Susan Blackwell Ramsey
@blackramazoo.bsky.social
Poetry in The Southern Review, 32 Poems, Ecotone, Poetry Northwest, Best American Poetry … Gardening, knitting, inessential information and digressions. Geriatric MFA from Notre Dame. Book is A Mind Like This (University of Nebraska) she/her
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We just made a whole gallery to showcase our Burgess Shale critters. It's now one of my favourites. www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/gal...
Dawn of Life
Bringing the dawn of life to life. New gallery now open.
www.rom.on.ca
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
We just made a whole gallery to showcase our Burgess Shale critters. It's now one of my favourites. www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/gal...
@ecological-nich.bsky.social You’ve worked hard — have fun with these crazy enthusiasts
ZOMG LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE SHALE
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
November 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
@ecological-nich.bsky.social You’ve worked hard — have fun with these crazy enthusiasts
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ZOMG LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE SHALE
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
ZOMG LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE SHALE
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
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No one should have to face such threats.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
No one should have to face such threats.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
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Most of the time, I bless Mrs. O’Neal for teaching me to read back in First Grade.
This is not one of those times.
This is not one of those times.
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Most of the time, I bless Mrs. O’Neal for teaching me to read back in First Grade.
This is not one of those times.
This is not one of those times.
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It takes A LOT to render me speechless.
This did it.
This did it.
Breaking from us:
As the Trump administration searches for more space to detain immigrants, it is approaching Washington tribes to see if they will participate.
Nisqually Indian Tribe is saying no.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
As the Trump administration searches for more space to detain immigrants, it is approaching Washington tribes to see if they will participate.
Nisqually Indian Tribe is saying no.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
ICE looks to WA tribes to house detained immigrants
The Nisqually Indian Tribe says it is turning down a request from ICE to house detained immigrants on tribal land.
www.seattletimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
It takes A LOT to render me speechless.
This did it.
This did it.
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Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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I like that Pope Bob wakes up every morning and asks himself how he can kick the American Vice President in the dick
NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.
NEW: Transgender Activists to Dine with Pope Leo XIV during Sunday's Jubilee for the Poor
Papal luncheon with trans advocate Alessia Nobile set for Sunday at Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor, highlighting a legacy of outreach and hopes for continued inclusion.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I like that Pope Bob wakes up every morning and asks himself how he can kick the American Vice President in the dick
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hello marine biology bsky, does anyone know the orcas' phone numbers
November 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
hello marine biology bsky, does anyone know the orcas' phone numbers
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AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO REMEMBERS DAMN BLOCK OF CHEESE AND THE FUCKING EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO REMEMBERS DAMN BLOCK OF CHEESE AND THE FUCKING EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE
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Count the ways they’re corrupting DOJ: Presidents don’t direct AG’s to open criminal cases, especially ones designating only Dems for investigation when POTUS himself is involved. DOJ doesn’t publicize criminal investigations & the AG definitely doesn’t assign them on Twitter.
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Count the ways they’re corrupting DOJ: Presidents don’t direct AG’s to open criminal cases, especially ones designating only Dems for investigation when POTUS himself is involved. DOJ doesn’t publicize criminal investigations & the AG definitely doesn’t assign them on Twitter.
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Here is another flower painting/drawing from 2017, featuring our cat Millie who appeared in quite a few artworks. I'm afraid she is no longer with us (age-related illness)
#art #watercolour #indianink #dippen #botanicalart
#art #watercolour #indianink #dippen #botanicalart
November 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Here is another flower painting/drawing from 2017, featuring our cat Millie who appeared in quite a few artworks. I'm afraid she is no longer with us (age-related illness)
#art #watercolour #indianink #dippen #botanicalart
#art #watercolour #indianink #dippen #botanicalart
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Chuck Jones should be forever celebrated for (along with Michael Maltese) the Ralph Wolf / Sam Sheepdog series, with its time clock and lunchbuckets, making a profound statement about work. Indeed, the sight of the adversaries plopped next to each other at lunch makes a statement about politics.
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Chuck Jones should be forever celebrated for (along with Michael Maltese) the Ralph Wolf / Sam Sheepdog series, with its time clock and lunchbuckets, making a profound statement about work. Indeed, the sight of the adversaries plopped next to each other at lunch makes a statement about politics.
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I have nothing of value or interest to say, so here’s a sword-billed hummingbird.
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I have nothing of value or interest to say, so here’s a sword-billed hummingbird.
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(throwing open my window) you there, boy, what day is this?
Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
(throwing open my window) you there, boy, what day is this?
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Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education is currently conducting studies on milkweed plantings and effects on spotted lanternfly populations, assuming toxicity of milkweed as a natural insecticide for the lanternfly.
#garden #gardening
#garden #gardening
Milkweed as an Eco-friendly Tactic for Spotted Lanternfly Control - SARE Grant Management System
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November 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education is currently conducting studies on milkweed plantings and effects on spotted lanternfly populations, assuming toxicity of milkweed as a natural insecticide for the lanternfly.
#garden #gardening
#garden #gardening
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Officials eventually released her, and a lieutenant from the Sheriff’s Office called it a "silly" “human error.” Weird choice of words!
www.jezebel.com/ice-just-tri...
www.jezebel.com/ice-just-tri...
ICE Just Tried to Deport an Indigenous Woman
Officials eventually released her, and a lieutenant from the Sheriff’s Office called it a "silly" “human error.” Weird choice of words!
www.jezebel.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Officials eventually released her, and a lieutenant from the Sheriff’s Office called it a "silly" “human error.” Weird choice of words!
www.jezebel.com/ice-just-tri...
www.jezebel.com/ice-just-tri...
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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I am begging America to not be stupid enough to embrace a racist and an antisemite because Donald Trump thinks she's a meanie. Just grab some popcorn and watch the Nazis fight.
Trump: “I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of ‘Congresswoman’ Marjorie Taylor Greene…”
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I am begging America to not be stupid enough to embrace a racist and an antisemite because Donald Trump thinks she's a meanie. Just grab some popcorn and watch the Nazis fight.
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"Who will stop the vengeful ghosts of my sins / from stalking me in my sleep? / Neither love, travel, nor art, / neither books nor consuming cause / could fill the great hole God left behind. / He is bulk; and I make up retail." Sharif S. Elmusa, "Mobil Mosque" in Presence 2025.
August 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Who will stop the vengeful ghosts of my sins / from stalking me in my sleep? / Neither love, travel, nor art, / neither books nor consuming cause / could fill the great hole God left behind. / He is bulk; and I make up retail." Sharif S. Elmusa, "Mobil Mosque" in Presence 2025.
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mom groups are full of posts from women going against doctors advice to use weird start-up company formula made from donkeys milk in a basement in Santa Ana that costs $400 a can because they've been convinced Similac is big pharma poison and ByHeart had a vested interest in not correcting them
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
mom groups are full of posts from women going against doctors advice to use weird start-up company formula made from donkeys milk in a basement in Santa Ana that costs $400 a can because they've been convinced Similac is big pharma poison and ByHeart had a vested interest in not correcting them
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hey @safety.bsky.app whats the policy for saying "WE WILL KILL YOU" and including a video of you actually killing people? asking for a state department
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
hey @safety.bsky.app whats the policy for saying "WE WILL KILL YOU" and including a video of you actually killing people? asking for a state department