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Emily Peck

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Emily Peck @gimbaled.bsky.social · Sep 21

This is the energy I want to project on Bluesky:

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Elizabeth D. Leonard @noisyfearless.bsky.social · 12h

Weds., Nov. 12, 3-4pm in Waterville. Join us!

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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 1d

there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all

CHOAM Nomsky (thankful) @samthielman.com · 1d

“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”

Tweet by Joyce Carol Oates:

"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"--that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.

QT of @avidreader1000
Wherever he goes, he wants to leave: SA, Canada, ultimately the U.S. in the long run, based on his behavior. This also includes Earth. A continuous disavowal of your home is odd, to say the least. He seems to have no c...

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Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know. That the meme-explosion that was the wooden model of Sacabambaspis (an Ordovician jawless fish) held at a Museum in Helsinki, was created by a pioneering Estonian fish paleontologist and palaeoartist, Elga Mark-Kurik. 🧵

Valentina Karatajute-Talimaa and Elga Mark-Kurik on Kreuzritter lake (Kryzhiuochiu ezheras), under an umbrella, north of Vilnius,Lithuania, 1977 (photo H.-P. Schultze).

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 1d

Flat illustration of two House Sparrows amongst fall leaves.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 2d

it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy

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Emily Peck @gimbaled.bsky.social · 2d

you might like @loxy.bsky.social ‘s work!

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Kyle Swanson, MD, FAANS, FCNS @kiswanson.medsky.social · 3d

Ryan Moulton
@moultano
Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists. You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth, made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?

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Emily Peck @gimbaled.bsky.social · 3d

delightful short thread

Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · Jun 2

If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”

A least weasel. It fits in the palm of the hand.

Emily Peck @gimbaled.bsky.social · 4d

Oh I am very excited about these 🧊

A photo of a granite counter with an envelope. The envelope is stamped with a mischievous looking cat with a pipe. On top of the envelope rest four identical stickers that resemble bagged Ice logos with a penguin standing on frozen letters spelling “ICE GO HOME”. A speech bubble from the penguin reads “Get out of our city!”

Emily Peck @gimbaled.bsky.social · 5d

We are so back.

I missed my plates, but was worth the wait - it looks so good on the new 1901’s!
(Also, do I finally add teeth to the tail lights? 🦈)

#Elasmobile #SciCom #SharksNearMe

A photo of the back end of a mocha colored Subaru Outback. The focus is the Maine license plate reading with the Dirigo pine on a cream background and navy blue letters spelling “ELASMO”

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The Onion @theonion.com · 6d

Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

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Maya @mayamurphy.com · 11d

BRAK O LANTERN

A pumpkin carved with the face of the animated character Brak

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Emily Peck @gimbaled.bsky.social · 10d

It’s Cap! (from the newest series)

a close up of a yellow cartoon character wearing a hat

Alt: a close up of a Captain Pikachu wearing a white captain’s ha and pointing to the horizon, ready for adventure

media.tenor.com

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Brian Brian Brian @heythisisbrian.bsky.social · 11d

It’s his day.

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Emily Peck @gimbaled.bsky.social · 10d

I cannot express enough how much we want to keep a regular, chronological timeline. Please don’t change that.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 11d

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 11d

No costume tonight but I am wearing the Adidas x Simpsons Kang and Kodos “Treehouse of Horror” Forums.

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Frank Cvetkovic @gofrankgo.bsky.social · 13d

Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!

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A.🌻 @alexxaye.bsky.social · 14d

I love Rebecca DOWN. Known as Dollar Tree Dinners.

Her “Meal in a Bag” is meant to provide ppl with a complete meal that is $8 or less, is shelf stable, & can be made without access to a full kitchen. I love this as a direct aid option. Good for neighbors & elders who can’t/wont go to a pantry.

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Emily Peck @gimbaled.bsky.social · 15d

Klaus is the worlds most photogenic crab 💖

Cancer irroratus

(Asteria forbesi, A. amurensis, and Fucus spiralis - photo is my own)
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I photo of a large red rock crab facing the photographer. His carapace is ivory underneath and a beautiful red-purple on top. His large claws are tipped with deep brown/black. Behind and around him are several large sea stars in salmon and purple, macroalgae fills out the rest of the space.

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Emily Peck @gimbaled.bsky.social · 15d

SciCom is for everybody!

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 15d

ICYMI: I was the entertainment at a 5th birthday party www.southernfriedscience.com/i-was-the-en...

I was the entertainment at a 5th birthday party: A new favorite science communication gig

I recently got an incredible opportunity to do some public science engagement. My friends’ daughter, who absolutely loves sharks, was turning 5 and having friends over for a shark (and pirate…

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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 17d

So much of "cancel culture" discourse is a re-description of the normal functioning of a democracy and public discourse by people who didn't like the results of one, or both, or how it made them feel.

Erin S. Pumpkins @erincikanek.bsky.social · 18d

Saying that someone doesn’t deserve to be a senator isn’t canceling them, that is the public opinion candidates are subject to in a democracy.

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 17d

Maine's SNAP benefits for November will not be issued due to the federal government shutdown.

It's tearing me up that so many people will lose their nutritional assistance benefits.

Here's where #Portland and surrounding towns can get food.
Please add where to go for your part of #Maine.

Local Resources, Meals, and Groceries — Wayside Food Programs | Fighting hunger and strengthening community

Wayside Food Programs is part of a strong network of agencies that offer food and other basic needs assistance to our community.

www.waysidemaine.org

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Art by Emily K @museum.of.emilyk.art · 17d

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)

As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text.
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Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.

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Emily Peck @gimbaled.bsky.social · 17d

Getty - would you consider adding alt text to future posts?