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Entomologist and Photographer in Austin, Texas. https://www.alexanderwild.com

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Cat takes out the red wizard

Cat takes out the red wizard

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07.03.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Probably my favorite Hugh Grant character.

07.03.2026 01:39 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The Dungeons and Dragons movie is unexpectedly quite good.

07.03.2026 01:28 πŸ‘ 129 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 3

I mean, a lot of the high dollar investors in the Trump regime are making bank on this

07.03.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Is there also a cat in the house?

06.03.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Driving myself insane watching the weather forecast for central Texas.

We're in severe drought, and the planned rain amounts for this coming week- the first significant rains forecast in months- are evaporating.

06.03.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

There's an entire dissertation or two to be written about race here, but the trouble with Elie's take is that Texas is low engagement and half hispanic, dwarfing Texas' black population, and whether or not Crockett is electable has little to do with either white liberals or evangelical MAGA.

06.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Especially if the quote dunker doesn't even follow or otherwise interact with the dunkee. It's just chasing outrage clout, it rarely leads anywhere productive, and less you see of that kind of thing the better off we all are.

06.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The best way to have a pleasant experience on this website is to block the chronic quote-dunkers.

06.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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This Striking Butterfly Is Half Male and Half Female We explain bilateral gynandromorphism - seen in butterflies, birds, and crustaceans. Half the animal is female, and the other half is male.

"We expect butterflies to be both beautiful and symmetrical; however, some are not. Gynandromorphism is estimated to occur in about one in 10,000 butterflies. In this article, we explain how this phenomenon occurs."
πŸ¦‹πŸ§¬β™€οΈβ™‚οΈ #Gynandromorphism #Butterflies #Genetics #Biology #Nature #AmazingCritters

06.03.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

So they're out there indiscriminately killing people all over the world, and then trying to profit from the inevitable retaliation by selling Americans a defense shield?

Sounds like a scam.

06.03.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They are just handing themselves our money, is all this is.

06.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI and X-Ray Scans Turn Thousands of Ants Into Stunning 3D Models A new high-tech scanning system is rapidly turning thousands of ants into stunning 3D modelsβ€”building a digital library of Earth’s biodiversity.

πŸœπŸ”¬ Researchers at the University of Maryland and KIT in Germany are using a synchrotron particle accelerator and AI to build a massive 3D library of #ants. #science

πŸ‘‰ scitechdaily.com/ai-and-x-ra...

06.03.2026 10:30 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think people have grasped what it means to have a WH & a military who commits mass murder over and over for the sole purpose of committing mass murder.

06.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 890 πŸ” 289 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 21
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The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countriesβ€”including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
newrepublic.com/post/207429/...

06.03.2026 12:29 πŸ‘ 9245 πŸ” 4447 πŸ’¬ 532 πŸ“Œ 612

Break it up. Imprison its leaders who have committed atrocities, and let the remaining pieces rebuild under conditions that do not allow them to have militaries.

06.03.2026 13:04 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

The United States murders children at scale and should not be permitted to exist.

06.03.2026 13:03 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As an ant scientist, I… I’m not even sure what to do with this.

06.03.2026 03:50 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Iran War’s Most Precious Commodity Isn’t Oil The CIA calls it the β€œstrategic commodity” of the Middle East. But it’s not referring to oil or natural gas. What the American spy agency has in mind is far more prosaic: drinking water. Don’t underes...

Food is not the most immediate concern, water is.

A few strategic bombings by Iran on desalination plants, and most of Saudia Arabia will literally die of thirst within a week

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

05.03.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

Well there goes my Lawn Noem garden product business.

05.03.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The framing is absolutely pro-regime. "helping" JFC

05.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The NYTimes has always been a mouthpeice for power.

05.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The normalization here is the powerful Republican politicians can physically hurt whoever they want.

05.03.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The New York Times loves it when the government breaks peoples arms. This is because it is corrupt, and it sides with power.

05.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Screen cap of NY Times headline "Senator Helps Officers Forcibly Remove Protesting Veteran From Hearing"

Screen cap of NY Times headline "Senator Helps Officers Forcibly Remove Protesting Veteran From Hearing"

This is regime propaganda. Don't subscribe to the NY Times. They are helping all this happen.

05.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

WW3 increasingly shaping up to be just the U.S. and El Salvador against everyone else

05.03.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Roses are Red,
Violets are Yellow

05.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Gorgeous!

05.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My last name is Wild

05.03.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

One thing that pisses me off, I know it is minor in the grand scheme of all this evil, is how the Trump regime's lawless actions have made it unsafe for me, a biologist and nature photographer, to travel to the places where I do my most productive work. I am now a target for merely being a USian.

05.03.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0