Many Japanese Shinto shrines have statues called Komainu (狛犬), lion-like creatures guarding the entrance or the honden, the most sacred building of the temple. Sometimes they have a ball made of stone inside their mouth. [📹 gatti213cani]

China installs self service pet shower kiosks on streets

Not something you see every day. A desert-adapted elephant sliding down a sand dune in Namibia.

A microscopic tardigrade, also known as a water bear, walking across a glass slide. Extremely resilient, it can survive decades without food or water and are the only known animal that can survive in direct exposure in space. [📹 Tobin Sparling]

A student in China shows off a fancy pull up during military training.

A master chef transform simple ingredients into an elaborate dessert

Black Ivory Coffee, one of the rarest and most expensive coffees, made from beans processed by elephants.

Did you know? This technique is known as shotcrete (or gunite) slope stabilization. It involves projecting a specialized concrete mixture through a high-pressure hose onto a slope to prevent rockfalls, erosion, and landslides.

Today in 1982, "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" was released.

Models illustrating different earthquake damping approaches.

Endurance builds lasting strength. Sharpen your mind. Ignite your flame. #fyp #anime #demonslayer #mindset #health

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Like a diamond in the #sky How I wonder what you are theorionblogown.blogspot.com/2024/10/twin... Pilot-Brain Interfaces #Spirituality, Advanced Aerial #Propulsion #Human Potential And Earth’s💙 #Magnetic Forces as Propulsion theorionblogown.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-dr...

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Olga Esther (@olgaesther.pinturas) paints princesses who don’t want to be princesses, like this stunning oil painting. She uses the symbolism of “princess-tales” to talk about gender and feminism. A series of Pan Art brushes is used to add the finishing touches here. #art #oil #painting #girls

Superman games never turn out well.

Coming May 15-June 2 — our 16-film (+ one seminar) series, Milestones of the Last Quarter Century! And tickets (including 5-Packs) now on sale > bit.ly/Milestones-of-the-Last-Quarter-Century Download a schedule of the full series (and its synopses) here > bit.ly/Milestones-Series-Schedule-Synopses

Never design cereal bags with the in the middle but not reaching the sides or the top resealable part like these ever again The ones already out should be recalled to the resealable top part factory and have them fixed You can't pour cereal nicely out the sides because of the gaps they get stuck --

The Sherrill Admin. rounded out Earth Week and celebrated Arbor Day today by announcing the avail of $250k in grants to support municipal tree maintenance statewide during a tree-planting ceremony in Paramus. 🔗News release at dep.nj.gov/newsrel/26_0018/ (1/2)

I know you realize just how unconscionable this is. Please, share this video, the more of us who stand up against this bullshit the better!

Mouse Mindfulness 4/2/26 🐭💜 When a dog loves you it makes your whole life better🐶🫶🏻 #fyp #mousemindfulness🐭 #adoptdontshop #dog #quotes

Buddy says Hi on #WhiskersWednesday Back from his morning constitution.

⚡️Open Call - Smart D8 announces Call for Pilots 2026! Want to #demonstrate your #population #health #innovation? #SmartD8 will select up to three pilots ready for a real-world environment - to scale. 👉 Apply here: www.smartd8.ie #SmartD8 #OpenCall #Pilots2026

We Love her!! Let's fight!! #trump #rachelscott #abc

Trump’s tariffs are now being refunded. Will we consumers see any of that money? #trump #tariffs

Daiki Nagai was very very impressive here. He did a spinebuster and several topes but Valiente Jr. wowed me a lot here! 甲：カサドラ・ボディープレス | Casadora body press 乙：バリエンテ・スペシャル (VALIENTE SPECIAL) | double inward-wrist-clutch powerbomb carry to facebuster #BOSJ33 🤼‍♂️

The NM Veterans Integration Center is an organization supporting veterans in ABQ and across the state. Help with housing, metal health services, a food pantry, peer support—the VIC is staffed by many who are veterans themselves. To every veteran across NM—know you're not alone. Please reach out.❤️

SON OF A BITCH! That's not a word, you fucksticks. You sound like a bunch of uneducated morons...

This Day in Buster… May 12, 1928 “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” premieres in New York. #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm

Wie suchtkranke Menschen die Doppelstrategie des Hamburger Senats – Hilfsangebote und Vertreibung – erleben und was #Hamburg von der Schweizer Drogenpolitik lernen kann – das sind Themen im Schwerpunkt der Juli-Ausgabe. 🗞️ Die neue Ausgabe bekommt ihr ab sofort auf Hamburgs Straßen. 🎤 Luca Wiggers

JP Morgan’s threat exposes the flaw in Britain’s economic model. Private investment only flows into already wealthy areas. For 40 years, deprived coastal and post-industrial towns have seen no private investment. The UK needs rebalancing. #r4today #BBCBreakfast #GMB #Skynews

For Super Local Sports News, Aston Villa fan Peter Grainger has been reflecting on another great season at Villa Park superlocalnews.blogspot.com/2026/05/midl...

Corruption in the highest courts of the land.

