I haven’t stopped thinking about this frog since learning about it a few days ago, so now this knowledge is your problem too. Meet the turtle frog (Myobatrachus gouldii) – a round burrow gremlin from Australia. It gets its name from looking like a turtle that lost its shell. 📸 Stephen Zozaya

Waking up very grateful for the roof over my head

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The elf on the shelf forgot to move again last night 🤦‍♀️ I’m not cut out for this

Disgusting

When I'm feeling particularly hopeless about the future of professoring as a profession, I try to remind myself: That's what they want. They want us to not want to be professors anymore.

We're kicking off the Christmas Bird Count with @rosemarymosco.com and @corinanewsome.bsky.social, who join us celebrate the common birds that might not be at the top of your pecking order, but should be.🐦‍⬛

Give it a rest, JD. Everyone knows the high tariffs and cuts to healthcare support happened under Trump.

In a world where fewer and fewer people concern themselves with the plight of others, the loss of Rob Reiner, who cared deeply about humanitarian causes, feels that much more devastating. RIP: 1947-1925. [Selfie: July 2022, NYC]

Hmmm….Maybe I should start dealing

Taking drops of a medical dye is trending in wellness and biohacking circles. Some influencers claim it boosts longevity and brain health. Scientists say the hype has gotten ahead of the research. n.pr/49aJDdE

I’ve seen a dinosaur!

This makes the former band geek in me so happy 😃 🥁 open.spotify.com/track/1deWgq...

Perseverance

I voted against Republicans’ $900 BILLION military spending bill.   It blocks healthcare coverage for IVF, bans DEI initiatives, undermines military readiness, and expands ICE’s power to attack immigrants. The public doesn’t support this bill and neither do I.

I'm just gonna leave this here...

Thanks to @consequence.bsky.social for placing Self Evident at #1 on their Top Hard Rock/Metal Songs of 2025, and #35 on their Top 200 songs of the year. consequence.net/list/best-me...

this made me laugh

“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said

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Ya know when you see something online and you think “wait that looks familiar” 😆 thanks @bpodaily.bsky.social !

Chocolate chip pancakes. One more of those things I swore I’d never do as a parent

Why would anyone want to be a scientist? Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

It’s a furry slinky!

'Dandelions,' was painted by the Danish artist Bertha Wegmann around 1910. It wasn't an arbitrary choice of a plant to paint: the dandelion was used to promote the women’s liberation movement in Scandinavia because of its capacity for uncontrolled, strong-willed growth.

My kid has a bleeding disorder and we just received an email from the National Bleeding Disorders Foundation that yesterday "nearly all staff within the CDC’s Division of Blood Disorders and Public Health Genomics" will be fired, so fuck you, RFK Jr, and all the senators who approved his nomination.

Today is Mister Rogers' birthday. Today is Big Bird's birthday. And spring has officially sprung. A beautiful day in the neighborhood, indeed.

Hahahaha!

Anyone else feeling like they’re polishing the brass on the Titanic?

People are hungry for the new voice of the Democratic Party.

“Raise a glass to our heterogeneity. Our remarkable resilience to calamity” #puscifer

Yay! Thanks to all the organizers and speakers! #standupforscience2025

This Sunday, the whole country needs to spring forward from 1939.

Had the honor of speaking at today’s @standupforscience.bsky.social rally in Philly. I spoke about the importance of breaking the right rules and harnessing chaos for the greater good.

Great speakers! Philly proud! #standupforscience2025

Ok Philly let’s make Ben proud! #standupforscience2025

I’d rather be reading #worldbookday

This is a poor argument. Normal was never good enough

I’ll be standing up in Philly. For Science and for American values #standupforscience2025

“You are increasing the volume of your voice but not the logic of your argument.” Wake up, parents of teens and toddlers. New comeback just dropped.

Have courage Stand up to bullies Be like President Zelenskyy

Bazinga

I feel like if you’re getting dance lessons from NPR you’re beyond help

In addition to her speech on empathy at the SAG awards, Jane Fonda wore a #celegans gown to die for

In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated for the motor-neuron condition while in the womb. https://go.nature.com/41a7Zzj

Duh

“We’re not going anywhere. What’s more: we’re expanding.” Nearly a dozen of Minnesota’s foremost experts on gender-affirming care collaborated on this beautiful op-ed in today’s Strib. No paywall.