This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

This is an incredible tweet.

thinking about this 1500 year old plush swan made of reindeer wool

A family of Ravens is putting the goth back in gothic at NYC's largest cathedral--St John the Divine. There are five mouths to feed, so the parents are staying busy! ⛪️⛪️⛪️ #Ravens #Cathedral #birding

The tree peonies are starting to bloom.

My husband brings home free furniture the way other people bring home free kittens. I’d prefer the kittens, it’s much harder to find a home for a particle board filing cabinet that weighs eight tons and is spectacularly ugly.

Having one of those weird gardener moments while pricing alfalfa meal to feed the roses. I could grow my own alfalfa. Is it weird to grow a plant with the intention of feeding it to a different plant? Is it less weird than buying it? Is there a ‘touch grass’ version for gardeners? Touch carpet?

I think a lot of people who are running the rape supporter's handbook are deeply unaware that it is the rape supporter's handbook. The rape supporter's handbook is such a normal part of the average lexicon that you have to interrogate it to understand how it works.

Science is good. We should fund it.

It’s my birthday! I’m old enough to remember when teen pregnancy was considered a bad thing.

genuinely I am still mad about this

The CEO of Toyota probably knows how a combustion engine works.

Hey if you still have an Angelfire or Tripod site, or if you like one, now is the time to back it up, like, urgently

Have had this exact conversation so many times, although less wailing more growling because my cats don’t mess around.

Can you read English cursive? Ever wanted to volunteer from the comfort of home for a useful cause? Have I got an offer for you... The Newberry Library in Chicago is always in need of transcribers to help decipher historical handwritten documents. If this is you, learn more about it below:

One thing that I suspect many people outside of the romance genre have rarely considered is how much worldbuilding it takes to create a world where consent is normalized. Its lack is so baked into our culture that it's more fantastical than flying cars and sea monsters. Days like this remind me.

Social movement scholar here again. So, why protest? Nihilists were out yesterday arguing that "protests don't do anything." A short 🧵:

please do not feed all your thoughts into the jar of hungry ghosts.

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Aah, Chopin, the age-old lullaby for cultured felines. 😸💤 #cat #chopin #piano #concerto

instead of watching the new harry potter trailer, why not pick up some horror books by trans and nb writers for the trans rights readathon?? there are so many good options. For example, check out some of these writers:

Stop worrying about what YA books to let your kids read and let them sort it out with V C Andrews and cocaine era Stephen King as God intended

🫧 Smoke trapped in a bubble on water: surface tension, soap film physics and fluid mechanics in action

Cats are such graceful, majestic creatures…

Been feeling a bit overwhelmed lately, so it feels like a good time to share my painting "Steady".

As a chronic migraine sufferer, I have taken so many medications that are approved for other conditions (like seizure, depression and high blood pressure) and have a 20% chance of improving my headaches by 30%. Miss me with the “gender-affirming care is experimental medicine” nonsense.

"Faster than a speeding bullet." I love watching border collies work.

Uhhh holy crap y’all someone is trying to backdoor get age verification for computers though the ILGA. This is a bad bill. It cannot be allowed to pass. www.reddit.com/r/illinois/s...

Quick, somebody bring back Mythbusters.

You only have a short time to comment. They are trying to destroy our forests to enrich a few logging company executives and the politicians they’ve paid off. Leave your comment here: eplanning.blm.gov/Participate-... morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ...

Please enjoy 50 seconds of a former colony cat learning how to play with toys. (Video description: Setzer, a grey and white tuxedo cat, one hind leg recently amputated, tentatively bats and makes some tiny pounces at a white toy mouse, rolling over to paw at it while laying on his side, purring).

Emergency kitten - MOAR PURRS

check this shit out

Art matters. And what do we do with things that matter? We protect them. Here is information about H.R. 7661, a US book banning bill that explicitly targets books about trans people, and what you can do right now to help stop it.

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This is the most incredible footage of blue whales I’ve ever seen

For my Lego friends. If you want your own and also get to support a cause, Dan @ Brickmania has these available. (Well not all of these, just the torsos and signs) www.brickmania.com/benefit-bric...

The surge of pride when your kid sends you a good meme

Every year I’m compelled to take a photo of the first spring blooms because they feel magical and impossible after the winter.

Call your house rep and tell them to support HB 2540 which will increase the amount disabled people can save from $2k to $10k and remove the marriage penalty where you lose your only source of income if you get married regardless of how little they make. Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

I love them.

Hey everyone, Green Lantern is one of our printers who is in dire need of filament right now. They are going through about 28 kg of filament a week (about 50,000 whistles). www.amazon.com/wedding/shar...

So far: ONE HUNDRED CRAFTERS SIGNED UP. Over three hundred item listings. Over SEVEN HUNDRED individual items. THIS COMMUNITY IS AMAZING. fandomcraftmarket.carrd.co

This is a CAT checkpoint. Show off the most recent cat image on your phone.

Wow.

Can you think of examples where people use technologies differently from what the developers intended, whether unintentionally or as an act of resistance?

Become ungovernable

Dogs in the snow are awesome