taxonomy 101: whales are not fish taxonomy 201: whales are hoofed animals taxonomy 301: whales are fish

So grateful to Lauren at Wild Child in Portland for doing this dream-come-true piece for me today 🩷 #SciArt #Puffins #Tattoo #BirdArt

It goes into that weird thing that genuine appreciation is somehow considered less intellectual than criticism but everybody is getting trained to be such a cynical unfeeling asshole nowadays that I find the smartest people often are the “hell yeah cool song/drawing/story/video” people

I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that complementing a creative person for their work is less sophisticated or desired than discussion or debate about it but very often the best thing you can say to them is hell yeah and that doesn’t make you dumb it just makes you nice

Reposting for the #SciArt feed! 🐡 🦑 🧪

I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.

Fifteen Years xkcd.com/3172/

There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.

I found a big sign at the thrift shop with some live/laugh/love stuff on it, so I painted over that with my to-do list. Feel free to make it yours, too.

listen to me. listen to me right now. if you don't know what this tweet means, just close your device. don't look anything up. go for a walk. return in a week. if you don't listen to me, your life will be ruined and i can't be held accountable

okay um, a long time ago I was going to do a sequel zine to this but I got really busy with a job and other things, so I'm just going to post the best of what I managed, free. These are all based off of actual outfits of hers! I do have a kofi in my bio though if you do feel inclined 😗💋✨ #artpost

me waking up and opening this app

Big news: I’m writing a book!! I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals. Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!

some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops: Blue Diamond Bob's Red Mill Land O'Lakes Tillamook Welch's

@fallenlights.net was kind enough to share this with me, and thus, I spread the wealth.

I wrote about Rosalía's "Lux," martyrdom, and our collective gastrointestinal health johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/eat-me

"Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...

Part of the issue is that Good at Words people are generally inclined to accept that people are all different ways and to think that’s just fine. Good at Math people have been allowed too much room to think that only they have the thoughts that matter.

Weds., Nov. 12, 3-4pm in Waterville. Join us!

there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all

Did you know. That the meme-explosion that was the wooden model of Sacabambaspis (an Ordovician jawless fish) held at a Museum in Helsinki, was created by a pioneering Estonian fish paleontologist and palaeoartist, Elga Mark-Kurik. 🧵

it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy

delightful short thread

Oh I am very excited about these 🧊

We are so back. I missed my plates, but was worth the wait - it looks so good on the new 1901’s! (Also, do I finally add teeth to the tail lights? 🦈) #Elasmobile #SciCom #SharksNearMe

Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

BRAK O LANTERN

It’s his day.

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

No costume tonight but I am wearing the Adidas x Simpsons Kang and Kodos “Treehouse of Horror” Forums.

Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!

I love Rebecca DOWN. Known as Dollar Tree Dinners. Her “Meal in a Bag” is meant to provide ppl with a complete meal that is $8 or less, is shelf stable, & can be made without access to a full kitchen. I love this as a direct aid option. Good for neighbors & elders who can’t/wont go to a pantry.

Klaus is the worlds most photogenic crab 💖 Cancer irroratus (Asteria forbesi, A. amurensis, and Fucus spiralis - photo is my own) 🦀 🦑

SciCom is for everybody!

So much of "cancel culture" discourse is a re-description of the normal functioning of a democracy and public discourse by people who didn't like the results of one, or both, or how it made them feel.

Maine's SNAP benefits for November will not be issued due to the federal government shutdown. It's tearing me up that so many people will lose their nutritional assistance benefits. Here's where #Portland and surrounding towns can get food. Please add where to go for your part of #Maine.

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness) As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

this is the people's ballroom

The dark romance girlies have every man fooled into thinking we all have an abusive stalker fantasy. No, baby. Use that bass in your voice to ask me about my day. 😂

Goodnight everyone, and if you accidentally got an extremely recognizable Nazi symbol tattoo years ago and keep forgetting to get it covered up, maybe do that tomorrow and don’t spend any more extra years with an extremely recognizable Nazi symbol tattooed on your body

One of my least rational beliefs is that if you pull off a heist without hurting anyone or getting caught within a day, that's your stuff fair and square.

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

🎶🎵 Don't don't don't don't, Don't you, Say dumb shit to me 🎶🎵

Exceptional dive into one of my favorite films:

my faves 💖

The same universe that crafted koalas and quasars and crocus petals authored the mind reading these words. Don't let intimate knowledge of your own life rob you of the dignity and wonder you are owed.