Our politics seems to be entering a phase of "right supremacy" where only the lives of right-wingers have value. Assassinating the leader of a state legislative body in her own damn home was business as usual, but all of America has to have a reckoning if it's a far-right online influencer.

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Hi all, me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the amazing UK-US-Moroccan team are delighted to announce that.. we have a new specimen of Spicomellus AND IT'S WAY WEIRDER AND WAY COOLER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED!!

LLMs can't think or evaluate so this is unsurprising

Light pollution is causing birds around the world to sing for longer each day, prolonging their vocalizations on average by 50 minutes, according to a new study in Science. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Uz7vzP

Now police are monitoring the site. What are we even doing.

obviously people deserve blame for being antisemitic but it is a world-historical catastrophe that almost every institution nominally dedicated to fighting antisemitism has decided to burn their credibility for the short term interests of the Netanuahu government

Who wants a job like mine? If so you may be in luck! 🥳 Virginia Tech is hiring an Insect Identification Laboratory Manager: careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us... Follow the link for info and to apply.

The ruling class is desperate to shunt as much intellectual activity through AI as it can, because AI is another lever to prevent ideas that threaten their social status from surfacing.

It was only through collective action — in the form of a class-action lawsuit, that people got paid. www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article...

This sounds hyperbolic and I need every cis person following me, who thinks it is, to understand this is very much the reality in the UK.

There was a *whole lot of news* yesterday on the Eric Adams extended universe indictments that you may have missed, so let's get a thread going. First, with this lengthy breakdown on just what was included in some of these indictments. hellgatenyc.com/lewis-martin...

The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.

2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll..... 13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/

Here is an example of a paper wasp with one wing folded longitudinally and the open. I prepared it for an online course about stinging insects, maybe it'll be useful for someone's insect taxonomy class.

I don't know why this lad is building a subterranean city for cats, but I'm all for it.

Abolish ICE

Abundant Eocene fossils of plants and animals are found in the Green River Formation of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. This fossil Pseudosalix Hanleyi, with stems, leaves and flowers preserved, is harder to find than a T-rex tooth!

We asked people who experienced "sweeps" of homeless encampments to write about it in their own words. In Portland, Teresa Stratton told us about how her husband’s ashes were taken in a removal:

tldr; please help me fight back against Another Website Making A Chatbot while there is still time

Buried in the regime's political takeover letter of the Smithsonian is the worst bit. Unlike exhibits, which are non-destructive towards primary materials, temporary in nature, and reversible, the foundational collections are irreplacable. They want to be able to throw stuff out.

Wow! What a good-looking red tail just hanging out

A look at three species of Pterosaurs from Late Triassic Europe These are illustrations I did for my book (in preparation) about the tetrapods of the Triassic #paleoart #pterosaurs #sciart #art

BIG: A new executive order changes fundamentally how the U.S. awards research grants, giving oversight to political appointees in coordination with OMB. All new grant opportunities are paused until these appointees are in place. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

We are on a bullet train to the end of US science, and possibly the country as a whole, when political appointees are reviewing every scientific grant submitted to NIH to determine if The Regime finds the science acceptable.

Kicking out trans people was supposed to be about some shit about cohesion and the masculine warrior paradigm. This has no possible reason—even as *cover*—other than pure cruelty

i just did a workshop with kids about making comics. emphasized that ANYONE can make comics. you don't have to be a "good" artist. you find a story that matches your art style and you do it and it's awesome. and a kid who NEVER PARTICIPATES got out from under a desk and PARTICIPATED and had a blast.

Of all of the humiliating shakedowns lately, this one (funded by Elon Musk!) is probably the most degrading

The federal government and the state of Florida failed to produce legal agreements giving them authority to detain immigrants at Alligator Alcatraz, which continues to operate as an extrajudicial black site. Today is the deadline set in federal court for agreements to be shown.

The Martians have landed!🎲🐮🐔🛸👽 @calliopegames.bsky.social has reprinted @scottalmes.bsky.social 1st game!🎉 Now you can have it on your table, not just on BGA! Available on publisher's website now! #boardgames

Hey, uh, what the FUCK

wow, awesome protest by activists against Brown University for their decision to ban trans women from dorms and bathrooms, putting the words "SHAME ON BROWN" visible near highways

Whether Trump’s agency political appointees can understand the science in the grants they evaluate is beside the point. This is a crime syndicate. Science isn’t relevant. The new political chokepoint is a structure to solicit bribes, to check your political history, and to force you into the fold

🔥 “A dictator is rising. I would encourage people not to look away.” DHS attacks NASHVILLE councilwoman sandra sepulveda for saying ICE is arresting 🇺🇸 citizens “just for being brown” — which they are, as @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social points out their officers have admitted in court.

Brown University is caving to Trump. They are banning trans women from female bathrooms, dorms, locker rooms, and sports across campus. They're also cracking down on trans care for minors, though that is unlikely to be broadly impactful since it's a university. president.brown.edu/president/br...

I just sat on a bumblebee and got stung on the ass, fml

Very proud of the work from lab members and collaborators that coincidentally came out today www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... and www.nature.com/articles/s41.... A bacterial and viral pathogen associated with mass mortality in seastars and oysters. @kevinzhong2006.bsky.social @rhizalyssa.bsky.social

Disinformation has been a key driver of the anti-trans backlash, and @ghawinriver.bsky.social is an expert on how it is developed, spread, and leveraged. Dig in with this interview by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social.

Aid groups report that Israel is refusing to allow any olives or other “fruits or vegetables with pits or seeds that could be planted” into Gaza. They will only allow in pitted olives.

The Austin community really stepped up in this story. Identified the attackers and raised $55k for the bystander who got seriously injured trying to stop the assault.

Saw this on r/Fishing but none of the replies are serious. Anyone know what's going on with this bullhead? www.reddit.com/r/Fishing/s/...

“AI hype should be added to the list of ways our oligarchs are contributing to authoritarianism. Add resisting that hype to the ways that the rest of us can fight.”

For #whalewednesday - When did baleen whales evolve to be gigantic? In this blog post I evaluate two hypotheses: a gradual development of body size, or instead - a delayed and sudden trend towards gigantism during the ice age? 🐋🦖🧪

genuine 60s-style student riots are not of the question here

I am increasingly sick and tired of businesses trying to force me to install their proprietary apps! My phone is full! Let me print my boarding pass at the airport! Let me get a posted paper schedule for the con! YOU ARE NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN 5,000 PICTURES OF MY CATS!

@scottmckay1.bsky.social We saw your bus on I-80 coming into Indiana but I'm not sure you saw our sign

Two things that shouldn’t be for profit: prisons and healthcare, because the incentive for harm is too great. Keep ’em sick. Keep ’em locked up. keep the checks coming.