SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

Earth's largest land animals are limited by salt. Sodium availability constrains the density and distribution of elephants, giraffes and rhinos across Africa, and offers a new explanation for the so-called 'missing megaherbivores'. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Free access: rdcu.be/eTPY2

It's hilarious that Trump always 100% agrees with the last person he happened to speak to. The problem is that 99.9% of the time, the last person he spoke to is either a professional bullshitter or some deranged moron whose entire concept of politics was derived from right wing facebook hoaxes

House votes on dumbass resolution condemning socialism, meanwhile the DSA's Lisan al-Gaib rolls the truculent child brain president like a pair of socks

It just dawned on me how few times Trump has sat down for a non-adversarial face to face with someone who is intelligent and well-spoken. Like, he's surrounded by the biggest circus of buffoons and absolute fools that he's literally star struck by a normal guy.

I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke history is a fucking joke lmao

I have this idea for a biology lesson where students make a DnD like character sheet for a sperm. Like, what alleles does it have, does it carry the X or Y, roll for speed, etc. And then do like a mini dungeon crawl where they have to find the egg. This is a bad idea right?

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport. Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably? But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.

I’m kind of surprised at the physical revulsion I feel seeing these photos. I thought I was pretty immune to the bullshit firehouse but taking an excavator to the people’s house is literally sickening to me. I know it’s just a building, but it’s ours. Not his. Impeach his ass already!

This cool dude paid me a visit while doing the dishes. It’s some species of Anaxipha cricket I believe. Sent me down a fun rabbit hole reading this absolutely delightful paper on the genus. I love it when an authors enthusiasm is so apparent. 🐜🧪 bioone.org/journals/jou...

We have fully entered the “terrorist” phase of toddler world. Everything meal time, trip the store is a hostage negotiation (my sanity is the hostage)

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥 We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪 Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

major traffic incident

Feels like the world is burning so time for weird jellyfish facts 🧵

When chanchitos fly, it happens 2,340 meters deep in the Ocean! This is a sea pig, or chanchito, if you’re a member of the #Uruguaysub200 science team. Scotoplanes sp. is a genus of deep-sea sea cucumbers of the family Elpidiidae. 🎥ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute

Me assigning homework: "haha haha yes" Me having to grade that homework: "wtf"

Yes but where has the hand wringing been for Yemen or any of the other places we “just blow people up”?

‪This was a fun story to write. Last year, environmental police in Brazil stumbled upon thousands of climbing bumblebee catfish. Scientists know almost nothing about this species, which only became known to science in 2017. 🧪🌿🌎

Smug nerds: “uh yeah Im not really into sportsball because, well, I’m not a moron ahehehe” Average college football fan:

La Décapitation de saint Georges, Bernat Martorell, 1430

Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it

First real-time human embryo implantation recorded (in 2D and 3D). Time lapse video of 2 embryos (200 μm apart) implanting in the 3D platform science.org/doi/10.1126/...

My life was forever changed by this sketch. Solidarity with all the Blakes, Denises, and Jaquelines out there ✊

Madonna and Child (holding apple), by Carlo Crivelli, 1480, 📸 via @newheightshow

"West Hawai‘i... replenishment zones where yellow tang populations have bounced back 14%. At Ka‘ūpūlehu, a community-led reserve boosted fish biomass by over 600% since 2016 — not through bans, but kuleana. Local rules, local care." www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/will...

there are geniuses among us, and they're not talking to chatgpt about physics

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

Cnidarians:

i personally would've found another way to phrase this marketing email

I post like once a month and I get replies like this. It’s so strange. How did they find me? Also, I don’t think it’s entirely harmless. People this disconnected from human social norms tend to just keep clumping online until it’s a Katamari ball with enough mass to escape into the real world.

RIP to Brian Wilson, who gave us many perfect albums but also the perfect interview

I saw the headline and was like, this seems like a Ben Hutchins paper. Hey, this is a Ben Hutchins paper! I don’t think he’s on bsky yet but congrats on the pub.

Huge opportunity for a political party that believes government can do good things. Public opinion is finally shifting after 50 years of right wing anti-government propaganda. This isn't the time for cowering and throat clearing www.cnn.com/2025/06/01/p...

Welcome children, to the playground of Dr. Moreau.

Completely unrelated but has anyone ever been able to explain the unusually high number of German restaurants in Huntsville Alabama?

GOAT hater. No contest

Several mammal species live in cold-water environments thanks to adaptations like blubber and large size. A notable exception is the sea otter—so how does it stay warm? A 2021 Science study found an answer: skeletal muscle thermogenesis. Learn more on #WorldOtterDay: scim.ag/4jjvMDL

"ji"? Did you want to go to Jira, the #1 bookmarked tab you open 80,000 times a day? Or did you want to travel across the country in the middle of a Thursday to visit 𝗝𝗶𝗳𝗳𝘆 𝗟𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲? These are my best guesses, based on 30 years of tracking your every movement, action, and thought online.

🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations! These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs. Save and share the post!

Is there an ADHD medication that consists of a tiny gnome that will whip me with a bull whip if I try and do anything other than my enormous todo list today?

This is my dream deranged billionaire project for Hawaii. No bunkers, just chairs in the sky

'Each Dot Is A Boat': NASA Astronaut's Picture Shows China's Vast Fishing Fleet Visible From Space - Science

Surprisingly satisfying

Every once in a while, I will have some monotonous tech problem or some difficult to google question and I will think "ah, maybe I will try chatgpt" and it is always completely useless.

Is it too late for #molluscmonday? Found these two love birds (African giant snails Achatina fulica) in the throes of passion this morning. There's a reason they are so invasive! We relocated them to the field across the street where they can get freaky and munch on other invasive plants all day.

Can we ban airstrikes? Like, there are just 0 safeguards or repercussions for just indiscriminately murdering civilians. If troops were ordered to open fire on a migrant camp it would be a huge incident. Do it with an airstrike? “Oopsie, so sowwy”

I’m so embarrassed that this photo will be in a history book.

What is the lifespan of software? What if you make software that's silly and full of whimsy? Will people remember it? Anyway, here's a video someone recently posted of “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan performed through the composer feature in Mario Paint, a game released on Super Nintendo in 1992