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J¡m Vaughn
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Whirled famous, editorially codependent writer of silly things. Too normal for the weirdos; too weird for the normies. STL based for better or worse. He/him.

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jiminy's animal reviews: This walking HR complaint is a gooseneck barnacle (𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘴), and they don’t actually walk, but rather attach themselves to almost any surface they can find in the North-East Atlantic Ocean. 🧵
A reddish brown tubular or phallic shaped barnacle, with a funnel shaped shell made of wedge shaped white segments at one end. laying in some sand. #naturesky "Pollicipes pollicipes" by Daniela Costa is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/?ref=openverse.
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Chicken bean soup, that's what.
A crock pot full of a creamy cheese soup base with corn, black beans, onions, peppers, and shredded chicken.
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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When the temperature drops twenty degrees, it's time for a long contemplative stare into the fire.
A bearded dragon sitting in a basket with its front arms up on the edge, staring over its shoulder at the camera while in front of an active electric fireplace.
November 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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We’re snailposting, post your snails

A redwood sideband (𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢) I found in California.
A redwood sideband (𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢) snail. It has a very dark red brown body with two long thin eyestalks (ommatophores) teaching out to the left and right. Its shell is slightly conical and a blend of tan and brown colors. It is on a dark colored mushroom growing off the side of a redwood tree.
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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The greatest burden of having a cat is knowing you'll never be able to get as comfortable as they do.

