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Never ask a woman her age, instead ask her what tales have carved their mark on her flesh. Ask if she is wizened, bent low from the sins of the past. Ask her if she believes in retribution

You’re pushed on by numbers and punitive measures: pain, rejection, and unpaid bills. You can either play or you can crawl under a boat and waste away -- turn into salt or a flock of seagulls. Your enemies would love that. Or you can fight. The only way to load the dice is to keep on fighting.

Too tired to be writing a lesson rn because why did I just write "70% of eggs lay eggs"

NOAA forecasted the risk of flash flood. Defunding and deplatforming NOAA and silencing climate is to blame

Moth/insect flight paths over time.

I'm surprised there's so much activity (here, over 10 minutes) with only a 13% or so moon. They don't seem attracted to the camera IR which is good. I'm still modifying this camera but overall, very happy with the results.

MAMDANI NATION

Can a serious birder tell me what the hell peep sp. is

I hope Zohran knows that people all over the country are rooting for him and love his ass

Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.

Anti-trans disinfo runs on fossil fuels, and hating on Trans people is the new "climate is a hoax".

An independent analysis of 45 right-wing groups advocating against trans rights found that 80% have received donations from fossil fuel companies or billionaires.

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Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide:

Just came from seeing it on Twitter to repost it here... Doing my part

Funniest detail to me re: Thom Yorke's weird relationship to Israel is that it's the first place Creep really took off so Israel kinda launched Radiohead's career. Israeli music fans could not get enough of a song that asks "what the hell am I doing here" and answers with "I don't belong here."

ENDURANCE - I'm not squishy and permeable. I'm bark, sap and steel.

He said "I'm an insect freak" and I can't stop thinking about it

I'm seeing Cronenberg in the flesh in an hour I'm gonna throw up

My fundraiser for Xerces The Xerces Society is a science-based conservation organization that promotes pollinator health, endangered species conservation, and pesticide-free habitat. Our Gold is to keep pollinators in our fie...

I just donated to Xerces Society for Earth Month! secure.qgiv.com/event/maindi...

a drawing of a person holding a bunch of colored pencils . ALT: a drawing of a person holding a bunch of colored pencils .

Happy world autism day

Is there a new link?

Chuck is short for Chuckles

Little grey egg-shaped bug with disproportionately big grey compound eyes, false pupil peering. It's on the tip of a pine needle bundle

Piglet Bug 🩶
(Aphelonema simplex, on a pine needle bundle. Tiny, at ~3mm length full-grown)

Have your writers read "The Mushroom at the End of the World" by Anna Tsing?

losers in love is so goated what are your favorites

bad news the music was not good by the way

How did he know???

you're fucking incredible

I also love it when one rock plate cuts into another rock plate and fills in with igneous flow

Bright red centipede with orange legs clutching a clutch of orange eggs

Mottled green and orange treehopper with a magnificent red-tipped horn and little red eyes, on an oak twig, with little rows of pale eggs embedded in the twig

Invertebrate parenthood never fails to make me happy. Two very devoted moms here from this evening, a centipede and oak treehopper - both guarding eggs ❤️

Whoever named the Killdeer must have been feeling violent. That is NOT their call