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Cult leader to local corvids. Aspiring bog witch (still seeking bog).
I've never seen such pretty snails as these ones I found in England (Cepaea nemoralis and Cepaea hortensis)
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I've never seen such pretty snails as these ones I found in England (Cepaea nemoralis and Cepaea hortensis)
Possibly Punctum californicum. I like tiny snails.
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Possibly Punctum californicum. I like tiny snails.
Genus Ferissia, idk the species. They're called "freshwater limpets" but they're actually ramshorn snails in disguise, since they're in Planorbidae. I find them clinging to fallen leaves in a local creek.
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Genus Ferissia, idk the species. They're called "freshwater limpets" but they're actually ramshorn snails in disguise, since they're in Planorbidae. I find them clinging to fallen leaves in a local creek.
And, of course, it can produce distressing quantities of slime bubbles which pour out from under its butt shell.
I found this one when I was digging around in the dirt at my local cemetery, for reasons.
I found this one when I was digging around in the dirt at my local cemetery, for reasons.
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
And, of course, it can produce distressing quantities of slime bubbles which pour out from under its butt shell.
I found this one when I was digging around in the dirt at my local cemetery, for reasons.
I found this one when I was digging around in the dirt at my local cemetery, for reasons.
Another excellent feature: the head is FULLY RETRACTABLE!!
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Another excellent feature: the head is FULLY RETRACTABLE!!
It has a bright peachy-orange underside, and its head is on a skinny little "neck" that looks very disproportionate to the rest of it.
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
It has a bright peachy-orange underside, and its head is on a skinny little "neck" that looks very disproportionate to the rest of it.
Not quite a "snail", but what is a snail besides a slug with a shell?
Meet Testacella maugei, which looks like a fat slug with a clam shell glued to its butt.
Meet Testacella maugei, which looks like a fat slug with a clam shell glued to its butt.
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Not quite a "snail", but what is a snail besides a slug with a shell?
Meet Testacella maugei, which looks like a fat slug with a clam shell glued to its butt.
Meet Testacella maugei, which looks like a fat slug with a clam shell glued to its butt.
For size reference, here is one on the tip of my finger
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 AM
For size reference, here is one on the tip of my finger
Please enjoy my small friend Vertigo rowellii
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Please enjoy my small friend Vertigo rowellii
Scales, courtesy of an unusually cooperative (and cold) western fence lizard. Traded the heat of my hand in exchange for some photos - I think we we were both pleased with the deal.
October 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Scales, courtesy of an unusually cooperative (and cold) western fence lizard. Traded the heat of my hand in exchange for some photos - I think we we were both pleased with the deal.
Higgins and his ilk see this as an opportunity to try some eugenics. He's the guy who voted for David Duke for Governor, after all...
October 31, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Higgins and his ilk see this as an opportunity to try some eugenics. He's the guy who voted for David Duke for Governor, after all...
He invited a neo-nazi on his show to spout antisemitic stuff, but that's nothing new - Carlson has always been pretty openly pro-Nazi.
I think what most of the fuss is REALLY about is this bit of the interview.... you can see how it might upset a few of his regular audience:
I think what most of the fuss is REALLY about is this bit of the interview.... you can see how it might upset a few of his regular audience:
![Clip from Mother Jones article, which reads as follows:
But perhaps the most widely shared moments of the discussion had to do with Carlson and Fuentes’ shared distaste for Christian Zionism, the popular evangelical movement that calls Christians to support Israel. The conversation began with Carlson and Fuentes musing about the origins of the neoconservative movement—populated by such notables as William Kristol and Irving Podhoretz—that they blame for interventionist US foreign policy.
“It arises from Jewish leftists who were mugged by reality when they saw the surprise attack in the [1973] Yom Kippur war,” suggested Fuentes. This explanation didn’t satsify Carlson who countered, “But then how do you explain [US Israel ambassador] Mike Huckabee, [Texas senator] Ted Cruz, and [former national security adviser] John Bolton?” Carlson then went on to include, “George W. Bush, Karl Rove— all people I know personally who I’ve seen be seized by this brain virus. And they’re not Jewish. Most of them are self-described Christians.” He continued, “And then the Christian Zionists who are, well, Christian Zionists. What is that? I can just say for myself, I dislike them more than anybody, because it’s Christian heresy. And I’m offended by that as a Christian.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pc3y44jul3jeyg3toczmiseq/bafkreif5ltpeeqfqueflojq2lua2ibbhldzvgcbb4pm46bs5bqpbc5jmim@jpeg)
October 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
He invited a neo-nazi on his show to spout antisemitic stuff, but that's nothing new - Carlson has always been pretty openly pro-Nazi.
I think what most of the fuss is REALLY about is this bit of the interview.... you can see how it might upset a few of his regular audience:
I think what most of the fuss is REALLY about is this bit of the interview.... you can see how it might upset a few of his regular audience:
Exodus After The Flood (aka I watered the raised bed and now the isopods are mad)
September 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Exodus After The Flood (aka I watered the raised bed and now the isopods are mad)
I set up trail cams on some of the trails I frequent, discovered I share them with this guy.
He seems to only be using them after dark and I use them in the daytime, so the division seems fair
He seems to only be using them after dark and I use them in the daytime, so the division seems fair
August 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I set up trail cams on some of the trails I frequent, discovered I share them with this guy.
He seems to only be using them after dark and I use them in the daytime, so the division seems fair
He seems to only be using them after dark and I use them in the daytime, so the division seems fair
We'd be better off as a society if raccoons were eligible for public office. I'm not sure my yard-raccoon has the experience to be a senator, but she's a hardworking single mom of 5, and I'd probably support her in a bid for mayor at the very least.
August 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
We'd be better off as a society if raccoons were eligible for public office. I'm not sure my yard-raccoon has the experience to be a senator, but she's a hardworking single mom of 5, and I'd probably support her in a bid for mayor at the very least.
If you're a Californian, please consider picking a favorite Democratic candidate for Governor and helping campaign for them. Because this is one of the guys running on the republican side.
July 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If you're a Californian, please consider picking a favorite Democratic candidate for Governor and helping campaign for them. Because this is one of the guys running on the republican side.
Found my new phone wallpaper for when I next cross the border.
June 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Found my new phone wallpaper for when I next cross the border.