Phidippus Audax

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Your friendly, neighborhood, AuDHD, vegan, lesbian, nb spider. They/them I don’t share anything without alt text (except Palestinian fundraisers). I block all “homeschooling” parents. I hate fascism and love rats.

A picture of a sticker in someone’s hand. The sticker is of two isopods sitting on a rock with a fossilized arthropod similar to an isopod in it. The fossil looks distinctly like a vulva to me.
Potato flowers, light purple petals with a bright orange center on a background of thick potato leaves.
Close-up photo of a very large snake plant, there is a spray of medium sized white flowers with long petals that curl back onto themselves, drops of crystal clear nectar are dripping down the thin green stalk, a progress pride flag is stuck into the plant’s pot.
White flowers with very long narrow petals that curl backwards in spirals and buds clustered on a green stem with snake plant leaves behind it and a progress pride flag poking out of the plants pot. Crystal clear drops of nectar are also all over the flowers.
The three-ply pivot: "Accidentally bought 3-ply Kleenex when I usually buy 2-ply. So, I peeled apart the third layer from each and put two of them together (to make] another 2ply."
Sheb, a pink eyed white rat sitting on a blanket in front of a pillow.
Jude, an agouti domestic rat with a white wedge blaze poking his face out from under a fleece blanket to inspect my hand.
A kohlrabi standing in a grow bag. It is an orb shaped brassica with purple round stem and green cabbage like leaves sticking out at intervals. It looks alien and weird.
Jude, an agouti domestic rat with a white wedge blaze and a large tumor on his side is standing on a blue blanket next to a pillow with orange and cream diamond pattern and a black cat on it. Jude has a very blank expression.
Ringo, an agouti rat with a white belly and a white spot in the center of his forehead curled up inside a paper tube so that his body deforms the tube into a rat shape. He is making a sleepy face at the camera.
«The fatal shooting of a civilian by a federal law enforcement officer in Minneapolis this afternoon was horrific and avoidable. The Department of Homeland Security's public statements about this incident are not only reckless - they appear to be outright falsehoods. If this Administration can label anyone a domestic terrorist to deflect responsibility, then every American is at risk. Video evidence indicates that this was an unacceptable use of deadly force, and I call on my Republican colleagues to immediately convene public oversight hearings on this and numerous other reports of excessive force, intimidation, and other egregious conduct by federal officers. There is no question that our federal government must carry out its immigration enforcement responsibilities, but we must ensure those operations are conducted professionally, within the bounds of the law, and that officers and their leadership are held accountable for their actions. The Department of Homeland Security must change course, truthfully inform the public, and effectively carry out appropriate oversight. Without this accountability, I am concerned tensions will only continue to escalate. *
Two domestic rats snuggled and half asleep in a litter box. One (Jude, agouti with a white wedge blaze and a big tumor on one side) is almost all the way on top of the other (Sheb, pink eyed white). Yes , Jude has an inoperable cancer, but he is otherwise still fine and happy, we’re just going day by day.
SECRETARY OF WAR 1000 DEFENSE PENTAGON WASHINGTON, DC 20301-1000 DEC - 9 2025 MEMORANDUM FOR ALL DEPARTMENT OF WAR PERSONNEL SUBJECT: Harness Artificial Intelligence Now with GenAl I am pleased to introduce GenAl.mil, a secure generative artificial intelligence (Al) platform for every member of the Department of War. It is live today and available on the desktops of all military personnel, civilians, and contractors. With this launch we are taking a giant step toward mass Al adoption across the Department. This tool marks the beginning of a new era where every member of our workforce can be more efficient and impactful. The first GenAl platform capability is Google Gemini, a frontier Al application that can help you write documents, ask questions, conduct deep research, format content, and unlock new possibilities across your daily workflows. Gemini is the first of several enterprise Al applications that will be rolled out on the GenAl platform. It is secure, certified up to Impact Level 5 (ILS), and is fully authorized to handle CUI. Victory belongs to those who embrace real innovation. Rather than being reliant on the dusty, antiquated systems of a bygone era, we are thinking ahead here in the Department of War. GenAl.mil is part of this monumental transformation. It removes wasted time and focuses more of our energy into decisive results for the warfighter. Access is straightforward. Navigate to GenAl.mil and you will be able to access the too! with your CAC. The platform is certified secure for operational use on NIPR. 1 expect every member of the Department to log in, learn it, and incorporate it into your workflows immediately. Al should be in your battle rhythm every single day. It should be your teammate. By mastering this tool, we will outpace our adversaries. The power is now in your hands.
