The Well-read Naturalist

A timely book indeed!

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Palaeontology in Public Edited by Dr. Chris Manias, "Palaeontology in Public" features a collection case studies, each published as a chapter, by a remarkable assembly of noteworthy authors in the field. It's as informative ...

“Palaeontology in Public” features a collection case studies, each published as a chapter, by a remarkable assembly of noteworthy authors in the field. It’s as informative as it is lively and interesting. If you’re interested in the subject, it’s a book about which you should know. #Booksky #HistSci

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

Time to flock to the polls for Australia's biggest beak-off 🐦

Cast your vote for Bird of the Year 2025:
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#BirdOfTheYear

So the "culmination of the #American #Conservative #Tradition is fascism.

Frankly, I've long thought so. Glad to see others are coming to this understanding as well.

Reflections Upon a Truly Transformative Book In describing the absurd, unique manner by which American law has long treated – and indeed, often continues to treat – non-procreative, non-heteronomative sexual behavior, I can do no better than to ...

If Trump's fascists knew about "A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States" (@sunypress.bsky.social) they would certainly ban it.

Piss them off; read it.

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It’s Banned Books Week! A time to honor books that challenge ideas and fight censorship. These stories make us think and unite us. What’s your favorite banned book? Tell us below! #BannedBooksWeek #ReadFreely #FreedomToRead #BooksNotBans #aasl https://bit.ly/3XXdrFi

We live, we (it is hoped) learn, and if we are wise we adjust our actions accordingly.

Reflections Upon a Truly Transformative Book In describing the absurd, unique manner by which American law has long treated – and indeed, often continues to treat – non-procreative, non-heteronomative sexual behavior, I can do no better than to ...

Preferred pronoun designations have been ridiculed by many (including, I'm now ashamed to say, me until I read this book), but they are vitally important in the understanding of the much larger and vastly more complex subject of transgender health care. @sunypress.bsky.social #Booksky

Another Tory Plan.. "Ministry Of Poetry".. From The Two Ronnies.. with Ronnie Barker.. The Brilliant Wordsmith..! @Eggsensetrick @Eggsensetrick @Eggsensetrick #giccir #ronniebarker #thetworonnies #tor... TikTok video by Giccir

Perhaps we will from this one day finally see the establishement of the long-time dream of a Ministry of Poetry in the UK. I'll let Ronnie Barker explain. 😉

Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science by Renée Bergland

Renée Bergland

Congratulations to Renée Bergland, whose book Natural Magic is the Winner of the @bshsnews.bsky.social's Hughes Prize! This award celebrates the best book in the history of science which is accessible to a wide audience of non-specialists.

Explore this exceptional book here: hubs.ly/Q03Lz1pb0

I want to live in this video. 😍📚🌧️

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Tycho’s last bastion In the history of science, scholars who end up on the wrong side of history tend to get either forgotten and/or vilified. What do I mean by ‘end up on the wrong side of history’? This refers to sch…

Danish astronomer and Tycho Brahe's chief assistant, Christen Sørensen, aka Longomontanus, was born 4 October 1562 #histsci

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I propose all Fox posts and programs begin with a ratings warning just as movies do: "Rated O: Over 65 requires accompanying younger person. Contains false information designed to trigger old people. Children are urged to learn more about the content before viewing it with their elderly parents."

Palaeontology in Public Edited by Dr. Chris Manias, "Palaeontology in Public" features a collection case studies, each published as a chapter, by a remarkable assembly of noteworthy authors in the field. It's as informative ...

Since its beginnings, the discoveries of palaeontology have captured and fired the public's imagination, and the public's enthusiasm for it has had an effect upon the field itself. Learn more in "Palaeontology in Public" (@uclpress.bsky.social). #Booksly

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Very seasonally timely indeed! 🩸

In RETURN OF THE OSPREY, David Gessner blends memoir and natural history, capturing a nesting season on Cape Cod and celebrating one of nature’s most remarkable comebacks. #NatureWriting #Wildlife #Birds #Environmental #History

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Tami Parr visits #ThirdPlaceBooks at Lake Forest Park to talk about, what else, goats!!! 🐐❤️ 🐐
Celebrate the release of "Goats in America" and join the conversation on Thursday, October 9, at 7 pm.
Free and open to the public. RSVP at thirdplacebooks.com/event/ta....
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Right now I'd be proud just to be a Certified Canadian. 🙂🍁🇨🇦🦫🫎

Also perhaps of interest, this was at a red county, small town pharmacy where the vaccines just arrived. There were five people waiting for it ahead of me and more came in as I was getting it.

The anti-vax maga-nutters are grossly mistaken; people want this jab.

For those who might be concerned about her privacy, I told the lady vaccinating me that I was taking a picture to post with a "buss my butt" message to RFK Jr. and promised to keep her out of it. She said she loved the idea and asked if it was OK with me if she was in it as well. 😃

I got my CoVid-19 booster jab today. 💉🦠

Thank you Pfizer! 🏆

Smooch my tuchus, Robert Kennedy Jr. 💋🤣

Deploy the mathematics! 🤓

“Having one's book banned is not a prize. It's an assault on the right to read. And, worse, official acts of censorship beget quiet censorship, done in anticipation of criticism. As frequently banned author Malinda Lo writes, "Self-censorship is possibly the most difficult kind of censorship to fight because it is generally not publicly admitted. It's done quietly, in private. If nobody knows it's happening, how can anyone object?"” "Being Banned Is Not an Award" Philip Nel Bookbird A Journal of International Children's Literature Volume 63, Number 3, 2025 Read free thru 31 October 2025 Illustrated with the cover art from the new issue of Bookbird

As Banned Books Week nears, Philip Nel warns against the ways institutional book banning efforts lead to self-censorship

Read "Being Banned Is Not an Award" in the new issue of Bookbird

Free on @projectmuse.bsky.social thru 31 October

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Having never given birth, I cannot speak to the objective truth of this, but I can say how remarkable it is that men so often seek in vain for a semblance of the powerful feelings that are a natural part of the existential potential of women. Perhaps that's why so many become misogynistic: jealousy.

William H. F. Altman, Podcast Episode · New Books in Ancient History · 09/30/2025 · 1h 60m

“[...] men have to invent wars and sporting events to give themselves the same feeling that every woman that's given birth to a child has every time she gives birth to a child, where you give your all in pain and agony and are happy to do it because you're producing this new life.”

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The Rise and Unraveling of America’s Science Pact The system of federally funded research gave the U.S. wealth, power, and prestige. Its future is now uncertain.

"So extreme is this embarrassment within the political class that it has eclipsed even the personal fears of disability and death among legislators who control the dollars."

🎶 "If you ever go down to The Great Black Swamp well you better not go at night..." 🎶

Oh, no... wait - that's Wooley Swamp. Sorry. Carry on. 😉