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What's scary about this story is the surveillance it hints at. This trans woman had changed her name, legally, but chose not to change her gender marker. She was apparently flagged in the DMV system as trans and her license was invalidated under a law that supposedly only concerned gender markers.

Also, you cannot underestimate the value of stability. Knowing that you'll be in the same place for 5 years makes a huge difference.

A bookworm (louse) smashed between the pages of a book.

Page from the Arcturus Adventure with a bookworm burrow.

Page from the Arcturus Adventure with a bookworm burrow.

Wanna see something cool? I'm rereading The Arcturus Adventure and my 100-year-old first edition has a genuine bookworm in it, complete with burrow traces.

There's Natural History in my Natural History book!

One of my friends had a fallout shelter in the back yard and a 'fun' game we played was at any moment, someone could yell "bomb!" and we would see how quickly we could make it to the shelter from anywhere else in the neighborhood.

#molluscmonday

My conspiracy theory is that a significant contribution to the Ivermectin craze is that these identity groups that refuse to wash their hands or wear a mask, but chug raw milk, eat bear road kill, and snort cocaine off of toilet seats, actually did have worms and Ivermectin made them feel better.

I watched the whole 2 minutes and change and it was a truly terrible, bland, pile of nothing.

The Maine Primary is not until June 9. There are 7 dem candidates registered, including the woman who Collins called the cops on for writing messages in sidewalk chalk, a former USAID worker who work for the Dept. of the Environment, and several veterans.

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Yeah. Even in the worst moments, the "vibe" on my timeline is generally good. Not necessary "positive" but proactive and knowledgeable and non-reactionary in a way that's actually valuable.

YouTube video by Temporal Investigations The One With The Whales

We take a break from the constant deep-sea mining drumbeat to talk about Star Trek, Science Fiction, and Space Whales with @temporalinvestigations.com @huntingbenjamin.bsky.social and @chadkirchner.com!

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I'm not sure how people are convincing themselves that Platner is the heir-apparent to Collin's seat. This dude's so undisciplined that his popular support is going to steadily collapse. Better before the primary than after.

Also, he had a straight up Nazi tattoo.

I got to talk about space whales with @chadkirchner.com and @drandrewthaler.bsky.social on this episode of the Star Trek podcast Temporal Investigations. It was a blast!

I'm also extremely proud of this episode, where @drandrewthaler.bsky.social and @huntingbenjamin.bsky.social join me to talk about the ocean... IN SPACE. I'm still getting my podcasting sea legs, so to speak, but don't hold that against this episode. It's so very good.

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For our second launch day release of the podcast, @chadkirchner.com is joined by @huntingbenjamin.bsky.social and @drandrewthaler.bsky.social to talk about the ocean in #StarTrek (more specifically, the whales). Why do whales seem so commonplace in space? Is it because of Moby Dick?

Deep sea ecologist here. He's not wrong.

A new library with rows and rows of books.

For 18 months, our library has been closed for a massive renovation and modernization. We open back up on March 21 with a huge expansion, teen spaces, quiet rooms, a cafe, and makerspace. Also, books.

I am so excited to show it to you. Soon!

I'm researching a book on the misuse of the deep sea and pulled as many transcripts as I could from the first trans-atlantic telegraph cables and yup, it was never the medium.

Derek Walcott was a great poet - I love this one, one his most famous

Omeros is such a staggeringly brilliant work. One of the few books I've returned to dozens of times.

I just don't want to give him the opportunity to smugly announce he hasn't heard from any of his constituents.

DO NOT LET ANY MEMBER OF CONGRESS WALK AROUND THINKING THEIR CONSTITUENTS DON’T CARE

My congressman is Andy Harris. If I can call him first thing in the morning to call him a warpig, you can, too.

A chambered nautilus in an aquarium with its tentacles out.

People are just perpetually mad that the best photographs are photographs of chambered nautilus.

There was a very persistent lie that we told ourselves that Republicans weren't sincere in their faith, that they were just manipulating evangelicals for votes.

But no, Mike Johnson genuinely wants all the Jews to return to Jerusalem to be murdered so that Abaddon can rise from his pit of locusts.

What today’s judgment means for Greenpeace USA - Greenpeace A final judgment has officially been entered in Big Oil company Energy Transfer’s massive lawsuit against us.

A judgement has finally been issued in Energy Transfer's attempt to permanently silence Greenpeace. We are requesting a new trial, and will appeal as needed. Spoiler alert: we will not be silenced. www.greenpeace.org/usa/what-tod...

How Kansas Republicans weaponized the law to target 300 trans driver's license holders SB 244 was put into effect virtually overnight, causing chaos, panic and fear in the trans community.

New — I spoke to eight trans people in Kansas about the new state law that invalidated their driver’s licenses overnight, what’s it’s like to live there right now, plus details of two DMV emails exclusively obtained by The Handbasket that shed light on the law’s chaotic and cruel rollout:

Welp. He's going into my next D&D campaign.

I think this is more a sign that he is not being informed about what's happening around him.

They really thought rebooting Duke Nukem, but, like, worse, was going to save Vidya Games.