New York Times: If you're gonna crib our headline, you could at least credit Nick Judin and the Mississippi Free Press for first reporting it 2 days earlier. I'm glad this story is getting national attention. But Nick puts a lot of himself in these stories, and deserves credit (just as we'd do).

Worth noting that most of the people who say Bluesky is dead or useless are journalists, not organizers. Bluesky has been OUTSTANDING for me as an organizer. I've raised THOUSANDS of dollars here, gotten HUNDREDS of people to actual events, gotten LOADS of people to DO POLITICAL THINGS.

"Among the most important legal issues authors need to consider are that 'AI-generated text is not copyrightable, and knowingly failing to disclose AI-generated content in a copyright registration application can constitute fraud on the Copyright Office'"

HELL YES, because whomst among us writer folk has NOT imagined our cat reading our book

Finding so much joy in URL slugs from articles about the remora paper a-fish-that-hitches-rides-where-the-sun-doesnt-shine (Times) remoras-are-diving-into-manta-ray-buttholes-really (Forbes) what-are-you-doing-in-there-fish (Defector) suckerfish-are-disappearing-into-manta-rays-rear-ends (People)

Biologist @flammanglab.bsky.social at NJIT studies remoras & had some thoughts on their butt-hitchhiking (a hyphenate I've never typed before, but biology is full of surprises), saying that it might be because remoras are territorial & coprophagic (poop eaters) but mostly they're just big weirdos 🧪

Oh no, it's an hour of tuneful chaos from me and @hensbreet.art, coming at you from @wfmurocknsoulradio.bsky.social on Saturday May 16, 6-7pm ET! You wouldn't think that grimy, gritty garage would go with overproduced vintage European pop, but I promise you that we make it work

I've found & followed authors who were new to me, because of Bluesky. I've bought books & requested book purchases at multiple libraries because of Bluesky (graphic novels, fiction, nonfiction. Zines, too!) No other platform comes close—Bluesky is a portal to a magical bookish wonderland 📚

This is SO WONDERFUL and you should read it if you need some science joy (or just regular joy) in your life

All you have to do is spend literally 5 minutes on Bluesky to see how much scientists have to say about science, and how you could not get them to stop talking about science if you tried

NOTICE: Do you have an elderly or disabled neighbor in NYC? Be a good neighbor and let them know about the free air conditioner program. If they earn $3473 or less a month, NYC will cover the costs of an A/C. Remember…last summer we had 95 degree weather. Look out for them

Everything I know about hockey I learned from Ice Castles

For reporting, I'm looking to speak to a Black novelist whose screen adaptation has been scrapped or delayed for a long period of time. If that's you or someone you know, please email me at [email protected].

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

A thing I didn't expect to see in Pittsburgh: this thorn, allegedly from the crown of thorns. It's one of ~5,000 relics in St. Anthony Chapel, along with (allegedly) fragments of the True Cross, a scrap of Mary's robe, assorted saints' bones & teeth, and the entire skeleton of martyr St. Demetrius

Coney Island has always been my happy place, so I'm thrilled beyond measure to be talking about Rise of the Zombie Bugs at Slideshows By the Seashore on 5/17, for the Coney Island Book Fair. Come see the sights, read the books, meet the zombies! 🧟‍♀️ 📚 www.coneyislandbookfair.org/slideshowsid... #books

The house where we're staying in Pittsburgh is at least 100 years old and has a lot of neat details. Some were added by the owners, like this mini-diorama in the baseboard on the second floor

Unexpected poetry on a wall hanging, in a diner bathroom on the way to Pittsburgh: Butwe all can winkle Spring has spru Elcome

Thanks to your generous support, we’ve raised $100,406 and bailed out 15 Black mamas and caregivers so far! Drop a coin + share this post to help #FreeBlackMamas 💕

Roses are red Justice rights wrongs

This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...

Just got off the phone with the kid, whose landlord is billing them 💰💰💰💰 for water damage from a burst pipe during the January freeze. But shouldn't the landlord be liable? I don't know jack about renters' rights in Pittsburgh, but if any of y'all have resources they'll be HUGELY appreciated! 🙏

Infuriating & so sad. Marine biologists saw that the beached whale was ailing & told the local government in Germany that palliative care would be kinder than a stressful return to sea. But officials opted instead for an entrepreneur-funded high-profile rescue, which the whale may not have survived

Today, the day of the Met Gala, the unionized workers of the Met posted this image to their Instagram. www.instagram.com/p/DX64ioYjecG/

so much preening!

