when i say i'd like a cheeseburger, fries, and a coke, that's a qualitative description. when i say i'd like a number 6 combo, that's quantitative

Posted a photo yesterday of this but I have video too! #railfan #keystonearchbridges #westfieldriver #westernmass

Squirrel having a bite #photography, #potd2026, #photoaday, #pad2026-072, #onawalk, #squirrel, #woodlandcreature, #canoemeadows, #inthewoods #framed

When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.

“He added that the staff had vegan appetizers and water ready for anticipated protesters who never showed up. Instead, the truck adorned with captive pigs idled across the street for about an hour.”

Seto-kun is a mascot from Seto City and is based on a historical ceramic guardian dog from there. He plays a mean sax.

Amazing footage of a living foraminiferan, a type of single-celled ocean plankton that extends long thin gelatinous tendrils of cytoplasm through its shell to forage. Like some cosmic dandelion, drifting through the ether, shimmering and electric

The risk for babies who get measles under the age of 6 months to develop this within 10 years is 1 in 600.

It’s actually FEWER Misérables

It was Special Town Meeting day! This guy showed up for road repair a, solar permitting moratorium, AND accessory dwelling units.

Breakfast burrito. I make up a batch and freeze them for weekday breakfasts.

The weekend is upon us! Stretch! #stretch #pelican #birds

I do love the photorealistic half-rotten fruit portraits.

scheibling apples, painted by bertha heiges, 1899

Eggplant in garlic sauce for dinner. ~40 minutes start to finish, because @kevinpjennings.bsky.social kindly pre-roasted the eggplant.

If anyone is friends with any Georgian air traffic controllers, buy them a nice bottle of wine. As guardians of pretty much the only narrow gap still available between Europe and Asia that avoids both Iran, the Gulf, Ukraine and Russia, they are under some substantial pressure.

The African crested rat (Lophiomys imhausi) is a rabbit-sized rodent with patterned coat. They have no natural predators which puzzled scientists because they don't display obvious deterrents to large African predators. That's when studies found they were packing enough poison to kill an elephant.

I think this Turkey is done with winter #photography, #potd2026, #photoaday, #pad2026-062, #wildturkey, #turkey, #birds, #winter, #snow

The first confirmed fatalities in Trump's illegal War on Iran: Captain Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, FA Sergeant First Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, NE Sergeant First Class Nicole M. Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, MN Sergeant Declan J. Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, IA

The fish doorbell re-opened today for the season! visdeurbel.nl/en/

Let's meet Micromelo undatus, also called "miniature melo", a species of "bubble shell" sea snail. She's got a little art deco backpack! These snails live in shallow waters at locations around the world (Hawaii, South Africa, Japan).

everything bagel, gouache paint on paper for sale

Always weird to see a NYT puff piece on someone you know. (Not a friend, barely an acquaintance. Still weird.)

elephant seals on a dive 🤝 me on a plane "On the way to 7000 ft below, they fall asleep while diving in spirals downwards. When they get there, they wake up and forage for food"

my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels

a real genius walks among us

Reading stuff for work, and it is so, so obvious that people are reading things for what they *think* they say, not what they literally say.

Taco pizza night! A focaccia crust (from a @kingarthurbaking.bsky.social baked potato pizza recipe) baked with refried bean-based sauce, cheddar & mozzarella, leftover taco meat, sour cream, tomatoes, & chives. Surprisingly delicious!

THREAD. A collection of photos I have taken of excellent cats I have met on walks. You will find the all-important captions to the photos in the alt text.

We have been doing that. For DECADES. And the result is the “innovators” get exceptionally wealthy, create new harms, and then insist that only they —alone and unrestrained — can solve the problems they created. Techno-optimism is a tinkerbell philosophy. The public has nothing to do but clap.

Ominous bird valentines.

THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks. You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.

Study Finds Macaws Evolved Vibrant Coloration To Pass The Time https://theonion.com/study-finds-macaws-evolved-vibrant-coloration-to-pass-the-time/

Meet the 1591 cat man. I am counting 7 cats on and near him. #catcontent

david white apples, painted by elsie e. lower, 1910

Another cleaning out the freezer meal - eye of round roast with potatoes in a vinaigrette and steamed broccoli.

It’s Taschen book sale, for all who celebrate. www.taschen.com/en/books/sale/

i think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired

another year of us not running a super bowl ad

The Folklife Festival was my favorite Mall event.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Hello, looks like independent publishers should beef up our books coverage. If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to [email protected]

They said, why not start the new book with a spectacular detail like a screaming skull or something, then enter a placeholder text, and wait for the inspiration to finally kick in...

Men who insist on a return to the “traditional“ 1950s should be forced to wear this hat

Last night was a roast chicken for dinner, so tonight was doctored up ramen.

I'm not sure what to make of it, but every Somali I represent in immigration court currently (8 of them) have today had their hearings cancelled and their judges reassigned. They're now all assigned to a video judge from Louisiana and scheduled for court hearing in one month. 🧵

I have $390 left. How about legal aid or pet help orgs?

Kind of amazed she had it turned on? I only turn it on when I'm crossing borders or am visiting a country controlled by a repressive regime ahhh shit