the news. That was a mistake.

i don't care about any arguments against this. right now the sum total of my political advocacy is: crush the Republicans and make them pay. i don't care what comes after because until we do that nothing better is possible.

It is absolutely insane that the US appears to have targeted desalination plants first – putting them onto the board. Iran seems to have already retaliated against one in Bahrain. This is one of the most obvious ways this could spiral.

Latest BBC story - as of midnight, Network Rail are saying no damage to the station itself, but they'll reassess at first light.

Strongly suspect that as this war and its negative effects escalate, we're gonna see a massive increase in disinfo and unsourced "news" - starting right the hell now. PLEASE don't share "breaking" news from rando or disreputable accounts who provide no links.

NO NO NO YOU DON’T GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL tell everyone you know www.freetaxusa.com

You bastards made the first five minutes of UP and you expect us to believe you’re worried about the audience needing therapy?

Daylight savings is so annoying -_-

Kokanee Salmon spawning in the Stehekin River. Sound on for a relaxing moment of zen! #flowing #blueskyartshow #momentofzen

I have watched this approximately 47 times and laughed out loud 47 times

One of the male Red-winged Blackbirds in my backyard flying over the marsh. The rusty fringe to his feathers (seen here mostly on the back) will soon drop off as he changes from his non-breeding plumage into his breeding plumage.

This is what they said about tariffs, too. We must all be willing to endure some short term pain so our dumbass president can implement the policies that will ensure long term pain.

Lots of ladybug activity waking up from their winter diapause in leaf little and messy corners of our yards. Try to find the ones that are not Seven-spotted as those will be our native ones. #bugs

The asymmetry of the value placed on human life is so striking. Israel has a goal to recover 40-year-old remains; to do so, it invades a sovereign country, and the lives of 26 Lebanese are an afterthought. Their names not even worth printing in the New York Times.

Your brain and data may be in the internet, a world that is both everywhere and nowhere. But your ass is still firmly planted in the jurisdiction of somebody's courts. And police. Proton is correct. The odds of you finding a company that won't comply with its local police are basically zero.

😂😍 That teeny tiny mic!! A bee confidently asserting its opinion. 💛🖤💛🐝💛🖤💛