I want to pay taxes because I want a society worth living in.
Taxes aren't a punishment and I wish we would stop treating them that way.
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I want to pay taxes because I want a society worth living in.
Taxes aren't a punishment and I wish we would stop treating them that way.
Why did this community burn one womanβs remains in such a visible, spectacular way? Patrick Fahey
Why did this community burn one womanβs remains in such a visible, spectacular way?
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses mystery about Stone Age hunterβgatherers @leakeyfoundation.org πΊπ§ͺ
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One thing is absolutely clear right now, in the early in-person vote so far, Republicans are ahead. A lot of Western, Republican-dominated localities have more votes so far than they did on the same day equivalent in 2025. There aren't any Spanberger-won localities running ahead
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Something I want to put on everyoneβs radar, ESPECIALLY if you live in Virginia.
Data suggests that *Republicans* are out early-voting Democrats in the Virginia redistricting referendum.
When it comes to Virginia, Chaz knows his stuff.
DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS ELECTION, VIRGINIA DEMS!!!
Main foraging areas (75% AKDE) of male Goshawks foraging exclusively in forest (A), in forest and farmland (B), and in forest and town (C). Foraging areas of individual birds are indicated by different colours. The town of HajnΓ³wka is shown in grey. White dots indicate known active Goshawk nests.
Several male Goshawks breeding deep in Poland's BiaΕowieΕΌa Forest 'routinely travelled up to 20 km to hunt feral pigeons in a town' with the authors concluding that 'urban environments shape the foraging behaviour of raptors even within primeval forests' #ornithology π www.nature.com/articles/s41...
When it was all said and done, Bam Adebayo scored 83 points on March 10, 2026. The 2nd most points in a single game in NBA History.
Shoutout to Bam for giving us a show for the ages. And shoutout coach Spo for letting his captain make history.
#NBASky #SkyHoops
Announcing: Coming to PBS on April 1!
LIFE UNEARTHED with Ariel Waldman is a visually striking science-driven nature series that reveals Earthβs ecosystems through radical shifts in scaleβfrom microscopic wildlife to the planetβs most iconic species, and even the potential for life beyond Earth. π§ͺπ¦
Just out of curiosity, does Iran actually have to mine the strait to get the result they want? If insurance companies think they might have mined it, won't that stop travel just as quickly? And once its been reported as a possibility, who is going to believe the administration if they say it's not?
A baby aardwolf, an animal that looks like a chihuahua crossed with a zebra and a hyena. Pointed ears stick up on a doglike head with a black muzzle, and the coat has lots of floofy black bits on top, a floofy black tail, and zebra stripes (black and grey alternating) along the rest of the body. I can't find the source for the image.
Meet the cutest animal on Earth, the baby aardwolf.
A close relative of the hyena, this species are insectivorous, eating termites with a sticky, bumpy tongue.
"Aard" means 'earth' in Afrikaans. Unlike aardvarks, the aardwolf doesn't dig, relying on scent & hearing to find already open mounds.
Photo of a cuneiform tablet fragment shaped a bit like an irregular diamond. It preserves nearly 20 incomplete lines of text separated by a horizontal ruling
There's a broken cuneiform tablet from the Old Babylonian period, nearly 4,000 years ago, which preserves a tiny portion of a dialogue between two friends.
It feels a bit like the conversations I've been having for the past week, so I wanted to share it.
Me avoiding social interactions.
Close-up of a scallop with its shell partially open, revealing bright orange inside. The scallop's shell is ridged with a line of tiny, vivid blue eyes along the edge. It rests on a sandy seabed.
Did you know that bay scallops have up to 200 eyes? π€―
Made of guanine crystals, these small, mirror-like eyes behave like reflecting telescopes or concave mirrorsβallowing scallops to see clearly close up and far away at the same time!
Clockwise, from top left: Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus. None of the worlds is to scale, but all are imaged with JWST's near-infrared (NIRCam) instrument.
The giant planets of the Solar System, by JWST.
How is a cowbell better than pots and pans?
I would rather be close to someone with a pot and wooden spoon than a cowbell.
A woman with curly hair smiles broadly while standing outdoors. She wears a black puffy vest with a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution logo, under which is a green shirt. They have one hand in the pocket of their blue jeans. A wooden railing and a white building are in the background.
A man with short hair smiles while standing in front of a blue shipping container is wearing a blue vest with a WHOI logo and crossing his arms
π Get ready for whatever the season blows your way with a cozy WHOI vestβnow 25% off!
For an added warm fuzzy, every purchase supports our ocean science!
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THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
I never thought about this before, from @jesszafarris.com s awesome book Useless Etymology.
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
The US army corps of engineers is considering, right now, what would be the largest destruction of coral reefs in US history. To make a port slightly bigger.
People know this, right?
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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A select few Native American artists choose to express their cultural and creative passions in miniature. An exhibition starting this month at the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures celebrates those artists who make distinctive pottery, baskets, and carvings on a decidedly downsized scale.
As you can see here, right from the very first day he entered our house, Jim found great difficulty in getting settled and making the environment his own.
THREAD.
3 & 1/4 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he'd been living, in rural Cornwall, & decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st 2022
Photo of bright yellow-orange Betelgeuse along with countless other stars viewed through out-of-focus branches of leafless trees.
Betelgeuse last night through the trees π
βInternationally, suspension bridges have proven their effectiveness in various habitats, providing connectivity between them, increasing gene flow for endangered species, and reducing mortality in areas near power lines and highways.β
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βJβ is the most recent letter added to the alphabet.
Charred residues on 6,000-year-old pottery are revealing prehistoric European βrecipesβ β guelder rose berries with fish, greens with cyprinids, tubers alongside dairy. Forager cuisine was more intentional than we thought. #Archaeology #Prehistory #HunterGatherers
While keepers were busy cleaning one of the larger pools, baby otter Bao enjoyed his own little splash zone, complete with a tub full of toys to investigate, toss, and pounce on.
πΉ: Animal care staff Katie
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ACTION POST π πͺΆ π¦#old-growthforests in #Oregon. They #storemorecarbon /acre than other terrestrial ecosystem. #Filter drinking water. #Holdsoil above salmon streams. Are home to the #northernspottedowl, #marbledmurrelet, #cohosalmon, #steelhead, & hundreds of other uniquely evolved species.
Happy #AardvarkWeek Tilli!
Get ready to giggle, our girl Tilli is slurping up grub at lightning speed in this hilarious video. That loooong, sticky tongue is built for business, and she puts it to work, along with her oversized ears, adorable sniffer, and powerful digging claws.
A grey northern white rhino eating green grass
Itβs #worldwildlifeday and hereβs a photo I took of one of the last two northern white rhinoceros, living in protection at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. π¦ π°πͺ π
