@penelopemingus.bsky.social
natural science, covid conscious, all science, cats, bicycling, John Oliver fan, celtics and knicks (complicated!), big reader, much time outside w binoculars/handlens, deep concern for the world my 20-something son & his peers are facing. Hope I'm wrong.
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🤯 batshit cancelling reaches #ornithology
"I don’t know why my fellowship was terminated. I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary of what we expect to see in nature, with completely different males and females."
@carlzimmer.com profiles my wonderful coauthor @jjinsing.bsky.social Gift link.
@carlzimmer.com profiles my wonderful coauthor @jjinsing.bsky.social Gift link.
He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:52 PM
🤯 batshit cancelling reaches #ornithology
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ICE defeated by SNOW
January 2, 2026 at 7:56 PM
ICE defeated by SNOW
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With no algorithm here, I'm especially grateful to all who reposted this & also to those of you who pre-ordered (info is in the thread)!
Since I am not Stephen King, unlikely bookstores will stock my academic book in physical form. Can you please ask your public or academic library to order? Thx.
Since I am not Stephen King, unlikely bookstores will stock my academic book in physical form. Can you please ask your public or academic library to order? Thx.
Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/
January 2, 2026 at 7:25 PM
With no algorithm here, I'm especially grateful to all who reposted this & also to those of you who pre-ordered (info is in the thread)!
Since I am not Stephen King, unlikely bookstores will stock my academic book in physical form. Can you please ask your public or academic library to order? Thx.
Since I am not Stephen King, unlikely bookstores will stock my academic book in physical form. Can you please ask your public or academic library to order? Thx.
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May the wind be at Ireland’s back on this 🔥
Under Irish law Musk can be jailed for 12 months for being a director of a company distributing CSAM. Section 9 of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998. 'X' is a company registered in Ireland.
January 2, 2026 at 11:32 PM
May the wind be at Ireland’s back on this 🔥
Makes me gag, all this performative, competitive piety.
I still don’t really understand who this is supposed to be for. If you want the unabashedly pro-America news you know where to get it and are already receiving it, CBS is for people who still want regular reporting in a non-24/7 format. Do you think they won’t notice and turn it off?
We love frosting and make no apologies
January 2, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Makes me gag, all this performative, competitive piety.
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i was going to joke that was only supposed to happen on elon’s personal version of grok, but this is so vile i couldn’t bring myself to suggest this is in any way worth laughing about. they should be held to account for creating a csam bot.
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X reut.rs/498SoUk
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.
reut.rs
January 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM
i was going to joke that was only supposed to happen on elon’s personal version of grok, but this is so vile i couldn’t bring myself to suggest this is in any way worth laughing about. they should be held to account for creating a csam bot.
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Happy New Year everyone! Find yourself someone who looks at you like this male Northern Flicker looks at the female in the foreground. 🪶
January 1, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Happy New Year everyone! Find yourself someone who looks at you like this male Northern Flicker looks at the female in the foreground. 🪶
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How cool and rare is it to catch truly #GoodLight in a bird pic?
Every time I do - I name the photo with "good light" or "great light" in it.
Did make it easy to quickly find a pic for #BirdOfTheDay #birds #becurious 🪶
Named this "Steller's great light" in my folder. No lies detected.
Every time I do - I name the photo with "good light" or "great light" in it.
Did make it easy to quickly find a pic for #BirdOfTheDay #birds #becurious 🪶
Named this "Steller's great light" in my folder. No lies detected.
January 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
How cool and rare is it to catch truly #GoodLight in a bird pic?
Every time I do - I name the photo with "good light" or "great light" in it.
Did make it easy to quickly find a pic for #BirdOfTheDay #birds #becurious 🪶
Named this "Steller's great light" in my folder. No lies detected.
Every time I do - I name the photo with "good light" or "great light" in it.
Did make it easy to quickly find a pic for #BirdOfTheDay #birds #becurious 🪶
Named this "Steller's great light" in my folder. No lies detected.
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Ahahahahahaha *gold*
January 2, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Ahahahahahaha *gold*
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COVID-19 Is Six Today. What We've Learned. To start, we need cleaner air, which requires a change in medical culture, by @crof.bsky.social thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... via @thetyee.ca
COVID-19 Is Six Today. What We’ve Learned | The Tyee
We need cleaner air, which requires changes in medical culture.
thetyee.ca
January 2, 2026 at 4:31 AM
COVID-19 Is Six Today. What We've Learned. To start, we need cleaner air, which requires a change in medical culture, by @crof.bsky.social thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... via @thetyee.ca
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Had a delivery for 9:00 yesterday morning that required driving about 350 miles overnight. Got there at 9:00. Rang the intercom button. Guy comes on that sounds like Carlton the Doorman.
Me: I've got a delivery.
Guy on intercom: You'll have to come back on Monday. There's nobody here.
Me: I've got a delivery.
Guy on intercom: You'll have to come back on Monday. There's nobody here.
January 1, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Had a delivery for 9:00 yesterday morning that required driving about 350 miles overnight. Got there at 9:00. Rang the intercom button. Guy comes on that sounds like Carlton the Doorman.
Me: I've got a delivery.
Guy on intercom: You'll have to come back on Monday. There's nobody here.
Me: I've got a delivery.
Guy on intercom: You'll have to come back on Monday. There's nobody here.
