I'm thankful whoever runs this account wasn't riffed this year

Wait. Wait. Use this one. With the safety tips on it. That's #PublicHealth

If you're going to play devil's advocate today, do it right - don't just argue that tariffs are good, argue that the Dark Lord deserves to feast on our eternal souls given willingly and in the service of torment

Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s. This is the power of vaccines. The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer. Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!

I am asking three of you to buy The Originalism Trap bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.

THE DREAMING LANDS (2002) Oil on Canvas - 20” X 30” This painting is one of several works derived from my experiences at MSKCC in 2000.

That year I read a couple of books which mentioned a feeling I have experienced at night during camping trips... 1/4

An enigmatic group of fossil organisms has finally been identified—and is changing the story of how plants took root on land

The middle-aged man had craniosynostosis -- premature fusion of three skull sutures -- which was typically fatal in childhood in the Medieval period. 🏺🧪

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81

The year I cookied Thanksgiving dinner instead of cooking Thanksgiving dinner.

"If you go back a million minutes, get to the start of 2023. If you go back a billion minutes, you get to the Roman Empire. That's the scale of inequality we're living with." Zack Polanski Such a brilliant illustration.

I like cursing and research suggests that people who curse are highly intelligent. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Church in Lincoln New Mexico

@jstpwalsh.bsky.social went to White Sands New Mexico & I got this plant-dyed cap embroidered with Protogygia Whitesandsensis - only discovered 2009 & exists no other place on earth. Most Protogygia live in habitats with sandy soils. ALL moths are critical pollinators, very few eat your sweaters. 🌱

Meeting in Cairo comes as Palestinians in Gaza held funerals for the dozens of people killed in Israel's latest attacks.

Abolish ICE is the absolute minimum acceptable policy.

Buff-bodied stoneware crock rim sherd with interior Albany slip-glaze from Site 16EF80, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. #archaeology #ceramics

(And, of course, my usual plug for replacing Audible with Libro.fm, if you like the books applied to the ear holes!)

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy:

Was just thinking: will future archeologists be able to date human remains based on the amounts of microplastics built up in them?

Poetry Comics Month, Day 22

The regime is doing all it can to kill renewable energy. It is deeply in the pocket of the fossil fuel industry. To all our detriment.

There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.

Genius

‘Colorado River wins personhood status from Arizona tribal council’ by @debkrol.bsky.social

They've been trying it in Australia, and the Virgin Islands, among other places! abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

The U.S. is the biggest emitter of carbon emissions from AI, making up 45% of the world’s emissions.

Corporate Dems are just Republicans who knew they would lose elections in the places they actually live.

Fuckin rocking out

I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.

Why the AMA’s actions are raising alarms canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/22/w... by @codeblackamerica.bsky.social, @nicktsergas.ca

If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into overshoot within the next few years": a stark message by PIK Director Rockström & James Dyke in @theconversation.com. Yet, science shows a way back: fossil-fuel phase-out, nature protection, carbon removal. theconversation.com/the-world-lo...

Doodle

UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114. This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️

Notable that this flight includes a Black NASA astronaut, Chris Williams. In the 25 years that NASA has been sending astronauts to ISS on Soyuz, this is a first.

I was thinking about this too.

ARTISTS! I need your help! In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend. Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...

Behold, the grave of a wicked man, And near it, a stern spirit. There came a drooping maid with violets, But the spirit grasped her arm. “No flowers for him,” he said. The maid wept: “Ah, I loved him.” But the spirit, grim and frowning: “No flowers for him.”

i don’t think i can wait until raccoons are actually domesticated. i’m just gonna go ahead and let them in my house

Couple more photos from today at Spaceport America

I guess one way to distract people from your friendship with a sex criminal is to claim that you are friends with a political murderer.

'Nvidia is making money selling shovels in a gold rush. But one thing to bear in mind is this: the main reason that anyone remembers the shovel vendors of the late 1800s is that there didn’t turn out to be all that much gold in the end.' garymarcus.substack.com/p/nvidias-ea...

Now is a great time to check out my article about being a parent and an archaeologist in this fantastic volume edited by @savarchaeoalliance.bsky.social its on sale! www.routledge.com/Mothering-an...

The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution. In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:

Snowing on Wolf Creek Pass right now! This’ll move north through the mountains tonight. Denver area rain still a few hours out. Won’t start until after dark tonight. #COwx

NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