Rachel W. Martin

My dad taught me how to catch and relocate rattlesnakes safely when I was about 10 years old. (His technique involved a broom and a trash can.)

Same.

That is beautiful work.

Millwright and union organizer on one side. On the other, Catholic priest, at least before he met my grandmother.

Hey, congrats!

Also a valid option. But I really want my fancy paper.

"But what if they threatened you or threatened your family?"

"They can put my statue next to the one of Giordano Bruno, my husband would probably be a co-author on the paper, and my parents would understand."

I had a whole argument in a bar about whether I would/would not accept a bribe or succumb to intimidation to keep alien life secret. Of course, the answer is absolutely not and I am sure that 99.999% of scientists would say the same.

Red and white amaryllis bulbs in pots on a porch, each with an excessive number of flowers.

How about some plants?

The Fish Doorbell — The Fish Doorbell Did you spot a fish? Press the Fish Doorbell! This alerts our lock operator to let the fish through. The Fish Doorbell is in Utrecht, NL.

*bursts in, sweating, out of breath*

“Drop everything, fish doorbell’s back”

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This is absolutely true.

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

You could use a 3D scanner, and print a model... butthole seals for EVERYONE!

Awww, Percy. I liked following his adventures from afar. I am sorry you lost your little guys.

A small morning glory seedling in a black plastic pot. It is starting to climb up a black plastic support.

There are still Horrors, but our plants are growing in our new greenhouse space and they have 3D-printed supports.

I am behind on posting threads for our various papers that are coming out, and this is why.

They're good papers, though!

This is so real

It’s a good frog, nothing to be ashamed of.

Is that a raspberry poison dart frog?

Co-worker after a long flight:

My neck, my back

Me: … makes will save, does not finish the sentence

We may need to rehome our young male crested gecko (Sparks) here in the PNW this month (housing situation). Does anyone know of a good stable place for Sparks to land? He’d come with terrarium/gear. @ethankocak.com

I love public transit and I bought this shirt immediately

🌲

The concept of the Farcaster network abruptly being cut off and leaving people stranded on a different planent than their home, or trapped in the bathroom, which is on top of a mountain or under the sea, has lived in my head all these years. But otherwise, yeah.

I hadn’t made that connection, but yes!

Wow, look at these stones!

Tiffany! The people want Tiffany!

I can see why. Her fashion game was very strong.

Superstar

This is <exactly> why I never want to hear from James Carville ever again about the "faculty lounge." It feeds the far right authoritarian lies & the Herrenvolk democracy nonsense. No Democrat (or democrat) should use that language when discussing professors or universities ever again. Full stop.