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Boo-ly, Li'l Ghost Bull 👻🐮 @bullythelsb.bsky.social · 3h

He came here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and that box is empty.

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 4h

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 4h

I would have liked to have filmed the inking of this tiny wren and the shrub's very fine branches with this brush, but I needed to get especially close to the piece for this and it would have been too awkward.

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Detail from a silhouette drawing in black ink of a tiny bird perched on a small, leafless shrub. The head of a hen just makes it into the crop, opposite the bird. The drawing is very fine and intricate. The detail shown is roughly comparable in size to two postage stamps, and is photographed with a penny and the traditional Chinese brush the piece was drawn with.

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Laughingrat @laughingrat.bsky.social · 9h

god dammit!

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 9h

Hey, this sucks. Like... a lot. 📚

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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

www.dailytarheel.com

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Laughingrat @laughingrat.bsky.social · 9h

Simpley love 2 eat birb

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 10h

EXTREMELY COOL BAT STUFF: A study out in Science today found that the greater noctule bat, Europe's largest, hunts and catches *migrating birds* while in flight. In at least one case, a bat climbed to more than 1200 feet, then chased a robin downward FAST until it caught it near the ground.

Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight

Despite billions of passerines seasonally migrating during the night at high altitudes, only three bat species have been found to consistently tap into this rich prey resource. However, it remains unk...

www.science.org

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Laughingrat @laughingrat.bsky.social · 12h

“I already wrote my paper, can you find me some quotes to support my unhinged thesis”

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Laughingrat @laughingrat.bsky.social · 12h

Freshman comp student reasoning here

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Wolfmanning Skull 🎃 @manningkrull.bsky.social · 29d

Mister G! G-pers Creepers! Jumpin' G-hoshaphat!

A six-foot alligator mostly above the surface of the water, probably sitting on a submerged log or something. He's just chillin'.

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 16h

easy to blame news media for everything wrong in america today, but the fact is nearly all american adults have access to news coverage that is free and generally accurate, and they choose not to use it. that’s a much deeper problem that will be much harder to fix than bad headlines

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 15h

Twittering Machine, Paul Klee, 1922, gouache, ink and watercolor on paper

abstract painting with birdlike creatures on a blue ground

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Laughingrat @laughingrat.bsky.social · 17h

Look, cats have a tremendous prey drive

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Tomb Heintjes @hogansalley.bsky.social · 17h

Before Nancy, before Sluggo, before Bushmiller, there was Fritzi. Larry Whittington’s “Fritzi Ritz” first appeared on October 9, 1922. Here are the first four strips:

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Tomb Heintjes @hogansalley.bsky.social · 17h

If you want a more extensive look at Fritzi’s debut (and who doesn’t?), here’s a piece from Hogan’s Alley #7 that gives background on the pre-Bushmiller, pre-Nancy Fritzi (and shows dailies from the debut): www.hoganmag.com/blog/fritzi-...

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Laughingrat @laughingrat.bsky.social · 19h

What’s going on with that alt text 😂

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Laughingrat @laughingrat.bsky.social · 19h

Congratulations on the new cat! 😅

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The Ken in Yellow @ Lone Star Zine Fest @kenlowery.bsky.social · 19h

FOUR baby ostriches!!! www.youtube.com/live/ydYDqZQ...

Namibia: Live stream in the Namib Desert

YouTube video by NamibiaCam

www.youtube.com

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Laughingrat @laughingrat.bsky.social · 1d

Oh man, I still have those dreams. Awful.

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Boo-ly, Li'l Ghost Bull 👻🐮 @bullythelsb.bsky.social · 1d

Alice B. Toklas could have watched Adam West's Batman

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 2d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Laughingrat @laughingrat.bsky.social · 1d

Damn, he chose violence

Laughingrat @laughingrat.bsky.social · 1d

Being shut down at the site owners’ command, I assume?

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Laughingrat @laughingrat.bsky.social · 1d

I just got myself a sundae across the street. Positive reinforcement!

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Laughingrat @laughingrat.bsky.social · 1d

Those motherfuckers know when someone’s not one of them, they’ll just aim their cart right at you like you’re invisible

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Laughingrat @laughingrat.bsky.social · 1d

Had to run into Whole Foods for dutch-process cocoa, which has been impossible to find for months, and managed to get in and out without punching a rich person

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Laughingrat @laughingrat.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus.

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Laughingrat @laughingrat.bsky.social · 1d

He’s such a delight

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Laughingrat @laughingrat.bsky.social · 1d

oh god whew. we already lost bowie and prince, without dolly we’d only have iggy pop to anchor the timeline 😬

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