Merry #Crustmas to all who celebrate! Hoping you are firmly attached to people you love, are able to scoop up large amounts of food, and can hide in an impervious shell when the social situation requires it ❤️

It’s always a good day when my interests overlap! @contamclub.bsky.social would love this.

Nudibranchs as pictured by a Japanese illustrator named Kumataro Ito, artist for the USS Albatross’ Philippine Expedition, 1907–10. More of his stunning images here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/k...

A beautiful morning for some gullible buoys.

"Fuel duty is 1/3 lower, in real terms than when Alistair Darling was at the Treasury. Richest 1/5th of households..who drive more, own more vehicles & buy gas-guzzling SUVs...have benefited 2x as much as the poorest 1/5th." -Larry Elliott for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Those beautiful blue, blueberry-like things are sensory organs that detect light, like eyes.

I once had the bizarre experience of being stuffed into a little airport bus so that we could do one full loop of the plane before boarding. The Innsbruck staff insisted this was “Easyjet policy”: there should always be a bridge or a bus. Innsbruck was gorgeous enough to almost make up for it.

WE HAVE A NEW WORLD RECORD SHE DID IT 5 jours, 11 heures, 14 minutes Bravo Sarah Ruggins. 👏👏👏 #LEJOGLE #JOGLEJOG #worldrecord #sarahruggins

That line makes my blood boil every time. They do mean me! I have to fill out the same paperwork. I call the same Home Office phone number. There is only one environment and they made it hostile! It’s my consulate that’s full of “we’ll pay for your flights home if you just leave” flyers.

This time-lapse captures 17 hours of axonal growth from a chicken dorsal root ganglion explant, visualized through the actin cytoskeleton using live confocal imaging. I just submitted this video to the Nikon Small World in Motion competition. Today is the last day to upload yours! 😉 🧪

Babs Pease, contemporary artist printmaker living in rural Scotland #WomensArt

happy friday

Pioneering entomologist & scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian was born #OTD in 1647. In 1699 Merian set off on the first-ever purely scientific expedition to the Dutch colony of Suriname, where she documented intricate plant-insect interactions with beautiful artwork and clarity. (📸BHL)

The borrower 🧀

Reminds me of this 10/10 chart I think about this a lot.

This level of wealth is now unimaginable in the United States.

This is Brazil celebrating the Oscar for Best International Feature Film for I’m Still Here 🎉 #Oscars

This is going to be my go to way to explain git to humanities people from now on.

Blessings Of The Wool Dragon

A miniature oil painting in a tin of the view across the River Exe towards Teignmouth from Exmouth.

BLOG | Restarting housebuilding: Five key takeaways 5️⃣ In this blog, the authors of our latest report series ‘Restarting housebuilding’ @antbreach.bsky.social and @mauricelange.bsky.social highlight five key takeaways from the report trilogy. Read more👇 www.centreforcities.org/blog/restart...

An amazing bit of news on its own, but this is also a story about how long-running programmes are critical for science. We would never know wild birds get to be 70+ if we hadn’t tagged and followed Wisdom over the decades, even though we couldn’t have known in 1956 that this would be the benefit.

The map of London cycle parking spots (with photos!) on the website of @stolenride.bsky.social is one of the handiest things on the internet. I’m constantly surprised how many solid racks there are within 50m of where I’m going but around a corner I’d have never checked. Great stuff!

I’ve been loving #Nudivember! Spotting nudis has always been my favourite part of diving, and this is a great second-hand thrill. Something about how beautifully alien they are that makes you remember how weird and wonderful nature is every time you see one, even in photos.