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Geologist; museum person working in paleo. n+1 bikes and bear suits. Weekend sign maker.

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Thor bites fascists @thorbites.bsky.social · Mar 4

It's been wonderful - & heartbreaking - to meet so many lovely Altadena and N. Pasadena folks who've been affected by the Eaton fire. Thank you for sharing with a bear...

Also, thanks to folks who were out to help - LA Co. Public Health, Red Cross, Army Corps of Eng., CA Nat'l Guard, and more.

Seashell Donne @bibliotrix.bsky.social · Feb 3

Met this Bear while protesting to save the wildlands of Chaney Trail last autumn. The trail was incinerated last month. But its chaparral will grow again. And the Bear, like its native wildland, is standing strong. Thank you, dear friend Bear. #DenaStrong

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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 1d

"There are 700,000 points covering 160 countries on this map. Each one represents a cell phone that was tracked at a specific place in time. Some phones are tracked multiple times over the course of an hour or day or week..."

revealnews.org/podcast/cell...

A young reporter discovers a mysterious trove of data that exposes a global surveillance empire.

In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.

revealnews.org

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

They had told Newsom to keep I-5 open during this stunt.

John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 1d

An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

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Thor bites fascists @thorbites.bsky.social · 1d

Oh rats! I didn't make it up to Owens Valley either! Ah, there's next year...

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends.

#NoKings #Manhattan

Hand drawn sign reads ACTION ABSORBS ANXIETY

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Thor bites fascists @thorbites.bsky.social · 1d

Holy cow, that hung on for too long! So good to hear you're finally feeling like yourself again. Take good care of both of you!

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Thor bites fascists @thorbites.bsky.social · 1d

My mom and I walked up to Colorado Blvd to join the fun in Pasadena! What a great crowd (including the nice folks who took this photo and sent it to mom)! Loved seeing other folks in inflatable costumes! Solidarity with the Cenozoic 🐸🐸🐸 ✊!

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 2d

“Relatives of a Trinidadian man who say he was killed in a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean this week are demanding evidence to back up allegations by U.S. President Donald Trump that those who died were trafficking drugs.“

www.reuters.com

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 2d

One thing that really struck me today is the way folks are leaning WAY into freedom of expression & in all its weirdness. It makes visible something I’ve been feeling for a while—that the more repression I see, the more resilient & defiant I become. Seeing that at scale makes me certain we’ll win.

Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 2d

Beyond the costumes at No Kings, Democratic leadership may want to check the signs to understand the vibe of their base right now (hint: it’s not health care)

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JoJoFrom🇨🇦 @jj-canuck.bsky.social · 2d

The comments are gold👏🏻🪧😅

I sincerely hope she’s okay & files a huge lawsuit…this is why cops are legitimately reviled.

A 53 year old woman at the No Kings Protest wearing an inflatable penis costume wrapped in an American flag holding a protest sign that says: No Dick Tator
And there is a crown with a x across it depicting no king.
*it’s this costume that got her thrown to the ground and roughly arrested a little while later by police claiming she/the costume was lewd and somehow a threat (to their big-boy feelings???).*

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 2d

BTW I printed these. Three plates filled with these is a LOT of fucking whistles, and you set it up to print overnight and wake up to a big old plateful.

makerworld.com/en/models/11...

Micro Whistle - The Smallest 3D Whistle by ACstudio MakerWorld: Download Free 3D Models

Boost MePer il fischietto più piccolo da stampare in 3D42MM DI PURA POTENZA!!!Piccolo nelle dimensioni, gigante nell’efficacia!Minuscolo fischietto, il più piccolo mai progettato per la stampa 3D, sol...

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 2d

I joined the "human banner" at San Francisco's Ocean Beach. This flag was at the center. It was a gorgeous day with enormous waves. #nokings

The image is taken from an angle, and you can see the ocean tilting 30 degrees in the distance, with a huge crowd in front of it. In the foreground, you can see the giant American flag that is being held up by hundreds of protesters clustered around its edges.

This is the human banner from the air. It's sign made from masses of people standing together to form letters. It reads "No Kings Yes on 50." There is an American flag in the middle and a thick border around the banner. (Prop 50 is a California state proposition to gerrymander the state to create more blue districts, in order to combat the Texas law that gerrymanders their state to create more red districts.)

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Aaron Faanes @parsegrapher.bsky.social · 2d

More Pasadena #nokings sightings down the neighborhood

Man in a reptile costume holding a sign saying Mesozoic Reptiles Against Fascism

An apartment with a sign set out saying “Sick and Tired of Billionaires”

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 2d

Here at the Portland #NoKings, the costumes are ON POINT.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 2d

More quality signs from Pasadena #NoKings

Free speech 239 years. It would be a shame to lose that streak!

A cat knocking over the Republican elephant

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Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 2d

More #nokings Pasadena

A sign reading “Mike ‘Grindr’ Johnson Protects Pedos”

A dinosaur with a sign reading “Mesozoic reptiles against fascists”

A sign reading “I got 99 problems and Trump is most of them”

A recreation of the Captain America punching Hitler comic book cover, with cap socking Trump and the caption “NO KINGS”

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Thor bites fascists @thorbites.bsky.social · 2d

Bringing my inflatable Mesozoic reptile (pterosaur) suit to a local No Kings rally today!

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Oarfish Daily @oarfishingdaily.bsky.social · 3d

Today's Oarfish comes from u/wonkyboys on Reddit! Did you know that a fully grown oarfish can weigh up to 600 pounds or 270 kg? #underwater #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife #drawing

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long flowing pink frills. This was done with Gouache, an opaque water-based paint similar to watercolor.

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Sarcastic Shark Art @sarcasticsharkart.bsky.social · 3d

I'm caught up! Well, for a few hours at least! 🤣🤘

Behold! My submission for #Inktober Day 17: "Ornate." A Spotted Wobbegong Shark (Orectolobus maculatus) using Micron pens on Strathmore drawing paper. 🦈

#Inktober2025 #Ornate #shark #animalart #animal #marinelife #sciart #nature #wobbegong #ArtYear

A Spotted Wobbegong Shark (Orectolobus maculatus) in Micron pens on Strathmore drawing paper.

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Robert Boessenecker, Dr. of Whaleontology ™️ @coastalpaleo.bsky.social · 3d

#fossilfriday One of my favorite recent discoveries - the youngest record of the early ~7 myo 'dwarf' fur seal Pithanotaria starri, from the Purisima Formation of northern CA - only 90-100 cm long as an ADULT! I'll be presenting on this little cutie at SVP next month in the UK! #2025SVP 🦖🐬

A photo of a fossil consisting of two lower jaws stuck together with a bit of hard sandstone; each jaw has two triangular cheek teeth and a stout canine. The bones are preserved as a grayish brown color and the teeth are a brownish cream color; the whole thing is only about 11 cm long.

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Thor bites fascists @thorbites.bsky.social · 3d

Hey, at least he's not the Ezra Klein for people who voted for Kamala.

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emdevenport @emdevenport.bsky.social · 4d

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 4d

Of course women don't like the Cybertruck.

Women only want one thing, and it's a vintage Unimog!

An old Unimog, it's a small cream coloured truck that's shaped like a truck instead of a racecar bed

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bench @gorfbench.bsky.social · 18d

los angeles metro A line and metrolink AV line

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Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 5d

Early stages of evolution of a flight patagia

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 6d

"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

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