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I’m a neuroscientist who spends her spare time knitting, sketching, making pottery, reading, singing along to pop music, and complaining about laundry
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A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
June 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
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This week’s SNL just became a must-watch. Please, please, please dust off every Chicago sketch ever. The Blues Brothers, Da Bears, Cheeseburger Cheeseburger, Obama, I WANT TO SEE ALL OF IT.
May 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This week’s SNL just became a must-watch. Please, please, please dust off every Chicago sketch ever. The Blues Brothers, Da Bears, Cheeseburger Cheeseburger, Obama, I WANT TO SEE ALL OF IT.
They have a livecam pointed at the chimney and there is currently a SEAGULL posted on smokewatch
May 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
They have a livecam pointed at the chimney and there is currently a SEAGULL posted on smokewatch
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The Canadian election result shows that the 2024 US election might have gone very differently if American voters could somehow have known in advance what it would be like to have Donald Trump as president
April 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The Canadian election result shows that the 2024 US election might have gone very differently if American voters could somehow have known in advance what it would be like to have Donald Trump as president
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9/ The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
9/ The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
Brigitta popped over to Bavaria tonight for a minute
March 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Brigitta popped over to Bavaria tonight for a minute
Went to the orchid show this weekend
March 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Went to the orchid show this weekend
I’d like to thank my neighbor (not on bsky) for the ride to the airport so I could spend the cab fare on an airport bar beverage
March 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I’d like to thank my neighbor (not on bsky) for the ride to the airport so I could spend the cab fare on an airport bar beverage
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A photo of a dog in India on a scooter, its forehead daubed with colored powder, is a potent symbol of how many households treat pets as family and include them in festivities, including Holi.
A dog on a scooter with Holi powder on its forehead shows how much Indians love their pets
A photo of a dog in India on a scooter, its forehead daubed with colored powder, is a potent symbol of how many households treat pets as family and include them in festivities, including Holi.
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March 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A photo of a dog in India on a scooter, its forehead daubed with colored powder, is a potent symbol of how many households treat pets as family and include them in festivities, including Holi.
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Goodemorning Gonzobongos! I am lookng owt upon this blastid wasteland, waitng fore tha infernal winds to stop blowing tha dusts at me.
March 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Goodemorning Gonzobongos! I am lookng owt upon this blastid wasteland, waitng fore tha infernal winds to stop blowing tha dusts at me.
When can this country get some high speed rail because these bargain carrier airlines are the woooooooooorst.
This post brought to you by flying while neurodivergent
This post brought to you by flying while neurodivergent
March 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
When can this country get some high speed rail because these bargain carrier airlines are the woooooooooorst.
This post brought to you by flying while neurodivergent
This post brought to you by flying while neurodivergent
I’ve been making tiny paintings instead of doomscrolling and it’s. Been. Wonderful.
March 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I’ve been making tiny paintings instead of doomscrolling and it’s. Been. Wonderful.
Working from home today and “answer a few emails before coffee,” turned into 2 hours of working and I have just now surfaced and accidentally made and drank an 8oz cup of the beans that normally comprise a 20 oz thermos and the moral of the story this Friday morning is
Coffee before emails
Coffee before emails
March 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Working from home today and “answer a few emails before coffee,” turned into 2 hours of working and I have just now surfaced and accidentally made and drank an 8oz cup of the beans that normally comprise a 20 oz thermos and the moral of the story this Friday morning is
Coffee before emails
Coffee before emails
Brigitta is visiting Tuscany today.
March 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Brigitta is visiting Tuscany today.
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If DOGE is a federal agency, it can’t shield its records from the public.
If it’s not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.
If it’s not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.
DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion
The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines…
propub.li
March 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
If DOGE is a federal agency, it can’t shield its records from the public.
If it’s not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.
If it’s not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding weren’t legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.
Drag Bingo Brunch!
February 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Drag Bingo Brunch!
When you get invited to a double alumni event and your team SHOWS UP
February 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
When you get invited to a double alumni event and your team SHOWS UP
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New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
February 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
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Much like AI-generated content, this take is incorrect and entirely made up.
If you have zero education, but learn how to ask AI models the right questions , in many jobs you will be able to outperform someone with an advanced degree, but who is unwilling to use Large Language Models.
Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.
Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.
February 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Much like AI-generated content, this take is incorrect and entirely made up.
I’m sick of the snow but Gingersnap is glowing
February 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I’m sick of the snow but Gingersnap is glowing
My sourdough daughter Brigitta always makes me so proud
February 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
My sourdough daughter Brigitta always makes me so proud
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Elephant calf update: very baby
February 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Elephant calf update: very baby
Been doing a lot of knitting lately. I wonder why.
February 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Been doing a lot of knitting lately. I wonder why.
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Tomorrow you’ll probably wake up feeling scared and/or angry; please do your best to alchemically transform that feeling into pressure applied to directly to someone else’s proverbial ballsack ✨🗜️✨
February 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Tomorrow you’ll probably wake up feeling scared and/or angry; please do your best to alchemically transform that feeling into pressure applied to directly to someone else’s proverbial ballsack ✨🗜️✨
Brigitta did it again y’all. 🥖
February 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Brigitta did it again y’all. 🥖