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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 9h

Gotta be honest I didn't either, never really thought about it and assumed it was a 50/50 chance of being an American thing

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 10h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 11h

I try not to be a "read the damn syllabus" person but the dates are, in fact, on the syllabus, and I update them as needed throughout the semester.

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 11h

Apparently some of my students thought class was canceled this week, just to balance all the ones who didn't realize it *was* canceled last week?

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 11h

Of course someone who makes eating raw eggs a load-bearing part of their personality wouldn't understand that the majority of people on earth like to eat things that taste good

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 11h

As a matter of fact I'm definitely on board with swapping "western civilization" or whatever for a reasonable assortment of street food and a good doner wrap

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12h

going by the decor, is this not TGI Fridays?

Someone on Twitter posted a photo of themselves doing a happy dance as they receive a hot plate of fajitas. Then "Raw Egg Nationalist" on Twitter retweets them, writing: It's incredible that these people exist, but they really do. These are the people who justify the demographic replacement of Western countries in terms of the variety of street food and how many different kinds of fried-meat-and-vegetables in flatbread they can buy.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 13h

This is true and they are super endangered by poachers who shovel them up by the hundreds and sell them at flea markets and shit. You should not buy the plants and if you happen to kick the poacher in the shins on accident, no one will hear about it from me.

mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 16h

still amazing to me the number of movies, games, etc. which have Venus Flytrap-based creatures in some form compared to the actual native range of Venus Flytrap, which is like, the great untamed jungles of a few wet pine savannas in North Carolina

map illustrating the native range of Venus Flytrap plants, just a little half circle around coastal North and South Carolina in USA

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 13h

fair, we have one activity where i printed a bunch of tiny dragons for phylogeny building and that's just fun for everyone

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 13h

i have one in the lab and it's literally saved me thousands of dollars because i can fabricate equipment and models on the spot. yet the university keeps promoting "use AI in your classes!", when my students like Giant Molecule Models waaay more than the plagiarism box

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 16h

Actually, I'm going to throw my hat out: would anybody like to have me on their podcast/newsletter to talk about Appalachian pulp, folklore, witchlore, and the benefits of weirding historical fiction? I think these stories are good, and I want to talk about them!

Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 3d

Fuck Prime Day. PDFs of GHOST DAYS and IN THE SNOW, THE JUNGLE are on sale for just 3$ today, which means you can grab this fully illustrated short story collection AND its followup novella for just $6.

Get your Appalachian historical folklore/horror fix here!

www.asherelbein.com/store

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 14h

would

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 14h

just to antagonize the east coast crowd, one of my favorite pitstops up here serves a sourdough furikake bagel with scallion cream cheese, alder-smoked black cod (caught locally), sour pickled onion, preserved lemon, and mustard blossoms and yes i know that's bougie af and i do not care, i love it

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 14h

guilty as charged lmao

Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 14h

my understanding is that with the curing + smoking, freezing won't diminish it too much

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 14h

fair enough, i will be the first to admit i have a strong west coast hipster streak in my culinary leanings

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 14h

Oklahoma fam: what’s your take on why he took the time to do this

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 14h

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes Trump’s Deployment of Texas Troops to Illinois

Oklahoma's Republican Governor Criticizes Trump's Deployment of Texas Troops to Illinois

Oklahoma's Republican Governor Kevin Stitt has criticized the deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois.

www.democracynow.org

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 14h

in alaska we can sourdough *anything* lmao

honestly it works well, i've done homemade ones a few times. there's just a bit of tang to the flavor that works great with fat in the schmear

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 14h

ooooh i need to try this, i have smoked salmon roe in the freezer from this summer 👀

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 14h

i await your judgment

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 14h

sourdough everything bagel, lightly toasted (just enough to warm it up), scallion or sundried tomato cream cheese, smoked sockeye salmon

optional but if i'm making it at home, required: fresh dill, fresh chives, pickled onions

i assume this makes me non-electable in NYC but i like my chances in AK

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 15h

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 14h

alas my sourdough starter died and i keep forgetting to get a replacement from my friend who is far better at keeping hers alive, so can't make any this weekend

Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 14h

(dammit now i want a bagel)

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 14h

sourdough everything bagel, lightly toasted (just enough to warm it up), scallion or sundried tomato cream cheese, smoked sockeye salmon

optional but if i'm making it at home, required: fresh dill, fresh chives, pickled onions

i assume this makes me non-electable in NYC but i like my chances in AK

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 15h

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 16h

beautiful

Rose Lerner @roselerner.bsky.social · 1d

This made me so happy

Screenshot of Claire's last skeet with one from the Frog and Toad bot underneath of Frog saying "don't be silly"

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 16h

i have run into people who claim it flat-out did not happen or that it was greatly exaggerated, including that the name was intentionally chosen to conflate it with the Holocaust (despite the earliest uses of the term with an alternate transliteration prior to WWII, as i understand it)

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 17h

for sure, but also there's also more actual people i know buying into it too, which feels different than before?

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