Ringo, an agouti domestic rat viewed from behind, he is sitting with his bottom inside a box and the entire rest of him outside/on top of the box. You can see Jude’s (his brother, another agouti domestic rat with a white nose) nose poking out of the hole in the box near Ringo’s butt.
I have repeatedly said I can't get behind a deal that doesn't take immediate action to prevent Michiganders' health care costs from skyrocketing more than they already have. But Republicans have made it clear they won't even lift a finger to address rising health care costs in this country. I proposed a commonsense one-year extension of these essential health care tax credits that would provide some immediate financial relief while we work to address the health care affordability crisis more comprehensively. But ultimately, compromise is impossible when President Trump doesn't care about Americans getting priced out of their health insurance and when Congressional Republicans either won't come to the table to negotiate - or worse - House Republicans refuse to show up to work at all for six weeks. I'm frustrated that this deal doesn't take action on health care. But I'm relieved that it will not only protect but increase resources for desperately needed food assistance, especially now that President Trump has shown he is comfortable both denying people affordable health care and letting children go hungry in order to get what he wants.
A tiny comfrey plant with only two leaves in a two inch square pot surrounded by larger three inch pots of much bigger comfrey plants.
Small comfrey plants in transparent plastic pots looking leggy and ridiculous, but happy.
A black velvet alocasia (alocasia regalis) it has three very dark green fuzzy leaves with thick white veins. It is both breathtaking and adorable.
A calathea, the stems and backs of the leaves are maroon and the fronts of the leaves are pale green with a hint of pink blush near the stems. It has some crunchy leaf ends and almost every stalk has a new leaf rolled tightly at the bottom.
Three domestic rats eating fresh corn off the cob together.
Two lithops in nursery pots next to each other. They are plants that look like pebbles. One is brown and mottled with darker brown, the other is gray with irregular indentations.
A black takeout container with potting soil and two little leaves poking out of it and a silk yogurt container filled with potting soil and one bunch of curled, fuzzy leaves poking out. Other random containers of potting soil are in the background.
A round, black plastic takeout container full of potting soil with two tiny little leaves popping out of the dirt.
Potting soil in a black takeout container with one teeny, tiny, curled, green, fuzzy leaf peeking out at one side.
Sheb, a pink-eyed white rat, looking down at the viewer with his pink nose pressed against cage bars, ears pricked, eyes wide. He is sitting on rainbow colored fleece and there are rat toys behind him.
Excerpt from the linked article: In bold: Worries about vaccination rates in dogs Regular text: As rabies seems to be spreading more in wildlife, veterinarians are especially worried about vaccine hesitancy spreading among pet owners, a dangerous trend that could lead to more dogs - and their owners - becoming infected. A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in a nationally representative sample of Americans that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.
Microscope view of a bug (a flea, maybe?) playing a violin.
A quote from the linked article above: Elon Musk, who offers Grok Al through his XAl outfit, backed the move, adding: "Torturing Al is not OK."
Quote from article linked above: Elon Musk, who offers Grok Al through his XAl outfit, backed the move, adding: "Torturing Al is not OK."
A quote from the linked article: Elon Musk, who offers Grok Al through his XAl outfit, backed the move, adding: "Torturing Al is not OK."
How to sleep at night by Elizabeth Harris playing in the Libby app. The time stamp has an hour and ten minutes.
Jude, an agouti domestic rat with a white wedge blaze and big patch of fur shaved from his right side is standing in a wire carrier lined with red fleece, he is facing the viewer. He looks a little bit high.
Jude, an agouti domestic rat with a white wedge blaze, much of his right side is shaved bald. He is facing the camera so you can’t see his incisions. He is in a wire carrier lined with red fleece. He looks a little bit high.
Jude, an agouti domestic rat with a white wedge blaze looks out at the viewer from a pink and black plastic sleep pod. He looks sleepy.
A hand holding is a small stalk from a climbing Lima bean plant. The stalk contains one white bean flower and one tiny, embryonic bean pod not much bigger than a grain of rice.
