Elijah Carter
@becarter.bsky.social
Evidence-based teaching and learning evangelist. Roller derby referee. Woodworker. Cobbler.
I'm... maybe not an amateur, but I'm not the best at juveniles, so I was wondering if you might be more confident than I was. I do think we were looking at the same species, based on the photos, but I'm just not sure which!
January 5, 2026 at 9:22 PM
I'm... maybe not an amateur, but I'm not the best at juveniles, so I was wondering if you might be more confident than I was. I do think we were looking at the same species, based on the photos, but I'm just not sure which!
How sure are you of black-crowned vs. yellow-crowned? I struggled with a similar-looking juvenile last week and landed on yellow because of the white outlines on the wing feathers.
January 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
How sure are you of black-crowned vs. yellow-crowned? I struggled with a similar-looking juvenile last week and landed on yellow because of the white outlines on the wing feathers.
Beautiful Anhinga! Unlike many other water birds, they don't float on water. They swim around with their head out. They have to stand like this to dry their feathers after!
December 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Beautiful Anhinga! Unlike many other water birds, they don't float on water. They swim around with their head out. They have to stand like this to dry their feathers after!
That's the problem with trying to impose order on nature: in biology we almost always have to drop a ton of "most of the time"s, "often"s, etc., as your source here does. Makes it almost impossible to make any hard and fast statements. :-P
December 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
That's the problem with trying to impose order on nature: in biology we almost always have to drop a ton of "most of the time"s, "often"s, etc., as your source here does. Makes it almost impossible to make any hard and fast statements. :-P
Hi Janet! I think you might be thinking of dragonflies (spread) vs damselflies (together). It's not quite as straightfoward with butterflies, moths, and skippers. Butterflies might have them tented or out wide, and skippers (which these look like to me) have front and back wings at different angles!
December 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Hi Janet! I think you might be thinking of dragonflies (spread) vs damselflies (together). It's not quite as straightfoward with butterflies, moths, and skippers. Butterflies might have them tented or out wide, and skippers (which these look like to me) have front and back wings at different angles!
Have you listened to the Black American Magirology episode of ologies? It contains a brief but nuanced discussion about the origin of sweet cornbread about halfway through. www.alieward.com/ologies/blac...
Black American Magirology (FOOD, RACE & CULTURE) with Dr. Psyche Williams-Forson — alie ward
What’s the difference between Southern cooking and “soul food?” Is there a correct type of mac and cheese? And whose business is it what you eat? (Hint: no one’s). Culinary historian, scholar of Afric...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Have you listened to the Black American Magirology episode of ologies? It contains a brief but nuanced discussion about the origin of sweet cornbread about halfway through. www.alieward.com/ologies/blac...
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The only factual connection between autism and vaccines was published in 2016 by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social.
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Autism and Vaccines
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Autism and Vaccines
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November 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The only factual connection between autism and vaccines was published in 2016 by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social.
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/autism...
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/autism...
Let me beef frank, this season looks like a weiner!
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Let me beef frank, this season looks like a weiner!
I was delighted by them when I got my T-shirt recently!
November 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I was delighted by them when I got my T-shirt recently!
I thought it was common knowledge that the H in Jesus H. Christ stood for haploid.
September 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I thought it was common knowledge that the H in Jesus H. Christ stood for haploid.
I've always found the Sherwin Williams logo disturbing, and thinking of that red paint covering the Earth as right-wing ideology really seems to line up here.
August 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I've always found the Sherwin Williams logo disturbing, and thinking of that red paint covering the Earth as right-wing ideology really seems to line up here.
About the time I was like, "oh no, his friends are tearing up" I knew it was all over for me.
July 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
About the time I was like, "oh no, his friends are tearing up" I knew it was all over for me.
If “less than half or even 1/3” of people I might interact with are dangerously violent and unpredictable and I don’t have a way to tell who’s who, it’s only logical and reasonable to generalize and assume anybody I interact with is dangerously violent and unpredictable.
July 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
If “less than half or even 1/3” of people I might interact with are dangerously violent and unpredictable and I don’t have a way to tell who’s who, it’s only logical and reasonable to generalize and assume anybody I interact with is dangerously violent and unpredictable.
That’s LORD Goulash to you.
July 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
That’s LORD Goulash to you.
I have never been more excited for my second watching of a gamechanger episode.
June 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I have never been more excited for my second watching of a gamechanger episode.
Literally the first thing I did was acknowledge the mistake (and additional ones besides)? 🤷♂️
June 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Literally the first thing I did was acknowledge the mistake (and additional ones besides)? 🤷♂️
That was certainly an egregious and harmful mistake, and the CDC have continued to make them, but we should be careful not to conflate the scientific community with the CDC. The community have quite rightly pushed back against CDC guidelines where they’ve clashed with the data.
June 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
That was certainly an egregious and harmful mistake, and the CDC have continued to make them, but we should be careful not to conflate the scientific community with the CDC. The community have quite rightly pushed back against CDC guidelines where they’ve clashed with the data.
Also, if it's a push button ignition, you never have to take the keys out of your pocket, so they're more likely to just stay in there rather than ending up loose in the car.
May 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Also, if it's a push button ignition, you never have to take the keys out of your pocket, so they're more likely to just stay in there rather than ending up loose in the car.
To lock my car while it's running, I have to roll the window down, get out, close the door, reach in, lock the doors, then hit the auto window up button and pull my arm out of the way. I also have to use the physical key to open it again afterwards (fob won't do it).
May 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
To lock my car while it's running, I have to roll the window down, get out, close the door, reach in, lock the doors, then hit the auto window up button and pull my arm out of the way. I also have to use the physical key to open it again afterwards (fob won't do it).
Paywalled. What are the units of the axis?
May 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Paywalled. What are the units of the axis?
Little house finch couple sharing a feeder.
May 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Little house finch couple sharing a feeder.
How about I try to name five non-dinosaurs that (some) people think are dinosaurs?
- Ichthyosaur
- Plesiosaur
- Pterosaur
- Dimetrodon
- Glyptodon
- Ichthyosaur
- Plesiosaur
- Pterosaur
- Dimetrodon
- Glyptodon
April 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
How about I try to name five non-dinosaurs that (some) people think are dinosaurs?
- Ichthyosaur
- Plesiosaur
- Pterosaur
- Dimetrodon
- Glyptodon
- Ichthyosaur
- Plesiosaur
- Pterosaur
- Dimetrodon
- Glyptodon