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A long, skinny lizard with long claws clinging to the side of a tree with it's head tilted forward and a red eye trained on the camera. It's scales are black with a bright blue ringlet pattern "Blue Tree Monitor (Varanus macraei)" by guppiecat is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/?ref=openverse.

jiminy's animal reviews: This clever girl is a blue tree monitor (𝘝𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘪), endemic to the island of Batanta by the coast of Indonesia. Discovered in 2001, this reptile is not yet well understood. Biologists have not carried out any studies on its diet, nor do they know why they’re blue. 🧵

Midge the chihuahua sits next to me on the couch, solemnly staring in the distance. My current book is in the right of frame, hiding my phone so she doesn’t see me take a pic.

afternoons with midge

mature camry no. 249

i am shaking as i carry all my knotted mess to you
the twisted furled roughed up and
hopelessly curled strands of thought
that run on in spiraled
tangles
you sit patiently next to me
one hand over mine
and my trembling stops
i let loose a soft
exhale
and you untie me
expertly

Photo of a cute little Striped Skunk digging in the ground under a bird feeder. It has an incredibly big and floofy tail.

There’s a smol skunk with an amazing tail feeding in the yard tonight! #mammals

740 WTNT35 KNHC 120233TCPAT5 BULLETINTropical Storm Erin Advisory Number 3NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL0520251100 PM AST Mon Aug 11 2025 ...ERIN MOVING QUICKLY WESTWARD......FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE LATER THIS WEEK IN THE CENTRALTROPICAL ATLANTIC... SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION-----------------------------------------------LOCATION...17.6N 32.3WABOUT 560 MI...900 KM WNW OF THE CABO VERDE ISLANDSABOUT 2020 MI...3255 KM E OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDSMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/HPRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 275 DEGREES AT 22 MPH...35 KM/HMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB...29.65 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS--------------------There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect. DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK----------------------At 1100 PM AST (0300 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Erin waslocated near latitude 17.6 North, longitude 32.3 West. Erin ismoving toward the west near 22 mph (35 km/h), and this motion isexpected to continue for the next several days with a gradualslowdown in forward speed. Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph (75 km/h) with higher gusts.Gradual strengthening is forecast over the next several days, andErin is expected to become a hurricane later this week. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles (75 km)from the center. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1004 mb (29.65 inches). HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND----------------------None. NEXT ADVISORY-------------Next complete advisory at 500 AM AST. $$Forecaster Hagen

Tropical Storm Erin 5-Day Uncertainty Track Image

Tropical Storm Erin 34-Knot Wind Speed Probabilities

Atlantic Tropical Storm Erin Advisory Number 3 issued at Tue, 12 Aug 2025 02:33:43 +0000
...ERIN MOVING QUICKLY WESTWARD... ...FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE LATER THIS WEEK IN THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC...
Additional Details Here.

View from the summit of Mt. Prindle showing a dark, rocky ridge partially covered with patches of yellow-green tundra vegetation. Low clouds and mist sweep over the ridge, with visible condensation forming on the leeward side. The fog obscures much of the background, creating a soft, atmospheric effect against the sharp texture of the rocks in the foreground.

Air condensing into cloud on the leeward side of a ridge, seen from the summit of Mt. Prindle in the White Mountain National Recreation Area.

#alaska #hiking #weather

Great news, #Colorado weirdos!

#Denver #Boulder #FortCollins #ColoradoSprings #FrontRange #Goth #Punk #Oddities #WeirdosWantsWares

Panels one and two: Two white mice make their way through a maze. Panel three: Having completed the maze, the two mice are rewarded with some fruit. Two scientists watch them. One says: “Poor little things: all that thought and effort just to earn themselves a little treat.” The second scientist looks at a clock and says: “Coffee time!” Panels four and five: The two scientists make their way through a maze of corridors to a door marked “Canteen” Panel six: The scientists look at the food on offer. One says: “Ooh, Donuts!”

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

Omg

Hmm? Another variation of Junco?
Somehow the face looks different, maybe the beak is more pointed, #Birds
#BirdID
Sparrow markings..

