Salty Octopus
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Cephalopod masquerading as a biology professor, living in the deep sea or in Ohio
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
I'm pretty sure Tom Holland rules apply to The Great Rice Delivery Fiasco
Ok palate cleanse time. In case you missed it, here's my most popular post ever
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I'm pretty sure Tom Holland rules apply to The Great Rice Delivery Fiasco
Always such a pleasure to read @tkingfisher.com , whose powers of description are simply perfect. In HEMLOCK & SILVER, describing toxic desert plants:
"jumping cholla. That doesn’t have to be toxic, it’s nothing but spines and hatred."
"jumping cholla. That doesn’t have to be toxic, it’s nothing but spines and hatred."
November 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Always such a pleasure to read @tkingfisher.com , whose powers of description are simply perfect. In HEMLOCK & SILVER, describing toxic desert plants:
"jumping cholla. That doesn’t have to be toxic, it’s nothing but spines and hatred."
"jumping cholla. That doesn’t have to be toxic, it’s nothing but spines and hatred."
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AOC with the facts on MTG
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
AOC with the facts on MTG
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Okay, I listed 15 brand new paintings today! Go look at them please : ) artologica.etsy.com #sciart
a cartoon cat is sitting down with its paws up and looking at the camera with stars in the background .
Alt: a cartoon cat is sitting down with its paws up and looking at the camera with stars in the background .
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Okay, I listed 15 brand new paintings today! Go look at them please : ) artologica.etsy.com #sciart
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
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Drug companies have hired over 500 lobbyists this year to gut the Inflation Reduction Act's drug price negotiation provisions.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Drug companies have hired over 500 lobbyists this year to gut the Inflation Reduction Act's drug price negotiation provisions.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
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'People forget what Khashoggi was investigating when he was murdered. He was writing about Kushner turning over classified info to MBS, who used it to hunt down, arrest and murder his opponents.'
h/t @cocacolakid
h/t @cocacolakid
November 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
'People forget what Khashoggi was investigating when he was murdered. He was writing about Kushner turning over classified info to MBS, who used it to hunt down, arrest and murder his opponents.'
h/t @cocacolakid
h/t @cocacolakid
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Women don't recognize only the overt hatred & abuse in Trump's actions--shoving his finger in the face of a female professional doing her job & calling her names--we also recognize the cowardice displayed by the other men in the room as they implicitly condone his behavior by saying nothing.
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Women don't recognize only the overt hatred & abuse in Trump's actions--shoving his finger in the face of a female professional doing her job & calling her names--we also recognize the cowardice displayed by the other men in the room as they implicitly condone his behavior by saying nothing.
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Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman.
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman.
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Listen to this book! It's so beautiful!
This was so unlooked for & so lovely -- I'm thrilled to share that the audiobook of THE RIVER HAS ROOTS is in Audible's Top 20 #BestOfTheYear for 2025 & Top 10 SFF lists, Audible UK's Best of 2025 Sci-Fi Fantasy picks, & Audible Canada's Book of the Year.
The 10 best sci-fi & fantasy listens of 2025
Sci-fi and fantasy didn’t sleep this year. Escape, unwind, or speculate about the future—whatever you want to do, you can find it here.
www.audible.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Listen to this book! It's so beautiful!
I love stumbling across an artist whose work immediately fits into my soul
Go buy some beautiful art, bipeds. It's good for you
Go buy some beautiful art, bipeds. It's good for you
Hope you find some joy today, or joy finds you... either works 🩷
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I love stumbling across an artist whose work immediately fits into my soul
Go buy some beautiful art, bipeds. It's good for you
Go buy some beautiful art, bipeds. It's good for you
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So much of what we’re witnessing right now, defensiveness, fragility, denial, over-intellectualizing, “not all white men,” isn’t personal.
It’s patterned.
Predictable.
Trained.
It’s what happens when an entire group is raised inside a lie that centers you as the default,
It’s patterned.
Predictable.
Trained.
It’s what happens when an entire group is raised inside a lie that centers you as the default,
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
So much of what we’re witnessing right now, defensiveness, fragility, denial, over-intellectualizing, “not all white men,” isn’t personal.
It’s patterned.
Predictable.
Trained.
It’s what happens when an entire group is raised inside a lie that centers you as the default,
It’s patterned.
Predictable.
Trained.
