Brigid Christison

Headlong from Live Science that reads “'Nailed-head ritual' in Iron Age Spain was more 'complex than initially thought, severed skulls reveal” with a picture of a skull that’s got a spike from the front of the crown through out the back base

If you say so

Backlit low buildings on a wintery landscape. Behind them in the centre, the sun is rising. On either side are two perfect sun dogs, and a near halo is seen around them.

sun dogs from this morning to help remind me the cold weather isn't all bad.

Just days after this appeared in Chemistry World 🫠 🧪

www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...

Under fascism, no one is safe.

Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.

Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.

Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.

It must be easy when your platform is just destruction and restriction

Autism Isn’t To Blame For Bad Behavior | The Nib Autism is a developmental disability, not an attitude or personality.

Since more and more instances are popping up of terrible men using autism as a scapegoat for their behavior, I’d like to link an article I made for the Nib in 2018. I hate that its continued to be relevant today thenib.com/james-damore...

broke - Kamala Harris: “i will follow the law when it comes to transgender individuals”

woke - Stephen Smith:

I get that we’re all stressed, but I would love for people to not work out their feelings in some stranger’s mentions. Nobody knows what to do for you here. Find a loved one.

Analysis | Some Jewish leaders renew calls for X boycott as Musk’s power grows Citing “Nazi salute” and antisemitic content, rabbis break with ADL in pressing advertisers, app stores to drop X

NEW: The Jewish leaders who led the early X ad boycott under Musk released a new letter. We call on:

1. Companies to pull ads from X

2. Google/Apple to drop X from stores

3. People with 100k+ followers to leave X

4. Jewish orgs to speak up

5. Major shareholders to pressure Musk

Watching in real time how the policy of complying in advance actually reduces scientific productivity

World bad comics good

re Leaving America… like 1. fuck you! my friends are here and 2. do people think that there’s a country that they’ve never heard of that’s immune to the fascist turn by every nuclear power that you can only see if you look at a globe in a mirror

"Check on your trans frie-" No. Give them money. Hire them. Buy them a video game.

Stay With Us — Assigned Assigned Media wants you to live! And, what keeps us steadfast and ready to meet the moment is the example of other members of our community who refuse to let fear or hopelessness keep them from their...

In November, after the election results led to a wave of shock and despair in the trans community that overwhelmed hotlines and stunned therapists, Assigned put together the Stay With Us package.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...

Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

Example of Middle Jurassic mammal fossils from Skye, published by Elsa Panciroli et al. 2024.

Cuillin Hills, the view from our field site on the Isle of Skye.

📣 Come work with us! Three year Research Associate position to work as part of Leverhulme Trust funded project collecting and studying amazing Jurassic mammal fossils from the Isle of Skye. PhD not necessary; CT segmentation skills essential. Contact me for details:

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About a 10 by 5cm chunk of sandy rock with little black flecks in it, being held by someone with navy nail polish.

It may not look like much, but this chunk is from the stomach of a mosasaur that died ~80 million years ago, and is chock-full of fossil teeth and bones. Really excited to see what our undergrad volunteers will find in those gut contents this semester! 🧪 #FossilFriday

We Need A New Deal To Save Local Journalism | Defector During the first week of the fires, I would go up to my building’s roof once a day. I’d look at the Los Angeles skyline at whatever shade of yellow-orange-brown muck the fires had delivered that day…

We need a new deal to save local journalism:

This article explains really well why devastating wildfires happen even after a really wet season. "Whiplash" is right.

science friends: do you have a favorite form of endosymbiosis?

looking for a cool example of an invertebrate in longterm partnership (helpful or harmful) with another species it lives inside, or that lives inside it 🧪

Screen shot of a statement by the Palestinian youth movement on ig: The loss our people have experienced is without measure and beyond all language. Our martyrs are the crowns above our heads, and we will honor each and every one of them and their sacrifice through everything we do in the months and years ahead. We will never forgive or forget. Palestine has awoken the world to the necessity of long-term struggle to build a future free of colonization and oppression. Zionism and imperialism will fall because ideologies predicated on genocide, displacement, and domination are incompatible with the forward march of humanity and will always be met with resistance. That is why we say that liberation is not only possible, it is inevitable. Ceasefire today, liberation tomorrow.

From a statement by the Palestinian Youth Movement on ig @palestinianyouthmovement

If it’s true that a ceasefire agreement has been reached, it’s more important than ever to donate to Gazan fundraisers.

Here are some campaigns that truly need your help that @divyampersaud.com has been working tirelessly to get more donations in - please share and donate! Every little bit helps!

This is my fav chapter yet!!

love to be on the website where people with no money or power or influence scold each other not to comply in advance, meanwhile every corporation cranks up a big dial that says TRANSPHOBIA while looking at the audience for approval

Ro looking miserable surrounded by adoring fans

new chapter on Wednesday 🎸

I think when you consume art you just have to know that it was made by people and people can be bad, even evil. It’s up to you to decide where your personal line is to continue to enjoy their work or not. For me it’s kinda case-by-case. But there is no category of person that is “safe”.

a foggy winter morning. the sky is purple and pink with a couple glowing clouds. the twilight hour casts a dusty lilac light over a dusting of snow across a field behind a small farmers' fence. a few semi-bare trees and bushes fade into the background.

ok it's been a rough start to the month here's a pink sky to cheer up the feed a bit #art

Just a reminder that if there is a ceasefire the need among people from Gaza here will still be there- some people will want to raise money to evacuate and some will want to rebuild and they all will still need help to survive ❤️

Harder to internalize, but overall healthier: accept that making good art doesn’t make anyone a good person