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How I fell in love with my e-bike I’m aware of how vulnerable I am on my bike when I place my left foot on the pavement, waiting for the light to change, surrounded by cars next to me ready to roar, writes Mathilde Piton. At the same ...

Essay: I’m aware of how vulnerable I am on my bike when I place my left foot on the pavement, waiting for the light to change, surrounded by cars next to me ready to roar, writes Mathilde Piton. At the same time, there’s a feeling of power. I’m in charge.

‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method PARIS—In an effort to modernize the principles and empirical procedures of examining phenomena and advancing humanity’s collective knowledge, the International Council for Science announced Thursday t...

‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method

NYC Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.

A person stands by a sign that says "We are back home in the Maumee River"

Two signs, one says "Public boat launch" and the other says "sturgeon release"

Two juvenile lake sturgeon in buckets before being released into the Maumee River

New research tracking the first-year survival rates for lake sturgeon released to a #GreatLakes tributary, the Maumee River, in 2018, 2019 + 2021 suggests that efforts are on track to achieve naturally-reproducing lake sturgeon in the river (hopefully) by 2038 news.utoledo.edu/index.php/07...

On the left, SEB President Gudrun de Boeck, in the middle, Patricia Ferreira holding her JEB sponsored YSAS award, on the right, Journal of Experimental Biology editor Katie Gilmour

Congratulations to Patricia Ferreira, the winner of this year's JEB sponsored YSAS award at the 2025 #SEBconference for their talk titled 'Will you miss me when I am gone? Gastric proton pump knockout and the importance of gastric acid in digestion, metabolism & growth in fish'

#seb2025
Here we go!

Whenever I leave from/return to Halifax I get to see the gigantic, all-caps "Prices more stable than some world leaders" billboard from a local Internet provider, and it puts a smile on my face every single time 😄

On my way to #SEB2025! It's been too long since I was last in Europe 🇪🇺❤️

Laura Loomer‘s tweet: Alligator lives matter. The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now.

The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.

A smiling firefighter in uniform stands in front of a Portuguese rescue helicopter. Bold text over the image reads: "Save Lives, Protect Livelihoods." Below, a blue banner says: "Enhancing Firefighting Resources – Portugal. New and upgraded centres, hangars, equipment and helicopters are boosting firefighting capacity in rural areas." The bottom right corner features the slogan: "Europe’s Budget – The Power of Together" with an EU flag.

Our 🇪🇺 budget sends support rapidly when and where it's needed.

In 🇵🇹, EU funding boosts firefighting with upgraded helicopters, equipment and facilities, to protect people and nature.

Europe invests where it mattes, making a difference for 450m Europeans.

#ThePowerOfTogether

Jason Delgado (Florida Capitol reporter for Spectrum News 13) on X: "Quick look at what inside a detainment tent looks like here at Alligator Alcatraz." What is shown in the picture is a long tent structure, about 50 feet wide. There is a corridor running down the middle. On each side are three rows of bunk beds. The bunk beds are sectioned off into cells which are constructed out of chain link fence, with chain link on the ceiling as well, making each cell a literal cage. It looks to me like each cell contains 9 bunk beds, so has capacity for 18 people each.

Literal cages. Not even metaphorical ones. Literal ones.

Alright I have a question for *all of you*, esp for those of you who are not into environment stuff.

When you think about planting native plants in the area you control, what *prevents* you from taking that action? These could be emotional, financial, practical, anything.

RTs appreciated here.

Congress, Now More Than Ever, We Need Your Cowardice

"This again?" the dragon said. "It's been just a few centuries since the last time.'

"Please," the knight said.

"I asked you to make sure you had a way of getting rid of bad kings yourself, before you made any new ones."

"We didn't understand we made a king."

"You are such fools. Very well."

A black card with white text that reads: "Minnesota Lawmaker Is Assassinated in Act of ‘Targeted Political Violence’ A person pretending to be a police officer assassinated Melissa Hortman, a Democratic state representative, Gov. Tim Walz said, and killed her husband. The gunman also targeted a state senator and his wife in 
a separate shooting. June 14, 2025"

A man impersonating a police officer assassinated a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz said on Saturday, and killed the lawmaker’s husband. The assailant also shot and injured another Democratic lawmaker and his wife, officials said. nyti.ms/4jRTrvw

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Latest CBC reporting on closures due to detected right whales in the Gulf of St Lawrence. DFOs Whale Insight shows the positions, and also the @oceantracking.bsky.social gliders patrolling the shipping lanes!

holy shit -- GOP Rep. Mike Turner tries to "help out" Hegseth by getting him to confirm that the Pentagon does not in fact have plans to take Greenland by force, but Hegseth instead more or less testifies that yep, they have devised plans for that

Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024

Big day of implanting bowfin with telemetry transmitters.

