“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.” -Steve Martin

Male Costa’s hummingbird

Good Morning! ☀️🪶🌵

The Sombrero Galaxy

Credit|NASA

Beautiful Maine Coons

#cats

From 'The human side of animals' published in 1918.

A boy with his dog, 1918.

VHS tapes that have been abandoned for years can start to develop mold, which is dangerous to run through a VCR. The Verge's @bluesguy.bsky.social tries to restore his moldy tapes with a new VHS cleaner made by hobbyist Tony Crouch.

Current view. My nurse is very dedicated.

A deadly Funeral Bell mushroom grows on icy snow speckled moss off the side of a log, its frozen orange cap flairs slightly at the edges like a bell All photos by me

Here is a nice mushroom

Special effects techniques from the past.

Costco Rotisserie Chicken 🐔
#costco

Working on smoky effects always feels like a moment of pure meditative relaxation. ✨️⁠
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#oilpainting #oilpaintingprocess

Kit sleeping happily on my chest

She’s a happy camper

Sun shining through a stained glass window next to a door

Sunbeam 🌞

16th century German ring that unfolds into an astronomical sphere.

The Necklace Nebula Credit/ NASA/ESA)

Justice is coming... eventually. ⚖️

#MartinLutherKingDay2025

A black-and-white cat with her chin on my thumb yellow eyes at the camera

A black-and-white cat tucking her head in under my arm.

This one doesn’t care about the football game and would like everyone to keep it down a little. Trying to take a nap here.

Caturday plans. Sleep until I’m hungry. Eat until I’m sleepy. Repeat. 🍽️💤🍽️💤

a man with ice on his face is standing in a snowy field ALT: a man with ice on his face is standing in a snowy field

The weather forecast for Washington, DC is predicting brutally cold temperatures — in the low teens — on Inauguration Day.

Good.

Not to be alarmist, but please be prepared for many gov services to vanish or be horribly downgraded in the months to come. While continuing to push national and local electeds to hold the line, think about non-gov groups that are supporting folks in your community and consider how to support them.

A black cat stares off into the distance, his little man cheeks fluffed and full.

he has no idea what is going on and i’m so proud of him for it

BREAKING: U.S. regulators have banned Red Dye 3 from the food supply due to possible risks of cancer and health concerns.

Our grocery just arrived.

#cat #cats #khaomanee #chimera #oddeye #whitecat #kitten

I wouldn't say that. Many people's lives are at risk that time instead of taking a picture maybe a hand to help will do more?

Damn I just recently upgraded to a 3080. Maybe the Intel Arc GPUs would be a huge threat because they are affordable?

One of the most reproduced images in history - The Blue Marble

CREDIT:NASA 1972

No way jose. 😂

#starwars #sith #darthvader #vader #anakin

A gift from a colleague a few years ago.

This is my #Divoom clock that I bought on #Amazon. It worked great at first, but after three months, it keeps disconnecting from my phone and is hard to reconnect. Is anyone else experiencing the same issue?

#cyberpunk #clocks #gadget #gadgets #cool