I’m so woke, I believe in full LGBTQ rights, that we should protect the planet, that everyone deserves healthcare, that a nation cannot be Christian, that the world is bigger than America, and that to be "pro-life" means to treasure all of it. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/confession...

When researchers stimulated cells to produce a protein that helps tardigrades survive extreme environments, the tissue showed much LESS DNA DAMAGE after radiation treatment. The study has been published in Nature. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED. 🧪 • www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women." Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration. It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Our latest.

If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees. This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, so let's talk about sex. Eel sex! Well...we can't, really. We don't know exactly where, or how, eels get busy. It's a 2000+ year old puzzle. It's not like we haven't tried. But the sex life of eels is a mystery smothered in secret sauce. 1/5 🗃️🧪

An innocent 5yr old boy in a bunny hat, spent more time in jail than any of Epstein's fellow abusers. Think about that for a minute.

Inside the historic light court of The Rookery Building, 1888.

Dutch site IDs ICE agents via public data “ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety…What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of” wiki.icelist.is/index.php/Category:Agents

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

Ya’ll know who Alice H. Parker is? Well if you don’t ..let me tell you, whenever you turn on your heater you can thank this queen right here !! It was her patent that helped create central heating in homes and various buildings.

Fiat justitia ruat caelum

Stayed up way too late to finish Tom's Crossing by Danielewski. Excellent book. Not a fast or easy read, but there is a point where, once you reach it, stopping is a near-impossible thought.

When temperatures plunge, the lives of incarcerated people are put on the line. Frigid showers, worn down clothing, and inadequate heating systems have caused people to die in jail cells that reach reach freezing temperatures in the winter. Warmth shouldn't be a luxury.

The NYU Game Center's hiring! A senior, tenure-track professor post for an experienced game designer, artist or industry pro with a notable body of creative work. Experience finishing games and mentoring/teaching more important than any kind of academic credential! gamecenter.nyu.edu/were-hiring-...

This is marvelous, and my understanding is it would not have been unusual going way back to be inclusive in this way. Medieval friars using sign language is well documented: partly to say pass the salt when eating somewhere with a rule of silence, maybe as memory aids, but also for preaching/service

#Women&GirlsinScienceDay Academic & particle physicist Anne Kernan was a huge advocate for women in science, on one occasion funding a trip to CERN for an undergrad she had never met, meeting her at the airport and paying for her accommodation until funding came through. www.dib.ie/biography/ke...

This is so coooool.

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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

Well, I like her.

TIL there is a Vagina Museum and that they do good work, like this very informative thread about the humiliating historical processes of "verifying" the sex of athletes.

No system deserves praise for being “tough” on kids; a just society protects children first and debates policy later, because cruelty to the most vulnerable isn’t strength, it’s failure.

Trouble with Reviewer 2? Why not carve your alternative theory into the side of your house instead? (seen on a facade on New Street, Scalloway, Shetland)

Hi, I'm a horror writer and while I am content and indeed happy to be frequently surpassed by other writers, I would appreciate it if reality stopped trying to compete with me. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED! There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota! Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

for my latest @us.theguardian.com talked to teens leading and joining anti-ICE walkouts from TX to MD to WI. one NYC teen: "I feel scared [of ICE] every day... But I’m not going to let that stop me, because bravery is just the positive way to say you’re scared, and I’d rather be brave than scared."

I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them

Okay, THIS one, I admit, feels like a photo you'd use to set the scene in a horror RPG. I dig it!

Watched the halftime show--that was awesome! The music was great, but also the sheer technical artistry. An incredible amount of blood, sweat, and love went into making those 13 minutes, and it shows.

Today we celebrate the birthday of Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler, the first African American woman doctor. She was born free on Feb 8th 1831. blackpast.org/african-amer...

0.000% of Communism has been built. Evil child-murdering billionaires still rule the world with a shit-eating grin. All he has managed to do is make himself *sad*. He is starting to suspect Kras Mazov *fucked him over* personally with his socio-economic theory.

I ask you to send me the original document rather than a Youtube reactor for the same reason I ask you not to send me a chewed sandwich.

Plus I think more women should have swords.

People imagine picking up and finding *something better* is an easy solution. But how is that supposed to work, when all your time and energy goes to staying alive? You have almost nothing to set aside to actually fight your way out.

Baubo was my favorite part of the movie as a kid.

JWST image of Arp 298, also known as NGC 7469 and IC 5283. This image is dominated by NGC 7469, a face-on spiral galaxy. Its companion galaxy IC 5283 is partly visible in the lower left corner. Credit: ESA, NASA, CSA, L. Armus, A. S. Evans Source

The stinkhorn also features prominently in this excellent chart by @rosemarymosco.com, an essential guide for nature studiers: rosemarymosco.com/comics/bird-...

Costume designs inspired by the Inky Cap, Clathrus Ruber and Devil's Tooth mushrooms 🍄

Love seeing lesbians in my bl

Today feels like a day to make brownies.

Brother Mort liked the peace and solitude of his herb garden but even so a visit from Sister Dot and her latest tranche of dirty jokes rarely went unappreciated

Went to dinner in Highland Park with kids1&2. Good vibes.

Welcome, shopper.

Yes, everything is terrible, but I painted this and it kinda rocks #sciart

We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was

Mongolia and Haiti correctly identified that the Winter Olympics are primarily a chance to design baller cold weather uniforms

It really pays to remind ourselves frequently that this whole immigration "crisis" is made up out of whole cloth. There was no emergency,danger or problem, only a demagogue stirring up racist grievances for political advantage.

Detroit Historical Museum is having an exhibit on the ttrpg RIFTS?!?

Crom, I have never prayed to you before...