##Caturday
A white cat laying on a thick pink fleece blanket with her head pressed down into the blanket.
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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It's true.
Text made of a yellow font over a blue background in the style of Zohran Mamdani's campaign signs that says "jiminy for finding a cool bug"
November 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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A meme with text that says, ""New York City is doomed says man who wouldn't even eat salsa that was made there in an old tv commercial." Accompanied is an image from an old Pace salsa commercial of a bunch of cowboys aghast that the salsa they've been enjoying was made in New York City.
November 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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jiminy's animal reviews: Punching far above its weight class is 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢, a large orb weaver species found from Mexico to Brazil. Does it punch up because it understands the golden rule of comedy? No, it punches up because it literally eats bats. 🧵
A spider with very long legs and oval shaped body sitting in the middle of a web with very thick portions of the strand forming a strange circular pattern. It had a white thorax, yellow abdomen with short spiky protrusions growing out of it, and its legs are forming an X shape. "Argiope submaronica" by Tom August is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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jiminy's animal reviews: This dapper little guy is a Cerro Pando salamander (𝘉𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘢), an elusive and poorly studied species native to the cloud forests of Costa Rico and Panama. They belong to a family of lungless salamanders which evolved to simply breathe through their skin. 🧵
A small black web-footed salamander with dark red splotches running dorsally from its snout to the tip of its tail sitting on some moss. "Bolitoglossa compacta" by Wouter Beukema is licensed under CC BY 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/?ref=openverse.
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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jiminy's animal reviews: This is a spiny turtle (𝘏𝘦𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢), who works hard at a mill cutting lumber. They are an endangered species found in the rain forests of South-East Asia, and spend their days hiding under leaves, emerging at night to feed. Coincidentally, this is my retirement plan. 🧵
A photo of a turtle taken from above. It's shell is reddish brown with a pale yellow dorsal stripe, and the edges of the shell are serrated with scutes (sharp bony projections). "File:太陽龜幼體 young spinyturtle (Heosemys spinosa) - panoramio.jpg" by lienyuan lee is licensed under CC BY 3.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0?ref=openverse.
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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She stole my favorite flannel.
A white cat laying on a brown flannel shirt on the floor, looking at the camera very smugly.
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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A Simpsons meme. In the top panel, Bart with Riley Gaines head pasted over his, is saying, "This is the worst night of my life." In the second, Homer corrects that and says, "The 𝘧𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘩 worst night of your life."
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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jiminy's animal reviews: The Takahē (𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪) is what you get when a peacock decides to stop dating. It is a flightless bird found in New Zealand, and the largest in its family at 2.7kg (6lbs). It can’t fly because of an incident with TSA a few years ago. 🧵
A large round flightless bird with stout orange legs, a short tail, purple/blue plumage, and a large pale orange beak with a red mark on it. "Takahē" by russellstreet is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse.
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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There's quite possibly nothing more endearing to my inner child than climbing through a roof scuttle.
A photo taken from a mounted wall ladder looking up through a roof hatch to the sky.
November 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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jiminy's animal reviews: The bowhead whale (𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘴) ranks as the fifth largest whale, but it holds the record for largest mouth in animal kingdom, except for maybe Lauren Boebert. They are baleen whales which feed on tiny zooplankton throughout the Arctic and Subarctic regions. 🧵
An aerial photo of a large bowhead whale, grey in color, floating at the surface of the ocean in the daylight.It has a short tale with very wide fin and no dorsal fin, but instead a small hump on the top of its head. "Bowhead Closeup" by uwnews is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse.
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Still amazes me that this isn't a lesbian bar.
A store front for a business called Scissors & Scotch, a barber shop that serves acohol targeted towards men.
November 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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jiminy's animal reviews: Bronze-winged parrots (𝘗𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴) are South American parrots that cosplay as a hawk. They are the perfect pet for a goth that wants a parrot. They can be found in the Andean region, eating fruits and seeds while screaming at each other. 🧵
A very dark colored parrot, nearly black, with copper colored wing, a tan circle around it's eyes, and a pale yellow beak sitting in a tree. "Pionus chalcopterus perched on a branch" by Alejandro Bayer Tamayo is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en?ref=openverse.
November 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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A meme with a background of a tall room with a rug in front of a fireplace, two lounge chairs, and full length windows. A white box covering most of this has text inside that reads, "If you were raised on bologna, drank Pepsi, played in thebologna got your butt drank,& had 3 pickup trucks, & had an outside hose, & school started with "The Spank", had a pickup truck, rode in back of the creek, & recorded songs from the antenna, using The Hose, & drank Pepsi from a hose in the creek, said sir and radio and you still turned out OK, say damn right!"
October 31, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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jiminy's animal reviews: This is a pronghorn (𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘳𝘢 𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘢), an oddity of North America. Despite appearances, it is not an antelope. Its closest living relative is the giraffe, but they don't talk much. Like Forrest Gump, it decided one day to start running and just never stopped. 🧵
A tan hooved animal (resembling an antelope or deer) with a light colored underside, and white spots around its mouth and rump. It has two short horns ending in a point, each with one prong near the base. "Pronghorn, aka Antelope" by Larry Lamsa is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse.
October 31, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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They're perfect.
A marine iguana underwater, swimming up to the surface, resembling Godzilla.
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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jiminy's animal reviews: The marine iguana (𝘈𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘺𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴) is so called for being the only marine lizard in the world. Several subspecies can be found across the Galapagos Islands, diving into the ocean to eat algae and confuse ocean animals who have never seen a lizard before. 🧵
A large iguana, very dark green in color with a short dorsal frill starting at its neck and running down its tail, sitting on large tan rocks with its back legs spread out and its eyes closed as it suns. "Galapagos Marine Iguana, North Seymour Island" by A.Davey is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse.
October 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Post a perfect album from the 90’s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
The cover of PJ Harvey's album titled "Rid of Me."
October 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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jiminy's animal reviews: The giant amblypygi (𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢) is a tailless whip scorpion, and that name is the only threatening thing about it. They are a very tame arachnid that is completely harmless to humans, but you wouldn’t know it by the way you just threw your phone across the room. 🧵
A large flat bodied arachnid clinging to a rock. It is dark gray, has two large folding pincer appendages, two very long skinny front legs, and six shorter thicker back legs. "Tailless whip scorpion / Damon diadema" by Ivan Radic is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse.
October 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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jiminy's animal reviews: Despite looking like Jim Henson’s idea of a worm, this is a caecilian. Specifically, 𝘊𝘢𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘢. Hold your racist tropes, because it’s not Italian, but instead an amphibian found in a remote mountain range in Colombia. 🧵
A long, dark brown serpent shaped amphibian with no legs, faintly visible segments, and a tapered flat snout for digging. "Caecilia pulchraserrana (female)" by Andrés R. Acosta-Galvis, Mauricio Torres, Paola Pulido-Santacruz is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/?ref=openverse.
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Happy #NationalBlackCatDay to this little cyclops.
A slightly overweight one eyed manx cat laying on her side on a gray rug, looking up at the camera.
October 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM