Head on and side view of a Bird Poop caterpillar aka Western Giant swallowtail #butterfly caterpillar. Amazing camouflage! On its host plant - an orange tree. About an inch or 25 mm long. #invertes

🤣 this is such a hilarious thread. I should follow everyone on it. But embracing laziness for a few hours. Mebbe later.

Kimberly Dairine@kimberlydairine.bsky.social · 7h ago

in a world... where the only crime... is heterosexual sex... one gay man... will fuck a woman... for the principle this pride month BE GAY, DO CRIMES

The New Republic’s Matt Ford on Trump selling early looks at his social posts, which often move markets: “The scheme is functionally no different than if he asked for giant burlap sacks of cash from Wall Street executives in exchange for reading his executive orders the day before they are issued.”

Is Trump the GOAT of Presidential Corruption?

The president’s gluttony for graft is the only truly remarkable thing about his political career.

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Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.

I identify with Fran so much, especially in the summer.

WeRateDogs@weratedogs.com · 7h ago

This is Fran. She decided to make you a bowl of her famous bean soup. The secret ingredient is toe beans. 13/10 (TT: franfrannoodles)

Ffs. Men will make up an entire bs diet that contributes to CV and colorectal cancer before they get therapy and a bidet (both hell with bs).

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · yesterday

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

Omf gods! (That's every God including the next one a narcissistic fuck is about to introduce because he's a Prophet.) If you want women to get breast implants and/or lifts, etc., please get plugs. We're all tired of bald fucks wanting beauty pageant winners. 💖

Do you know a group of people whose slogan is 'dunno, don't care'? We always have these groups in every country. Did you see who stabbed and took vids of the victim just outside your shop/home? Can we have the cctv rec? 'Dunno. Camera doesn't work.'

Thinking about the Ken Jennings thing, and how I generally don’t get terse with people on here because I think it’s irresponsible to do that at my level of visibility. I’m not situated to ruin someone’s day because I’m a little annoyed. And I’m not even important. Like, I make funnybooks for kids.

Painted Lady WIP

why the fuck is this guy allowed to just smash shit into the moon

Erin Fogg says Free Link@criminalerin.bsky.social · yesterday

I read the whole thing twice and still don't know if it's supposed to do that or not I feel like it's not

Wasn't even a good con. But people who call others 'sheeple' voted for a flimflam man who never in his life did anything for the poor without a camera recording it. Good people who give to charity don't need a camera or accolades. As soon as we brag about giving, all good in the act is destroyed.

Ickis Enjoyer@hwabtyes.bsky.social · 15h ago

Was just talking to my guy about the Hollywood myth of the Great White Saviour. Donald Jiggly Trump has advanced the cause that white people are just as backwards as the rest of the world. Who but a majority of cretins would elect such a morally corrupt, idiot conman to lead them?

Was just talking to my guy about the Hollywood myth of the Great White Saviour. Donald Jiggly Trump has advanced the cause that white people are just as backwards as the rest of the world. Who but a majority of cretins would elect such a morally corrupt, idiot conman to lead them?

Sorry but Update Zero Sugar Energy drinks taste *very* bad. Got them in lieu of a bit of caffeine to keep me up to complete something. (I'm caffeine sensitive.) Instant Hydration Premium Electrolyte are *great*, esp the lime. The watermelon is weird to me because it tastes+smells' nonveg.

Keep bursting into laughter when I think of the black kitten's expression. It's like a cartoon explosion where the next scene is the soot covered and stunned target. Orange one is oblivious to everything except that their paws cannot touch the donuts.

Ickis Enjoyer@hwabtyes.bsky.social · 2d ago

Look at this pic I found. Look again.🤣

Look at this pic I found. Look again.🤣

You know what else is good? Watermelon seeds. Got to go to an Asian store for it though. Same as sunflower seeds, you shell them as you eat.

