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❤️ Fun fact: The Jolly Jumper was invented by an Indigenous Canadian woman named Olivia Poole.

You know you’re winning when you post “We are NOT the Gestapo!”

average comment section in 2025

Need a nail polish like this STAT

Russia detains Greek oil tanker after it departs Estonian port Estonia redirects maritime traffic to prevent future incidents after Russia’s detention of the Green Admire oil tanker.

Estonia redirects maritime traffic to prevent future incidents after Russia’s detention of the Green Admire oil tanker.

wolf 🌘🌗🌕🌓🌒

A short-eared owl gracefully soaring through the sky with wings fully extended, staring directly at the camera with bright yellow eyes

You just locked eyes with the silent ruler of the sky. No sound. No warning. Just grace and power in motion. Photo© turnipian

Blind Alley No. 372

A row of animals facing the camera labelled "these animals are not looking at you" and a row of animals in profile labelled "these animals are looking at you"

One of the coolest things to remember is that because prey animals have eyes on the side of their head, they are looking at you when they're in profile, not facing you!

Hot tip for artists and animal lovers!

There are three Shoebills on a pastel pink background. All of them are wearing ribbons on their heads and necks. They have a peaceful atmosphere of relaxation.

Shoebill with ribbon🎀

sketches of a tight-fitting bikini. super cropped in because the full image isn't anywhere near done

very similar to the previous image, but the ill-fitting bikini has been coloured to look like a cheeseburger

drawing this and her boob kind of looked like a burger

“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”

Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins

BREAKING: Zeteo Documentary Exposes Identity of Israeli Soldier Who Killed Shireen Abu Akleh The film also reveals a shocking US cover-up, with exclusive interviews with former Biden officials, who say the administration "failed" Abu Akleh to protect its relationship with Israel.

“BREAKING: Zeteo Documentary Exposes Identity of Israeli Soldier Who Killed Shireen Abu Akleh”

The film also reveals a shocking US cover-up, with exclusive interviews with former Biden officials, who say the administration "failed" Abu Akleh to protect its relationship with Israel.

Reading is a privilege that many have died for. Don’t take it for granted

Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries’, raising fears of ethnic cleansing

And there you have it: Israel has confessed, indeed heralded, its intent to complete the Gazan genocide. And the EU? Mrs von der Leyen? Our great and good leaders? They are consenting through a studied silence. 80 yrs after its defeat, Nazism in back. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

#OtD 5 May 1882 pioneering British left communist and suffragette, Sylvia Pankhurst, was born in Manchester. Unlike the mainstream movement, Sylvia opposed WWI and advocated for universal suffrage as a step towards workers' revolution stories.workingclasshistory.com/tag/8278/syl...

#OtD 5 May 1886 the Bay View Massacre took place in Milwaukee, WI when state militia fired on workers at the Bay View Rolling Mills who were striking for an eight hour day. 60 were wounded and seven killed. Learn more about the strike in our podcast: www.patreon.com/posts/e85-ma...

Nothing to see here. Just @emilyjaynef.bsky.social being forcibly removed from NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler's town hall tonight for having the temerity to act like a citizen of the United States. Hero.

Trump’s budget for next year raises the Pentagon’s budget to over a TRILLION dollars.

WITH. A. T.

It’s always “let’s cut spending” when working class people benefit, but they throw money at the military industrial complex.

bitch yes please I want this for me

Hawkeyes #onepiece

By directly stimulating certain light-sensing cells (s, m, and l) in the retina, researchers can show people colors outside the natural range of perception—like “olo” (green circle). Fong et al./Science Advances (2025)

Not gonna lie, I'm a little jealous of the five people who have seen "olo"—an intense teal that human eyes can't normally see. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

A vital partnership: Most land plants team with mycorrhizal fungi to survive. This ancient partnership has helped both plants and fungi thrive over much of Earth. Fungi receive carbon that plants fix through photosynthesis, while plants gain access to nutrients and water. Scientists know much more about the aboveground world than the subterranean ecosystem.

Most land plants team with mycorrhizal fungi to survive. This ancient partnership has helped both plants and fungi thrive over much of Earth.

Learn more on #EarthDay: scim.ag/4cMgplJ

Why modern mortar crumbles, but Roman concrete lasts millennia Seawater is the secret behind the strength of the Pantheon and Colosseum

www.science.org/content/arti...

Former Shen Yun workers say the group profits by exploiting an "army of child laborers" who often work 15-hours days, six days a week, for just $500 a month.

The two workers who have come forward began working for Shen Yun at ages 15 and 13.

I have my problems with any Pope, by definition

But you gotta hand it to Papa Francisco for coining the phrase "theirs is the construction site of hell" in a description of American fascism and then dying almost immediately afterward

Israeli army no longer designates humanitarian zones in Gaza since fighting resumed ***

The Israeli Army has now designated the whole of Gaza a Kill Zone. And the West whistles in the wind, looks the other way, perpetuates its insidious complicity in this crime against humanity, this real-time genocide www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...