Kimberley Campbell Thornton

That was fucking great.

Hey San Diego folks, I’m gonna be talking with the truly excellent @maggietokudahall.bsky.social next week at the Downtown Central Library. Come join us!

Great color.

Into The Woods, From Chestnut Genetics To Tiny Forests Genetic research could speed the restoration of the American chestnut tree. Plus, "rewilding" small spaces with fast-growing miniforests.

Want to learn more? Listen to our podcast episode: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/res... Or dig into our article about the mini-forest movement: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/res...

Plus at least two more now.

I love this.

The way he was arrested makes his death all the more painful. He was failed by the US carceral system in multiple blatantly terrible ways.

Snowdrops encircling a tree with Heslington Hall and its 18th century topiary in the background

Daffodils in a long stone planter sitting on paving in front of the 18th c topiary garden behind Heslington Hall.

Cheerful signs of spring at Heslington Hall at the Univ of York, home to the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies #18thCentury #snowdrops #daffodils #topiary

This is important y’all. This is our chance to save the stars.

Edward Gorey in the streets of NYC wearing a luxurious fur coat. It’s a b&w photo

My favorite image of Edward Gorey, an underrated fashion plate

What Would Happen If Dogs Competed in Every Winter Olympics Sport Could a canine competitor bring home gold in the luge?

Your Olympic laugh for the day.

Devil in a Blue Dress

The only Winter Olympics footage you need to see today.

His name is Nazgul, and he's a Czech wolfdog, which I only just learned exist, and now desperately need one.

crowdsourcing for my MA students: do you have a scanning app you like for archives? I used turboscan and save documents as pdfs within box/folder folder system in dropbox that mirrors the archive's system--but is there something newer/better that you do and that works?

Washington Warned Us About Trump Our first president valued national unity and feared a despot who would exploit "the ruins of public liberty." A reminder for this Presidents’ Day.

It's as if he was looking into a crystal ball.

Our first president warned abt remaining united & being on the lookout for a despot who “agitates the community with ill founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection”

Macro of cluster of star-shaped white with yellow flowers, and a couple buds atop tall stalk.

Fremont Star Lily (Toxicoscordion fremontii) blooming in Mayacamas Mtns this weekend, for #MacroMonday. 💚

Learn about this toxic beauty here...
cnps-yerbabuena.org/fremont-star...

#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱

@nkalamb.bsky.social @johannamellis.bsky.social

If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''

Early morning shot of the city from afar, with moon rising over the mountain

My Albuquerque

GENIUS

Hosting Mardi Gras at Home? These Classic New Orleans Cocktails Bring Big Easy Vibes Anywhere Did someone say French 75?

I had an Obituary Cocktail at Fives bar to kick off Mardi Gras weekend, and I somehow made it to throw beads and more in the Iris parade!
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Nope.

LOL. “Gravity just called and Dylan Deschamps left it a voicemail.” #Olympics #BigAir #FreeSki

This Weeks Onion Magazine: ‘I Don’t Know How And It’s Not My Event’: Simone Biles On Her Decision Not To Snowboard At The Winter Olympics

This Weeks Onion Magazine: ‘I Don’t Know How And It’s Not My Event’: Simone Biles On Her Decision Not To Snowboard At The Winter Olympics

1879: US Congress authorizes women lawyers to practise before Supreme Court #WomensHistory

Thank you! That’s a great explanation.

Agree.

Shaidorov is very pretty.

We went to see Smoky and the Bandit 2.