Elizabeth Neswald
@octobeth.bsky.social
historian of science at Brock University
standing up for the spineless
standing up for the spineless
there is no snark snarkier than that of a German academic who has gone back to the sources and proven a century or so of scholarship wrong
November 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
there is no snark snarkier than that of a German academic who has gone back to the sources and proven a century or so of scholarship wrong
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Beaver
Mink
Pheasant
Sea Turtle
Bat
Beaver
Mink
Pheasant
Sea Turtle
Bat
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Red Tailed Hawk
Turkey Vulture
Various Deer
Whales
Sharks
Red Tailed Hawk
Turkey Vulture
Various Deer
Whales
Sharks
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
squirrel
rat
mouse (different from rat)
pigeon
weird cat
squirrel
rat
mouse (different from rat)
pigeon
weird cat
November 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Beaver
Mink
Pheasant
Sea Turtle
Bat
Beaver
Mink
Pheasant
Sea Turtle
Bat
Today in marine invertebrates
Give a whale fall brosche to the important people in your life
Give a whale fall brosche to the important people in your life
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November 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Today in marine invertebrates
Give a whale fall brosche to the important people in your life
Give a whale fall brosche to the important people in your life
Today in marine invertebrates
November 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Today in marine invertebrates
Reposted by Elizabeth Neswald
Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
Today in marine invertebrates
Getting ready
Getting ready
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Today in marine invertebrates
Getting ready
Getting ready
Today in Canadian problems: Bourbon
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Today in Canadian problems: Bourbon
Post a famous bathroom scene
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Post a famous bathroom scene
Reposted by Elizabeth Neswald
C'est aujourd'hui que paraît l'ouvrage 'Expérimenter, conserver, transmettre. La collection d'instruments scientifiques de Lausanne, du XVIIIe à nos jours', par Jérôme Baudry et Yohann Guffroy @yguffr.bsky.social, avec la collaboration de Ion-Gabriel Mihailescu ! www.epflpress.org/produit/1621...
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
C'est aujourd'hui que paraît l'ouvrage 'Expérimenter, conserver, transmettre. La collection d'instruments scientifiques de Lausanne, du XVIIIe à nos jours', par Jérôme Baudry et Yohann Guffroy @yguffr.bsky.social, avec la collaboration de Ion-Gabriel Mihailescu ! www.epflpress.org/produit/1621...
Today in marine invertebrates and safe streets
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Today in marine invertebrates and safe streets
Reposted by Elizabeth Neswald
Exciting new project with a great PhD opportunity just announced
A major new research project will delve into Wales’s long and often overlooked history of herbal medicine, shedding light on how people treated illness and maintained their health before the arrival of the NHS wp.me/p8Mk4U-198p
New project launched to uncover Wales’s forgotten herbal medicine traditions
A major new research project will delve into Wales’s long and often overlooked history of herbal medicine, shedding light on how people treated illness and maintained their health before the arrival o...
nation.cymru
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Exciting new project with a great PhD opportunity just announced
Chinese food family here
it fascinates me how most everyone in the U.S. does turkey for Thanksgiving, but we are all over the map as to what we eat for Christmas (as is proper for a hugely diverse nation).
I come from a Christmas prime rib roast family, myself.
I come from a Christmas prime rib roast family, myself.
I also use the bacon method. Although turkey is Christmas dinner where I come from.
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Chinese food family here
Today in marine invertebrates
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Today in marine invertebrates
Reposted by Elizabeth Neswald
Let’s create some backlash to bill 60. It aims to privatize our water. We need safe water that is well regulated by government. We don’t want another Walkerton incident in Ontario. Tap water should always be free and safe.
#Onpoli #cdnpoli #dougford #safewater
cupe.on.ca/bill-60-beco...
#Onpoli #cdnpoli #dougford #safewater
cupe.on.ca/bill-60-beco...
Bill 60 becomes law: Ontario water at risk as government rushes privatization and deregulation - CUPE Ontario
TORONTO – The Ford Conservatives rushed to pass Bill 60 today, a move the Keep Water Public coalition says will make water less safe and less affordable for all Ontarians. Keep Water Public is a campa...
cupe.on.ca
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Let’s create some backlash to bill 60. It aims to privatize our water. We need safe water that is well regulated by government. We don’t want another Walkerton incident in Ontario. Tap water should always be free and safe.
#Onpoli #cdnpoli #dougford #safewater
cupe.on.ca/bill-60-beco...
#Onpoli #cdnpoli #dougford #safewater
cupe.on.ca/bill-60-beco...
Reposted by Elizabeth Neswald
ALERT: this website remains in Elevated Screaming Lungfish Mode.
Please flop around angrily in the mud until this warning terminates.
Please flop around angrily in the mud until this warning terminates.
March 2, 2024 at 3:29 PM
ALERT: this website remains in Elevated Screaming Lungfish Mode.
Please flop around angrily in the mud until this warning terminates.
Please flop around angrily in the mud until this warning terminates.
Reposted by Elizabeth Neswald
Doug Ford's government claims the province isn’t privatizing water.
Experts aren't convinced.
pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
Experts aren't convinced.
pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
Ontario’s Government Claims the Province Isn’t Privatizing Water. Experts Are Not Convinced.
“The way that this act is written creates this slippery slope towards privatization”
pressprogress.ca
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Doug Ford's government claims the province isn’t privatizing water.
Experts aren't convinced.
pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
Experts aren't convinced.
pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
Reposted by Elizabeth Neswald
Oh, man. One of cinema's most reliable weirdos, and I mean that in a highly complimentary fashion. RIP.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Udo Kier, German Actor Who Appeared in ‘My Own Private Idaho,’ ‘Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein,’ Dies at 81
Udo Kier, a German actor who collaborated with everyone from Andy Warhol to Lars von Trier to Madonna, died on Sunday morning. He was 81.
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Oh, man. One of cinema's most reliable weirdos, and I mean that in a highly complimentary fashion. RIP.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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Study: Bilingual people forget twice as many words after hitting middle age
Study: Bilingual people forget twice as many words after hitting middle age
OTTAWA, ON ― An alarming new study out of the University of Ottawa suggests that years of recommendations to learn a new language in order to stave off cognitive decline may in fact have the opposite ...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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I am adding new words to mute.
I do not appreciate the current expansion of my vocabulary, however.
I do not appreciate the current expansion of my vocabulary, however.
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I am adding new words to mute.
I do not appreciate the current expansion of my vocabulary, however.
I do not appreciate the current expansion of my vocabulary, however.
Today in marine invertebrates
Myusy, a festive sea slug, is a mascot for the coastal town of Hayama, in Kanagawa Prefecture. Myusy supports beach cleanups and activities to protect the marine environment.
November 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Today in marine invertebrates
There are so many things that I wish I did not know
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
There are so many things that I wish I did not know
Beets: The Day After
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Beets: The Day After