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The #birdoftheday is #standingonthings and here's a Groove-billed Ani with a nice perch. At @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica #tapirs #birds

A deep commitment to anti-wokeness

I’m eating tacos and listening to Mexican pop music. It’s a good shelter from the world.

Remembering Hedy Lamarr on her birthday 🎂 📷 Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1940 For her classified work on frequency-hopping with George Antheil, Lamarr won the Pioneer Award of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in 1997.

Dung beetles know where they want to go. They roll, push or shove their dung ball & every few seconds they stop pushing to climb on top of the ball to make sure they are going in the right direction. This dung beetle male is just climbing down after a look around. More info in alt text #insects

its so easy to understand what GIGO means, but so difficult to prevent it in real life

Fishing Cat will always find your dad jokes hillarious. Fishing Cat don't gaf

This article is rah-rah-rah for everyone going digital car key only but I have re-learned the joys of leaving my phone behind this summer. I don’t want to use my phone for everything. “automakers would rather collect that data themselves” www.wired.com/story/why-ar...

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

Hey, @mewmew13.bsky.social

WRYTE WEIRDE BOOKES

Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

On behalf of the Indian community, I want to thank Kamala for doing more to fight the stereotype of the smart Indian/Asian than anyone since "Bobby" Jindal

Did Apple fire their entire UI/UX team?

#PalacesAndGardens #WeatherAndMood This photo of Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany was taken by my brother when he visited it. #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #Neuschwanstein #Castle

AltNPS's post is full of the same lurid details and breathless dramatization as their previous attempt at ICE raid erotica from a few weeks ago. Things that AltNPS could not possibly have witnessed, and which aren't reported anywhere else.

The jury in the Sandwich Guy trial — aka 12 Hangry Men — is in deliberations.

Spydere Man, Spydere Man Doth al things a spydere kan Sondry webbes he kan weaven Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man

Those of us in the Pacific Northwest are bracing for "King Tides" today. I shot this in 2024 during King Tides; the best clamming tides. North Head #LightHouse on the hill at Cape Disappointment. Graveyard of the Pacific in Washington State. #ClassicMono #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #Photography

This illustration from a classic, reminds us, that we need all three approaches to the ancient worlds: Palæontography - the description of past life forms Palæobiology - purely biological theoretical outlook Palæontology - a holistic study of the past, combining different fields. 🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio

Our next assignment 💙

Just to be clear trans kids are real people, but they aren’t an issue for the overwhelming majority of Virginians who want the government out of our bathrooms, bedrooms, and boardrooms.

My mom taught me not to speak ill of the dead, so this will be my only skeet about Dick Cheney.

I just installed iOS 26, and I have to say that it’s so much worse than I imagined. So many extra annoyances in just a couple of hours.

You can’t rebuild effectively using bricks that are crumbling with age.

Male Snowcap #hummingbird at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica this morning. #birds #nature

Anyone battling mental illness, you’re strong as hell. I’m right there with ya. This shit is so ass.

A.I. has ruined my favorite online pastime: baby and animal videos. Because now I doubt whether any I see are real. Thanks, A.I.

YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE

Tech wythout heart ys harmful. For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye. We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART: H umanityes E thiques A rtes R hetorique & the crafte of T eaching

the ppl who live in San Francisco themselves are basically exactly like the billboards lmao

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @deadder.bsky.social )

NGC 45 - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/phBH5s

Hooligans. Photo from my collection, 1955.

Put 60 Minutes edits on the blockchain By Andrew Yang

The Trump supporter who now runs CBS news cut the portion of the interview where Trump said he loved her. Here's why American media has a liberal bias problem.

This guy’s a Christian pastor, in case you think Diocletian didn’t have a point.

"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.

NBC's new poll say the most important issue for deciding who to support for Congress is: "Protecting constitutional rights/protecting democracy." If you agree, I suggest you subscribe the news outlet that focuses like a laser on just that. Sign up for Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

The people at @nytimes.com helped me make this video about sexism www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Sleeping Shepherd, by Titian, 1500–10

Correct - and if you want to build a firewall against national right-wingers, you need to do it at the state level. I worked for a Democratic state rep who tried to hammer this point home to young people who only seemed interested in presidential elections.

Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto

Why do people buy pizza with EBT? Because cauliflower is five dollars a head and you can buy five pizzas with the same money. It’s not that folks don’t want to be healthy. They can’t afford to be healthy.

"Stagi said the officer then yelled, “She’s assaulting me!” before grabbing Stagi by her hair. He put her in a chokehold and pushed her to the ground over a grassy embankment, where she landed on her head, according to a video of the interaction."

The real ballroom

GoFundMes have raised $425,000 and neighbors are helping neighbors survive. Several of the fire-affected shop owners are hoping the town sees this as an opportunity to fast track more business development.