Soup without a texture

Damn soup has no texture

It is funny and Roz deserves to be attentioned.

Mmm. I think I've made the best beef stew so far this time around. I won't really know until leftovers, of course. Beef stew is always even better the next day.

I wrote like 30K in a weekend when I felt absolutely terrible, and I started Law of Vengeance after my dad died so...

Evidence suggests yes?

What genuinely helps me is being too exhausted or stressed to a) desperately need the escape of writing and b) be overwhelmed enough that there's just no more criticism in the self-criticism tank.

I don't really recommend it as a strategy, if I'm honest.

Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...

A tourism poster reading "Relax on Kepler-16b The land of two suns Where your shadow always has company"

Year of Space Facts: Week 15/52 🔭🧪🛰️

Planets CAN have two suns in their sky! The first one discovered was Kepler-16b in 2011. It stays stable despite the 3-body-problem-ness because its orbit (at 0.7 AU) is large compared to the orbit between the two stars (at 0.23 AU).

📸 NASA/JPL-Caltech

The First WORLD FENCING LEAGUE is happening April 25th!!! I'M GEEKING!!!

Japanese engineers developed this "Sword Tip Visualisation" tracking technology specifically for this event that will make it so much easier for the average person to see what's going on!

I MUST WATCH THIS ENTIRE TOURNAMENT

Ancient ‘machine-gun’ damage discovered on walls of Pompeii Recently uncovered damage to walls in Pompeii displays patterns that may have been made by an ancient “machine gun” called a polybolos

Unique damage on Pompeii’s northern fortification walls may have come from a mysterious ancient “machine gun,” according to new research.

The damage was preserved by the fateful eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.

#Archaeology #AncientRome

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The Wachowskis' Speed Racer. Pure joy that can bring me out of any bad or sad mood.

Brown and black longhaired tabby cat lying on his side, front paws drawn up, sideyeing the floor. He's on a cat-mangled gray gaming chair.

I do have a lovely cat, though.

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

Ah, yes. Now I remember why I don't try to put together query lists anymore.

It is super depressing.

No one is going to want my books.

A screenshot of a white-on-black terminal depicting a 19x19 go board in ascii graphics, with empty grid intersections as periods, and black and white as Os and #s

It’s absolutely incredible that one of the largest Japanese-run Go servers, which has been running since 1992, is still accessed entirely via Telnet. And while most players use GUI clients that use Telnet under the hood, you can still connect manually and get ASCII graphics streamed to you

A cluster of baseballs sprouting from native wild rice in mosaic tile.

A cluster of game balls sprouting from native wild rice in mosaic tile.

A cluster of beachballs sprouting from native wild rice in mosaic tile.

A cluster of soccer balls sprouting from native wild rice in mosaic tile.

And for the conclusion of the CTA Thorndale Red Line series, we bring out the game balls.

The Pretender was great! Until the end, as with most things, and it kept getting tangled in its own convoluted mystery boxes.

Vintage tile floor with patterned center & border in salmon, black and white.

Auditorium Building, 1889.

Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’ Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.

Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded.

“This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.”

www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

American Kestrel deep dive. Toronto, Canada, April 17th 2026.
Photo by Jose Raposo

Your entire life you've been taught that gulls are annoying and police are your friends. Turns out that the birds are your friends 🥰

A brown glazed fabric with a decorated shoulder connextion

Raincoat, late Edo Period, 1790–1800

Standing in an apartment building vestibule, looking down at a red & white hexagon tile floor circa 1900. Through an open, wood and glass vintage door we also see a different floor tile pattern on the exterior front entrance .

Two for the low, low price of one.

The American kestrel (Falco sparverius) is North America's smallest falcon, roughly the size of a mourning dove, known for its vibrant plumage and hunting prowess. These, at times, very vocal birds are distinguished by a rusty-red back, long slender wings, and a sharp, hovering flight pattern. They are often seen perched on telephone wires along roadsides, hunting insects and small prey.

American Kestrel (Falco Sparverius)

A female American Kestrel caught a mouse in front of me and in the blink of an eye perched on a palm tree.

#birds #birdphotograhy #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography

Scientists Prove That Experimental Animation Can Cure Social Media Brain Rot A new study from UC Santa Barbara shows that watching experimental animation expands creativity and opens new ways of seeing the world. #Animation #ExperimentalAnimation #MentalHealth #BrainRot

A new study from UC Santa Barbara shows that watching experimental animation expands creativity and opens new ways of seeing the world.

#Animation #ExperimentalAnimation #MentalHealth #BrainRot

With news of the new "Grazing Action Plan" created by the USDA to help the cattle industry, we wanted to remind everyone that wolves are not the problem. Wolves have killed 0.002% of cattle, yet hundreds of wolves were killed by government programs.

Read more on our blog: https://bit.ly/4sBHT3F

A bat. Big ears, beautiful wings… the whole nine yards

It is International Bat Appreciation Day. Please take some time to appreciate a bat

a map from 1918 showing the interurban network sprawling across Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio

One side obsession from my research into the 1920s is the extensive network of ELECTRIC trains that used to connect cities and towns across the central Midwest called the Interurban. We had this more than a hundred years ago. The things we had and the things we lost.

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.

This looks like something evil wizards fight over.

With my own experiences in customer-facing jobs and other people's as relayed to me, I reflect that working retail is a great way to realize just how many people are holding on to sanity by nothing more than their fingernails.