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Elizabeth Neswald

@octobeth.bsky.social

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historian of science at Brock University standing up for the spineless

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · Jan 1

Today in marine invertebrates
Good bye and good riddance 2024
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Mantis Shrimp Smashes Clam Shell

YouTube video by Jon Bondy

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 8h

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Current 93 - Lucifer Over London

YouTube video by Kanon Rocka

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 10h

more preservatives

Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 13h

maybe she just really wants a pony

Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 13h

I hope the next one is a small one. You have so much dog already.

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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 13h

Doug Ford is ignoring mayors and putting lives at risk to score political points.

A government elected by only 40% of voters shouldn’t have unchecked power to make reckless decisions like this.

Ontario needs proportional representation so every vote counts.

Graphic with a headline from a news article stating that Doug Ford rejected mayors’ plea to keep speed cameras. Above, text highlights that when someone is inevitably hurt or killed due to this reckless policy, we should remember the government did it with a false majority despite most voters choosing another party. Below, it urges support for proportional representation so no party can play politics with road safety.

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 14h

B.C.Johnson has been BUSY
#TorontoUrbanism
#MuralArt
#StreetArt
@shawnmicallef.bsky.social

Man in yellow t-shirt and lumberjack shirt petting a painted dog on a mural. The mural also shows a stall door with a horse looking out, a wooden house, and some chickens. There are hints that the mural continues with a green filed, tree, and blue sky.

Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 16h

Today in marine invertebrates
More coming soon

Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 2d

Whale Fall pin 🦀🐋🦑

A photo of a large gold-plated enamel pin photographed on top of a lichen-covered rock. The enamel pin features a whale skeleton covered with various deep sea creatures, such as octopuses, hagfish, a giant isopod, a crab, and chimaeras.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 16h

"It has long been obvious that the fossil fuel lobby has a powerful influence on the Liberal Party of Canada. However, it is truly amazing to see how quickly they have gained influence over this new Prime Minister." - @drlorileeoates.bsky.social

niche-canada.org/2025/07/04/t...

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 17h

Excellent talk!
I am going to have to listen to it again when the recording is posted.

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Greg Rupik @gregoryrupik.bsky.social · 17h

Next in Dialectical Biology Today: @hylomorphic.bsky.social weaves together historical threads from Hegel, Engels, & others to illustrate how Lewontin's dialectical biology critiques an anti-revolutionary, conservative ideology at the heart of population genetics & evolutionary ecology 🌱🐋

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 1d

did the past respond?

Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 1d

Today in marine invertebrates
Francesco Della Questa, Still Life with Fish, Shellfish and Crustaeans (ca. 1690-1699)

quite a dark painting. Light shines on a pile of various kinds of fish, some sepia, an octopus. Behind them is a basket with more fish. To the left some clams and red corals. There might be some other shellfish. Hard to see in the dark tones. It is a presentation of the species that are fished in the region.

Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 1d

whitefish salad...

Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 1d

Toasted sesame with cream cheese and lox and maybe some pickled onions and capers, if it is after 11am.

Alternatively everything with dill cream cheese.

I keep things simple

Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 1d

It was interesting, esp. how he tried to bring biological evolution and Marxism together. There is more tomorrow.

Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 1d

I am off to listen to a talk about the legacy of Richard Lewontin.

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 2d

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 2d

Today in marine invertebrates

Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 2d

The Halloween Humboldt Squid has arrived! The only way to get these stickers is to join my Patreon. Help support open science and get some jaunty ocean stickers.

These stickers will go out Monday, October 20th, so sign up before then!

patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler

Three stickers featuring a Humboldt Squid with an orange hat.

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 2d

Hey look, US law enforcement want to disappear the border

Elizabeth Thompson @lizt1.bsky.social · 2d

U.S bill calls for negotiations for more integration between Canadian, American border agents and for U.S. law enforcement to be able to operate in Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

www.cbc.ca

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 2d

This is so on the nose for my institution that it hurts

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 2d

We should talk way more about how Canada is basically five banks, five big insurance companies, three telcos, two grocery chains, a handful of big REITs and some mining concerns.

The deeply entrenched power of our corporate overlords is a big reason why Canadian politics & culture is the way it is.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 2d

The Bank of Canada’s second in command called the country’s banking system an “oligopoly,” using the sector as a key example of how limited competition is restricting growth.

BOC’s Rogers Says Banking ‘Oligopoly’ Proof of Competitive Woes

The Bank of Canada’s second in command called the country’s banking system an “oligopoly,” using the sector as a key example of how limited competition is restricting growth.

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 3d

Canadian octopus beer

can of beer called octopus wants to fight. IPA. Image is an angry looking octopus with boxing gloves on four arms and a couple of scattered bandaids.

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 3d

blue jay leaning forward toward you, showing its splendid wing and tail feathers

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 3d

a blue jay on a branch looking intently at something out of the photo

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 3d

a blue jay on a branch looking a little concerned