A corrective to extinction narratives based on charismatic megafauna: microbes. "The diversity is so extraordinary and so, so poorly understood. There’s your freaking wonder."
www.noemamag.com/saving-the-l...
Happening today at noon!
A wizard with wires: "Jimi Hendrix Was a Systems Engineer" @spectrum.ieee.org
(Plus- Geoff Tootill)
Plug in: roughlydaily.com/2026/03/04/s...
This Brazilian frog might be the first pollinating amphibian known to science Nectar-loving tree frog likely moves pollen from flower to flower
It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported in 2023.
Learn more on #WorldWildlifeDay: https://scim.ag/4riUU1G
FAQ! IS THIS RALLY A FAMILY- FRIENDLY EVENT?
YES! THE MARCH 7TH RALLIES ARE FAMILY-FRIENDLY SUFS IS COMMITTED TO PEACEFUL PROTEST!
You had questions about the Take Back our Science rally, and we have answers! If you have more, drop them in the comments. We'll keep posting more as they roll in. See you March 7th!
standupforscience.net/march7
#science
#standupforscience
#rally
#March7
#savescience
Eleven students gather around a wooden table. One blue marble, balanced precariously near the table’s edge, is surrounded by ten outstretched arms, each holding a single blue marble in an open palm facing upward.
A parting gift after yesterday’s “Catalyst for Change” class at California College of the Arts.
#BlueSkyArtShow #round #1BlueMarble #slowart #bluemind #gratitude
Bring Congress back into session. Now. We should vote on Senator Kaine's War Powers Resolution today.
Lightning is so 2025 - it's time for glowing trees, instead ⚡🌲. Today for @science.org : www.science.org/content/arti... #lightning #trees #storm #science #nature #physics
Technicians spent more than a week scanning and stabilizing “Gugusse and the Automaton" – which features, by the way, the first known moving image of what might be called a robot – so that it can now be enjoyed by anyone online!
See you there! 🍿❤️
Each year, February 19th brings us back to a crucial date in 1942. On that day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, a decision that authorized the forced removal and incarceration of over 125,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most of them U.S. citizens.
Are you an educator in a community that has been hit hard by book bans? We Need Diverse @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social is establishing the Unbanned Book Network. Educators have until February 13 to apply. 20 sites will be selected to receive free books, author visits, & other resources
THE PEOPLE'S FILIBUSTER
Saturday, January 31, 2026
11AM–7PM
On the steps of The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St.
Streaming Worldwide
A living call to action.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lcBP...
It will be a stellar evening for poetry tonight when poets gather at Bird & Beckett Books to pay tribute to #NellieWong. The memorial reading will close with a set by #TheLastHoisanPoets - #FloOyWong & #GennyLim, accompanied by the #DelSolQuartet.
thelasthoisanpoets.ddns.net/2026/01/27/n...
Zoom in on this amber orb — see the fuzzy brown stick? That's a springtail's antenna. This tiny creature fell victim to Pandora batallata, a fungus from an order called the "Insect Destroyers."
📷 christian_neumann on iNaturalist
📍 Germany
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
What if a single bright red memory could grow into a mural that gives all of us a story worth telling the people we love?
One story, two walls - murals by eL Seed
Painting the Impossible: What Happens When a Prison Becomes a Neuroarts Lab
www.neuroartsresourcecenter.com/post/paintin...
How the National Park Service Is Deleting American History www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/c...
For many in the Trump regime it seems incomprehensible or a scam of sorts that those not categorically under attack by ICE are so committed to solidarity with their neighbors who are, and thereby to universal human rights, to standing up on principle, and will risk their lives to do so.....
"The visions we offer our children shape the future. It matters what those visions are."
— Carl Sagan
Walz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota."
yes 🫶
In 2010, former president Barack Obama proclaimed January 21 as #NationalAngelIslandDay, calling upon the people of the United States to “learn more about the history of #AngelIsland and to observe this anniversary with appropriate ceremonies and activities.”
2023 exhibit panel
#AngelIslandInsight
In the spirit of learning, sharing & collective gratitude, please enjoy this musical gift.
“WOVEN: A Tribute to Ruth Asawa,” composed by Galen Yuen for the #ASAWA100 Dough In @Alvarado ES in SF
Celebrate by hosting your own Dough In wherever you are! Remember to tag @ruthasawaofficial
#ASAWA100
January 24 marks the 100th birthday of artist Ruth Asawa. Celebrate the Asawa Centennial with a “Dough In” at Alvarado Elementary School!
More about the #ASAWA100 Baker’s Clay workshops & celebration @missionlocal.org
Let’s Dough, San Francisco!
missionlocal.org/event/alvara...
“It is the birthright of every child to encounter the cosmos anew in every culture in every age. When this happens to us, we experience a deep sense of wonder. The most fortunate among us are guided by teachers who channel this exhilaration.“
Who speaks for Earth?
Carl Sagan, Cosmos
“Wong’s legacy endures as a blueprint for Asian Pacific Americans seeking to claim their stories, confront injustice, and create art that refuses to bow.”
Nellie Wong shook the status quo—So will her legacy
asamnews.com/2026/01/16/r...
