Gold. Pure Gold. THIS IS WHY WE LOVE THE INTERNET, OK?

An important recall on infant formula I just learned about from this #FoodSafety email list. States are stepping into the gaping void left by the dismantling of our federal system in small but necessary ways.

Yes, the #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge trailer is out today...

DHS: ‘Daycare Workers Have Walked Freely in This Country For Far Too Long’

BTW - there was a study that came out and found that owning a pet is very good for your social, emotional, and physical health. In particular, having a dog pal in your house may enhance cognitive performance. Co-evolved to need each other! I think @darthbluesky.bsky.social should see this (ICYMI)

A small herd of pronghorn that lives in the 'Golden Triangle' — migrants that winter near Interstate 80 — pause for a moment in the morning light.

Meanwhile, in Narnia...

an extraordinary person with an extraordinary legacy who nevertheless didn’t take herself too seriously when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

Tickets for the Pokémon x Natural History Museum pop-up shop are released today! ⚡ Patrons and members who joined the priority list can book from 9am, and priority list sign-ups will receive an email with booking instructions from 11am.

Hello new followers :) I publish technical and popular articles on dinosaurs, pterosaurs, marine reptiles and more and -where possible- I put these works online here... darrennaish.wordpress.com/publications/

Oh hey, anybody want to play around and prompt/write some drabbles? ao3-isdown.dreamwidth.org/281.html

Day #127: Miss Piggy (1980)

welp....

A bit of a blast from the past, and none the worse for it, Molten Chocolate Babycakes are #RecipeOfTheDay! And they’re actually so very much easier to make than you might think www.nigella.com/recipes/molt...

Let me highlight: COMES WITH SPEAKERS

VERY FUNNY SCOOP: The Onion made a 20-minute Epstein/Trump mockumentary called “Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile.” I got a sneak peek and it is gloriously dumb. Read about it/watch the trailer here: www.wired.com/story/the-on...

SO WHICH IS IT???? For FUCK'S SAKE MAKE UP YOUR MIND www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall

Voting starts 9 AM PT/12 PM ET explore.org/fat-bear-week

eh fuck it. Tis the Season -- Yuletide and Festivids are both starting up! Crossworks is going on now! Narnia Fic Exchange is LIVE. (Oh goddess so much great fic to review and comments to respond to). archiveofourown.org/collections/...

Again my only (hope? is it hope?) is that no pharma company would bother with the expense bc they know they'll see any ROI disappear due to wellness influencers, supplements companies, and compounders.

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

Something else about all this. FDA needs to find someone to undertake the time and huge expense of getting and maintaining a drug app it will approve. Why would any rational company do that when wellness influencers and compounders will peddle folic acid supplements with crazy autism cure claims.

Our new book, THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, is out today! Written by Dr Dean Lomax & 49 full-colour illustrations from me – you can buy it on Amazon or from the publisher (link in bio). The fossils in this book will blow your mind! #SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #WildlifeArt #JurassicWorld

Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.

It's okay to just pay attention to fat bears for a week, if that helps you

"I find it somewhat ironic that this news conference seemed to promote incredible levels of caution when it came to acetaminophen and vaccines, but then threw caution to the wind when it came to this understudied nutritional supplement."

So Leucovorin is new Ivermectin. Those snake oil grifters on Twitter and Truth Social are going to pivot so hard.

Looking at RFK's recent moves, including an attack on the hepatitis B vaccine and on painkillers for pregnant women. The common theme: That all children's health problems are due to "bad" mothers. This isn't about making kids healthy. It's misogyny. www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...

Always listen to Dr. Hotez

@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social If you are heading north of the border for book signings and such... ✒️

this may brighten your day tbh

Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

What made his appearance in Marvel so marvelous was that Pierce and the whole of Winter Solider were absolutely callbacks to his 70s political thrillers. A wink and a nod to us olds who have loved his work since Twilight Zone and Butch Cassidy.

I will remember Robert Redford for many things—Sundance, 'The Way We Were'—but mostly this.

oh wait FANDOM THE NARNIA FIC EXCHANGE IS LIVE, WITH REVEALS. archiveofourown.org/collections/... 29 amazing stories! every flavor of pairing and gen! Smut! No smut! Canon compliant! Blow canon out of the water with a cannon. xovers! Everybody dies! Nobody dies! There is no problem with Susan!

Inspirational: Marva Andor. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTnY...

Killjoys. Firefly, but gayer and never tainted by Joss Whedon.

now I'm thinking about what my actual favorite Tumblr post is, and it has to be www.tumblr.com/trelkez/7857..., a post I have reblogged more times than I'll admit and quote to myself all the time

I wish to have a parrot friend on Zoom

Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔 on.ft.com/3K05vhS

THE X-FILES premiered on this day 32 years ago. I didn't watch it at first. I caught an episode midway through the first season, when it was on Friday nights, and thought it was good. I don't remember which episode that was, but I kept watching after that, and the show got better and better. (1/6)

i wrote this post in july two years ago when blue sky had around 200,000 total users and i thought i would ask again tell me what u are doing be proud of what u do and share it here

Reminder: Festivids nominations close in about 47 hours (Friday, September 12th, at 11:59 PM UTC). Nominate at the AO3: archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/24966 How to nominate: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 2025 disqualifications: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Prehistoric Planet Ice Age out later this year... such a thrill to put this series together, oh my goodness are you in for a treat :) Hopefully news on events and publicity coming soon! Sloths, cats, rhinos, glyptodonts AND SOOOO MUCH MORE!!

with added lasers