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Gwendolyn Ann Smith @gwensmith.com · 23h

Sometimes ya just gotta 'shop the image

Neo from The Matrix Revolutions, stopping a hail of bullets. He is wearing the "Portland frog" head. I'm deeply sorry to Lana and Lily for doing this, but not really very sorry.

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 4h

It's also not "just another" extinction, it's the first from mainland Europe in centuries. CENTURIES.

And there will be others within our lifetime.

That's biodiversity loss.

We'll never hear this sound, ever again xeno-canto.org/398794

XC398794 Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris)

Awful wind noise in the original! See sonogram and notes of the recording circumstances on p12 of Gretton A. (1991) The ecology and conservation of the Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris). ...

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 4h

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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Mike Quinn @mikeaquinn.bsky.social · 4h

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Mount St. Helens in 1980 @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 14h

#MSH45 | Richard Lasher
You've been at a job long enough to know a decent colleague to chat with.

The more you get to know them, the more they share. What's fact or fiction? You don't know, but you listen.

Then there's one story that's so over the top—a bona fide lie. But then, a photo appears.

A red Ford Pinto hatchback angles across a narrow gravel forest service road, a blue enduro motorcycle on a rear hitch carrier. Tall firs frame the view. Beyond them, a towering ash cloud from a pyroclastic density flow billows skyward. Photo by Richard Kent Lasher, May 18, 1980.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 12h

Toad walked up and down a few times. The seeds did not start to grow.

Toad put his head close to the ground and said loudly, “Now seeds, start growing!”

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 19h

"This is a choice we have made as a family, and I will not let a bunch of judgmental strangers or any of the many doctors I have called shame me into changing my mind."
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I’m a MAHA Mom, and Here’s Why I Won’t Stop My Monkeys from Jumping on the Bed—No Matter What the Doctor Says

I’m a proud mother of five who is obsessed with keeping her monkeys healthy. Some people think it’s crazy how much time I spend making sure everyth...

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too gay to function @lively.bsky.social · 12h

nasturtium was also fine with the sorghum. There was a drought this year, and due to Reasons, I was not able to water a lot, so I lost a couple other plants. I also did not add amendments besides compost top dress, or aerate soil at the beginning. Still had great yield anyway. I will next time

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too gay to function @lively.bsky.social · 12h

For seeds I got a decent amount of calendula and tulsi, some sesame and okra. I also had one marshmallow that made one uwu root. Sorghum has an allelopathic effect. It was interplanted with everything due to the size of my plot. My corn (Hickory King variety) did so well, the squirrels LOVED it haha

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too gay to function @lively.bsky.social · 12h

If I save these seeds instead of eating them I could plant so much next year!!!

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too gay to function @lively.bsky.social · 13h

I got all the sorghum stalks 😭 my house smells so fresh. I definitely lost seed because I was not able to bag the seed heads before cutting. Before processing they are too tall for my ceiling hahaha I am insane

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too gay to function @lively.bsky.social · 15h

Annoyed to have to harvest my crops in the cold dark with my child with me because AAA dispatch kept me waiting over 2 hours for a simple jump.

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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 16h

BATTLE AWAITS. DO YOUR STRETCHES.

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 21h

if i had to see this today, so do you

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 21h

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Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 21h

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too gay to function @lively.bsky.social · 21h

“President George W. Bush, right, is interupted by Chief of Staff Andrew Card while reading to schoolchildren in Sarasota, Florida, on Sept. 11, 2001. Photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images”

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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 1d

WWII "Friend" poster series from the Allied Forces, originally demonstrating the various Allied forces (British, Australian, Chinese, French, Dutch, etc.) and their appearances

It reads:

"This man is your FRIEND

He fights for FREEDOM"

The image is a sepia/black and white toned image of the Portland Frog protester, simply labelled FROG

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 1d

What makes it so striking is that these are people with whom you have an obvious, built-in social tie. You see each other regularly. These aren’t total strangers, and it’s still too much to ask to even consider the possibility they’re actual people.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 1d

Watching antisocial driver behavior in the school drop-off line makes it really clear that the pandemic destroyed whatever few shreds remained of the social compact, just pathological selfishness on display every day

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R.L. Stine Cold Steve Austin @bolt451.bsky.social · 1d

Would you kindly share this picture of my rat

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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 1d

It seems like the US just effectively cancelled everyone’s passports who has an X gender marker on them (unless I’m reading this wrong).

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com/u-s-customs-...

CBP Enforces Binary Sex Codes and Enhanced US Passport Validation in APIS

CBP enforces binary sex codes and stricter US passport validation in APIS effective October 2025. Key compliance updates for business travelers and airlines.

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com

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too gay to function @lively.bsky.social · 1d

Screen shot of Pepa making her special gazpacho, from Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios

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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo XIV: "I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor."

"Dilexi te"

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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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