C.H. Engelhardt

Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault.

BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.

A macro photo showing a side view of a shiny black beetle with bright metallic green borders on its thorax and elytra (hard, beetle-y wing covers). The beetle has good-sized mandibles, and is against a pure white background.

A beautiful beetle from July in Arizona, Pasimachus sp., I'd guess P. viridans. It's a ground beetle, family Carabidae; those in this genus are sometimes called "warrior beetles," I'd guess in honor of the impressive bitey bits. They're fast-running predators of other less-fast bugs. 🐙🌿 #Bugsky

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.

The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.

Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.

'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.

FDA’s top drug regulator resigns after federal officials probe ‘serious concerns’ about his conduct The head of the Food and Drug Administration’s drug center abruptly resigned Sunday amid concerns about his personal conduct. A federal spokesperson said Dr.

The head of the FDA’s drug division, an RFK Jr. appointee, has just resigned as an investigation was launched accusing him of using his FDA position to seek revenge on a former rival, Kevin Tang.

George Tidmarsh is also accused of trying to solicit a bribe from Tang.

All the best people.

A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: Using Generative AI? You’re prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead Don’t surrender your creativity to the tech billionaire’s control

New awareness campaign

A pair of silver aluminum barbecue tongs on a white background .

everyone automatically clacks these twice upon picking them up because deep down we all know we’re crabs

It’s back! The thread is mundane Halloween costumes

What Authoritarian Regimes Do As we speak, the Trump administration is abandoning principles of democracy and dismantling the rule of law. The willful destruction of the federal science apparatus is but one harmful and onerous asp...

The hallmarks of authoritarianism are on full display in the US right now. Recognizing them—and sharing this knowledge with others—is step one for any successful effort to counter what’s happening.

more of the same dragon

A 164.7 cm #rhino horn from #Yakutia sheds light on woolly rhinoceros morphology, longevity, and sexual dimorphism zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #permafrost #palaeoecology @davehone.bsky.social @amcell.bsky.social @elissazcameron.bsky.social @conservresearch.bsky.social

Artists, our 4 year old is struggling, tears in his eyes, trying to draw “a horse riding in a fire truck”…

Should we lie to him and tell him it gets easier with practice or just lean into it and suggest he throw some folded hands and a bicycle into the composition as well?

Yesterday we talked a little bit about SNAP ending and how everyone who can, should give back to their communities. I'm going to spend a little time today talking about what to give.

don't let them make you think this is something you need.

Millions of Americans are already learning that their health insurance costs for 2026 are going way up.

I want to hear from you so we can make this impossible for the GOP to ignore the consequences of their policies.

If your premiums are going up, reply below and please share your story.

The earliest known example of ‘brain rot’ comes from Henry David Thoreau in his 1854 book “Walden.”

“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”

Close-up of the anterior end of the aforementioned Polychalca punctatissima, displaying the signature clown shoes of the phytophagan beetle

I defy you to produce a finer example of: toesies

Semi-surrealist sculpture of a striped rodent-like creature with slices in one side and red cords protruding.

Semi-surrealist sculpture of a striped rodent-like creature with slices in one side and red cords protruding.

Semi-surrealist sculpture of a striped rodent-like creature with slices in one side and red cords protruding.

Semi-surrealist sculpture of a striped rodent-like creature with slices in one side and red cords protruding.

A preview of one of the pieces that will be in my show, INSIDES.

Opening this Saturday 11/1 at Stranger Factory alongside ARMOR, a show by Shing Yin Khor. Come see it in person in Algodones, New Mexico or online through strangerfactory.com

USDA Website Blames SNAP Benefits Expiring On Trans People And Immigrants During Shutdown The benefits, which are set to expire on November 1st due to the government shutdown, will lead to millions of people struggling to secure access to food.

1. As SNAP benefits expire, 42,000,000 hungry people may turn to the USDA website.

Now, the website blames their hunger on transgender people and immigrants.

It's a cynical ploy, an an indication that anti-trans measures are a Trump priority for the shutdown.

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#SpacetoberChallenge Day 26 Earth

Video I made of Earth for Planetary Blocks: vimeo.com/891423321

#sciart #spaceart #artchallenge

Quote your art with fire on 🔥

Big Tech helped bankroll the East Wing destruction Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, and Google have a lot riding on their relationships with the Trump administration. They all cut checks for the ballroom.

If the destruction of the East Wing is a shock, the money that’s paying for it might be even more of a scandal.

Read @timothypmurphy.bsky.social on Big Tech’s donations for Trump’s pet cause, just as the industry has a lot riding on their relationships with the White House.

The government is shut down, people are literally about to go hungry as SNAP payments stop, and this dude is building a gold trimmed billionaire ballroom.

This isn’t going to end well.

The text reads: “Amazon is Building a Surveillance Empire on the Backs of Delivery Drivers. A new report from the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) exposes the dark underbelly of technology-driven workplace surveillance.” Above the text is an old school television with an antenna featuring a surveillance snapshot from a camera inside of an Amazon delivery van. The Amazon logo is upside down and is a frown. Around the television are disembodied eyes and ears.

DAIR’s (@dairinstitute.bsky.social) latest report offers a chilling glimpse into how Amazon is using technology to ramp up surveillance of delivery drivers, violating existing workers' rights and creating unsafe working conditions.

www.dair-institute.org/projects/dri...

A huge black bird with a bare, gray head perches on a dead branch. One of its feet is curled into a fist, and one of its wings is extended down below the branch.

This juvenile Turkey Vulture seemed unsure how to coordinate his awkwardly gigantic feet and wings while preening. Being a teenager is rough for both humans and #birds!

A hotdog and pretzel stand with large hanging bottles of mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The bottoms contain squeeze tubes to dispense the condiments.

I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.

Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?

But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.

A very small kitten, tabby and white, shouting while I hold her up in the air with one hand. If you look closely you can see that both she, and my hand, are covered in dirt. The plant in question is blurry in the background.

Tiny criminal, photographed this morning.

She jumped in the plant and promptly got digging zoomies.

Pencil drawing of a bird skull in side view. Below the skull the text "Beaks & Bones", drawn in bold letters.

Researchers around the world discover fascinating things about #birds every day, but most of their findings remain unnoticed in the community of #bird enthusiasts. 🪶

You don't want to miss out on what they discover? Then my bird #science newsletter might be just for you.

beaksandbones.substack.com

Digital model of the forelimb skeleton of a dinosaur with large hand claws, with inferred muscle positions in blue.

Forelimb biomechanics of the therizinosaurian dinosaur Nothronychus: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪 (📷Smith)

It’s #WorldAnatomyDay today. Here’s an illustration depicting the anatomy of antlers. Fall is deer breeding season which is a time when antlers harden for buck’s to use in fighting and establishing dominance. #WorldAnatomyDay, #anatomy, #SciArt, #antler #deer