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I am definitely not three raccoons in a trench coat, I am in fact only 2 raccoons and an opossum.
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A robin friend out getting some dinner

WE ARE THE SPIDERS OF THIS HOUSE YOUR HUSBAND SAYS WE’RE MORE AFRAID OF YOU THAN YOU OF US HAHAHA UNTRUE YOU’RE TERRIFIED AND WE LOVE IT WE’VE WRITTEN SONGS ABOUT YOUR FEAR CHOREOGRAPHED BALLETS ONCE WE HAD A RAVE IN THE ATTIC

The secret to my native gardening success

1. The US Transgender Survey has finally been released, and the results are stunning. - <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT. - The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

I'm learning about Vavilovian mimicry and it is blowing my mind that there's a type of mimicry that has resulted from our direct actions. Crops like oats and rye only exist because they "tricked" humans into thinking they were wheat or barely en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vavilov...

How a vintage Malört bottle made it from Tennessee back to Chicago:

Look at this!

Cook County Forest Preserves is on a mission to restore 30,000 acres of habitat by the year 2030. There’s just one problem: there's not enough native seed out there. So they're taking matters into its own hands and growing their own seeds. to.wttw.com/3YTHOwo

What is wisdom?

A team of geneticists have determined why we are orange. It’s because some boring parts of our DNA got holes in it so the awesome can shine out. At least that’s my interpretation gizmodo.com/orange-you-g...

Here are my top 10 German Shepherds of all time!

‘The Comprehensive Bookshop” - my cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

I've done well ✨

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Job Interviewer: Describe your process for troubleshooting a network issue. Sysadmin candidate: First, I check if it's DNS. Second, I check if it's DNS. Third, I check if it's still DNS. If it's not DNS, then it's a cosmic ray.

Costco is a really popular subject for business-success case studies but I feel like business guys kinda lose interest when the upshot of the study is like "just operate with scrupulous integrity in all facets and levels of your business for four decades" and not some easy-to-fix gimmick

I have a joke about Odysseus, but it takes a long time to bring it home. Also, Nobody gets it.

For people outside the industry, it may not be common knowledge, but one of the most famous bits of technical writing of all time, was Joel Spolsky saying that you should *never* rewrite an entire code base — 25 years ago. www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/t...

Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum

Student: Master, how do I get better at debugging? Master foo: The primary tool for debugging is not a debugger; instead, it is staring intently at log files until they confess their sins. Upon hearing these words, the student was enlightened.

A selection of birds with fantastic eyebrows [1/3]

some weekend inspiration for you

The cutest little yawn(video from stills)! Baby Sandhills Crane is a bit sleepy while tucked away in its parents feathers. 🪶

nuthin but muffin 🧁

It's yellowjacket season in Texas, so I want to offer this informational cartoon on how to deal with them. I think the artist is @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social.

This (demonstration for pi day) ought to count as #MadScience for @thephilfoglio.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlUT...

Brace yourself, your hummingbird buddies in North America are on their way. 🧪🌍🌿

Did you get out and play in the snow? ❄️ Our African wild dogs did—thanks to their zookeepers who built them a special snowman enrichment! 🐾⛄

The endangered newborn tapir calf is still very eepy. 💤