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Maxwell Superbien
@maxwellsuperbien.bsky.social
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He/They/It - Xe/Xyr - Another flavor of AuDHD
Follow me on Twitch to see me drawing and saying silly things live.
Illustrations, Comics, Animations and sometimes Photography.
Learning about the natural world and science everyday is exciting !
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courtneymilan.com
I really think that people not knowing how to learn things and then think about them is a huge problem.
December 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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annabookwriter.bsky.social
YES.

Every time we are expected to say “AI has SOME good uses”, even though the kind currently discussed (the slop producing kind) is not the same thing as the “good at spotting statistical anomalies” kind, and that disingenuous bullshit is to try to make people shut up about the slop engines!
karidru.bsky.social Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 8d
This is specifically about AI use in humanities disciplines within academia, which is clear from context- this crap is extremely harmful in that setting. Inevitably, people show up to be like "AI finds cancer cells tho".

NOT THE SUBJECT, and that conflation has been inflicted upon us intentionally.
lmacthompson1.bsky.social Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 8d
You absolutely will not convince a bunch of historians and sociologists and whoever else is in this thread that you know more than we do about this and we should use it. I wish you AI enthusiasts would stop wading into our conversations. You have nothing helpful to contribute and are snarky.
December 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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bensears.bsky.social
End of 2025 sketchbook update is up: Patreon.com/bensears
A bunch of screenshots of sketchbook drawings. A witch, some trees, a walrus, and a farmer and his dog standing in tall grass
December 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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flygirlnhm.bsky.social
Day 20 of #InsectAdvent

Nearly there, eyes on the prize of Christmas Day. Talking of eyes, some of the best eyed creatures are stalk-eyed flies including Plagoiocephalus latifrons (image @bertonemyia.bsky.social) we saw in Costa Rica

@royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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jeleynai.bsky.social
"I wish all companies insisting on AI a very bankruptcy"
December 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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nikkiophan.bsky.social
one of the animals of all time
Giant springtail, Tetrodontophora bielanensis, Onychiuridae very tiny squishy looking black bug type beast on an orange leaf
December 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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44hiro.bsky.social
Tama Zoological Park
A gray wolf named Cero
He was 18 years old.
He passed away on August 13, 2025.
He was the last surviving member of his pack.

I've drawn over 110 animal works over my 408 days of activity, but this is the first one I've given a title to.

Title: "Still Walking"
December 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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evolletters.bsky.social
Check out our cover article by @timjanicke.bsky.social and colleagues about the role of sexual selection in animal speciation. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic.... The beautiful illustration is by Katharina Bóth.
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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liberation.fr
En 2017, Emmanuel Macron reçoit un œuf sur le visage. Ce qui fait bien rire Jordan Bardella à l'époque, avec un jeu de mots sur ses réseaux sociaux. En 2025, ce même Bardella reçoit un œuf sur le visage : c'est une horrible «brutalisation du débat démocratique».
Quand Bardella se moquait de Macron qui avait reçu un œuf
En 2017, celui qui n’était pas encore Président reçoit un œuf sur le visage. Ce qui avait bien fait rire le lepéniste, aujourd’hui scandalisé d’avoir essuyé le même projectile, samedi 29 novembre dans le Tarn-et-Garonne.
www.liberation.fr
December 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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jopabinia.bsky.social
Today is the first of 25 days of #Crustmas! Post as many crustaceans as possible! (not just crabs) 🦑🧪

This year I'm less personally inclined towards "crabs are the ultimate form", and my piece below explains why.

PS all posts will be right here on the crab feed 🦀
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Crab Memes Amplify Mistaken Ideas about Evolution
Memes about repeated evolution of crabs have been co-opted to joke about technology and “ultimate forms.” They’re hilarious, but they oversimplify natural variation, giving bad arguments a scientific ...
www.scientificamerican.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
my section was all about uterine tissues creating happy little "benign" tumors that make your life hell but since they are not cancerous it takes forever to diagnose and find a treatment that works for YOU!

