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praying mantis
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family: mantids
order: Mantodea
I always pray before I prey

💫ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny 🧬
Pinned
#DavidBowie⚡️
poses for a portrait in 1976.
CREDIT: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
both my mentors have passed away

both had the ability to make whomever they were interacting with feel like the only person in the room

this isn’t about romantic love or physical attraction

I think I’m beginning to ease into this trait and I hope they are proud
January 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
en.isna.ir/news/1404100...
Dear U.S. media:
Now would be a good time for some investigative journalism & reporting on your part regarding this document: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

The report below is from Iran.
Shame on you for ignoring reports of infanticide in which DJT was a participant.
en.isna.ir
January 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM
nbcconnecticut.app.link/wA8ao9v8CZb
residents evacuate a building near Miraflores, Caracas, Venezuela
photo by Cristian Hernandez for AP
January 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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Swiss authorities began criminal investigation into the managers of #LeConstellation
#Crans-Montana,Switzerland
“…suspected of having committed homicide by negligence, causing bodily harm by negligence & arson by negligence…”

helpline for families: +41 848 112 117
Swiss open criminal case against managers of ski resort bar after deadly fire — BBC News
It comes after a preliminary investigation found the likely cause was sparklers on champagne bottles being carried too close to the ceiling.
apple.news
January 3, 2026 at 3:07 PM
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Wordle 1,659 3/6

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@scoremywordle.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Thank you for your patience with a condition I have. I take things at face value. If you are giving an opinion or feeling about something posted, please try your best to not state such as fact. Some helpful prefaces include ‘I think’, ‘I feel’, or, if you’re into brevity, ‘IMO’.
thx!
January 3, 2026 at 2:27 PM
www.redcross.org/get-help/dis...

The federal gov links that are designed to provide info on #warming-centers are abysmal w/regard to organization of info & site functionality.
State & local guidance is somewhat more accessible; community service 3-digit non-emergency hotlines are your best option.
www.redcross.org
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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This coverage includes details on the 3 additional coastal states hit, bios of Maduro & his wife, and names that the Delta Force & Night Stalkers Spec Ops forces were responsible for the capture of the President & 1st Lady.
January 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
nbcconnecticut.app.link/Z2GHunUYCZb
This coverage includes the charges against Maduro & his wife in the Southern District of NY & the mobilization of the Bolivarian militia.
January 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Comprehensive coverage on the U.S. attack on Venezuela & the abduction of Maduro & his wife.
Residential areas, where innocent civilians live, were hit.
Live updates: Trump says Maduro captured in ‘large scale strike’ against Venezuela — The Washington Post
The United States carried out a large-scale strike on Venezuela, capturing its president, Nicolás Maduro, and flying him out of the country, President Trump said.
apple.news
January 3, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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47 and his administration has launched an attack on Venezuela. Capturing Maduro. Over one hundred fishermen have died due to target practice by Hegseth. Now we bomb a country less known for drugs and more for oil. Follow and get engaged.
January 3, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Setting limits & boundaries is important.
Power to the people! ✊
January 3, 2026 at 4:11 AM
I can’t imagine how non-members are treated
January 3, 2026 at 4:05 AM
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But he’s a public artist with a duty to entertain! (Makes me think of Doctor Zhivago.)
January 3, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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#StephenSchwartz is an acclaimed songwriter currently in Oscars consideration. His work includes Godspell, Pippin, Wicked, and, with Leonard Bernstein, the ‘Mass’ that opened the Kennedy Center in 1971.
Stephen Schwartz Pulls Out of Kennedy Center's 2026 Lineup: 'There's No Way I Would Set Foot in It Now' — Variety
UPDATED: Stephen Schwartz, the songwriter behind classic musicals from
apple.news
January 3, 2026 at 3:45 AM
caption contest:
“No head, no backstage pass.”
CAPTION CONTEST my entry: Another thing Marco sucks at!
January 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
caption contest:
“You, too, can get more for less at Liberace’s Discount Basement ™️”
Contest... what's he saying, that squares with the expression on the sycophants faces/? T "OK one of us farted, who wants to take the blame for me" T "can't say the N-word... you know what it is" Everyone else thinking "Nitwit?" T "I spy with my little eye, something... gold"
January 3, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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CAPTION CONTEST my entry: Another thing Marco sucks at!
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM