banner
LightNews
coastalseaside.bsky.social
Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier
@coastalseaside.bsky.social
290 followers 190 following 360 posts
Running, weights, books, beer. Not necessarily in that order. Mom, wife, educator. Teaching in the sun, sand, water, and mud. Evidence-informed, and hater of pseudoscience. Overly energetic. PhD: salt marsh foraminifera and meiofauna.
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
coastalseaside.bsky.social
Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 1d
We have double-header softball games starting at 6. Half the team cannot make it, due to the holiday. Enough subs were found. But now if I back out, we have to forfeit. I don't wanna play tonight (we are doing dinner!), but I can't be The One who forfeits. Fingers crossed the other team forfeits. :P
1
coastalseaside.bsky.social
Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 2d
Holey cheese I don't know how people can run this fast! #SlowRunner #IHaveLittleLegs Amazing job, Jarvis!!
1
coastalseaside.bsky.social
Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 2d
Hahaha... from cupboard doors falling on my head, INCHES of pigeon crap on the balcony, to a leaking ceiling into our shower from the shower above, to a winter when it couldn't get above 11 degrees, to being evacuated during Juan (ALL floors evacuated, as we were only 5th)... what a place this was.
Photo of the old Fenwick Towers (now The Vuze), with a Facebook mention that says "Up and away - Fenwick Tower when the wind blows high you feel the building move, especially on the higher floors. Evacuated during Hurricane Juan (at least the higher floors).
1 1
coastalseaside.bsky.social
Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 2d
Valley Harvest Half complete! It was a rough one, after Friday's #LegDay... and so many hills. Half-marathon #11 complete, at least! Slow is better than no, I guess?
FitBit run stats (21.18 km, 2 hr 12 min, 6'14" pace, 23,604 steps)
4
Reposted by Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier
thesuiway.bsky.social
A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway] @thesuiway.bsky.social · 3d
"i stand with the frogs" works for like 99% of the issues we are facing today.
6 46 280
coastalseaside.bsky.social
Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 3d
All booked for 3 of 4 of us... for some reason, it wouldn't accept Dylan in the booking as the "health card exists for another patient"... ummm 🤔(will call the clinic when it opens, as per error reply in the booking site)
nsgov.bsky.social
Government of Nova Scotia @nsgov.bsky.social · 5d
Influenza, COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments Available to Book news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/10/0...
Influenza, COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments Available to Book
news.novascotia.ca
Reposted by Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier
indivisible.org
Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d
“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings
680 10K 30K
Reposted by Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier
dartmouthderek.bsky.social
Derek Simon @dartmouthderek.bsky.social · 4d
Try to explain this headline to someone from the year 2010 as if it makes any sense at all.
Headline from the Telegraph which reads: “Unmasked: inflatable frog tormenting ICE is non-binary ‘Antifa terrorist’. Costumed figure, who called for death if Trump officials, has become symbol of Left-wing resistance.”
1 4 22
Reposted by Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier
broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 4d
Standing up to fascism is always the right choice.

Rejecting censorship is always the right choice.

Fighting for marginalized and vulnerable communities is always the right choice.

A Wyoming librarian refused to purge books with LGBTQ+ content and was fired for it.

She won a $700,000 settlement
Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement
www.nytimes.com
1 96 330
coastalseaside.bsky.social
Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 4d
Weeee're your best friends, the Backyardigans!!! <3 In the place where we belong, though we'll probably sing a song!
gizmosspace.bsky.social
Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 4d
This is awesome.
3 7
Reposted by Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier
schmidtocean.bsky.social
Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 6d
In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.
25 490 1.2K
Reposted by Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier
jonathanstea.bsky.social
Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 5d
Brandolini’s Law (also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle):

The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.

H/t @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social
9 180 520
Reposted by Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier
mims.bsky.social
Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 18d
*The AI boom = one of the costliest building sprees in world history

* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system

* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
This week, consultants at Bain & Co. estimated the wave of AI infrastructure spending will require $2 trillion in annual AI revenue by 2030. By comparison, that is more than the combined 2024 revenue of Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Nvidia, and more than five times the size of the entire global subscription software market. Morgan Stanley estimates that last year there was around $45 billion of revenue for AI products. The sector makes money from a combination of subscription fees for chatbots such as ChatGPT and money paid to use these companies’ data centers. How the tech sector will cover the gap is “the trillion dollar question,” said Mark Moerdler, an analyst at Bernstein.
97 630 1.8K
Reposted by Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier
brittlestar.com
Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 27d
WELCOME TO NEWS
17 190 510
Reposted by Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier
sujo.bsky.social
Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 5d
27,000!!! That response rate says it all.

"[The results]...paint a bleak picture of women censoring their health concerns amid a pattern of dismissal and bias within the health-care system."
Dismissed and depressed: Survey digs into women’s health in the Maritimes | CBC News
The results of a first-of-its-kind survey in the Maritimes paints a bleak picture of women censoring their health concerns amid a pattern of dismissal and bias within the health-care system.
www.cbc.ca
3 8 15
coastalseaside.bsky.social
Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 5d
Yikes is right. Maple MAGA
rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 5d
yikes
CTV News headline reads: "Conservatives want to end birthright citizenship for children of temporary residents" Conservative MP Andrew Lawton quote tweets: "Yes."
Reposted by Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier
brcongdon.bsky.social
Brad Coffin ⚰️ @brcongdon.bsky.social · 5d
God, complaining about AI is like 80% of my personality now.
3 7
Reposted by Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier
donmoyn.bsky.social
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5d
This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical
thedailyshow.com
The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
110 1.9K 7.1K
Reposted by Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier
alexhanna.bsky.social
Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 6d
As an instructor, I'd rather see your fever dream, No Doze-fueled 4AM essays written at an IHOP rather than anything generated by an LLM.

Hope this helps
monkeyminion.com
Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 6d
I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.
wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you. You people couldn't hang with real slackers. finn wokeupchic • 4d It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes
40 450 1.9K
Reposted by Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier
amb.fyi
pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 6d
The Portland protest frog has done more to protect American democracy and fight fascism than all but the tiniest handful of elected officials
12 210 1.3K
coastalseaside.bsky.social
Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 6d
I'm on the bus right now and a peninsula elementary school got on to go for a field trip. Chaos aside (lol) the fact that some of them are saying this is their first time on a city bus... when they LIVE in the city... #CarCulture 🙃
3
coastalseaside.bsky.social
Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 7d
The number of drivers I see aggressively tear off after waiting behind a turning vehicle, or a pedestrian, baffles me. So, you have to make it to the next red light at 80 kph to make up for the 15 seconds you waited?
1 6
coastalseaside.bsky.social
Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier @coastalseaside.bsky.social · 7d
Our 19yo is back after a 6mos co-op placement. Oh how quickly I've forgotten how much he eats.
1
Reposted by Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier
newscientist.com
New Scientist @newscientist.com · 7d
Thinking you don’t fit in is agonising, whether you are starting at university or changing jobs. Our advice columnist, David Robson, shares some tips to change how you feel
If you feel you don't really belong, here is some science-based advice
Thinking you don’t fit in is agonising, whether you are starting at university or changing jobs. Our advice columnist, David Robson, shares some tips to change how you feel
www.newscientist.com
1 5
Reposted by Dr. Jen Frail-Gauthier
jonathanstea.bsky.social
Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 8d
10 86 280