just a little chaos

Search for “murder eels” on BlueSky, get this number one result:

A new round of free COVID tests: special.usps.com/testkits

Time to make a new bow string.

Caltrain EMD F40PH-2 Locomotive (Used) — Caltrain Store Own a piece of Caltrain history!    These gently used, lovingly maintained 1985 F40 diesel locomotives could be yours. The historic locomotives come with 40 years of service, and more than 1,000,00...

What to get for the train-lover who has everything...

A picture of a corvid with the caption "this user supports crows, ravens, and their agenda. Corvid haters unfollow immediately."

Look, there are just some things I can't compromise on.

Etched Cats 4. Aluminum with black paint. About 9x5cm 3.5x2”. #Art you can buy, designed by me and drawn by my robot.

Gyring and gimbaling in the frumious wabe
The mome raths cannot see the borogoves;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
The jabberwock is loosed upon the earth.
The jaws that bite and claws that catch have come
And uffish idleness is our reply.

A freshly morphed palmate newt (Lissotriton helveticus) on my index finger.

A freshly morphed palmate newt (Lissotriton helveticus) on my index finger.

A freshly morphed palmate newt (Lissotriton helveticus) on my index finger.

Minute newt minute.

A pride flag with every color band represented by a NASA image. White is Earth clouds, pink is aurora, blue is the Sun in a specific wavelength, brown is Jupiter clouds, black is the Hubble deep field, red is the top of sprites, orange is a Mars crater, yellow is the surface of Io, green is a lake with algae, blue is Neptune, and purple is the Crab Nebula in a specific wavelength.

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

Everyday is leg day.

Got this wonderful zine by @tocsidiser today about the horse related customs of the UK. Wonderful artwork and loads of info. very envious!

Have you seen our Locus Awards finalists yet? Join us for the Locus Awards Weekend June 19-22 to celebrate our winners, along with our MC Henry Lien & guest speaker Cory Doctorow! Meet the amazing local #SFF community, join exciting panels & readings, and check out our merch. tinyurl.com/locusawa...

Can all the laid off journalists move in together and form a collective and do real reporting that I can subscribe to because it's clear the newspapers are being deliberately killed off.

Geordie LaForge meme. No: "Enshittification of basic computer needs as rampant and infectious as techbro syphilis?" Yes: Getting email independence from syphilis bros.

Five days left on the "Run Your Own Mail Server" Kickstarter. You'll get the book in your preferred format, plus four bonus ebooks. (And yes, OpenPGP-signed ebook is an option!)

A fan sent me this. I wouldn't put it this way... but I can't disagree. #sysadmin #ryoms #kickstarter #projectwelove

Text reads Value Human Art and Writing. Subscribe. Includes the current cover of Clarkesworld. The art by by Ed Laag features a rust-colored circular waterfront building on stilts. A figure in the foreground is approaching the building in a red tripod vehicle. They are looking towards the building from the hatch on the roof.

We're still rebuilding subscriptions (since Amazon abandoned them) and pushing back against the generated submissions on a daily basis. We'd like to keep doing so. The path forward requires us to keep shouting from the rooftops, so...
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Thank you!

Those are magnificent whiskers.

Text reads 'Year of the Moribund Aardvark' on banners surrounding the Moribund Aardvark.

Welcome to the Year of the Moribund Aardvark.

Sometimes all a person needs is for someone to believe in them.
Sometimes they need more than that.

Elephants fight, ants suffer.

If anyone needs this thread, there are good, caring, compassionate replies here.

MICROPLASTICS HAVE BEEN FOUND INSIDE OF
EV'RY HUMAN TESTICLE

THEY'VE FOUND THEM IN ALL THINGS MINERAL ANIMAL AND VEG'TABLE

THE SHIT IT'S DOING TO US IS UNKNOWABLE, UNMENTIONABLE

FROM MARATHON TO WATERLOO IT'S TOTALLY UNTENABLE

A snood can be useful.

packing boxes in warehouse setting, one slightly higher than the other, the words "DO NOT BREAK DOWN" can be seen on it

I am trying Mr. Box.

Bookshelf showing multiple editions of the book Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

Happy birthday Good Omens! Published 34 years ago today. Here's a look at Good Omens HQ's bookshelf for the occasion. May your day be full of ineffable joy.

Be a bot or sound like one.
Blocked either way.

Happy birthday to Terry Pratchett, who wrote the books so full of humanity and righteous fury at the injustices of the world that he made me a better person

the world is poorer for having lost him, but what a legacy he left behind

here is a thread I wrote about Discworld, and why it’s so special

Winter path. Etched paint miniature, 12cm. #Art for sale, plotter drawn.

Introducing the very first Crash Course Podcast! Over the next 11 episodes, John Green and Katie Mack will walk through the entire history of the universe… even the parts that aren’t written yet. Episode 1 premieres April 24th and can be streamed here on the Crash Course channel and wherever else you get your podcasts. Subscribe at https://complexly.io/theuniverse Thank you to the Perimeter institute for letting us use some of their footage here. You can find those videos featured here: Introducing: Quantum 101 with Katie Mack https://youtu.be/Xt1hO7YvNx0?si=PPxFf0sfndSRynkt Katie Mack is coming to Perimeter Institute https://youtu.be/fa4cLiAwgVA?si=3dzM_79AU42wUy1L Additional footage provided by NASA. *** Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Thanks to the following patrons for their generous monthly contributions that help keep Crash Course free for everyone forever: Leah H., David Fanska, Andrew Woods, DL Singfield, Ken Davidian, Stephen Akuffo, Toni Miles, Steve Segreto, Kyle & Katherine Callahan, Laurel Stevens, Burt Humburg, Perry Joyce, Scott Harrison, Mark & Susan Billian, Alan Bridgeman, Breanna Bosso, Matt Curls, Jennifer Killen, Jon Allen, Sarah & Nathan Catchings, team dorsey, Bernardo Garza, Trevin Beattie, Eric Koslow, Indija-ka Siriwardena, Jason Rostoker, Siobhán, Ken Penttinen, Nathan Taylor, Barrett & Laura Nuzum, Les Aker, William McGraw, Vaso, ClareG, Rizwan Kassim, Constance Urist, Alex Hackman, Pineapples of Solidarity, Katie Dean, Stephen McCandless, Wai Jack Sin, Ian Dundore, Caleb Weeks __ Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thecrashcourse/ Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse CC Kids: http://www.youtube.com/crashcoursekids A Podcast About The Entire History Of The Universe

Hey look I’m doing a thing youtu.be/L5YO9nmojo4?...