Say hello to Apollo for #OwlAwarenessDay! 🦉 Our 12-year-old barn owl is about the size of a cat but weighs only one pound, and he’s a master of stealth. Fun fact: Barn owls have incredible hearing! They can hunt in total darkness by sound alone.

i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys

"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury

Is my birfday

In today's column, we explore the Welsh rarebit, a weirdly named and delicious cheese toast! Included: Tudor jokes about cheese-loving Welshmen being tricked out of heaven; what it means when you dream about cheese; and the legendary Welsh cheese pudding caws pobi buttondown.com/theswordandt...

Notable Sandwiches #144: Welsh Rarebit

Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where my editor David Swanson and I slip messily through Wikipedia’s List of Notable Sandwiches. This week, a...

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winter clove, porch, round top, new york, 1977

here's another throwback from 2016 a private poster commission inspired by Moby Dick honestly still really love this one, both the concept and execution i worked on pre-inked scratchboard for this one (so fully black) instead of the usual white claybord that i ink myself 30x40cm

Stop scrolling, and just breathe. Spend a mindful minute with us taking in the details of Edvard Munch's Starry Night.

This is King Max. He was found as a stray with a broken leg. X-rays showed the fractures are already healing, meaning surgery is no longer the best option. He now needs weeks of ongoing care, including regular X-rays and repeated splint changes. You can help him below ❤️‍🩹 1510.fan/kingmax-bsd

Last weekend was hay day! For $5 Friday, will you consider a donation towards our drive to help us fill the loft? donorbox.org/mmfs-2026-ha...

Cute baby elephant chasing the birds [📹 Jonas Sjöström] Original post

reminder: property records are very public! I wrote this three years ago, have fun:

How to Snoop Through Property Records Like a Reporter

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Maris Kreizman@maris.bsky.social · 6d ago

I cant stop laughing at this. nymag.com/intelligence...

🐌 Observations on the genus Unio Philadelphia, Printed by J. Kay, Jun., & Co. [etc.]1832-[74] [Source]

Find the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/

This 1,000-year-old game board was dug up in Ireland in 1932. Nobody knows for certain what game it's for, because the rules were never written down and chess drove it extinct.

Pitta of the Day: Whiskered Pitta 📷 Ngoc Sam Thuong Dang

The source of the gods Is in your own heart

Did you see the Bearded Vulture in the Peak District back in 2020? David did, though he was sure to avoid a 'treacherous hole' at Cutthroat Bridge! 🫣

Final version produced on my laptop. Not a huge difference but a little cleaner. 🪶

Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli@banditelli.org · 5d ago

Can't ask for a much better sunset shorebird moment. 🪶

Book Cover of the Day:

Blanca and Swain let us follow along on their mommy/daughter adventure

Thanks to everyone who got involved in our campaign Go WILD for Hedgehogs! We’ve loved reading your wild garden entries & seeing your photos. Jen’s Berkshire garden boasts an array of wildflowers, shrubs - & even a visiting hedgehog! 📷 Jen & #HedgehogStreet, jointly run with @ptes-org.bsky.social

A delicate Lammas dress from 1902 by Gustav Beer, richly decorated with silken wheat stalks, for drinking chouchen and telling fortunes in an old country garden, as a great golden moon rises in the dark Breton sky.

i enjoyed watching these coyotes over several years, the dominant couple had a regal air and a calmness, they did not have nervous movements like the others, but moved with purpose

this was the queen of the area, looking a little lean here during a typically sparse prey month, but soon enough looking well-fed again.

For fans of "found media" tales, this story is GREAT! I love how it unfolds! 🦾 "A Funny Thing Happened on the Limbhackers Forum" by @katharinetyndall.bsky.social strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

A Funny Thing Happened on the Limbhackers Forum

I am not here to talk about how i got my arm, i am looking for hel p trying to fix it . Apologies for typos the f fingers lag a lot

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