Voontah

Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.

Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.

aw yeah hat and backpack
I'm so glad they're free
I'm so furious they (and so many others) were traumatized
This doesn't end until there are zero (0) kids being traumatized

oh shit we got hennepin hannah

It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.

Frodo: I wish so much unbelievably stupid shit had not happened in my time Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. This is all exceptionally stupid, though

The City of Minneapolis has designs for signs and stickers that you can download.

a red watercolor painting with a triumphant character. the text says 'I'm gonna get my sparkle back'

You will too! Let's go 2026!!!!!

I'm not making any resolutions. I think it's time for the years to be better, not me.

once again, with force.

In/Out List for 2026 In Learning for fun, not just for school or work "Wait, let me look that up" Scrolling straight to the Personal life section Curiosity Learning how to edit Wikipedia Knowing random facts and where they came from Telling the group chat about your research Longer attention spans Out Doomscrolling Making fun of people who like to learn Misinformation Not citing your sources

🗣️ LET’S MAKE CURIOSITY COOL IN 2026

Acrylic on canvas painting of a pink, yellow and blue cat on a colourful background with various colourful accents like pawprints and sprinkles. The cat is wearing boots.

Acrylic on canvas painting of a cream cat on a colourful background with various colourful accents like pawprints and sprinkles. The cat is missing an eye and a leg

Acrylic on canvas painting of two playful forest cats on a colourful background with various colourful accents like pawprints and sprinkles.

Acrylic on canvas painting of a orange, cream and blue cat on a colourful background with various colourful accents like pawprints and sprinkles.

Here's my second art account @weirdpinkone.bsky.social where I share all my cute traditional paintings ❤️

Thank Christ

Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.

The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.

To my friends from LiveJournal I still think about you Wonder if you finally quit, Do you still speak to your mom? I remember when you went to Japan How you swore you'd never forgive him. I can't remember to take my meds but I remember you wanted to live on a houseboat. It's a strange intimacy, all of us unspooling across decades of internet space Like balls of yarn leaving a trail behind us of everywhere and everyone we've ever been I hope you got your houseboat. I hope you got everything. -Hayley DeRoche

♥️

HOLIDAY SHOPPERS: heads up, y'all. I've got links. I've got books. I've got stuff on sale, and you can find it all here:
www.cheriepriest.com/blog/holiday...

photo of a large gold-plated enamel pin photographed on top of a lichen-covered rock. The enamel pin features a whale skeleton covered with various deep sea creatures, such as octopuses, hagfish, a giant isopod, a crab, and chimaeras.

Whale fall pins are now back in stock, just in time for the holidays!! The perfect gift for deep sea lovers & marine biology fans 🐋🦀

Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art

🌟 UPDATE & SALE 🌟
This is a rather spontaneous update but I thought I'll end the year with a last hurray! My shop will be open for just a short while, I'm thinking a week max, so you might want to be quick to grab the things you're be interested in!

ko-fi.com/lilianrieke

We’re up to 38% of last year. Wanna help me get a little closer to last year?

SquidFacts.net

Advent starts in ~2 weeks! I’ll be packing up orders all morning and tonight!

Advent calendars fund @skypeascientist.bsky.social’s programming. They’ve been our biggest fundraiser for the last 3 years!

There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.

Go. Check. Your. Ballot.

komonews.com/news/local/s...

Who wants some CHEAP BOOK LOOT? Right on, I've got your back - behold: Here's what's newer, older, and super-cheap on promo from around the internet today...starting with IT WAS HER HOUSE FIRST but including GRAVE RESERVATIONS and MORE: www.cheriepriest.com/blog/novembe...

Sunday = fun day~ wild bears playing at a public playground, captured by someone just passing by~🐻

Well, since this has gone more viral than expected:

In the absence of my cunning plans, here's a resource to find food banks locally. Volunteer and contribute if you can, and don't be ashamed to get help if you need it.

We're all in it together.

www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

I think my favorite thing about "every city reveals its inner character" era of ice protests is that people keep saying portland is weird or cute or nice or silly when one of the most common chants at the ice building is people looking up at feds on the roof and yelling "jump! jump! jump!" in unison

A man in bed looks passively at a Beholder (D&D monster) hovering before him. Text: “Do not be afraid, Kevin. I am God, assuming a form your human mind will find most comforting. I—wait, hold on, what am I right now? Normally I'm like, a grandma or a talking dog or something. Wow, Kevin, you must be super messed up.”

cartoon: in the style of Egyptian heiroglyhics the lyrics to the Time Warp have been phonetically translated and help illustrate characters from RHPS Caption; Rocky Horus Picture Scroll

From the Larchives: The Rocky Horus Picture Scroll. One of my favorite works. I had the assistance of an Egyptology PhD student to translate the Time Warp phonetically. Enjoy :)

Cameo in Eugene, OR No Kings march

Portland’s Hawthorne Bridge around 230pm. There were also at least 15-20 city blocks’ worth of protesters marching in the city on streets leading to the bridge.

If today tells you one thing it’s that you are NOT alone.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings