Chiasm
@chiasm.bsky.social
Scientist, science fiction reader, anime enthusiast, you can imagine the rest (go left, though).
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VERY important to make clear that the passer-by who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters is a Muslim named Ahmed el-Ahmed. He probably saved many lives
7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
VERY important to make clear that the passer-by who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters is a Muslim named Ahmed el-Ahmed. He probably saved many lives
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Love Notes from Nature Calendars are how we're funding the 2026 Native Plant Project in Philly! We're planning to distribute 10,000 packets of native plant seeds in the city & doing a bar-level promo campaign w/local artists.
We have 72 calendars left. Reposts v helpful!
Get one at SquidFacts.Net
We have 72 calendars left. Reposts v helpful!
Get one at SquidFacts.Net
December 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Love Notes from Nature Calendars are how we're funding the 2026 Native Plant Project in Philly! We're planning to distribute 10,000 packets of native plant seeds in the city & doing a bar-level promo campaign w/local artists.
We have 72 calendars left. Reposts v helpful!
Get one at SquidFacts.Net
We have 72 calendars left. Reposts v helpful!
Get one at SquidFacts.Net
I woke up with "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" as an earworm, and with my subconscious convinced it was an extended metaphor for the wreck of the United States...
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I woke up with "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" as an earworm, and with my subconscious convinced it was an extended metaphor for the wreck of the United States...
I am easily amused by word play. I admit it. 😆
December 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I am easily amused by word play. I admit it. 😆
I have a clean bathroom but I imagine the VOCs around here are outrageous as a result... 😉
The snow, she is coming down. As long as the electricity stays on we are in good shape; we haven't gotten around to getting the fireplace/chimney cleaned and converted to a pellet stove...
The snow, she is coming down. As long as the electricity stays on we are in good shape; we haven't gotten around to getting the fireplace/chimney cleaned and converted to a pellet stove...
December 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I have a clean bathroom but I imagine the VOCs around here are outrageous as a result... 😉
The snow, she is coming down. As long as the electricity stays on we are in good shape; we haven't gotten around to getting the fireplace/chimney cleaned and converted to a pellet stove...
The snow, she is coming down. As long as the electricity stays on we are in good shape; we haven't gotten around to getting the fireplace/chimney cleaned and converted to a pellet stove...
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Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
Yeah, no kidding! 😂
Way to stop all traffic at the immigration desks!
Way to stop all traffic at the immigration desks!
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Yeah, no kidding! 😂
Way to stop all traffic at the immigration desks!
Way to stop all traffic at the immigration desks!
I am amused that at the end of semester psych research day, my lab is both present in force, and are taking up the second row from the front. We are raising them right!! 😁
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I am amused that at the end of semester psych research day, my lab is both present in force, and are taking up the second row from the front. We are raising them right!! 😁
This, I can totally agree with. 😁
Proust:
To read is to receive a communication with another way of thinking,all the while remaining alone,that is,while continuing to enjoy the intellectual power that one has in solitude and that conversation dissipates immediately.
To read is to receive a communication with another way of thinking,all the while remaining alone,that is,while continuing to enjoy the intellectual power that one has in solitude and that conversation dissipates immediately.
December 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This, I can totally agree with. 😁
Well all those scientific conferences better plan on not holding their meetings in the US for the next however long. Nobody will come from outside the country!
This is another great way to isolate us from the rest of the world. 🤯
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is another great way to isolate us from the rest of the world. 🤯
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Plan would apply to countries not currently required to get visas to the US, including Britain and France
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Well all those scientific conferences better plan on not holding their meetings in the US for the next however long. Nobody will come from outside the country!
This is another great way to isolate us from the rest of the world. 🤯
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is another great way to isolate us from the rest of the world. 🤯
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Woot!! Congrats to Haley on her dissertation paper publication! (She has several others also under review which should be equally intriguing!) 👏👏 www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Frontiers | How do psychedelics impact people with a history of non-affective psychosis? A qualitative study
BackgroundPeople with a history of psychotic disorders are excluded from contemporary trials of psychedelic-assisted therapy. Although survey studies have ex...
www.frontiersin.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Woot!! Congrats to Haley on her dissertation paper publication! (She has several others also under review which should be equally intriguing!) 👏👏 www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
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Delaware, OH 🔥
Thank you to all who participated in our Signs of Fascism action in downtown Delaware. All the outward support was appreciated too!
This solemn event underscores our deep concern for our nation under the current administration. Thank you for your time, your presence, your witness, your doggedness.
This solemn event underscores our deep concern for our nation under the current administration. Thank you for your time, your presence, your witness, your doggedness.
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Delaware, OH 🔥
Interesting -- I have roughly the same number of followers/following on both Bsky and mastodon, though I have been there much longer.
But my SkypeaScientist post got 11 boosts there and multiple likes and one comment in a day, while here-- zip.
Where the science lovers at? 😁 What's the hashtag?
But my SkypeaScientist post got 11 boosts there and multiple likes and one comment in a day, while here-- zip.
Where the science lovers at? 😁 What's the hashtag?
