Alexander Cox
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[Imagining myself as a grad student & inflating a fake professor on my back to fool other professors into feeding me.]
In what may be one of Earth’s craziest forms of mimicry, researchers in 2023 reported a species of rove beetle that grows a termite puppet on its back to fool real termites into feeding it.
Learn more on #NationalWildlifeDay: https://scim.ag/4mM2aS9
Learn more on #NationalWildlifeDay: https://scim.ag/4mM2aS9
September 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
[Imagining myself as a grad student & inflating a fake professor on my back to fool other professors into feeding me.]
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Before Cousteau, way before @Octonauts, explorer Eugen von Ransonnet-Villez was bringing images of the undersea world to the surface, from his artist’s sketch pad inside a glass and steel diving bell: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/underwater-landscapes-of-eugen-von-ransonnet-villez
August 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Before Cousteau, way before @Octonauts, explorer Eugen von Ransonnet-Villez was bringing images of the undersea world to the surface, from his artist’s sketch pad inside a glass and steel diving bell: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/underwater-landscapes-of-eugen-von-ransonnet-villez
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Creature Sketch, Snake + Chinchilla
June 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Creature Sketch, Snake + Chinchilla
Dragon Flamingo
April 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Dragon Flamingo
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Stop the Political Takeover of the Kennedy Center - Protect Free Expression
This is censorship, plain and simple. Our national cultural institutions should be free from political interference that targets specific art forms or communities. When the government starts banning c...
sign.moveon.org
February 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
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February 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Endothiodon is a crazy dicynodont, it had a periscope for it's pineal eye. Some specimens appear to have taken it into literal dickhead territory.
We have no idea why they did it.
We have no idea why they did it.
February 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Endothiodon is a crazy dicynodont, it had a periscope for it's pineal eye. Some specimens appear to have taken it into literal dickhead territory.
We have no idea why they did it.
We have no idea why they did it.
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Them: "It’s just a fun cartoon for kids, how could it possibly be relevant?"
The fun cartoon for kids:
The fun cartoon for kids:
January 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Them: "It’s just a fun cartoon for kids, how could it possibly be relevant?"
The fun cartoon for kids:
The fun cartoon for kids:
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
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There's a name for this... concentration camp.
Trump announces an executive order authorizing a 30,000 capacity migrant detention center in Guantanamo.
"Some of them are so bad we don't even trust the countries to hold them because we don't want them coming back, so we're going to send them out to Guatanamo Bay."
"Some of them are so bad we don't even trust the countries to hold them because we don't want them coming back, so we're going to send them out to Guatanamo Bay."
January 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
There's a name for this... concentration camp.
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Hi all-if you are pissed off about NIH/NSF freezes, please consider joining us on this letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Bring Back American Science Now
ReadMe: Hello everyone who wants to sign! Please do not edit the letter directly, but message me or leave a comment. Otherwise, sign below where it says Sincerely, EDITING SHOULD WORK NOW YOUSE G...
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January 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Hi all-if you are pissed off about NIH/NSF freezes, please consider joining us on this letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
So apparently my cats like watching Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai
January 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
So apparently my cats like watching Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai
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“The pace of repression outstrips our ability to understand it. And that is the real trick of the Imperial thought machine. It's easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than a single incident.”
- Karis Nemik to Cassian Andor
From Andor S1 E5
#StarWars
- Karis Nemik to Cassian Andor
From Andor S1 E5
#StarWars
January 18, 2025 at 6:43 AM
“The pace of repression outstrips our ability to understand it. And that is the real trick of the Imperial thought machine. It's easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than a single incident.”
- Karis Nemik to Cassian Andor
From Andor S1 E5
#StarWars
- Karis Nemik to Cassian Andor
From Andor S1 E5
#StarWars
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