Visual science storyteller. Charismatic megafauna. I doodle the magnificence of life on earth.
New York, NY
Joined April 2011
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If I had a dollar for every biography of a woman I’ve read with the line “she grew close with her roommate and they developed nicknames for each other” I would have rent money.
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What a thrill to see @Laelaps new book on display @bluestockings my local anarchist cooperative bookstore! Go Riley go!
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Today I’m thinking about pseudoscorpions 🥺
The tiniest little monsters that helpfully eat household pests & use houseflies like taxicabs 🪰🚕
(Picture w/ dime for scale, after I found one in my woodpile in Montana)
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How do we turn America’s long-standing skepticism of industrial policy into something people can believe in?
Try making it self-sustaining, where the public, not just profiteers, have a say in the industries that survive & thrive. @STOmarova @toddntucker
democracyjournal.org/argumen…
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Broken promises don’t win elections.
A few weeks after allowing the controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska to go forward, the Biden administration is auctioning off more than 73 million acres of waters in the Gulf of Mexico to offshore oil and gas drilling cnn.it/3JSfDpm
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King penguins graciously annoying an elephant seal at St Andrews Bay @LindbladExp
I finished the Tragedy of Heterosexuality last night and I miss it badly. @thequeerjane
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THREE! NEW! SPECIES! OF! WORM-LIKE! AMPHIBIANS! FROM! COLOMBIA!
Yes, caecilians tend to lack functional eyes, possess needle-like teeth, and generally look like graboids from Tremors. And I love them with all of my ❤️🔥.
HT Alejandro Arteaga, Paper: biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/…
I call on @AndreaSCousins and @sen_gounardes to publicly declare their opposition to Justice LaSalle’s nomination for Chief Judge. His decisions are anti-union, anti-abortion, and anti-due process. The Senate must demand a new nominee who will bring us #TheCourtNYDeserves.
#icanhazpdf Male same-sex pairing as an adaptive strategy for future reproduction in termites sciencedirect.com/science/ar… thank you in advance!
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Anybody looking for two tickets to Arcade Fire at Barclay's tomorrow night, 11/4? I've got two for sale! #arcadefire
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Shout out to Judy from HR for this masterpiece
ALT A cross stitch depicting a chubby brown bear standing next to four firs. The words “Respect our lands or catch these hands” frame the bear. The bear bears an expression of concern. Or maybe it’s hunger? Hunger FOR RESPECT. Seriously, don’t feed the bears — or any wildlife for that matter. Judy is counting on you. Don’t disappoint Judy.
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Chestnut-collared Longspurs are disappearing fast according to #StateOfTheBirds. Our grasslands are in trouble. But by preserving playa wetlands we can boost bird numbers & secure water resources for people. When birds thrive, we all win. StateoftheBirds.org/2022/gra… #BringBirdsBack
ALT A male Chestnut-collared Longspur sings from a grassland. Text on image: #StateOfTheBirds, Chestnut-collared Longspur, Calcarius ornatus, . ©Tony Dvorak/Macaulay Library, U.S. State of the Birds Report 2022
My favorite ongoing nature mystery...
UNTIL THIS WEEK! Researchers were finally able to track European eels all the way to the Sargasso Sea using satellite trackers! nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
Despite this, NO ONE HAS EVER PHYSICALLY SEEN A MATURE EEL IN THE SARGASSO SEA!
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Arctic whales in warming waters 🌡️:
Our new paper is out in @ScienceAdvances:
"Future seasonal changes in habitat for Arctic whales during predicted ocean warming"
science.org/doi/full/10.1126…
@mads_heide and others!
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This humpback I photographed today off Greenland was first pictured over 5000km away in the Dominican Republic in 2015. #happywhale
