Motherfucking wind farms…

Lab-kept bumble bees roll small wooden balls around for no apparent purpose other than fun, a 2022 study reveals.

Learn more on #WorldBeeDay: scim.ag/4dAwCuD

Good job Canada 🇨🇦♥️

Watching Canadians just going along and enjoying the world without worry or care keeps me going. 🇨🇦

A bunch of fungi growing all over a tree. The tree is also covered in moss.

Inspired by @lukelukeluke.bsky.social, here are some fungi!

One of the few Star Trek admirals who isn't a villain or a bureaucratic puppet. 😆

Scatterplot titled “Empirical Evidence of Ideological Targeting in Federal Layoffs: Agencies seen as liberal are significantly more likely to face DOGE layoffs.” • The x-axis represents Perceived Ideological Leaning of federal agencies, ranging from -2 (Most Liberal) to +2 (Most Conservative), based on survey responses from over 1,500 federal executives. • The y-axis shows Agency Size (Number of Staff) on a logarithmic scale from 1,000 to 1,000,000. Each point represents a federal agency: • Red dots indicate agencies that experienced DOGE layoffs. • Gray dots indicate agencies with no layoffs. Key Observations: • Liberal-leaning agencies (left side of the plot) are disproportionately represented among red dots, indicating higher layoff rates. • Notable targeted agencies include: • HHS (Health & Human Services) • EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) • NIH (National Institutes of Health) • CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) • Dept. of Education • USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) • The National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE), despite its conservative leaning (+1 on the scale), is an exception among targeted agencies. • A notable outlier: the Department of Veterans Affairs (moderately conservative) also faced layoffs despite its size. Takeaway: The figure visually demonstrates that DOGE layoffs disproportionately targeted liberal-leaning agencies, supporting claims of ideological bias. The pattern reveals that layoffs were not driven by agency size or budget alone but were strongly associated with perceived ideology. Source: Richardson, Clinton, & Lewis (2018). Elite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill. The Journal of Politics, 80(1).

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

LIVE IN THE MOMENT This moment is bad

Year of the snake limited edition Sapporo beer can.
Art by @tokyohirotm.bsky.social
#JapaneseBeer
#日本のビール

I wake up in the morning. I sit at my computer. The internet screams at me that the world is on fire. I am overwhelmed by the deluge of bad news and faceplant in front of the computer.

I would like this comic I drew in 2017 to stop being relevant pleeeaaaaase

Blink of an Eye

I like what these guys do. Donating gaming gear to kids in hospitals.
childsplaycharity.org

A large silver can of beer. The name of the beer is Nama Biiru. It is 4.9% ABV.

This Japan style lager from Japas Cervejaria is excellent. Highly recommended.
#ビール #CraftBeer #JapaneseBeer

700 Day learning streak in Duolingo.

Japanese is difficult but I'm still trying and I am learning. 💪

A bonsai tree. The tree is in a brown ceramic pot. The roots of the tree are surrounded by dark green and light green moss. The tree is sitting on a wooden table.

Bonsai tree at the Japanese Gardens in Portland.

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #3,522,003, Willi Hyde ‪@willihyde.bsky.social‬, joined on Feb 7, 2024"

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #3,522,003!

First post! Hello Bluesky.