Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥 @peterdrake@social.cleverlibre.org

A bone and a smile 😊 #Dogs #dogsofmastodon

I never thought I'd call a high school valedictorian metal but that was before this kid called for school board members to resign over their participation in racist and queerphobic oppression targeting students during his valedicory address.

The kids are out there putting it all on the line, fighting not to be dragged into a theocratic future. Adults could learn a thing or two.

Calling for the school board to resign at graduation. Fuck yeah he did.

https://dailyprogress.com/community/orangenews/orange-county-valedictorian-calls-on-school-board-members-to-resign-at-graduation/article_a1cbcf70-f9af-11ed-9eff-ff57adb96e35.html

English has two different terms for words that come into English from other languages. A 'calque' is translated from the source language. (E.g., flea market, beer garden, paper tiger) A 'loanword' is ported in its original form. (E.g., cafe, bazaar, kindergarten) Perhaps ironically, the word 'calque' is a loanword, while 'loanword' is a calque (from Ger. 'lehnwort').

They gave these harvester ants little valentines in the form of heart-shaped treats

https://metro.co.uk/2018/02/14/ants-receive-the-worlds-smallest-valentines-day-card-7311889/

A random imp of the perverse prompted me to google a term that really shouldn't exist.

Alas, it does, because Rule 34 applies.

So yes, there *is* a microgenre of reverse-harem capybara shifter romance fic.

behold the alpacamallow.

From last year, since warbler season is in full swing: What your favorite migratory warbler says about you.

An extremely rare atmospheric phenomenon called a rainbow bridge or circumhorizontal arc: when the sun is at least 58º above the horizon and ice crystals in clouds form rainbows
By #AmazingNature
#Nature #NatureLovers #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #Plant #Plants #Flower #Flowers #Photography #Photographer #Video #Science

Please boost for reach. As blind diabetics, my dad and I have been using the Freestyle Libre continuous blood glucose monitoring system for a few years with our iPhones. Have any blind people had any experience with the Freestyle Libre 3, which is smaller and doesn't require scanning, used with an iPhone? Is the app still VoiceOver friendly?

#DailyOwlUpdate - look at the little guy explore the back yard and bobbing his head!

He’s getting better at flying and is certainly adventurous but there’s still a level of awkwardness that’s just adorable. 🥰

Check the comments for the second half of the video!

#Owls #Cute #Nature #Outside #Trees #AltText

Future tense: i will CROSS the street
Present continuing tense: I am CROSSING the street
Past tense: I CROSSED the street
Pastry tense: I have CROISSANT the street

Animated map showing long-duration weather stations setting daily, monthly, and all-time record highs and lows in 2022.

Weather variations continue to routinely set both new highs and lows, but as global warming progresses new highs have become much more common than new lows.

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Temperature #Climate #Records

If you are thinking fuck it there is no point in voting. Then you may not know how propaganda works but it did work on you.

Every time I see a Python program that makes an alias "np" to stand for the numpy package, I suspect the programmer is admitting that the code cannot be debugged in polynomial time.

#python

@da_667 are you aware, sir, of the greatest website ever made?
https://pointerpointer.com/

FLORIDA TRAVEL WARNING FOR AMERICANS!

NAACP issues travel warning in Florida: the state ‘has become hostile to Black Americans’
#GOP #news #Politics #USA #Trump #MAGA #Desantis #Florida

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4013835-naacp-issues-travel-warning-in-florida-the-state-has-become-hostile-to-black-americans/