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Decorative Gourd @jaredsnyder.bsky.social · 6h

*reading about the cat righting reflex* damn I wish I conserved angular momentum when I jumped"

Decorative Gourd @jaredsnyder.bsky.social · May 26

The best gif on Wikipedia is of course the one that shows how the cat-righting reflex conserves angular momentum

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_rig...

Cat righting reflex - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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Decorative Gourd @jaredsnyder.bsky.social · 6h

(Bovino, being loaded into an ambulance after sitting on his own nuts): "don't tell them what happened to me, perjure yourself if you have to"

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9h

An agent testified in federal court in Chicago today that Bovino needed an MRI and is on two weeks bedrest for "a groin injury" he sustained during last week's protest

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Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth @leniann.bsky.social · 8h

This is Berwyn, my red line station ❤️
Imagine instead of this city block wide jewel parking lot, we instead see more storefronts with entrances facing the sidewalk and housing built on top

Strip mall in background. Jewel parking lot. Berwyn red line station in foreground

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Decorative Gourd @jaredsnyder.bsky.social · 7h

You can walk right up and touch it, they didn't keep it in a cage or anything

Decorative Gourd @jaredsnyder.bsky.social · 7h

My favorite animal in the Lincoln Park zoo is the bicycle in the Africa building

Bicycle in the Africa building at the Lincoln Park zoo

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 11h

If this stuff would end up on the news it would absolutely motivate voters. Plenty of people who don't give a shit about politics would absolutely give af about this.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth @leniann.bsky.social · 9h

we can & should build better than this block long Burlington parking lot on Broadway next to the CTA red line. We want more of what makes city living great: more small biz entrepreneurs, more CTA riders, and more housing opportunities for all people no matter your race or class.

Me. Grey hair. Wearing sunglasses on a sunny day. Standing in the massive Burlington parking lot on Broadway right next to the Berwyn redline station . Empty storefronts in the background

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Decorative Gourd @jaredsnyder.bsky.social · 12h

nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/09/s...

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · 5d

berry SOON PAX Unplugged
@bloodberrytart.bsky.social
life is about finding the least harmful thing to become psychologically addicted to that you can think of and just going all in on that
September 2, 2023 at 7:40 PM

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Jason R. Wang @jasonrwang.bsky.social · 13h

My friendly amendment to the fusion joke: Fusion hasn't been 10 years away for the last 100 years – it's always been 8.3 minutes from us! ☀️😎

Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · 6d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFUh...
This was a fun @energyvsclimate.bsky.social to record, I hope its as fun to watch/listen. A bit different, we cover a bunch of new(ish) energy tech with our hot takes, and end on an important note that part of being an expert is admitting when you just dont know.

Energy Tech That Has Us (and You) Talking #podcast

YouTube video by Energy vs Climate: climate change & energy systems

www.youtube.com

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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 13h

screenshot from the hard times (dot) net

the headline "Opinion: Eye Roll, Jerk-Off Motion" appears over an image of a white woman rolling her eyes from the inside of a coffee shop

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chap.✶ ✶ ✶ ✶.social @chap.bsky.social · 14h

yeah me too

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 15h

Fun fact: My story “Baby Wheels” in @flashfrog.bsky.social was inspired by this painting

flash-frog.com/2025/02/24/b...

Remedios Varo @remediosvaro.bsky.social · 1d

Homo rodans
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19511

In "Homo rodans" by Remedios Varo, a surreal skeletal structure resembling a unicycle is poised against a turbulent background of swirling, fiery hues. Varo, a prominent figure in the Surrealist movement, often infused her work with themes of transformation and mysticism, evident in this fantastical depiction.

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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 1d

A taco truck on every street corner, funded by the Woke Projects Administration

Mary Grace🕷️🕸️🎃👻 @emgeekay.bsky.social · 1d

“…”tolerant attitudes” were “largely explained by increased positive contact with individuals from different cultures” and the positive associations created by the sensory experience of eating good food.”

www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oc...

Enjoying international cuisines makes people more tolerant, UK study finds

Frequent and varied eating found to reduce likelihood of perceiving immigrants as ‘cultural or economic threats’

www.theguardian.com

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Decorative Gourd @jaredsnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Aerial view of one of the skunks that like to pass through my yard

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Decorative Gourd @jaredsnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Happy little critter

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Decorative Gourd @jaredsnyder.bsky.social · 1d

The colors! The shading! This is great

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Decorative Gourd @jaredsnyder.bsky.social · 1d

The colors! 🤩

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · 2d

screenshot of gonzo as narrator of the muppets christmas carol (1992), being implied to have said the quoted post

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Decorative Gourd @jaredsnyder.bsky.social · 1d

I drew this to make a now-forgotten point about GenAI and I think it's safe to say I won whatever that argument was about

A guy with a pompadour and a sandwich I think

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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 1d

Niels Bohr was born on this day in 1885.

“When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images.”

🧪 🦋🦫 #histSTM #philsci #PhilSky