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Rhode Island. Author of Neither Mountain Nor River (Riddle Brook) and Drifting: Two Weeks on the Hudson

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WHAT'S UP PUSSYCAT? A Canada lynx pauses at the edge of an alder thicket in Southcentral Alaska.

#wildlife #animals #nature #photography

05.08.2025 19:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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05.08.2025 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

over in the food section there's a full-page spread in which six writers debate the tastiest way to sauce a boot

05.08.2025 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

NPR had a segment a few years ago about how heavily the dystopian post-Altamont hippie culture influenced todayโ€™s End Times Evangelicalism.

05.08.2025 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The shadowy orange figure is yet again afoot.

05.08.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve rewatched that scene 150 times. Smokey was def over the line.

05.08.2025 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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05.08.2025 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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05.08.2025 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Doing my part every day with the 3:30 drunch, Jerry.

05.08.2025 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m normally critical of psychopathy, but when it comes to deer flies? Hot damn, kids, let her rip.

05.08.2025 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a white background . Alt: David byrne doing the hand measuring time against his arm gesture from the once in a lifetime video

it took me awhile to realize this but when I ask my 10yo semi verbal autistic daughter how her day was she'll sometimes do the David Byrne "same as it ever was" gesture from the Once in a Lifetime video to let me know nothing important happened and I fucking love that

03.08.2025 22:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1358    ๐Ÿ” 238    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Trumpโ€™s Deal-Making With Other Elite Schools Scrambles Harvard Negotiations

It is not โ€œdeal-making.โ€ It is extortion built on Christopher Rufoโ€™s idea of โ€œtaking downโ€ one or more elite university.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...

05.08.2025 10:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2640    ๐Ÿ” 665    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 57    ๐Ÿ“Œ 90

Gru straight up stole the moon.

05.08.2025 09:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

NYT is just terrible. Trump stacking the courts with his personal lawyers is the problem.

05.08.2025 01:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™d outrun that thing backwards, feet away, taunting you mercilessly.

05.08.2025 00:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Dragonfly perched on twig - twelve spotted skimmer dragonfly with white and black patterned wings

Dragonfly perched on twig - twelve spotted skimmer dragonfly with white and black patterned wings

Twelve-spotted skimmer #Dragonfly #Invertebrates

04.08.2025 21:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Epsteinโ€™s 100k times enough.

05.08.2025 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Zoinks. A zoinks button.

05.08.2025 00:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I started in those old codger places where if I had two eyes and at least one ear by the end I was prayerful.

05.08.2025 00:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Off the chain Warren is alright by me.

05.08.2025 00:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The highest skill.

05.08.2025 00:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love this, should also throw in โ€œhow to judge someone without sounding like youโ€™re judging themโ€

04.08.2025 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 213    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Nice one.

04.08.2025 22:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

FEMA stopped reliably paying its bills months ago. If you're gonna put a gun to our head, make sure there are rounds in the cylinder.

04.08.2025 22:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 243    ๐Ÿ” 87    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Marketing/PR can inane, effective, and diabolical all at once

04.08.2025 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can you get to a vial of cayenne pepper? Twitter tells this morning via Bluesky that cayenne fixes everything.

04.08.2025 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Brave Chatterton! Bless him. BLESS HIM!!

04.08.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

By all means. The floor is yours.

04.08.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œLemme know if you need help finding your jocks, losers,โ€ you say, strutting over to the PAT huddle.

04.08.2025 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Black and silver striped marbled salamander on green grass.

Black and silver striped marbled salamander on green grass.

A friend found this pearl under a pallet on his lawn. Marbled salamander.

04.08.2025 03:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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