videos of people trying to befriend raccoons make me worried that people are not aware that rabies is 100% fatal and that a single shot to prevent it after a bite can cost $10,000

should not surprise ppl that i love moby dick. i didnt know it would have been frederick douglas another fun moby dick fact: as many of you know, i have a rare nerve condition called trigeminal neuralgia. so does capt ahab. "Tic-Dolly-row" is tic douloureux, another name for trigeminal neuralgia

:3 Children of Time and Blood Meridian were re-reads btw! and the book on sleep is the text for a biology of sleep course I was the TA for in the fall 2025 semester and will be again in the spring 2026 semester

i was just thinking about this. when a fascist squeaks by, it’s a mandate. when a progressive wins by a landslide, he needs to be deferential. it’s such bullshit.

happy birthday to every horse

I survived! And, I created an AI-free art reference resource and found a great community around the effort. (Technically the site launched late 2024, but 2025 is when it took off.) I honed my photography skills and have taken over 30,000 photos this year as part of it. I’m really proud of all of it.

i sometimes go on reddit (i know, my mistake) and i have to laugh at an indie horror author being an absolute dick to me with their name and book titles associated with their account and being active in several AI/LLM subreddits. like okay man

standard ebooks does beautiful work with public domain titles and there are a lot of great new ones available today, including maltese falcon, stuff from christie, faulkner, kafka, hughes, lardner, sayers and more standardebooks.org/blog/public-...

fun fact: this was originally going to be directed by roman polanski btw

American healthcare is an unavoidable death spiral because of the nature of insurance. You can't have a system that exists to dispense care managed by entities that only profit by denying it, siphoning off money that should be used tor care.

i reallyyyyyyy wish i didnt have to hear so much about new york as someone who does not live there

The viewers are encouraged to take pieces of candy away, symbolically performing a sacrament of partaking of the body, and symbolically watching his partner waste away to nothing. It is such a poignant and powerful piece

in my defense i didnt say the "new" me would be a "better" me

idk if im being that friends that's too woke or whatever but i really hate that "what if your favorite celebrity is on the epstein list" thing i keep seeing on instagram. it feels like people are forgetting there's real victims. it's not a meme. 1,000 real people were hurt

it’s good that conservatives have decided they care about childcare and ensuring we have an efficient, affordable plans in place to serve the public. [holds earpiece] oh they’re just showing up at black-owned daycares asking to see all kids immediately. got it. not weird, creepy, or dumb at all

bunch of dumbass bros stammering through “as a father of a girl, as the son of a mom, as a brother to a sister” because they decided to blow up a college girl’s life for fun and because they have zero idea how to be responsible adults. way to go pat and the barstool bros

everyone involved in this should’ve been sued into the ground but instead will learn absolutely nothing from it because they got away with giving weak apologies

would you believe I’m the only car in the parking lot on campus at 9:10am on New Year’s Day? gotta sex these flies. the grind never stops 💪🏻

"7 a.m. (New Year's Morning)," László Moholy-Nagy (c. 1930)

for all of our pet owners, I found a website that’s searchable to see what vets in your area are owned by large corporations or private equity firms privateequityvet.org/vet-list/

10:00 pm fundraising update WITH #SkyFundathon2026 numbers: 80% to our total goal of $75k! Donate: secure.actblue.com/donate/skyfu...

did that accounts I interact w most circle thing

it’s giving myrtle beach

Skill issue of the highest order. My skyline has people talking about sports constantly, every sport you can imagine. I got multiple darts people. I got a fuckin dog sledding person, and not just for the Iditarod. Skill issue.

I just sniped a kid in Overwatch and he wrote "ohhh Kirked me" and I just found out they're using that as shorthand for a good snipe HOLY SHIT LOL

Literally this year the MN Speaker was murdered at her home when a white male MAGA chud dressed up as a fake cop & killed her Now mere months later, MAGAs are shocked that daycare operators in MN wouldn't open doors for white male MAGA chuds dressed up as fake journalists, demanding access to kids😐

if you’re listening to “This Year” by the Mountain Goats tonight then remember that “this year” you should schedule a routine colonoscopy

Thanks to everyone who didn’t suggest a podcast to me this year

daycares don't just have closed entry because of guns, it's also to keep non-custodial parents & relatives from doing kidnapping (not just a US thing). showing up yelling at a childcare center demanding entry sure makes it seem like you are trying to do that, huh.

THE DAY CARES ARE LOCKED BECAUSE YOU MADE A GENERATION-LONG EFFORT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO KILL THE CHILDREN INSIDE THEM YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING GHOULS

Dec 31st - While the scientists working on it had a new years eve party, the in-production law enforcement cyborg "Robocop" woke up. 📽️📅 RoboCop (1987)

just learned my roommate comes from a family that doesn't eat any particular food on new year's. wtf. im from a we always have cabbage family

Dec 31st - At a New Years Eve party, Sally realises she misses Harry, at which point Harry suddenly appears. 📽️📅 When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

Dec 31st - The night of Sue's big New Years Eve show 📽️📅 The Substance (2024)

ME: (first day practicing Bug Law) May it please the Court— BUG JUDGE: (sternly) Bug Court.

daily routine

they should invent a year that's better than the one before it

ive genuinely tried to explain to so many people who consider themselves "progressive" that you can personally "dislike" (as in not want your own or not like to spend time around) children but you should be an activist for children and consider them fully people with the same protections as others

I think people feel like I’m being hyperbolic when I say that we cannot fix anything until we see the “weakest” members of our society - kids - as full people, but genuinely we will not make it unless we start believing that children have a right to survive their childhood.

EUGENE VICTOR DEBS 1855-1926 While there is a lower class I am in it. While there is a criminal element I am of it. While there is a soul in prison I am not free.

🦟🦟 "a swarm of (videogame) mosquitoes" 🦟🦟 which one do you like/hate the most? might go for that medieval invert drawing highlights for the spring #InverteFest

ᴀʀᴛ ʙʏ ᴊᴀᴠɪᴇʀ ᴍᴀʏᴏʀᴀʟ

Good morning: the expanded tax credits for the ACA expire tonight and Republicans in Congress have yet to pass anything to fix that or create a stopgap.

Please take some time to look through some of the discoveries photographed in 2025. It should interest some invertebrate enthusiasts. yes? yes? bit.ly/nickybay2025

I was just alerted to the perfect joke

Idea: a paintball gun mounted to the back of my car exclusively so I can shoot LED headlights behind me

“the USPS must turn a profit” makes me want to set things on fire they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”

is this a safe space for me to say that I get being mad at people who surrender pets for what you feel are “bad” reasons but I think making posts about it on social media like the “to my owner who…” with a picture or video of the animal or whatever is in really bad form as a shelter or rescue org

Orcas, DEPLOY!