Monochamus scutellatus, commonly known as the white-spotted sawyer or spruce sawyer. (Thank you wiki!)
Lil buddy rode on the hood for 3 miles at 45mph. Got the pic right before he took off for a new home.
Francie is here with a BLEP vs. MLEM tutorial. A blep is when the tongue is just hanging out at rest, stationary. Mlem is an action word for when the tongue is performing a licking motion - hence the name which is an onomatopoetic interpretation of the sound it makes.
If Biden literally shat himself during one of the debates, his opponent would still be the guy openly vowing to send federal troops to take over cities, set up mass detention camps, and imprison his critics. The only sane position would still be Team Pants Shitter.
Alright, time to post old art again!
This is one of my favorites and I'm not sure I've hit the same high since. A woman in a tank and a man barely illuminated in the shadows... There's a lot of stories you could read from this image, I think.
#pixelart#art
Tomatoes as of this morning! Corn is 2.5-3' tall for reference. Lots of tomatoes starting to come on now. I was worried about pollination but that seems to be less of a concern now!
This makes me want to fucking puke — had a conversation about this yesterday and was met with “AI is here to stay, it’s not going anywhere”. As long as that’s the attitude! 🤬 So frustrating that this is a focus, setting back carbon negative goals, while heat waves are putting people in danger.
New AI data centers are coming online so fast that the electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals.
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Wish I had a better camera for these moments.
Gorgeous dragonfly in the back yard. Iridescent blue/green with those black wings. Flitted about more than most dragonflies that love to hover.