In 1825, a skilled Black artisan taught a young medical student, Charles Darwin, how to preserve animal specimens via taxidermy, a skill he used in his exploration of the Galapagos. John Edmonstone was born a slave in Guyana, but freed when the family who owned him moved back to Scotland.

HR: Did you eat Jeff's lunch? Physicist: Quantum physics allows for all possibilities until observed. HR: So did you eat Jeff's lunch? Physicist: Did anyone see me eat Jeff's lunch? HR: I hate this job so much.

goddamn

Current hobbies include declaring the intention to bake something and never actually baking anything, worrying about what I'll do when fascism comes to my door, and getting absolutely wrecked in matches on Magic The Gathering Arena. Also playing a lot of Fallout 4. Life feels so strange right now.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests - nazgul bodycams - morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring - shelob will be the new point of contact

TikTok is under right wing billionaire control now. Plan your exit strategy.

“A little help here, Danny?”

To delete your TikTok account without agreeing to the new TOS: 1) put your phone in airplane mode 2) open TikTok and go to your profile 3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account 4) turn airplane mode off 5) delete your account Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this

With everything, what bothers me isn't so much that so many people are demanding to touch the stove to see that it's hot for themselves, rather than believing what they're told, it's that they're touching the stove and also holding everyone else's hand on the stove and telling us that it's not bad.

Sound on. This guy's cheerful-yet-realistic energy is best felt through your ear-holes, not via the captions.

I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead. It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut. No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.

They only need about $5000 more to meet their goal. SURELY WE CAN DO THIS BLUESKY!

The look Fergus gives me when I touch a soda bottle. For some reason, both my cats are terrified of carbonated drinks.

Fact-Checking The Trump Administration On Venezuela https://theonion.com/fact-checking-the-trump-administration-on-venezuela/

Another day, another Fallout 4 settlement so structurally impossible that it'd make an engineer weep.

What are we painting today? #BobRoss

Working a 2nd job at the theater can be physically exhausting and god knows this weekend with Stranger Things was pure madness, but, sometimes, it's so worth it. Like getting to go to the prize room tonight and getting the SpiderGwen popcorn bucket. 😍

Put it back whatever it is.

I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?

Reading about Alberta Clippers & wtf Ontario who approved this

The Dragon Age:Origins companions could absolutely handle the Baldur's Gate 3 plot, but the BG3 companions would fall apart by Redcliffe if the roles were reversed.

I miss the hopeful days when the Do Not Call List meant something

Have you ever realized that you can grow your own catnip and nobody can stop you?

"Bonjour, ladies."

😂

Fergus can't just snuggle. He must dig his way to the UnderSnuggle.

Not a single thought in either head and I love that about them.

Imagining it's Raptcha, and somewhere an angel is trying to raise a mortal soul to heaven but has been stopped, looking with its countless impossible eyes at a pic asking the angel to first select all the squares that contain Motorcycles.

Thinking about my love for glitter that hasn't changed since I was tiny. Part of me gets embarrassed at being 47 and wanting to wear deep pink and sparkly things but then I remember that it's bullshit that society decided older women aren't allowed to like pretty things. No sad beige middle age!!

Make a band food: Fleetwood Mac & Cheese

I like how in the UK, they say car park. It makes me think of, like, a Subaru on a swingset.

I guess I’m on a bit of a purple kick

Poor Ravioli has been at the shelter for a long time. 💔 He's very handsome and wants affection badly, but he's prone to getting overstimulated. Posting in hopes that maybe a quiet, cat-savvy person in Vermont might see this! www.hsccvt.org/Cats#sl_embe...

How dare you not play out the hypothetical thought experiment in real life!

Not having a phone with TT accessibility really frees up your time to stare at the wall and dwell on the horrors that persist.

Puffins are social, so to attract them to Maine's rocky islands, National Audubon's Seabird Restoration Program put out decoys to attract real birds. This puffin is trying to fit in with his new friend by standing on one leg. Seabird peer-pressure can be intense. (📷: Robert F. Bukaty)

@fridaytea.com Hi, I emailed you twice now about my orders made in early and mid-May that weren't shipped. Can you please help?

So grateful that my credit card debt is paid off. It was at the point of being visited in the night by three credit agencies. Like Scrooge, but with more spreadsheets.

Hail, Dorian.

oh man sinners absolutely FUCKS. a movie of all time

My favorite shots from horror movies: Day 98 The Night of the Hunter (1955) #horror #horrormovies #horrorcommunity #scarymovies #scary #80smovies

Pope Floats

Sawyer SuperCat is 9 years old today! I'm not doing anything because he doesn't know it's his birthday because he's a cat but I did give him extra snuggles. He was very confused. 😄

Sinners is a fantastic movie. My synposis: two level 18 rogues convince a freshly rolled level 17 bard and an experienced level 19 cleric to retire and start a tavern. One last adventure ensues.