A bumblebee flying near some purple monarda flowers, the bumblebee’s Proboscos is unrolled and dangling as she gets ready to land.
A very sleek black bug with red feet sitting inside a red plastic bowl.
A bumblebee on light purple bee balm flower with loads of more flowers in the background. The bumblebee has a yellow, fuzzy thorax with a black spot in the middle, and a black head, and a dusty black abdomen, her wings are transparent with black veins.
A white box with holes that rats have chewed in the sides. One hole has the nose of a pink-eyed white rat (Sheb) poking out by himself, the other hole has one agouti rat with a white spot on his forehead (Ringo) poking just his head out and an agouti rat with a white wedge blaze (Jude) lying almost all the way out oozing toward the camera like a rat slug. The box is inside a big cage with a lot of rat toys in it.
A reply to the Reddit post from username tannalein: YOU. DON'T. OWE. ANYONE. AN. EXPLANATION. I am so sick and tired of the trolls in this thread. Are there no admins in here? This sub has turned into a troll central and is completely useless. Yes, I am using your "stolen art" and there's nothing you can do about it. Suck it. 6 upvotes A reply to that reply from username kardigan: and nobody owes you respect. 1 upvote
A Reddit post: I'm tired of seeing all the Al hate thrown at writers who use it to bring their ideas to life. So let me speak up. I can't speak for everyone but I'm speaking for myself. Not everyone has the luxury of hiring an artist or editor. Not everyone has perfect writing skills. Not everyone learns the same way. And not everyone has the time, money, or resources to meet someone else's "pure creative" standards. I'm dyslexic. I've got ideas I'm passionate about, stories I've dreamed of telling since I was a teenager like a Dragon Ball fanfic I started building in Xenoverse 2 through frame by frame screenshots. Back then, I didn't know how to write proper dialogue or narration. I had no one to help me. I just had a dream. Then recently, after getting a day off work, I started playing around with a "What If" idea, and that spark came back. I started planning things, making a little scrapbook of the universe I wanted to create. Eventually, that became my fanfic. My own story. My world. And yeah, I used AI tools not to replace creativity, but to support me with grammar, dialogue flow, and cover art I couldn't afford from a human artist. Why? Because I wanted it to look good. Because I'm doing this alone. People out here say things like: If your cover is Al, then your writing must be Al too. Just find an artist and ask for permission. Low funds aren't an excuse. EXCUSE ME but who are you to judge someone else's reality? You don't know if I'm paying high rent, if my job underpays me, if I'm juggling life with no free time. You don't know what it's like to be passionate, creative, and broke at the same time. You don't know what it's like to want to tell a story, to build something meaningful from scratch, and to be dismissed just because you got help from a tool. I'm not lazy. I'm not a thief. I'm not trying to take anything away from artists. I just want to create. And I'm proud
A screenshot showing a news search in DuckDuckGo searching Flint new pipes. Flint looks to use $1M for new plumbing at homes still testing high for lead m MLive | 14 days ago Flint's still-unfinished lead pipe replacement serves as cautionary tale to other cities - WTOP News - WTOP News | 8 days ago Flint finishes lead pipe replacement project 11 years after water crisis # Detroit News | 5 days ago Flint's still-unfinished lead pipe replacement serves as cautionary tale to other cities 5 KSTP-TV | 8 days ago Q flint new pipes
I think it’s a fly, but it is covered in long golden hairs, has super long legs, a long fixed proboscis, translucent wings, red compound eyes. It’s kind of beautiful and kind of cute, very round and fuzzy, a little bigger than a house fly. Seen in central Michigan, USA. I’m sorry the picture is terrible, my phone is not good at this and he kept moving.
Sheb, a pink-eyed white domestic rat, his back half is inside a brown paper tube with his head outside the paper tube investigating. The tube is sitting on a fleece hammock with cartoon donuts on it and a human hand is holding the edge of the hammock.