It’s what happens when an entire group is raised inside a lie that centers you as the default,
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Rules are rules... And storm water management is important.
youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...
youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Rules are rules... And storm water management is important.
youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...
youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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The bill only forces the release of unclassified information.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The bill only forces the release of unclassified information.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
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NEWS JUST IN! A new book will in fact solve all your problems
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
NEWS JUST IN! A new book will in fact solve all your problems
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This is how predators work. In the initial emails, he thinks he can still fuck her, and describes her willingness as:
* listened to the comments of a LEADING ECONOMIST IN THE FIELD about her presentation
* didn't object when he commented on her outfit
* let him whine about his marriage.
* listened to the comments of a LEADING ECONOMIST IN THE FIELD about her presentation
* didn't object when he commented on her outfit
* let him whine about his marriage.
The sense I am getting through all of this is that Larry Summers used his position to get a substantially junior colleague to listen to him whine about his marriage, then tried to get her to “have a drink with him” and stormed off when she was like no thanks I have a presentation tomorrow.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is how predators work. In the initial emails, he thinks he can still fuck her, and describes her willingness as:
* listened to the comments of a LEADING ECONOMIST IN THE FIELD about her presentation
* didn't object when he commented on her outfit
* let him whine about his marriage.
* listened to the comments of a LEADING ECONOMIST IN THE FIELD about her presentation
* didn't object when he commented on her outfit
* let him whine about his marriage.
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The amount of connections to scientists working in the field of genomics that I'm finding in the Epstein emails is terrifying, disgusting, and sadly unsurprising
We need to deeply investigate how much these scientists actually knew, or how much they were involved
There need to be consequences
We need to deeply investigate how much these scientists actually knew, or how much they were involved
There need to be consequences
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The amount of connections to scientists working in the field of genomics that I'm finding in the Epstein emails is terrifying, disgusting, and sadly unsurprising
We need to deeply investigate how much these scientists actually knew, or how much they were involved
There need to be consequences
We need to deeply investigate how much these scientists actually knew, or how much they were involved
There need to be consequences
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Celebrating Gerty Cori on #WorldDiabetesDay.
Cori, a biochemist, co-discovered the Cori cycle which unlocked how the body regulates glucose--foundational for diabetes treatments & insulin therapy. She was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery. #WomenInSTEM
Cori, a biochemist, co-discovered the Cori cycle which unlocked how the body regulates glucose--foundational for diabetes treatments & insulin therapy. She was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery. #WomenInSTEM
November 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Celebrating Gerty Cori on #WorldDiabetesDay.
Cori, a biochemist, co-discovered the Cori cycle which unlocked how the body regulates glucose--foundational for diabetes treatments & insulin therapy. She was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery. #WomenInSTEM
Cori, a biochemist, co-discovered the Cori cycle which unlocked how the body regulates glucose--foundational for diabetes treatments & insulin therapy. She was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery. #WomenInSTEM
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We've been saying "See you later, Alligator" for decades, when "Sayonara, Capybara" was right there.
May 10, 2023 at 3:15 PM
We've been saying "See you later, Alligator" for decades, when "Sayonara, Capybara" was right there.
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I'm going to actively say at this point that I don't think people should donate to any Dem-run PACs. What guarantee do we have that they won't give the money to cowards to stave off primary challengers?
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I'm going to actively say at this point that I don't think people should donate to any Dem-run PACs. What guarantee do we have that they won't give the money to cowards to stave off primary challengers?
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
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My experience age 19 to 25 was before every professional biology conference or atheist/skeptic convention, people would warn me who not to be alone with because they would do bad things to young women
The Venn diagram of people mentioned in the Epstein emails is nearly a circle
Like, fucking duh
The Venn diagram of people mentioned in the Epstein emails is nearly a circle
Like, fucking duh
Kind of mad none of the people who raised me taught me this, it was always, “so and so is a sex pest but he’s a brilliant xxx.”
I know now that abusers will always put themselves first, serve themselves first, and whatever thing they’re amazing at suffers as soon as there’s a conflict of interest.
I know now that abusers will always put themselves first, serve themselves first, and whatever thing they’re amazing at suffers as soon as there’s a conflict of interest.
Abusers don’t compartmentalize that shit, they simply cannot be trusted
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My experience age 19 to 25 was before every professional biology conference or atheist/skeptic convention, people would warn me who not to be alone with because they would do bad things to young women
The Venn diagram of people mentioned in the Epstein emails is nearly a circle
Like, fucking duh
The Venn diagram of people mentioned in the Epstein emails is nearly a circle
Like, fucking duh
Remember when their motto was "don't be evil"?
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Remember when their motto was "don't be evil"?