Zaftig Parcheesi
@realcoolsolid.bsky.social
This is a Cecilia Vicuña stan account
She/they
She/they
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Horrifying and infuriating is one way to describe The Yellow Wallpaper, inspired by the author's own experience with the "rest cure," prescribed for women suffering from--well, you name it. Novelist, feminist, social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, BOTD in 1860.
#booksky #writers #feminism
#booksky #writers #feminism
July 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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It’s so exciting to find a new podcast that makes me giddy with how funny it is. I can’t wait to listen to more episodes but the Tim Key one is absolute gold. Lucy’s mom, Gill, is an absolute riot. I could listen to Tim talk to interlocutors his senior for hours. It’s something to behold.
October 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
It’s so exciting to find a new podcast that makes me giddy with how funny it is. I can’t wait to listen to more episodes but the Tim Key one is absolute gold. Lucy’s mom, Gill, is an absolute riot. I could listen to Tim talk to interlocutors his senior for hours. It’s something to behold.
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Botanical artists, a thread.
🌿🌼🌿
(There are so many, this will be a first part, so stay tuned for more)
Starting with Amanda Almira Newton and a lovely avocado, a beautiful reminder of how diverse nature is.
Did you know avocado trees change sex throughout the day?
🧵 1/20
🌿🌼🌿
(There are so many, this will be a first part, so stay tuned for more)
Starting with Amanda Almira Newton and a lovely avocado, a beautiful reminder of how diverse nature is.
Did you know avocado trees change sex throughout the day?
🧵 1/20
Amanda Almira Newton (c. 1860–1943) was a botanical illustrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture specialized in watercolors of fruit.
She contributed to the USDA's Pomological Watercolor Collection with 7,600 paintings.
Here, a nice looking Trapp variety of avocado (Persea species) 🥑
She contributed to the USDA's Pomological Watercolor Collection with 7,600 paintings.
Here, a nice looking Trapp variety of avocado (Persea species) 🥑
October 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Botanical artists, a thread.
🌿🌼🌿
(There are so many, this will be a first part, so stay tuned for more)
Starting with Amanda Almira Newton and a lovely avocado, a beautiful reminder of how diverse nature is.
Did you know avocado trees change sex throughout the day?
🧵 1/20
🌿🌼🌿
(There are so many, this will be a first part, so stay tuned for more)
Starting with Amanda Almira Newton and a lovely avocado, a beautiful reminder of how diverse nature is.
Did you know avocado trees change sex throughout the day?
🧵 1/20
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Love this so much! A Philly scientist and artist (@sarahmackattack.bsky.social and @megstampede.bsky.social) have teamed up to protect our area’s biodiversity:
streetsdept.com/2025/04/23/p...
streetsdept.com/2025/04/23/p...
Protecting Philly’s Biodiversity with Free Seed Posters
Love this so much! A Philly scientist and artist have teamed up to protect our area’s biodiversity. “Long story short, we’re trying to make it as easy as possible for people to take act…
streetsdept.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Love this so much! A Philly scientist and artist (@sarahmackattack.bsky.social and @megstampede.bsky.social) have teamed up to protect our area’s biodiversity:
streetsdept.com/2025/04/23/p...
streetsdept.com/2025/04/23/p...
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I can never get over when you’re on the beach how beautiful the sand looks and the water washes it away and straightens it up and the trees and the grass all look great. I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.
October 30, 2024 at 7:11 PM
I can never get over when you’re on the beach how beautiful the sand looks and the water washes it away and straightens it up and the trees and the grass all look great. I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.
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In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.
October 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.
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Could not be more well-deserved! Congratulations Hahrie! 🎉 @hahrie.bsky.social
Johns Hopkins political scientist Hahrie Han receives MacArthur genius grant
Han, who studies political organizing and collective action and who has led the university's SNF Agora Institute since 2019, among 22 individuals to receive coveted MacArthur Foundation recognition
hub.jhu.edu
October 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Could not be more well-deserved! Congratulations Hahrie! 🎉 @hahrie.bsky.social
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Vaccine breakthrough for deadly elephant virus. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Vaccine breakthrough for deadly elephant virus
A vaccine against a deadly disease that affects young elephants is shown to be effective in a world-first trial.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Vaccine breakthrough for deadly elephant virus. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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As I have discussed before: artisans tend to cluster in city districts and then erect a clubhouse called a schola for their collegium. At Roman Sagalassos in Turkey, they have found such an association meeting-place near the 80 workshops that made up the potter’s district. 🏺 #collegia
Ancient association building unearthed in Sagalassos
Archaeologists uncover remains of a communal building in the ancient city of Sagalassos, believed to have hosted meetings, feasts and even weddings organized by Roman-era professional and religious as...
www.hurriyetdailynews.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
As I have discussed before: artisans tend to cluster in city districts and then erect a clubhouse called a schola for their collegium. At Roman Sagalassos in Turkey, they have found such an association meeting-place near the 80 workshops that made up the potter’s district. 🏺 #collegia
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Despite These Times...my department is hiring! I really like my department, we have a good mix of disciplines and organisms and we're really low-drama. We also get pizza at faculty meeting. So if you're a computational and structural biologist, join us! 🧪 jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/260...
