Congrats to the world's chonkiest parrot!

Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · yesterday

Kākāpō numbers pass 300 for the first time in 75 years. New Zealand’s flightless, nocturnal parrot now totals 325 birds, after a record 90 chicks fledged this season, built on the Department of Conservation’s recovery programme, which started with just 51 birds in 1995. DOC buff.ly/7YIOBd9

You're not the boss of me! Also... what? (This thread is hilarious if you need a chuckle this morning.)

William Butler Yeets@yeets.biz · 14h ago

i need to know what happened

It's nice to know talking to inanimate objects runs in the family. *machine beeps* WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT ME? *machine continues beeping*

I haven't been online much, trying to focus on my mental health. I log in today and it's like, "Psych! Mitch McConnel is alive, the past three months have just been a fucking mind game. Also bestiality!" Yeeeah, I'm retreating back to the shadows....

A study in lighting. #photography What color does Nosferatu look best in?

Between the title and that expression I just don't trust this publication...

Today's cool and probably #NotHaunted find - an antique wheel chair.

Upon closer inspection.... nope, it still looks like a turd with a face. My 8-year-old self was correct.

An unknown number sent me an audio clip with no explination. No goddamn way I'm opening that.

If your bussiness hours are 3-9PM on a Sunday and closed the rest of the week I'm going to just assume you're a drug front. I don't make the rules.

This is how you make children into psychopaths. Not even joking.

Benjamin Riley@benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 2w ago

As part of boot camp, Alpha School students apparently have their heart rates monitored as they watch recorded videos of their parents critiquing them. This activity takes place in front of their classmates, and students must keep their heart rates within 10 percent of their baseline to pass.

Why does my sucker fish look furry?! Also he/she does not have a name. Feel free to suggest one.

Remember to vote today if you live in New Hampshire! 🙂

Well, that's one way to solve that problem. 😂 #FuckAI #WritersLife

Today on confusing people across the pond... Me: I got myself a flat Brit: AWESOME! Congrats! Me:.......a flat tire, not an apartment Brit: That's way less awesome.

Newfoundland's word for sea urchin translates as "whore's egg." ......what.....?

No, I don't want to "train AI" and if you ask me one more time I'll take the job out of spite and feed it copious amounts of wrong information. 1+1=8, the sky is purple, ancient romans once worshipped a savage 8-legged raccoon named Trashpanderus.

"There is an air BnB down the road, I don't know which house it is." "Maybe it's the werewolf house!" "You're never going to forget that are you?" "OF COURSE I'M NOT GOING TO FORGET THAT!"

Anyone need a little chuckle today? Feel free to read about my trip to the Cryptozoology and Paranormal Museum. #BeWeird www.catchingmarbles.com/2026/09/03/t...

The Cryptozoology & Paranormal Museum – Littleton North Carolina

Another adventure into the middle of nowhere to talk to the passionately weird people. No complaints here!

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It's a little late (by a few weeks) but this year's H P Lovecraft Film Festival was as cute (er... horrific?) as ever.

Lovecraft Film Festival 2026 -Providence Rhode Island

Another year, another film festival full of delightful weirdoes.

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Guess who is catching up on a huge backlog of blog entries - me! Anyway, Jam & Toast in New Bedford had a goddamn amazing breakfast menu. www.catchingmarbles.com/2026/09/03/t...

Toast & Jam – New Bedford Massachusetts

Someone took all the country charm in a fifty mile radius and poured it with love into a bunch of insane dishes. MY GOD.

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To the little girl who ordered the scallop platter before very seriously making sure the waitress knew to also bring her mustard.... don't ever stop being your weird little self.

You should always keep at least one friend from another country who you have no idea if they are telling you the truth of their culture or just making shit up to see how much they can get you to believe.

There's a couple mourning doves in the parking lot of the mental health center. Maybe they're getting grief counseling...

What does it mean when 30 ants are following each other in a circle in your shower? Are they summoning me?

Don't sign up for Blooms Rewards dot com. I have cancelled a subscription THREE times now and yet it still keeps charging!

Did a tadpole just give me a minor heart attack? Why yes, but isn't that how everyone starts their day?

Anyone else remember being forced to read short stories in school where the plot was always some guy accidentally killing someone, and then purposely killing someone, then OMG HE CAN'T STOP KILLING. So, what was that all about?

This little bugger thinks he found a pond. It's a bucket of stagnant water I use to grow out my red root floaters. 😂

I just came up with an idea for a horror story and may have to return to writing because of it....