Illustration of two Gloxinia hybrida grandiflora flowers with large, rounded petals. The petals are predominantly white with dense red speckles concentrated toward the center, which is a soft yellow. Each flower features a distinct white, curled stamen structure at the core. Behind the flowers, there are broad, deep green leaves with prominent veining. The detailed, softly shaded rendering emphasizes botanical accuracy in color and texture, characteristic of 19th-century horticultural lithographs from L'Illustration horticole, Belgium.

👩‍🌾 L'Illustration horticole: Gand, Belgium: Imprimerie et lithographie de F. et E. Gyselnyck, 1854-1896.

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The Sting. I saw it in the theatre when it first released and it was like: what? wait what?? wait *what*???

Star Trek's Dr. McCoy in garb reminiscent of paintings of Jesus says, "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor not a savior"

"I thought I was a doctor."

Map showing Strait of Hormuz

Holy. Shit. This is Reid Wiseman's video he took with his iPhone while at the moon 🌙

came here to post this 😢

10 children were shot today in Shreveport, LA and 8 of them died. The police chief just doesn’t know how something like this could ever happen. But I think he knows exactly how something like this could happen and it has to do with the > 393 million guns in this country w/ very little regulation.

There's a free family festival on Trafalgar Square today to celebrate the patron saint of England: St George. All are welcome, except dragons.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama read a picture book to a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh with a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh.

Children hug Mayor Mamdani.

Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx. 

In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible.

Blonde women who's visible from the nose up. A fluffy orange and white cat is sprawled on his back on top of her, being the cutest cuddlebaby in the universe

Yes my account has pretty much been selfies and cat posts lately. The good natural light is back and this cat is my favorite person. The world is full of horror, but here there is Floof.

"you have to help me up...because I'm old" 🥹😭

I love this so much.

Barack Obama sat down with Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a Bronx child care center, reading “Alone and Together,” a book about connection, community, and belonging to preschoolers.

Sidebar: Not sure these little-ones knew who Obama was 😂

If you watch and share one thing today make at this. Why is every democrat in the country not talking like this?

Celebrating the lifting of the tornado watch early by sitting on the couch eating an orange and some cheese and crackers at 2:30 am 👍🌪️🚫

a sausage, shishito, and pepperoni pizza from carlson block in wilkeson washington

the pizza fridays will continue

A man in an all-orange suit and collared shirt sits in a plush orange armchair against a matching orange background. He holds a large, glossy orange mushroom-shaped lamp on his lap, looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression.

Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for this Ambient Mushroom Desk Lamp. Yes, I am only advertising this for the magnificently orange photo they decided to use to market it. I don't know what that dude thought he was getting into with modeling, but I'm guessing it wasn't this.
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Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Your holds position: #928 on 41 copies

Me: maybe an e-book will be easier to get hold of
My library: lol jk

Thank you for supporting Bookshop.org and local bookstores! ❤️

Resharing for a belated #SaveTheElephantDay 🐘

A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.

18 April 1914 | A Polish Jew, Pinkwas Ledermann, was born. A tailor.

In #Auschwitz from 30 January 1942.
No. 26220
He perished in the camp 22 March 1942.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

America needs young progressive leaders NOW.

I bring a sort of Forbidden Vibe to InternalServerError that Rate Limit Exceeded don't really like

trying to post through it rn

And on His Headstone Shall Read These, His Final Words: “...But the Democrats” Whenever you hear Never Trumpers musing about the good old days of the Before Time, it sounds like something between Greek myth and a...

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ameeri mangoes, painted by ellen isham schutt, 1909

ameeri mangoes, painted by ellen isham schutt, 1909

Cat sat in sunlight.

Morning 🤣

SmallBites (@smallbite) BALINT: Are you trying to get revenge on states that did not vote for your boss? VOUGHT: What's interesting about your question is Joe Biden-- BALINT: Oh, for goodness' sake! (Joe Biden is stil...

Love this lady!

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Illustration from 1863 of three small Australian possums, labeled "Tarsipes rostratus." They have rounded bodies with soft brown fur and distinct long, pointed snouts. Each possum is perched delicately on slender, leafy branches with finely detailed green leaves and small yellow and red flowers. The composition highlights their elongated, curled tails and tiny paws gripping the branches. The background is plain, focusing attention on the naturalistic depiction of these marsupials in a botanical setting.

🦘 The mammals of Australia..
London, Printed by Taylor and Francis, pub. by the author, 1863..

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My refund was the smallest in years. I suspect from the "tax cut" which was actually just a reduction in funds withheld from wages. 🙄