Canadian man reading date never knows which is day and which is month unless day is above 12 KITCHENER – Local man Dalton Strickland, whose data entry job regularly requires him to read dates off a form and put them into a computer, literally never knows which date is the day and which is the...

Canadian man reading date never knows which is day and which is month unless day is above 12

Watch the slow motion: it appears to me that the officers discuss the photographer and reporter before the one on the end fires on them (it looks to me like he's aiming at the camera, not the reporter, but you decide)

"There are protests, your majesty."

"Good," said the Emperor. "What are they protesting?"

"Grain prices. But why are protests good?"

"What would you call a society with no protests?"

"Happy, your majesty."

"I would call it oppressed. Prepare a report on their grievances."

Stylised map of Europe formed by colorful interconnected cycling routes, representing all the EuroVelo routes across Europe. Three bicycle icons are placed across the map. The text reads: 'Two wheels. One Europe. Endless possibilities.' A logo of the European Commission is shown in the bottom right corner.

Cycling isn’t just good for your health – It’s good for the planet, our cities, and the economy.

✔️ Over 92,000 km of EuroVelo cycling routes across Europe
✔️ Nearly 10 million bicycles produced yearly in the EU
✔️ 1.35 million jobs supported by the EU cycling sector

Greyscale map of an island, labeled "Caterpillar Island." The island is drawn to resemble the Very Hungry Caterpillar, as the clients requested. At the bottom of the map is a magnifying glass showing two smaller islands that look like pigs, labelled "The Piglets" in the lower right-hand part of the map. The island has a number of drawn locations, including a quarry, a dump, a building showing the main street, a house, a restaurant called "The Crab Shack", a trailer, and a broken-down house with a tree growing through it. Each has a label. There are also a number of animals, drawn in a style that will be familiar to anyone who has followed me for very long. They are drawn with abstract black shapes and lines, and have a PNW indigenous aesthetic. There's a squirrel, an eel, 3 glass eels, a lobster, a crab, and footprint.

Lately, I've been working on a map for a mystery novel. After much back & forth & redrawing, the book's authors decided not to use it.

That's frustrating, 'cause it was a lot of work & rework. And I like to help readers see a book's world. Sigh. But it's a good map, & so I'm sharing it with y'all.

Look closely...

Big fish
Big snout
Armoured
Oval mouth
Barbules

Interesting to think that this 16th Century image represents a sturgeon

Especially as historical records show the Severn estuary/river being of major importance to this species
uksturgeonsightings.org?page=Map

Split-image with the text “TO BEE or NOT TO BEE.” The left side shows a vibrant wildflower meadow with a bee on a daisy, symbolising biodiversity and a healthy ecosystem. The right side shows a dry, barren landscape with dead trees and no visible wildlife, representing environmental degradation. An EU flag appears in the bottom right corner.

Today, over 20,000 bee species are buzzing for #WorldBeeDay 🐝

Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.

Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.

It’s World Endangered Species Day! 🐟
Both plant & animal life face numerous threats that have led to population declines and even extinction. In aquatic environments, these risks usually include overfishing, habitat degradation, pollution, coastal urban development and climate change...

The state of Georgia is using the body of a brain-dead woman as an incubator. Because she was 9 weeks pregnant when she died, and their abortion ban is from about 6 weeks, they are sustaining her on life support, without input from her family, until 32 weeks of gestation. A true dystopian nightmare.

‘Elbows up’ in Canada means sustainable resource development Accelerated resource development in Canada should not burden future generations with environmental destruction.

Some thoughts on the push to fast track development in Canada at the cost of the environment. theconversation.com/elbows-up-in... @pagse-pfst.bsky.social @e4dca.bsky.social @cdnsciencepub.com @carleton.ca @scas-scsa.bsky.social @csee-scee.bsky.social @rcgssgrc.bsky.social @wwfcanada.org

Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.

OK, this is wild.

In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.

It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.

What the HELL?

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