Rosemarsh

Four. Stars.

Wikipedia is worth $10/month because if it dies so does reliable knowledge. Cough up if you can -- it's cheaper, more interesting and morally superior to Netflix.

all of life is screens, and all the screens are now haunted, and somehow we've got to somehow keep a society going on this set of facts.

Since many of us are cancelling streaming services, now might also be a good time to support writers and artists. Times are extremely tough for creatives, so why not buy a book, commission an art piece, sign up for a Patreon, tip your favorite creators. Everything helps.

Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

Someone should really make a Cracklin' Oat Bran donut

Something totally unexpected and beautiful from today; I stumbled upon Nabokov’s Butterflies at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC.

Peacock feathers can be lasers Tail feathers can emit narrow beams of light, a first in the animal kingdom

Peacocks have a secret hidden in their brightly colored tail feathers: tiny reflective structures that can amplify light into a laser beam. scim.ag/3UEM2oQ

🦈 Dive into the Museum’s collections with Ryan Thoni, curatorial associate of Ichthyology, and meet the shark that inspired the #Jaws movie poster!

Possibly a better idea would be to stop doing everything we can to make current living species extinct.

Moa "de-extinction" plans announced - Expert Reaction An overseas company has announced plans to "bring back" the South Island giant moa. Colossal Biosciences, working with Ngāi Tahu Research Centre and Canterbury Museum, says it expects to "resurrect" t...

The Science Media Centre has gathered several expert reactions to the "de-extinct the moa" publicity announcement. Each is withering in a different way. www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/07/09/m...

Large model alligator on grassy turf in front of palm background and gator danger sign

This display started as a joke.

“We want a big diorama!”
“Botanical models are literally the most expensive and time confusing thing you can make.”
“What’s a reptile habitat without a lot of vegetation?”
“How about the gator on the golf course scene from Happy Gilmore?”

Figured I'd get a picture before talking it out in the rain. #nokings

One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.

One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.

It looks like the larval stage of a beetle in the coccinellidae family, which include ladybugs, though I think they're more commonly referred to as ladybirds over there. Ton of them on my dog rose right now.

The Daily Herald, Provo, Utah, May 22, 1931 We're strongly against capital pun-ishment, except for morons who write "How True!" and "Beauti-ful thoughts!" on the margins of library books.

There have been reply guys everywhere for those with eyes to see

Nah. I’ve been a professional writer for 15 years and AI has allowed me to amplify my productivity and leverage my creativity to create something better than I or AI could have on our own. The thing is you can’t just outsource your brain to it. There’s an effective way to use AI and a lazy way to use it. The thing is, that genie isn’t going back in the bottle, so adapt or die.

I reckon if you've been a writer for 15 years and you can comfortably replace part of your process with ChatGPT, it speaks volumes about your writing

Funny how that happens. I'm glad it was healing. I don't know what my mother did with hers. We don't really talk. lol

My mother sent in for it and kept it mint-in-box. I was 9 and drove me crazy. It's probably molding away in her attic with all the product tie-in Barbies.

as a text-based creature in an increasingly video-first world I'd like to be cherished as a sort of charismatic but doomed animal, to be fed treats in my enclosure until I meet my inevitable demise, after which my taxidermied corpse might greet visitors in a lobby somewhere

Meet Jim. He was destined for slaughter. He now lives out his life peacefully and blissfully with his sheep and horse friends 🐏🐴

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#animalsanctuary #rescueanimals

A rare carnivorous caterpillar—previously unknown to biologists—stalks spiderwebs for food whilst dressed in the remains of its prey, a new Science study reports.

This new species, dubbed the “bone collector,” is found only on a single mountainside on the Hawai’ian island of Oa’hu. scim.ag/3GBDcV7

Never again having to concern myself with or cater to people like this is one of the many reasons I went indie.

Mirror mirror on the wall.....
American Crow. #birds #birdphotography #birdsofAlberta #wildlife #nature #photography

You have fun on Mars. I'm ride or die when it comes to Earth.

How can this goofball also be this handsome? It defies all sense.

The Gen X Career Meltdown Just when they should be at their peak, experienced workers in creative fields find that their skills are all but obsolete.

If you’re a creative of a certain age this is a good, though daunting, read. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Thanks @claym4te.bsky.social

I am an elder millennial. We were the last generation to drink from the hose. We played Nintendo and the loser would drink from the hose. We got summer jobs, earning $5 an hour drinking from the hose. We had no cell phones; if we were out late our parents had to trust we were drinking from the hose.

My diamond dove usually sings along when I play videos with the sound on. This time she was quiet and very concerned.