Trimmed down half a dozen pieces from my Walcott Rust drawer with my tile saw before the rain came. I was given a few more pieces to prep last weekend and needed some space.
David Clark
@clarkeocrinus.bsky.social
I'd rather be crinoid hunting. Invertebrate enthusiast, Paleo artist, Fossil prep, President of Friends of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
A teeny baby I found at this year's Dino Shindig! Likely a scaphitid ammonite. Finding large vertebrate bones is cool and all, but stumbling on something this small and so well preserved is just as miraculous to me. Very glad I could go volunteer at the Shindig again, hope to me back next year!
Still shocked he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h agoTrump: "I don't want to kill people. I do not want to kill people. But ... "
When I unexpectedly lost my best friend to a brain aneurysm at 37, her donated organs saved seven lives plus someone’s eyesight. This is monstrous.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h agoRFK Jr: "I'm announcing that HHS has begun the decertification of Network for Hope, the organ procurement organization."
Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-Louisiana) business is to gargle orange balls.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 9h agoSpeaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said the House Ethics Committee will look into the allegations of domestic abuse involving Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio), saying it is “not my business” to get involved in Miller’s family matters.
This is basically the implicit argument to trump made about January 6. I haven't been punished for it so it can't have been that bad
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 13h agoRep. Max Miller on Newsmax: "If any of these things were true, I would be in prison"
If money can’t buy power, the rich have nothing. This is the real revolution.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 20h agoUnfathomable
“Barack HUSSEIN Obama” is still a thing Trump still harps on
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h agoRepublicans didn’t take long to get the open bigotry going
This guy needs to be in prison, not Congress.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayTAPPER: One of the files you released was an image of your daughter naked. It was available for a day before it was removed. Your ex-wife's attorney says it could quality as CSAM. That's shockingly reckless behavior MAX MILLER: I wouldn't say it's shockingly reckless. There was no genitalia exposed
You know ... Some days I just can't deal with *this* For my peace of mind, I will expect every Republican is a pedophile, misogynist, racist, anti-vax, war-monger. It's up to them to prove they are not. The GOP is a cancer on this country.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · yesterdayMax Miller: When I was reported for child abuse, for my daughter, for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days, and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan
This is why people don’t report domestic abuse. The cops love to say “This is a family fight” and “there are 2 sides to every story” until the abused party winds up dead.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoNN: The abuse allegations against Rep. Max Miller -- Moreno says he should resign, but President Trump disagrees. Do you think Miller should step down? REP. JIMMY PATRONIS: No. I agree with the president. This is a family fight. Unfortunately, divorces are messy. There are two sides to every story.
This Tiger Swallowtail was fluttering around our Echinacea flowers today.
Appropriate air quotes because the most infuriating part about Americans debating "lockdown" is that it simply never happened. Having to pick up your Applebees and eat it on the sectional does not count. There wasn't even a brief moment where "everything" was closed. That's not real.
Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 3d agoif you hated covid "lockdowns" try long covid
It continues to fuck me up that we stay thinking about 9/11 but want to memory hole Covid so bad we're destroying the entire concept of public health in the US.
![In the United States, there have been 103,436,829[3] confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,238,563[3] confirmed deaths, the most of any country, and the 17th highest per capita worldwide.[43] The COVID-19 pandemic ranks as the deadliest disaster in the country's history.[44] It was the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020, behind heart disease and cancer.[45] From 2019 to 2020, U.S. life expectancy dropped by three years for Hispanic and Latino Americans, 2.9 years for African Americans, and 1.2 years for White Americans.[46] In 2021, U.S. deaths due to COVID-19 rose,[47] and life expectancy fell.[48]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ty2kxmxjmtealqi2kc7f4pww/bafkreiej6o22cdapxm6lj3rgrrznhhijzm5kpcjmvscemg2g7vg4tzm7na)
It's hard to overstate how ISOLATING and scary it was with a child under 5 waiting for that under 5 vaccine. The world was kind of moving on and you not only couldn't, you had to be scared for your child every day
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d agoAlso the Republicans were screaming that Fauci helped authorize vaccines for children, which is something every goddamn parent I know was praying for every day for more than a year and have been thankful for ever since. These people are all self-centered idiotic sociopaths, nothing more.
Fossils of any other animal : I'm a glorified roadkill Crabs : ✨🦀✨ Fossilised Sexy Yesterday w/my calcium chitin carapace ✨🦀✨
Every Sunday. And WaPo reports this like it's news, not market manipulation.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3d agoAs President Trump said he was canceling a planned strike on Iran — citing progress toward a deal to end the war — there was no immediate sign of a breakthrough in Tehran, and Israel said it remained on high alert.
This is a story about the President and several of his hand-picked appointees all committing crimes and blatantly lying to the public while stealing public funds and abusing the criminal justice system, but the NYTimes describes the situation like they're recapping a soap opera.
Larry Glickman@larryglickman.bsky.social · 4d agoAnother example of the problem with the fixation with Trump’s putative emotions: here a story about the Trump administration’s corruption, incompetence, and venality is framed as one about Trump’s “wrath.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
The Friends of UMMP BBQ was a success. I am tired. No one went home hungry. I have a few new fossils. The trilobite cookies were amazing. Time for sleeping.
Three pork shoulders turned into 24 pounds of carnitas for the Friends of UMMP BBQ tomorrow. I think we're ready. Just hoping the rain holds off.
President Trump is about to deport tens of thousands of Haitians. My full statement.👇🏼
Similarly, if a random citizen at your daughter's soccer game wanted to check the genitals of the kids playing, you would call the fucking cops, and rightly so. Stop debating these people and call them out for what they are -- creepy perverts, freaky busybodies and utter hypocrites.
Jessica Valenti@jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 5d agoWhat's the difference between a landlord who sneaks into your apartment to rifle through your underwear drawer and an AG who sues for your abortion records? The state health director keeping a spreadsheet of women’s periods isn’t any less creepy than the abusive ex who still tracks your location.
I will go further: JD Vance has said, essentially, his own wife shouldn't have gotten automatic citizenship for being born here, which I guess would make his children with her subject to deportation
neuse river hag@neuseriverhag.bsky.social · 5d agoi honestly want to talk to someone who thinks this is a bad thing to say
