animal-factbook:

A cat who was meant to be a dog. 

nubbsgalore:

kingfishers, who need to consume their own bodyweight in food each day, prey on unsuspecting fish in rivers and streams, diving with great speed and stealth before returing, heavy with water, to their waterside perches.  the kingfisher, whose wings flap at eight times a second, is the largest bird to hover, and can catch a fish in less than half a second.  

photos by (click pic) marco redaellli, charlie hamilton james, max rinaldi, jamie macarthur, jacopo rigotti, and christopher schlaf, who will spend hours and days in silence and stillness hiding along (as well as in) known fishing hotspots for the kingfisher, in the hopes of capturing images such as these.  

undercoverangryangel:

Pay attention.

micdotcom:

Donald Trump’s claim of “millions” of illegal votes is a lie

• Trump’s allegations of voter fraud have been debunked over and over and over and over and over again
  
• Yet he continues to insist that multiple studies and investigations proving voter fraud is statistically infinitesimal don’t exist. 
  
• Trump’s voter fraud claims are apparently based on a tweet. 

• Gregg Phillips, a former Texas Health and Human Services Commission deputy commissioner and founder of VoteStand, an app designed to aid in reporting voter fraud, tweeted that 3 million votes were cast by non-citizens.
  
• There’s simply no evidence to back Phillips’ claims, yet Trump has seized this tweet as the foundation for claims of illegal voting.
  
• Snopes attempted to investigate the validity of the tweet’s claim and came up with… nothing.
  
• The Washington Post reached out asking for his evidence that million of non-citizens voted, he refused to provide any. 
• An exhaustive study found only 56 cases of non-citizens casting ballots over the course of 11 years. 
• Trump’s claim however has benefitted those on the left clamoring for an audit.

micdotcom:

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micdotcom:

A judge will decide if Dylann Roof is sane enough to stand trial

• Attorneys for accused killer Dylann Roof asked a federal court to determine whether he is sane enough to answer for the crime.
• Roof is accused in the June 2015 massacre of nine black worshippers at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina
• The trial now hinges on a judge’s decision on the matter
• On Monday afternoon, U.S. court officials said a competency hearing that got underway that morning would continue into Tuesday.
• If Roof is ruled competent, jury selection would likely resume next week. Read more
  

Update: The judge has ruled Dylann Roof is competent enough to be tried

“The test for competency is whether the defendant ‘has a sufficient present ability to consult with his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding’ and ‘has a rational as well as factual understanding of the proceedings against him,’” Gergel stated in a court order obtained by Mic. “After carefully considering the record before the court, the relevant legal standards, and the arguments of counsel, the court now finds and concludes that the defendant is competent to stand trial.”

Jury selection is scheduled to resume on Monday, the court’s statement said. Read more

Update: Roof will represent himself in court

A federal judge in South Carolina on Monday granted Dylann Roof’s surprise request to represent himself in his own hate crime trial, the Charleston Post and Courier reported. Read more