Annette Hynes
@planktonnette.bsky.social
Microbial oceanographer, crochet designer, Mashreq percussionist, and friEndo. Welcome to the House of Tortitude.
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‘Tis the season for the traditional holiday drag #Jinkx&Dela
December 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
‘Tis the season for the traditional holiday drag #Jinkx&Dela
I would 💯 decorate my toilet with a Hor Rat Summer mosaic.
Seattle Man Leaves Out Plate of Cheese for When St. Rat Comes Up Through Toilet Tonight: tinyurl.com/nhf8cr8s
December 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I would 💯 decorate my toilet with a Hor Rat Summer mosaic.
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Pope Leo calls for kindness to strangers and the poor in Christmas message
Pope Leo calls for kindness to strangers and the poor in Christmas message
Refusing to help those in need is tantamount to rejecting God himself, says pontiff during Christmas Eve mass
Pope Leo has told Christians that the Christmas story should remind them of their duty to help the poor and strangers.
In his Christmas Eve sermon, the pope said the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn showed followers that refusing to help those in need was tantamount to rejecting God himself. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Pope Leo calls for kindness to strangers and the poor in Christmas message
We went from Hot Rat Summer to Wet Rat Winter. 🐀 🚽
King County warns of toilet rats after record flooding
King County warns of toilet rats after record flooding
Rats could climb up your toilet as a result of recent flooding from atmospheric rivers, King County officials say. Enter "wet rat winter."
www.seattletimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
We went from Hot Rat Summer to Wet Rat Winter. 🐀 🚽
Where does Cookie Monster live? I’m watching “Christmas Eve on Sesame Street” and Santa filled Cookie’s stocking at Gordon & Susan’s place. #CookieMonster
December 20, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Where does Cookie Monster live? I’m watching “Christmas Eve on Sesame Street” and Santa filled Cookie’s stocking at Gordon & Susan’s place. #CookieMonster
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Disaster Cash Assistance is available Dec. 17 to Jan. 15 for eligible households affected by flooding in Benton, Chelan, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, King, Kittitas, Lewis, Pacific, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston, Yakima and Whatcom counties.
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Disaster Cash Assistance is available Dec. 17 to Jan. 15 for eligible households affected by flooding in Benton, Chelan, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, King, Kittitas, Lewis, Pacific, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston, Yakima and Whatcom counties.
This is a beautiful piece:
Five years ago I wrote about what was coming and why I don't think about it in terms of being a "Cassandra"
but a Medusa
and it actually started with another violent attack but it was a Black woman outside of the subway station where I got my lots twisted
www.patreon.com/posts/i-am-m...
but a Medusa
and it actually started with another violent attack but it was a Black woman outside of the subway station where I got my lots twisted
www.patreon.com/posts/i-am-m...
I am Medusa | Sydette (Blackamazon)
Get more from Sydette (Blackamazon) on Patreon
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December 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is a beautiful piece:
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Alright scientists! It's that time again!
Time to sign up for Skype a Scientist's spring semester.
Want to get matched with a classroom in 2026?
Sign up now 🥰
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Time to sign up for Skype a Scientist's spring semester.
Want to get matched with a classroom in 2026?
Sign up now 🥰
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Alright scientists! It's that time again!
Time to sign up for Skype a Scientist's spring semester.
Want to get matched with a classroom in 2026?
Sign up now 🥰
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Time to sign up for Skype a Scientist's spring semester.
Want to get matched with a classroom in 2026?
Sign up now 🥰
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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SEATTLE: Heavy winds and rain are continuing throughout this week, with potential floods. Here are some resources and information on how to prepare yourself and your home:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Atmospheric river, wild wind to wallop Western WA: How to prepare
A wind advisory and flood watch issued by the National Weather Service will converge Monday as the week kicks off with heavy rain.
www.seattletimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
SEATTLE: Heavy winds and rain are continuing throughout this week, with potential floods. Here are some resources and information on how to prepare yourself and your home:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Diving through the purple sulfur bacteria layer of Fayetteville Green Lake with our ROV last month. This is the most intense density of PSB that I've seen in many years!
