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Photo of an extremely cute and silly kitten laying on her back. She is fluffy and mostly black and dark brown, but her silver and white belly is exposed here.

Her whole belly is actually silver!!!! & love me some junji ito 😤

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society NEW HAVEN, CT—Calling such concern for linguistic precision a clear indicator of a thriving country, a panel of historians from Yale University issued a statement Thursday announcing that quibbling over the exact definition of a concentration camp was a sign of a healthy society. “Studies of the past tell us that nitpicking the particular semantics […]

“Studies of the past tell us that nitpicking the particular semantics of the term ‘concentration camp’ as they pertain to a place the government is actively sending people with no criminal history is highly associated with national stability,” said historian Kristen Boyd
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Small moments of joy in this hellscape are a form of resistance. They want us beaten down. Joy stops that.

You can't be a productive activist or a helpful/present community member if you're perpetually sad and worried. Cat photos are needed now more than ever.

😬😬😬😬😬😬

Has anyone ever said "My rights are a distraction?" It's always someone else's rights, right?

A Siamese cat sitting upright on a wooden floor looking off into the distance.

Cat

Photo of a white and black "cow cat" curled around the arm of someone playing videogames with a mouse.

A photo of a fluffy black kitten with a white belly sitting up on a bed and making slight airplane ears. There is a book shelf in the background.

I love our cats they are angels from heaven
#catsky #catpics

It’s worth noting that JK Rowling is not only funding meritless legal challenges against trans people until they can appeal up to the court that will back them, she openly gloats about how this is where her money is going. This is what the Harry Potter TV show is bankrolling.

Dog finds and rescues toddler who spent night lost and alone in Arizona desert The two-year-old boy had wandered away from home on Monday evening and spent the night alone nearly seven miles from his home.

The two-year-old boy had wandered away from home on Monday evening and spent the night alone nearly seven miles from his home.

A photo of a bird sitting on top of a box attached to a tree. It is inside an aviary and you can see the light coming in from behind the glass and the tree.

The best photo I got from the zoo's aviary

Macro of a small shiny red lady beetle on a fuzzy sage leaf.

For #InsectThursday here's a California Lady Beetle (Coccinella californica) visiting our garden last week.💚

#Insects #Inverts #MacroPhotos #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱

Photo from.shore of several rows of incoming waves breaking and foamy. Green transparent face on biggest wave. Dark and puffy clouds low in priorizing hard to distinguish from waves.

I like that the cloudline looks like the next set of #waves rolling in. 🦑

#swell #nature #ocean #hawaii #marinelife #mood #maui #photography #peace #zen #sundayfunday

Brown rounded pufferfish close-up. She is solid brown and covered with tiny white spots. Fins fluttering in the water.

Every Pufferfish looks like it came straight from Pixar.

#fish #cute #goodnight #love #puffer #snorkeling #diving #maui #photography #underwaterphotography #maui #hawaii #aww #marinelife #seascape

Underwater photo of large turtle swimming. Side view of turtle and she is near the surface where her reflection shows brightly. Lots of brown coral around also reflected under the surface.

Super-cool #honu flying by
🦑🐍

#turtle #snorkeling #maui #travel #goodmorning #love #beautiful #photography #underwaterphotography #seascape #landscape

A photo of a bat hanging from a branch with its back facing the camera.

A photo of a bat hanging from a branch with its belly facing the camera.

Beautiful bats at the Oregon Zoo!!

Troye Sivan at Coachella
#fashionsky #coachella

Harvard sets up showdown with Trump as more universities rally in support President calls elite university a ‘joke’ and threatens to strip it of tax-exempt status as $2bn in funding frozen

Harvard sets up showdown with Trump as more universities rally in support

Live colossal squid captured on video in wild for first time ever A young Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, the heaviest invertebrate on earth, was filmed in the Atlantic Ocean The colossal squid, the heaviest invertebrate in the world, has been filmed alive in the wild for the first time since it was identified a century ago. Growing up to 23ft (seven metres) long and weighing up to half a tonne, the squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, is the heaviest invertebrate on the planet. The individual captured on film near the South Sandwich Islands, in the south Atlantic Ocean, is a baby, at just 11.8in (30cm) in length. Continue reading...

Live colossal squid captured on video in wild for first time ever

A brown gecko is sitting on a pink and yellow flower. Its jaw is white and behind its head, a bit of white can be seen. The gecko has a few tiny white specks on its body. It has a few bits of old skin hanging from its side and neck.

🦎Young cat gecko (Aeluroscalabotes felinus). Named cat gecko because it often curls up like a cat when sleeping.

Max. size 19 cm (7.5"). Males usually smaller.

Found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.

📷 by kuritafsheen77 on Freepik.

NO SLUGGO'S NO WORRIES WEDNESDAY

SLUGGO’S WEDNESDAY

God I wish that were me

A reddish brown snake is curled up on a branch. The body shows dark brown bands. The snake is looking down.

🐍Young black-headed cat snake (Boiga nigriceps).

Max. size 175 cm (5'9").

Venomous.

Mostly arboreal.

Eats birds, frogs, lizards and mammals.

Found in rainforests in Borneo, Indonesia, Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand.

Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.

📷by kuritafsheen77 on Freepik.

Bro come over we’re going to play outside

The ideas around “neutrality” and “bias” have done so much damage in the mainstream media. These ideas only work in one direction—against the left—and result in people in the industry who personally identify as left-leaning overcompensating and doing the right’s work for them

You Might Think of Shrimp as Bugs of the Sea. But a Remarkable Discovery Shows the Opposite: Bugs Are Actually Shrimp of the Land A recent study suggests that insects branched out from crustaceans on the tree of life

Shrimps is bugs? No, it’s kinda the other way around. Insects are technically crustaceans, which highlights the importance of systematics in understanding how evolution unfolds. My latest for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social.

Oregon Department of Education eliminates math, literacy programs - KOBI-TV NBC5 / KOTI-TV NBC2 OREGON – The Oregon Department of Education has shut down several literacy and math programs after unexpected federal funding cuts. According to the Department of Education, the funding was scheduled ...

jfc

FOOD MART DOOF TRAM WHAT DID YOU SAY?

DOOF TRAM
WHAT DID YOU SAY

A mostly brown lizard is on the ground. It is dark brown with yellowish and white spots. It is looking to the right in the picture.

🦎Common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis).

Max. size 20 cm (7.9").

Found from Spain, France, Holland, Belgium and Germany in the west to Turkey in the east.

Has been introduced to Britain, Poland, USA and Canada.

Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.

📷by Waza_67 on Pixabay.