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Evolutionary neurobiologist, runner, gardener. Growing peppers and chasing xenarthans. Hard sci-fi and ridiculous animals. Being outdoors and Nana Joe's granola. Neuroanatomy and Cabaret Voltaire. He/him. Flynn lives! You can't take the sky from me! :)

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It's ONLY been 65 years since six year old Ruby Bridges walked through the halls of William Frantz Elementary as the first Black child to attend an all white school. Met with mobs and hate, her bravery and courage helped change the course of history for this nation.

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14.11.2025 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10127    ๐Ÿ” 2386    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 212    ๐Ÿ“Œ 71
A close up photo of a dark snail in a grayish shell, crawling across a wide green leaf.

A close up photo of a dark snail in a grayish shell, crawling across a wide green leaf.

Oh man, I donโ€™t have many, but mine is a teeny guy who was walking around on my turmeric plant last year.

09.11.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Ancient meme showing domo kun chasing a running kitten, with a caption that says "Every time you use ChatGPT, god kills a kitten"

Ancient meme showing domo kun chasing a running kitten, with a caption that says "Every time you use ChatGPT, god kills a kitten"

08.11.2025 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't follow baseball but congrats to the New York Mamdanis or whatever it is

05.11.2025 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 316    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dear National Democrats,

You see how progressive politics can win in the cities. Now come back to rural America and help us take over the country.

05.11.2025 12:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2288    ๐Ÿ” 465    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 63    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30

This is so terrific!!

02.11.2025 19:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

Rep. Andy Harris is getting his full pay and benefits

The Senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

27.10.2025 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 164    ๐Ÿ” 57    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

How fast can you type the alphabet? So far my fastest is 7.8 seconds. Gotta go eat now.

27.10.2025 00:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œWe donโ€™t have illegal aliensโ€ฆ the legal term for my people were slavesโ€ฆ.โ€
๐ŸšจThis is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.โœŠ๐Ÿผ

26.10.2025 02:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11840    ๐Ÿ” 4788    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 337    ๐Ÿ“Œ 67

Typos abound. ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

26.10.2025 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m love when this happens! A few nights ago, I wanted a donut so badly, and some lady had a whole bowl of them (in a fast food place?)โ€ฆ I kept riffing on it and we were laughing so hard. Later, I got bubble fluid on my face and every exhale was a giant cloud of bubbles. Woke up laughing so hard.

26.10.2025 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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23.10.2025 12:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
A glass of Nikka Coffee Malt Whisky with a big ice rock with a background of about a million vinyl records

A glass of Nikka Coffee Malt Whisky with a big ice rock with a background of about a million vinyl records

my friends, I am in a 10-person capacity record bar in Tokyo requesting songs and drinking Japanese whisky. the owners are a married couple chain smoking behind the bar, slinging cocktails, and spinning records.

this is heaven??? goodbye forever I have died โœŒ๏ธ

23.10.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2828    ๐Ÿ” 217    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 64    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why does everyone keep calling it โ€œThe Epstein Ballroom?โ€ Please stop repeating โ€œThe Epstein Ballroomโ€ because it is not called โ€œThe Epstein Ballroom!โ€ Donโ€™t tell the news that itโ€™s called โ€œThe Epstein Ballroomโ€ and please donโ€™t repost this!!!!!

22.10.2025 22:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22505    ๐Ÿ” 9955    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 777    ๐Ÿ“Œ 706
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This is Herman. He learned how to eat corn on the cob today. And within 11 seconds, he became an expert. 13/10 (TT: devonjohnson07)

21.10.2025 21:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8958    ๐Ÿ” 991    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 249    ๐Ÿ“Œ 99

It's gorgeous!

I once dated someone who loved when I'd talk about the Golgi apparatus and endoplasmic reticulum. ๐Ÿ˜†

21.10.2025 23:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trumpโ€™s Secretary of Lying shared the โ€œyour momโ€ text exchange โ€” where she wouldnโ€™t answer who picked Hungary as the site of the Putin-Trump meeting

@svdate.bsky.social tried to explain the significance, which is almost definitely lost on her (and Trump)

20.10.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 877    ๐Ÿ” 324    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 163    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38

With you on this - and especially in nature on a hike! Folks on a busy public trail with bt speakers on their hip... gee, thanks for that - so nice to get peace and quiet and tinny brain-rotting country music out here!

20.10.2025 13:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The teeny tiny No Kings things in very red areas are so huge

Say like five or six people show up. None of them knew each other before. Suddenly theyโ€™re all friends. And maybe from that you get a group that does longer-term organizing that can punch *way* above its weight considering where it is

18.10.2025 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3876    ๐Ÿ” 634    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 55    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34

@nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @cnn.com are you going to write about the president of the United States posting a clip of himself literally dumping shit on Americans, or is it nbd?

19.10.2025 02:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3257    ๐Ÿ” 792    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27
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#NoKings Miami!

18.10.2025 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36989    ๐Ÿ” 8929    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 197    ๐Ÿ“Œ 251

This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted.

It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.

The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasnโ€™t asking and praising him for his insight.

18.10.2025 09:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3326    ๐Ÿ” 578    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 94    ๐Ÿ“Œ 83
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An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative

17.10.2025 15:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23620    ๐Ÿ” 9840    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1880    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1439

โ€œI love America more than any other country in the world, and exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.โ€

~James Baldwin

16.10.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3504    ๐Ÿ” 850    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

โ€œThe 3.5% rule is a concept in political science that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.โ€

If you can get to a No Kings rally this Saturday, please do.

16.10.2025 00:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4890    ๐Ÿ” 1576    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 140    ๐Ÿ“Œ 78

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. Sheโ€™s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldnโ€™t give her their names.

14.10.2025 02:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6201    ๐Ÿ” 2417    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 202    ๐Ÿ“Œ 112

Things to do in the future:

1. Putting them all on trial for crimes against humanity at the Hague

2. Totally reforming entire government to root out corruption and abuse of power so this bullshit never happens again

3. At some point youโ€™d imagine, brunch

14.10.2025 01:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14542    ๐Ÿ” 3096    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 501    ๐Ÿ“Œ 137
Black and white photo of a shorthaired tabby kitten appearing to burst through a sheet of white paper in a dark frame. Text at the bottom reads โ€œsauve qui peutโ€.

Black and white photo of a shorthaired tabby kitten appearing to burst through a sheet of white paper in a dark frame. Text at the bottom reads โ€œsauve qui peutโ€.

โ€œSauve qui peutโ€. This is a French phrase that translates literally to something like "save yourself who's able/can" and roughly equates to โ€œrun for your life!โ€ or โ€œevery man for himself!โ€, indicating a chaotic or dangerous situation/stampede. Postcard from my collection, no date/info.

13.10.2025 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2131    ๐Ÿ” 285    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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โ€œYOU hit HER.โ€

CHICAGO - Trumpโ€™s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says sheโ€™s a citizen)

11.10.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4349    ๐Ÿ” 2706    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 425    ๐Ÿ“Œ 434

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