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Biocurator, Scientist, Photographer flickr page: https://flic.kr/ps/2iY8i2 profile painting by Jaber Lutfi

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Pride Flag Is Taken Down From Stonewall Monument

President Trump cannot erase us, no matter how hard he tries.

We have always persisted and we always will.

10.02.2026 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 406    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4

There is nobody on planet earth who is more deliberately blissfully uninformed than Mike Johnson.

10.02.2026 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 429    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 4

I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.

10.02.2026 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 19229    πŸ” 4054    πŸ’¬ 593    πŸ“Œ 330
Maine Public front page showing a Susan Collins.

Maine Public front page showing a Susan Collins.

Susan Collins has been running for five years. Outlets putting her PR above the fold today are telling on themselves. #MEpolitics

10.02.2026 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Irish citizen Seamus Culleton, Boston craftsman and plasterer, on conditions in Texas concentration camp, where he has been held since September 2025.

Listen to the call below the article.
#AbolishICE

#BelieveYourEyes-NotTheirLies
#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved

10.02.2026 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The anonymity is what allows them to commit their atrocities. Only reason they need it

10.02.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œ60 FDA-authorized medical devices using AI were linked to 182 product recalls… 43% of the recalls occurred less than a year after the devices were greenlighted. That’s about twice the recall rate of all devices authorized under similar FDA rules.”findings form: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

10.02.2026 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

A stoat is a form of measurement, as well as a cute little weaselly mammal!
@stoatamatic.bsky.social

#2026MMM #StoatsAsMeasurement

09.02.2026 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Image array of 3 MMM-themed, science-based Valentines with an Eagle Owl, Asian Elephant, & Lynx. Screen-reader valentines also available at the LibGuide. We got you, Boo.

Image array of 3 MMM-themed, science-based Valentines with an Eagle Owl, Asian Elephant, & Lynx. Screen-reader valentines also available at the LibGuide. We got you, Boo.

You know what's better than science-themed March Mammal Madness Valentines of #2026MMM Combatants!?!

Science-themed March Mammal Madness Valentines of combatants that carry ear-worms. They're INFECTIOUS!

Download in color or greyscale at the LibGuide libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...

09.02.2026 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

@delauro.house.gov is my Representative in Congress. I like and support her. But this is a serious mistake. She is caught a trap in which leadership always sinks into legislative compromise. It’s the myopic electoralism @adambonica.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social have warned about. 1/

09.02.2026 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 262    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 1
A pied peacock fanning its tail, standing centee inside the dark of an open garage door.

A pied peacock fanning its tail, standing centee inside the dark of an open garage door.

If a door gets left open here for any length of time it summons the elusive but impressive garage peacock.

09.02.2026 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2048    πŸ” 533    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 16
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Trump administration live updates: Lawmakers view unredacted Epstein files at Justice Department Trump administration live updates: Congress members may begin viewing unredacted Epstein files at DOJ

β€œRaskin also said that he saw β€˜references to 17-year-old girls, 16-year-old girls, 14-year-old girls, 11-year-old girls, 10-year-old girls, and I saw a reference today to a 9-year-old girl. So it is a really gruesome and grim story.β€™β€œ www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

09.02.2026 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4239    πŸ” 1754    πŸ’¬ 114    πŸ“Œ 143

Inside the "drawdown" of agents in Minnesota, legal observers are being arrested. Read the details below.

#BelieveYourEyes-NotTheirLies
#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts

#AbolishICE #Minnesota

09.02.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month Age verification for all.

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

09.02.2026 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2443    πŸ” 1705    πŸ’¬ 583    πŸ“Œ 5591
SCIENCE IS UNDER CENSORSHIP. β€œWOMEN” β€œVACCINE” β€œEQUITY” β€œADDICTION” FROM PEN AMERICA’S LIST OF WORDS BANNED FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WORK.

SCIENCE IS UNDER CENSORSHIP. β€œWOMEN” β€œVACCINE” β€œEQUITY” β€œADDICTION” FROM PEN AMERICA’S LIST OF WORDS BANNED FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WORK.

Science cannot thrive when censorship shuts down research. Shutting down research doesn't make people healthy. Help us impeach & #RemoveRFKJr by visiting standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr .
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09.02.2026 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 159    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

Since the early days of the space program, astronauts have quarantined before missions because any illness could be disastrous. It’s eminently logical β€” not β€œextreme” β€” for athletes who’ve trained their WHOLE LIVES for one event to take similar precautions in order to stay in peak physical condition

09.02.2026 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2369    πŸ” 406    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 12
Digital portrait sketch of a male Resplendent Quetzal. He has a bright yellow beak, big black eye, and then a big fluffy spiky green and turquoise crest and beard of feathers in all directions around his head. On the breast, the colors turn toward blue, with a small patch of red near the wrist of the wing.

