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aqueousmedium

@aqueousmedium.bsky.social

Still a swimmer, still a science nerd. #Toasties

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How “Fire Fungi” Help Put Burnt Landscapes Back Together - bioGraphic Before plants and animals recolonize after a wildfire, fungi get to work.

“They really seem like the first responders,” says Fischer. “They’re the things that are growing the most rapidly first.”

So, whatever these fungi are up to—biologically speaking—likely impacts the rest of post-fire succession and recovery, she says.

www.biographic.com/how-fire-fun...

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Friends if you were NOT checking every single reference when peer-reviewing, you sure as hell better be doing it now.

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Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar Hi everyone, I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses

I'm still raising funds to pay for increased cancer treatment costs, & as a token of my appreciation to all donors, every contribution between Feb 1 & Mar 28 will be entered in a random draw to win 1 of 3 autographed copies of my latest novella! Click for details!

www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

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Wishing her a speedy recovery!

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Learning about the sport of knuckle hopping at the Arctic Winter Games | APTN News YouTube video by APTN News

What happens when you combine holding your body in a push-up position and hop around using your fists and toes?

You get the sport of knuckle hopping.

Our reporter Sara Connors was at the event and shows the world record breaker breaking his own record.

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博士号取得者募集 | 株式会社ポケモン 博士号取得者募集(株式会社ポケモン)の求人情報です。 | HRMOS

Guys. All hands on deck this is not a drill. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. The Pokémon Company has a job posting for PhD-level ecologist 🧪

hrmos.co/pages/pokemo...

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Narratively having Ever Given getting stuck in 2021 to set up Hormuz in 2026 is great foreshadowing. You want your audience to understand the basics of international shipping in a lower stakes context so you drop the real plot without a lot of saggy exposition about the minutiae of cargo logistics.

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Close up of a truly gorgeous fluffy grey tabby cat with green eyes. She is on a deep red blanket and is at peace with herself. At least until breakfast is due.

All is right with the world, she has received her required snacks

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Inside the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, an Alaska Native Tradition With Cultural Flair

Inside the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, an Alaska Native Tradition With Cultural Flair in Vogue. By Christian Allaire and 📸🎥 by Emily Sullivan

www.vogue.com/article/idit...

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The cover for ROSES IN AMBER, a retold version of Beauty and the Beast by CE Murphy, features a headshot of a lovely young woman with her gaze downcast. She's surrounded by roses, and a threatening arch with glowing eyes is in the darkness behind her. Cover art and design by Fringe Element.

SUPER QUICK 48 hour sale on the prequel to the upcoming BONE & BLOOD!!!

There is a story of a beast, and a merchant’s daughter, and a curse that must be broken.

This is not—quite—that story.

#FairyTales #booksky #kindledeal

ROSES IN AMBER is $1.99 for 2 days only!

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

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Reporter, Nature Job Title: Reporter, Nature Location: Washington DC or New York (Hybrid Working Model) Application Deadline: March 27, 2026 About Springer Nature Springer Nature is one of the leading publishers of re...

Science reporter/journalist/writer job alert at Nature!

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#journalism #jobs #science #naturemag #dc #nyc

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Olympics, the Barkley Marathons, and now the Iditarod - so many athletes out there pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Couch athletes can join in too via #igivearod!

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FROM THE GRIMOIRE - High Country News A poem by D.A. Powell.

And when spiritually we are parched like the air
in fire season, laden with the things of this world
caught flame and heaved up into the atmosphere...

✍️ A poem by D.A. Powell.

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1 week ago

All due respect to Branagh and Robert Sean Leonard, but hard agree

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Satellite proposals threaten the night sky In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan.
darksky.org/news/two-sat...

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I'm glad the prognosis & treatment are the same, but oof, I'm sure that's the last additional thing you need on your mind

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AVOCADO SHAG

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oh, I am so sorry for your loss, what a sweet pupper she was

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It really is

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yep, just love the folks from a.s.g-x who brighten my day when their posts pop up and I say softly to myself "pocket friend"

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it us! who'd have thought, in those heady days of Usenet, that we'd still be here, 30-some odd years and uncountable internet platforms later

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Tomorrow's Bandcamp Friday fundraiser will be for The Trans Continental Pipeline, helping trans folks leave hostile states (ahem, Kansas) for Colorado.

