Hi #PortfolioDay!
I'm Holland, a composer who writes fantasy-themed piano & orchestral music, video game music, & modern classical.
You can hear more of my work on my YouTube channel :)
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⋆ Website/contact: HollandAlbright.com#composer#animation#gamedev
The latest issue of Brutus, a Japanese style magazine, is devoted to dogs. Features include menswear writer
@wdavidmarx.bsky.social and his dog, tips on coordinating outfits with your dog, and guides to Japan’s best dog-friendly restaurants and parks.
Hi! I'm Katie, a traditional fantasy & nature artist in the PNW. My major focus and specialty are dragons in sweeping landscapes inspired by the PNW and the places I go.
Main🎨: watercolor, gouache, linocuts
Prints/merch/portfolio
🌐 kamakru.com#portfolioday#fantasyart#dragons#watercolor
This article offers half a dozen reasons why people have stopped having friends and family over, but it ignores the fact that the women who planned parties and kept homes tidy enough for unplanned guests are now working for pay full-time (usually more than 9-5).
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
"ADHD label risks lifelong harm to children."
If you don't label the disorder, then what we will be labelled instead is "Lazy." "Underachiever." "Doesn't live up to their potential." "Bad student."
Those labels come with pain, shame, and abuse. The ADHD label comes with a chance for support.
1. The independent Taskforce — commissioned by NHS England, backed by government — concluded ADHD is under-diagnosed, under-recognised and under-treated in the UK. Not over. The press has reported the reverse of the finding
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Diprotodon, the proto-wombat, was the size of an SUV.
They lived alongside anatomically modern humans in Australia for about 10,000 years until going extinct about 25-40,000 years ago.
If they had proportionally sized cubic poop, it would be the size of a cinderblock, I think?
things that make me slightly hopeful
there's a class action lawsuit against hotel chains about their "signature scents" blasting everywhere violate the ADA by making hotels inaccessible to sensitive individuals
(It me. I'm sensitive individual)
#MCAS#Migraines#NEISvoid
something literally nobody needs to hear if they post a picture is that you don't find them attractive
you don't have to find them attractive! but you keep that shit to yourself
This video of a Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) was taken by Sondre Eriksen Hensema (@itseriksen on IG).
There are 4 species in genus Lynx & what's striking is that 2 of them are in North America, 2 in Eurasia... but the lynx line originates in Africa.
Let's learn more about these right-sized kitties.
I wanted to be a unicorn
I was told this was not possible
so I decided I'd settle for being a regular horse instead
unfortunately that didn't work out for me either
pretty much all I got out of it was my name
I do also still love those massive shredded wheat biscuits though
This is Nigel the Eastern Screech-Owl at the Avian Behavior Conservancy in Escondido, CA.
Screech-owls have fairly complex vocalizations & Nigel has specific mews & trills he uses with humans to direct them to give him mealworms. It's =highly effective=.
Meaning: He's domesticated his humans.
it's been a hell of a week, y'all
lost my new Medicaid before I even got in to see a doctor
had to apply for ssi AGAIN (but my computer is still broken so I'm missing a lot of files)
lost my only pair of glasses
& my mobility scooter battery died on l while I was on the way home from the store
Hardest assignment of my career this week: Writing an obituary for my extraordinary dad.
I usually keep my personal stuff and work stuff far apart. But I really want the world to know who he was.
also I had to push it home by myself, which was super harmful actually, I spent all of yesterday and much of today in such a flare that I couldn't do much at all
my mobility scooter ran out of power on the way back from the grocery store, and I can't find the charger
I actually haven't seen it since the move, which is, uh, not good
if some of y'all can send me a few bucks towards a new one (spare\travel if I ever find the old one) I'd really appreciate it
nobody finishes a book and concludes “that was great; now I shall never read another one.” other writers are your teammates and coworkers, not your competition.
goooood morning it’s another cool and foggy one, but *this time* we ran into an entire SDOT screw full of dudes who lined up to pet her, so yes, 100%: Lucy Loved That Walk
At a press conference outside 26 Federal Plaza, immigrant advocates and family members of those detained gathered to raise awareness about the arrests. They urged immigrant New Yorkers who have received a “call-in letter” from DHS to get legal help before their appointment.
my mobility scooter ran out of power on the way back from the grocery store, and I can't find the charger
I actually haven't seen it since the move, which is, uh, not good
if some of y'all can send me a few bucks towards a new one (spare\travel if I ever find the old one) I'd really appreciate it
I'm queer, visibly trans, invisibly disabled, largely unable to work, trying to get by on less than $50\mo, & not succeeding, please help me
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Elysia crispata are also called "lettuce sea slugs".
They utilize 'kleptoplasty', stealing chloroplasts from macroalgae.
But the name 'crispata' means "frilled", referring to how it looks like a 1970's tuxedo shirt.
Here the fun bit: it's an animal that evolved LEAVES.
Let's talk about it!
Issue 9 has now closed.
On the cover: The tropical sea slug Elysia crispata is capable of stealing functional chloroplasts – kleptoplasts – from its prey algae. – from the paper by Paya et al.
Explore the full issue here: journals.biologists.com/bio/issue/15/9
man you gotta be in a real bad way to be asking for change in the DMV parking lot
almost everyone here is in a rough mood and just spent way too much money
How I became a #MutualAid snack stop for kids:
In late 2022, I was COVID-conscious (just like now) and put out snacks for Xmas for all of the delivery people. I noticed they were taking a LOT of stuff but I shut it down in January 2023. But in 2023, "somebody" started sneaking around....
Duckweed flowers (red arrows) are among the smallest in the world & generally can only be seen under a microscope.
In Wolffia species, they are at most a few hundred cells, contain 1 male stamen, 1 female pistil. Pollen just floats out to the nearest adjacent plant, sometimes aided by water-bugs.
Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible!
Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435).
In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed.
So Holly moved him.
Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion.
Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
There is a Goodreads giveaway for The League of Lost Souls! Get an early copy of my occult fantasy here. (This is US only, I'm afraid, there will be international ones running later.)