If you honestly think a driver may hit you, firing into the vehicle makes it *more* dangerous to you.
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If you honestly think a driver may hit you, firing into the vehicle makes it *more* dangerous to you.
"It never weighed more than a spoonful of sugar. Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, darting among the roots and leaf litter. At night, its voice once filled the forest of Christmas Island. Now the forest is silent. Australia’s only shrew, Crocidura trichura, is declared extinct"
Unpaid soldiers at a food bank is on-brand for the Republicans, who thinks our vets are "suckers and losers" in Trump's words.
At the Green Bank Observatory today for a little early birthday treat!
Absolutely true in Virginia
New study: researchers looked at hospital visits after a coal plant was closed near Pittsburgh
--> immediate 20.5% decrease in weekly respiratory emergency dept visits
--> immediate 41.2% decrease in pediatric asthma ED visits
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40691837/
Yes to ALL this. Community connections help with both the ability to tolerate and the compassion. It’s hard work; I’m so grateful for everyone doing it.
My usual cure is “go watch some white dude on stage talk about your thing” which works but is a teensy bit unkind.
This whole thread filled me with reflected joy, but this bit is an incredibly pro-social cure for imposter syndrome.
Pride this year is … different
Huge respect to Kate Nash for this song and @krsofficial.bsky.social for releasing it. No metaphor, no pretense, just straight up calling out vile transphobes for who and what they are.
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
Hello fellow legal experts. I am in Richmond at the Virginia Capitol for a rally and march against Trump's policies. This has several thousand attendees and is the largest rally I've attended so far this year. Bigger than the Virginia March For Life or other Resist Lib rallies
Fish.
what did the oceans say to each other? nothing, they just waved
Also Happy April Fish to everyone in the western hemisphere!
every c in “pacific ocean” sounds different. that’s the joke.
If you’re in Wisconsin, vote today for Susan Crawford. There are also two special elections in Florida’s 1st and 6th districts. Let’s show Elon our country isn’t for sale.
Fish meme. It says. “Buy a man eat fish, He day, teach fish man to a lifetime”
A classic.
shark shouting “aaaah seaweed get it off get it off!”
a fish in a top hat that says “what do you call a fancy fish… sofishticated”
Happy April Fish to everyone in Australia and Aotearoa
I transcribed the speech here: www.readtpa.com/p/watch-illi...
fancy donuts that spell out “keep on dancin’ | joy is resistance”
Good advice from the donuts at He She Ze & We’s fundraiser party 🏳️⚧️
white and tabby cat meows inside a house from behind a glass door
This cat believes firmly that the fine spring weather is best enjoyed from indoors.
a white daffodil with a bright orange center
some delicate old fashioned hyacinths starting to bloom in a variegated blue
miniature classic yellow daffodils
a rich purple hyacinth in a classic bushy style
Some non-native (but heirloom) bulbs popping off for early spring.
When we moved to our 1950s house, I started buying bulbs from that era. Hyacinths and daffodils particularly like our garden.
“Today, we recommit ourselves to our collective mission to serve society by making science open, inclusive, and accessible, and to transform society by fighting racism, patriarchy, and oppressive societal norms.”
Join us.
500womenscientists.medium.com/dear-scienti...?
With cuts happening at NOAA/NWS, I wanted to share some thoughts on what NWS data means for everyone and what may be impacted by these changes ->
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u58Q...
Take action: buff.ly/41di7XU
#ProtectNOAA #ClimateScience #ScienceForAll
why am i not hearing a cacophony of boos and jeers for elon musk. they’re gonna email me in an hour and ask for $5 and they can’t even boo the man blowing up the very concept of american democracy.
Ammonites (Devonian-Cretaceous) – Survived multiple mass extinctions by continually reinventing themselves, developing intricate shells that became masterpieces of adaptation. Fascism tries to enforce stagnation—ammonites prove that evolution is resistance. 🌀🔥 #FossilFriday #MolluscMonday
