Catherine McMullen
@allophilia.bsky.social
From a small CDN island in Lake Ontario: Earth Scientist / Multiple-working-hypotheses is my lifeway / born @ 311 ppm CO2: Now it's adaptation, adaptation, adaptation.
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Less than a month before Christmas, some local children sat down and wrote their letters to Robin Hood because they had a feeling Santa Claus wouldn't be visiting their homes this year and this was their only hope...
#ygk #TisTheSeason
#ygk #TisTheSeason
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Less than a month before Christmas, some local children sat down and wrote their letters to Robin Hood because they had a feeling Santa Claus wouldn't be visiting their homes this year and this was their only hope...
#ygk #TisTheSeason
#ygk #TisTheSeason
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The irony is that a century ago, the exact same kind of religious bigotry that Cuomo’s embraced down the stretch — we can’t elect someone from that faith or they’ll impose it on all of us! — was aimed squarely at Catholics like Cuomo.
Boy Mamdani's race is really a vivid reminder that anti-Islamic bigotry is 100% accepted in US public discourse. People don't even bother dog whistling, it's just right out in the open.
November 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The irony is that a century ago, the exact same kind of religious bigotry that Cuomo’s embraced down the stretch — we can’t elect someone from that faith or they’ll impose it on all of us! — was aimed squarely at Catholics like Cuomo.
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“Hello, operator? Get me 2026…I just want to tell her it’s finally looking better.”
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“Hello, operator? Get me 2026…I just want to tell her it’s finally looking better.”
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Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
Worth the time for good perspectives...
It's the end of the road for BBC Science in Action. But science itself is facing growing roadblocks. For this terminal edition of SinA I'm joined by @naomioreskes.bsky.social @drdebhoury.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social & @angierasmussen.bsky.social for where now?
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - Science In Action, How science got here, and where next
As anti-science leaves research reeling, does evidence-based policy have a future?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Worth the time for good perspectives...
Hear! Hear! Laura, I was looking for the link…
Just in time for EAT Lancet 2.0 to provide that nuance based on science: eatforum.org/eat-lancet/
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October 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hear! Hear! Laura, I was looking for the link…
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1890s fancy French whorehouse
he really has one style
September 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
1890s fancy French whorehouse
Getting difficult to keep up with technological advances, eh?
I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
September 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Getting difficult to keep up with technological advances, eh?
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Very engaging:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=djKB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=djKB...
Rutger Bregman - “Moral Ambition” | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
www.youtube.com
June 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Very engaging:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=djKB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=djKB...
Yup: Good summary.
Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
June 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Yup: Good summary.
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I struggle to understand why exactly Congress decided to make itself irrelevant
June 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I struggle to understand why exactly Congress decided to make itself irrelevant
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They have made the world living hell for no reason whatsoever. People will ask why this happened in a decade and there will be tremendous effort to make it more complicated than “they were evil, stupid, and bored”
June 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
They have made the world living hell for no reason whatsoever. People will ask why this happened in a decade and there will be tremendous effort to make it more complicated than “they were evil, stupid, and bored”
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There are a couple of kids in my nephews's class who weren't born in the US, and the class has decided (w/o teacher input) that if ICE shows up in they're all going to pretend not to speak English. 10yos reinventing "I am Spartacus" because they don't want their friends to get disappeared.
June 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
There are a couple of kids in my nephews's class who weren't born in the US, and the class has decided (w/o teacher input) that if ICE shows up in they're all going to pretend not to speak English. 10yos reinventing "I am Spartacus" because they don't want their friends to get disappeared.
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Special Vermont Resistance edition
Lucy Welch, a hero for the moment.
billmckibben.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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What a time we are living in. This is the golden age of dumbfuckery.
March 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
What a time we are living in. This is the golden age of dumbfuckery.
1) Use systematic doubt and question everything
2) Learn the difference between statements of rational proof and those just of persuasion
3) Be precise in your use of words and expect precision from others
4) Watch for mistakes, even in Holy Scripture
– Peter Abelard (1079-1142 AD)
2) Learn the difference between statements of rational proof and those just of persuasion
3) Be precise in your use of words and expect precision from others
4) Watch for mistakes, even in Holy Scripture
– Peter Abelard (1079-1142 AD)
January 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
1) Use systematic doubt and question everything
2) Learn the difference between statements of rational proof and those just of persuasion
3) Be precise in your use of words and expect precision from others
4) Watch for mistakes, even in Holy Scripture
– Peter Abelard (1079-1142 AD)
2) Learn the difference between statements of rational proof and those just of persuasion
3) Be precise in your use of words and expect precision from others
4) Watch for mistakes, even in Holy Scripture
– Peter Abelard (1079-1142 AD)
The end of a rainbow at Holy Hill, Co. Sligo, Ireland.
January 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The end of a rainbow at Holy Hill, Co. Sligo, Ireland.
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