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Zee 🏳️‍🌈🪲🐈🏳️‍⚧️🤿🛶
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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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M1: The Crab Nebula apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25122...
This is the mess that is left when a star explodes. The Crab Nebula, the result of a supernova seen in 1054 AD, is filled with mysterious filaments
December 29, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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A recent large-scale study of 28 million adults in the French National Health Data System found those who received an mRNA COVID vaccine had a 25% lower risk of ALL-CAUSE mortality over a 4 year period compared to unvaccinated individuals.

Smoke that, RFK Jr.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mrn....
mRNA COVID vaccines tied to drop in death rate for 4 years
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This book was a much-needed balm after reading Newitz's excellent but horrifying Stories are Weapons.
Today only, Automatic Noodle e-books are on sale for $2.99 on all platforms! Grab one while they're still hot and chewy! bookshop.org/p/books/auto...
December 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Abderian [ab-DAIR-ee-un]
(adj.)
-Given to incessant or idiotic laughter.

Used in a sentence:
“It occurs to me that your Abderian persona, engaging though it may be, is not always your ally in sales; a steadier manner on the shop floor would inspire greater customer confidence.”
December 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The Big Fluffs Miska and Jack tangled up together and purring. #catsofbluesky
December 27, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Anyone can read the redactions of the Epstein Files by just copying and pasting them into a word doc. The people at Trump's Justice Department are so stupid they used Adobe Acrobat to black out the documents.
December 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Flashback to one of the most beautiful spiders I'd ever seen, one of the first sights to greet me when I went to Costa Rica. #arachnid #invertebrate #spider
December 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Perfect repose. 🐈 #catsofbluesky
December 19, 2025 at 5:49 AM
This may just give me the will to keep on going ...
December 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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The most cruel part? Cisgender kids CAN still access gender-affirming care. Boys with gynecomastia. Those who start precocious puberty. Progesterone for painful cycles.

But trans kids, if they need to same EXACT intervention? No way, they just have to suck it up and die
December 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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All this will do is increase, dramatically, the suicide rate among trans kids.

Societies should be judged by how well they take care of their most vulnerable members. The United States in 2025 continues to fail this test.
December 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I am fascinated by tubeworms and take ridiculous quantities of photos of them. These seasonally appropriate Christmas tree worms retract into their tubes quickly at the slightest disturbance so it's good practice to hover motionless while getting the shot. 🦑 #scuba #diving #oceans #coralreef
December 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Redwood Fairy Ring
Freestone, California
#art
#photography
#trees
#redwood
December 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Gazing at the layers of time in the cliff side in Redstone Colorado.
#rockintuesday #photography #redstone #Colorado #cliff #geology
December 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The French Angelfish (Pomacanthus paru) is beautiful but also looks as if it has an incredible superiority complex and is wondering disapprovingly what you're doing in its ocean. 🦑 #diving #scuba #oceans
December 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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A seasonal fun fact you can share at your holiday parties this week!

#WhaleTales #Whalemas
December 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"What are you looking at???" Squirrelfish are...well, quite squirrelly, and hard to approach for photos. This one had evidently had it with the paparazzi. #scuba #diving #oceans
December 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
A misty night along the Willamette River. #water #rivers #Oregon
December 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Who invented non-reflective glass?

American physicist & chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett in 1938.

It revolutionized optics--& led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. She was the first woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. #WomenInSTEM #inventor
December 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Long boi. 🐈 #catsofbluesky
December 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Giant anemone (Condylactis gigantea) with a Spotted cleaner shrimp (Periclimenes yucatanicus) peeking out. It's very cool to hover and watch the tentacles swaying gently in the surf while you wait to see if a fish will approach for some shrimp-powered cleaning action. 🦑 #scuba #diving #oceans
December 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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I’m beyond excited for the transformative plans the 1803 Fund has in store for Albina. This is a major step in correcting years of gentrification and division.
‘The soul of our city’: Portland’s 1803 fund reveals details for revitalization
The 1803 Fund, which is restoring and redeveloping historically Black areas of the city, purchased $70 million worth of real estate in inner North Portland. Adams, the CEO of the 1803 Fund and a memb...
www.opb.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Trump says he's expanding the travel ban to 30+ countries, & if a country doesn't have a "stable government," it's on the list. I'm willing to bet all 30+ nations are:
1. Black or brown majority
2. Nations USA has intervened to destabilize their Govt

White supremacy continues to thrive in 2025 USA.
December 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM