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The Met put its entire collection online for free so I made a game out of it! 10 artifacts a day, and you guess where and when each one's from. Anthropeum.com if anyone wants to give it a shot and leave feedback :) #history #archeology #arthistory #museums

In an alternate universe where taskmaster US wasn’t sold to Comedy Central, I like to think it could have been bought by Dropout and we’d have Sam Reich taskmaster with Paul Robalino as assistant. We would be eating so good.

Someone on instagram said "Patagonia suing Pattie Gonia for trademark infringement, when Patagonia is already named after a place, is like Alaska Airlines suing Alaska Thunderfuck or Montana spray paint suing Hannah Montana" and that is correct. www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...

Patagonia Is Suing Pattie Gonia. She Just Fired Back for the First Time.

In an open letter and video, the climate activist and drag queen breaks her silence on the active federal trademark infringement suit with Patagonia, challenging the outdoor giant's core values.

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Welcome to Shrimp City! Teach your friends about a variety of crustaceans with this helpful visual aid - and set the record straight... bugs is shrimp. Shrimp is not bugs These shirts are designed by @the666cat.bsky.social & printed in Philly! Get one at SquidFacts.net (pls RT!)

Was waiting patiently for the Danna view to drop - paleo is so often beyond my ken and knew Danna would be able to break more of it down for us.

Danna Staaf@dannastaaf.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What do I think about the giant Cretaceous octopuses? - First that I'm delighted people are asking me 😁 - Second that WOW! Scientists used an amazing technique to discover HUGE fossil cephalopod beaks! 🤩 - Third that OH BOY do I have questions...🧵🧪🐙 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I came to a cafe to do art and writing - for the first time in weeks. Brought all my sketchbooks and notebooks. Brought ZERO pencils, pens or other marking tools. *sigh*

I know everyone wants there to be a Giant Cretaceous Octopus but after looking at methods and tables, I really don't think this is a reality.

Happy Book Birthday to Puffins! It’s my new picture book with @gianferrari-m.bsky.social ! Request it from your local library or get your own copy from your favorite bookstore!

There are quite a few splash pages in Science Comics: Whales and Still Not Announced that I would love to buy from the artists as prints/posters.

G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me · 4mo ago

So much of the comics advice I've found most useful is not big-picture meaning-of-life storytelling stuff, but "every page should end on a mini-cliffhanger" and "make sure each issue includes at least one splash page the artist can sell at a convention"

Attention Science Communicators! We are conducting a survey on the landscape of science communication & need your help gathering experiences. Please send this to #SciComm ppl you know. We want to get as thorough a sense of the state of the field as we can. umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

A week ago I found out that the grant I was confident would fund our spring mural will not, bc we're 2 blocks too deep into Kensington. This STINKS. This project rocks bc it's community driven, biodiversity-focused (& more! read on!) We're raising money to make it happen givebutter.com/KenzoMural

H.A. Brown Elementary School Mural

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🎄 in the deep sea

Highly recommend!

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social · last yr.

People aren’t getting the messages they need the most. As our government info systems (CDC, NOAA) get dismantled, this is getting worse. Truth doesn't have a marketing budget, so spreading those messages is up to us. ONE solution to this is street art. Join me 3/18 at 8pm ET 5pm PT lu.ma/42w54y8f

Casual reminder…

I had believed the survivors about Neil Gaiman already - but hadn’t listened to the podcasts. I read the full article… just utterly horrifying. Monster is almost too kind a word for him.

Academia: Your focus on communication and education is a distraction and won’t be valuable for your career. Industry: Your communication and education skills are SO valuable and really rare and we are so happy you have them.

Gotta enjoy a D&D session that entirely takes place within a giant turtle’s liver. Nearly killed two party members - did lose one NPC accompanying them.

So far the limited scope of Bluesky (especially in not having reposts) has been good for a sense of keeping to community - it also reduces the ability to doom scroll. I can’t help but feel this state is incredibly temporary until this place is popular enough and capitalism sets in though.

I have closed the bird app, which at this point I was only doomscrolling on anyway. I’ve been thinking about how I want to interact with/use social media these days…

A small, male cuttlefish sneaks into a bar. He had a very convincing fake ID.

An octopus crawls into a bar. It was a hollow tube with an inner diameter wider than its beak.

A squid jets into a bar. This is the problem with swimming backwards.