The unexpected sound of a #porcupine asking for food is … polite. Despite their spiky defense, porcupines are gentle herbivores and they’re surprisingly vocal. It’s common they chatter or hum when they’re hungry, especially in human care

adobe deleted their post so this one's for posterity

(I haven't checked these all personally, BUT!! I do know a bunch are legit soo00o)

List of 25 sites to read books for free:

1. Project Gutenberg
2. LibriVox
3. Internet Archive
4. Open Library
5. Google Books
6. ManyBooks
7. Bookboon
8. Smashwords
9. Wattpad

(cot'd)

they really need to invent a second type of money these guys can play around with separate from the money I need to buy food. Business Money. Money 2

Doechii announced that she launched a mental health hub as a resource for those “navigating anxiety.”

Steady - watercolour and acryla gouache on paper

every time Elon suffers my health replenishes like Link in a fairy fountain

The nobles in great earnestness are going
All to the Senate-house; some news is coming
That turns their countenances.

Do you know who laid the foundation for the FDA?

President Theodore Roosevelt. Do you know why? Because he read a great piece of literature that exposed the mistreatment of immigrant workers and the disgusting, unsanitary practices in meatpacking plants…

The book is called “The Jungle.”

This will be an especially difficult year to tell the difference between fake bullshit and actual bullshit this April Fool's Day

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BTW, I empathize if the political signal boosting negatively affects you, but please understand: I no longer tolerate hiding my morals or putting my head in the sand — or helping you bury yours. People are literally getting OPENLY, LOUDLY disappeared by our government. This isn't "politics" anymore.

Be kind to your mind (read audiobooks).
Tackle your TBR (read audiobooks).
Support your indie (read audiobooks).
Add joy to your day (read audiobooks).
Take a break (read audiobooks).

Think a Venezuelan gang is invading the U.S.?

My story today in @theintercept.com is about how that panic really started — not with a crime wave, but with an alleged slumlord in Colorado and a PR firm in Florida. (1/7) 👇

There is a reason Black, brown, and queer people have always shit on rainbow capitalism. It's because they all knew that these corporations touting equality and diversity would change their tune the minute the political winds started shifting the other way, and that is exactly what has happened.

Believing America was great means accepting the exploitation and violence against Black, brown, queer, and feminine bodies. True greatness lies in building a system that rejects inequality and suffering.

Long is the road, but we must live in hope that we can emerge into the light.

Rock Identification xkcd.com/3068