Dancing around with Princess Peach (my pup) TGIF youtu.be/qBUKfQRbzuk?...

Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking around a microscopic volvox algae colony. 🫧🐻🧪

"I Wanna Eat A Nanaimo Bar" to the Tune of Black Frank's "I Wanna Live In Los Angeles"

Since I'm unemployable I've decided to go all-in on being a media mogul, I will mogul all media, everywhere, constantly. There is no media I will not mogul. I will mega-mogul with a meta-McLuhan adeptness to the extent that you'll think "Fuck I can't believe I almost miss Mr. Beast."

Related to nothing, I swear, I was randomly thinking about how you would hit on an astronomer and I concluded: Hey? Is anything in the sky named after you? Cuz I think ur a star. 💫

Today I am expressing myself in poetry (I'm writing a Nicki Minaj diss track)

CAN YOU FEEL THE CONSOLIDATIVE SYNERGIES

Having so much fun trying to learn the language as it's spoken. I tried to translate the chorus in singable English: I wish I took more fotos of u when I had u I wish I gave more kisses, embraces, when I had the chance to May my people here never leave! And if I'm drunk tonight may they help me!

Bad Bunny says this is a very delicious and spicy sauce so someday I'm gonna try it. Because I do everything Bad Bunny says now. Bad Bunny is my amigo. I don't even care if mi estómago esta el diablo. Porque confío en Bad Bunny. 'Toy bien loca.

Thinking about the time I was at a quantum gravity meeting and the man across from me was talking to me and a man next to him turned and said in all seriousness “don’t talk to her, she’s difficult” and it was because I had reacted ”badly” to racism. Meanwhile their heroes were hanging with Epstein.

So since this seems important, I'll include a free-to-read link so you can learn about what this actually means. The alt text in the quoted post is a WaPo graph showing the global temps from last 3 years have risen significantly. www.science.org/content/arti...

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

Bad Bunny and Pedro Pascal in drag. I could watch 10 seasons of this. youtu.be/qVjQImP8x5s?...

The first humans arrived in the High Arctic of Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) shortly after glacial retreat. Whilst their ability to adapt and thrive in the region is clear, poor preservation means the extent to which people influenced its developing ecology was unknown 2/13

This is a great thread and some stunning landscapes. Link to paper at the end.

OASPA is delighted to share the recording of our lively "Beyond the Ivory Tower” webinar about the real world importance of open access today: bit.ly/4bKiHmZ Huge thanks to our speakers for showing why there has never been a better time to engage with the potential of OA as a real world benefit.

I'm working with The Writer's Center on two new book clubs that focus on independent authors and presses!! We'll read a new book each month. Then the author will join us, read an excerpt, and answer reader questions! Read with us!

I don't know why BLACK RIVER ORCHARD is on sale for two bucks at your favorite electronic bookmonger, but it is, so if you want a story of suburban folk horror (shut up it is too a thing) where a creepy cult of apple-eaters take over a town and begin, um, changing? Welp, go forth and get after it.

Wrote in my Gratitude Journal this morning, like I do every day, that I’m particularly thankful for my Spite Journal, which now comprises several handsome volumes.

Dream role if I'd stayed in bioarchaeology, if you know anyone who this might interest, please pass it along! What a great opportunity!

Everything is so bad but it's been a great news cycle for those whose brains run on coffee and cannabis:

Mind Blowing work❤️ #DataViz

Was hard to pick but I think this is one that knocks the wind out of me. (FlyLo x Kendrick) youtu.be/2lXD0vv-ds8?...

#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow

I'm finally ready to do evil for money. I hope evil pays well.

Still waiting to hear on the other interview I had this month but I really don't have any hope at the moment. I'm so used to doors being slammed in my face I wouldn't recognize an open door if it was right in front of me at this point. 😓

My degrees are completely worthless. I spent over a decade in a system that I didn't belong in just to end up old and in debt. I'm actually worse off now than I was before I got an education, because now I owe a mountain of debt I can't possibly repay.

Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is February 23–27, 2026, the 13th annual celebration of balance in copyright law! Learn how to participate: www.arl.org/blog/partici... #FairUseWeek #FairDealingWeek #Copyright #FreeSpeech #FreeExpression #Libraries @carl-abrc.bsky.social

This game looks incredible and I can't wait to play it. You can check out the full game (it's on a deal, too) and the demo (free) on Steam now. I love this. I wish you all the best and please keep making games. You are wanted and needed. ❤️ store.steampowered.com/app/3255890/...

Well I think it's safe to call it another rejection. 2026 is not my year, but then none of them ever are.

Johannesburg’s Nyamakop Studios turns African artifact repatriation into a bold heist game. Protagonist Nomali and a crew of ordinary citizens reclaim 70 real-life artifacts taken during the colonial era. The 30-person dev team includes people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.

huge news gang. i found a way out that isn’t through. wish me luck (i return 5 months later covered in infected scratch marks with half my hair torn out) ok so you’re not gonna believe this

Making Data into Art - a microfilm we made with Microsoft a few years back, starring Information is Beautiful founder, David McCandless. Learn more about our process & work & beautiful things 🌼 bit.ly/IIBWAB geni.us/IIBLive #iibwab

Gentle reminder that wellness is part of the work. Sleep is part of the work. Eating is part of the work. Goofing off is part of the work. Laughing and crying are part of the work. You can't do it all, so do what you can, and keep showing up. That's all anyone can do.

You frivolous fool, look at you, with your *checks notes* several meals made from a single roast chicken and you fancy juice that you bought for 20 bucks. Junk food is about as expensive now, it makes sense to eat as well as possible if you have to pay for healthcare.

That's called eating. People actually have to do that every day, multiple times. Did you know that?

Word 2003 never met a toolbar it didn't install automatically by weblink. (Source.)

Tired of cows being excluded from social media. gradient.horse

Reposting this for no reason other than it's wonderful and joyous and you even get to learn Spanish because it's also art, my favourite teacher.

I've been taking it pretty much nightly for 20 years. Wish there was a link to the study.

The left bank of Kyiv has been hit hardest by Russia’s latest attacks on the capital’s energy infrastructure, leaving tens of thousands of residents facing much of the winter without central heating as nighttime temperatures drop to -19°C (-2 °F).

See the thread below on using Feelings Wheel* La Rueda de las Emociones es una herramienta que puedes usar para conectarte con tus sentimientos. Usarla regularmente ayuda a aliviar la ansiedad y a desarrollar la autoconciencia. #BlackSky #LearningSpanish #MentalHealth *also found in all languages

Did Bad Bunny make you want to learn Spanish? A great way to start is through your FEELINGS! Start everyday learning a feeling word and understanding it’s meaning. For all my Afro-Latinos, here is a great tool to use to connect with your feelings in real time and cultivate wellness.

Every February, it's as if there's a competition to see how egregious the racism can get during Black History Month. Because how dare we take a month for ourselves? An entire month? The sheer audacity.

Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family. “He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.

Ian McKellan and Bad Bunny. That's it. That's the skeet.

Arrepiei todo aqui. Take lindo.

Buller's albatross over Rakiura

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