Two red squirrels sitting next to each other in a bird feeder, studiously avoiding eye contact as they munch on sunflower seeds. Barely visible on the right is the nose of a third squirrel about to cause chaos.

One squirrel holds down another while a third squirrel squirms on its back as the three of them high-speed wrestle in a wooden bird feeder.

A chaotic ball of three red squirrels in a wooden tray feeder. Seeds fly through the air as they recreate the cartoon depiction of a fight as a cloud of dust with arms and legs sticking out.

One squirrel lies on its back eyes closed against the chaos, almost in the arms of another who looks appalled at the third squirrel face-planting in the feeder at the feet of the other two.

Chaos in the bird feeder this morning. My two squirrel buddies decided to tolerate each other again so I grabbed my camera. A third tried to get in on the action and these crazy photos ensued.

I promise no squirrel was injured. All of this happened in the space of seconds. #Mammals 🌿

BOOK didn’t do much for me but I’m enjoying the majority of tracks on this album!

Bunnies in a raft pull up next to a spaceship capsule, which has just splashed down and is floating in the open sea. Visible in the capsule, two bunnies wave at the ones in the boat.

Daily bunny no.3285 made it home safely

On the left, an image of a white rat operating a lever. On the right, an image of a young snowshoe hare which is called a leveret. Between the images, a "does not equal" sign.

In case there was any confusion.

Photo of a faraway novelty hot air balloon shaped like a cartoon barn against a blue sky.

get in losers we're flying the barn

Scientist towing large piece of equipment across ice.

📸 Do you work in near-surface geophysics? I'm looking for a few recent community photos (field, lab, classes, conferences) to include in the upcoming issue of the EEGS magazine. Focus is environmental & engineering near-surface geophysics. DM for details.

⚒️🧪 #WomenInSTEM #QueerInSTEM #TransInSTEM

Square plate with round edges featuring a rough watercolor-style moon against dozens of tiny stars.

Collage of 36 pieces of space pottery over the last 10 years, featuring teapots, yarn bowls, bowls, cups, mugs, vases, and plates.

Today is the 10 year (!!) anniversary of my first space pottery. (Thread)

Siiiiiiick!

What's My JND? 0.0018
Can you beat it? www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd...

(this was vaguely upsetting)

‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’

‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’

‘Hello’ is not related to either.

Goodbye.

Oh no it got knocked over 😅

Looking at your facepalm track as a tiny image on my phone had me thinking you were trying to draw a horse and those were the hind legs. 🤣

Bowl featuring barren landscape with cracked surface and two astronauts on the horizon looking up at Earth, fracturing from a central point in Washington DC.

Bowl featuring barren landscape with cracked surface and two astronauts on the horizon looking up at Earth, fracturing from a central point in Washington DC. Side view.

Bowl featuring barren landscape with cracked surface and two astronauts on the horizon looking up at Earth, fracturing from a central point in Washington DC. Detail of astronauts and Earth.

Invasion: Earth. Very fun commission and a throwback to one of my first bowls.

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Visiting friends in Salt Lake and got a bonus earthquake! Really wiggly, as compared to the short impulses of what I typically experienced in Berkeley.

Okay I admit we are referring to #StarfleetAcademy as "Space Riverdale" in our household, and I'm not sure how I feel overall about the series. But the last two episodes have been rock solid and Holly Hunter is superb. If you dropped it early, give the latest episodes a chance.

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oh hello X8 flare

Would you like to direct some happy energized particles this way? Thanks in advance.

[opens Bluesky]

Wow yeah another day to just simply Log Off™

From a former LBB seller, this is a correct opinion!

I had been so-so on the series so far but the latest episode, wow! Stunning indeed.

(total pot calling kettle black, this is the most I've posted in weeks)

Conflict does drive engagement, yeah.

I dunno, I guess I operate with an understanding that careless words have impact.

Maybe I should just go mute the word sand for a couple days until people get bored of the pile on. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I can read and know what sand is, thanks. He didn't say that his audience wouldn't understand the concept of grain size; he did say he made an assumption about what *typically comes to mind* when somebody reads about sand dunes. Every post asserting the former seems like antagonistic hyperbole.

...man, I don't know if it's heightened sensitivity to everything given the mental load of current events, but this uproar over a small mistake is genuinely pissing me off. Probably time for me to stop scrolling for the night.

I've seen this a few places now, and I don't get this characterization of Phil's explanation. In what world does anybody think of *basalt* first when they see the term sand *dune*?