I live in the US and I haven’t noticed any xenophobia. I have heard a couple of people refer to “Russians” like we are a monolith but they were still understanding of someone like me who is very anti-war.
You can still leave but you might have to jump through hoops. My mom had to go to Kazakhstan to get an American visa to come visit me because all embassies are closed in Russia.
Our family was on a road trip, and I made tuna salad sandwiches in the morning. We ended up never stopping for lunch, and in the evening I went to throw away the sandwiches. “They can’t be that bad,” said my husband, “you only made them this morning.” I gave him a “really?” look and continued to throw the sandwiches away.
Apparently this made my usually intelligent and science-minded husband eager to play the tuna roulette. He grabbed a sandwich and took a small bite “see, they are fine!” I called him crazy and threw the rest away. “You’re going to regret that,” I said.
The next morning, we are getting ready to drive to Bandolier National Monument, about a 45-min drive from our hotel. Everything is fine, my husband is driving. All of a sudden, he says “Shit.”
“What is it, baby?” “I need to go. Like, right now.”
He ends up crouching behind a lone scraggly tree next to the road while pooping pure shit water. The rest of his family pass us by in their other two cars. One of them stops as he wildly gestures for them to keep going. They finally get the hint and leave.
Yeah, we never made it to Bandolier that day. But he only had to shit one more time by the road on the way back to the hotel, so that was a win.
He has since agreed that my food safety knowledge is superior and developed a healthy respect for mayonnaise’s ability to ruin a fun day.
I will not drink with you today!
And it’s officially November! I will join you all in not drinking today!
Happy Halloween, everyone! I will not drink with you today!
I will not drink with you today!
Better late than never - I shall not imbibe with you today!
Morning and happy Sunday! I will not drink with you today!
Happy Friday! I hope your weekend is fun! And, of course, I will not drink with you today.
I will continue to not drink with you all!
Welcome to the week, hope it’s a good one for us all. I will not drink with you today!
Sunday blep
A minor epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus labiatus minor) with its cheek pouches full of fruit in Kenya.
I will not drink with you today!
Mulu is enjoying a tomato
Giving oversized pieces of food encourages natural behaviors within our bats since in the wild there isn't someone making sure everything is perfectly bite sized.
New Zealand bat populations are bouncing back!
New Zealand’s native bats are incredibly rare and elusive.
Numbers of long-tailed bats had been dwindling by five percent annually, but, starting in 1990, a conservation effort controlling exotic predators has turned things around, and the bat’s population has been increasing by four percent per year.
Recovery for the short-tailed bat has been even better. A population of only 300 in the Eglinton Valley on the South Island grew to almost 3,000 in 2018. Other populations of short-tailed bats have increased, leading to an overall increase of 65 percent of their numbers.
Psychedelic Drug Reduces Anxiety by Targeting Fast-spiking Interneurons
The psychedelic DOI, a compound similar to LSD, reduced anxiety in mice by activating specific brain cells called fast-spiking interneurons.
