Cartoon by @markdolk.bsky.social

Image is a close up photo Victorian era painting of a woman with dark curly hair and dark eyes wearing a cap or headdress with gold bangles (leaves?) in the front on her forehead. The Victorians were always painting “historical” scenes so this might be intended as a portrait of young woman in ancient Greece or Rome. She is looking at the viewer with a direct gaze. Clearly, she has thoughts. Will she express them or keep them to herself? Text: Sugar and spice and everything nice is so yesterday. Instead be salty, defiant and extremely noncompliant.

For me these days this mood is evergreen.
#art

One of my favorite rescues by Niall and his team. Look how happy he is now.
#Dogs #HappyDoggo

The Nerd Reich | Silicon Valley Tech Extremism Silicon Valley tech billionaire politics: authoritarianism, fascism, plutocracy, weirdness

His book, The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy comes out August 18, 2026

I was waiting to hear your thoughts on this.

On the one hand, Lee Pace (sigh) but if they have killed off the second husband of the other sister I will be profoundly annoyed.

Also, I want more of the aunts.

Maryland Zoo Announces Birth of Coquerel's Sifaka | The Maryland Zoo BALTIMORE, MD – Maryland Zoo today announced the birth of a Coquerel’s sifaka (Propithecus coquereli). The yet to be named female weighed .116 kg (about 4 ounces) when she was born on March 2. “Sifaka...

Welcome little one: Coquerel’s sifaka are native only to the island of Madagascar. They spend most of their lives in the treetops in two protected areas in the sparse dry, deciduous forests on the northwestern side of the island. As with many species of lemur, Coquerel’s sifaka are endangered.

Beauty break
#birds #photography

The alt text is <chef’s kiss> 😉

The mother dog looks like our Leo.

Thank you, Hachiko team 💙
#dogs #war #Lebanon

Consecutive nerd popes is one of the best things to have happened in contemporary religion

There's a very good essay to be written about the profound emptiness of *winning* when your project itself is joyless and cruel.

anyone who knew someone with pancreatic cancer knows how big of a deal this is

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All profits from sales in April go to @gibsonsbookstore.bsky.social ‘s prismatic reads program.

We love that place. And the backstory is choice.

😍

Pink sign board with white letters which reads, “I am currently experiencing life at the speed of 15 WTF’s per hour.”

#Caturday kindness 💛💙
#Ukraine #Cats

We have some here and they are a joy to watch.
#birds #Juncos #Oregon

Photo: a baby chameleon rests atop a red flower against a green and yellow backdrop. Source: Mehmet Karaca, Kapıçam Nature Park, Turkiye, Wiki Loves Earth 2024.

A baby Mediterranean chameleon

📸 Mehmet Karaca,
Kapıçam Nature Park, Türkiye
Wiki Loves Earth 2024

Someone You Can Build a Nest In Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted by hunters intent on murdering her, she constructs a body using a metal chain for a backbone, borrowed bones for limbs, a...

Hey, the audiobook of my Nebula-winning novel Someone You Can Build A Nest In is just SEVEN BUCKS! The deals lasts a while longer.

A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who's hunting her. We've all been there, right?

Reverse Dance. Medieval Dance. Hurdy-Gurdy, Organ & Drum YouTube video by Andrey Vinogradov

Timeline cleanse
#music
Reverse Dance. Medieval Dance. Hurdy-Gurdy, Organ & Drum
🎼 Andrey Vinogradov

Chef José Andrés warns of multi-year world famine from Iran war World Central Kitchen founder believes the war could cause a ‘silent’ collapse of the global fertilizer trade

Chef and humanitarian José Andrés has a warning.

The World Central Kitchen (WCK) founder believes that the world is sleepwalking into a massive, multi-year famine, being slow-walked by the “silent” collapse of the global fertilizer trade as a byproduct of the war with Iran.

Photo: a group of 7 women wearing flowing outfits are standing at the edge of the ocean and looking towards a shimmering red and gold sunset. They appear as dark outlines against the light and are holding their arms upraised with round frame drums in one hand and single drumsticks in the other. The impression is joyful, powerful and hopeful.

Best wishes

I switched to @libro.fm for all my audio books (and @bookshop.org for my ebook and physical books) and can now sleep the sleep of the just.

Wow 😍

How lovely 😸

Poster with a pink background with a drawing of a black crow with a knife in its beak and a determined expression. Text reads: This is a doomscrolling checkpoint. Post a cat and go drink some water.

What small being makes it worth getting up in the morning?
#cats #dogs #birds #lizards

A black and white tuxedo cat with green eyes is sitting on a pile of freshly cleaned socks just out of the dryer. Madam says I can sort them when she’s done.

Rose won laundry
#cats

CAT Helpline | Cat Care Tips & Advice | Cat Adoption Team Resources, advice, and support for pet parents—we're here for you!

Hi. Dj with the Cat Adoption Team in Oregon here. Thank you so much for adopting. 😸

I’m going to post a link to a resources page on our website which might help.

The bottom of the page has detailed articles on cat care and setting up a safe environment

catadoptionteam.org/resources/

Beauty break
#painting #Monet