TikTok blatantly scratching some backs.

Very unsettling to see such obvious manipulation yet sadly unsurprising.
#TikTok #censoring

I'm trying to avoid posting politics on this account (the burnout is real, we all need a palate cleanser) but the mental gymnastics I saw this morning was ASTOUNDING.

Goliath thinks you're pretty spiffy and gonna absolutely crush that important adult human thing you have to do today. 💜😉

#leopardgecko #reptile #affirmations

Shoutout to my extraordinarily talented aunt. Almost 10 years ago to the day, she needed a name for her latest piece. She chose my suggestion and it's still one of the coolest things that's ever happened to me.

"Multiverse" by Debbie Tougas

That's the problem, millions struggle to feed their kids. If everyone just paid a tiny bit in taxes, then those who normally go without would benefit. Would fix the healthcare issue too but I keep forgetting grrr taxes bad

The baleen of course does the rest; water leaves, food stays behind, rinse and repeat. And the amounts can be staggering! During their 5-month long stay in the arctic, a single Pacific gray whale can consume up to 70 TONS of food this way, over 2000lbs a day.

They do this by diving and then rotating 90-degrees to their side, skimming sediment and "popping" the critters right out of the seafloor... with suction! By depressing their 2000lb tongue it creates a pulse, pulling in large amounts of water along with the desired food that was buried up to 30cm.

Good morning, Bluesky! Don't mind me while I infodump my hyperfocus of the hour: gray whale feeding habits.

Gray whales are the only known bottom-feeding baleen whales. Diet can vary between the Pacific and Atlantic species but the goal is still the same: little critters like amphipods and isopods.