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first word, baby...

friendly amendment.

my cat wrangler vibes tell me that's a male, but I accept a 20% error potential.

what a HANDSOME tuxedo cat!

a woman says what are the odds with a paramount logo behind her Alt: a woman says "What are the odds?"

In the "holy shit but science is a small world" category, I just dined with a scientist from the Ispra JRC who was a friend of my wife while a postdoc at the University of Bologna (where spouse was finishing Ph.D.) 30+ years ago. Amazement around table when my hypothesis of connection was confirmed.

yours truly smiling into the camera while holding a sign that reads "SCIENZA" and a Bohr model atom

Jazzed to be visiting the European Commission Joint Research Center in Ispra today! 🧪

Team MeCN. Thank you both for representing.

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in which I attempt to summarize the current moment

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stop now!!

GribblesGoBag @GribblesGoBag Follow .•• Smascbyjeffchastair Remember who we are fighting for! 10:42 AM • Feb 28, 2026 • 2,893 Views

it’s probably fine that this meme is one of the top posts on every military Reddit sub right now

The military isn’t something you can “quit.” It’s not a job where you just give your two-weeks’ notice and peace out. If someone decides to “just quit,” then they’re going to prison. And the vast majority of military members never see combat let alone kill anyone let alone kill kids.

A shot from above shows a brown-and-gray tabby (Stella curled close to a gray tabby (Merlin) in a cat carrier meant to hold only one, so they are close-packed (and hoping to escape the notice of the veterinarian...)

So, Stella (north) hates her brother, Merlin (south). Hisses at him whenever he gets near; swipes if he gets nearer! But ... look whose carrier she went into for comfort after finding nowhere to hide in the exam room at the vet's this morning. Just like when they were kittens... 🥲
#CatSky

A little off the beaten track, as it were, but SO worth the visit if you find yourself in the area. Trust me.

Have mixed 2:2:1 blood orange juice, orange liqueur, and elderflower liqueur to mix with cava this evening as a welcome cocktail. But ... if I say I'm serving a bloody mimosa, will everyone think it's tomato juice? 🤔

The first time is tragedy, the second is farce...

she DOES look pretty badass...

what's a "stamp"?

Political cartoon courtesy of today’s Salt Lake Tribune and cartoonist Adam Zyglis with the Buffalo Times. Titled, “Signs of the time”. It has six figures holding six different signs in a single panel. Representative Al Green, “black people are not apes”. Chief Justice John Roberts, “The tariffs aren’t legal”. Statue of Liberty, “Immigrants aren’t animals”. Uncle Sam, “Taxpayer dollars aren’t for pillaging”. A scientist, “Clean air and water aren’t for sale”. Lady Justice, “Epstein files aren’t going away”.

Political cartoon appears in today’s Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com Cartoonist is Adam Zyglis with the Buffalo Times.

I’m not in Kat’s district, but if I were, she’d have my enthusiastic vote.

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

guess nobody included Hiroshima or Nagasaki in the training sets.

castroesque a word?

Moms for Liberty ceremony

Moms For Liberty named RJ May the South Carolina Legislator of the Year for 2023 for his efforts to protect children from the evils of the LGBTQ community.

He was just sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison followed by 30 years of supervised probation for distributing child pornography.

Chicago’s newest snow plow name ‘Abolish ICE,’ Mayor Brandon Johnson says Mayor Brandon Johnson announced “Abolish ICE” as the winner of a citywide snow plow name contest. He had earlier given it a “full and complete” endorsement.

Mayor Brandon Johnson announced “Abolish ICE” as the winner of a citywide snow plow name contest. He had earlier given it a “full and complete” endorsement.

The men’s team should be absolutely ashamed of themselves.

> @nbcnews.com

what even is the fucking point

“Iran’s nuclear facilities have been obliterated - and suggestions otherwise are fake news.” - White House, June 25, 2025 www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

thx. and, I'd never seen you with long hair before your own post!

curiously, I wore this same shirt to a Solas concert at the Old Town School of Music last night (they were AWESOME). not sure whether to be embarrassed or proud about that 😏