Deborah Green

Watch our recent talk where we hosted Dr Sophie Hindes from Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society who shared their research on how autism and other forms of neurodivergence intersect with sexuality in shaping experiences of negotiating sex. Here: vimeo.com/showcase/117...

Murderbot came to work with me today. It’s not impressed.

Custom head by yours truly on a Dummy 13.

People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid

Billy Mumy in "It's a Good Life" episode of "The Twilight Zone", 1961

There was a classic and terrifying 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone with Billy Mumy called, "It's a Good Life."

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"He likes me, I think he likes me; if he doesn't, I'll let you know, I'll come back and hit him hard."

-- The US President on the Secretary-general of NATO.

This is what international military negotiations now depend upon: an infantile bully whose ego is an aching, needy vacuum.

'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...

NEW: Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.

Unpaywalled from @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social:

In an absolutely devastating ruling, the Supreme Court has allowed the transgender military ban to go into effect.

This is shocking - the ban explicitly called transgender people dishonorable for being transgender. It is as clear as day soaked in animus.

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BOTD Mary Astor!! MCCT5 5)Kiss before Dying (Oswald) 4)Desert Fury (Allen) 3)Across/Pacific (Huston) 2)Act of Violence (Zinnemann) 1)Maltese Falcon (Huston)
Quite a life:
@sheilakathleen.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/features/boo...
@christinalefou.bsky.social:
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Mossy greens on rocks, with a small tannish colored thing that looked like a snail. I'm pretty sure that it was some sort of fungus.

Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday May 3, 2025
The theme is #Green

My medium is always nature photography, so green is right up my alley.

Moss covered trees and green plants on a forest trail

#blueskyartshow #green

Moss on a horizontal branch, glowing in the sunlight, pushing up little stems to release spores.

I will never not take time to stop and visit with some moss, busy at its quiet work.

#BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Green all day Saturday. Link to the feed in comments.

#photography #moss #ForestFloor

Bees, fish and plants show how climate change’s accelerating pace is disrupting nature in 2 key ways Fast-rising temperatures can change how plants and animals behave and disrupt the delicate timing of pollination.

Bees in the US are emerging 10.4 days earlier in the spring than they did 130 years ago. A biologist explains how a timing mismatch with flowering plants is worsening pollinator decline and reducing food production. buff.ly/pG5fXgA
#climatechange 🌎#climatesky

Did u know? The evolution of insects is amazing. This is a handsome male Hairy-footed Flower Bee. He has long hairs on his legs that are used to scent-mark females during mating. These hairs also capture pollen & so help pollinate flowers as he forages for food. Marvel in the microscopic 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🪲🌍

Vertical glass display case in museum showing water plants. On lhs, lower is model in wax and wire of floating plant showing above and in water parts. Leaves on surface, delicate white flowers held above water, roots dangling below. Very life-like and about life sized. On glass shelf above is a flowering stem of stout large marsh plant with rounded glossy green leaves and large stout yellow-orange flowers. Wax, wire, paper. Not so successful in imitating life. Filling rhs case are large water plant bullrush/ greater reedmace (Typha latifoli). Long green leaves flopping as in life. Brown stems of flowerheads also visible. Paper.

🌱🌳🌻🌿🪷🍁🪴🌍 How to display plants to show their real 3D shape and beauty? From Victorian era, models in wax, wire and paper of water plants, a water crowfoot (Ranunculus aquatilis) and marsh marigold (Caltha palustris). Brecon Museum and Art Gallery.

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Illustration of freshwater biofilms in streams and smaller rivers.

Freshwater stream biofilms. From a new book project, STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, 2016.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #iNat #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #freshwater #streams #rivers

New Worldmaking: Reparations as climate justice, climate justice as reparations A review of Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò's "Reconsidering Reparations"

I recently read & reviewed @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social's book, 'Reconsidering Reparations'. The connections he draws b/t slavery, colonialism, capitalism, and climate justice are conversations we don't have enough of in ecological discourse. I recommend reading it.

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Peak bluebell in Oxfordshire. Love this time of year - the fragrance of a bluebell wood is exquisite!

🌸🌱🧪🌍 #bluebell #spring

Absolutely not.

Every time someone tries this, I point out how it biases against Black speech. Every. Time. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Also from the launch of the Perspective API and its "toxicity" score.

Police don't kill too many Black kids."
Score: Not toxic.🤦🏿‍♂️

"Police kill too many Black kids.
Score: 80.28% toxic.😮

YouTube video by 43Kouta The Angels - Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again | Max Sessions 2014

Here’s a song to accompany it.

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Just got a message from a mate: “Can Peter Dutton get a ‘Goodbye From Country’?”

😂

When Do Parties Lie? Misinformation and Radical-Right Populism Across 26 Countries - Petter Törnberg, Juliana Chueri, 2025 The spread of misinformation has emerged as a global concern. Academic attention has recently shifted to emphasize the role of political elites as drivers of mi...

Until tories learn to tell the truth, they'll keep getting called out ... journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Why do the ABC keep saying "Climate 200 backed candidate"? Haven't heard "Gina backed Candidate"

#BinNight

Ummmmm

I’m 46 but I had my shingrix shot because I’m worried about what RFK jr is going to do with vaccines. Shingles is a preventable illness like measles. We are so lucky to have these vaccines! I for one will not forgo them because the guy who runs government health services has a 🐛 in his 🧠

Instead of obsessing about Climate 200's crowdfunding to support candidates committed to saving our planet, maybe the media could focus more on Atlas Network's funding of individuals and organisations to promote climate denialism and undermine democracy to benefit the (very) privileged few?

Isn't it disqualifying under the Charites act?
CHARITIES ACT 2013 (NO. 100, 2013) - SECT 11 (b) the purpose of promoting or opposing a political party or a candidate for political office.

They (@communityindeps.bsky.social) are right.

Democracy only thrives when it’s challenged.

People only get a choice when SOMEONE stands up.

38 communities stood up for themselves in 2025.

Whatever the individual results, all 38 are better off because they challenged the status quo.

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When you vote today think of the policies the candidates have on Women’s Safety & Equity… if any.

Lives depend on it… 2/2

In the dark of night, gutless, repugnant scum deface a memorial to murdered Australian women, graffitiing ‘War on men’

@sherelemoody.bsky.social puts out the call & 15hrs later, dozens turn up in the light of day to repair it & faith in humanity (see video in post 2/ in thread)… 1/2

May we never read or hear ‘Peter Dutton says…’ from this day forth.

Also, fuck off all racist, sexist, xenophobic, petrol station obsessed, mining oligarch puppets 😎🖕