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Aaron Pelly
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PhD candidate at Washington State University Tri-Cities | River ecosystem ecologist | he/him
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darth, look at the caption! they found "a bear sunday" in the ice cream shop

maybe they just misspelled and left out a couple words: "a bear MAKING A sundae at the ice cream shop"
Photo from the article showing a bear behind an ice cream shop counter. Caption reads: "Deputies from the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office arrived to find a bear Sunday at the ice cream shop at Camp Richardson in South Lake Tahoe (El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office)" Note that they found "a bear sunday" in the ice cream shop. Sunday is capitalized and spelled s u n d a y, so it probably means the day of the week they found the bear, but maybe it means they found a sundae made by the bear
August 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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It's answer now is better, but still wrong (or at least severely misleading). All of San Juan Island is further north than all of Maine, but Google's AI summary says, "San Juan Island is further north than most of Maine."

The sources it uses to back this up are two Instagram posts.
Google AI Overview for a search of "is san juan island further north than maine" Answer: Yes, San Juan Island is further north than most of Maine, with its northern latitude comparable to or exceeding even the northernmost parts of Maine. For example, Friday Harbor, located on San Juan Island, has a latitude that is further north than the state of Maine. On the side are two Instagram posts with the text, "Friday Harbor, San Juan Island. The latitude here is further north than Maine."
August 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Came here to say this. What an amazing moment. I had to go look up the interview again.

www.nbcnews.com/entertainmen...
Screenshot from the attached link. Interviewer: You mentioned Baby Holly. She broke a lot of hearts and there's a campaign to get the actress nominated for an Emmy next year. We heard her first words, we saw her fear. How did you get her to do that? Moira Walley-Beckett: You never know what you’re going to get with a tiny little person because beautiful little actresses of their age don’t really know what’s happening. And we have two baby Hollys and their moms are always right there. There are enormous restrictions when working with children that are appropriate in terms of you only get them for 20 minute increments. This is really emotional stuff. We really just kind of got lucky that the baby Hollys were giving us what we needed within a scene. Certainly, seeing Skyler pounding on the window of a pickup truck was really scary. But in the restroom scene with Bryan, her mommy was just three feet away. And I didn’t script the baby saying “Mama.” I scripted that Walter would come to it himself as he stood Baby Holly up and looked in her face and realized he was doing the wrong thing by her. And then, when he stood her up, and she looked over his shoulder at her 'Mama' and started asking for her, Bryan the consummate actor rolled with it. We just got some movie magic. It was just incredible. It was more than I could have hoped for — it was like the moment that I wrote on meth.
July 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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This is delightful. I know I'm late to the party here, but just wanted to share that if you zoom all the way out on a large-ish monitor, it resembles a Star Wars opening crawl:
Text from the embroidery website, each successive line getting larger, zoomed out so the text at the top is very tiny and looks far away, while the text at the bottom looks large and close. The large text at the bottom reads, "Stitches form wrong or not at all"
November 26, 2024 at 8:24 AM
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Tark asleep in my arm. He's not super snuggly, but he can be when he's tired.
Tark the half mini-pinscher/half-chihuahua, asleep in the crook of my arm. His face looks peaceful.
November 5, 2024 at 6:37 AM
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Tark looking as cute as he ever looked as a puppy and still cute 11 years later (last month)
Tark the half mini-pinscher/half-chihuahua, as a puppy, laying on a couch and chewing on a cow hoof Tark the half mini-pinscher/half-chihuahua, as an 11-year-old, siting on a chair, staring at the camera, looking alert. One ear is raised and alert.
November 5, 2024 at 6:33 AM
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Tark, a small brown half miniature Pinscher / part Chihuahua / part something else rests on a couch, looking chill, even though the kids have piled pokémon plushes on top of and around him Tark, a small brown half miniature Pinscher / part Chihuahua / part something else sleeping, cradled in my arm like a baby Tark, a small brown half miniature Pinscher / part Chihuahua / part something else staring plaintively at the camera - he wants food. Now.
September 12, 2024 at 9:42 PM
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A payphone.
An old payphone on the shore of the lower Yakima River
September 7, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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LOL. Meanwhile, on the other side of the state
109 F temp today in Pasco, WA
July 9, 2024 at 8:44 PM
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Larry the Cucumber on a kitchen counter, looking distressed
June 21, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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Photo taken on a river from a kayak under a bridge, with another kayaker in front, trees and sunset-lit desert hills in the background
June 17, 2024 at 1:36 AM
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Cover of the children's book *Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery*, featuring a vampire bunny with red eyes and a scary-looking shadow on the wall behind him.
May 21, 2024 at 6:18 AM