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What’s needed to protect sage grouse? - High Country News Two tribes are showing how saving sage grouse, and other iconic species of the West’s vast sagebrush steppe, will require are assessment of the widespread cattle grazing that has become an emblem of…

The Burns Paiute and Shoshone-Bannock tribes are proving that reducing grazing may be the key to saving the iconic bird.

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Screenshot of a book cover showing an illustration of a crow perched on an "ICE" jacket lying in the middle of a snow-lined road under the light of a full moon. The cover reads "ICE Out " by Charles de Lint. Text to the right of the cover reads "ICE came to Newford. Big mistake." and "Download for free!"

Urban fantasy author Charles de Lint just published a new "novelet" and released it for free, his stories of myth and magic and community and found family are full of so much love and hope and we could all use some of that right now

www.charlesdelint.com/IceOut.html

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The staggeringly fabulous cover for CE Murphy's upcoming BONE & BLOOD, a retelling of "Snow White, Rose Red" features two women standing back to back: one is garbed all in blood red, with dark red hair and a black mask; the other wears flowing white, with wheat-pale hair and a glittering mask. Cover art & design by Ravven. A page of teaser text from BONE & BLOOD, reading:

A hunched and twisted man stood before her, half her height, his neck bent at an angle to look up and meet her gaze with colorless eyes. From the look of him, he had been ancient before his own birth, and his clothes were older than that. Gold loops nestled in his long earlobes, and he wore a metal crown upon his balding head, battered, tarnished, bejeweled, like a joker's pretense at being king.

Dread and determination shivered through her. She cast her gaze beyond the dwarf, searching for his footprints in the snow: there were none, as she had known there would not be. The moon blinked to a sliver and hung dim in the starless sky, until all the light in the world came from the dying fire behind her and the glow in the dwarf's pale eyes.

"Will you not invite me in?" he said, and his voice was everything that his visage was not: sweet, deep, soothing, rich enough to sip from.

There were rules: Adele knew that well enough. There were rules, when the forest offered up a thing from its deeps. There were rules of hospitality, of threats that came in threes, of youngest sons and kingdoms to be conquered. 

But those rules were for the woodcutters who were heroes, and not the widows they left behind. There were no stories for those like her, and the broken-toothed dwarf would barter what she could not afford. She was no fool; she understood the world that she lived in, and all of the costs for living in it.

And so she did the only thing she could: opened the door wider, stepped aside, and spoke. 

"Please come in, Master Dwarf."

The problem with "Snow White, Rose Red" as a fairy tale is there's not much *there* there.

So I put some There in it. 👀

BONE & BLOOD, a retelling of "Snow White, Rose Red" is out on March 12! Preorder now! 🌹❤️ #booksky #romantasy #fantasy #FairyTales

www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXFPLQW...

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Liberal MP criticizes Mark Carney’s support for U.S. attack on Iran Victoria MP Will Greaves said Canada "cannot endorse the unilateral and illegal use of military force" while insisting its own sovereignty must be respected.

"Canada cannot endorse the unilateral & illegal use of military force, the killing of civilians or the kidnap & assassination of foreign heads of gov't while also insisting that our sovereignty, our rights and our independence must be respected." @wgreaves.bsky.social www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

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2 weeks ago

For the Sunday afternoon scrollers: Reminder that we are running an early bird special for subscribers ahead of our March hard launch! You too can get posts like these delivered to your inbox.

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Statement by Prime Minister Carney and Minister Anand on the situation in the Middle East Canada’s position remains clear: the Islamic Republic of Iran is the principal source of instability and terror throughout the Middle East, has one of the world’s worst human rights records, and must ...

Canada would have been better off saying nothing. You can detest the regime in Iran without supporting chaos. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...

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Seeing a lot of people (including the Canadian PM) insist that the people of Iran deserve to live free of oppression from their tyrannical government. Presumably they mean the people of Iran *except for* the 50+ children murdered at school this morning.

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Telly Visions By Anglophiles, For Anglophiles

Telly Visions is officially relaunching in March! We're running an early bird special this weekend for new signups. Tell your friends, family, and anyone you know who loves British TV.
www.tellyvisions.org

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