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Lovely book; gave great respect to the octopus(as it should).

Please put the blinking on SLOW! Good grief!

😢

Beautifully composed and detailed shot of these two in their natural setting, just doing duck things. 🦆

Indeed!

Golden Retriever and red Maine Coon cat canoodling over an innocent Dad's bladder. Photo by @JonHutson Dec. 7, 2025. A day which will live in infamy.

"Good morning, Dad."

The snoring. The purring. The trilling. Grooming themselves. Grooming each other.

Imagine waking up to this. Every. Damn. Day.

Your generous donation can save a Dad. Now you have witnessed the reality of trans-species canoodling. Don't look away. Read the ALT text.

So happy to see these grammar tips again! 💕
You do them so well.

From Sophia

"Hidden away, by the back of her parent's store at the market, we find Julia just being amazing."

@rogracem - How do you explain to abled ppl that walking is fine, standing is very very bad? Like think abled ppl view standing as can walk, you can stand. But you see if keep the bone demons distracted with motion, they start dismantling my skeleton for sport.

I never noticed this old tree stump in the woods until the other day.

But that's how it is here. Even after getting on for 17 years living with a wild rainforest ecosystem, I still frequently make new discoveries.

And I suspect it will always be so, for the rest of my days.

YouTube video by Duluth Trading Company Grab the Holidays by the Boughs | Duluth Trading Co.

Pretty cute. 🎄

Duluth Trading holiday shopping commercial.

good evening BlueSky

This made me catch my breath!
The horizon dead center is very powerful.

“Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.”

- Leonard Cohen.🌱

Extra hilarious newsletter today! Even before caffeine kicked in. 🤣

Good luck!

Finally. Does this mean the CDC hasn’t become totally hopeless?

Litfun orthopedic slippers

This is the style. They have other colors. I love how easily they slip on.

I like some of the Vionic knock-offs like Litfun orthopedic slippers. They have OK arch support and easily adjust for width. Machine wash, air dry.

Sign: Justice for Starved Great Dane Abandoned on the Roadside to Die - Animal Victory Jacksonville, Florida – A Florida woman is facing a felony animal cruelty charge for neglecting a Great Dane so severely […]

Please Sign: Justice for Starved Great Dane Abandoned on the Roadside to Die - go.shr.lc/4p0g9oC

Don’t forget about Sheffield, England and how citizens rallied to save its trees.

I agree about the leaves. Leaves are better crunchy, not soggy under the snow. 🤣

Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu of tv show Elementary

Robert Sean Leonard and Hugh Laurie of tv show House

I’ve read about this basis before, in reference to the tv show Elementary. Both House and Elementary are intelligent shows worth viewing.

1, with 3 close behind

Hole instucco wall

This seems clearly to be a hole in the stucco of the house wall, not part of the foundation. The cement slab foundation is directly underneath.
It’s unclear to me how a professional management company thinks otherwise, but then we all know they are in love with their bureaucratic powers.

Phew. You’re right. Overnight doesn’t present much opportunity.
Back to deep breathing, I guess.
(Just know, now I’m breathing along with you.)
Still thinking good thoughts though. 🥰 for you, your wife, and all the cats.

It’s hard enough to lose something meaningful you purchased or were given as a gift, but to have something you created snatched away must be so much worse.
Thinking 🍀 thoughts.
Now I wonder if looking into other pickups by the same roster of drivers might lead to anything? (🕵️‍♀️ Me in detective garb)

That is a great photo!

Oh, no!
Theft magnified by bureaucracy.
Don’t forget to keep taking deep breaths.

Slowly, Then Suddenly: How Authoritarian Regimes Fall History shows us that authoritarian regimes fall when we least expect it

Why, thank you!

If you haven’t already seen it, you might like this low-key, oh-so-hopeful essay by Alexander Verbeek. We all see varied approaches & opinions, yet this one sort of quietly bubbled into recent view.