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Dogs, autism, dogs, tolkien, dogs, writing, dogs, star trek, dogs, climate change, dogs, color, dogs, tear down the broken system and rebuild so people can be kinder to each other and dogs, dogs. And maybe cats. She/they. #ActuallyAutistic
I wish my iphone captured all the greens I see. It does its best, but so much is missing.
It should not be possible to veto your own censure. #UN www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Found a lovely Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) hanging out on my mom’s door; I migrated her to a fig tree. She cleaned herself on my hand! Her short wings reveal her sex; males have longer, flying wings. #PrayingMantis #CarolinaMantis #TexasWildlife #Insects #PrayingOrPreying?
That sounds wonderful. This is the closest I get to chonky amphibians:
You know, 90-year-olds sometimes look like they know more than you do. Supposedly Mom is just showing me something in the garden—or is she? “Do not cite the deep magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written.” (Read online somewhere, don’t recall where.)
For those unfamiliar with the scene, here’s an excerpt (alt text necessarily truncated)
What’s a book—or series of books—that you loved as a kid that almost nobody seems to read or even remember nowadays?
Some of y’all can’t handle two high-agency males getting at it, and it really shows.
Buddha: The mind is everything. What you think, you become. Me: Uh-oh.
That’s the California flag… the bear is a grizzly and is based on a specific, individual bear named Monarch from the 19th century.
Oh I like that! I thought I was the only person who took, um, shall we say brave exam selfies, so this is reassuring. Here’s me during an EEG:
Usable (and unusable) color always gets my attention. Today was a particularly bad moment in color design. Captured from today’s Daily Dose of Internet.
My Mom’s home has a strong wild ecosystem. Here, a young Common Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis). When older, the faint spots in the dark stripes will be much more vivid. They are super-fast. #Lizards
@freyathewolf.bsky.social Freya, my husband discovered this lovely creature in our garage in Central Texas. He said there was no rattle, and to me it says “bull snake” or “rat snake” or some-such (probably likes the local rodent population). By the time I arrived it had disappeared. Should I worry?
My husband informs me the speaker’s name was Edward Everett. Here’s the relevant bit from his Wikipedia entry:
Pretty sure the Signal fiasco was inspired by Monty Python’s “Wuthering Heights in semaphore” skit. Hegseth: We need something so inappropriate to the purpose, nobody will catch on to us… Waltz: I know! Signal! Hegseth: It’s so crazy, it’s just might work!
I feel like seeing a floating nil sign in the sky should be more distressing, but it’s just par for the course with this administration.