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Whimsyfluff
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Environmental scientist, bird enthusiast, fun-fact aficionado. He/Him, 22
I prioritize hope and scientific progress. Stay aware, but keep looking forwards.
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Whimsyfluff @whimsyfluff.bsky.social · Aug 29
Good social action from community members representing the union of concerned scientists @ucs.org at senator Fetterman's office.
Six people holding signs in front of the United States custom house. The signs have various slogans of the science advocacy movement.
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mims.bsky.social
some good climate/energy news:

* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)

* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free

* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
December 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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jayhulmepoet.bsky.social
In the middle of singing a hymn in church, my tiny Goddaughter climbed up onto the pew next to me, gently placed her hand on my chest, and said "Don't worry, I can teach you to sing."
thereal3ccentric.bsky.social 3ccentric @thereal3ccentric.bsky.social · Dec 23
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Oh don't mind me just assembling a regular page of reference images for today's serious work in science communication.
a bunch of pictures plopped into one, including 2 of eastern red-backed salamanders from the top and side, and a third showing their belly, and then 2 logs in the forest, and then a man shirtless laying on his side propping his head up with his arm
December 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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robcrank68.bsky.social
Todays #BirdOfTheDay is all about 'Pairs Of The Same Birds' which also makes it a #DailyDouble with #TwosDay

The Alternative bird is 'Chaffinches'

I have pairs of Northern Shovelers, Cormorants, Mute Swans & Blue Tits

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #ukbirding @rspb.bsky.social
A pair of Northern Shovelers A pair of Cormorants A pair of Mute Swans A pair of Blue Tits
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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bryb.bsky.social
The gorgeous big sumo lads cutting about London -touristing themselves daft- is absolutely the most wholesome thing to happen in the city since Samuel Pepys buried all his cheese in his garden to save it from the Great Fire in 1666.
🎶Sumo lads in London I know I know It's serious🎶 🎶There were times when I could have Wrestled them🎶 🎶but you know, I would hate anything to happen To them🎶 🎶yes I do, Want to see them🎶
October 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Philly- opposing tyrants for 250 years
Philly No Kings protest with a shot of city hall at the background. Lots of signs including one carried by members of HCAN, the Havertown Progressive Caucus. Inflatable frog holding a “Philly frog brigade” sign in the crowd. A view of the march as it heads down Market St to Independence Hall. A dog is gnawing on my flag stick.
October 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
whimsyfluff.bsky.social
Music, multiculturalism, and massive crowds at the #NoKings Philly protest. Favorite sign sentiments: go birds, I made this for a different protest but have to use it again, one piece fan, and a very cute sign of someone's cat being the only tyrant they tolerate.
Photo of the crowd at 6th and market where the march ended for speeches to begin. Woman wearing ankle rattles and a feathered headdress waving two Palestinian flags. Photo from within the crowd at city hall as the protest begins moving. A crowd carrying varying signs with the backdrop of the Masonic lodge. One of the signs is made out of a pizza box, another bears the sound of music with the caption "antifa".
October 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
whimsyfluff.bsky.social
Music, multiculturalism, and massive crowds at the #NoKings Philly protest. Favorite sign sentiments: go birds, I made this for a different protest but have to use it again, one piece fan, and a very cute sign of someone's cat being the only tyrant they tolerate.
Photo of the crowd at 6th and market where the march ended for speeches to begin. Woman wearing ankle rattles and a feathered headdress waving two Palestinian flags. Photo from within the crowd at city hall as the protest begins moving. A crowd carrying varying signs with the backdrop of the Masonic lodge. One of the signs is made out of a pizza box, another bears the sound of music with the caption "antifa".
October 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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strea3m.bsky.social
Today is the day.
- Grab a sign. Or don't
- Grab a friend if you can. Or get there & find friendly folk
- Whatever you do, do it peacefully & safely

Most important thing is:

Get out there & raise your voice in defense of American democracy, which has #NoKings

Find event near you: nokings.org
October 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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qjurecic.bsky.social
One additional thread that I didn't have space to expand on fully: Resistance 2.0 seems to be more focused on acts of community care, like helping neighbors targeted by ICE. That fits into the ongoing conversation about strengthening democracy by creating shared civic spaces...
qjurecic.bsky.social Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · Oct 18
After 2024, pundits brushed off the Resistance as cringe. I submit: Yes, it was. And cringe is good. Cringe, in fact, will save democracy.
Resistance Is Cringe
But it’s also effective.
www.theatlantic.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Happy #NoKings Day America!
newtownaction.org Newtown Action Alliance @newtownaction.org · Oct 16
Our #FreedomToLive—free from the fear of gun violence—is being violated by an administration that prioritizes gun industry profits over our lives!

Join us at one of 2600 nonviolent #NoKings events across the nation: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=n...

Join us in Newtown, CT: bit.ly/NoKingsNewtown
October 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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jfischman.bsky.social
If you want to understand why 3 scientists got the Nobel Prize in Medicine today for discovering what keeps our immune systems from running amok--and how that keeps you healthy-- read this @laurenjyoung.bsky.social story:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025... #medsky 🧪
This Year’s Medicine Nobel Goes to Discovery of Why the Body Doesn’t Attack Itself
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi shared the Nobel prize for their work on peripheral immune tolerance, a process that is key to organ transplants and treatment of autoimmune disease...
www.scientificamerican.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Getting ready for a presentation about Skype a Scientist, so I was crunching the numbers on what we've done this year & no wonder I'm tired.

