Karma.

Empires eventually choke on the blood and tears they spill overseas.

The US is not an exception.

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😭😭😅

A little bit of Bureaucratic nightmare for your Sunday #WIPSnips read, because there's obviously afterlife, rebirth, and a line.

Read it here: www.patreon.com/posts/soul-c... | Soul Contracts: Renew. Repeat. Regret. (Or Else!)

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #AmWriting

Me holding a watercolor paper with a very grumpy looking grey cat with a large sunflower next to it. It's sitting in a pot which reads flowers & garden. Behind the art is the view from the window, shows the safety grill and further behind is lots of green grass and city skyline.

In my past life, I must have been one of those medieval era painters who had never seen a cat in their lives.

#Cats #WaterColor #TradArt #Art

Badass Ravi Kumar - Wikipedia

That's 142 minutes of my life I will never get back.

#DesiWatch

My contribution for #SundaySnips
A story weaved from multiple folklore, also bringing a new lore into existence.

It's a hybrid with poetry added to the prose to build story.

Give it a read here: www.patreon.com/posts/first-... (no paywall)

#WritingCommunity #Writingprompt #Writesky #HQpress

So it's been weeks since I've wanted to share the news, but the announcement only went live yesterday, and honestly of all the writing wins, this might be the biggest one for me right now.

A story of mine has made it into this gorgeous book!

#2026WritingJourney #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
💙📚 🖌️ ✍️

Chimp ‘civil war’ follows rare community split in a Ugandan national park A chimpanzee community in Uganda’s Kibale National Park that split into rival factions later attacked former allies in what researchers are describing as a rare chimpanzee “civil war.” The new study,…

A 30-year study in Uganda’s Kibale National Park has documented a rare "civil war" between chimpanzees.

After a community split, researchers recorded 24 deadly raids between 2018 and 2024

Learn more in this story by Keith Anthony Fabro for #Mongabay.

Now that I have submitted my art, it's a good time for me to remind you all to send your art as well!

#SciArt #InvertArtFest #Invertebrate

EU deforestation law nudges timber trade, Indonesia probe shows, but risks persist JAKARTA — Several European timber firms have cut ties with suppliers linked to deforestation in Indonesia following a 2025 investigation, suggesting that an upcoming European Union regulation is…

Can stricter EU rules stop deforestation?

While the EUDR is nudging Indonesian suppliers toward better traceability, a new probe reveals persistent gaps in the timber trade. Experts argue that only full enforcement and Indonesian reform will meaningfully impede the flow of high-risk timber.

a picture of me holding a Night Worms mug with a pile of books

My second-ever BookTube video is LIVE! A 2026 Horror Book Preview:
youtu.be/TJZO5daSZIQ?...

Horkheimer: I couldn't care less about sending spacecraft to the moon. Adorno: There is nothing sacred about technology.

Apropos whatever nonsense is happening on the moon

brainofbean 1/18/26 I am worried that I might not really be a person, just a sack of coping mechanisms in a trench coat.

Seen, attacked.

A conjoined banana.

Two bananas inside the same skin.

Double banana! First time ever!

Black and white photography of a man with a horse and a mule in a snow covered landscape with the black silhouettes of trees and shrubs.

More from the series "Umbria", 1954:

The Brunch Bunch are learning to do Big Kitten things like eating wet food, drinking water, and pottying themselves (and how to play with toys, wrestle, climb, pounce, wrestle and skeedaddle)! This is my favorite stage of kitten development— it’s so fun watching all the little lightbulbs come on!

A tiny black kitten, face down in a plate of wet food, all 4 paws covered in food, absolutely lost in the sauce

They're doing so much better than the insane kitten I fostered a few years ago 😂

A tiny black kitten, her face and front paws covered in wet food, taking a moment to breathe before diving back in face-first

Oh I was in tears laughing at her, she was my first time fostering one so young and I had no idea how bad they could be learning to eat 😂 She got a little better by the time she went to her forever home 😅

When Academic Scholars Refuse to Acknowledge European Colonial Exploitation Just as one can’t write a meaningful academic analysis of the metrics and economics of Europe’s Industrial Revolution by skipping foundational concepts and terms like “efficiency” and “productivity”, ...

Using the example of a recent econ history paper, I urge scholars to not gloss over the realities of European colonialism. There's little point in carefully quantifying the white man's "burden" if we're also simultaneously pampering the white man's sentiments.
thewire.in/society/when...

Can Ozempic cause mood swings or change your personality? Ozempic is a brand-name injection prescribed to help manage type 2 diabetes and certain other associated conditions. It may cause changes in mood during treatment.

There've been no long-term studies of effects of anti-obesity #drugs. Yet people use it to lose weight, not always for medical reasons. Ozempic can cause people to become depressed, suffer from anxiety and lose interest in hobbies.
#health

www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/dru...

INDIA HEATWAVE ALERT – NEXT TWO WEEKS! Temperatures to reach 43-45°C in many parts. India will be the hottest country. Gujarat 46,1°C Stay hydrated. Terrible fire broke out at JWR Logistics in Padeghar, Navi Mumbai, India 🇮🇳 (18.04.2026)

INDIA HEATWAVE ALERT – NEXT TWO WEEKS! Temperatures to reach 43-45°C in many parts. India will be the hottest country. Gujarat 46,1°C Stay hydrated. Terrible fire broke out at JWR Logistics in Padeghar, Navi Mumbai, India 🇮🇳 (18.04.2026)

Glad that every state government is trying to chop off as many trees as they can, can't wait for our avg summer temperatures to 50°C

You ever stop writing because everything got too heavy?
Yeah. This is for that.
26 April.
#PoemsAbout #OpenMic #Return

A catalogue listing for a plumbing component: Draw Off Cock Washer

Telling another cowboy to stand down:

A bask of baby crocodiles basking in the sun, at the #edge of the lake… for #BlueSkyArtShow

#Photography 📸📸 🐊 #Nature #Wild #EastCoastKin #Safari #IndianJungle

Newsletter: A Perfect Week | Lucid Illusions Get more from Lucid Illusions on Patreon

Wrote something fun + some quick updates

#Newsletter #Blogpost #WritingCommunity

Drones aid dugong conservation as threats mount across their range Drone technology is providing important new insights into the lives of dugongs, while also revealing the vital role they play in managing seagrass meadows, one of the ocean’s most important carbon…

Scientists are deploying drones to study the elusive dugong.

These "sea cows" are vital for healthy seagrass meadows. New data shows that dugong conservation must go hand-in-hand with protecting the underwater habitats that store carbon.

Mark Hillsdon reports for #Mongabay.