Studies of a delphinium, hawk-moth, and caddis fly, via Victoria & Albert Museum.

my daughter told me i’m not allowed to play “long songs” where the people “are sad and talk about dying” anymore

BREAKING: ICE and private prison contractor GEO Group are refusing to allow Mahmoud Khalil to hold his newborn son for the first time, even after his wife flew them over 1,000 miles to visit. We just asked a federal court to order ICE to grant Mahmoud's request for a contact visit with his family.

“Sorry I’m late, a chickadee was collecting my dog’s hair on the porch and I’d be a monster to interrupt.”

Chris Judge’s “A Daily Cloud” project began in 2020, born from quiet days in the garden during lockdown. With simple lines and a touch of imagination, he turned everyday skies into playful scenes - one cloud at a time. [1/3] Credits: adailycloud [FB] #clouds #creative

So we should admit and accept, up front, that the Colorado never was and never will be a mighty river system, and that it is climate-­challenged and prone to drought. We never should have asked it for so much. We invaded it like cancer, turning water into property. I wish it wasn’t so. (From 2023)

Noor Abdalla was eight months pregnant when her husband, Mahmoud Khalil, was arrested, in March. She hasn’t seen him since, and now has a one-month-old son. nyer.cm/b7u1tIk

I'm a mother in the Sims 4 and honestly that's enough for me 💞

A crowd has gathered for the NYC protest against the illegal ICE arrest of Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil. Protesters are chanting and calling for his immediate release. Multiple helicopters overhead.

"I want to keep boycotting Amazon, but I also want to support indie authors. How do I do that?" Many indie authors have their books on Barnes & Noble & Kobo! There are also places like Smashwords & Campfire that are almost all indie books! Itchio now has a THRIVING LGBTQ Indie Book Scene.

the swamp of despair (from 2018)

Here are some nice mushrooms

Anyone else encouraging loved ones to delete their meta accounts?

New favorite bad gender form

Weird, because that same talk has me comparing his strategy to "Elderly Racist with Dementia Theory"

Dear Republicans, guess who does believe in climate change? California and Florida insurance companies. They don’t give a damn about your politics. Whether you claim to believe in climate change or not, we’re all in the same boat dealing with the consequences.

Every day I am struck by how many resources go into sustaining human beings. It takes so much thought and planning and love to keep us alive and well. And evil people can reduce it all to ash in seconds. It is so much easier to destroy than to create. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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Please help if you can! I've gotten my meds, and used some of the money i got yesterday to buy groceries. Im still -$500 and need help bringing that down before my next check.

"We've never seen anything like this" www.tesla-fire.com

boost !! 💕💸🚨🏳️‍⚧️

Well done, Bluesky!

Favorite drawings from France

when I was a teenager I had supermarket and farm jobs and one stint in lowest-rung admin immediately after A-levels, but as an adult I’ve only ever faced the job market as a trans woman and if you’re not a trans woman, you have no fucking idea how rough it is out there

Just reached 1K followers?? Thank y'all very much 🙀

I'd read the grapes of wrath like 25 years ago but i recently listened to the audiobook and was like holy shit this is a manifesto in prose form this guy must've caught a lotta shit when it came out so I looked it up n he got so many death threats he started carrying a gun

Come on, UK people. Show your support from trans people. It only takes a few seconds.

Israel invaded Syria and destroyed most of its military capabilities within 48 hours of Assad regime's fall — my latest @theguardian.com

Hey guys. HBO cancelled Sesame Street. Sesame Street means so much to so many of us. Please support them with a donation if you are able: sesameworkshop.org/support-us/#....

Anyone else takin pics of #slugs? I ❤️ #critters please #identifymyslug

David Zaslav, like so many other execs in creative industries and beyond, can’t imagine that something can be thriving and essential if it’s not growing exponentially forever.

trying is all you can do my love

Already, people who voluntarily run Bluesky labelers and lists are taking on some *serious* security risks that are only going to worsen as the site grows and more bigoted harassment accounts begin to join. I do believe community moderation is overall a great idea, but it also needs to be safer.

I know it's very sexy and queer of me to have a mullet rn, and I'm sorry I have to say this, but GOD am I sick of having a mullet

This dipshit wants to "colonize", in his own words, bluesky with twitter style bots and trolls and is encouraging harassment by his peons to do it Bsky is dragging their feet on banning him. Consider signing:

Really coming down to the wire on this one.

them: why do you care so much about building abundant housing and wanting everyone to have affordable options for transportation? us:

People who are like “I don’t mind our current clusterfuck of a health care system because people with socialized medicine have to wait six months for an appt” have obviously never had to see a specialist for anything ever

Btw, this is the exact same situation that activists in the US went to the Supreme Court to argue against the other day and it is likely to be allowed to continue because the GOP has stacked the court with bigots. It's happening in the UK at the hands of the nominally centre-left government.

When I say support trans people, I mean materially support us. There's so many truly wonderful and tremendously talented trans people creating art, music, movies, games, so many entertainers, writers, comedians, crafty folks who make bespoke stuff, and all really deserve so much more success.

My incredible dog, Clover, was attacked by another dog last night while out on a walk. We had to take her to the emergency room for sutures and other care. She's in recovery, but we have an unexpected bill now. So I'm running a quick sale. Please share this! itch.io/s/141630/clo...

Semi-regular reminder that shifting ANY of your spending away from Amazon/Walmart to a locally owned store is significant. Don't be discouraged if you had to go there for something. Do what you can & know that it counts.

The harms of untreated gender dysphoria are, if anything, much clearer and more concerning than the harms of precocious puberty, the condition the drugs were developed and approved for.

I wish I could bake in the sun like this. Oh yea, but ... Seattle.

*Texas doctor & professor points out on tiktok that patients are not legally required to answer citizenship question in order to receive care *Abbott threatens funding of hospital and university *Video is removed These overt threats by politicians to stifle speech becoming all too common.

The resistance after 2016 was a success. But we need something bigger and more durable this time. We need an opposition built for the long term. We need to stop being tired and ignore the cynics. I can promise you, my team and I will be in the fight. If we all do our part we will win!

i can sympathize! it’s gotta be hard to choose between your increasingly imperilled trans userbase or a “journalist” guy whose career involves writing articles not inaccurately described as hit pieces on youth access to trans healthcare. all while anti-trans sentiment reaches a fever pitch! tricky!