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2025 New England Music Awards Ballot - New England Music Awards Vote below for the 2025 New England Music Awards! Do not submit more than one ballot submission per person, per day or your submission will be excluded from the results.

sidebody has been nominated by the New England Music Awards for Best Pop Act. thank you so much to whoever nominated us, we are really honored.

if you're so inclined, you can vote for us here: nemusicawards.com/vote/ you can vote once per day through 10/10. pop on 🤘🤘🤘🤘

looking for a delicious, affordable way to fight artist displacement in Somerville?

It's your lucky day! Central St. Studios and Gracie's have collaborated on a very special ice cream flavor, ART SCHOOL DROPOUT.

Available THIS WEEKEND ONLY for $25/pint, right here: givebutter.com/c/57Central/...

Seeing ice cream cones during their spawning runs really takes your breath away. They’ll only do this once in their entire lives.

If you have an extra $10 a month to spare, here's a list of worker-owned cooperative news sites you might want to support:

• 404 Media
• Defector
• The Flytrap
• Flaming Hydra
• The Appeal
• Aftermath
• Racket
• Hell Gate
• The 51st
• The Colorado Sun
• Range Media
• Discourse Blog
• Pop Heist

Writing Alongside the Nonhuman — Workshops 4 Gaza Step 1: Donate to Sameer Project here (sugg. donation $40) Step 2: Register for “Writing Alongside the Nonhuman” here It is one thing to write about animals, plants, and other non-human...

I'm teaching a Workshop4Gaza in November about writing alongside the non-human! We're raising funds for The Sameer Project. Come! We'll be reading from Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, and more.
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...

These Ants Found a Loophole for a Fundamental Rule of Life

wrote about some weird ants (which is saying something for ants) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/s...

but i guess they won't have to worry about it for too long

this seems like bad news for Queens

need to have a word with the autotranscriber autosummary. it sees me too clearly

thanks, Laura!

it certainly can't hurt

Leaving the Ocean Was a Mistake: Life Lessons from Sixty Sea Creatures|Hardcover Sixty bizarre and beautiful marine creatures offer affirmations for self-confidence, serenity, and fulfillment—drawn from real-life facts about our fascinating natural world.If you sometimes wis...

my new book wherein ocean creatures give you life advice is on preorder sale for members at barnes + noble today www.barnesandnoble.com/w/leaving-th...

i didn't either until recently — it's a bit of a well-kept secret. people have done some amazing projects!

Lilia and I are artists in residence at Mount Auburn this year! there's a virtual panel tonight where we and the other artists will share some of our work, including an exclusive sneak peek of our close-up toad footage mountauburn.org/event/meet-o...

thank you Ethan! was so great to meet the blue dasher

Meet the Beautiful Dragonfly That Thrives in Your Pollution

So great to see our work on blue dasher dragonflies highlighted in the New York Times. Excellent piece by @cjgiaimo.bsky.social!

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/s...

i would never say no to that but i did find someone to comment on this. i'm going to keep an antenna out for her research!

i found someone, thanks everyone!

i found someone, thanks all!

oh hey it's my squid friend! this reminds me i actually owe you an email about something different

Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up

Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up theonion.com/austral...

Central Street Studios Preservation Campaign Central Street Studios Online Auction

i donated 6 of my precious Cash For Your Warhol stickers, someone should buy them givebutter.com/c/57Central/...

Central Street Studios Preservation Campaign Central Street Studios Online Auction

we're running a sweet online auction for our studio preservation campaign. click around and find something beautiful for a good cause: givebutter.com/c/57Central/...

thank you!

(who is this though? if i pissed anyone off please let me know... let's talk it out)

my haters will be my waiters at the table of success

come hang out tonight at the CAMBRIDGE MOTH BALL. i will be speaking about at least 3 unusual moths. there is also a costume contest and of course mothing. starts at 8! tickets are free: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-2025-c...

It was great talking to @cjgiaimo.bsky.social for @wired.com about how animals use medicine on a sketchy phone connection on a moving rain in Germany :-). Bears, caterpillars, ants, and many other animals are health experts, as described in my @princetonupress.bsky.social book #doctorsbynature. 🧪

Animals Are the Original Wellness Influencers Long before TikTok and probiotics, animals were teaching each other tips on feeling better, from swallowing leaves to get rid of parasites to using icebergs for exfoliation.

last month @harmancipants.bsky.social asked me to go out and gather the latest and freshest animal wellness tips. is this the year we all get into leaf swallowing and iceberg exfoliation? www.wired.com/story/animal...

Animals Are the Original Wellness Influencers Long before TikTok and probiotics, animals were teaching each other tips on feeling better, from swallowing leaves to get rid of parasites to using icebergs for exfoliation.

Did you know that animals also practice "wellness"? Let @cjgiaimo.bsky.social be your guide through iceberg exfoliation, and more www.wired.com/story/animal...