the diving pool

somebody please take in this sweet mama cat my heart has broken.

a wide yellow composition of paper cutout animals: a copperhead, armadillo, squirrel, bullfrog, raccoon, rabbit, snapper, opossum, alligator, and skunk. Text says “grits” as an acronym standing for Gays Residing in the South. Text below says “we’ve been here for a month of sundays, we’ll be here til the cows come home. Yall better get used to it.”

Bless Your Hearts or Die
#art

South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water **With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**

Please consider donating to the Sameer Project chuffed.org/project/1132...

South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water **With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**

Things are unimaginably bad. The Sameer Project's South Gaza campaign operation is under intense crisis. They're trying to find any food they can to help people in serious need. If you can, please donate! The situation is getting worse every day.
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For those who asked. The link tree for the Sameer Project is here: linktr.ee/thesameerpro...

South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water **With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**

Please consider donating to the Sameer Project chuffed.org/project/1132...

Donate to US Flood Relief Fundraisers Help those affected by flooding across the US. Donate to verified fundraisers to offer flood relief to individuals & their families.

GoFundMe has set up a page for the Texan flood victims. Each campaign has been verified by the company's Trust & Safety experts, which means you know your money is going directly to families. Please consider donating if you can. Their stories are heartbreaking.

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The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country is collecting donations to support the Central Texas flood response. This is a great way to help support community-based recovery efforts by reputable organizations.

About 20 people at Texas summer camp missing as devastating floods slam hill country, officials say About 20 people at Camp Mystic are not accounted for, Acting Gov. Dan Patrick said in a news conference on Friday.

less than two weeks ago, 14 people in San Antonio were killed in flash flooding.

last night, just an hour away, as many as 20 people went missing as flash flooding struck again. at a summer camp for young kids.

these aren’t natural disasters—it is the fossil fuel industry’s fault.

"Every French beach town has a little cafe called like Le Nautilus and every American beach town has a little cafe called Scratchy Dick's Big Slut Crab Fuck Shack"

speaking of remembering great summer tweets, this Jacob Bacharach one will rattle around in my head forever

An icon, a genius, and the world's biggest Mike Love hater. A true king.

Why are so many people getting sick from eating cucumbers? Salmonella outbreaks linked to cucumbers have sickened hundreds of people since last year, drawing attention to the problem of contaminated irrigation water on farms.

Salmonella outbreaks linked to cucumbers have sickened hundreds of people since last year, drawing attention to the problem of contaminated irrigation water on farms.

A tortoise squints maliciously under a headline reading “Tortoise rescued after setting house on fire”

imagine being loved and accepted for who you are like this wow

(tipping my cowboy hat back to look at the stars) you think them fellas from other planets look down on us in terror or you think it's pity

Eustace (spits into fire): pity i reckon

🚨 ACTION ITEMS to stop the FDA from limiting Covid vaccine access:

1. Submit a public comment to the FDA www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

2. Contact your elected officials
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I've done my own research and I'd like the SARS-CoV-2 booster.

Map of local National Weather Service office "areas of responsibility" modified (using polygons with black outlines and red fill) to indicate where recent/expanding cuts to NOAA/NWS have resulting in understaffing so extreme that some offices can not longer operate on a 24/7 basis.

I just created a quick map depicting which portions of the United States are now (as of today) or will imminently be (by early June) without 24/7 local National Weather Service coverage (per Washington Post reporting). #CAwx #CAfire #CAwater #ORwx #AKwx #WYwx #KSwx

Listeria outbreak hospitalizes at least 10 in California and Nevada More than 80 ready-to-eat products from Fresh & Ready Foods are being voluntarily recalled as the FDA and CDC investigate the outbreak.

At least 10 people have been hospitalized in California and Nevada following a listeria outbreak under investigation by the FDA and CDC.

Ready-to-eat foods produced by Fresh & Ready Foods LLC of San Fernando, California, are being voluntarily recalled, according to the company.

It's 1925. I'm leanin' against this lamppost on the lookout for dames who are lookin for trouble. I start flipping a quarter. I catch her eye. I fumble the quarter and it rolls into a sewer grate. I have lost the equivalent of thirty thousand dollars.

ChatGPT solve traffic for California

museum placard reading "SOGGY BOTTOM BOYS: BOTTOM-HUGGING AMPHIBIANS The Largest Fossil Sample Ever Dug from the Texas Redbeds!"

the fossil the previous image is labeling. a group of large amphibian fossils jumbled together in a mass in a large stone, on display in the Houston Museum of Natural Science

imagine you died in a mass extinction event and then millions of years later some scientists slap this label up next to your and your family's skeletons

Looks like they found a way to get all of you to use AI

An invitation to a study with the text, “Have your intimate photos or videos ever been shared online without consent? Share your experience in a short and confidential survey.” There is a small red box with the text, “Chance to win a $50 gift card” and a QR code with the link bit.ly/reporting-study . The University of Michigan’s logo (a golden yellow M) is in the corner. The background is blue with abstract representations of locks, locked boxes, and occasional hearts. Most are gray. One lock symbol is red.

I’ve been working with a team at the University of Michigan on a study about survivors’ experiences with reporting intimate materials that were created or shared without their consent. We’re looking for participants! Please share far and wide!

From an interview with John Milius.
Robert Shaw’s Indianapolis speech could have turned out very differently.

Donate to Laid Off Thanks to DOGE, Then Taken for $14.7k, organized by Emily Warfield I don’t have to tell you that we live in an era defined by cruelty and c… Emily Warfield needs your support for Laid Off Thanks to DOGE, Then Taken for $14.7k

No great way to say this: I sublet my apt when arthritis forced me to move, + it blew up in my face the same day my former employer screwed us out of thousands in severance to cover healthcare costs. Ive chosen to be a whistleblower. It's cost me a lot, + I need help www.gofundme.com/f/laid-off-t...

Flyover Country What a future where iPhones are made in America would really look like.

After Trump was elected the first time, there was also a lot of talk about making iPhones in the US. At the time, I co-edited the sci-fi outlet Terraform, and asked @timmaughan.bsky.social to imagine what such a future might really look like.

With his permission, I'm republishing the story in full:

man at baseball game holding the biggest fucking bunny rabbit you've ever seen in your life. and he's wearing a hat

same bunny, now tossed over the man's shoulder. the bunny is the size of an overnight bag

said bunny in his carrier, which is palanquin sized

the bunny wearing his service vest, legs floofed out on the floor. It's hard to tell from the scale of the picture but he's so fucking big

i don't think we should gatekeep the enormous 28 pound bunny that works as a service animal at giants games sometimes. i think we should share news of the 28 pound bunny with the wider internet

His greed sickens me

YouTube video by Hank 0331 Walrus Whistle

One thing I do to soothe my anxieties is listen and imagine what these big boys and girls might be communicating with their big lips and big lungs youtube.com/shorts/uPxXR...