mei 🍡

many cay doodles with many shapes to celebrate this amazing day

happy international cat day!!

Heads up - Instagram added a new maps feature that shows your location. Thankfully someone let me know and I just opted out! Go to “settings and activity” and activity and then select “Story, live and location” to select who can view your location !

Fishtopher, a classic brown tabby cat, sitting and looking upwards above the camera. He looks alert, his ears facing forward and green eyes wide.

thinking thoughts

Several thresher sharks(Pelagic thresher - Alopias pelagicus) swim in the dark sea. Some look surprised, while others smile gently. Sparkling bubbles scatter around them. The atmosphere is peaceful and charming.

Thresher sharks 🦈

🌊🌊🌊Fresh Water set just got a volume 2!!!

NEW DEEP SEA SET JUST DROPPED

FOR THOSE OF YOU HAVING TROUBLE FINDING TIME TODAY!!

Air dry clay magnets of a zebra shark, mackerel, and pleco.

zebra shark, mackerel, pleco (air dry clay)

#crafts

Illustration of three tiny sharks in the style of Tamagotchi digital pets. A little pink hammerhead shark, a little blue mako shark, and a little yellow zebra shark with blue spots.

I love Tamagotchi, even though I never had the original when I was a kid. I was happy that the new one had marine animals, but of course the shark would be "generic", and of course they emphasized the dolphin, hehe.

So I created my own Tamagotchi shark designs! 🦈✨

#shark #tamagotchi

A drawing of a pigeon saying fuck em with a $2 bill

You don’t gotta take! That! Shit!

On this day in queer history: Aug 5, 1961

Milwaukee’s LGBTQ+ community, led by Josie Carter, fought back against homophobic attackers at Black Nite bar. One of the earliest queer uprisings in U.S. history—years before Stonewall. ✊🏳️‍🌈

#QueerHistory #OnThisDay #BlackNiteRiot #JosieCarter #Milwaukee

Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles “The ability to quickly generate a lot of bogus content is problematic if we don't have a way to delete it just as quickly.”

pay very close attention to Wikipedia to find a way out of the AI slop internet www.404media.co/wikipedia-ed...

Nine fluorescent Horseshoe crabs on a light sky blue background. Rainbow-colored seashells are scattered around.

Horseshoe crab

Illustration of three tiny sharks in the style of Tamagotchi digital pets. A little pink hammerhead shark named Syumokutchi. A little blue mako shark named Aozametchi. A little yellow zebra shark with blue spots named Torafutchi.

My friend @parkchee.jahy.info from Japan helped me come up with appropriate names for each of them. Maybe one day we'll have cute sharks in Tamagotchi. ✨

#shark #tamagotchi

You can now set a password for your Ellipsus account—no more digging for login codes in your inbox every time you sign in.

Code login is still around if you prefer it, but this update makes it way faster (and easier!) to jump back into your writing. Set whatever weird password your heart desires.

Photograph of acrylic keychains shaped like fish bowls against a pegboard. The keychains have a variety of marine animals- manta ray, manatee, penguin, whale shark and seals.

I also am really pleased with how the fish bowl keychains came out!! 😭

i do not share the author's barely disguised fetish but i will defend to the death their right to publish it

IT'S TIME FOR THAT ACTUALLY WAY FASTER THAN YOU ANTICIPATED VESPA RIDE! WE'RE GOING THROUGH NARROW STREETS WE'RE GOING 60 ON THE HIGHWAY IN A WOEFULLY INADEQUATE OUTFIT WE'RE DODGING FRUIT STANDS!! AND WE'RE SPRINTING THROUGH AS MANY UNDER 2K FICS AS WE CAN AND LEAVING COMMENTS COMMENTS!!!! COMMENTS

Fishtopher, a classic brown tabby cat, laying on his side, asleep in a green cat bed. He shows off his light brown belly, and his feet tuck towards his body. He rests his chin against one of his front legs, eyes closed. One canine tooth pokes out of his content smile.

sleepy little guy

carabiner..

Screenshot of a tiny pidgey being held with both hands in the Pokémon anime

*gently holds the baby bird*

A picture of a skeleton dressed up like Carmen Sandiego. Text reads Just Leave (A COMMENT fest) August 4th 4-8TH every day: Hitting Every Major City - FILL IN BINGO CARDS oR MAKE YOUR OWN Day one: Airport Delays comment on fics over 20k Day two: New and exciting local cuisine comment on fics in a new fandom Day three: Learning a New Language - comment on fics that are not written in your first language Day Four: Breathtaking Vespa Ride - comment on as many fics as you can under 2k Day Five: Homecoming - reread your favorite fics and leave comments

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN EVERYONE! GET READY FOR OUR SUMMER FEST STARTING AUGUST 4TH!!

Nonfiction Books for Disability Pride Month Great Books Exploring Disability: Memoirs to Essays Every July we commemorate the Americans with Disabilities Act, a law prohibiting discrimination based on disability, which passed thirty-four y...

In honor of Disability Pride Month, we’ve put together a list of nonfiction titles that range from memoirs, essays, and everything in between.

See the full list: bookshop.org/lists/nonfic...

Announcing the Finalists for the 37th Annual Lambda Literary Awards This year marks 37 years

We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards! lambdaliterary.org/2025/07/anno...

Fishtopher, a classic brown tabby cat with green eyes in a green cat bed. He extends one front leg outward casually. He looks out to the left of the camera with a relaxed expression.

arm out

Artwork of four black cats with big dilated eyes and yellow sparks around them.

how it feels to run on all caffeine and no sleep

A pyjama shark (Poroderma africanum) being curled up into a ball, covering their head with their tail

Did you know? Some catsharks curl into a ball when they feel threatened

Adorable lil guys!

Pic by Callum Evans on inaturalist (CC-BY-NC 4.0)

STAY TUNED FOR INFORMATION ON OUR AUGUST 4-8TH COMMENTFEST COMING THIS WEEK!!

The "early life, obsession with" meme with sharks. The image shows a wikipedia page with three options: "early life, obsession with, death". Under the "obsession with" button there are 8 sharks, blue shark, scalloped hammerhead, bull shark, great white, whale shark, pyjama shark, shortfin mako and Pelagic thresher (the species selections are kinda random, I'd add all sharks if I could lol)

A pair of over-ear sensory headphones with a white Monterey Bay Aquarium logo rests on a wood surface with the ocean in the background

Stim toys and softer noise–we’ve got your senses covered! 🐧

As a window into the wonders of the ocean, the Aquarium can be a popular place full of sights, sounds, smells, and textures.