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David is a vertebrate paleontologist who grew up near Boonville, Missouri. He is also British. “Read broader, think deeper, do better”: https://pollylab.org/

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I have no words fir them. They kill, they covet, they blaspheme, they adulterate, they place images of themselves in high places, they abhor mercy, they lie, they strike in the time of prayer. They are the president, and his secretaries, and those who follow them. They are the valley of death.

05.03.2026 04:34 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

This is an especially good one

14.02.2026 17:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A bunny walking down the street is surprised by a black cat, who crosses  his path via a small red motorbike, exiting from a footpath onto the road.

A bunny walking down the street is surprised by a black cat, who crosses his path via a small red motorbike, exiting from a footpath onto the road.

Daily bunny no.3229 starts the day with a bad omen

14.02.2026 04:21 👍 1976 🔁 358 💬 9 📌 5
Two hyper bunnies run around a table where a pot of coffee sits. They each tip  over their own mugs of coffee, although it is the dead of night. A third bunny, more relaxed, sips a cup of decaf tea

Two hyper bunnies run around a table where a pot of coffee sits. They each tip over their own mugs of coffee, although it is the dead of night. A third bunny, more relaxed, sips a cup of decaf tea

Daily bunny no.3225 had a late night brew

10.02.2026 04:42 👍 2034 🔁 475 💬 4 📌 12
A bunny in an attic tries to shoe a small ufo back out an open window, from whence it came. The ufo is floating around the room, confused, and there is an alien inside.

A bunny in an attic tries to shoe a small ufo back out an open window, from whence it came. The ufo is floating around the room, confused, and there is an alien inside.

Daily bunny no.3227 shouldn't have left the window open

12.02.2026 05:00 👍 2074 🔁 463 💬 16 📌 6
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Customs and Border Protection Said to Have Fired Anti-Drone Laser That Triggered Airspace Closure

Acumen of Keystone Cops combined with morals of Pennywise…..
Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...

12.02.2026 04:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

I have been pacing myself for about four years so i don’t run out of episodes. He’s fabulous!

10.02.2026 04:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Un petit escargot terrestre des Bermudes officiellement sauvé, après avoir frôlé l’extinction Des experts du zoo de Chester, en Angleterre, ont passé des années à développer la population du gastéropode. Des milliers de ces escargots ont ensuite été réintroduits en 2019 dans leur archipel d’or...

www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...

07.02.2026 03:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Very cool!!! Who would have thought i would live to the day that conservation efforts would bring otters back, mich less back to the heart of Bloomington.

06.02.2026 05:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An otter on Campus River

An otter on Campus River

Hoosier the Bison meet Omar Otter Jr. spotted by the IMU @idsnews.bsky.social

06.02.2026 02:17 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Photo of part of a page of tractor feed paper with a list of college course numbers printed on it

Photo of part of a page of tractor feed paper with a list of college course numbers printed on it

The chair asked for a new feature on our schedule printout the other day, and me & QuickBasic have obliged.

(13 pages of dot matrix goodness, every semester. 🖨️)

06.02.2026 02:30 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Shrivastav moving from Provost to Interim VP for Student Success The IU press release did not say what Shrivastav’s position would be when a hire is made for a permanent vice president for student success.

IU needs to learn to move faster. #DropKickMeThroughTheGoalPostsOfLife
www.ipm.org/news/2026-02...

06.02.2026 01:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

03.02.2026 13:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Video: How Battlefield Tech Was Used in Minneapolis Our reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff, who deployed twice to Afghanistan as a Marine and later was our Kabul bureau chief, looks at the battlefield technology used for an immigration arrest at a home in Mi...

How Battlefield Tech Was Used in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

29.01.2026 13:26 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...

29.01.2026 02:28 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Watching America Unravel in Minneapolis

Watching America Unravel in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/m...

