Ivy
@jivy.bsky.social
Cascadian. Design nerd. Historic stained glass Lorax. LFC, Seattle sports, aging water polo player. You’ll never walk alone.
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On an expedition to a remote Peruvian reserve to search for a squirrel last seen 30 years ago, researcher Silvia Pavan’s team instead discovered a new mouse opossum species, Marmosa chachapoya.
With reddish-brown fur and a narrow face, it highlights how understudied the eastern Andes remain.
With reddish-brown fur and a narrow face, it highlights how understudied the eastern Andes remain.
Peru’s Río Abiseo park yields new marsupial, hinting at more undiscovered species
In 2018, Brazilian biologist Silvia Pavan traveled to Río Abiseo National Park, in Peru’s San Martín region, following the trail of a squirrel species first described from there in the 1990s. At the…
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December 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
On an expedition to a remote Peruvian reserve to search for a squirrel last seen 30 years ago, researcher Silvia Pavan’s team instead discovered a new mouse opossum species, Marmosa chachapoya.
With reddish-brown fur and a narrow face, it highlights how understudied the eastern Andes remain.
With reddish-brown fur and a narrow face, it highlights how understudied the eastern Andes remain.
The Last Person He Talked To Theory remains undefeated
5 minutes after FIFA gives him a fake medal Trump wants to rename American football.
December 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Last Person He Talked To Theory remains undefeated
The irony of Lauren Hill singing That Thing on a stage at the World Cup draw while the current US president watches on is not lost on me.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The irony of Lauren Hill singing That Thing on a stage at the World Cup draw while the current US president watches on is not lost on me.
The Torment Nexus strikes again
DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power
December 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The Torment Nexus strikes again
We’re toast.
Wtf are we doing?
"CNN partners with Kalshi to integrate prediction markets into its global newsroom. The first major news network to embrace Kalshi prediction markets."
"CNN partners with Kalshi to integrate prediction markets into its global newsroom. The first major news network to embrace Kalshi prediction markets."
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
We’re toast.
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I love this song so much. youtu.be/JcBvWrgsSts?...
Queens of the Stone Age - Fortress [Acoustic] (WDR 1Live 2017)
YouTube video by Francisco Sepúlveda
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December 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I love this song so much. youtu.be/JcBvWrgsSts?...
This tracks
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
This tracks
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Without Roadrunner and Coyote, kids will never learn the seductive dangers of trompe l'oeil
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Without Roadrunner and Coyote, kids will never learn the seductive dangers of trompe l'oeil
Hopefully all of the lights turn on or he’ll have to order someone to light it up a second time.
First big exclusive broken by the New Media at the Pentagon.
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Hopefully all of the lights turn on or he’ll have to order someone to light it up a second time.
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I wonder if the people pushing for fossil fuel deregulation will be thought of fondly by their grandchildren while they're cooking strips of rat meat on the boiling asphalt of an abandoned Sears parking lot
December 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I wonder if the people pushing for fossil fuel deregulation will be thought of fondly by their grandchildren while they're cooking strips of rat meat on the boiling asphalt of an abandoned Sears parking lot
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good news: history actually offers lots of examples for how to deal with this
bad news: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillot...
bad news: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillot...
December 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
good news: history actually offers lots of examples for how to deal with this
bad news: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillot...
bad news: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillot...
I’ve always said the one thing my home is missing is a coat bath.
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I’ve always said the one thing my home is missing is a coat bath.
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So the guy selling COVID supplies to the government was hoping for more intense COVID waves, a direct outcome of policy decisions by a government he influenced through dozens of channels.
November 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
So the guy selling COVID supplies to the government was hoping for more intense COVID waves, a direct outcome of policy decisions by a government he influenced through dozens of channels.
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Blowing up boats in the Caribbean isn't a war crime, it's murder. Hope that helps
November 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Blowing up boats in the Caribbean isn't a war crime, it's murder. Hope that helps
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Only fellow Seattleites will get this: Pharrell Williams lives in the Wallingford Taco Time (aka Taco Time of the Future, now Weird Chipotle)
Pharrell Williams confirmed as another world famous multi-millionaire who chose to live in a house that looks like it should be called the North Strabane Esat-Digifone Retail Hub & Business Park.
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Only fellow Seattleites will get this: Pharrell Williams lives in the Wallingford Taco Time (aka Taco Time of the Future, now Weird Chipotle)
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Nov. 26, 1925: Roy Olmstead, a police officer-turned-bootlegger described as the “king of the Pacific Coast rum trade,” is arrested as he’s helping to load 100 cases of liquor into a fleet of cars outside Seattle. He was tracked by police who had wiretapped his phone.
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Nov. 26, 1925: Roy Olmstead, a police officer-turned-bootlegger described as the “king of the Pacific Coast rum trade,” is arrested as he’s helping to load 100 cases of liquor into a fleet of cars outside Seattle. He was tracked by police who had wiretapped his phone.
The 90s was an incredible decade to come of age in
Pizza Hut Wild Style Pizzas (1992-1992): A line of pizzas marketed as "crazy" and "outrageous" , featuring new topping and sauce combos. Check this 🧵to see the (supposed) wackiness!
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The 90s was an incredible decade to come of age in
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If you’re recommending dog-led horror Good Boy (2025) to your parents please make sure they don’t accidentally watch Good Boy (2023) which features a man living as someone’s pet dog
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If you’re recommending dog-led horror Good Boy (2025) to your parents please make sure they don’t accidentally watch Good Boy (2023) which features a man living as someone’s pet dog
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WIFE: I learned that the day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for plumbers...
ME: Because everyone clogs the toilets?
WIFE (eyes narrowing): ... because people dump turkey grease down the sink.
ME: Because everyone clogs the toilets?
WIFE (eyes narrowing): ... because people dump turkey grease down the sink.
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
WIFE: I learned that the day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for plumbers...
ME: Because everyone clogs the toilets?
WIFE (eyes narrowing): ... because people dump turkey grease down the sink.
ME: Because everyone clogs the toilets?
WIFE (eyes narrowing): ... because people dump turkey grease down the sink.