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He’s the children being bombed right now.

“A box cat, and her prey.” A tuxedo cat sits in a car board box with a valerian stuffed Cat toy rabbit

An boxecate and hers prey.

Winston the tuxedo cat is concerned

Winston has a few questions for you.

Yup all of this

A historical oil painting portrait of Mary Anning (1799–1847), the pioneering British fossil hunter, paleontologist, and self-taught scientist from Lyme Regis, Dorset, England. Painted by B. J. Donne in the 19th century (posthumous or based on contemporary sketches), it depicts her standing outdoors on a rocky coastal shore under a dramatic, stormy sky with dark clouds and a glimpse of the sea and distant cliffs in the background. She wears a long, dark green cloak with a hood, a red neck scarf, and a wide-brimmed bonnet tied under her chin. In her gloved right hand she holds a geological hammer (her iconic tool), and a small wicker basket hangs from her left arm, likely for carrying fossils. A loyal black-and-white dog (possibly her famous companion Tray) lies curled at her feet on the rocks. Mary Anning stands with a calm, resolute expression, gazing slightly upward and to the side, conveying quiet determination and intelligence. The painting's muted tones and romantic style emphasize her as a lone figure in a rugged, fossil-rich landscape, symbolizing her groundbreaking contributions to early paleontology despite societal barriers as a working-class woman.

Fossil collector & self-taught paleontologist Mary Anning's discoveries revolutionized our understanding of prehistoric life.

"The greatest fossilist the world ever knew," she made her finds in the Jurassic marine fossil beds along the cliffs of Lyme Regis (UK). She died #OTD in 1847. #WomenInSTEM

I know people are very sensitive about the use of the word “genocide” but the attempts to medically eliminate trans children is very clearly meets the standard because they are trying to eliminate a population and also they know some of those kids are going to kill themselves

Bullfrog with face emerged, only a few duckweed plants floating about

Bullfrog of the day!
Monday, 9 Mar 2026

Five-lobed white flower

Four-lobed white flower

Five-lobed white flower

Five-lobed white flower

Lomatogonium rotatum, our uncommon Marsh Felwort, blooming along the South Platte near Garo #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 9 🌿

The blooms will continue until the world improves

A male prehensile-tailed porcupine climbs around branches in an indoor zoo habitat.

Prehensile-tailed porcupines get their name from their long tail that acts like a fifth limb. This tail is very strong and can support a porcupine’s full body weight. Very useful when you spend lots of your day climbing, like Ozzy!

📷: Zookeeper Elsa

To paraphrase Kwame Ture, their bigotry is their problem. Their power to inflict their terrible ideas on the rest of us is our problem.

Adorable!

White star-shaped flower with five lobes, an unopened bud rises beside it

Lomatogonium rotatum, our uncommon Marsh Felwort, blooming along the South Platte near Garo #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to Sep. 9 🌿

The blooms will continue until the world improves

(Pawpaw flowers) #BloomScrolling #NativePlants 🌿

i actually think "books should be difficult and somewhat painful to read and you are Bettering Yourself through Struggle" is a worse attitude for mass literacy than "I have specific preferences and like reading a lot of fun stories" tbh

An i'iwi (vermillion Hawaiian honeycreeper) a small bird with a long curved beak and black wings and tail perched on a cluster of sandalwood flowers, red on the outside and white when open

OK, #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SideProfile , here's one of the first I'iwi images I ever captured, lil' one was good enough to pose on a blooming 'iliahi (native Hawaiian sandalwood) #birds 🌿📷🦉

"No one wants to see a feminist spin on Frankenstein" is a thing I actually just read.

“Why are men afraid of women?”
“If your strength is only the other's weakness, you live in fear,” Ged said.
“Yes; but women seem to fear their own strength, to be afraid of themselves.”
“Are they ever taught to trust themselves?” Ged asked
“No,” she said.

Photo of a long-haired white cat bounding down a plowed path cut through deep snow. The photo caught the cat at the perfect moment when their forelegs were outstretched flying through the air.

ZOOM! Photo from my collection, 1979. ❄️

A breeding pair of great bored owls standing facing one another in a branch in a eucalyptus tree. Both have the large white patches on their throat visible as they exchange calls. The male is on the left with his tail cocked up, the female is on the right.

My local pair of Great Horned Owls have been rekindling their bond and are looking pretty ready to settle down into a nest 🦉 🪺
#birds #owls

Stock market crashes are a clearance sale to the super wealthy 🤬

Yeah. My grandfather (born ~ 1918) was a university professor! And because my grandma didn’t have time for an outside job (7 kids), they took in boarders!

And listen your Granny lied for your Granddaddy's ego, but US census data doesn't give a damn about his feelings. Women have always worked because that's the norm.

Stunning. I aspire to that quality of ruler work!

Amazing!

Aww, sweet lump

So cute! Hope it does really well.

Quilting has *always* been political.

(1875 “Women’s Rights” quilt)

Super cute! Hope they do well.