Screenshot from ballotpedia that reads: Michigan is one of nine states with provisions that say that the right of recall extends to recalling members of its federal congressional delegation, but it has not been clear whether federal courts would allow states to actually recall their federal politicians
ELISSA SLOTKIN TURNED HER BACK ON MICHIGAN FARMWORKERS Senator Slotkin says she supports workers. But now she's backing a GOP-lead plan to cut and freeze farm worker wages. Michigan workers deserve better. URGE HER TO STOP NOW: +1 (202) 759 - 4087
telegraph.co.uk 10:00am • Mark Rutte calls Trump 'daddy' Joe Barnes Brussels Correspondent, in The Hague "Daddy has to use tough language," says Mark Rutte, as his flattery of Donald Trump continues to reach new, bizarre heights. The US President had been comparing Iran and Israel to children fighting in the school playground during a sit down on the sidelines of the Nato summit in the Hague.
Sheb, a white rat with pink eyes is standing on a platform covered in pink fleece, a human’s hand comes into the frame and Sheb licks the hand on the fingertips as though he thinks that is a very helpful and kind thing to do. It is actually not very helpful, but it is kind and very cute.
Sheb, a white rat with pink eyes climbs on a white human’s hand and sniffs the phone up close and then becomes disinterested and backs away from it.
Ringo, an agouti domestic rat with a white spot on his forehead is poking his head out of a hole in the side of a white cardboard box. The ground around the box is covered in hemp bedding and there are wooden chews in various stages of chewed sitting around the box.
A picture of four small lima bean plants in various early growth stages, one of them was not visible this morning. You can also see some small squash plants in the foreground and some small corn plants in the background.
Three small lima bean plants growing in the dirt, one is a sprout, and the other two are in later stages of development, none have more than four leaves. Behind the beans are some small corn sprouts.
A line drawing of a cartoonish, egg shaped, old man in a wheelchair with an oxygen tank. There is a name and biographical information listed below the drawing: “Holden Bloodfeast (R) lowa -118 years old -Please god just let us nuke Iran, nothing else matters, I'll do anything please I just want to see burning flesh one last time before I die -Respectable bipartisan”
A bean plant with two seedling leaves and two bean leaves, another bean sprout is popping out of the soil beside it. Corn seedlings are behind the beans and beyond that you can see the wooden sides of the raised bed.
A bright green bean sprout with two folded leaves poking through the soil.
A squash sprout popping through soil
A “truth” on truth social by President Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump It is my Great Honor to announce that I will be putting up two beautiful Flag Poles on both sides of the White House, North and South Lawns. It is a GIFT from me of something which was always missing from this magnificent place. The digging and placement of the poles will begin at 7:30 A.M. EST, tomorrow morning. Flags will be raised at approximately 11 A.M. EST. These are the most magnificent poles made - They are tall, tapered, rust proof, rope inside the pole, and of the highest quality. Hopefully, they will proudly stand at both sides of the White House for many years to come! 917 ReTruths 4.09k Likes 6/17/25, 8:20 PM
Jim Mowreader Printing Expert (1994-present) Originally Answered: Atheists, it's game seven of the World Series. It's the ninth inning. Your team is down by three points. The bases are loaded. You have two strikes. Your team has two outs. The pitcher throws a Christian baby at you. Would you let him live or win? How I would be able to tell whether a baby coming at me at 90 mph is a Christian or some other faith is a curious thought. So let me see...if you throw a baby hard enough to get it into the strike zone it's dead anyway - it'll either perish from the force of being thrown 90 mph, come apart in midair or die from the impact of the baby into the catcher's glove. The obvious answer is to swing at it. It's probably only going to go about ten feet after you hit it so the catcher will run out, grab the baby and tag home plate to put the runner coming in from third out. But you do realize that most pitchers would have a hard time throwing a Christian baby. They're heavy and of a weird shape so they tend to land in the grass fifteen or twenty feet from the mound. This would be called a no pitch and the count would remain as it was before he threw the baby at you. Then the pitcher would receive a baseball and the game would go on as before. You also are aware that the Official Rules of Baseball do not allow pitchers to throw Christian babies. An official MLB baseball must be made by Rawlings and bear the signature of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball. (This makes me wonder: when they get a new commissioner, what do they do with all the ones bearing the old guy's John Hancock? I can only assume the League would say to continue using the old ones Continued on next image I ran out of space
A skeet with a censored name and profile picture, the original contained an uncensored slur which I have censored. It reads: Don't glorify a complete COWARD . DON'T PROPERLY SPELL, USE, OR PRONOUNCE HIS WEAK ASSED NAME ! PUNKS GET NO SUCH ENTITLEMENT. Pain is coming to ya fuckt*rd, in big donkey doses !