DisaLily

the universe *SPARKLES*

lol that's the exact look one of my friend's son's gives every time she takes his picture

Three dead, including suspect, 14 injured at Austin bar shooting The shooting suspect was killed by police, authorities said.

At least three people — including the suspected gunman — are dead following a shooting early Sunday in downtown Austin, officials said. Fourteen others were injured.

my really sweet neighbor across the street just loves his leaf blower.

I hate leaf blowers so much 😭

THIS.

Photo of a roundish, cream coloured lichen growing flat on dark rock. About 80%of the lichen (all but the edges) is covered in dozens (hundreds?) of small round discs called apothecia.

Orange Rock Posy Lichen. NWT, Canada.
lichen is about 3cm in diameter.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends

The world can be so icky but at least we have art. I am grateful for the painters, the photogs, the quilters, and the writers here. You make it all better.❤️
*cat and dog pics count as art.

Warner Bros. mergers never work, but they’re trying again anyway It’s a tale as old as time.

History tells us that Warner Bros. Discovery’s plan to sell itself is probably going to end in disaster.

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There is no argument that crime rates as a whole drop when people have secure jobs that pay them well enough to have viable alternatives to crime. Invest in communities and you'll see drops in all kinds of crime.

Sondra Lee, a veteran Broadway dancer with roles in 'Peter Pan' and 'Hello Dolly!' dies at 97 Broadway dancer and actor Sondra Lee, who helped shape “Peter Pan” and “Hello, Dolly!,” has died at 97. Her friend, the Rev.

Broadway dancer and actor Sondra Lee, who helped shape "Peter Pan" and "Hello, Dolly!," has died at 97.

An acrylic painting of super-deformed sparrow. It's huge and round, very round. An absolute unit. Chonk. It's looking at you, because it knows you have seeds.

SPARROW || 20x21cm || acrylic markers
This absolute unit surely wants to eat your S E E D S.

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#art #bird

Photo of several Cladonia podetia that look like cream coloured trumpets (growing vertically) with the trumpet openings ringed in red.

Cladonia sp #lichen
#Newfoundland Canada.
Lichens are about 3cm high
#fungi #fungifriends

Some window cats of South Philadelphia

The Meme From 2016 That Explains 2026 The more turbulent the times, the more tempting it is to [gesture around at everything].

“Recent years have been boom times for language that is inarticulate on purpose,” Megan Garber writes, but a certain meme from 2016 may be this era’s ultimate innovation:

How Delis Became American Legends Behind the Counter Delis make you think of family gathering and community. These meeting points helped immigrants find their footing in second homes filled with familiar smells and language.

Delis make you think of family gathering and community. These meeting points helped immigrants find their footing in second homes. Hand-sliced pastrami and knishes helped shape American culture.
#FoodHistory #FoodCulture #FoodHeritage #Delis #DeliCounters
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Photo of a tan colored Coyote standing in a patch of grass

I snapped this one six years ago today! I was out taking Eagle photos in Tacoma and I happened to catch this one out of the corner of my eye. Just standing there watching me! #Nature #Photography

OH at cafe:

WOMAN1: We’re talking about taking a mango tour around the world.
WOMAN2: …mango?
WOMAN1: Yes! We’ll follow the mango harvest to every continent. Except Antarctica.
WOMAN2: …

I am writing with Diana Rowland and we locked eyes over our laptops in absolute astonishment.

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

An in-progress watercolour painting of a female cardinal bird

The female cardinal is underway, about half way there I reckon. I’m recording a timelapse to share with you too of her being painted.

#watercolours #birdart 🪶

a most excellent weird bird

Snakelocks Anemone Anemonia viridis at Combe Martin, Devon this morning.

those shoes! 👀

My art digital, a women with a sidecut and a single antler leans in to lick a women in a monsters mouth

Eat or be eaten- happy Valentine’s Day 👀

Catlife realities.....👇😉 #Cats #BlueSkyCats #Caturday #CatsOfBlueSky #Catlovers

Okay look I'm glad they're ditching Flock but if the "city's network of surveillance cameras" can still be subpoenaed by out of state law enforcement for things like "did a woman come here to get an abortion from our state" then we shouldn't have them at all, period.

Blue, But Dancing

It is hard to find joy in the world these days. This piece embodies the idea of finding joy or lightness when things feel dark and unbearable.

#monoprint Acrylic on Paper

#art #printmaking #abstractfigurative #findingjoy #risingup

Photo of the fruiting bodies of a pure white fungus. The numerous fruiting bodies look like nearly round fans. They are growing on rotting wood, brown in colour.

Pleurocybella porrigens aka Angel Wings Fungus. Newfoundland, Canada. Photo from a couple of years ago, in autumn.
#fungi #fungifriends

I bought two new jerseys for winter and I would like to say they are both very warm and very snuggly and also I now have roughly 3 jerseys in different shades of those colors😂

I tell myself I need to diversify, but I do not, in fact, diversify.