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Books, city lover, rotten beagles, pickleball till my knees give out
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December 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Golden-hooded Tanager visiting at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

#birds #nature
December 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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The Old Packhorse Bridge in Carrbridge in the Scottish Highlands.

📷 Stuart McKay
December 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
this is gross. surprised they didn't put a halo over his head
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?

Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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“Frog,” said Toad, “let us eat one very last cookie, and then we will stop.”
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Lane of Chestnut Trees at the Jas de Bouffan, 1871
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/11620
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
the perfect headline
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Happy birthday to the Soviet linguist Yuri Knorozov who casually deciphered the Mayan script in 1952 and got pissed when editors removed his cat as co-author on papers or cropped her out of his author headshot (the only picture of himself he even liked)
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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This isn't just any fox ... it's a fox created out of the remains of a Cornish Red rhododendron tree.

Standing 6 metres tall in the Lost Gardens of Heligan, it is made up of 600 pieces of wood, all from a tree that predated WW1 and was blown down during a recent winter storm.
September 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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This boy gives bouquets of flowers to elderly women just to make them happy and make them feel special.
November 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Frog and Toad sat close by the fire. They were scared. The teacups shook in their hands. They were having the shivers. It was a good, warm feeling.
November 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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study after study after study shows that literally just handing people money and telling them "do what you want with this" reduces homelessness, increases food security for children, makes it more likely people will find and retain jobs.1
November 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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this is evil
He’s still repeating that lie. Video link in replies.
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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🎢 find mew
October 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Ok, ihr wollt wissen wie das funktioniert.

Hier ist das Framework:

"Dunkle Triebe für gute Outcomes nutzen"

Ein Thread über die Psychologie des Gewinnens. 🧵
Harte Wahrheit für linke Politik:

Wir verlieren nicht weil Menschen dumm sind.

Wir verlieren weil unsere Frames psychologisch toxisch sind.

Thread. 🧵
October 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This would be amazing if it turns out to be helpful. Also this quote from the article made me laugh "I proceeded to drink the way, as it’s been explained to me, that I’d always wanted to" - kinda funny phrasing there
July 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Fingers crossed. Viel Glück
Germany built a battery that runs on salt and air — and never needs lithium
At a quiet research center in Jülich, Germany, scientists are finalizing tests on a new class of grid battery that contains no lithium, no cobalt — just saltwater, iron, and a ceramic membrane. More in comments.
July 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is poised to discover billions of new astronomical objects, revolutionizing understanding of everything from the history of the solar system to the workings of dark energy.

Read more: wrd.cm/43UN71u
June 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM