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A big stupid golden retriever's head in the foreground, laying on a kilim. In the background is a log-burning stove flickering with flame.

Cozy boi. 🥰🥰
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Judge hands down critical review of federal immigration agents' 'unprecedented' use of force

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis found examples of agents lobbing tear gas into crowds of protesters while exclaiming ‘f--- yeah!”, slamming their brakes while being tailed to cause car accidents and using ChatGPT to write their reports.

Afghan Whigs were such a great band to see/hear live back in the day. I went to several of their concerts in the mid-west.

Women's college basketball games bring larger crowds and viewing audiences than the men's is pretty impressive too.

A cartoony drawing of a mammoth flinging a wolf over its head.

Leaked image from Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, don't tell Apple!

Crochet a 3D Dinosaur Stocking For Christmas, Makes a Great Gift! 👉 tidd.ly/ee72bc84 - designed by Little Bamboo Handmade #crochet #handmade #etsy #affiliate #christmas 🎄

Reminder! Starts in one hour - “How science is changing” livestream event from 6pm EST tonight! Join MCPS director Alan Love, Lydia Patton, Jacqueline Sullivan, and Craig Callender.
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Dr Emma Nicholls standing on a saurapod trackway, large roundish footprints embedded into white limestone, pointing to the long trackways continuing on behind her

We asked @dremmanicholls.bsky.social what exactly needs to happen for dinosaur footprints to be preserved like those found in Oxfordshire.

The answer is such a specific set of circumstances you'll be amazed that any have been found at all...

Sign the Petition Save Geology at the University of Leicester

Leicester has long been one of the leading universities nationally for palaeontology & geology - this would be a terrible loss, as would the loss of other subjects such as modern languages:

www.change.org/p/save-geolo...

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Missed this cause of SVP!
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Side by side comparison of an ocelot to Missi. Actually, I can see the resemblance.

‘The Tartan Rage’: Fashion, High Society, and Scottish Identity in Eighteenth-Century London - The History of Parliament The Tartan rage has at length reached Paris,’ declared the World in June 1787. Demand for tartan fabric and accessories had swept British high society earlier that year, with the Gazetteer and New…

On 25 November, Dr Natalie Garrett will be speaking at the next IHR Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar, where they will be presenting on Jane, duchess of Gordon and the Romanticisation of Scottish Identity in London, c.1780-1812.

Find out more and how to attend below:

All shares of this much-appreciated. Sorry if it's boring. Just another instance of me attempting to rehabilitate one of my books after my ex-publisher Unbound failed to pay me a large chunk of earnings from it, went into administration and took it temporarily out of print.

Sign the Petition Save Geology at the University of Leicester

Geology and palaeobiology at the University of Leicester are under threat, with at least 14 staff expected to be made redundant. Support them, their postdocs, and their students by signing this petition: c.org/SK8Xm8dhqK

Column | How snowy could it be where you live this winter? Look up your area. Swaths of central and eastern states have received much less snow than average over the past five winters – a trend that may continue this season.

Around 70 percent of states in the contiguous U.S. have seen declining snowfall in recent winters, although parts of the West and some of the South have experienced more snow.

See how snowfall is changing across the United States here:

NORAD plans air defense exercise in National Capital Region early Wednesday NORAD will conduct an air defense exercise in the Washington, D.C., region.

2:00 a.m. low and loud fly-overs of D.C.? I bet this will go over well. Is someone showing off, or over-compensating?
"will include F-16 fighter aircraft; a U.S. Coast Guard MH-65D Dolphin helicopter; a U.S. Army UH-60 helicopter; U.S. Navy King Air aircraft; and Civil Air Patrol C-182 aircraft"

Possible goofballs in northwest Tennessee

Trying to find a restaurant open on Thanksgiving in my Grandmother's town. So far, it's just the Chinese restaurant. Not a bad option I guess, but feels a bit like "A Christmas Story". I won't order Peking Duck if we go.

Murderous kitten, Missi.

Missi Pippi, the murderous kitten.

Tonight we decided that our lovingly murderous kitten is part ocelot. -this is of course not true at all, as ocelots range doesn't include the wilds of southwestern Wisconsin where she was found. But it does appeal to our wildchild to think she has such a distinguished pedigree.

Omurice Japanese omlete on a white plate partially covered in red sauce.

After seeing them in anime after anime, I finally looked up Japanese omletes, Omurice. And was surprised that there is more to them than just ketchup on top. The inside is full of pan-fried chicken rice and ketchup. It does sound pretty delicious and filling.

You want to avoid that? Silpat is your friend. Works great for cookies too.

Black Clover's Asta yelling.

"My magic is never giving up!"

The end of the final event of #2025SVP - it's been an amazing experience hosting it, thanks so much to everyone involved in helping make it happen. Back to the day job tomorrow.

Is that made of jasper? The rock looks beautiful.

The savory pie part sounds good, not sure why it needs a bun, though I do enjoy a good turkey and stuffing on a bun sandwich after Thanksgiving.

Likely midnight at some important timezone/market.

1/ Today, ProPublica is running a piece I've been working on for a bit. It's about what happened with a devastating wave of bird flu earlier this year, as egg prices hit record highs.

And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵

What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management Grab your umbrella and your tights.

just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.

remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.

Timing shifts for eruption of underwater volcano off West Coast Scientists have revised the timeline for the expected eruption of the Axial Seamount, a swelling underwater volcano off the West Coast.

A swelling underwater volcano off the West Coast is now expected to erupt later than previously projected.

Naan Rounds veggie taco pizza. Refried beans, onions, peppers, tomato, black olives, shredded cheese.

Package of Stonefire Naan Rounds original, our preferred brand.

Naan Rounds make perfect crusts for small, quick and easy, pizzas (in this case veggie taco pizzas).