Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #477: Overtoun Bridge. . . #overtounbridge #scotland #mysteries #animals #dogs #bridges #unsolvedmysteries #dogsuicidebridge #webcomics #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

More hair ice

A great winner and a great loser! Let us learn from this. dianeravitch.net/2025/11/18/h...

I love health cranks "they're putting METAL in our CEREAL" and it's iron

Beard lichen blues #coloraday #cyantue #bluetue #photography #eastcoastkin #lichen

Learned to love it during my 10 years in Massachusetts. Used to make it regularly but haven’t for years

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A tiny human (2?) runs his fastest down a garden path to greet his big brother (5?) home from school. Big Brother stoically accepting all hero worship. Little Brother doing a happy skip-dance of welcome as he leads the way back into the house. (1)

Droplets #nature #photography

Amethyst deceivers in forest confetti. #fungifriends #autumn #forest

The intimidating stare of the Blue-throated Goldentail #hummingbird. Terrifying. #birds #nature At @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

Looks like lobbyist’s money is more important than botulism in baby formula or listeria in pasta

According to the news due to current measles outbreaks “The US could soon lose its standing as a country that has eliminated measles,” which is yet another reminder that this is not an era of plague, but instead an era of plagues.

This link is amazing and may lead to new and better treatments for immune system diseases like MS, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis Note: the article is written mostly in “ordinary English” with good explanations of technical information 👏

Can we legally require DNA testing on all politicians?

I’m 3000 miles from NYC but Lander is showing the kind of principles that I admire. Unfortunately for the end game, making ICE show up for the trial, the charges will probably be dropped

Well, look who visited @casabentbill.bsky.social tonight! Mama brought her little baby tapir by for the first time. It's a boy! He has just a hint of a stripe on his side, so no watermelon, unfortunately. #tapirs #bairdstapir #costarica

One clear example of how the rich write our laws: Thanks to this year’s Congress, the first $15,000,000 a kid inherits doesn’t get taxed at all. If you actually work for your money, taxes start at $14,601. The rich gutted our silver spoon laws, just because they can.

One of the illustrations of German botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian, created on her pioneering 1699 expedition to Surinam, "Iguana and Coral Snake". Her scientific illustrations are renowned for their accuracy. #WomensArt

More breathing space, 2024 one of the many etchings & engravings by printmaker Janis Goodman #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...

Softness for #MossMonday

...through shame, intimidation, threats, discrediting, the obscene legal instrument known as a nondisclosure agreement and a system too often run by men for men at the expense of women and children.

Just the headline is horrifying. The Summary about halfway through the article gives more in “plain English”

Nothing like knowing people copy ants in effect if not in details

Happy Mushroom Monday! #TurkeyTails #FungiFriends 📸🍄

I made these delicious omelettes for breakfast this morning. I seasoned the eggs with sugar, oil, and cocoa then threw in some flour for texture. Follow me for more breakfast recipes!

Weak recovery is better than no recovery

Thanks @denalisam.bsky.social for introducing this gem of a blog

Milwaukee had a Socialist mayor 1916-1940. Health, safety and good living conditions were paramount. We should all be so lucky

Fascinating

Here is a nice mushrooms

According to the news the acting administrator of FEMA has resigned, so if it feels to you as though we are in an age of emergencies but that there is no one taking responsibility for managing them, know that in this moment that feeling you have is particularly accurate.

Wet Swiss chard looks like patchwork rain slickers in the Picardo Farm P-Patch #Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #Vegetables #SeattleParks #PicardoFarmPPatch

🧵Spotted From a Cafe in Aotearoa New Zealand: A brightly dressed British couple (60s?) are sharing a slice of cake. She takes a bite: "Oh. This is quite nice." He takes a bite: "Nice that is, aye." She takes a bite: "Very nice." He takes a bite: "Nice. Nice." She takes a bite: "Very nice." (1)

Aww. Happy news

Scuba diving the oil rigs off the coast of Southern California this week. Amazing what you will see.

Also, the picture is from Neudorf estate. Our lovely friend Grant Smithies, who is a kickass Kiwi music journalist of old, and amazing DJ and the owner of an amazing record shop, The Family Jewels was on the decks. It was a free event and the vibes were wonderful. (More in alt text)

Enjoy this little demon, #Bugsky At first I thought this was just a small fly, but when I got my macro on it I found this alien creature. I think it's in the genus Poppea, a type of treehopper. Found at @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica #nature #insects

Saw this beauty of a shaggy parasol today. (C. olivieri) 🍄📷 #fungifriends #mushrooms #pnw #forest #classicmono #photography #eastcoastkin

Diving through the purple sulfur bacteria layer of Fayetteville Green Lake with our ROV last month. This is the most intense density of PSB that I've seen in many years!

Syntrichia ruraliformis, a lovely type of moss that grows in coastal sand dunes. #moss

These are lean mean turkeys. Not our overbred over-breasted version today. Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation from 1863 quoted at the end

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