Stretching (2017) by Serbian artist, Endre Penovác (born in 1956). Ink and watercolour on paper 28 × 38 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Dr. Patricia Bath overcame sexism, racism & poverty and saved the sight of millions of people. She invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment, 1986; it was patented in 1988. She co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, 1976. She died #OTD in 2019. #WomenInSTEM

painted drift wood

Serious biscuit making going on here

Crazy that nobody is doing anything about the fact that we have a pedophile for president

Constantly thinking of the person I could be if I wasn’t on such strong meds that knock me tf out. And that’s on being chronically ill.

A few kittens are running straight into the weekend. Are you ready to take a good rest too? After a busy week, don’t forget to leave a little time for yourself to relax. #shouxinsketch #petart #animalart #illustrationartists #sketch

“Normal” is an illusion born of fear🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 You are exactly who you were meant to be. One day, we won’t need pride flags or categories, for every love and identity will simply be accepted as human. Until then, I’ll keep sending this: Your heart is precious. Your soul is beautiful beyond any label

Yoru is taking care of Uni. So sweet

Just felt like posting my face

I really appreciate the guy who drops food off for the stray cats on my street every weekday morning ❤️

Librarians literally saved my life

Don’t forget to vote! www.noonall.org

It’s kind of insane how simply being a private person can make some people obsessively intent on violating your privacy lol. Where do these types get the sense of entitlement from?

I’ve basically been watching a bunch of shows I never really bothered to watch before and I started Scandal and I’m ngl it got old and corny really fast

John Oliver on the Supreme Court: "It was a 6-3 decision in the case of White People vs. Everybody — and you’ll never guess who they ruled in favor of”

At some point there needs to be a *proper* conversation about how cruelty has become a new normal for so many people. And we can't just keep putting it down to structures. Too many people with plenty of agency are actively choosing this.

Me when I see that I got at least 7 hrs of sleep last night for once instead of waking up in the middle of the night and staying awake

Never been a big sleeper, but adulthood has shown me that getting adequate sleep is the most productive thing I can do for myself #ilovesleeping #sleepingrocks

BREAKING: The Supreme Court significantly narrowed a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, further eroding the impact of the landmark civil rights-era law.

The court has simply recreated the pre-Brown world in allowing racial discrimination across a broad number fields as long as it is “facially neutral,” gutting the Reconstruction Amendments in the process.

For the first time ever at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, a critically endangered Socorro dove has hatched 🕊️

This is Draco. He was found as a stray with a rectal prolapse. The shelter performed surgery to fix it, without which he would not have survived. He is now at an emergency hospital where he still needs supportive care, including fluids and a feeding tube. You can help him below ❤️‍🩹 1510.fan/draco-bsd

Nancy 4/24/26

I just realized that today is Arbor Day! 🌲 I’m one of those Arbor Day diehards who thinks that trees are pretty cool and Arbor Day should still be a thing. Plant a tree! Happy Arbor Day! 😁 Pic is an ancient oak tree in Widewater State Park.

Reporter @slooterman.bsky.social is looking to interview moms with autistic kids who are planning on watching the IACC proceedings on Tues April 28, about their thoughts for an article for The 19th News. You can email sluterman at 19thnews dot org before Wed end of day: iacc.hhs.gov/meetings/iac...

Something instead of nothing

20/30 🐄🤠

23/30 🪿

Elena Wuest (German, b.1977) "An Afternoon Tea II," 2026 Oil on canvas 110 x 110 cm

She was so brave at the vet. Very upset…but so brave

Spending more on AI agents than you do on human workers is a curious business move. Never bring humans at all is an even more curious move. Curiouser and curioser. Ah well, I’m sure there won’t be drastic consequences for these decisions later down the line

One of my closest friends left Kolkata last week after visiting from halfway across the planet, and one of the lovely things about hosting a friend in your home city is getting to vicariously appreciate it again through fresh eyes.

Adobe sells a CDN product, by the way

Legacy platforms are losing ground: ⬇️ Facebook ⬇️ YouTube ⬇️ Twitter/X But ⬆️ TikTok and Reddit "Other" platforms - including Bluesky - has not seen significant growth as a whole. (But as we'll see, huge compositional changes)

In a nutshell, the ANES data shows: 📉 Social media use is shrinking; engagement collapsing 💥 Twitter/X posting has moved ~70 POINTS to the right 🧩 Platforms are splintering 🔊 Fewer people are talking — but those still talking are more politically extreme

Vercel blamed its breach on an earlier hack at Context AI, which allowed hackers to hijack a Vercel employee's account to steal customer data.

I had a relapse but I’ve once again removed Twitter from my phone. Cheers to my mental health

I FINISHED THE SCARF!! Just in time for Spring when I no longer require a scarf.

Don't get me started on string theory!

The internet was created to help scientists, particularly particle physicists, share data with each other across the world and now we use it to look at cats

Lasers were a huge scientific breakthrough and now we use them to play with cats. Computers were also a huge scientific breakthrough and now we use them to look at pictures of cats. In other words, science was made for cats.

Boop

This is how I feel watching The Incredibles again. I appreciate it on so many more levels now. It really is one of the greatest movies of all time

the interesting thing here for me is that sometimes you grow up to realize how many things work on multiple age levels. For me, that's going from laughing with the Muppets to appreciating the craft, learning what inspired Lucas or Spielberg, getting new jokes on Simpsons/MST3K rewatches, etc.