The US and Russia are drafting a secret 28‑point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine — without Kyiv’s input. The plan, covering ceasefire and security guarantees, also includes recognizing Russia’s control over Crimea and parts of the Donbas. www.kyivpost.com/post/64558

“Winter may be beautiful, but bed is much better.”

Same as it ever was. Musk leaches from government, but every document related to him and his companies is a wall of redaction, rendering public record laws a farce. If evidence of your crimes and corruption always ends up being "competitive business information," what does that make you?

Musk says that 10-20 years is "long term to me." A rare admission of the biggest public misunderstanding about him: his brand is that of a long-term futurist, but in reality he's a plate-spinner who rarely thinks farther ahead than the next fundraising round.

good morning #mammals thinking about how big these guys must be now! alaska is beautiful.

Reskeet with a time you looked cool

Sometimes you get a reward for waking up early. This was yesterday’s reward. #Sunrise #PNW #Serendipity #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp

now with telephonic and radio communication

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank. #photography #marseille

Robin (Eurasian robin) #birds #photography

Bushes in the snow, Caspar David Friedrich, c.1827.

New way of saying a thing is unlawful just dropped

Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad

grrrrrrreat

The Verge: Screw it, I’m installing Linux https://www.theverge.com/tech/823337/switching-linux-gaming-desktop-cachyos #win11 #linux

And I got these two used books today. I’m curious to see how accurate the birding book still is (it’s from the 90s) but either way it’s got great illustrations. I wasn’t familiar with the fantasy novel, but apparently it’s set in Seattle!

Patagonia report, a first, details company's efforts to save planet www.vcstar.com/story/news/l...

Paramount using Saudi aided funds to try and buy WB god fuck this industry lol

We escaped the war ravaged city yesterday and soaked up some beach time. There is nothing like rockhounding for hours to soothe what ails you.❤️ #oregoncoast #rockhound #beachhike #hike #ocean #clouds #waves

Our 12yo first-semester middle schooler has correctly assessed, when I asked her what makes the popular kids popular, that it’s because “they are louder, I guess?”

Haven’t sketched my ghost girl in ages

A new wolf pack has formed in California, thanks partly to a male wandering in from Oregon: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @lilaseidman.bsky.social

Asoka 🐶 Young female Dutch Shepherd Adoptable from Help for Homeless Pets (Billings, MT) https://www.petfinder.com/dog/asoka-79511260/mt/billings/help-for-homeless-pets-mt46/

It's a good time to be the arms dealer for the AI boom

Adding emotional support sardines to my grocery order, like you do.

just two guys with super normal attitudes toward journalists

fascinated by the couple next to us in this restaurant who just asked for the rest of their fondue in a doggy bag, aren't people compelling

It’s been a long while since we visited the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, and we weren’t 100% how accessible it would be for Amelia’s wheelchair. But we had a lovely time on the boardwalk loop and got just a little distracted by all the tiny mushrooms popping up.

Autocorrect has become our worst enema.

A couple of extra shots of my morning commute today. It sure beats driving!

This is live right now !! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ownG...

NEW: Trump's DOJ sent a subpoena to a gender-affirming care clinic seeking information on patients, including minors, and its insurance billing practices. The clinic—which doesn't even take insurance—fought the demand in court and won. Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co

Got her with her eyes open!!

Huge @tinanguyen.bsky.social scoop: Trump is preparing to try and ban all state AI laws, going so far as having Brendan Carr’s FCC pull rural broadband funds from states that try to regulate AI www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

This is not what the problem is. We have many excellent, talented, engaging science communicators. Their reach is deliberately truncated by the social media companies, and billionaire-owned news outlets do not platform them.

Electricity bills have gotten crazy expensive. But what if utilities just ... made less money? @emilypont.bsky.social investigates: heatmap.news/energy/calif...

It’s not only people who suffer from Russian bombings : it’s fellas 🐈 like this one 💔❤️‍🩹 rescuers found him among the rubble of apartment building in Ternopil that Russia bombed today and brought to volunteer hq where volunteers gave him food and water.

Their 2024 report included the line: “As one of the most transparent companies of our size, we strive to expand the data and stories we share each year because we know others look to us for both accountability and context.” It seems that was a lie.

the crimes are obviously worse but there's also the constant indignities of all formal levers of government communication being taken over by people with a schoolyard bully's vocabulary and the pugilistic instinct of a drunk at the second bar that's cut them off that night

This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...

It's almost like if you design technology with absolutely no safety guardrails the absolute worst actors will weaponize it to harm the most marginalized this is not new, the only thing that's new is the shamelessness of the people pushing it

NASA's newly released images of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS come from across the solar system: Mars surface, Mars orbit, and the L1 point. They are dividends from investing in exploration & pushing the bounds of knowledge. 🧪🔭 science.nasa.gov/solar-system...

Just get usenet if you're amenable to watching games after-the-fact Bonus, you'll never have to see another commercial again

dressing up cowardice as innovative efficiencies