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Diving through the purple sulfur bacteria layer of Fayetteville Green Lake with our ROV last month. This is the most intense density of PSB that I've seen in many years!
I finally took some photos of my Halloween “Advent” yarn calendar and Helena decided to “help.” Yarn by Lambstrings Yarn.
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I finally took some photos of my Halloween “Advent” yarn calendar and Helena decided to “help.” Yarn by Lambstrings Yarn.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
Many thanks to Seattle City Lights for working throughout the night and continuing to work to turn the lights back on. ⛈️
October 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Many thanks to Seattle City Lights for working throughout the night and continuing to work to turn the lights back on. ⛈️
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Tomorrow afternoon Councilmember Hollingsworth and I will be restoring “Hot Rat Summer” in Cal Anderson Park. This mosaic was wrongfully painted over and we are going to fix it.
July 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Tomorrow afternoon Councilmember Hollingsworth and I will be restoring “Hot Rat Summer” in Cal Anderson Park. This mosaic was wrongfully painted over and we are going to fix it.
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This is opening of an Octavia Butler novel
LAPD helicopter circling immigrant rights protesters behind the pride month rainbow-lit city hall
June 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This is opening of an Octavia Butler novel
He’s already demolished everything in sight, but I’d still be happy to see him go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Elon Musk set to soon step down from lead Trump role as service limit nears
Insiders reportedly say Musk will leave when 130-day cap on government service expires but ‘Doge’ team set to continue
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
He’s already demolished everything in sight, but I’d still be happy to see him go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Tonight in Art Therapy with the Plucky Shrimp, we are speaking on behalf of the ocean, and are VERY mad, not only at the evil guys in charge but also at every evil person who enables the evil guys in charge. Every last one. May they know no peace for the rest of their miserable lives.
March 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Tonight in Art Therapy with the Plucky Shrimp, we are speaking on behalf of the ocean, and are VERY mad, not only at the evil guys in charge but also at every evil person who enables the evil guys in charge. Every last one. May they know no peace for the rest of their miserable lives.
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Yay!! A federal judge in California sided with a coalition of unions, temporarily barring the Office of Personnel Management from ordering federal agencies to terminate probationary workers, stating that the firings were ‘illegal, should be stopped, and rescinded.’
February 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Yay!! A federal judge in California sided with a coalition of unions, temporarily barring the Office of Personnel Management from ordering federal agencies to terminate probationary workers, stating that the firings were ‘illegal, should be stopped, and rescinded.’
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Call to Action: The Merit Systems Protection Board, an independent federal agency that safeguards federal employees in employment disputes, has paused the terminations of six probationary federal workers across various executive branch agencies and departments for 45 days.
February 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Call to Action: The Merit Systems Protection Board, an independent federal agency that safeguards federal employees in employment disputes, has paused the terminations of six probationary federal workers across various executive branch agencies and departments for 45 days.
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Please amplify, share, repost. This USAID ad is running to counter Musk’s Super Bowl BS ads re USAID #Voices4Victory
youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8
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February 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Please amplify, share, repost. This USAID ad is running to counter Musk’s Super Bowl BS ads re USAID #Voices4Victory
youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8
youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8
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I'm a researcher funded by NSF. The indirect funds that are being slashed to 15% at NIH, and probably NSF soon, are not some kind of markup or profit.
These pay for essential things like rent for a building to work in, lab space, salaries of people who manage benefits for the organization... 1/
These pay for essential things like rent for a building to work in, lab space, salaries of people who manage benefits for the organization... 1/
February 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I'm a researcher funded by NSF. The indirect funds that are being slashed to 15% at NIH, and probably NSF soon, are not some kind of markup or profit.
These pay for essential things like rent for a building to work in, lab space, salaries of people who manage benefits for the organization... 1/
These pay for essential things like rent for a building to work in, lab space, salaries of people who manage benefits for the organization... 1/
February 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.
February 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.