Gorgeous!

spider web in my yard, sprinkled with hose water and the photo given the prisma app treatment so that it looks a little more crisp and the background colors are muted in grays

spider web in my yard, sprinkled with hose water and the photo given the prisma treatment

I enjoy living in the moment and my wife loves to exist in the infinite void of worry. Perfect match!

What looks like a chalkboard drawing of a phylogeny of crabs, labeling Brachyura, Anomura, and Meiura, with the words crab or not crab. In the next image you'll see this is exactly copied from my figure, based on orientation and that they included my character mapping for some reason while removing the labels?

My actual figure. Gross morphology in the convergent evolution of representative true crabs (Brachyura), porcelain crabs (Porcellanidae), hairy stone crabs (Lomisidae), and king crabs (Lithodoidea). Losses (open circles) observed in frog crabs (Raninoidea). Topology simplified from our previous papers. Body plan features are assumed to be present in the common ancestor of each marked lineage but may vary considerably within each group. Photo credits: (A, N) Ondřej Radosta; (B, D, H, I) Tin- Yam Chan; (C, E, G, K, M) Arthur Anker; (F) Ling-Kuang Tseng; (J) Michael Marmach; (L) Darryl Felder

Absolutely not on my bingo card: finding out from @karenho.bsky.social that the CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corp) made a video about carcinization, including a copy of my (uncredited 🫠) figure!?

Aside from that, the video has very cute footage of crabs and is fun 🦀

youtu.be/jgrsi23-Xfo?...

AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds Exclusive: LSE research finds risk of gender bias in care decisions made based on AI summaries of case notes

“The study, by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), also found that similar care needs in women were more likely to be omitted or described in less serious terms.
Dr Sam Rickman, the lead author of the report… said AI could result in “unequal care provision for women””

Photo of a print of a painting of Caleb Widogast slinging fire, signed in gold by Liam O'Brien and addressed to Tom with a heart, in a clear acrylic floating frame standing on a round table. That's 8 prepositions for those playing the home game.

New treasure! 🧡🧡🧡 Thanks so much for this special, incredible character @voiceofobrien.bsky.social
#CalebWidogast #MightyNein #CriticalRole

A large monarch caterpillar clutching and eating a leave

O to be a fat bug, so content and so full

Archer & Apollo is a Domestic Short Hair cat, available for adoption in Clifton, NJ.

Archer & Apollo is a Domestic Short Hair cat, available for adoption in Clifton, NJ.

Archer & Apollo is a Domestic Short Hair cat, available for adoption in Clifton, NJ.

Archer & Apollo is a Domestic Short Hair cat, available for adoption in Clifton, NJ.

Let the purrs and playful moments begin! Meet, Archer & Apollo, located in Clifton, NJ.

Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/archer-and-apollo-77524481/nj/clifton/friends-of-the-clifton-animal-shelter-nj37/

photo of a grey and black piglet looking up at the camera person, her lips in a little O position as if surprised. It's actually the beginning of a yawn.

Gertie says 😮

I'm sorry for your loss 🖤

These keep vanishing before I can even say that I've restocked them, BUT I HAVE TWO THIS TIME

eat fresh you fuckaas bitch

The Newsman body building in Young Frankenstein.

Totally see Animal conjuring spells and shit in the movie The Craft.

Oscar the Grouch running shit in The Wizard of Oz.

Janice teaching the Bend and Snap in Legally Blonde.

Nothing to see here except Pepe the King Prawn in The Naked Gun.

the movies are better with muppets: thread

On a background of dark orange clouds, a symmetrical symbol is drawn in orange light pen. It features a large rectangular piece in the center, accentuated by loops and swoops in narrower pen strokes. There are also angles, lines, drips, drops, moths, arcs, curves, arcane symbols, diamonds, triangles, and more.

Rebirth / Again

We have the opportunity to reparent ourselves and “fix” what went wrong in our younger years. Every day is a chance to rebuild the blocks that make us up into new and powerful shapes that can face what the world is throwing at us. We get to choose to be born.

#witchsky #digitalart

An image of an orange, tan, and black butterfly, a Viceroy Butterfly. They resemble a Monarch butterfly with a few differences.

Viceroy butterfly takes flight off the milkweed.

I captured too many shots of this Viceroy butterfly, but here's a first looks.
#ViceroyButterfly #Butterflies