Graduate students and postdocs in vertebrate paleontology (and other disciplines): the @burkemuseum.bsky.social is offering collections study grants to study specimens here. Come visit Seattle! Applications due Dec. 15th, complete info: www.burkemuseum.org/collections-... Please share broadly!

Everyone who pre-orders shrimp city shirt will get a free shrimp temporary tattoo 😘 These shirts are how we’re funding our fall mural series - 3 murals created by Philly women & gender non-conforming artists, about our city’s most charasmatic bugs! We’re almost 20% funded! SquidFacts.net

a very straightforward way to act against data centers is to see if there's any way you can trigger some sort of environmental review or anything else that slows them down by a month or two or three or six. These are all paid for with debt, and are interest-only payments until completion.

The Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, NY, has been in financial trouble for a while. I'm biased because I currently have my life-size giant snail and clam on display, but they're a bunch of great people doing great work. Read how you can help here: www.priweb.org/mortgage-cam...

Anyone else might want to contribute work to fundraise for PRI? If someone is willing to coordinate and run the auction, i will certainly spread the call to all my #sciart friends 🥰

I feel compelled to try to help in what ways I can to donate to the sustained survival of the Paleontological Research Institution. Would people be interested in an art auction for a print from my private collection that I would otherwise not be selling to the public?

Even if the House was fully functional, they're in session for an avg of 147 days and out for 218. Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐

You all, don't spend even ten seconds of your precious life browsing Grokipedia. Nothing good will come of it. Your attention adds value to something of no value. 👎👎👎

⚒️🧪 Fiery eruption of Otman-Bozdagh mud volcano in Azerbaijan! The Otman-Bozdagh mud volcano erupted at ~8:27am local time today (11/10/25). Three eruption phases of between 4-12 minutes were recorded over an ~40 minute period. Video source: @_yagha_

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Funny story, I bought 100 extra of these pins with the intention to sell them to those that may have missed preorder, only to for my ADHD brain to LOSE THEM somewhere in my international chaos whirlwind. Hoping I find them this week as I reorganize 🫠

Been busy establishing an artist residency situation here in Taiwan. But i’ve had a little time for art, mainly creating little creative feedback loops with my grandma and her brilliant drawings ❤️ #printmaking #stampcarving #penguins

This is my most confrontational post of the day: please watch Armond’s video & think on it. It isn’t at all progressive or leftist to spread disabling disease in an ongoing pandemic. There are more Armonds than you know, & folks who don’t mask are making more each day bc most spread is asymptomatic

AI requires that they destroy the biosphere you depend on to live in order to unemploy you.

Good overview of mast cells, cells that contributed to derailing my life as it did to those interviewed: “I would describe myself as a person who had tremendous potential in this world, [...] and that potential has been hijacked by the mental, physical, and psychological impacts of this condition.”

Jim Ryan's resignation as UVA President will be effective July 11th, after which he will go on sabbatical before returning as a full professor in the schools of Law and Education.

Extremely dark that the entire U.S. government is lying down to be steamrolled by something called the Trump agenda for fear of some force called "Donald Trump" while the actual Donald Trump has no idea what's happening

🤔 I’m really not a conspiracy theorist, but this really does read like something a lizard person WOULD say…

NO KINGS Be safe, be smart, and give ‘em hell.

We have entered the "The police is saying that if the police is at your door you are not safe call the police immediately" stage of making America great again

wrote about what the protests say about the strength, or lack thereof, of the trump administration www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/o...

Giveaway time! I offer you one bust portrait of an OC, persona, or character of your choice. All you have to do is follow, like this post, and reply with a photo of what you would like me to draw. Deadline is May 30th, 2025 12am EST. I will spin a wheel on my stream on the 31st to select the winner.

A GREAT video by @agcollins.bsky.social talking about the importance of our science and discovery of new species in the oceans! youtu.be/rOQvPdH4IN4?...

Measles is in the city! Hooray

I know i am SO late to the game, but saw #Sinners today and it will probably be my favorite film for this year! The insane layers of details, visual gags, depth of character, history, story, and soul. Just so masterfully crafted, and a perfect blend of action, comedy, horror & drama. 🤯

Don’t mess with teachers

They made the cutest little tender song to eachother too 🥹

Trying to write a course reflection of the last five months that doesn’t sound like a damn suicide note. Lol. I’m fine but looking back I really pushed myself, and I would really, really like to sleep.

Veillée abyssale Here is my entry for the contest organized by @draw.bento on his discord based on the theme “Mystery discovered” #art #pixelart #ドット絵

New first stage of a #lithograph. What do you see in it? 👀 #printmaking

I watched it and it's a good episode! I really appreciated that he showed clips of trans kids explaining why they want to be in sports. Also, I lost it at the mom interview, so relatable 😂 youtu.be/flSS1tjoxf0?...

Peaceful protest along the public sidewalks at the intersection of Barracks Rd. & Emmet St N. Sign suggestions: TARIFFS = TAXES, TARIFFS TAX YOU!, TAX THE RICH! Tariffs ARE Taxes! April 15, 5-6:30 pm.

2/2) The last year has been one heck of a ride. But, a #Fishytheme for the first time in a long time comes from @seetasaur.bsky.social who has asked if we could do "fishes on postage stamps." I believe this is a great way to kick off #SundayFishSketch themes again! #sciart 🦑

Don't miss the #Oregon #Otter #BeerFestival — happening this Saturday, April 12 at OMSI in #Portland! 🍻🦦 Sip exclusive otter-themed brews from 12+ Oregon craft breweries, groove to live music, and support sea otter restoration along the Oregon coast. 🌊✨ 🎟️ www.elakhaalliance.org/oregon-otter...

Omg a friend just posted this. Deceased.

Funny reflection on the past: I keep thinking of this moment early in one of my relationships when I was much younger and unsure of myself. I can’t remember what sparked it, but I imagine it was something slightly derogatory/misogynist and in response I said “Hey, um I’m kind of a feminist?” (1/🦋)

One argument that is often made is that AI is bad but "the genie is out of the bottle". And my question is: is it? Because unlike digital music or smart phones or whatever, there is this enormous cost to AI that currently customers are not having to pay. What happens when that changes?

I think we need to go super analog for a while Music made with real instruments Films shot on film or at least video that hasn’t been altered beyond color correction and a little basic Photoshop type refinement Write your own damn scripts, and get actors to play the characters

WHOA COOL.

Virtually every Cybertruck — those freaky Tesla vehicles made to look like aggression incarnate – has been recalled, because, literally, they come unglued. What a metaphor for this regime: a weak vehicle trying to look tough, a victim of its own cheapness, an ugly toy falling apart.

WHOA. On March 15, a Cornell PhD student with UK and Gambian citizenship, here on a student visa, filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Trump's EO aimed at foreign students accused of "antisemitism. Last night, the DOJ emailed asking him to come to ICE to be detained and put into removal proceedings.

That ANY politician or military official would allow this to continue speaks volumes to where their loyalties lie. They value themselves over their country or constituents, an utter failure for their position.

That’s right if you preorder @caitlinstarling.com’s new novel #TheStarvingSaints you’ll get this honeybee pomegranate pin I designed for the release 🫁🫀🐝

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"To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family & even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly two weeks. Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there.”

The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money. He was not dead.