Elisabeth Van Every
@e-van-every.bsky.social
Writer, editor, educator, naturalist, knower of things. Wildlife interp, media, film, fandom, politics, noir, goth, fashion, cocktails, hockey, public health/COVID safety, anything else I find of interest. Animal photos sometimes. Caution: Swears. She/her.
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"Through science to justice"
the plaque commemorating where Dr Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute for Sexual Science was located, taken by me in Berlin in 2018
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
"Through science to justice"
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Inside you there are two wolves...
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Inside you there are two wolves...
Naturalist here. I both confirm and endorse this thread.
idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Naturalist here. I both confirm and endorse this thread.
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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Something to think about before holiday gatherings
Newborns cannot get vaccinated for whooping cough until they are two months old.
So it is up to adults who plan to be around newborns to get those Tdap shots—and new parents need to encourage family members who plan to be around a newborn to get Tdap shots, too.
So it is up to adults who plan to be around newborns to get those Tdap shots—and new parents need to encourage family members who plan to be around a newborn to get Tdap shots, too.
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Something to think about before holiday gatherings
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The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The German holidaye pastryes disappeared mysteriouslye --
Authorityes are prettye sure thei were
stollen
Authorityes are prettye sure thei were
stollen
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
This. This right here. We have enough sequels, series, franchises. Give us new voices, talents, and ideas.
Literally do not care about seeing imagined movies by any of these dudes. I'd love to see the movies that never even get a chance because HOLLYWOOD DOESN'T THINK THOSE DIRECTORS/ACTORS/STORIES HAVE "VALUE."
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This. This right here. We have enough sequels, series, franchises. Give us new voices, talents, and ideas.
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
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So I've gotten my first tier membership set up over on ko-fi!! For a min. of 4$ CAD a month, you'll be able to get behind-the-scenes WIP updates of formline art I'm currently working on, such as new merch, personal pieces, commissions, and more!
🎨 ko-fi.com/telekitnetic...
🎨 ko-fi.com/telekitnetic...
November 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
So I've gotten my first tier membership set up over on ko-fi!! For a min. of 4$ CAD a month, you'll be able to get behind-the-scenes WIP updates of formline art I'm currently working on, such as new merch, personal pieces, commissions, and more!
🎨 ko-fi.com/telekitnetic...
🎨 ko-fi.com/telekitnetic...
Watch all of these, and then go order your own Eel Facts calendar! I did. Link is below.
This is one of the last days I get to post these absolutely curséd animations I made for eel facts season. I think I'll post them in a thread here for posterity.
Get a calendar at EelFacts.net
Get a calendar at EelFacts.net
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Watch all of these, and then go order your own Eel Facts calendar! I did. Link is below.
Downloading my phone photos for this month so far. 1st part of the month is 2 museum exhibits*, Highgate Cemetery, & a bunch of food/cocktail photos from London. 2nd part of the month is ALL THE HOCKEY. And then today, a bunch of animals from volunteering. I contain multitudes.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Downloading my phone photos for this month so far. 1st part of the month is 2 museum exhibits*, Highgate Cemetery, & a bunch of food/cocktail photos from London. 2nd part of the month is ALL THE HOCKEY. And then today, a bunch of animals from volunteering. I contain multitudes.
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shared with consent from friend who was on site for this latest gassing of neighbors gathering outside for their community in Minnesota.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
shared with consent from friend who was on site for this latest gassing of neighbors gathering outside for their community in Minnesota.
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" Networks where poor participants could see many rich participants generated higher redistribution via taxes but also increased polarization and dissatisfaction. "
No wonder the rich people are hiding from us.
No wonder the rich people are hiding from us.
Seeing rich people increases support for wealth redistribution
If people do not observe inequality, they are less likely to favor policies that redistribute wealth, such as taxation—but they are also more satisfied with their lot, according to online experi...
www.eurekalert.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
" Networks where poor participants could see many rich participants generated higher redistribution via taxes but also increased polarization and dissatisfaction. "
No wonder the rich people are hiding from us.
No wonder the rich people are hiding from us.
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Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
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FOR FUCKS SAKE: ONCE AGAIN, SMOKERS *DO* PAY MORE YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE.
He keeps using the one behavioral health factor that the ACA *does* have to make his point about factors it *doesn’t* have.
He keeps using the one behavioral health factor that the ACA *does* have to make his point about factors it *doesn’t* have.
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
FOR FUCKS SAKE: ONCE AGAIN, SMOKERS *DO* PAY MORE YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE.
He keeps using the one behavioral health factor that the ACA *does* have to make his point about factors it *doesn’t* have.
