I am low key obsessed with salep, a Turkish drink I have never tried because the orchid it’s made from is endangered and hella expensive in the US. The orchid root has a lot of soluble fiber, and thickens up warm milk. Add some cinnamon, sweetener, and maybe a drop of rosewater, and you have salep.

I'm recovering from knee surgery and my co-worker sent me this. This is what caring for those around you looks like. Send them muppet clips for every occasion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk6H...

The Muppets: Veterinarian's Hospital (Kermit)

YouTube video by KrewTelevision Authentics

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And it's true of most moms outside formal workplaces that I know right now, we are just constantly jumping to catch people in our lives before they fall. Because (as @jessicacalarco.com rightly puts it) women are the social safety net in this country

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

Amanda Cameron, a wildlife veterinarian from Massachusetts, recently became Woodford Cedar Run's first staff veterinarian since it opened in 1957.

A South Jersey wildlife refuge cares for thousands of animals each year. For the first time, it now has a full-time vet.

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I bitterly resent having Nolan appear in a dream last night He actually said "If my writing's abysmal, why do they pay me so much?"

Great horned owl study in pieces for #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay When I took it apart, I was delighted by the weird shapes all on their own, so I left it like this. #Art

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Ursula K. Le Guin’s Home Recognized as National Historic Landmark, to host Writers’ Residency locusmag.com/2026/08...

Extremely niche--anyone know if in ancient regime France the day of a nun's profession might be termed her 'journee?' (Script is clear, abbreviations not an issue, inscription grammar is often...condensed.. so I'm brainstorming)

Will nobody think of the ::copies & pastes:: Neocallimastigomycota???

Dr. Katharine Dickson@metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · yesterday

Neocallimastigomycota arguably are almost as economically important as yeast due to their impact on ruminant livestock and yet we never think about them as much

FFFFUUUUUUUCKKKKKKK FUCK FUCK FUCK investors.bendingspoons.com/newsroom/ben... Every single fucking SaaS company that I once liked has been purchased by private equity. And every single time it results in... well, the predictable outcome.

I wrote about the Trojan horse, and what we can learn from her mouth about different cultural attitudes towards deception and violence. As someone comments below, the phrase GIFT ARTICLE is pretty scary in this context.

Chris Suellentrop@suellentrop.bsky.social · yesterday

Turns out @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social knows a lot about ancient epics www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Pro-wrestling executive Linda McMahon issued a letter today (in her role as US Secretary of Education) demanding that universities justify their existence and explain policies to the Trump administration by the end of 2026. Not sure what the endgame is, but it sure feels like a trap.

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Issues National Call to Action to University Presidents and Governing Boards

Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon issued a national call to action to university presidents and governing boards, urging them to reaffirm higher education’s foundational commitments to ...

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Love watermelon? Know who’s out there in 105° heat, harvesting them for your table. #WeFeedYou #UFW

United Farm Workers@ufw.bsky.social · 2d ago

Yesterday's temperature topped 105° in Fresno. "Carlos" and team were working in the watermelons. "Our team is paid piece rate. The more boxes we fill the more we make. The person closest to the truck has the hardest job so we switch off. This is exhausting work." #WeFeedYou

WHOA. remember this? there's like 40 snake stars on this coral! Maybe Asteroschema? 1400 m in Wilmington Canyon in the North Atlantic! that's a LOTTA Lovin' by those ophs on that coral! #Okeanos in 2019

It’s too hot to cook! Come have a mouthwatering dinner, made by the amazing Chef Muna during their east coast tour stop in Philly! Support a mom and her fam in Gaza, and meet cool people while you’re at it. Sliding scale 🤍 Munafood.com

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Muna Food, private catering, olive oil tasting, cooking classes, based in Tucson, Arizona

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Textile art is so rad these days.

Sarah Archer@sarcher.bsky.social · yesterday

It's Textile Tuesday, and you know what that means: a piece by artist Faig Ahmed called "The Dragons of Karabakh" that's woven to look like an antique Central Asian carpet is melting off the wall into a puddle. More about the artist here: faigahmed.com

They made a carousel “horse” just for @bowlerhatscience.org

here's a fun lil exercise for cis people: how many articles would a publication have to print calling for your extermination before you would expect people who care about you to stop giving them money? and how would you feel if their excuse for still supporting them is some fuckass crossword puzzle?

Yikes, we got a alot of these in #rva now.

Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · 3d ago

New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

Interesting. Hmm. Really makes you think. Here's a photo of an ill-fated arctic expedition where everyone (?) died except one woman and the expedition's cat. Ada Blackjack was the woman's English name. She suffered from an absolute dread and terror of polar bears. www.history.com/articles/ada...

The Inuit Woman Who Survived Alone on an Arctic Island After a Disastrous Expedition | HISTORY

In the early 1920s, 25-year-old Ada Blackjack survived two years on the frigid Wrangel Island after a failed expediti...

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John Jackson@jpj.bsky.social · yesterday

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Gwen Pepperoni got banned? So Ken Jennings got to post a non-apology thread, got a write-up in Them, and Gwen Pepperoni got banned? Love this site.

and now for something good: architecture people, design people, urbanists! most aesthetically innovative/ distinctive public (maybe government maybe just public access) buildings constructed in the U.S. in the C21?

Good morning. My co host Helen @helenbennett.bsky.social has chosen today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #FabulousWaders Any wading bird that you love! Alt is #Speckled I’m away till evening from 10am. Camera day with a mate. Have a lovely day wherever you are in the world. 🤗 #birds #photography #ECK