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The marsh was full of coots yesterday. Always fun to watch them running on the water. Taken from the kayak.

Perfect Timing! These dolphins have learned how to stun fish with their tails. Catching a fish isn't always easy, even for a dolphin. Dolphins that learn how to stun fish with their tails avoid the chase. I took the video near Tampa, Florida. #nature #animals #wildlife #florida #dolphins

Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.

Happy birthday, Knopfler. 🎂 Witness to the most famous, kitchen-appliance-store overheard chat in history. @direstraits77.bsky.social

1/ Today, an executive order was signed aimed at childhood vaccines. There's no new scientific data for this policy, but there were a LOT of words and confusing rhetoric at the press conference. Here’s what today actually means for you and your family.

Yf you spye a fadid signe at the syde of the roade that saith 'V short leagues to the Shack of Love'

“I tried my best” 😭🤣😭 TT: @ mrs_big_irish_tim

Common loon coming in for a landing: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...

“I have done all of the things that one is supposed to do to earn a tenure-track position. And I have done approximately 85% of them by typing prompts into a large language model and then moderately editing the output.” 🤣🤣🤣 brilliant 👌🏽 open.substack.com/pub/inprepar...

Gift link to the NYT summary of “Magnifica Humanitas,” Pope Leo’s encyclical on A.I. and humanity, and here are some extra significant bits that have to do with labor and the dignity of the worker www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/w...

His delivery was excellent, but if you’d rather read the speech there’s a transcript up as well: www.wesleyan.edu/about/news/2...

I realize this is obvious to most but allow me to rant: At the core of Trump's base love for him is a simmering resentment over their mediocrity and gratitude for him making it permissible to be arrogant whilst mediocre. Everything in this cult can be traced back to that. (thread)

My column in Chemistry World reads a little differently this month:

Essential read: a statement from Cardinal Cupich. www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

"I was told in no uncertain terms what my vote would unleash. I then cast that vote for Harris, and today, as the world map again looks like a supercharged holiday display of twinkling critical alerts, it’s hard not to recognize the throughline from my ballot to cable news chyron."

Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.

THREAD. My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments. I've collected his work here...

cc Megyn Kelly

Michelle Obama says the US is not ready for a female President

Crystal clear reflection & pastel tones from Greenland… Perfect set up to compliment our red sails boats ☺️⛵️.

I love Terry Gross she is a top ten person

Corgis have an extremely low center of gravity and the density of a dead star. PERFECT for skateboarding! 😇

The front page of the New York Times, July 31, 1965, showing LBJ signing the Medicare and Medicaid Act of 1965 into law in the presence of Harry Truman.

As called in Brazil:

CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years

New Orleans students Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson, credited with solving the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, have discovered nine more solutions to the problem

It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows. (1/n)

Look I don’t care how you spell it I just need to know where to go