On the photo is Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, but it could be Aleppo, or Mariupol, or, in the near future, any city in the world. Nobody is safe as long as the Russian Empire is allowed to exist. (4/4)

I left Russia in a couple years, and consider the day I got out of there for good my second birthday. What I don't understand is why so many seemingly intelligent people are still in denial about this. (3/4)

If allowed to exist, it will always remain an obsessively imperialistic, genocidal cancer sustained by a population of slavery-enjoying orcs, by a death-cult culture, and by endless pillaging of lands already occupied. (2/4)

There is a long silence, then Marco Rubio gets up, bows and asks:
"Comrade President, please, could you explain, why do we have to change the font?
Trump smirks and says:
"I knew none of you would have any questions about the first part!" (2/2)

A policeman stopped to ask why I was parked there, and I explained that I was pulling burrs. He didn't understand at first, but then saw what I was doing and said "Ah, sandstars!" (2/2)

They aren't rare, but usually live in dense vegetation and I've never seen them underwater before despite some trying. A few years ago it was realized that there are actually two rather distinctive species; in the photos are ruddy bowfins (Amia calva). Santa Fe River, Florida. (2/2)

But a 2019 study found them to be variable squirrels (C. finlaysonii) from Indochina, although it's possible that both species are present in Japan and even hybridize. It will take a while to figure this out. Jogasaki Coast, Honshu. (3/3)

All Japanese literature, iNaturalist, Mammal Diversity Database, and pretty much everybody else call them Pallas's squirrels (Callosciurus erythraeus), assuming that they are of Chinese origin. (2/3)