He keeps using the one behavioral health factor that the ACA *does* have to make his point about factors it *doesn’t* have.
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It's gonna get lost in the shuffle of this news cycle, but Brett Ratner is a sexual predator
I think that when the media writes a story on Rush Hour 4 it should be within the first graph that a sexual predator has been re-given his career by a man who is in the Epstein Files
This isn't hard
I think that when the media writes a story on Rush Hour 4 it should be within the first graph that a sexual predator has been re-given his career by a man who is in the Epstein Files
This isn't hard
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It's gonna get lost in the shuffle of this news cycle, but Brett Ratner is a sexual predator
I think that when the media writes a story on Rush Hour 4 it should be within the first graph that a sexual predator has been re-given his career by a man who is in the Epstein Files
This isn't hard
I think that when the media writes a story on Rush Hour 4 it should be within the first graph that a sexual predator has been re-given his career by a man who is in the Epstein Files
This isn't hard
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The crisis of affordability is a crisis of debt. Public goods that should be public and reparative are so costly and expensive that we're going into debt for things that are free in other nations — education, health care, school lunch, expensive rents, even going into debt for our own incarceration.
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The crisis of affordability is a crisis of debt. Public goods that should be public and reparative are so costly and expensive that we're going into debt for things that are free in other nations — education, health care, school lunch, expensive rents, even going into debt for our own incarceration.
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Just a reminder that as a speaker, you can ask who the other speakers are and not participate if there are no women
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Just a reminder that as a speaker, you can ask who the other speakers are and not participate if there are no women
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This is also how I judge the History Channel. If it’s about a topic I know, I spot at least one lie per minute watching the History Channel, so it’s horrifying to think how many lies I’d be swallowing without knowing it if I watched about a topic I don’t know.
LLM search results are even worse.
LLM search results are even worse.
Saw an interesting piece of advice recently: ask the AI search engines for an answer in a field in which you are very knowledgeable.
The results will make it clear just how much they get wrong, and how brazen they are about it.
Now, apply that to every subject in which you are NOT an expert.
The results will make it clear just how much they get wrong, and how brazen they are about it.
Now, apply that to every subject in which you are NOT an expert.
Looked up “what mobile parking app do I need for <this town>” - AI summary on Google confidently gave me the wrong answer, which I ignored because **it is wrong a third of the time, about ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING** (according to the last study I read.)
The shit just doesn’t work.
The shit just doesn’t work.
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is also how I judge the History Channel. If it’s about a topic I know, I spot at least one lie per minute watching the History Channel, so it’s horrifying to think how many lies I’d be swallowing without knowing it if I watched about a topic I don’t know.
LLM search results are even worse.
LLM search results are even worse.
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"...we’re living through online the equivalent of the revelations about environmental poisoning that grew out of Rachel Carson and SILENT SPRING" which led to the EPA, but today "government and the social media platforms are actually unwinding the very few safeguards they’ve ever put into place."
This week's latest MAGA scandal is a good reminder: Caveat lector. Let the reader beware. The chances are that if you’re reading something that makes you mad on social media, it’s there because someone is being paid to make you mad. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-very-b...
The Very Big Business of Lying To You
Turns out "America First" is hugely profitable overseas
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"...we’re living through online the equivalent of the revelations about environmental poisoning that grew out of Rachel Carson and SILENT SPRING" which led to the EPA, but today "government and the social media platforms are actually unwinding the very few safeguards they’ve ever put into place."
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Every American should have this in their wallet:
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Every American should have this in their wallet:
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On December 4, 2007, in the Usenet group “Friends of the Friendless,” someone wrote:
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On December 4, 2007, in the Usenet group “Friends of the Friendless,” someone wrote:
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
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Really fascinating blog post about the plants that Neanderthals cooked and ate (the real "paleo diet" included a lot of grains, pulses, and other plants!).
Coming together to eat the food we share has been part of humanity from the very beginning. I wrote this post after a Thanksgiving week lecture on evidence for Neanderthals and other ancient people making prepared mixtures of grains, lentils, and other foods.
www.johnhawks.net/p/a-neandert...
www.johnhawks.net/p/a-neandert...
A Neandertal recipe with lentils and grain
Looking at a fascinating new study that finds mixtures of different plants within ancient morsels of charred foods.
www.johnhawks.net
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Really fascinating blog post about the plants that Neanderthals cooked and ate (the real "paleo diet" included a lot of grains, pulses, and other plants!).
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Breaking: The six Democrats now confirmed they've been contacted by the FBI.
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Breaking: The six Democrats now confirmed they've been contacted by the FBI.
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."