Taken in Merced, CA today on a narrow-leaf milkweed, suburban area. I'd ballpark it as being a bit smaller than a European honeybee, and a bit larger than the average native bees I see here. Seemed to be a chill lil fuzzy. #WhatIsThisBug #Merced #california #bugstodon

Let's play: find ONE spaghetti package that doesn't use plastic. Long after my great grandchildren die, these little spaghetti windows will still be around for them to pass on to their grandkids.

#GirlScouts and #ScoutingAmerica troops are being honored at the #Merced city council tonight for adopting city parks to help keep them clean!

So, my wife was messing around with ChatGPT and got it to output social security numbers. This is a real person that really existed. She died in 1999, but ChatGPT outputting socials and names is a "should never happen" event, imo.
#AI #ChatGPT #privacy

The face of fetch addiction #dogsofmastodon

Saw lots of neat stuff at the wildlife preserve (and less neat stuff like stands of invasive poison hemlock), but one of the weirder finds was this freakishly large (for this time of year) milk thistle, child for scale.

California Poppy taking off its pajamas

Chili practicing his side eye
#caturday #catsofmastodon

Taxi says "what are ya buyin', stranger?"
#caturday
#ShopLocal
#ResidentEvil4