Of bones and fandoms

"After the excitement of feeding time, the lion cubs settle down with round, full bellies and sleepy eyes. The playful wrestling and curious explorations can wait for another day. For now, they rest side by side, content and secure beneath the watchful gaze of the pride."

"The sculpture in the image is “Das Schicksal” (Fate), created in 1905 by Hugo Lederer. The sculpture portrays fate as a ruthless woman dragging two vulnerable bodies by their hair.

The work is currently located in Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg, Germany."

Kandy G. Lopez R ² - Roscoe and Reggie 2024 Yarn and acrylic paint on hook mesh

Washington Post is paywalling the article but it looks like Taylor Farms — a consumer bagged salad brand that also supplies produce to grocers and fast food chains like Taco Bell, Walmart, McDonald's, Chipotle, Burger King, KFC, and Meijer —may be at least one of the sources of the current cyclosporiasis outbreak.

Different article that I think is unpaywalled! Important except imo:

On Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that contaminated lettuce imported from Mexico was served at Taco Bell locations in five states: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.

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I’ll be real I don’t know much about Phoenix Wright. But! I do know a lot about birds.

The mighty ptarmagin! Practically a feathered rabbit, these magnificent creatures are built for the snow.

Look at those boots! Wonderfully feathered. They spend most of their time as little snow lumps.

In fact, they’re very well known for the above phenomenon.

YOU CAN GET THIS ON A SHIRT

Also the Lesbian Lizard shirt I considered:

So I went to Oregon because of the rains that just happened, because it felt like the only chance in a long while after not going this winter (it’s a long drive ou north), considering the passing rains.

On our way up we didn’t quite make it up to Oregon so we checked into a hotel and went looking for a road to cruise and some culverts to look for stuff in. Walking up one of those I spotted it and it got away from me (slippery little bastard) and I was so bummed. on our way down like 3-4 days latter I insisted we went back to that spot and I RELOCATED IT LIKE 4 FEET FROM WHERE IT GOT AWAY . This time I had a tupperware ready for it to drop into instead of relying solely on my hands

The only other two I’ve seen of this genus (California giant Sal is the one in hand (dicamptodon enastus)) (the other is the same species as the rest of the post) (both about the same size of eachother)