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we were probably all up last night staring at the ceiling with our own version of the same thought running on endless loop, but mine looked something like this:

I hate these people to a degree that feels simultaneously corrosive to the soul, and also the only righteous response to this kind of evil

I've used this photo setup on ships and in labs, and the poster trick is useful for taking pictures through windows (on ships, in lookout towers, etc.). You can make a smaller version from black duct tape w a hole for your lens -> goes on your camera

Travels pretty well with a not bad price point

Black poster board/tablecloth w a battery powered reading light. You just need to control light sources: poster above prevents surface reflection, black tablecloth behind/below blocks background, light shining into the water sideways makes subject pop

All cheap supplies- experiment! Good luck!!

BEHOLD the largest freshwater fish species in the world: the Beluga Sturgeon!

FINALLY got to see one in person at the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth along with the @garlab.bsky.social Team at the @mnafs.bsky.social @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social meeting!

What an incredible fish!

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SciComm Office Hours | Virginia Schutte About SciComm Office Hours and how to register for upcoming sessions.

Free #SciComm coaching! Next few sessions will be:

- Mar 5 AND 6, 3pm ET each day: getting started in scicomm
- Mar 24, 12pm ET: translating skills across opportunities

Details and register: www.virginiaschutte.com/scicomm-offi...

As always, contact me to seed a topic and time of your choice

Well huh. Thanks for sharing! Never seen that before

Because they didn't have enough rooms (with dividers/walls) for the number of talks they wanted to host?

my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels

Yes.

Poster's Madness A streaming PowerPoint telethon for mutual aid

We are counter-programming the State of the Union with a fundraising telethon featuring everyone’s favorite Bluesky posters doing short presentations and sketches on stuff they are passionate about. Will stream on YouTube starting at 8:30pm EST

postersmadness.wordpress.com

YouTube video by xerenite pov you're a lion dancer in a bank #chinesenewyear #liondance

things you never knew you needed: the inside view of a lion dance costume

Two cats have jumped onto a sash window and climbed up under the blind, dislodging it

Working from home proving more stressful than I feel is necessary

Thanks for the tag, @whysharksmatter.bsky.social!

@noupside.bsky.social: I'm on leadership for an educational creator community and can post stuff there. I'm also working on a project now that has pulled in students for editing, to avoid high rates for strategists like me. DMs open, happy to chat

Blue Currents, by Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, 2025, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

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We did #1 with success but I'm reverse order: "make room for new toy - put old toy back first!"

Also did #2: "I know you need ____ - pick that up and we'll ____"

It takes time and work but years later you'll thank yourself. You got this!

Oh, this is why I have some new followers today! Hiiiiii

I'm in great company, ⬇️ and in the next post

It me. I got a D my second year in college and my GPA got so low I was put on probation from my scholarship

Luckily for me, the next semester had marine biology in it. I wanted to know everything SO BAD that I figured out how to actually study and *learn*

OG thread resonates hard

A poster on 8.5 x 11 inch paper saga Fishtown fish facts: red lipped catfish or of ocephalus Darwini. Then a pic of that freaky fish with 4 limbs it rests on the ground and then the words “stg this fish real red-lipped batfish walk ocean floor with they flippers RLBF have RBF, not they fault RLBF have a bioluminescent lure that glows to attract dinner RLBF lipgloss is popping, RLBF lipgloss is cool, all the fish keep jockin, they chase RLBF after school RLBF got scales like armor and shine bright like a diamond Red-lipped batfish will teach you how to dougie, I can promise u that. @yaboyni Take a moment And and realize the moment You took has already passed Thank you See you next time

One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.

The puns in the replies are also excellent

*except for when I'm depressed ☺️

Gotta leave room for some honesty about body chemistry

One way science bleeds into politics: science helps me revel in being alive*

I was most startled by the Mamdani woo woo clip bc it contrasts w *greed* in federal messaging. Those ppl will never, ever have enough.

Science helps me appreciate ppl & context, which helps me have purpose/joy beyond $

Some ppl have asked me what's next, and I usually say something about creative projects and time

But the truth is: I have spent all of today dealing with the 582 tabs I had open on my company phone, which I need to wipe and return 😇

(so if you see me RTing a bunch of oooooold posts, that's why!)

Ooh this is a very specific kind of exciting. Congratulations!!

BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS

FULLY HALF of ALL THE LINES in the ENTIRE SONG are “I walk alone”

WE. GET IT.
PLEASE.
HAVE A SINGLE OTHER THOUGHT.

Read your posts from yesterday. Yes to all of it.

I’m proud of you, and so glad to be in community with you and your colleagues

It me yesterday to today

Bonus: if you like this coping strategy, a version of it is featured in the show “Shrinking”, which I really enjoy