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@zeesm.bsky.social
PhD in Entomology & certified scuba instructor. Queer trans masc neurospicy leftist invertebrate ecologist, scuba diver, kayaker, weightlifter, TTRPG gamer, scifi reader, cat lover, professional pessimist.
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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, weβll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate changeβall so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, weβll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate changeβall so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
Oh definitely.
February 13, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Oh definitely.
I will never not stop for nudibranches.
February 13, 2026 at 1:07 AM
I will never not stop for nudibranches.
My Italian dad talked about eating these as a kid as well. It did not sound appetizing.
February 13, 2026 at 1:06 AM
My Italian dad talked about eating these as a kid as well. It did not sound appetizing.
I have! Cool place to work.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
I have! Cool place to work.
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Long Covid > more blood Tau > increase chance of Alzheimer's. Nice study followed people before/after infection, plus 2 years later, and a control group that managed to avoid getting infected (how?). Not surprising to those of us who've been following the story - terrifying all the same #Covid π§ͺβοΈ
The mainstream media are slowly picking up. Very slowly and very cagily. But it's not a bloody secret, whatever the level of denial or indifference in the population. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Long Covid > more blood Tau > increase chance of Alzheimer's. Nice study followed people before/after infection, plus 2 years later, and a control group that managed to avoid getting infected (how?). Not surprising to those of us who've been following the story - terrifying all the same #Covid π§ͺβοΈ
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Not quite Valentine's Day yet, but even better: Happy Darwin Day to all who celebrate the wonders of evolution! π§ͺ
February 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Not quite Valentine's Day yet, but even better: Happy Darwin Day to all who celebrate the wonders of evolution! π§ͺ
Also, may I say here that I'm catching up on Love Death and Robots and your episodes are a fucking delight.
February 12, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Also, may I say here that I'm catching up on Love Death and Robots and your episodes are a fucking delight.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Evidently!
February 12, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Evidently!
I mean, fair.
February 11, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I mean, fair.
I love a good squid squadron.
A stoplight parrotfish heralds the arrival of the squid squad while a striped parrotfish sees them out π¦π¦ππ¦π¦π¦π³οΈββ§οΈπ¦π #squidsquad #cephalopodsofcoralcity #stoplightparrotfish #stripedparrotfish #coralcitycamera
February 11, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I love a good squid squadron.
One reason I take so many sea cucumber photos is they don't run away from me, but there's something enticing about a creature that resembles an unfortunate sausage and feeds with tentacles that look like the diagram of a complex nervous system. π¦ #oceans #Scuba #diving #pacificnorthwest #echinoderm
February 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
One reason I take so many sea cucumber photos is they don't run away from me, but there's something enticing about a creature that resembles an unfortunate sausage and feeds with tentacles that look like the diagram of a complex nervous system. π¦ #oceans #Scuba #diving #pacificnorthwest #echinoderm
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"the police said he fell down an open elevator shaft, onto some bullets"
"you know I've always suspected a bit of foul play there"
"you know I've always suspected a bit of foul play there"
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man βpurposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.β
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldnβt remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldnβt remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 7:50 PM
"the police said he fell down an open elevator shaft, onto some bullets"
"you know I've always suspected a bit of foul play there"
"you know I've always suspected a bit of foul play there"
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeareβs Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeareβs Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
Holy cats that's a weird looking crab! Different family than this one though.
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Holy cats that's a weird looking crab! Different family than this one though.
They munch on little stuff--algae, detritus, tiny invertebrates.
February 3, 2026 at 1:47 PM
They munch on little stuff--algae, detritus, tiny invertebrates.
Hell yeah
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February 3, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Hell yeah
"ethically barren, politically vapid" is...just so fucking correct.
February 3, 2026 at 3:06 AM
"ethically barren, politically vapid" is...just so fucking correct.
Are you talkin' to me? Are YOU talkin' to ME?!?!? Slender cancer crab (Cancer gracilis) ready to throw down. π¦ #diving #scuba #NAUIdiver #crabs #crustaceans #oceanlife #oceans #PugetSound #pacificnorthwest #invertebrates
February 3, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Are you talkin' to me? Are YOU talkin' to ME?!?!? Slender cancer crab (Cancer gracilis) ready to throw down. π¦ #diving #scuba #NAUIdiver #crabs #crustaceans #oceanlife #oceans #PugetSound #pacificnorthwest #invertebrates
Helmet crab (Telmessus cheiragonus) hanging out in the sediment, as they do. π¦ #oceans #scuba #diving #crustaceans #crabs #invertebrates #pacificnorthwest
February 3, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Helmet crab (Telmessus cheiragonus) hanging out in the sediment, as they do. π¦ #oceans #scuba #diving #crustaceans #crabs #invertebrates #pacificnorthwest
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Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Catherine O'Hara was fucking amazing. Gave me so many laugh out loud moments. Sad news.
January 30, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Catherine O'Hara was fucking amazing. Gave me so many laugh out loud moments. Sad news.