Assistant Professor - Tenure Track Faculty
The Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is inviting applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. The position requires a doc...
jobs.rutgers.edu
October 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Despite These Times...my department is hiring! I really like my department, we have a good mix of disciplines and organisms and we're really low-drama. We also get pizza at faculty meeting. So if you're a computational and structural biologist, join us! 🧪 jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/260...
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梨が好きです。がんぼるぞい。
translation:
I like pears.
translation:
I like pears.
September 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
梨が好きです。がんぼるぞい。
translation:
I like pears.
translation:
I like pears.
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Today marks the first day in the 55-year history of PBS and 54-year history of NPR that public media has broadcast to its audiences without federal funding. But even though lots of local outlets are at risk, PBS and NPR are still here, providing fair, accurate news coverage and will not be silenced.
October 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Today marks the first day in the 55-year history of PBS and 54-year history of NPR that public media has broadcast to its audiences without federal funding. But even though lots of local outlets are at risk, PBS and NPR are still here, providing fair, accurate news coverage and will not be silenced.
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#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit.
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
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#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
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#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
September 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit.
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
1🧵
#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
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#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
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This week’s astonishing artifact is a pair of cloisonné eagles found in the grave of a Visigoth woman. 🏺🧪
Eagle brooches: 1,500-year-old pins filled with dazzling gems and glass — and worn by powerful Visigoth women
Visigoth women may have worn eagle-shaped pins as a symbol of power.
www.livescience.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This week’s astonishing artifact is a pair of cloisonné eagles found in the grave of a Visigoth woman. 🏺🧪
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Charming little octopus from a Roman villa at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, 2nd-3rd century AD.
Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 me
#Archaeology
Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 me
#Archaeology
September 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Charming little octopus from a Roman villa at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, 2nd-3rd century AD.
Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 me
#Archaeology
Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 me
#Archaeology
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The world is kind of scary right now, so here's what I'm offering:
Hognose snake drinking water.
Be sure to stay for the lip smack.
Hognose snake drinking water.
Be sure to stay for the lip smack.
September 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The world is kind of scary right now, so here's what I'm offering:
Hognose snake drinking water.
Be sure to stay for the lip smack.
Hognose snake drinking water.
Be sure to stay for the lip smack.
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This GIF appears to show a honeypot ant.
A specialized caste of workers called 'rotunds' or 'repletes' act as "living larders."
Their abdomens can swell to enormous size to store food fed to them by other workers, a phenomenon called 'physogastrism' (from Greek "swollen belly").
A specialized caste of workers called 'rotunds' or 'repletes' act as "living larders."
Their abdomens can swell to enormous size to store food fed to them by other workers, a phenomenon called 'physogastrism' (from Greek "swollen belly").
a black ant is crawling on a piece of paper next to a drop of honey .
Alt: A black ant is crawling on a piece of paper next to a drop of honey. It begins drinking, and the abdomen swells, becoming semi-transparent, and changing to a golden honey color as the exoskeleton stretches and swells.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This GIF appears to show a honeypot ant.
A specialized caste of workers called 'rotunds' or 'repletes' act as "living larders."
Their abdomens can swell to enormous size to store food fed to them by other workers, a phenomenon called 'physogastrism' (from Greek "swollen belly").
A specialized caste of workers called 'rotunds' or 'repletes' act as "living larders."
Their abdomens can swell to enormous size to store food fed to them by other workers, a phenomenon called 'physogastrism' (from Greek "swollen belly").
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i made a helpful reference
September 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
i made a helpful reference
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I'm thinking of this piece I wrote way back in June 2014, about the problematic assumption that when you're a starting PhD student or PGR who is disabled, you'll know what access support you'll need, even though you've never done a research degree before
phdisabled.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/t...
phdisabled.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/t...
The Adjusted PhD: What Accommodations Work(ed) For You?
Today I initiated conversations with my new institutional home’s Disability Support Services. As a disabled postgraduate researcher returning to PhD study after a previous unsuccessful attem…
phdisabled.wordpress.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I'm thinking of this piece I wrote way back in June 2014, about the problematic assumption that when you're a starting PhD student or PGR who is disabled, you'll know what access support you'll need, even though you've never done a research degree before
phdisabled.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/t...
phdisabled.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/t...
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Jeanette Scissum (1939) is a US mathematician, space scientist, and diversity advocate who put forward techniques for improved forecasting of the sunspot cycle.
Here, at her desk in NASA.
#WomenInSTEM
Here, at her desk in NASA.
#WomenInSTEM
August 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Jeanette Scissum (1939) is a US mathematician, space scientist, and diversity advocate who put forward techniques for improved forecasting of the sunspot cycle.
Here, at her desk in NASA.
#WomenInSTEM
Here, at her desk in NASA.
#WomenInSTEM
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The state could have backed him but instead they demonstrated for the thousandth time that there is no level of respectability that will prevent white people from serving you up on a platter in order to appease powerful racists.
State panel revokes Des Moines superintendent’s license following his arrest by federal immigration officers
State panel revokes Des Moines superintendent's license following Friday arrest
A state educational licensing board has revoked the license of Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts following his arrest by federal immigration officers last week.
www.thegazette.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The state could have backed him but instead they demonstrated for the thousandth time that there is no level of respectability that will prevent white people from serving you up on a platter in order to appease powerful racists.