Viral photo from some years back of a man nonchalantly mowing his yard with a tornado on the horizon .

How it feels doing literally any task right now.

Caracal Ears

I want definitive consequences for all the traitorous fuckers who continue to break their oath to defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC.

I want definitive consequences for all those traitorous fuckers who are enabled by Congressional members.

I’m not alone in this demand

As tax season approaches, I’m again spreading the word that FreeTaxUSA is possibly an option for some folks here. I filed my federal & state (PA) taxes free with them this year and for the last several years. While it won’t be an option for everyone’s situation, it’s worth checking out! #taxes

Immigrants don't steal jobs. There's piles and piles of research on this. But even if it wasn't a xenophobic myth, I'd still rather lose my job to an immigrant than to AI. Immigrants gotta eat. Gotta pay bills. I get it. Can't be mad about that. They're part of our communities, too.

But AI isn't.

QOTD: We organize the books, not the children

Defy the foul fiend

What is up with Ohio State University?!? 🤷‍♂️

vhs cassette titled bears bears bears

*mötley crüe voice*:

Thank you everyone sharing. I'm hitting emergency stations here, less than a week to go and zero safety net, so the more eyes on this, the better.

(Yes, I am looking for other work etc. I'm unfortunately very disabled, so options are just... Not.)

Fun task last thing on a Friday: recataloguing (because it had disappeared from the catalogue) Francis Bacon’s presentation copy to Cambridge University of his Works (London, 1623). In a contemporary binding of blue velvet embroidered with silver thread. @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Sel.2.84.

That is gorgeous! I know the silver is tarnished, but I think it makes it even lovelier.

Woodcut of the dog & its reflection, from a Latin edition of Aesop’s fables, printed at Verona in 1479. This edition contains 66 woodcuts, possibly by Liberale da Verona. Bought by @theulspeccoll.bsky.social in 1870 & now Inc.4.B.19.2[2161].

Some warehouse owners have even backed out of sales after learning how the properties might be used. It feels like something bigger is unfolding, and it doesn’t sit right. Please pay attention. Why would this many warehouses be needed to hold people?

We just shared the link from NBC about three warehouses being bought to house immigrants, but it now looks like we seriously underreported how many are being purchased. Based on information many of you have shared, the number appears to be over 26.

Coworker has an automatic litterbox at home, with an app on her phone. The app tracks her cats deposits and tells her anything is wrong. However, it also notifies her by saying, "Tell 'catname' we said hi!" She thinks the app is flirting with her cat.

Pink is definitely their color!

I'm so hipster! I followed you before you were cool! I mean...I'd rather follow a niche interests guy, but I think you're ok

another year of us not running a super bowl ad

Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...

Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.

Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.

(Published May 2024)

Don't forget unicorn horn goblets and vegetable lamb paste

one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it

Ah, the sizzling of human flesh. I assume it's too hot for leather car seats and seat belts as well?

Tracing the origins of Stradivari’s resonance wood Stradivari’s violins represent the pinnacle of classical instrument making, yet the origins of the wood used to construct their soundboards have long …

If you want a fun science (🧪) article to read this weekend, make it this one: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Stradivarius #Dendrochronology

It's true it seems, with no warning or explanation CIA simply discontinued and removed the World Factbook this week.

I imagine they'd say we have wikipedia now wo who needs it, but check the footnotes and see how many wiki entries get their data from the CIA factbook. Lots.

Yearly PSA y'all, because people argue this on every platform every year during Black History Month and when talking about Black Romance.

Not a hot take, clear definition: Black romance is: written by a Black author, the main character is Black, and all the love interest(s) are Black. Every time.

Context: collecting Skymiles to fly people home who were kidnapped in Minnesota and released in Texas.

My friend, you are way cooler than I am. I would have absolutely raced around the house shrieking. You may actually have done that, but nobody knows

I think I've decided I'm just too tired to be surprised by any Epstein news anymore. There are only 500 rich people in the world and they all know and enable each other and they are goddamn exhausting.

Oh that's pretty!