Absolutely nobody asked for this but I reformatted my animal yeetability thread into printable poster & zine files. Introducing, the "Pocket Guide to Responsible & Sustainable Animal YEETING" featuring a revamped rating system. Download links below.

At first I thought wow, Gothic as hell. Then I thought wow, there’s another book hidden in here. And then it just went wild.

The world is on fire but it’s not too late to make comics with your friends.

Skeptical. That’s the mood all around this week, apparently.

Just did the most pro- American thing I can think of: got my flu and covid vaccines. I don’t want to be sick and I certainly don’t want my community to get sick. Weird that getting a shot feels like an act of rebellion now. If I feel icky later I might even take some Tylenol.

I swear our #ProjectPhoenix observations are some of my favorite moments of the week. Getting out and spotting birds for science? Yes please! Gives me a chance to wear some science nerd shirts too.

Hi! We need lice for our diversity and adaptation project. Specifically, we need lice from zebras, camelids (camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, guanacos) & aardvarks. If you or someone you know might have lice, I'm happy to discuss our inclusive collaboration plans! sites.google.com/nhm.org/anop...

Ted Chiang: "The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write [...]. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning."

So if you do the getting raptured thing but abandon your pet in the process you’re a terrible person, right? Personally I would never go without my pets.

My pregnant neighbor took Tylenol and all the chickens in our village layed only small flavorless onions instead of eggs for seven cycles of the moon.

First pumpkin of the season has been bought and thoroughly investigated.

As advertised, a very idiosyncratic ghost story

YO CALIFORNIA our state was recently downgraded among safest states for trans people and trans youth YOU can help make it better right now follow the quoted link, established by @lalgbtcenter.bsky.social, and tell our elected officials to sign these bills into law ASAP 👇

the best part is how all the guinea pigs get to ride to work together in a wheelbarrow

I want to make this simple: If your rep voted Yay on this, they voted to end dozens of currently working missions at Mars, Jupiter, Earth, elsewhere. OMB Director Vought explicitly said that with a CR, he will force NASA to follow the President's budget request that cuts NASA science funding 47%.

Keep sciencing. We are living through a time when looking at a rock and wondering how old it is qualifies as an act of resistance.

Do I really have to get up and go to work tomorrow? Let’s pretend not.

If there is a hell I’ll see you there

EEEEEEEEEE!

i know i just finished fundraising but i also gotta buy 300 cans of sardines for a mutual aid grocery day in MacArthur Park - are there three people who want to give me $150 for a custom reverse mermaid painting? you pick fish type and the leg type.

Went on a bioluminescent boat tour last night, a first for me. Lots of weird glowing critters pulled up out of the sea. Some were put under a microscope so we could see their light organs. As someone with a zoology degree I should not feel enchanted by this but they seem magical? Like, real magic!

I’m pissed this is even a question. Science writers like myself have been scrabbling for work in a collapsing industry for years. The pond keeps shrinking. And now, rather than supporting *people*, Science is checking out if AI can replace us yet. I will never, ever use genAI in my work.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH

It’s not too early, right?

Eyeball time.

Thanks for reading! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

Went into this without knowing a thing about it and… Whatever I was expecting, this went MUCH harder. (That’s a good thing)

If you see this quote with the energy you bring to BlueSky

This is HUGE. Chlamydia is one of the leading conservation issues in koalas after habitat loss and motor vehicles, especially for joeys. Antibiotics used to treat Chlamydia in humans can kill the bacteria in the Koala gut microbiome, leading to fatal dysbiosis. 🧪 #vetmed

Thank you so much to @legacy-expo.bsky.social for a lovely and very busy weekend! The panels were really fun and everyone was exceptionally kind. Thank you to all the folks who bought books, requested signatures, and provided great conversations too. Y’all are the best!

"I will admit, this sucks." ... from Blood Type #4 (2025), written by Corinna Bechko, art by Andrea Sorrentino, colors by Dave Stewart #Comics #Vampires @corinnabechko.bsky.social

So many storm troopers.

All set up @legacy-expo.bsky.social in beautiful Burbank! It’s a good neighborhood, I’m right next to @craigmiller.bsky.social

For those needing parking at the convention center/hotel today: please note that parking will be discounted to $17 (lower than the price that will be quoted on your way in) once validated at the front desk, or near the convention center bathrooms!

She’s back to demanding we play a lot of fling fish fetch.

Learned there were eels during the Cretaceous so I expected some crazy big monster fish but I guess they were just little guys?

The WSJ should pay every trans person $2,000 just for the shit they pulled yesterday.

My skeleton is practically ratting to finally be able to announce a project that I started working on with @patricktumblety.bsky.social in October of 2022 is finally becoming a printed thing. Coming THIS Monday from October Nght Press!

Gentle reminder to various agencies that things like Wikipedia exist for those times when they don’t understand the context of memes. I’m often in the dark, but then I… do a brief search for context and better understanding?

Timeline cleanse!

The world has been especially dark this week and the new baby tapir at the Calgary Zoo has been cheering me up.

I'm packing some books for OKLAHOMA! If someone is sure they want a Batman '66 Compendium (it has everything by everybody), let me know tonight so I pack enough please. Same with the Silent Knight collections

My Sat schedule for @legacy-expo.bsky.social, a convention just on the old Star Wars Expanded Universe / Legends. 11 am - Spotlight: Legacy comics with @corinnabechko.bsky.social 1:20 pm - Lifeforms of Legends (EU critters with @paleoparadox.bsky.social @melissatruth.bsky.social Corinna Bechko)

Star Wars book nerds! Come check out @legacy-expo.bsky.social this weekend for all your EU / Legends love. I'll be moderating a look back at Brian Daley, and spotlighting @michaelastackpole.bsky.social @corinnabechko.bsky.social and Barbara Hambly. See you in Burbank!

“The Devil is in the Details” in Exclusive Preview of EC Comics’ BLOOD TYPE #4, Now Available from Oni Press! dailydead.com?p=310231 @oni-press.bsky.social @eccomics.bsky.social @corinnabechko.bsky.social @patriciamartinn.bsky.social @albertmonteys.bsky.social

And it ate one of the essays I wrote about Planet of the Apes!

This Murderbot + Witch King and more Humble Bundle from @torbooks.bsky.social has raised nearly $80,000 for @wck.org World Central Kitchen -- Can we get that up higher before time runs out? #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...