A blue acrylic painting of a dark haired man with a baby whose face is visible in profile behind the man’s bejumpered arm

A small painting of my Dad with my Son

myself, would gladly settle for a non-sexy tiger friend

but only a flower: the plant has no leaves, stems or roots!

you could probably do a whole thread on this plant alone, and "the stinking corpse lily" could use better PR

the seeds are so tiny that they're thought to be mostly dispersed by ants

It's 2026. That money has still not hit the bank. Presumably it's a bequest on death but a) $6 million in 1988 is not worth the same in 2026, b) this is a great example of why fundraising for nonprofits is largely smoke and mirrors and we should tax billionaires appropriately.

sadly there will be no wall, just raking it in on some chump lecture circuit

not coming: cash bar

the head of the NKVD before Beria knew the purge was coming, and the wall. he became increasingly drunk and erratic in public, basically helping Stalin shoot him. similar vibes.

normally discovery IS expensive and time consuming, but it's literally what a news org does. plus settling quickly can do them serious reputational damage, which impacts their business, so not really cheaper for them

think more likely as the other person said: they're just kind of dumb

'Marijuana' is the only English word in which the 'j' is silent.

but what possible incentive does the Atlantic have to settle _before_ discovery?

Jim Lahey quits!! #trailerparkboys #IAmTheLiquor TikTok video by TRAILER PARK BOYS

wow, you just made me realize that we do, in fact, have excellent precedent for kash patel as a head of a law enforcement org

Happy 4/20 to all you potheads!

Lots of people genuinely thought that mass incarceration would disappear overnight with the decriminalization of weed. I told y'all it wouldn't.

People believed it would go away because they thought that Black people smoke more weed.

But... white people smoke more🤷🏿‍♂️

if there's one thing we should have learned from the New Orleans levy collapse during Katrina is that it's far, far cheaper to spend the money ahead of time. but we seem content just reading the articles

@hedgehogsafety.bsky.social : @lazaruslizard.bsky.social for your consideration

And the big cultural push around “big tech reform” is the idea that we’re protecting children from the harms of big tech, when we’re actually giving big tech the very power they seek to destroy the world for all children. And that is no longer hyperbolic when Palantir is announcing it via manifesto

usually technology is first about killing people. even the internet started out as a darpa project, the porn came second

An instagram post from a small business asking customers to oppose new housing in place of a parking lot

The main reason that I am reluctant to get behind rent control for small businesses is that I spent a decade plus as a small business worker, which rid me of the idea that small businesses are more ethical or offer better wages than big business.

The other reason is that they do shit like this.

Picture of the Mien Schiff Relax a 160k ton monster cruiseship that dwarfs it's 90k ton predecessors

except by .... Mien Schiff

hey the jerk store called and— umm maybe i need to explain why it is they have my number

Substack and Polymarket join forces in new partnership Feb 19, 2026 - The new partnership will allow Substack users to integrate Polymarket's prediction data directly into their content. Substa...

Since Polymarket was just covered by @lastweektonight.com, here’s a reminder to leavesubstack.com

this is such a cool looking piece, don't know if i've seen a more life like trilobite

but it kind of boggles the mind that more than twice as much time passed between the last trilobite and the first flower (~130 million years) as between first human and last dinosaur (~60 million)

cubans are great too!

two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management

The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.

Prior to that date, I wouldn't say much when people made ignorant jokes about federal employees or went on an anti-government rant when I told them what I did for a living. I just smiled and moved the discussion along. 2/

(my wife approved this skeet)

interesting. in MY house i'm DEFINITELY the one wearing the short pants and cap with bells

One of the reasons I don't love to see "first responders" grouped together is that there were some unbelievable, hyper-competent first responders who saved lives on the day of the bombing but it was largely not police.

seems less effort just to shower