Wir sind gleich LIVE! 💜 Heute wird Party Animals oder Mario Kart 8 Deluxe gezockt, um mit Junasagi ihr Affiliate-Jubiläum zu feiern! 😍 Kuschelt euch doch gern dazu und spielt mit uns! 👀✨️ 😈 twitch.tv/NinTacchi 👿 🐰 twitch.tv/Junasagi 🐰 #GERVtuber #Vtuber #twitch #streamergirl #gaming #community

In today's new episode of Hidden Creatures, it's the first part of an interview with MC where she talks about some strange and unexplained experiences. Plus, some theories on the Mount Vernon Monster and more. thealabamatake.com/p...

🌞Happy Sunday 🌞 🌷18 Days until Spring 🌷

Israel |Los niveles de polarización social son los más altos de la historia: se sitúa en un 8,3 sobre 10, según el índice anual de la Universidad de Tel Aviv @santiechevarria.bsky.social habla con Asa Shapira, autor del estudio: "Alerta ante el riesgo de que la sociedad israelí se desmorone"

The STUC stands with the people of Venezuela.

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👋 We popped by an HRP expert’s desk. Antonella Lavelanet shared what stood out in the newsletter. A new Comprehensive Abortion Care Learning Program with WHO. Plus, on 7 May, two tools to support evidence‑informed policy decisions. #SRHR

Need a laugh? This is Luna, and yes, she's bilingual. 🤣 #cat

Withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights would mean leaving the Council of Europe, warns @alain-berset.coe.int. Something only Russia and Belarus have done. The UK has been a member since the Council of Europe was founded in London in 1949. #ECHR #Migration #COE

New feature “Creative Blur” allows you to design a Radial or Tilt Shift and take this effect beyond in Beautify 3. Get it now at 50% OFF: https://bit.ly/KronnectDiscount #unity3d #indie #indiedev #gamedev #madewithunity #indiegames #assetstore #unity #unitydeveloper #games

Meet #Lakota leader JoAnn Tall, who—despite the severe poverty facing her community in South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation—successfully organized against nuclear testing and hazardous waste dumping. She won the @goldmanprize.bsky.social in 1993: goldmanprize.org/recipient/joann-tall/

Northern CA needs a voice in Congress. Right now, we don’t have one. I’m running in the special election to fill the current CA-01 vacancy, while continuing my campaign for long-term representation in the new district. 👉Donate to support my campaign for Congress: audreydenney.info/donate-today

🐾 Is It Pawsible? Ep. 31: Drawing My PFP✏️ #furry #fursuit #paws #challenge #fyp #commissions #commissionsopen #tiktok #reels #shorts

"Everybody Remember where we parked." Will always love that Kirk line,always one that makes me chuckle and gotta love his Colorful Metaphor used when that Taxi Cab Driver tells him to watch where he's going "The Rest of you Break Up, You look like a Cadet Review." #StarTrekTOS #StarTrek #Treksky

CNN field producer Sebastian Shukla describes a horrifying night in #Kyiv, #Ukraine where 600 #drones and 90 #missiles landed on various targets, in what appears to be an act of #retaliation by #Russian forces.

Celebrating 40 years of Weird Science! www.teepublic.com/stores/volpe... #WeirdScience #80s #1980s #shirts

People from the upper floors are trapped due to the destruction and cannot get out

Pete Buttigieg is a member of the LGBTQ community & has advocated for trans people, especially kids, to participate in sports. He did this as a federal official serving in the President’s Cabinet in front of millions on national TV. What gives you that impression He has abandoned them now?

Pourquoi Lavrov retirait-il son oreillette face à Léa Salamé ? Le chercheur @maudinet.bsky.social explique que c'est une technique rodée du Kremlin pour maîtriser le tempo de l'entretien, et renverser le rapport de force avec les journalistes ⤵️ www.arretsurimages.net/emissions/ar...

Was ist deine Strafe, wenn du ein böses Mädchen warst? Meine Herrin Mami schickt mich dann auf die "Stille Treppe"! Zuerst gibt's Haue auf den Po und dann eine volle Windel über den Kopf. So muss ich im Treppenhaus warten und über meine Missetaten nachdenken. Meine Nachbarin wohnt nebenan!

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State police have joined ICE at Delaney Hall Concentration Camp in New Jersey, as the mayor declares a curfew around the facility. "Less than lethal" rounds are being deployed by the NJ State Police at the protestors. Many are injured and unable to reach medical support.

This whole sequence was hilarious, but Ryusei breaking eye-contact with Midori to casually fetch Naito's fallen hat is really killing me. Sometimes your dad fucks up and you have to stop checking out your newest rival to go help him.

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💢 28 detenidos por los disturbios en Pamplona después de la concentración abertzale contra Vito Quiles 👤 "Creo que hay una parte de la población que percibe que la policía no es neutral, en algunos casos se vuelca y en otros no", apunta Emilio Delgado en #MalasLenguas

Nos colamos en uno de los ensayos de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria para comprobar cómo están preparando las piezas que interpretarán durante la misa que oficiará León XIV en la isla.

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