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holy carp now i know somebody who worked with somebody who got a Nobel Prize!

Yeah that sucked in a “Northridge ‘94 quake” way, waking up screaming and pumped with fear-o-mones at 3Am. :P

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i was just pondering, while up in the sierras listening to un-findable and furtive cicadas, if such a merlin app for them was even possible!

oh now i want one

thanks thats terriying!

It's clear that printing and distribution of my publication TASKS FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD IN CHICAGO is going to disrupt my life at a time when I have no time, so here are files you can print from. It's a double-sided 8.5 x 11" sheet of paper. Please do not edit the text. Have fun!

In case you need an ethicist's input: it's not only acceptable but, I'd argue, obligatory to say what you need to say to get a COVID vaccine. We have duties of care to each other, and particular duties of solidarity to those the regime wants dead, which supersede situational duties of truthfulness.

oh loverly!

Love #invertefest, but esp love reposting excellent earwig art!

A hand holding up a piece of white paper on which is printed in blue a picture of a clam and the words NO HEADS NO LEGS NO GODS NO MASTERS NO GENDERS. Behind this is the inked lino block

Learning how to linocut simply to illustrate my most banger bsky posts 😂

Agnes Varda mask!

Can there be a Merlin app, but for cicadas? I just wanna know who’s clclclclking and who’s eeeeeeeeeing in the foliage…! Are they too similar in sound for species ID?

that is beautiful!

An excellent scientific survey!

oh if only i could have my vm rotate between several random earwig and jerusalem cricket facts each time somebody calls!

de-extinction is a grift.

Occlupanid： Plastic bread tag as an organism — cusphangzhou Occlupanid： Plastic bread tag as an organism Duration: 5 Jul.– 31 Aug. 2025 accessible between 12:00 - 19:00 （closed on Monday） ...

CuspDot art space in Hangzhou, China is showing “Occlupanid: Bread Tag as an Organism” this month in collaboration with HORG. Visitors are encouraged to explore known occlupanid biomes, and practice identification techniques. cusphangzhou.cargo.site/Occlupanid-P...

Art is inefficient. Care is inefficient. Joy is inefficient. Humanity is inefficient. Don't let them take that away.

only fireworks i ever want to see from here on out

Fireflies dot a field at dusk with trees on the horizon and a colorful sunset.

Some fireworks for your July 4th.

Fireflies, Pennsylvania

In 20 years in America, this is the saddest 4th of July I have experienced.

I honestly think the 4th of July should be dead quiet, no fireworks, no BBQs, no anything. It should be a day of mourning because this country is certainly nothing to celebrate.

We are currently switching all calls to the House. Call **your** House Rep!

And yes, the bill will forever be labeled H.R. 1! However, the short title "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" was STRUCK from the bill text on the floor this morning after Sen. Schumer raised a point of order. 😎

Need to start making some new time blocks in my schedule for Being Sad About the Careless Destruction of US Scientific Research

I love silverfish! They're so beautiful up-close, all those shiny perfect scales.

whoa i *just* read about these in Ed Yong’s Immense World book! What an amazing behavior.

It was good day to whip fascism. #NoKingsDay

power dome to the people!!! This rules so much!

“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco