The underside of red admiral butterflies may not be as attractive in a gaudy sense, but it's just as beautiful.

Take a moment to look at this complex interweave of delicate colours and patterns.

In the still of the night

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Via @maketheroadny.bsky.social: If ICE shows up, know your rights.

“ICE does not have the right to enter your home without a valid warrant signed by a judge.”

maketheroadny.org/we-protect-us/

Bryan MacCormack, the executive director of a New York-based immigrant rights group, was pulled over by CBP with two undocumented passengers in the vehicle. He knew his rights, refused to acknowledge their "warrant", and despite CBP threatening him, the agents eventually were forced to let him go.

Among the most agile of flying creatures, dragonflies have evolved to perform quick aerial maneuvers both to attract mates and to catch prey midair.

Now, researchers have documented and explained a unique stunt the insects perform so quickly most people never see it. scim.ag/40mKKBI

"Slime mold" is a popular political insult but slime molds are actually the smartest and safest molds, & in some ways smarter and safer than politicians. I definitely would not eat a US senator for example, nor would I expect them to do complex pathfinding calculations for me

LA is burning & our implicit political baseline is still that climate policies are acceptable if and only if they require zero sacrifice or even mild lifestyle change on anyone's part.

It's disheartening that in an age where knowledge has never been more accessible - the United States is about to be governed by an administration so primitive and ignorant as to believe that tariffs are good and that vaccines are bad.

5 years ago I visited Antarctica with #teamHB4. The stunning beauty of this place reminded yet again of the fragility of our global ecosystems and special gifts they keep bringing us even in the face of peril. But there was also a deep sense of hope, of which we must not let go.

“A night-time cycling trend that started with four Chinese students riding 50km for dumplings blew out to a reported 100,000 people on Friday, jamming major roads…”

a new little star shines brightly above the Siberian horizon.

a little Homotherium latidens, that seems to be just a few weeks old, was found in Yakutia
#paleoart #sciart

finished mesohippus. really happy with how it turned out, and learned a lot in the process
#paleoart #sciart

Fuzzy Pokémon series from last year!!!

Don’t mind me hopping onto this but dark and moody #paleoart is my jam!!

#SciArt #artbyjulio

It takes a truly sick society to force a young person before the most powerful court in the country to justify why her doctor should be allowed to keep prescribing something that makes life worth living and has fewer side effects than half the medications we use for depression.
archive.ph/l3vPz

Maybe the most gorgeous movie ever made

I turned her into a neurotic academic. what do you think she studies?

The Māori people in New Zealand have lit the spark of revolution felt around the world