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Sometimes you don’t find your spirit animal as much as it finds you

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If we equate Earth with the scale size of a basketball, the Moon would be about the size of a tennis ball, 24 feet (7.3 m) away. 🌎🌖 The Sun would be a sphere 86 feet (26 m) wide—about the height of an 8-story building—1.8 miles (2.9 km) away. 🌞

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Researchers are inviting death metal singers into the lab to understand how they can scream, growl, and squeal without hurting their vocal tissues. What they’re finding upends conventional wisdom on vocal health. ✍️ @ohyeahitscouch.bsky.social

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Back on my bullshit *chugging milk from the jug

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A shy prison-bound Republican discovers he's a bishop and heir to the papacy, leading him on a comical journey to embrace his holy destiny with the help of his formidable grandmother, played by Julie Andrews. Accidental Pope, with Harvey Guillén as George Santos, in theatres nationwide this summer

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Extreme metal vocalists use a completely different pattern of vocalizing than we see in other styles of music," says Dr. Amanda Stark. She and death metal singer Mark Garrett join us to discuss how to safely scream like a demon.

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China shares rare Moon rocks with US despite trade war. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Toad sipped his tea. “Frog,” he asked, “are you making this up?” “Maybe yes and maybe no,” said Frog.

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My parents forgot to tell me that we were poor. I’m not sure if we had buns in the house. A loaf of bread was sort of all purpose.

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❗️HHS Plans to Cut the National Suicide Hotline’s Program for LGBTQ Youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day. The service for LGTBQ youth has received 1.3 million calls, texts, or chats since 2022. ❗️

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There are zero cons. Simple and the most effective and safe form of birth control available to the humans 😀

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The Trevor Project has a 24/7 Suicide Hotline for LGBTQ+ Youth. Please support them if you can, and please promote them. www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/

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We decided to watch “School of Rock” last night because it has “Minecraft Steve in it” (I know…It is what it is) and I decided to google a bit and, yall, the little singer girl just got married to the big security guard boy /in real life/. She’s a OBGYN sonographer and he’s a music industry lawyer.

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“Anyone who builds a wall rather than a bridge to keep out migrants is not a Christian.” - Pope Francis. R.I.P.

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"The dream that AI could teach students effectively neglects the importance of ‘learning how’ in order to ‘learn that’, that teachers are also role models, and the social nature of education," write Robert Sparrow and Gene Flenady.

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pikachu’s mighty roar

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A doctor from Colombia once told me “in my country, Easter weekend is full of debauchery because god is dead for three days and there’s nobody watching” and I think about him every year.

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More than 20 robots raced against thousands of human runners in a half-marathon in Beijing organized to showcase China's advances in humanoid technology. See who won, and read more here: cnn.it/44x4eXF

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Form an orderly queue, MAGAts.

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Toad found a frying pan in the kitchen. “I will hit that big animal with this,” said Toad. “All of his teeth will fall out.”

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New study on crow intelligence! "It's the first time a species other than humans has been shown to have this kind of geometric intuition, says Andreas Nieder, a cognitive neurobiologist at the University of Tübingen in Germany." A crow's math skills include geometry www.npr.org/2025/04/12/n...

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This one is relevant again #coal #energy www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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A stay of execution…for water

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@markhamillofficial.bsky.social mark! Do I have to reactivate my twitter just so I can say you follow me again😔😬

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“This house is a mess. I have so much work to do,” said Toad. Frog looked through the window. “Toad, you are right,” said Frog. “It is a mess.” Toad pulled the covers over his head.

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New Study Finds Average American Stands No Chance Against What’s Coming theonion.com/new-stu...

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If you're cremated after you die, you can be put into an hourglass and continue to participate in family game night. 😏

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“Frog, I am glad to have a brave friend like you,” said Toad. He jumped into the bed and pulled the covers over his head. “And I am happy to know a brave person like you, Toad,” said Frog. He jumped into the closet and shut the door.

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In the latest Explore Oregon Podcast, I talked with a Salem ice climber "Frosty" about the fun, challenge and art of climbing frozen waterfalls and vertical glaciers in Oregon and across the West. His journey shows that this sport really can be for anyone: tinyurl.com/4m7z854r

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i wasn’t born emo. the world made me this way. one glitter gel pen at a time.

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Spring break #Oregon

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Toad sipped his tea. “Frog,” he asked, “are you making this up?” “Maybe yes and maybe no,” said Frog.

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TOAD WILL NOW DANCE, AND HE WILL BE WONDERFUL.

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“We can try to climb this mountain,” said Frog. “That should tell us if we are brave.”

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Toad leaped over a snowbank. “I could not steer the sled without you, Frog,” he said. “Winter is fun!”

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“What if Frog is being chased by a big animal with many sharp teeth? What if he is being eaten up?” cried Toad. “My friend and I will never have another Christmas together!”

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Frog and Toad sat close by the fire. They were scared. The teacups shook in their hands. They were having the shivers. It was a good, warm feeling.

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DEADLY BEAUTY A white octopus with blue rings dances across the seafloor. This tiny cephalopod carries enough venom to kill 26 adults, with no antivenom available. 📹 jacobguy.media

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I’ve been listening to @scifri.bsky.social for over two decades. The excitement was palpable when I joined last week to talk about our newest on mycorrhizal fungi & subterranean supply chains. My favorite question: why does this work keep me up at night? www.sciencefriday.com/segments/fun...

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Frog came running down the hill. He pulled Toad out of the snow. “I saw everything,” said Frog, “You did very well by yourself.”

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