praying mantis

@gentlem.bsky.social

family: mantids order: Mantodea I always pray before I prey 💫ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny 🧬

www.bbc.com/news/live/cr... I don’t see any images yet but The Beeb is keeping a close eye. #Falcon9-fragment-v-moon The fragment is reported to have struck the moon just as predicted near Einstein Crater. Thx to scientists for making an interesting & valuable study of Elon’s fuckup.

SpaceX rocket expected to have crashed into Moon - live updates

The stray upper stage (section) of the Falcon 9 rocket is about the size of a five-storey building, with a mass of at least 4,000kg.

bbc.com

When there is no actual Dir of Nat’l Intelligence and you instead install some real estate tycoon’s trust fund grandbaby (👉🏻RANDO👈🏻) as a placeholder, widespread cyberattacks on necessary systems, you know, like WATER SUPPLY, are to be expected.

I think this random guy is the acting director of National Intelligence.
As to what he’s actually doing, your guess is as good as mine.
Bill Pulte official WH cabinet photo

The role of the leader is letting those led shine. It is a leader’s job to define the parameters. Prolix, chaotic, insecure people are not leaders. What the hell have we done?

abcnews.com/Health/sharp... Countries abroad are springboarding their own documentation efforts/ outbreak investigations on said faulty data from FDA & CDC. When the 1 that effed up doesn’t immediately correct it, each 1 thereafter falls into the continuous line of error. #GlobalCycloDeathToll: ❓

'Sharp rise' in cyclosporiasis cases in UK linked to Mexico travel. Here's what to know

Health officials in the U.K. are reporting a "sharp rise" in cyclosporiasis cases among some travelers returning from Mexico.

abcnews.com

praying mantis@gentlem.bsky.social · 21h ago

arstechnica.com/health/2026/... FDA hasn’t updated their outbreak pg since July 24. This is weaponized incompetence. If one responds to a valid compliance issue how Ms Hilliard has, w/“we will…” such is indicative of serious systemic failures. They can’t even meet their own documentation P&P.

Any Senator who votes to confirm Todd Blanche is also siding with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell – and is actively participating in covering-up their numerous and heinous crimes.

arstechnica.com/health/2026/... FDA hasn’t updated their outbreak pg since July 24. This is weaponized incompetence. If one responds to a valid compliance issue how Ms Hilliard has, w/“we will…” such is indicative of serious systemic failures. They can’t even meet their own documentation P&P.

Trump admin "aware" of deaths in explosive diarrhea outbreak, delays reporting

Federal officials will update the outbreak sometime "this week," a spokesperson said.

arstechnica.com

praying mantis@gentlem.bsky.social · 2d ago

www.mlive.com/news/2026/08... #Michigan DHHS reports 2 deaths from #cyclosporiasis. Attempts to brush these off as due to immune weakness & propensity for dehydration will not be tolerated. There is going to be an enormous & insurmountable contamination of national data here. #USCycloDeathToll 2

2 Michigan residents sickened with cyclosporiasis have died.
Source: MLive
Aug 3, 2026

full permanent sole legal guardianship was granted to me at court no rights for bio parent i cannot guarantee that nobody will ever harm this child again but i can say that it would only occur over my dead body thank you for all the support #foster/adopt

This lioness has adopted an orphaned leopard cub

It needs to be amplified. Excusing, minimizing, & categorizing violent American male behavior as ‘a family dispute’ and the like has exacerbated the lethality exponentially. The current sociopolitical climate is actually rewarding it. I have no solution. We are terrified.

A balloon representing Male Ego is approached by a hand holding a pin which represents Literally Anything.
kat b fisher 🏳️‍🌈@katbfisher.bsky.social · yesterday

I am seeing this reported elsewhere but still not sure I should be amplifying? A very emotional repost for me. Clearly if this is the same person and he is found guilty of setting one of the fires…he is unwell and this country sucks at mental health and has a real problem with dangerous men.