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A very Happy New Year to you all. If you're still mitigating against infection from SARS-CoV-2 you have nothing but my respect and admiration. Wishing each and every one of you a wonderful 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 10:18 AM
A very Happy New Year to you all. If you're still mitigating against infection from SARS-CoV-2 you have nothing but my respect and admiration. Wishing each and every one of you a wonderful 2026.
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Happy New Year! I hope you have a wonderful and successful 2026, however that may be measured for you. Here's a Song Sparrow singing us into the New Year.
Maces Bay, #NewBrunswick, Canada
April 2025
📸 #birds #SOSP #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
Maces Bay, #NewBrunswick, Canada
April 2025
📸 #birds #SOSP #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
January 1, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Happy New Year! I hope you have a wonderful and successful 2026, however that may be measured for you. Here's a Song Sparrow singing us into the New Year.
Maces Bay, #NewBrunswick, Canada
April 2025
📸 #birds #SOSP #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
Maces Bay, #NewBrunswick, Canada
April 2025
📸 #birds #SOSP #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
Happy New Year and thank you for sharing these wonderful creatures with the rest of us
January 1, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Happy New Year and thank you for sharing these wonderful creatures with the rest of us
Ach I am so sorry you are slammed by these horrible things. Here's hoping 2026 brings relief. Glad your medical team is so empathic.
The migraine continues. The whole medical team is now monitoring.
January 1, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Ach I am so sorry you are slammed by these horrible things. Here's hoping 2026 brings relief. Glad your medical team is so empathic.
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The more you know…
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The more you know…
This is SO sickening. Disgusting. Appalling. Not to mention short-sighted and self-defeating. And their bizarre fantasy of the 50s reborn? 🤬 Maybe that's a tsunami coming for the 50s car & all it represents?
DHS now says it's aiming for 100 million deportations. In an amazing coincidence, there are 104 million Black and Hispanic people living in the U.S. right now.
![@DHSgov on X: The peace of a nation no longer besieged by the third world.
[Image of a beach] America after 100 million deportations](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreiccvipzc5mayvbrzoo3cxhkp2iayuhphh4grk6lziqajuk7d2leee@jpeg)
December 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is SO sickening. Disgusting. Appalling. Not to mention short-sighted and self-defeating. And their bizarre fantasy of the 50s reborn? 🤬 Maybe that's a tsunami coming for the 50s car & all it represents?
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I believe if the government had informed on the post infection risks many more would be wearing a respirator. It’s easy to do, comfortable and there are as many choices to be had as a pair of shoes. I have many types, styles and colours.
December 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I believe if the government had informed on the post infection risks many more would be wearing a respirator. It’s easy to do, comfortable and there are as many choices to be had as a pair of shoes. I have many types, styles and colours.
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We know they work but the government is still not using them in hospitals. www.theguardian.com/world/2021/j...
Cambridge hospital’s mask upgrade appears to eliminate Covid risk to staff
Hospital infection study shows use of FFP3 respirators at Addenbrooke’s ‘may have cut ward-based infection to zero’
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We know they work but the government is still not using them in hospitals. www.theguardian.com/world/2021/j...
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There is so much misinformation on masking on the internet. This is a great article that dispels this. www.scientificamerican.com/article/mask...
Masks Work. Distorting Science to Dispute the Evidence Doesn't
New mask studies relying on a medical paradigm do not erase decades of engineering and occupational science that show they work
www.scientificamerican.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
There is so much misinformation on masking on the internet. This is a great article that dispels this. www.scientificamerican.com/article/mask...
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Me in the 2010s: “We can’t allow a dozen people to have all the money”
“You’re just jealous!”
Me in the 2020s: “We can’t allow eight people to have all the money”
“You don’t understand finance!”
Me in the 2030s: “We can’t allow three people to have all the money”
“Shut up and eat your plastic!”
“You’re just jealous!”
Me in the 2020s: “We can’t allow eight people to have all the money”
“You don’t understand finance!”
Me in the 2030s: “We can’t allow three people to have all the money”
“Shut up and eat your plastic!”
"What a year for the ultra wealthy. The world’s 500 richest people added a record $2.2 trillion to their collective fortunes in 2025’s… booming markets, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. And about a quarter of this year’s gains went to just eight billionaires.” — Bloomberg Morning Brief
December 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Me in the 2010s: “We can’t allow a dozen people to have all the money”
“You’re just jealous!”
Me in the 2020s: “We can’t allow eight people to have all the money”
“You don’t understand finance!”
Me in the 2030s: “We can’t allow three people to have all the money”
“Shut up and eat your plastic!”
“You’re just jealous!”
Me in the 2020s: “We can’t allow eight people to have all the money”
“You don’t understand finance!”
Me in the 2030s: “We can’t allow three people to have all the money”
“Shut up and eat your plastic!”
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Why are the Borg looking for predators in an empty field
December 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Why are the Borg looking for predators in an empty field
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frame: estimates of AI water usage are exaggerated / less than other industries
negation: actually these studies show it's still pretty bad and it's hard to make good estimates when they hide all the data
kirby:
negation: actually these studies show it's still pretty bad and it's hard to make good estimates when they hide all the data
kirby:
how much water does it take to disrupt the careers of millions of people? how much water does it take to make deepfakes of underage kids? how much water does it take to exacerbate people's mental health crises? is there a good number? is there an acceptable number?
December 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
frame: estimates of AI water usage are exaggerated / less than other industries
negation: actually these studies show it's still pretty bad and it's hard to make good estimates when they hide all the data
kirby:
negation: actually these studies show it's still pretty bad and it's hard to make good estimates when they hide all the data
kirby:
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