doom girl⁷ ⊙⊝⊜

Such a beautiful "What if" - this bundle is not a chore, you don't have to read everything (!) - it's an offering of love and exploration. There is a whole world of humans here together. And we are our stories. #BookSky #GlobalLiterature #Translation

Terracotta head. Ife, Nigeria. 12th–15th century. From a private collection. Displayed at the Met Museum.

Terracotta head (c. 12th–15th century) • Ifẹ̀, Nigeria • On display at the Met Museum

Source • www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/a-pictoria...

Fall of civilisations is very good too

Macro photo of the head Peripatoides novaezealandicae from ventral. You can see the “teeth” very well. And if the upload quality is enough the structure of the cuticle (better than on the mCT scan). You can even see what I have called the “thingies on the thingies”.

Yet again the same worm. Regular photo this time. I just finished turning the background black. :)

The little “paws” are very cute, but the mouth is terrifying.

#photography #macro #worm #onychophora

Four photos of the deep sea acorn worm Tergivelum cinnabarinum leaving a distinct, spiral-shaped feeding trail on the sediment. Photo from: Jones, D. O., Alt, C. H., Priede, I. G., Reid, W. D., Wigham, B. D., Billett, D. S., Gebruk, A. V., Rogacheva, A. & Gooday, A. J. (2013). Deep-sea surface-dwelling enteropneusts from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: their ecology, distribution and mode of life. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 98, 374-387.

Tergivelum cinnabarium is species of deep sea acorn worm which is noted for being a big fan of Junjo Ito's Uzumaki
#Invertebrate 🧪
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Barry Webb's photograph of glistening Comatricha nigra slime moulds titled "Glistening Slime Mould". It won the people's choice in the macro category of the British Photography Awards 2025 Photographed on an old, rotting fence post in my back garden. I used a spray bottle to create a wet foreground to add a reflection and give the image an extra dimension. These fruiting bodies are around 2.5mm tall. 56 images were focus stacked to create the final image. Camera settings: 2.0 sec, f3.2, ISO 400 Source: https://www.britishphotographyawards.org/2025-shortlist/shortlist/macro/glistening-slime-mould/d4795926-9090-4f80-b07b-e7a743ec9459

Check out these beautiful macro photographs of Slime Moulds by Barry Webb at www.barrywebbimages.co.uk/Images/Macro...

Additional links -
Fungi: www.barrywebbimages.co.uk/Images/Macro...
Instagram: www.instagram.com/barrywebbima...
Slime mould info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slime_mo
#Nature

Time-calibrated phylogeny of the family Drosophilidae showing major species groups, surrounded by representative adult flies that highlight the remarkable morphological diversity of this model insect group. The composite image was created using Microsoft PowerPoint. Fly photographs were taken by Darren J. Obbard and are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License with permission.

The #fly community aims to achieve a comprehensive genomic study of the Drosophilidae family. @pankajd.bsky.social @bernardkim.bsky.social @petrovadmitri.bsky.social @darrenobbard.bsky.social present a comparative gene annotation for 301 #Drosophilidae species @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4c3pyrI

stylized, simple drawing of a horseshoe crab colored in yellow, green, and blue, with the name Tachypleus gigas in the corner

We're horseposting post your horses.

Photo of side view of ceramic bust in white with blue floral patterning partly.and Mohawk style spikes on head neck and back

Juliette Clovis, contemporary French ceramic artist who works with porcelain #womensart

A illustrate of a little horse with “wish you success” in Chinese

丙午火马年
祝大家新年心想事成，马到成功🎆

#art #illustration #水墨画 #inkwash #inkwashart

We don't deserve Dolly.

This is so cool! The latest Storybundle offers 3 translated SFFH books for $5, or the whole lot of 12 books for $25 (or more, if you want)! For those looking to read some awesome, global speculative stories and/or are passionate about translated fiction, check it out 👀

phyllite xenolith kinda looks like a brown happy face clam surrounded by brown granite surrounded by black&white granite

reaction rim, phyllite xenolith in Chilliwack Batholith, Slesse

Detailed illustration of a female Blue Crab, as seen from above.

My illustration of one of the most iconic keystone species of the U.S. Atlantic Coast, the Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus, female), or "beautiful, savory swimmer."
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #sciviz #scicomm #crabs #BlueCrab

City of Monroe Debris Cleanup graphic: Debris should be placed curbside without blocking the roadway or storm drains. Vegetative Debris (Logs, plants, tree branches) ok. NO household trash. Disaster Debris only. Do not stack or Lean on trees, poles, hydrants, or meters. Place debris at the curb or edge of your property.

City of Monroe (Louisiana) is beginning debris cleanup. #MonroeLa #MonroeLouisiana

Bad bunny halftime show representing all the flags that are part of Latin America

Don’t mind me, I’m just happy to see my flag 😭🇭🇹

It would make the second half so much more interesting if they left Benito's sugarcane up.

The cover of Not Quite States of America by Doug Mack

Here’s a good book I often recommend on this subject.

I’ve seen commercials during the Super Bowl for like three other things that are debuting March 20. Do they not understand that date is unavailable?

Humble Book Bundle: Charlie Jane Anders & Annalee Newitz by TOR Don’t miss this bundle of novels and story collections from acclaimed authors Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz! Pay what you want and support charity!

I'm stoked that the Humble Bundle of my and @annaleen.bsky.social's books from Tor has raised nearly $5000 for the TGI Justice Project and Miss Major/Alexander Lee Black Trans Cultural Center.

www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...

Let me tell you about when I went to the TGIJP's anniversary party

Happy New Year, Horse, with Eohippus

始祖马

A very worried looking fish with a googly eye lodged in the sclerotic ring

Happy #FossilFriday from this stupid Xiphactinus that I found last April! She is fresh out od prep and just as ugly as I imagined she would be.

Mongolian 2026 winter olympics uniforms

Haitian 2026 Winter Olympics uniforms

Mongolia and Haiti correctly identified that the Winter Olympics are primarily a chance to design baller cold weather uniforms

a round pottery piece with pig eyes and a snout

i think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired

Shows 12 book covers in an array, with text: Twelve Books, One World, One Future, In Translation — To Benefit Global Voices Lingua, StoryBundle.com/Translation

Read more about the In Translation StoryBundle here:

storybundle.com/blog/intrans...

the #storybundle this month "In Translation" has books originally in:
Shona
isiZulu
Korean
Arabic
Tamil
Hausa
Malay
Brazilian Portuguese
Thai
French
Nishinaabemowin
Ukrainian

storybundle.com/translation

no disrespect, but I'm not subscribing to your Substack for reasons that should be obvious if you google words like "substack" and "nazis"

I love books in translation. This is going to be a great pack.

Semafor: Guinea worm neared global eradication, with just 10 cases reported worldwide in 2025, all of them in Chad, Ethiopia, or South Sudan. When former US President Jimmy Carter founded an eradication program in the mid-1980s, there were millions of infections in developing countries and the only human disease that had ever previously been permanently defeated was smallpox. The parasitic infection, transmitted via contaminated water, leads to three-foot worms emerging from painful leg ulcers, and causes long-term incapacitation and disability. While Carter did not, as he hoped, outlive the last Guinea worm (he died in 2024), he may have come close; the 10 cases mark a 33% decrease year-on-year.

Only 10 cases of Guinea worm disease were recorded *globally* last year.

It may become the second human disease we eradicate, after smallpox.

You only tell me you love me when you’re drunk - Pet Shop Boys