If some nerd on the Internet said you had to choose (undefined parameters) between Commander Keen and Secret Agent Man, which one would you choose?

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From the todayilearned community on Reddit: TIL that in the 90s, FritoLay used Olestra, a fat substitute, to reduce fat and calories in some varieties of its chips. Consumers quickly soured on the pro... Explore this post and more from the todayilearned community

@discontinuedfoods.bsky.social I think someone read your brief history of olestra today! 😂

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🌍 Happy Earth Day 🐬🐼 #comicsky

A very special Happy Earth Day to everyone posting AI generated "happy earth day" graphics. Amazing job. You definitely get it.

There's a "wax on, wax off" joke for heron zoop mode in here somewhere, but I can't quite find the wordsmithing for it.

A green heron perched on a vertical limb with loooooong neck extended ©️DTL 2026

Imagine making AI slop when zoop-mode green herons already exist
#birds

Black-and-white photo of a small white kitten sitting on top of a car looking at the camera. There are some houses and powerlines visible in the background so it looks like this was taken in a driveway in a suburban neighborhood.

This is “Mittens” in 1955. 🥹 Photo from my collection.

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d'Artagnan is a colossally overconfident dumbass for a large chunk of the story, he's hilarious, all those adaptations that tone him down (or worse, make him serious or EVEN WORSE *brooding*) can bite me. Like why even bother making a movie if you don't like the protagonists.

I cannot stress enough how incredibly funny this book is when it's not being deathly serious. In today's parlance we'd call it a peak dramedy. The setup of how d'Artagnan gets to Paris and meets the three musketeers is an all-time great hook and only takes around 50 pages all in all.

Artoo singing for me again today #birds

Artoo has a very important message for you. #birds

"Tell me," (Tréville) continued, this gentleman, had a small scar on his temple, didn't he?"

Scene is d'Artagnan's first meeting with the captain of the musketeers, this sentence is when Tréville realizes that d'Artagnan has already stumbled into something above his pay grade by being a dumbass.🤣

Pick up the nearest book, turn to p. 42, and post the second sentence:

"— Dites-moi, continua-t-il, ce gentilhomme n'avait-il pas une légère cicatrice à la tempe?"

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

(Translation and context below)

A singing blue jay perched on a shepherds hook

A singing blue jay perched on a shepherds hook

A singing blue jay perched on a shepherds hook

A singing blue jay perched on a shepherds hook

Hahaha thanks! That pic is from a whole sequence of ny resident singer Artoo the blue jay serenading me at the door. He has a lot to say and wants everyone to know about it. 😆

A blue jay perches in a large spruce tree. Behind it and slightly out of focus, a northern flicker works his way up the tree trunk.

A blue jay perches in a large spruce tree. Behind it and slightly out of focus, a northern flicker works his way up the tree trunk.

Imagine making AI bird slop when flickers *and* blue jays already exist and sometimes you can catch a glimpse of both of them at the same time! "Hmm, must have been the wind...oh, he's right behind me, isn't he" 🤣

Imagine making AI bird slop when blue jays already exist and thousands of people take pics of them and share them for free out of love for birds and community and watching birds be big ol' dramatic little goobers
#birds

A yellow Lay's bag, red Doritos bag, and blue Ruffles bag, all with the "WOW!" logo

Lay's WOW! Chips (1998-2003): A line of fat free chips, made with Olestra, a fat substitute. Available in Original, Ruffles, and Dorito varieties. Each bag stated "Olestra may cause abdominal cramping and loose stools." Check this thread for a *COMPREHENSIVE* look at this infamous snackline!

So this one being "no, no, the 'healthier' substitute really is that bad for people" is almost a twist ending. 😆 Absolutely bonkers that 25 years and ridiculous sums of money were spent on it.

This is a fascinating history and a great write-up. It feels like most histories I read for "healthier" versions of popular snack foods usually *do* end with "the real problem is people exacerbating the substitutes GI effects by overeating since they feel empowered to by the "light" label"

Narrator: T-REX IN: MISTAKES WERE MADE T-Rex: What?! T-Rex: No: no mistakes were made!!

T-Rex: Things are good, and I'm not in the business of making mistakes! EVERYTHING'S FINE! Dromiceiomimus: Hmm... "Mistakes were made" - past tense. T-Rex: Oh no - it's saying I've made past mistakes and didn't even NOTICE?! T-Rex: Unnoticed mistakes are the worst KINDS of mistakes!!

Utahraptor: And it's "mistakes" - PLURAL! T-Rex: That's WORSE! T-Rex: Frig, my entire past could be one huge mistake! Utahraptor: No, T-Rex, it can't - because one huge mistake is singular, and this is plural! So, silver lining is at least ONCE in your life, between two larger mistakes, you did, briefly, do SOMETHING correctly.

T-Rex: T-Rex In: I Did Something Right Once! Off panel: I don't think you can just name things like that. T-Rex: T-REX IN: I DID SOMETHING RIGHT ONCE AND THAT HAS TO COUNT FOR SOMETHING! T-Rex: T-REX IN: PLEASE REMEMBER THAT RIGHT THING I DID, EVERYONE

t-rex in: no no no, no more mistakes, only correct things all the time forever and ever!!! please please please

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Rabbits use a laser pointer to lure a cat to pounce on it. The bunnies hide behind a small table. As the cat is distracted, two cornered mice take the chance to run in the other direction.

Daily bunny no.3296 creates a distraction

This is amazing.

For your consideration: John C. Reilly Columbo

we all know I have no life, so:

Three panel comic. Panel 1: person who has post-op bandages wrapped around their nose, nervously holding someone’s hand. Another speaker off panel says, “alright… let’s get these bandages off.” Panel 2: the person is gleefully looking at themself in a handheld mirror, their friends are overjoyed. Their new nose is a gigantic, elongated and pointed sword shape. Panel 3: they are jumping out of the ocean with a smile on their face, in unison with two swordfish who are also breaching the water.

a button offers the option of having MS Copilot "Summarize this email" when the email consists of a single letter of the alphabet

I have received an email from a famously terse colleague with the single letter "k" in the body indicating their assent to a question I posed, and outlook has added this enticing offer to my read options

A short clip of a Sharp-tailed Grouse drumming on a lek at the @nature.org Bluestem Prairie SNA.

#birds #wildlife #nature

Flat illustration of a Painted Bunting reconfiguring themselves with different colorful cutout shapes- possibly adding or subtracting colors.

Her little *face* 😭 They're such expressive little birds!