25.01.2026 18:02 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived

State Terror Has Arrived www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

25.01.2026 15:36 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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📢 NEW GENOME ALERT

In #G3journal, @pdpolly.bsky.social and colleagues present a high-quality, annotated genome of Poecilozonites bermudensis, the greater Bermuda land snail, which can serve as a resource for conservation of the species. 🐌
buff.ly/y3OH8Nw

21.01.2026 19:01 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Greenland: What natural resources does the island have? Greenland's natural resources include large reserves of rare earth deposits.

Surely this ranks high for Trumpy lack of understanding: “I want Greenland for security-I don't want it for anything else," he told reporters, “You have to go 25ft down through ice to get it. It's not something that a lot of people are going to do." #5489ftThick www.bbc.com/news/article...

24.01.2026 02:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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21.01.2026 21:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A bunny in a tiny rowboat is spiraling around a whirlpool, about to be sucked into it. He is in the middle of the ocean, and teh whirlpool is illuminated with an eery light

A bunny in a tiny rowboat is spiraling around a whirlpool, about to be sucked into it. He is in the middle of the ocean, and teh whirlpool is illuminated with an eery light

Daily bunny no.3198 about to take a dive

13.01.2026 04:19 👍 2438 🔁 463 💬 20 📌 13
A bunny is sound asleep in bed, under a thick blanket. Light shines from their open window: it is morning. Clothes lie scattered about the floor of their room

A bunny is sound asleep in bed, under a thick blanket. Light shines from their open window: it is morning. Clothes lie scattered about the floor of their room

Daily bunny no.3200 is sleeping in today

15.01.2026 04:51 👍 1945 🔁 442 💬 9 📌 11
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Senate advances bill to block further military action in Venezuela Though largely symbolic, the measure would be a rare assertion of Congress’s role in using lethal force after the stunning raid to capture Nicolás Maduro.

Proud of my senator Todd Young today. The madness must stop and he helped us take a step in the right direction. wapo.st/4qHyjM7

09.01.2026 02:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Fired Clemson faculty member wins settlement after being fired for a Facebook post about Charlie Kirk - ACLU of South Carolina Clemson University has rescinded its firing of an assistant professor who shared another person's Facebook post via his personal account that was critical of the late conservative pundit Charlie Kirk.

The struggle is worth it… a good day for America. #LetFreedomRing. www.aclusc.org/press-releas...

09.01.2026 01:02 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Court orders IU to remove reprimands from protesters' permanent records The case was originally two separate lawsuits, one against no-trespass orders and another against IU’s expressive activity policy written in August 2024.

The struggle is worth it…. A good day for indiana and America. www.ipm.org/news/2026-01...

09.01.2026 01:00 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Welders - P-E-R-V-E-R-T (1979)
The Welders - P-E-R-V-E-R-T (1979) YouTube video by SHUT UP AND LISTEN

I learned today about The Welders. Maybe the first punk band in St Louis and agreed the first all female punk band in that city. Regardless of “firsts”, here they are… youtu.be/RTjAlSlt7pg?...

07.01.2026 05:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Opinion | America’s real source of patriotism has been clear for 250 years Critiquing the nation on where and how it has fallen short, but from a place of respect and affection.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

04.01.2026 21:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Genome report: de novo genome assembly of the greater Bermuda land snail, Poecilozonites bermudensis (Mollusca: Gastropoda), confirms ancestral genome duplication Abstract. Poecilozonites bermudensis, the greater Bermuda land snail, is a critically endangered species and 1 of only 2 extant members in its genus. These

New genome for the Bermudian land snail, with Stevie Winingear, Anne Stone, @sexchrlab.bsky.social, Gerardo Garcia, and Mark Outerbridge
academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad...

04.01.2026 15:12 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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News headlines baffle me. If someone violently kidnapped the US President and spirited them off for a trial, would that someone legally be able to “run the US”? No. The Constitution provides a clear chain of succession if the President is no longer able to perform duties. #hubrisunimaginable

04.01.2026 01:00 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Civilized countries, like decent human beings, solve differences with reason, mutual respect, persuasion and compromise, not violence, bullying, and chauvinism. When a democracy elects leaders who lack basic decency, the country loses its civilized veneer. What will we do to right the course?

03.01.2026 18:34 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0