Can't stop singing this to the theme of the Muppet Show

I'm very excited to be part of this anthology, with an illustration I drew to accompany the story "The Potter and Her Prey" by Jesse Jing (who is not on Bsky) 🖌️🪲🐡

🌸 Pom pom crabs

Let's talk about the history of champagne bottles, the myth of Dom Pérignon & how England invented modern champagne. Dom Pierre Pérignon was a French Benedictine monk (1638-1715) who influenced French viticulture. And, ironically for someone associated with it, he tried to PREVENT champagne.

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

NEW: A new pre-print study offers the first causal evidence that outsourcing reasoning tasks to AI can rapidly erode users' independent performance AND their will to persist despite difficulty. "People’s persistence drops... they’re also not willing to try without AI.” futurism.com/artificial-i...

Brutal.

🪶 If you live in the western US, keep your ears peeled for flying crickets! Broad-tailed Hummingbirds are on the move & have already made it to Salt Lake City. Play the video to hear the trill that the male's wing tips make- it's often the best way to find these hummers.

Attention Science Communicators! We are conducting a survey on the landscape of science communication & need your help gathering experiences. Please send this to #SciComm ppl you know. We want to get as thorough a sense of the state of the field as we can. umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Here's a weird but true fact: The enamel on these teeth is older than the bones (evolutionarily speaking). Enamel began as the hard outer layer of ancient fish scale, a substance called "ganoine". Over time, this skin armor became... well, teeth armor🦷. Let's talk about the Outside-In hypothesis.

Did you ask for a bird fact? No, but you're getting one whether you like it or not. 🪶

Baby rattlesnakes are not more dangerous than adults. Here is an excellent analysis that discusses the myth in all its forms, and how we got to collectively believe nonsense: www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/18...

Move over salmon. Here are some lesser-known but no less spectacular fish migrations, including redhorse, sharptooth catfish & Nopili rock-climbing goby. Plus gar with @solomonrdavid.bsky.social.

Vaulted Earthstar, Geastrum britannicum. Saxlingham Nethergate, Norfolk. Seen on today's bike ride with @vannabartlett.bsky.social. www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2021/01/28/g... #Fungi #FungiFriends

OMG! 🦀 beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea... @franzanth.bsky.social @jopabinia.bsky.social

Happy Women’s Day 🐈‍⬛🤍

There's a reissue! My boyfriend got it for me!

Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, they’re under attack. Several Republican-controlled states have redrawn their congressional maps to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterm elections.

This is definitely a piece worth reading

@tanukisrevenge.bsky.social You missing a mushroom person? www.reddit.com/r/facesinthi...

@ltuhura.bsky.social is a beautiful, wonderful lady and deserves the world. If anyone could DM Bruce to help her that'd be amazing~ We can't be losing good people, there's fair few of us left.

If you are into samurai and zombies, make sure you check out: THE DEATH POEM OF SENSEI OTORO by Jonathan Maberry, via @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/770...

Maybe you live in an immoral country if its priority is killing people abroad instead of keeping people at home alive.

You're looking at three golden tortoise beetles (Charidotella sexpunctata). They're native to the Americas, generally the east coast of North America all the way down to Argentina. The gold coloration is structural, semi-reflective layers in the cuticle selectively reflect wavelengths of light.

Commissions for 2026 are now open! Researchers, labs, institutions: I’m taking new projects. If you need scientific illustrations for figures, posters or presentations, contact me at [email protected] Let’s bring your research to life with detailed, engaging art! #SciArt

Mike Johnson Staffers Work Tirelessly Supplying Him With Things To Notice Rather than Bigoted Lawlessness

Very excited to share that we have more open roles at CPSC!

DEVELOPING: Federal judge will let Marimar Martinez release text messages sent by Border Patrol agent who shot her From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/06/f...

But Tylenol... apnews.com/article/raw-...

The Big Lie is Back with a Vengeance! My latest on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

"Abolish the Police and then what?" while infantile and often asked in bad faith, is at least, on some levels, a real question "Ablish ICE and then what?" Is not a real question. Clearly if ICE didn't exist tomorrow society would just objectively be more peaceful and would not in any way fall apart

If you see this post a character that begins with a G.

WRONG. I-205 administrative warrants are not issued by immigration judges. They’re signed by ICE officers. And EVEN IF THEY WERE issued by an immigration judge - they are executive branch employees, NOT judicial branch. JUDICIAL warrants are needed to enter a home without consent.

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy

It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Wilmington, DE!!

398) Spinningbot. Your little ones will have fun spinning this robot friend around and around! The robot itself...maybe not so much... #SmallRobotsRemastered

Rightwing influencers are so bad at interpreting source material that they can only do it correctly by accident, when they're trying to make a joke

There are two types of people on here: the ones who want this to be exactly like pre-2022 Twitter, and the ones who just want a place to post and don't really care about being the town square of the internet. It's fascinating because the former simply do not comprehend that the latter exist.

Okay, all together now:

Biologists must display their most marvelous plumage if they are to be accepted by a flock of fellow biologists. We are now witness to this rare yet beautiful phenomenon at the Society of Integrative of Comparative Biology conference in Portland, OR #SICB2026

Plug that space heater directly into a wall, friends. Fire is LOOMING.

After waking up in the gutter, covered in his own vomit, Mr. Box took a moment to reflect on his life choices.

“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.

When John Doar was head of the Civil Rights Division, he quoted from Shakespeare’s RICHARD III in an eloquent closing argument in the case against Klan murderers. The current head is calling podcasters “hoes” for criticizing the president’s cabinet