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Tucson Police and Firefighters were on the Loop today recovering the body of Tiffanie Miguel, who drowned yesterday in the Santa Cruz River, during the first monsoon storm of the season

A fire engine and police car parked along a bike path

🥹 Ukraine: A frontline unit discovered a lost dog and cat at their position, so they sent them away to safety on a 12km drone flight back to their command. Ukrainians refuse to lose their humanity even as they are forced to confront the greatest evil on Earth, alone, for years.

In Icelandic folklore Jólakötturinn, the Yule Cat, comes to eat those who do not wear their new clothes for Christmas. In this image, you can see somebody did not put on their new Christmas sweater. Or perhaps even more unfortunately, no one got them one! More ... 👇

Jólakötturinn is huge, as big as if not bigger than a house, and only comes around for Christmas. Some say Jólakötturr (as sometimes shortened) is the pet of the a family of trolls known as the Yule Lads who are Santa’s helpers in Iceland. It’s also said that he has a particular taste for ungrateful children.

The legend of the Jólakötturinn was not written down for publishing until the early 19th century. At first a more obscure countryside myth, the lore of Yule Cat has only grown since and is now internationally known and celebrated. 

It is theorized the practical purpose of this myth may have been to aid in wool production in earlier seasons of the year which children took part in helping with.

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Recently I learned about Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesions (FORLs) when our 5 year old cat required the extraction of 18 teeth. She had been experiencing weight loss, pain and drooling. Fortunately she is doing better #caturday

Xray of damaged teeth Xray of damaged teeth Black cat sleeping on the kitchen table

I discovered that Tin Fang is living a double life. He is known as Nico at a neighbor’s house. He has received his vaccines twice. And he is eating 4 meals a day.

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On a recent trip to Reykjavik I found many opportunities for excellent swimming, one of my favorites was the Nautholsvik, Reykjavik’s geothermal beach. After a swim in the chilly ocean, one can warm up in a friendly hot pool. There’s even a circular warm pool, which is submerged by the tide #Iceland

Reykjavík’ geothermal beach with the hot pool in the foreground. The circular warm pool is submerged by the tide An early morning photo of the geothermal beach, at a lower tide, showing the circular warm pool A map of the geothermal beach