I just met two dachshund puppy siblings named Frankie and Louie who share a sling because they are so bonded and tiny and I am 💀

Lest you think that the Natural History Museum Rotterdam exhibit is all about CERN 'weasel' 2 (yes, it was the second), know that curator @keesmoeliker.bsky.social covered many unusual animal deaths caused by interactions with people & our stuff. And it all began with homosexual duck necrophilia 🦆🧪

Everything around us is built, delivered, maintained, cleaned, repaired, cared for & made possible by workers. This May Day, International Workers’ Day, we honor the labor behind everything we can see & the power workers have when they organize together. Art by Sam Wallman

I'm so chuffed to be a part of this anthology, which is jam-packed with incredible writing and art. Truly, I can't thank @franzanth.bsky.social and @saimihanma.bsky.social enough for all the work and care they poured into this extended love letter to invertebrates, past and present! #InverteFest

The human body is weird and doctors learn new things all the time about how its interconnected systems affect each other. In one case, a physician unexpectedly discovered a method for stabilizing a patient's irregular heartbeat, after the man's arrhythmia resolved following a rectal exam 🧪

This should be a bigger story. I didn't know Isaiah but almost everyone in my lab, my TA, and a few close colleagues knew him well. They all say he was a sweet guy who was just really into herps. This is a tragedy.

Just finished watching Pretty Ugly, an incredible documentary about punk legends the Lunachicks, this'll be the perfect chaser

The Stevie Wilson DIY Young Artists Residency will award $2,500 grants to 14 artists to work on creative projects. Applications are due by May 11. Help us to spread the word to young artists (ages 16-24) impacted by the criminal punishment system.

Why not prepare for May Day by joining @gregpak.net and other awesome folks to talk about how you can give less of your 💰 to billionaires?

When you need to record a voiceover but the entrance to the VO cave is blocked by a cat bed which just happens to be perfectly positioned to catch the afternoon sun

The potato I stored in a cupboard and forgot about grew arms and dragged itself out of the dark and into the light

Hello World, we’d like to introduce ourselves. We the workers of the Magic: The Gathering Arena team have come together to unionize as United Wizards of the Coast - CWA! 🧵 unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/announcing-united-wizards-coast-cwa

Academics: What are free resources you wish you knew about sooner or ealier in your career? (That are still helpful today.) Anything from paper access, scheduling time, writing help, etc. Not everyone gets access to this knowledge so let's share and spread what is available :) #academia

It's a common word that I use multiple times a day and yet I've lost count of the number of times I've written it as "reseracher"

More declassified Stasi pix at the link, including a photo from the birthday party of a senior Stasi official where guests came "disguised" as members of groups under surveillance (for some reason this included a marathon runner, a soccer player & a ballerina) www.bbc.com/news/world-e...

"Phoresy" is a fancy way of saying "hitchhiking," when a living thing rides on the body of another but isn't a parasite, & tiny arachnids called pseudoscorpions (like scorpions, but stingless) use flies like long-distance taxis for jaunts across Europe 🧪 zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1881...

Indie bookstores need love every day, but especially on #IndependentBookstoreDay! If you've got a hankering to read about behavior & body horror in ants, snails, cicadas & more, might I recommend my Rise of the Zombie Bugs, about the zombifying superpowers of nature's tiniest neuroscientists? 🧟‍♀️🐜🐛🦗🪲🐌

Hey, let's play a round of "duck or rabbit" with an overhead view of the spider Ilocomba marta. Check out its long-ass chelicerae! From this angle I see a rabbit, but DAMN that spider has some beaky mouthparts From a paper about a newfound species in the genus 🧪 zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1626...

What better time than #FossilFriday to read The Cambrian Tales, an illustrated story about an adventuring party of Cambrian weirdos, loosely inspired by Chaucer? You'll find it in #InverteFestAnthology, which dropped today! Art by @poodlewool.bsky.social, words by me saimihanma.com/wp-content/u...

As soon as I read this paper about stressed rocks emitting geochemical signals prior to fracturing, I couldn't stop thinking about boulders pushed to the absolute brink and then releasing an exhausted sigh before they crack. Very relatable!

Ready for the first #InverteFest Anthology?? I have a li'l story in there with words born of whimsy and a love of Cambrian weirdos and D&D, and truly gorgeous art by @poodlewool.bsky.social's magic fingers

Flashback to when I covered 2017's #EarthDay March for Science in DC (reporting for @livescience.com) and @hensbreet.art took what is my all-time favorite photo of me conducting an interview

On #EarthDay, take a mental step back & try seeing Earth through the eyes of the Artemis II astronauts—as a tiny, fragile, water- & cloud-covered sphere brimming with the only known evidence of life, orbited by a pock-faced rocky satellite & circling a star in a tiny corner of a vast universe 🌍🌎🌏

Please help get the word out that I am open for submissions. Thyme Travellers is an award winning anthology of Palestinian fantasy, science fiction and horror. My publisher and I are making it a series. Submissions are open for short stories, pro rate pay: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...

The official event is in Chicago, but the #TRANSQUAKE will be felt worldwide 🏳️‍⚧️