@bschillace.brandyschillace.com take note! Such a nice shade of red.

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 2w ago

For World Octopus Day🐙, let's learn a weird fact about the three hearts of our eight-legged friend. The SYSTEMIC HEART of an octopus STOPS BEATING while they swim / jet. Seems like a design flaw, doesn't it? Let's talk about it.

@laminda.bsky.social take note

Jennifer Ouellette@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 2w ago

Mathematicians invented a knitting stitch that stops mistakes from spreading www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...

I'll be there on the 14th in Washington DC. See you then!

Daniel Kraus@danielkraus.com · 2w ago

October 21!

"One of you lovely #BookSky humans told me to actually put my books in the thread—and that’s a good point. Most are here: brandyschillace.com/our-books/ And the new forensic one is here (it’s me reading it): www.amazon.com/hz/audible/p... "

Our Books | Brandy Schillace

Published and forthcoming Books

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Brandy Schillace@bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 3w ago

Readers and writers of #BookSky, I got a story for you. Last year, I released a major nonfiction and sequel to an award winning mystery. This year, I released an audiobook on forensic history. But like most authors, I struggle to make sales/get recognition, and am a poor AF. Now the funny part: 1/

'PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by depressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience.' - Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911

A British farm has unveiled a giant pumpkin mosaic of Sir David Attenborough to celebrate the naturalist's 100th birthday. The mosaic broke the farm's own record for the world's largest squash mosaic. The record was confirmed by Guinness World Records at the unveiling of the artwork on Tuesday.

This Sat, Sept 26: Meet the Stellar Sisters @ the Dark Sky tables @ GMU Space Day in Fairfax—Briah Davis, Christine Tyler Wenks, and me, planetary geologist Leanne Wiberg. Explore space rocks, impact craters, Apollo 11 astronaut training samples & more! #meteorite science.gmu.edu/academics/de...

Hey space fans in/around Virginia - check out George Mason University's Space Day in a couple week! Looks like it will be a fun time. science.gmu.edu/academics/de...

Sometimes you read a review of your book and it feels as if the reviewer reached into your brain and your soul and read exactly what you meant to say.

Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)@drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · last mo.

“Dazzling” – early modern historian of religion, emotions, and monsters Jenny Spinks reviews HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY ( @ucpress.bsky.social ) in the American Historical Review! @historians.org 💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH

An incredible image, and overall winner of this year's Australian Geographic Nature Photography award. Using a DJI Mavic 3 Pro (drone), Matt Deakin captured an extremely rare moment - seeing a critically endangered Sawfish in the wild and passing by a Turtle, off the Pilbara coast in WA.

Here’s my next read which is perfect for @peculiarbookclub.bsky.social to consider for our book club.

What cracked me up today: a single sentence, which I recopy incompletely here > " One gets the sense she would have . . . ". oddlet.com/lovable-weir...

What turns molten lava into strands of volcanic glass so fine they resemble human hair? 🌋 New #Geology research takes a fresh look at the formation of lauoho o Pele, or Pele’s hair—delicate threads of volcanic glass commonly associated with Hawaiian basaltic eruptions: geosociety.co/Gillies_et_al

We all have a role to play in protecting science & democracy. Join us for our next Science Rising National Call, where we're celebrating the stories of what pushing back against anti-science & authoritarian actions can look like! Register here: https://act.ucs.org/4zuh3zl

Once a year for about 10 minutes, the Sun drops to the exact angle in Yosemite where its light hits the waterfall head on. For a few minutes it looks like molten lava pouring off the cliff 😎

So much forethought went into staging this to get "all things" aligned. How, where, when . . . all planned in advance. Thanks for posting this. You can't help but be amazed.

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2mo ago

You live any universe and on a planet where 4 billion years of adaptive evolution lead up to this happening today.

This might be necessary. Interesting concept.

Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman)@drspacejunk.bsky.social · 3mo ago

There are proposals for 'lunar graveyards', locations which can be used to crash orbiters and rocket bodies safely away from places of significant natural or cultural heritage, or habitations and infrastructure. #Falcon9 🧪 🔭

Good morning Bluesky ☀️ An asteroid crater in Arizona. Dramatic enough you might think, but look how close it came to hitting the Visitor Centre 😱

My last book, Bite never did make it to a paperback version, but Amazon now has the beautiful hardcover for $12.69. 🧪📚😁🦷🪥🐴🐍🦖🐅🐘🦇

Once they figure out how it was done someone’s winning a Nobel in physics.

worm@rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 3mo ago

How is that even possible

Just published: "Have you got the ACHE? Join us Aug 13th for THE HEADACHE!". Check it out and subscribe to get everything I'm making. peculiarbookclub.kit.com/posts/have-y...

Have you got the ACHE? Join us Aug 13th for THE HEADACHE!

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Journalists, human rights advocates and open source analysts recoiled in horror at the move: "The opportunities for abuse and disinfo are literally boundless," said one. n.pr/4c7L91d

Google pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the sky

Journalists, human rights advocates and open source analysts recoiled in horror at the initial decision: "The opportunities for abuse and disinfo are literally boundless," said one.

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How absurd and how wrong . . .

Josephine Riesman@josie.zone · 3mo ago

The great thing about today's Nazis is that they burn books for both ideology AND profit

I love the "Monsters probably" map notation. @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social would appreciate that. Image credit: Gemma Correll at www.gemmacorrell.com

How absurd can the world get? Go to the link and type your name (or type any random keys) and see what happens. It's oddly satisfying to smash your angst about wildfire smoke, national politics, and more. screen.toys/roadtrip/

Amazing Newspaper Ad Highlighting Period Poverty. Millions of girls in South Africa are forced to use newspapers in place of sanitary pads, so a non-profit ran a newspaper ad that looked like period blood stains seeping through the pages of the paper. [kottke.org]

Amazing Newspaper Ad Highlighting Period Poverty

To draw attention to the millions of girls who cannot afford period products, the MENstruation Foundation ran a unique advertisement in three major South African newspapers. Readers of The Star, The Mercury and Cape T

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Got this shirt for Dad's Day

Psyched to have just hit 60K words (180 pages) on my upcoming nonfiction book, "Feet First: A Natural History, from Fins to Fetishes." Admittedly, I've chosen to explore some seriously challenging (and at times gruesome) topics, but things are coming together quite well. 🦕🧪📚🩺🦶👣👠🦇🦅🐘🐈‍⬛

Good morning. Today is the LAST DAY to comment on the proposed OMB rule that will, honestly, destroy science in the US. And it will do FAR MORE THAN THAT. www.theverge.com/science/9576...

The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it

‘Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.’

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a proposed rule that threatens to reshape how scientific research is funded and conducted in the U.S. We encourage our community to speak up and add a comment by 13 July. The deadline is almost here: spklr.io/63326EP34r