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 2d ago

Global production of watermelon is between 100-200 million tons/year. This red sweet treat has very deep roots, but it's unclear when it was domesticated to the form we know. A new clue comes from an unlikely place: a 3500 year old Egyptian mummy, combined with some very lucky DNA sequencing.🍉🧪

*Old timey hurdy gurdy freak show music.* Behold the brainless wonder who needs antipsychotics, ladies and germs.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump: “My REAL Polling Numbers, not those made up by the Fake News Media, are the best they have ever been”

Well, yeah. The loser will claim everyone else is 100% wrong. Just like the Reflecting Pool debacle, where you have a groom of the close stool like Burgum prop up that lie. (Burgum's more of an ass kisser than wiper, though I believe he'd perform those services too.)

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d ago

Has the US ever been cowed by threats as badly as Trump backing down with Iran? Not only did he make big threats, get nothing, then drop the threats anyway. Iran made big threats and the US backed down in the face of them. No matter how much Trump lies about it, the whole world sees what happened.

72-year-old Linda Wolff was assaulted with pepper spray directly in the face at close range by an ICE goon despite peacefully filming on a public sidewalk clearly not obstructing. Days later her eyes are still "burning" and "sensitive to the light." She is suing their sadistic asses.

72-year-old NYC woman who says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE agent now pursuing legal action

A 72-year-old New York City protester claims she was pepper-sprayed by an ICE agent in Inwood.

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Whomg! Look at my new, brief obsession, Ravioli. His little chihuahua head, omg. I love him.

I don’t care this song is a banger. #fyp #chihuahuastiktok #mixeddog #funny #inspirational

TikTok video by ravioli.linguini

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and the first ever recorded by drone. Watch: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/w.... 🌎

A Whale Gave Birth. A Drone Was There to Capture the Spectacle. (Gift Article)

A wildlife photographer noticed a humpback whale displaying unusual behavior off Australia’s east coast, then something extraordinary happened.

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Lyn Heideman@heidelyn.bsky.social · 5d ago

It should come as no surprise that the Department of Interior is paying for all this. Yes, it's coming out of funding for our public lands, which are being starved to death. 🌎

It's August...chicks have fledged...birds are heading south for the winter...and BirdCast is back. BirdCast provides forecast maps (see below) to let you know where there's active bird migration as well as live maps that track bird activity through the evening and night. More: birdcast.org. #birds

This bird looking into your soul may look a bit awkward as the brown juvenile feathers replace the baby down, but he wants you to know that he's a PEREGRINE FALCON and is--or soon will be--the fastest animal on earth. You? #birds

I'm not sure if I should have my fingers crossed or what. It's too quick/easy a death for someone who engineered and nannied the widest enshittification of the USA and democracy.

C. Robert Cargill@crobertcargill.bsky.social · 3d ago

Tomorrow is the last day to file for a special election replacing McConnell in Kentucky, so I expect sometime after Five o' clock tomorrow night he might suddenly pass away due to complications from a fall he suffered some weeks back.

Here's the thing: I (and millions of other New Yorkers) know that RFK is lying. I remember when the ambulance sirens started, and then again when they became so frequent that they didn't stop at night, so you had to play music to drown them out. I remember the morgue trailers six blocks away, too.

Jonathon Booth@jboothhistory.bsky.social · 3d ago

A good friend of mine was a pulmonary ICU nurse in Brooklyn and the thing that made me realize how bad things were gonna get were her instagram stories that went from "wash your hands guys!" to "I saw three people die today" in like a week.

I'm surprised that so many people don't know this.

Around 1860, infant mortality in southern states of what is now Germany (German unification was in 1871) was 20-30%. 200-300 deaths for every 1000 infants born. At the same time in England, the rate was "only" 10-15%. There are a few reasons for this, but a fundamental one was SUGAR TITS. 😬

Ben Taylor@vox-dei.bsky.social · 3d ago

That's quite a drop, but why was the German rate so much worse than, say, England and Wales in the first place?

Law Firm Chose to Get in Bed With Corrupt Serial Liar Breaking Laws You’ll never guess what happened next!

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3d ago

Trump “came up with a completely false quote saying I acknowledged things I never said. “My god." — Brad Karp, then the chairman of the law firm 2/2