And among the species found with eDNA? GIANT SQUIDS! #architeuthis www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...

Been laying here scrolling with my neck at a terrible angle because I thought the less-cuddly cat actually wanted snuggles for once. He just hopped up to pester me for dinner. I was carefully not scaring off a lump of blankets 🤦‍♀️

How we talk about an issue dictates how we respond to it. And that is absolutely the case with domestic violence. Last week I wrote about how law enforcement so often responds to a DV homicide with some version of *there’s no threat to the general public*. Now this. 🧵

Rabbit #dragon. Gorleston Psalter, England 14th century. British Library, Add 49622, fol. 165v. #medieval #medievalart

Nancy 5/1/26

For those who reached out asking how to help: This gofundme is specifically for graduate students who lost personal items, computers, tablets, etc. in the fire. We were told that these items are not retrievable or reimbursable -an added burden for students during a devastating time. Plz share 🌊💙

Although May is officially Wildfire Awareness Month, the season’s first Level 3 fire — meaning residents were ordered to evacuate immediately — occurred in La Pine in March, burning 20 acres. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/05/05/o...

Reasons recorded for worker absence on this 3,250 year-old ancient Egyptian attendance register include ‘brewing beer’🍺 ‘stung by a scorpion’ 🦂 and ‘embalming brother’! 🤯 From Deir el-Medina, royal tomb worker’s village 📷 by me #Archaeology

New global species richness map issued by the Brazilian government

Eep! There are still a few spots left in our Cascades Pika Watch trainings! www.oregonzoo.org/wildlife/cas...

a quarter of republican men are so committed to the bit that they won’t say they could kick the ass of an octogenarian whose only regular exercise is running scared

We could easily feed, house and provide healthcare to everyone many times over. Overpopulation arguments ignore the elephant in the room, which is the unequal distribution and consumption of resources. The earth can support billions, but it cannot support billionaires.

was thinking, hmm, do I have any advice on cheap groceries in these Fucking Awful Times? but basically it’s “organize your diet around canned proteins, buy in bulk, eat the cheapest fresh veg like carrots and cabbage, and also have the kind of neurodiv where you like the same food every day.”

I understand why people say Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself. I personally think he did, in large part because I think he knew his time was up. No more life of luxury or sweetheart deals or work release deals. No release on bail. Plus, sex offenders are more likely to attempt suicide in custody.

How to tell the generations apart: Millennials - locked into downward social mobility through no fault of their own Gen Z - locked into downward social mobility through no fault of their own Gen Alpha - locked into downward social mobility through no fault of their own

It’s a wonky term, but “polycrisis” helps us remember that climate change, economic injustice, and far right reactionary politics are not separate, nor are they really analogies or metaphors for one another.

These guys do not believe, ONTOLOGICALLY, in the concept of "no."

BREAKING: in April 2026, *every single one* of the 1,570 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,066 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else.

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller May 06,1944

funniest thing i’ve ever seen

MAMMAL BULLYING A REPTILE: Nice body temperature dude. Did the sun pick it out for you

Folks in Idaho health care and public health, please share Duaa's story with as many people as you can.

The amount of ongoing and new scandals in this state is astounding. It’s almost like if you sell your state off to one of the worst, extractive industries in the world that it will have negative consequences for your democracy. Try telling that to a corporate Democrat when big $ comes around 🤑

My kingdom for a party who goes THIS COUNTRY BELONGS TO YOU, THE PEOPLE, NOT THEM, AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IT BACK AND THROW THEM ALL IN PRISON FOREVER FOR DARING TO SEIZE THE REPUBLIC AS THOUGH IT WAS A TOY THEY COULD ENVY AND STEAL

“Well if it’s ‘necessary’ what did they do before modern medicine then?” They died. That’s always the answer. People died.

“Now we are actually removing people to countries that I didn’t even know existed,” Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said ... at the 2026 Border Security Expo in Phoenix, speaking of the third country deportation program in which the admin. has sent immigrants to African nations they have no ties to."

“Writing is hard.” Thrilled to share that this simple idea led to a new paper in Political Analysis! Where most text methods focus on content, I test if expression is also effortful action. I find simple measures like character counts reveal attitudes and predict voting. cup.org/4cUmoXi 1/

I really wouldn't have predicted that in this life, I would write a #longread about THREE BAGS FULL, the sheep mystery novel that blew up on Bluesky in 2023 and inspired THE SHEEP DETECTIVES, but here we are. @fansplaining.bsky.social made it happen.

Chris Dudley’s new campaign commercial calls him a business man so I went looking to see what sort of business and I found this and now I may die of laughter.

This 3-inch desert tortoise (the tiniest tort I've seen in the wild) was dubbed "Pippin" by our naturalists at the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area. We've spotted several juveniles this year - great news for this endangered species. (Yes, the burrow is a bit messy, but Pippin is just a kid.) 🌿🐢

The deep sea is home to various parasitic nematodes, and for many of them, we don't know what they infect. Trophomera is a genus of nematodes which live >7000 m below sea level, where they infect amphipods, priapuplids, mussels, and even other nematodes 🧪 dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2016/04/trop...

Permit me one sports post for the day but in TRIPLE-OVERTIME Marie-Phillip Poulin scored a game-winner for the Montreal Victoire, with assists from HER WIFE LAURA STACEY whose BIRTHDAY IT IS TODAY, and ABBEY ROQUE, who got a BLACK EYE in the last game How can you not love hockey?

From: Dracula 2 (2026), dir. Austin Kimmell, Elephant Bones Productions Full film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDYF...

Another Milky Way panorama, because some of this light traveled thousands of years across the abyss, only to land on my camera sensor. We might as well have a look at it.

a vanilla soy latte is a variety of three bean soup

🗡 Natural history of the animal kingdom for the use of young people Brighton: E. & J.B. Young and Co., 1889. [Source]

oh won’t somebody please think of that sweet old man, he’s just an 85 year old landlord who lets ICE violate city ordinances and admitted in in 2018 to hitting a protester with his car 😭 who will stand up for him

Lancet predicts 14M more deaths in the next 4 years. That includes almost half a million children under the age of 5. www.thelancet.com/article/S014...

“Not for rinsing or washing,” they said. (Seen at Union Station.)

fyi it started this week!

Latino-owned brewery says Oregon GOP candidate scheduled campaign event without permission oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/05/05/l...

This might not look like much, but it’s so very very cool! This (I believe), is a developing sea spider (Pycnogonida)! You can see it’s amazing body developing! I’ve added a photo of an adult from our local tide pools. #marineplankton 🦑 #seaspider

Nancy 5/5/26

The Silurian Rochester Shale near Middleport, New York has an amazing assemblage of trilobites and crinoids. Calymene niagarense is one of the more common trilobites. This Diacalymene is a close relative, but much rarer. Even partials like this are worth keeping. #TrilobiteTuesday

The Art of War (Teapot Set) (1990s) 煥臣陶磁藝術 (Huan Chen Earthenware & Chinaware Art) New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

Death and the infant. l'Empire de la Mort, Paris 1491-1492. BnF, RESERVE FOL-TE-8, p. 7. #medieval #medievalart

trombonist or tromboner

UPDATE on Vancouver BC gray whale CRC2688: Word is 2688 has been seen this morning and is behaving normally. Will share more when see any updates. #psws