Vicky Stein (agentredsquirrel)

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Photo of a green praying mantis perched in a leather oak shrub, with a light skinned hand behind it to help separate the green insect from the busy background

Made a friend in the park!!

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

A spherical comb jelly floating against a dark background, with its tentacles deployed, tentilla (side branches) fanned out. There is a number 1 above the body and number 2 below the body. Photo by S. Haddock taken around 1990.

For CTENOPHORE DAY, a little survey:
Which end of this fishing Pleurobrachia is the mouth on? Please just "vote" in the comments — no definitive answers. 🦑🧪🌊

P.S. this is one of my earliest #ctenophore photos, shot on film in a home-built kreisel.

P.P.S. Legit data-gathering for a future paper.

I think 2 but I cannot explain why

Admiring a bit of structural pigment

Admiring a bit of structural pigment

Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.

A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012.

The infant was less than two months old and was not old enough to receive the pertussis vaccine.

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Sarah’s passenger seat is loaded up with purple flowers and one black eyed Susan poking up in the back

Some person walking by my friend’s flower pots last night ripped the flowers out so we’re gonna do a real quick emergency aster job here. Nobody tell her I want it to be a surprise.

Wore mine yesterday!

A New Kind of Neighborhood Watch Sonoma County’s ‘Adopt a Corner’ program aims to protect undocumented day laborers from ICE.

We had some really cool pieces go up this week at @coyotemedia.org!
〰️ neighbors taking care of one another in the face of ICE
〰️ towns not known for protest standing up for Palestine www.coyotemedia.org/albany-and-e...
〰️ a complicated win for trans folks www.coyotemedia.org/but-what-did...

As a particularly slow swimmer I just really identify with the pokier fishes!

I was inspired to ask this question after getting 100% DUSTED by a young Mola mola on a dive in Monterey — love that my favorite blobby bois made the header image!

Photo of a common madia (Madia elegans), a California wildflower with yellow three-lobed petals and a wine-red center. The petals jut out at slightly irregular angles

Cartoon image of Cynthia, a Barbie-style doll owned by the character Helga from tv show Hey Arnold. Her tufts of yellow hair mimic the common madia petals

You know what, you’re totally right

The magical time of year when California wildflowers reveal their ability to mimic characters from Hey Arnold

Photo of a common madia (Madia elegans), a California wildflower with yellow three-lobed petals and a wine-red center. The petals jut out at slightly irregular angles

Cartoon image of Cynthia, a Barbie-style doll owned by the character Helga from tv show Hey Arnold. Her tufts of yellow hair mimic the common madia petals

Trump again dispenses unproven medical advice, reminiscent of his COVID claims His statements drew criticism from actual medical experts and recalled the unfounded claims he tossed out during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.

The presentation recalled the early days of the coronavirus pandemic during Trump’s first term, when the president stood for daily White House briefings and tossed out grossly inaccurate claims. https://to.pbs.org/429fVC6

Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...

I wish you all a very settle down and go back to sleep. That’s what we’re trying, anyway!

Got woken up by the earthquake app and didn’t feel the shaking at all on the peninsula. Hope everyone East Bay is ok!

Got my covid + flu shots on Friday in nyc! 🩹💪🏼

Made an appointment online, walked into the CVS, they gave me both jabs (and a free bag of popcorn lol), no questions asked.

Covid vax always makes me tired and fevery the next day, so I spent yesterday asleep (an ideal Saturday for me tbh)

I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited

My thoughts are with you at this difficult time

Oh no, what a terrible happenstance…

A canva graphic that says “how it works” “Step 1: Go to SkypeAScientist.com Step 2: Click “Sign Up” then “Educator Sign Up Form” Step 3: Tell us about your class Step 4: Get matched with a scientist Step 5: Connect to talk about your needs Step 6: Enrich your students’ understanding of science”

Alright I have something useful for you to do.

Think of any teachers and librarians you know. Do they know about Skype a scientist? Our program matches classrooms & other groups w/scientists for virtual Q&As. It’s free!

They can sign up here!
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

#Edusky #StemED

COVID vaccine now universally available in California A recommendation by Western states allows anyone over 6 months old to get a COVID-19 shot. California insurance providers will have to cover the cost.

🙌

Photo of a hand holding a bunch of small but mighty homegrown carrots, bright orange with a dusting of dirt and stringy roots hanging off, floofs of feathery green leaves emerging from the top

Diggin up some stuff in the yard