Digital portrait sketch of a male Resplendent Quetzal. He has a bright yellow beak, big black eye, and then a big fluffy spiky green and turquoise crest and beard of feathers in all directions around his head. On the breast, the colors turn toward blue, with a small patch of red near the wrist of the wing.

Little 1-hr Resplendent Quetzal portrait sketch, off @kulindadromeus.bsky.social 's dinosaur prompt list #DrawDinosDaily (link to list in reply)

Phew yay I will finally have time to do some of these!

🎨πŸͺΆ #BirdArt #SciArt

09.02.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 250    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

Get πŸ‘ your πŸ‘ flu πŸ‘ shot

09.02.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
New York Times headline: Libertarians: We Told You So

With an image of a big black boot stomping a snake

New York Times headline: Libertarians: We Told You So With an image of a big black boot stomping a snake

this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart

1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks

2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections

09.02.2026 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 11090    πŸ” 2330    πŸ’¬ 328    πŸ“Œ 177

In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:

- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown

This is unprecedented.

09.02.2026 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3247    πŸ” 1682    πŸ’¬ 247    πŸ“Œ 404
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Howard Lutnick faces bipartisan calls to resign over latest Epstein revelations Recently disclosed records suggest a closer relationship than the Commerce secretary previously indicated.

Secretary Howard Lutnick lied to the country about his ties to Epstein.

Now we learned that they were in business together.

He has no business being our Commerce Secretary.

He should resign.
www.politico.com/live-updates...

09.02.2026 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 13697    πŸ” 4520    πŸ’¬ 843    πŸ“Œ 263
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ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.

ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.

If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

09.02.2026 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 12292    πŸ” 7148    πŸ’¬ 1238    πŸ“Œ 1169
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Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: β€œDespite all the hype, AI just isn't ready to take on the role of the physician.”

one chatbot told a participant in this study to go lay down in the dark when he was presenting with a brain hemorrhage... what are we even doing

www.404media.co/chatbots-hea...

09.02.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 709    πŸ” 197    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 62

Susan Collins: It would be impractical to exclude ICE and Border Patrol from the in-process DHS funding bill -- and to channel new dollars to FEMA and TSA instead -- because ICE and Border Patrol already have plenty of money. [Yes, this is logically incoherent and makes no sense.] #MEpolitics

09.02.2026 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧡

09.02.2026 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 11083    πŸ” 7170    πŸ’¬ 177    πŸ“Œ 798

NEW: Republican senators pitched a FIT when Jack Smith didn’t disclose toll record subpoenas were for Members of Congress (not required by law) but I’m sure they’ll be silent when they learn the trump admin illegally failed to include Natanson is a journalist on their warrant.

09.02.2026 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1438    πŸ” 518    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 8
Me holding a beautiful barn owl

Me holding a beautiful barn owl

#SuperbOwl you say? Well okay then!

09.02.2026 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A brown and grey owl with squinting eyes pokes its head out of a nesting box covered in pine bark to mimic a tree hollow.  Next to it is the fluffy yellow and black head of a young duckling.  Their eyes are lined up vertically, which make it look like they're cheek to cheek.

CREDIT:  Laurie Wolf
"Amateur photographer Laurie Wolf captured this image of a duckling sharing a nest with an owl in her backyard in Jupiter, Florida."
Sorry, I stole this from the article.  My apologies to the original photographer.

A brown and grey owl with squinting eyes pokes its head out of a nesting box covered in pine bark to mimic a tree hollow. Next to it is the fluffy yellow and black head of a young duckling. Their eyes are lined up vertically, which make it look like they're cheek to cheek. CREDIT: Laurie Wolf "Amateur photographer Laurie Wolf captured this image of a duckling sharing a nest with an owl in her backyard in Jupiter, Florida." Sorry, I stole this from the article. My apologies to the original photographer.

There's a real story behind this photo by Laurie Wolf of a nesting box in her back yard & I'll share a NatGeo article by @bittelmethis.bsky.social

A mama eastern screech owl (Megascops asio) hatched a wood duckling (Aix sponsa).

This is likely a case of brood parasitism. Let's talk about it.

20.09.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 185    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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It's become a tradition for me to post this short video I recorded of a Barred Owl for #SuperbOwlSunday!

#birds #photography #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin

08.02.2026 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 356    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 4
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New paper by my lab! PhD student @fallonmeng.bsky.social set out to use whole genome sequencing of Spotted Lanternfly from China & the US to better understand the invasion... and discovered that adapting to the city may be the key to their invasive success!
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

08.02.2026 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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