December 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Interesting -- I have roughly the same number of followers/following on both Bsky and mastodon, though I have been there much longer.
But my SkypeaScientist post got 11 boosts there and multiple likes and one comment in a day, while here-- zip.
Where the science lovers at? 😁 What's the hashtag?
But my SkypeaScientist post got 11 boosts there and multiple likes and one comment in a day, while here-- zip.
Where the science lovers at? 😁 What's the hashtag?
you feel pretty good about your CV, until you see @vcalhoun.bsky.social 's and say, "wait, over 1300 peer-reviewed articles???!!!"
#ManvsMachine lol 😆 And that's without the aid of LLMs...
#ManvsMachine lol 😆 And that's without the aid of LLMs...
December 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
you feel pretty good about your CV, until you see @vcalhoun.bsky.social 's and say, "wait, over 1300 peer-reviewed articles???!!!"
#ManvsMachine lol 😆 And that's without the aid of LLMs...
#ManvsMachine lol 😆 And that's without the aid of LLMs...
One of those charities I support whole heartedly -- help everyone meet and interact with working scientists, understand the methods and arguments in multiple domains, and how scientific consensus comes to be.
givebutter.com/SupportSAS25
givebutter.com/SupportSAS25
Support Skype a Scientist!
By Skype a Scientist
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December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
One of those charities I support whole heartedly -- help everyone meet and interact with working scientists, understand the methods and arguments in multiple domains, and how scientific consensus comes to be.
givebutter.com/SupportSAS25
givebutter.com/SupportSAS25
Absolutely. Very good advice.
Hatred hasn't built a single thing.
Hating someone ties you invisibly to the person you hate. Wishing death on someone you hate may boost your anger temporarily. In the meantime.. feed babies. Donate formula. Vote for K to 12 free meals for students. Which we did in Colorado.
Hating someone ties you invisibly to the person you hate. Wishing death on someone you hate may boost your anger temporarily. In the meantime.. feed babies. Donate formula. Vote for K to 12 free meals for students. Which we did in Colorado.
December 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Absolutely. Very good advice.
To quote my sweetie, if you are Insulting People for Christ (tm), then you have lost the plot.
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December 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
To quote my sweetie, if you are Insulting People for Christ (tm), then you have lost the plot.
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Tomorrow IRL markets in Philly start, which means a bunch of squid facts shop items will sell out!
We have a few Biology is Bigger than Binaries shirts (designed by @franzanth.bsky.social) left. They're comfy & colors printed great!
Once they're gone that's it.
Get 'em now:
SquidFacts.net
We have a few Biology is Bigger than Binaries shirts (designed by @franzanth.bsky.social) left. They're comfy & colors printed great!
Once they're gone that's it.
Get 'em now:
SquidFacts.net
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Tomorrow IRL markets in Philly start, which means a bunch of squid facts shop items will sell out!
We have a few Biology is Bigger than Binaries shirts (designed by @franzanth.bsky.social) left. They're comfy & colors printed great!
Once they're gone that's it.
Get 'em now:
SquidFacts.net
We have a few Biology is Bigger than Binaries shirts (designed by @franzanth.bsky.social) left. They're comfy & colors printed great!
Once they're gone that's it.
Get 'em now:
SquidFacts.net
This is great news!! 👏👏 They recovered!!
www.bendsource.com/business/bus...
www.bendsource.com/business/bus...
'Salmon Everywhere' One Year After Klamath Dam Removal - The Source - Bend, Oregon
A little more than a year after the historic removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) scientists are seeing salmon reoccupying just ab...
www.bendsource.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This is great news!! 👏👏 They recovered!!
www.bendsource.com/business/bus...
www.bendsource.com/business/bus...
I do love these guys-- just excellent work in Christian theology and biblical scholarship. This one particularly is about the "don't work don't eat" verse so popular in"Christian" politics...
youtu.be/mMJ5mHoWrSM?...
youtu.be/mMJ5mHoWrSM?...
Who Deserves to Eat?
YouTube video by Data Over Dogma
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I do love these guys-- just excellent work in Christian theology and biblical scholarship. This one particularly is about the "don't work don't eat" verse so popular in"Christian" politics...
youtu.be/mMJ5mHoWrSM?...
youtu.be/mMJ5mHoWrSM?...
It's the Onion, but seriously, I wouldn't put it past them...
FDA Approves New Drug That Reverses Effects Of Narcan
FDA Approves New Drug That Reverses Effects Of Narcan
SILVER SPRING, MD—Praising the drug’s ability to quickly and effectively increase fatalities amongst the nation’s opioid users, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new nasal spray Wednesd...
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It's the Onion, but seriously, I wouldn't put it past them...
Lots of people working from home around here today...
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Lots of people working from home around here today...
Now THAT is super cool!
December 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Now THAT is super cool!
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Snicker snicker... youtu.be/drDs-Y5DNH8?...
We Didn't Start the Fire (Bardcore | Medieval/Renaissance Style Cover)
YouTube video by Hildegard von Blingin'
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Snicker snicker... youtu.be/drDs-Y5DNH8?...