Squidocto 🦉🎶
@squidocto.bsky.social
Musician, fiction writer (occasionally). Likes cats, some people. Formerly of BeekeeperNYC and M Shanghai String Band. No AI. He/him matthewschickele.bandcamp.com
Fake Connecticut Town Names: Cringeport White Haven Damnford Teen Witch (pronounced "tennitch") New Canaan
DO IT Seriously. DO IT. Trump and Vought are actively and viciously trying to turn US science into what it was in 1950s USSR. DO IT
Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · yesterdayBREAKING NEWS! The Senate has paused the OMB rule that would put Trump appointees in charge of federal spending. Next step - Contact your MoC and tell them to permanently REVOKE THE RULE: zurl.co/1SXEN Article: zurl.co/23mF8
"My mother made me a scientist without ever knowing it. Every other child would come back from school and be asked, 'What did you learn today?' But my mother used to say, 'Izzy, did you ask a good question today?' That made the difference. Asking good questions made me into a scientist." – I.I. Rabi
It’s been six years since I last had a short story published, but hey at least it IS due to a lack of trying
Emily Wilson is epic. 😍 Here she recites the opening of the Odyssey. youtu.be/LhTJkHQut8A?...
Emily Wilson recites the opening of the Odyssey in ancient Greek
YouTube video by The 92nd Street Y, New York
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Oh speaking of The #Odyssey here’s a round i wrote for a party years ago. (It’s a little hard to learn but once it gets going it’s got drunken sea shanty energy)
Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
Yes he’s destroying the country but all these mofos with power who are doing literally nothing to stop him are just as guilty and i want consequences for them too
“We consider the wider implications this research might have, especially for political leadership” Yeah
Dr. Jonathan N. Stea@jonathanstea.bsky.social · 4w agoNarcissism is a robust predictor of belief in conspiracy theories. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It’s always a bad time to have idiots monsters in charge but this is a particularly bad time to have idiot monsters in charge
The Trump admin is doubling down on its intention to destroy American science. Scientific expertise – not politicians – should be in charge of our science. We need everyone in this fight. Take action against the OMB proposal here: zurl.co/k2Cj5 Article: zurl.co/F5zCu
Trump administration stands by controversial OMB proposal despite growing resistance
White House denies requests to extend public comment deadline on its plan to give political appointees control over science funding
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The sloop Clearwater was removed from the parade of sail for flying banners such as “save the clean water act” www.timeshudsonvalley.com/stories/clea...
Clearwater removed from Sail4th 250 Parade of Sail after banner dispute - My Hudson Valley
The historic Hudson River sloop Clearwater was removed from the Sail4th 250 Parade of Sail on Saturday morning after U.S. Coast Guard officials informed the vessel it had to leave the event's &hellip...
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America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital
There's occasionally still some worthwhile insights at the other place
Not unanimous? You’ve gotta be kidding me These fucking monsters
Trans fam: your lives are precious no matter what the fuck these people say translifeline.org/hotline/
Hotline - Trans Lifeline
Trans Lifeline’s Hotline is a peer support phone service run by trans people for our trans and questioning peers. Call us if you need someone trans
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · last mo.First SCOTUS opinion is as bad as it gets: West Virginia law banning trans kids from playing sports consistent with their gender identity is constitutional, according to the fucking fascist six. All three liberal justices dissent.
You asked for it: metal heron tshirts are up for preorder for the next 7 days. Preorders come with a sticker! topatoco.com/collections/...
I grew up watching TV shows and movies where revealing someone's gutter racism led to their immediate downfall. That needs to be the cultural norm again.
The 60-Second Digital Raid: What Happens When the Feds Seize Your Phone
My delightful neighbor needed to harvest her plum tree this AM, so I took my husband over to help. As he cleared the branches, I asked her if she was doing anything fun for Juneteenth. She said she was already celebrating by making her white neighbor pick fruit for her 💀
Let’s adopt “we’re knee deep in canary carcasses“ as our national motto
Liesbeth Corens@onslies.bsky.social · 2mo agoAlways a bit amused when I see a "this is the canary in the coal mine" take about universities or the humanities. My dude, we're knee deep in canary carcasses. Glad've cottoned on, but the eery silence of ceased chirping has long since engulfed us.
