🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛"No, we are NOT Larry, Curly & Moe!"
We're Moxie (the magnificent), Legacy (the lap warmer) and Nia (nicest of all). They're each looking for homes to call their own! Pls share❤️

That thing when you are trying to get the next tern flying past for #BirdoftheDay challenge from @alan678.bsky.social
@robcrank68.bsky.social
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social
@helenbennett.bsky.social and a tourist pops up and gives you a side eye.
Small common seal heading to the colony up the coast

My queen. #birds

Sometimes if I talk softly to Beep, he falls asleep 🥹💕

Pickle, the Robin, on my balcony rail last month 🪶 #birds #DDOR

Puppy and flower

How much do you know about your family’s hard times, not just the happy ones? Psychologists Robyn Fivush and Marshall Duke found the most resilient kids could answer that question. The hard stories might matter as much as the good ones.

Most of us spend years climbing Maslow’s pyramid toward the peak of self-actualization. Stanford’s Dave Evans says that summit is probably out of reach. But there are more paths to fulfillment than you could pursue in multiple lifetimes. How can you fully be who you’re trying to be right now?

When we shop for someone, we chase the gasp, the surprise that lights up their face. But recipients care far more about whether they'll actually use a gift than whether it surprised them. The most thoughtful thing you can give is often the thing they already told you they wanted.

Hospital cleaners with the same job description described completely different jobs. Some emptied trash. Others noticed lonely patients and stopped to talk. It's called job crafting: reshaping what your work means, even when the tasks stay the same.

For centuries, people have turned to music, stories, and art for comfort in difficult times. Psychobiologist Daisy Fancourt explores the science behind those experiences, explaining how the arts can help regulate our emotions, build resilience, and support health.

open.spotify.com/episode/4RZk...

A growing body of scientific research suggests that music, painting, dance, and storytelling do far more than entertain us. They calm our nervous systems, reshape our emotions, and even influence our physical health.

apple.co/4cjEL7s

🧵 We tend to think the internet is permanent, but VANISHING CULTURE—the new 📚 from Internet Archive—starts with a simple reality: our digital record is far more fragile than we think 🕳️

📖 Read for free: archive.org/details/vani...
🛒 Purchase in print: www.betterworldbooks.com/product/deta...

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Scientists engineered a weakened virus to carry rabies or Nipah proteins, turning mosquitoes into tiny flying vaccinators for bats. Bats were immunized through bites or by eating the mosquitoes

Can we try this with Measles? Asking for several million anti-vaxxers 🦟

www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...

Once a player ALWAYS

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