Philly event attendees: 433
Zines distributed: 5,900
Seed packets distributed: 10,000
Online event attendees: 1,355
Classrooms matched w/scientists: 3,488
A ppt slide that says "weaving science into everyday" with 6 examples, including "getting coffee, at a street festival, trick or treating, on the road, at a community meeting, at the corner bar" and each of those has a picture associated like a squid zine at coffee, a table of squid stuff with a man dressed as a squid for street festival, squid postcards and candy for trick or treating, the squidmobile for road, me taking in front of people for community meeting, and bar coasters for corner bar
October 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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leahmcelrath.bsky.social
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle
One thing that has become really clear since yesterday is that we live in at least two different realities. Talking to a friend who only knew Charlie as a Christian motivational speaker because that's all that ever came across her feed. Showed me videos I've never seen before of him saying perfectly reasonable and empowering things. I showed her videos she'd never seen before of his racism, misogyny, homophobia, advocating for violence against specific groups of people. She was horrified by his remarks about Pelosi's husband's attacker being bailed out and celebrated for his violent act. She was horrified by a number of things that he said, but she had never seen or heard them before, the same as I had never seen or heard the generalized clips of him sounding like a perfectly nice loving man and father. Neither of us had a whole picture of this man. I mentioned he was a known white supremacist and she thought I was joking. She talked about him giving a speech about finding your purpose and doing good in the world and I thought she was joking. I saw why this friend was mourning the loss of a person she thought was a good person. My friend, bless her, saw why I feel the way I do about him. We understood each other better. In spite of a multi-billion dollar internet machine specifically focused on keeping us apart. Because we talked to each other with the desire to listen and to learn rather than the desire to change someone else's mind or to be "right". None of those motivational things he said change my opinion about him because they don't erase the negativity, the subtle calls for violence, the belittling and denigrating of other races religions genders etc. His negative and blaming comments about homeless people, the poor, and victims of domestic violence. His comments about rounding up people who didn't think like him and putting them in camps where their behavior could be corrected. That time he said empathy was a made-up word he didnt believe in. That other time he said the Civil Rights Act was a mistake. The time he said most people are afraid when they get on a plane and see that there's a black pilot. His anti-vaccination rhetoric and his active campaigning against people being allowed to wear masks for their own health. His open support of fascism and white supremacy. To me, all of those are fully unchristian sentiments. Those are undeniable and just one of them would be a deal-breaker for me. All of them together are a picture of a man who was polarizing, enraged a lot of people and rightly so, but even with all of that I would never wish upon him or especially his children the end that he got. Oh, and my friend had never heard, and God help me I don't know how she escaped the news, but she had never heard of the Minnesota legislators who were shot in June. The husband and wife and dog who were killed, one after throwing themselves over their child to protect the child. The other couple who somehow survived. Politically motivated attacks specifically because they were democrats. She learned about those shootings that happened months ago because I showed her Charlie Kirk's comments about them. The kidnapping plot against a female Midwestern Democratic governor. The assassination attempt against Pennsylvania's democratic governor. All things Charlie had plenty to say about while supporting the Second Amendment and bashing the Democratic party. She didn't know about any of it because we're all living in two different worlds and none of us have the whole story.
September 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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nicktheloungefella.nafofellas.com
Big win for new solar customers.
NEM 3.0 is no-more!

www.yahoo.com/news/article...
State Supreme Court unanimously hands win to homeowners with solar panels over power companies: 'We don't need [to be in] an affordability crisis'
The ruling could have significant positive impacts for homeowners, whether they have solar or not.
share.google
September 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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riverotterecology.bsky.social
That's us!

riverotterecology.org
River Otter Ecology Project | River Otters: Heralds of a Healthy Watershed
riverotterecology.org
August 31, 2025 at 2:15 AM
whimsyfluff.bsky.social
For anyone looking for more action to take part in, some mentioned upcoming events: Labor Day Action, Mondays at McCormick's, Fridays at Fetterman's. Take the opportunity to get involved!
August 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
whimsyfluff.bsky.social
Good social action from community members representing the union of concerned scientists @ucs.org at senator Fetterman's office.
Six people holding signs in front of the United States custom house. The signs have various slogans of the science advocacy movement.
August 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
whimsyfluff.bsky.social
Photos from the Fridays at Fetterman's protest-- speakers, poetry, music, signs, and community. Impressive organizing: consistency in timing, turnout, and engagement. @fridaysatfetterman.bsky.social
Not another bomb Fridays at Fetterman's pamphlet, providing information and a QR code. Photo of speaker on the steps of the US customs house, foreground a woman wearing a hat with a pin that says "granny peace brigade" Eye level photo of crowd, about 30 to 40 people present. A man in a vibrant shirt with a sign that says "defend -medicare -human rights -peace NOW!"
August 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
whimsyfluff.bsky.social
Save science and evidence based outrage at Senator Fetterman's office. With the Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org . Also good shirts!
August 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
whimsyfluff.bsky.social
Philadelphia protest double feature: Fetterman's office has two groups visiting right now, science support with the union of concerned scientists and ceasefire support with the Fridays at Fetterman's group.
August 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
whimsyfluff.bsky.social
Fridays at Fetterman's also currently ongoing, encouraging our officials to halt investment in the destruction of Palestine. It is a weekly vigil at Fetterman's office encouraging peace.
A crowd of people holding signs in opposition to continued military action in Palestine
August 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
whimsyfluff.bsky.social
Scientists and citizens from @ucs.org showing off our passion for community action and science funding around Philadelphia (with the help of @septaphilly.bsky.social !!)
August 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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sejordt.bsky.social
#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence #neurosci #PainResearch #addictionsci 🧪🛟 💊

Bluesky now platform of choice for science community
Bluesky now platform of choice for science community
It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…
arstechnica.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM