Somehow I made it to my thirties without realizing there are 126 species of opossum. That alone was very cool and fun to learn

But the best part was getting to tell my best friend, who loves the Virginia opossum, that there are MORE

They're all so different but very much still possums

You know palaeontology online spheres are dominated by men, with a big name being outed as a peado accomplice, the first thing they comment on are "I never agreed with his stance on T.rex" & "I preferred Bakker/Gould anyway"

And not "The field is rotten to the core with sex pests and weird men"

One of our cats is just astonishingly similar to me. One long eyebrow hair on the left side. Needs pills to not freak out about everything. Loves fish. Calms down instantly hearing Ethiopian jazz

They can murder you for speech (1A), they can murder you for having a gun (2A), they can murder you for stopping an illegal search or arrest (4A)

How much more of the Bill of Rights are they gonna murder you for?

no more discourse. no more drama posts. no more shallow callouts. if you're an american and i see you engaging in any kind of community policing based on feelings i'm fucking blocking you. the government is revving up a civil war. we need to have solidarity even with the peers we can't fucking stand

The Bill and Bilinda Butcher Foundation

#FrogFriday 🐸:
Netsuke: Group of #Frogs on a Temple Bell
Sei Min, Japan, c.1850–1900
Marine ivory with metal inlay
Worcester Art Museum 1976.228
worcester.emuseum.com/objects/1411...
#JapaneseArt

Millennials/zoomers that knit: Generations of women before me have suffered erasure and worse under patriarchy and yet through this *art* their legacy echoes through all of time. I am *proud* to carry this on

Baby Boomers that knit: I think knitting is the only thing keeping me sane sometimes haha

Okay. I'll ask if no one else will. Why does the band Low have so many Turkish fans?

What is the most basal primate you could train how to use a toilet

Likely place for one to be

In the song "Alien Boy" by Oliver Tree the singer describes himself hunting prey like a Tyrannosaurus, and using teeth like a great white shark. This implies the singer is a Carcharodontosaurus

Here's a turtle investigating a Dunkin cup