This is the second time I have photographed one of my favorite Mycena species - this one is found on leaves and has regular water droplets along the stem for a reason which remains a mystery to me. From the Chocó Andino region of Ecuador. #mycology #fungi #mycena #fungifriends

Unfortunately I did not pay for Premium Grandma w/out Ads and had to settle for free Grandma, and she starts every conversation telling me it would be cool if I got a job with ICE.

at a certain level of any creative or intellectual collaborative job the main task is sin-eater: to fix what you can and get blamed for what you can’t, secretly knowing how much worse it would have been if you hadn’t done what you did.

This should be SO fucking illegal. People need to speak up NOW before every goddamn thing is priced like this. If they can, they absolutely will.

not sure how to square ‘no one person can be reasonably expected to pay for every media subscription’ with ‘sorely underpaid writers need to make a living’ but my inclination is not to locate that problem with any of the broke ass people on either end of the complaint

I just want to add my own experience to Sohla’s excellent piece. I started working for media sites online in 2008, writing short factual articles for a kind of wiki-like site. I got paid between $10-14 per article, not terrible at the time. And then, a pattern started that happened over and over.

“My hopes for a natural delivery were shattered all for six YouTube videos at $800 each. None of those shots aired. I was never informed [by the New York Times] why, but can only assume that it would have been a bad look to open the episodes with a sweaty, heavily pregnant woman about to pass out.”

A developing a Lamproderma slime mold. Northwest Territories, Canada. Photo covers about 6” of width. Pic from a few years ago in August. A day later this had matured into a several iridescent colours. #myxo #slime #fungifriends

Had a really painful gallbladder attack a few days ago which scared me into eating low-fat for the foreseeable future. I am not a low-fat lady. I am meant for unctuous-ness !!! 😩

A beautiful orange rock posy lichen (Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca) on rose coloured rock. Northwest Territorie, Canada. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

Lmao absolutely FUCK Netflix. Good thing I cancelled them when they introduced ads and didn't look back. 🏴‍☠️💀

Damn I love vaccines 🥺

I would kill for some Popeye's right now.

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Yes please. Italian sausage, green pepper, mushrooms. Fresh made, chewy crust. 🍽️ #foodsky

my inner monologue when i let it have too much leash.

The thing about cruelty and inhumanity is that the limits of who is affected keep expanding and expanding until we shove it back the other way

hot drinks DO NOT quench thirst i dont care what science says ive done my own research and this IS FACTUAL

I think I'm just going to have a plate of freezer eggrolls - the tiny ones - for dinner. Positive indicator or negative ? Who knows.

Just tried to login to Lyft to look at some receipts. Had to go grab the code that they texted me and then agree to a new TOS only to be greeted with this. Why allow logins on the web at all then???

Rich people are not entitled to a private audience with politicians just because they happen to be rich.

I'm not linking to that NYT piece today, but of all the horrible parts of it, this was the worst. This was an explanation of "female vices" in the workplace and LET ME JUST TELL YOU...

The Combat, 1939, by Leslie Gilbert Illingworth (1902–1979).

I often need graphic assets or templates for work or personal projects. You can purchase these on sites like creativemarket, envato, creative fabrica, etsy etc. AI slop has now taken over most of these spaces - low effort, low quality garbage.

Congrats NYC :)

Me: I am so tired of reboot culture Also me: WHAT HOLY SHIT YES deadline.com/2025/11/new-...

Seems to always boil down to whether or not you think poor people deserve pleasure or if you think an appropriate punishment for being poor is hunger, malnutrition, and misery.

me to others: it's hard right now. be gentle with yourself me to me: wtf is wrong with you

i would like something to exist within my field of attention which is interesting but does not make me angry and can compete with things that are mildly interesting but make me extremely angry

Poisonous poppies watercolour illustration by Hans Simon Holtzbecker, 1660.

They will fire and automate 24/7 and it still won't be enough for them. I need the scales to tip NOW.

Yup, AI is definitely a technology that you want to trust your customers to .. let's integrate it into EVERYTHING!

I think what’s been most unsettling about the genAI era has been realizing that most people seem to be satisfied with sloppy impersonations of creativity, and indeed don’t really seem to be able to tell the difference. And as it turns out that also applies to the news

This is a sport for perverts

Gaaaahhhhhhhh

I like when they cover their mouths to whisper with each other, like they’re talking about boys that they like

I am too emotionally intense to watch big games by myself !! It is unpleasant! It is Too Much!!!

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I have not followed baseball since the early 90s but I want you all to know that your utter joy, enthusiasm and sense of community is downright beautiful to watch. Seeing an entire timeline covered in World Series posts rather than cynicism and doomerism takes? *chef's kiss*

When a movie uses practical effects I become the living embodiment of that Nicole Kidman AMC movie theatre promo and I'm not ashamed

Can't lie, I love butter chicken .. but I've never met an Indian dish I didn't like. Absolute, undenyable S teir cuisine.

Someone, please take off my shoes and cook me dinner. Thx.

I need to see more of this everywhere.

Clutching my last straw tightly in shaking fists.

'I don't owe anyone anything'. WRONG. You do owe people basic decency and consideration, actually. This hyper-individualistic attitude is rotting away society and making life miserable. I hate hearing people regurgitate that fucking line.

James Nachtwey

The only truly ethical response that a self-described artist can make. Anything else is a betrayal of one's colleagues.

Yikes flu + covid vaccine kicking my ass this time. Such achy bones/joints! Luckily WFH (self schedule) life means midday baths are a-okay.

I'm already locked and loaded. [in progress]