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Today's figure drawing. 25min.
Reference: trueref.io
(‪ @trueref.bsky.social ‬)

Two girls in a kayak paddling, the one we see on the front is smiling and blocking mostly all of the girl in the back.

Ready to go back to school and dive into some fun?! 📚🏖️
We’ll be going LIVE with our Education team this Thursday @ 3:30 p.m. PT. Join us to learn about some programs at the Aquarium and how the team is making sure everyone is included and having fun while learning about ocean conservation!

I wish private equity could buy climate change so it would stop
working

Hot Girl Sumer is here again

it appears to be a cat shaped nebula

a sneaky peak of a shirt I've got coming out next week ✨🌌

orange cat putting a pink fish toy into my brown flats

orange cat looking at the pink fish toy in my brown flats

oh thank you baby, i did want the fishy in my shoe

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.

Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.

It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.

That’s it.

A few federal inspectors are responsible for 70,000 U.S. railroad bridges, a study finds While most highway bridges get regular inspections made available to the public, railroad bridges are different, a Howard Center investigation finds.

"...just six federal inspectors are responsible for nearly 70,000 railroad bridges nationwide."

www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...

when all you have is a Hammer every problem looks like parachute pants

It sounds conspiratorial to suggest that Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump behind closed doors to launch an assault on mail-in voting in elections administered by the states, and Trump immediately set about mobilizing federal power to do it… but that is literally Trump’s account of what happened.

Combating Anti-LGBTQ+ Pseudoscience Helping navigate the perils of anti-LGBTQ+ pseudoscience by analyzing the groups and actors using the language of science to attack the medical consensus supporting LGBTQ+ affirming health care and re...

I think the Southern Poverty Law Center did a pretty in depth report that has a map in the Group Dynamics section
www.splcenter.org/resources/re...

It’s as pointless as trying to win an argument with a MAGA cultist. A waste of time and energy, I say!

We really need to get Japanese vending machines over here man. American vending machines suck so bad. I need like one of these on every street corner.

YouTube video by Erwin Beekveld They're Taking The Hobbits To Isengard HQ

Today is the 20th anniversary of the original posting of "They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard"

If you remember just how deeply viral this was, have you taken some ibuprofen today?

youtu.be/2X-AF7fOzW0

We don't hate this guy enough. Like as a culture

Intersex resolution receives unanimous support from Australian Medical Association delegates – InterAction The Australian Medical Association held its National Conference last weekend and in exciting news, Dr Thomas Drake-Brockman moved for the AMA to “recognise Innate Variations of Sex Characteristics as ...

“Oppose pathologisation of intersex people, and call for the deferral of all non-urgent medical and surgical interventions for those who cannot given personal and informed consent.”

In good news, Australia’s peak medical body has passed a motion to protect the bodily integrity of intersex people.

Philomena Cunk against a collection of classical statues. "Antigone's death is even more tragic than it actually is, which makes her a tragic hero"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtful. "Goya continued to paint tapestries until 1792 when serious illness left him dead for life"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtfully into the distance. "Society is slowly becoming more contemporary now"

Philomena Cunk looking into camera on a beach. "Diderot's Tahiti represents a typical male fantasy in which attractive young women are eager to engage in sexual activity with the French"

@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.

handwritten in early 19th-century hand: Royal Makepeace

"Royal Makepeace" sounds like a character in a monarchist picture book

"You shouldn't wish harm on your enemies"

When my enemies quit DOING harm on my community, I will stop.

Now that Werner Herzog is canonically part of the Star Wars universe, I feel like they should make in-universe pro-Imperial documentaries by his character about all the Gulp Shittos and Weird Little Guys.

“But I saw in the ewok’s eyes only bored hunger and the cruel indifference of nature.”

Boar-headed Vishnu AD400-500 with Pictish version below! #medievalsky

Five years ago today my father tried to kill me when I came out. I’m still alive, I’m trans, and I’m not going to just lay down and die because bigots think they have the right to be judge jury and executioner. We’re not going away.

45-year-old Venus Williams just beat 24-year-old Peyton Stearns in the Washington Open round of 32.

Stearns was born a year after Venus' first Wimbledon championship.

I don't know what Venus Williams is made out of, but it is some magically hearty stuff.

12 popsicles for dinner

What happens when my daughters & I join forces to find beach treasure at Old Hunstanton. Please note the middle finger pebble bottom right. Apart from that very special find we left this treasure on the beach.

⊰ Watcher’s Rest ⊱
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My yearly delve into my architectural fixation of lighthouses. COEYANDSHY.com

A colorful mall setting full of cartoon rats wearing clothing and accessories.

Mall rats

Woman in line in front of me at the post office is not happy about the cost of shipping. She just whipped out her phone, asked ChatGPT how much it thinks the shipping should cost, and is trying to get the mailman to honor that price.

A faux newspaper front page with a space shuttle launching into a blue sky. A burnt paper overlay reads “THE VOYAGER DECLARATION HAS LAUNCHED!” Below, bold text says “NASA JOINS THE RESISTANCE,” and a subhead reads: “NASA scientists join a growing rebellion against Trump’s science cuts.” At the bottom are the words: DISSENT, BRAVERY, RESISTANCE.

🚨BREAKING NEWS! 🚨

🚀 the Voyager Declaration has LAUNCHED.

NASA employees join a growing rebellion against Trump’s anti-science, anti-American agenda.

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