#SciArt #endometriosis #fibroids #adenomyosis
cartoony page from the zine I drew, the colors are dark blue, light blue, yellow, orange, light pink and dark pink. the text is When the uterus tissues go WILD! - FIBROIDS- non-cancerous abnormal growths of muscle tissue extremely common, 2/3, ~50% asymptomatic unclear origin, estrogen? progesterone? at higher risk: African Caribbean, family history, early periods, obesity heavy bleeds, anemia, back pain infertility constipation, frequent urination Dr. Platypus fact: one of the biggest fibroid was 28kg in a 53 year old Singaporean patient! the middle drawing is of an uterus absolutely covered in pink blobs representing the different type of fibroids: pedunculate (outside), pedunculate (inside), subserosal, submucosal, utnramural cartoony page from the zine I drew, the colors are dark blue, light blue, yellow, orange, light pink and dark pink. the text is When the uterus tissues go WILD! - ENDOMETRIOSIS- endometrial-like tissue growing outside of the uterus unclear origin (cells escaping fallopian tube at menstruation, immune dysfunction, local estrogen production, circulation, surgery, genetics) Dr. Platypus fact: endometriotic lesions were even found in the brain, which caused neurological and psychiatric symptoms! ~8 years to get diagnosed 1/10 people bleeding outside and inside infertility pelvic PAIN! during intercourse, bowel movement, urination, or for no good reason nausea the middle drawing is of an uterus, guts, kidneys ovaries and bladder covered in pink endometriotic lesions, none of the organs are happy about it, one ovary has a massive pink chocolate cyst on it (a cyst full of endometrial tissue and blood) cartoony page from the zine I drew, the colors are dark blue, light blue, yellow, orange, light pink and dark pink. the text is When the uterus tissues go WILD! - ADENOMYOSIS- endometrial tissue frowing inside the muscles of the uterus 1/10 people, and they might not even have symptoms (one figure sayinh you telling me WHAT??) unclear origin... shocking i know... estrogen?? other hormones? most likely in: +30 years, abdominal surgery, given birth heavy abnormal bleeding, anemia, pain bloating, fullness infertility Dr. Platypus fact:you can have endometriosis, adenomyosis, and firboids ALL AT ONCE!... and they all have similar symptoms the middle drawing is of an uterus absolutely covered in pink blobs representing the endometrial tissue growing within the muscle: focal (adenomyoma), diffuse, enlarged uterus cartoony page from the zine I drew, the colors are dark blue, light blue, yellow, orange, light pink and dark pink. the text is When the uterus tissues go WILD! - MANAGING- there is no one-size-fits-all treatment, care ranges from less to more invasive first you need to diagnose the problem: ultrasound, blood markers, Magnetic Resonanse Imaging (MRI), surgery etc. PAIN CONTROL: painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs, physiotherapy, heating pads or hot water bottles, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) HORMONAL MEDICATION: IUS, mini pill, implants (progestogen only), combined pill, patches (progestogen + estrogen), hypothalamus pills injections (GnRH agonists and antagonists) SURGERY (diagnostic, to alleviate symptoms, and curative) laparoscopy, transvaginal hysteroscopy, abdominal (all biopsied) diseased tissue removal by laser or surgical hysterectomy: curative for adenomyosis and fibroids, but harder to access if <45 Dr. Platypus fact: platypuses don't have a uterus*(long oviduct, sometimes called the "uterus") so don't need to worry about any of this
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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aplante.com
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters” The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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fleshatronach.bsky.social
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orange cat (or tiger;) holding utensils aloft about to dig into a stargazy pie meal ;; the background is yellow with various scribbley paintings decorating the scene
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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chel-c-cam.bsky.social
This fight over “should authors get paid for their work” debate boils down to this: many, MANY people do not see art as labor.
If art isn’t labor, then you don’t have to change your political views to justify piracy. Easy peasy!
March 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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mazalbof.bsky.social
Aussi puant que terrifiant, à fortiori dans un pays qui chaque jour un peu plus érige la gauche (même la plus molle) en fanatisme mortel & où le pouvoir s’est illustré à plusieurs reprises par ses propos négationnistes, ses références supremacistes & ses politiques racistes.
ehouardvial.bsky.social Émilien Houard-Vial @ehouardvial.bsky.social · Nov 22
Au-delà des garanties d'anonymat, le fait de produire des statistiques sur les orientations politiques des agents de la fonction publique ne peut QUE mener à les jeter à la vindicte de médias ultra orientés, alors que la seule question est de savoir s'ils font bien leur travail.
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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altyellonatpark.org
Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org
Badger sleeping on his mound.
November 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
ARTISTS!
I need your help!

In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.

Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
A picture of a frog on a leaf with the SICB and Skype a Scientist logos on the bottom right with the following words on top: "Call for Artists!" Learn about the latest animal research adn create art inspired by the science at the SICB meeting in Portland, OR. Deadline to apply: dec 12, Project dates Jan 3-7, Stipend $1000"
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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themountaingoats.bsky.social
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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rspb.bsky.social
It'ssss Thursday, which means we're a little bit closer to the weekend...

And it's time for Caption This! 👇👀
A small Nuthatch, mid-squat on a mossy log, wings raised and tail feathers fanned dramatically...like it’s either about to take flight or absolutely not having your nonsense today. Tiny bits of moss and debris fly through the air as it commits, to whatever this moment is, with full passion.
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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makkon.bsky.social
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
fund.blender.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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pykpyky.bsky.social
Vous suivez vraiment n'importe qui
Tweet de maître Eolas disant : Il y a des consœurs fort jolies et qui le savent, qui portent la robe déboutonnée au-dessous du nombril et qui assises font négligemment (lol pas du tout c'est calculé) sortir leur jambe, alors qu'elle portent une jupe courte ou une robe fendue.
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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mrlovenstein.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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jdfrei.bsky.social
Conifers. Cones from the genera:
Thuja, Thujopsis, Chamaecyparis, Pinus, Picea, Cypressus, Callitris, Taxodium, Tsuga, Cryptomeria, Calocedrus, Tetraclinis, Larix, Metasequoia
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
maxwellsuperbien.bsky.social
A #self-portrait at Hume's #beach in Arcachon's bay. Original picture taken by my bestie in late #September when I was searching for #critters to take #photos of.

#bassinarcachon #arcachonsbay #illustration #drawing #dessin #humebeach #france #maxwellsuperbien
A realistically drawn self-portrait where I'm on a beach at low tide. I am dressed with a brown hoodie and dark blue shorts. I am holding a camera with a big lens and wearing a backpack. I am smiling and giving a thumbs up to the person taking my picture. A picture of me deep in the muddy sand at low tide. My legs are darkened by the mud and there's foot shaped holes around me. I am dressed with a brown hoodie and dark blue shorts. I am holding a camera with a big lens and wearing a backpack. I am smiling and giving a thumbs up to the person taking my picture.
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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alanmaguire.bsky.social
Centrism is the belief that society achieved perfection around the same time as you became a homeowner
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM