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TIL that in the UK there’s a “Mexican” food chain founded by a white British lady named Thomasina. I’d like you all to guess what the name of said chain is. Do not spoil it if you know.

A screenshot of WhatsApp: Ash: Sebastián, I have one very pressing question. Sebastián Di Martino: Let me know Ash: Are jaguar soft? Sebastián Di Martino: They are very soft (two hearts on the answer)

Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.

every employee of the VA, and every veteran, now has definitive proof that Doug Collins does not have their back and will exploit their death for political gain

the focus is rightly on Noem but this is disqualifying and he should resign or be impeached as well

wtf 😀

most unrealistic part of Heated Rivalry is the fact they completely ignore the release of E•MO•TION in 2015

not an endemic, but are you going to try and see the blue-rock thrush on north shore? I think it’s still around…

wait it looks so beautiful! his cheeks are so rosy

holy cow

exceptional and magnificent and goofy

a nēnē goose from a distance, standing on lava rock in volcanic scrubland

a nēnē sitting in tall grass

everything is terrible but here are some geese! people love geese, right?

a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually

A teenager turning into a bird, Animorphs cover style "Getting raptured? No thanks I'm getting raptored"

Stolen from an Animorphs Facebook group.

this is the goal. the kids and disabled people they're going to kill are as much a happy accident for them as anything else; the goal is government capture and really nothing deeper or more ideological

it's harder to shit during the night because you are fighting against the moons gravitational pull carrying the shit up towards your head

The amazing Karen Gallardo-Cruz is looking for a field technician to study Barn Owl responses to tractor noise!

The position will be in Lodi, CA this spring/summer (mid-March to late-June). $20-23/hr and housing provided. Check out the job ad here:

karp.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/u...

do you eat the Kite powder or do you rub it on the gout-impacted areas???

sunset picnic at local wedge-tailed shearwater colony. i uhhhhh may have done with with multiple different dates but it’s always a hit?

I brought this up to an absolute A-team of EJ scholars and we wrote an essay about it, which was just published in Biological Conservation. (2/3)

authors.elsevier.com/a/1lh%7ER1R%...

The British Raj in India depended on the cooperation of Indian civil servants, bureaucrats, and soldiers who massively outnumbered British officials. This is partly why the Independence Movement, led by Gandhi, called for *noncooperation.* This is what’s we’re seeing and what we need more of.

Obama, Biden, Hillary Clinton, and some other government officials in the Situation Room.

what the fuck

On the same day the FDA restricted access to COVID vaccines, the CDC director was sacked and top CDC scientists are resigning.

And it’s barely been two weeks since an antivax conspiracy theorist fired 180 bullets at CDC headquarters.

None of this is making America healthier. What a disaster.

but living in the southwest and texting your partner “better leave work before the haboob gets here” is so fun!

(admittedly worrying about whether or not you will get stuck in the haboob is less fun)

5-55 is an insane range

colin