u/HeDogged

found in boulder fields of Mt Marriott, BC Canada. could it be from lightning?

Abigail Nussbaum, writing at Lawyers, Guns and Money blog....

>...magic in The Lord of the Rings is something religious. It is that little remaining bit of godliness, of the light of heaven, that has made its way to the mundane world through countless dilutions and diminutions. When Galadriel, or even Gandalf, do magic, they are placing a bit of their virtue—the virtue of being closer to the Valar—back into the world. When the Ring does magic, it is exerting the corrupting force of Morgoth, the novel’s devil figure, on its bearer and everyone around him.

Just thought this was lovely....

Never seen one fully out of the water like this before! Beautiful little creature.

EDIT sounds like it’s actually a groundhog! Didn’t know those could climb trees

Red oak, west Michigan. Btw.

…also is thinking about eating me….

This groundhog scared the daylights out of me. She didn't run when I went right up to the window and took some banging on the door to get her to leave. Could she have rabies?

Hey y’all!

I have a bunch of cutie pie squirrels that live in my yard in Utah, and as they do, sometimes attempt are made to get into my bird feeders. Most of my feeders are squirrel deterrent specific, but this little cheapo by my front door is not.

To the Video: I just caught this little guy on the top of my shepherd’s hook, and couldn’t help but notice the girthy nature of his undercarriage? Does this look OK to any of you squirrel experts out there? They seem ridiculously large to be his fuzzy man dice, but who am I to be a squirrel nut size-ist!? Prolapsed squirrel uterus? I’m doubting that option but who knows! Let me know if you think I need to get this guy checked out somehow? 🥜

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/administrative-tech/2026/05/11/instructure-pays-ransom-canvas-hackers

It looks like a muskrat or groundhog, but I’m not confident in that ID.