Study

It's hilarious how a demographic so obsessed with macho manliness is so quick to admit their entire lives are governed by being a cowardly baby at every opportunity. Well, -would- be funny if it wasn't actually destroying people's lives, safety, and right to exist.

L.A.'s taxidermists are honoring the wildlife we share our city with—parking lots, high-rises, and all. “It’ll last longer than any of us,” Paloma Strong, the 26-year-old owner of Strong Taxidermy, says. The full story: lataco.com/la-taxidermy... By Julianne Le Photos by Erwin Recinos

when republicans have better ideas for the democratic party than the democrats do

Hi friendos, this group will be training this Sunday afternoon!

This beautiful dark morph Red-Tailed Hawk🪶 is blind in one eye, rendering her ineligible for release back to the wild. [possessed and handled with all appropriate permits]

I adore Bearded Vultures so I'm a bit biased, but this article is fucking cool:

fuck yes

A friend at the bird facility is having a birthday this week, so I bought her a Halloween decoration owl as a gift. He's all loaded and ready to be delivered.

My $10 butane kitchen torch suggests it is up to the task of welding 🫤

This shit is exhausting. By design. It’s easier to give up and let our lungs fill with water. The surface is so very far away. But the bottom is much deeper. Keep reaching. You might be the hand in the darkness someone else is searching for.

Me, whispering secrets about explosive munitions: zey makhn bombes

Hades II, Borderlands 4, and Hollow Knight: Silksong all coming out around the same time is extremely rude. I'm only one human.

Using "Handegg" for American Football causes such rage on a website owned by my employer that using the word is banned. I know it is supposed to be an insult but I find it an absolutely DELIGHTFUL term and I think football fans should co-opt it. That's my contribution to bluesky Sports Talk™

In case you missed it: an essential piece from Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò from earlier this week: www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

Love this from @jaclyncosgrove.bsky.social. Yom Kippur hikes for Jews who are looking for non-synagogue spiritual experiences: www.latimes.com/travel/newsl...

Shanah Tovah, chaverim!

I can't sit on this, it's too good. ISO 9000 idgaf 🪶

I like that this photo has kinda an arty vibe to it, but it's just Stormageddon hiding in my husband's bathtub to get a moment of peace from his energetic new brother.

Independent journalists are stepping up where traditional outlets are pulling back. They’re covering communities, beats, and stories that would otherwise go untold. That’s why Project C launched their #BackIndieMediaDrive with 34 indie journalists to support this month: projectc.biz/backindiemedia

It's a good sign when the cat you're adopting wants to help you with the paperwork right? (So, yeah, we have a new member of the family now. I hope him and Stormageddon can be friends since they're both rambunctious young men and Miss Odette is having none of that)

Mainstream media continues to publish unsubstantiated hearsay and showcase their unending cowardice and eagerness to kowtow. Meanwhile, the quality no-holds-barred reporting can be found in unlikely places: a teen fashion magazine, a taco review website, and a music & pop-culture publication.

I really was looking forward to Borderlands 4 but the reviews have not been kind of its performance and optimisation and given the price tag of the game, I'm really waffling on whether I should buy it now or just wait a bunch of patches.

I continue to be disappointed every time my temperature-controlled medicine arrives and the not only does -not- contain a penguin, but is apparently so forbidden that they must add this anti-penguin label.

It is International Vulture Awareness Day🪶! Vultures are incredibly rad birds, super vital to the ecosystem, and also unfortunately one of the most imperiled groups of birds on earth.

He didn't want to leave his box to snuggle, so I found a workaround, and carried him like a serving platter to the bed. Box of Stormageddon™

everything else on your feed sucks and is depressing, except this:

"I look very sweet, but I took a big shit right on Tziva's face ten minutes after this photo was taken."

A friend I have not talked to in like ten years just sent me a photo of this postcard I sent him in 2005. I zero percent remember writing this, but I'm pretty pleased with myself in hindsight. I'm not going to show you the front, but it's me in a squid costume, fighting a giant plush fish.

Why is everyone obsessed with a ghoul like Newsom when dudes like this exist? I don't think anyone should unconditionally stan any politician but y'all can at least choose support the ones that don't require a compromise of your basic fucking humanity.

🪶 Y.M.C.A. It's fun to stay at the—

What?!🪶

I am begging the people of the internet to realise it's not just okay to not share an opinion when you're uninformed about a topic, but the BEST approach in that situation. I don't know what's in the water today, but my feed is full of folks fervently arguing things they don't know shit about.

I'm getting through a lot of days by just looking for, and clinging to, that one thing that gives me hope. Some days that one thing is really fucking hard to find.

A rehabbing Great Horned Owl🪶 footed me so hard tonight that, even through a 3-layer glove, my hand is swollen/bruised. These owls have incredible strength in their feet (a German Shepherd bite is ~250 PSI. GHOWs can reach 500) which I recommend not learning via experience. He looks kinda proud:

None of the Jewish action groups I've been apart of have announced anything for the High Holidays in LA, and I was hoping one would because I found it so meaningful last year, and these communities are a rare source of hope lately. Guess I need to look at getting tickets to a regular shul.

Thanks for the follow, I am going to block you now.

It is Caturday, so please enjoy Miss Odette, Stormageddon, and my grandmother's obese cat Bob.

This is Ixchel, a White Hawk that came into the center w/ rodenticide poisoning, surprisingly she survived but she's not releasable due to neurological symptoms cause by the poisoning. She's now one of the faces of this campaign & we hope her story will be the one that changes the use of rat poison

Too many money dollars for me to get one, but how rad is this archaeopteryx skirt?

Stormageddon "helped" with laundry quite a lot today.

Mister Stormageddon looking very handsome tonight as he sits in his box, plotting crimes.

I guess my local Cooper🪶 pair did have a youngster this year, because he showed up at my bird bath today!

The "oh you won't compromise and abandon [marginalized group]? enjoy the nazi takeover!" argument rings pretty fucking false when you consider that the horrors of a nazi takeover begin with the abandonment of marginalized groups.

Whoever is writing the script for reality is being a little too heavy handed

I love this paletero from the big protest today! This clip made my day.

Check out the mix of juvenile and adult tail feathers on this Red-Tailed Hawk🪶 during his intake exam to rehab. The feathers aren't in the best shape at the moment, but you can clearly see the distinction between years. [possessed and handled with appropriate permits]

Imagine looking at all the problems with the justice system in America and deciding that public defenders are the ones to complain about. Never change, internet. Please continue to reward people with attention for the dumbest of hot takes.

Spouse bought me Argentina flavoured potato chips from the gas station. The bag is blue and white and prominently features some dude that I assume is a footballer. I think they are supposed to taste like beef, but they taste like chimichurri sauce. This is okay because I fucking love chimichurri.

Continuing to repost this Queer & Trans grappling group that meets twice a month in West Hollywood (including tomorrow). Self defense and community building is important now more than ever! I'm so glad groups like this exist and I want to support them. instagram.com/qt.losangeles.grappling