There’s no doubt our research can get a little, well, GROSS! What are some of your grossest science moments? (⅕)
THIS FRIDAY! Come make bug-themed bead crafts with us! Enjoy an adult beverage! 18+, discounts for members, flannel shirts welcome but not mandatory! carnegiemnh.org/event/camp-c...
Every time someone says that people need "training in AI" I struggle to understand how you train someone to use the "ask me anything, at anytime, for any reason" machine, or why you would need to.
Today the 12yo has decided it’s Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly Awareness Day! This endangered species is protected in both Canada and the US. Populations exist in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ontario, and Wisconsin but are threatened by habitat loss.
Hine's emerald - Wikipedia
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The 12yo has declared yesterday the Chambered Nautilus Awareness Day! The best known of the nautiluses, found throughout the Pacific and it is nonetheless listed as threatened species.
Chambered nautilus - Wikipedia
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This week in Lytton archaeology: a 1905 pin for supporters of the Tariff Reform League, an desperate conservative end-of-empire protectionist men’s club. It would have had a fun little white supremacist ribbon on the bottom. #Cdnhist
The “best” thing about genAI (the quotes are doing heavy work here) is that it’s really lowered the bar on getting into hand-made art. Literally anything you make is better than ai. There’s never been a better time to throw away your fear and start learning that craft you’ve always wanted to learn.
Anyone else on the lookout for multi-pane window reflections cast around town?
so cool to start seeing the book out in the world! get more info and preorder your copy: hyperscalebook.com
Stephen Sparks@ssparks.bsky.social · 2d agoA lot of people prefer to log on to get pissed off. I find it salutary to do it the old-fashioned analog way: by reading books like @parismarx.com's forthcoming Hyperscale, an expose on what our tech overlords are stealing from us in their quest for ever more compute.
OK. Since I'm a librarian and I must ORGANIZE ALL THE THINGS, I took all the titles mentioned by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social, @ali-alkhatib.com, and the Library Freedom Project and put them in a single list on bookshop.org: bookshop.org/wishlists/53.... (I did not coin "data politics," Tressie did.)
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If you are an expert on air quality and have 10-15 minutes to talk to me today or tomorrow about important things journalists should know while reporting on wildfires and smoke, my DMs are open, or you can email me at karen at OpenNews dot org.
People will get upset about this but would you want to stay in the cute radioactive cottage.
Rocky Mountain Outlook@rockymtnoutlook.bsky.social · 2d agoNEWS: Historic caretaker's cottage in Banff to be demolished
Whatever you do don’t take me to The Island from The Prisoner! I’d hate to live in a cool rent free apartment full of bold late 60s modern furniture haha noooo a bubble don’t chase me haha
“The Alberta government has set up a ‘concierge’ service to attract so-called hyperscale developers to set up shop in the province and help companies navigate provincial regulations.”
Hundreds protest Meta's plan for massive data centre in northern Alberta county
MORINVILLE — Hundreds of protesters chanted "Down, down with corporations" outside a northern Alberta county office on Sunday to voice their opposition to tech giant Meta's plan to build a data centre...
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BUCKET. LIST. Ever since I was a kid I’ve wanted to see a live wild Alligator Snapping Turtle! Today it finally happened!!! Later released by anglers 🐢
Hey, neighbour. On Wednesday, August 5, 2026, Calgarians are invited to gather at Municipal Plaza at 7 p.m. for a community vigil in loving memory of Parker. More details on the vigil will be shared ahead of Wednesday.
It's like, how much more relaxed could she be? And the answer is none. None more relaxed
yes, the environment got destroyed. but for a beautiful moment in time we summarised so many emails.
In general, I save reading reviews until after I've seen a movie. I finally saw The Odyssey yesterday, which I enjoyed well enough, but I did not love. But I do love it when @mangiotto.bsky.social loves a film because he teaches me to love it a little more also.
Bill Chambers@flmfrkcentral.bsky.social · 3w agoFFC review: THE ODYSSEY, by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2026/07/the-...
This linocut on pink washi with an embossed blossom pattern shows my bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) amongst the cherry blossoms. 🌸 🐝 🧪🐡 #linocut #sciart #bumblebee #cherryBlossom #printmaking
Photos taken before and after you call your buddy a good boy
I didn't have a name for this robin, but I've since taken to calling it 'Bobert' after Sean Hennessy's name for the one who visits his garden. For my part, this was inspired by 'my' robin in Ruskin Park ; 'Donwell', as I call the place, after Mr. Knightley's estate in Jane Austen's Emma.
Natee (they/them)@himmapaan.bsky.social · last wk.T o o h o t t o p a i n t I'm laying my ambivalence with the piece squarely at the door of this, the fourth UK heatwave this year.