We talked about manatees, so now we have to meet Dugongs! #LetsChangeThat

RFK Jr always seemed like every stereotype of Florida Man made flesh but rich and privileged so this feels right to me

Fiery-throated Hummingbird enjoying a snack at Paraiso Quetzal Lodge #CostaRica #birds #hummingbirds #nature

Thank you @mims.bsky.social for this. It's depressing. But also I was struck by this: "Giese, 62, is even trying to grow potatoes in his backyard to supplement his food budget." Potatoes are relatively cheap to grow, at least. But most of the time IME, veg don't save any money at all. Herbs now!

So when a dog does it it's "Dog shoots woman" when a human does it it's "Woman shot in store"🙃

Black folks seeking justice, hell any marginalized group seeking justice, is often framed as revenge especially when justice involves the restraining of the oppressor’s capacity to do violence and the interruption of a lifestyle predicated on it.

I got to know this beautiful lady over 20 years ago when she was just an adolescent and I was a recent college grad—I’m so happy to see her doing well and her new baby is adorable! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

How many undergraduate library science degrees are there? People know you need a master’s degree to be a librarian, right?

I have thought about this a lot since then, and I think it's more broadly true with creative pursuits. if you're not willing to risk something being dogshit, you're never going to end up with magic. this is what I believe.

I have just seen the crayfish!!!

I do not eat chicken, but I’m very appreciative of the restorative powers of chicken and rice when Benny’s not feeling well.

I’m pretty sure the USA is the only country where this happens.

We’re at the checking God’s genitals stage of the timeline.

“The public university is the opposite of an ivory tower, in principle: the whole reason we have public education is intergenerational equity.” Not sure I’ve ever heard that point made so clearly and succinctly.

This plan is actively *insane.* Airlines cannot divert large numbers of international flights from one city to another; they'd just have to cancel flights en masse, causing enormous economic damage that splashed waaaaay beyond a few big cities that were the target.

Vegans. Famous for loving eggs and cheese.

Lake Bled, Slovenia, 2016

A professional development class for immortals to help them stay on top of changes in the modern world. Taught by an undying instructor named Edward, or as his students call him: Continuing Ed.

Cabbage heist ys not goinge well.

i am once again begging the trump administration to end international travel in and out of every major city in the united states and see what happens

MacGregor will never find me now!

Discarded working title: I Know Why the Submerged Whale Sings

I love this photo. All my kittens IN A ROW.

Absolutely nothing is stopping John Cornyn, Tillis, Murkowski, & Paul from caucusing immediately with Democrats & giving them control of the Senate. The same is true of Thomas Massie & any 2 retiring GOP Reps in the House. It is a choice to continue caucusing with the authoritarian personality cult.

🇧🇷Tiriba-fura-mata 🌎Pyrrhura melanura Conservação: Pouco Preocupante A tiriba-fura-mata é uma ave psittaciforme da família Psittacidae. 📷 Gustavo Magnago

Snacks or camouflage? Why not both?

Live Rabbit Salad: adorable, but unappetizing.

ICE's treatment of detainees at Delaney Hall in New Jersey is the latest in a long line of abuses we've seen across the country.

When @kim.senate.gov stood up & called out these abuses, they pepper sprayed him.

Not another dime for this lawless agency.

American politics is bananas. I can’t believe there is a whole generation growing up to think that it’s normal for known criminals to win party nominations and public office.

"I'm going to be singing Dreams and Rhiannon when I'm 75 - and that's just fine with me. I just hope my chiffon doesn't get tangled in my rocking chair." - Stevie Nicks The legendary Stephanie Lynn Nicks, singer-songwriter, solo artist & member of Fleetwood Mac, was born on this day, 1948.

Here is the review for Why Whales Sing, by Eduardo Mercado III! 🧪🦑 #Booksky #ScienceBooks #BookReview #Whales bsky.app/profile/mars...

He wants what I have.

Masterful reporting from Kavitha Surana at ProPublica. This Arkansas woman went through hell, losing a baby and almost dying because hospital would not help with the miscarriage--if she weren't a medical professional herself with English, connections, and her wits about her, she'd probably be dead.

"AI's here to stay." "Yeah, so is syphilis, but you don't see me rushing to get it."

Circumcision Tylenol

“Please stop. I don’t want an AI summary of my Google search. I don’t want an AI summary of the text message from my friend at work. I don’t want an AI summary of the email I’m about to read. Please just stop.” 💯

They are obsessed with IQ and children’s’ genitals. They are creeps.

I’m a bit rusty but please remind me if it’s a good economic indicator that PlutoTV is running ads where a woman is trying to buy food for her children but can’t afford it so an older woman pulls her aside and introduces her to a slot machine app.

True elegance in the kill: blue heron vs. baby alligator. An incredible photograph by Matthew Blake.

Pre order the book a) so more publishers invest in @sesmith.lol and b) when it comes out you get unexpected mail! Or it you get UPS notifications you question for 4 days what that mysterious package is.

Hundreds inside an ICE concentration camp are on a work and hunger strike at Delaney Hall in New Jersey and other hunger strikes have been announced in New Mexico and Southern California. In Tacoma, WA, over 100 detainees announced the formation of the 'Union of People Kidnapped by ICE.'

How does one get that job that's just writing the background gags/in-world ephemera for Widow's Bay et al

Lupine is starting to bloom! #bloomscrolling 🌱

They look like harmless southern black racers (Coluber constrictor priapus) which are high strung and bitey when they feel threatened. I hope he gets tetanus. He's not big and he's not clever, they could have gently shooed them away or just ignored them.

Ugh poor snakes, he’s harsssing them! There is a way to properly handle snakes and this isn’t it. And if you don’t know how, and can’t confidently identify them, you should leave them alone!

Nobody Could Save Timmy the Whale

Literally canceling my Wired subscription that I forgot I still had just for this, because I thought it was the Onion and I'd rather have an Onion subscription at this point.

Tomorrow (Tuesday) is LIBRARY DAY! I have 5 new libraries ready to go and 3 more that are almost done. I plan to post them at noon!

MFW I can FINALLY start planting everything out, but that requires actually being outside.