Alyssa Fuller
@ellipsoptera.bsky.social
Twelve spiders in a trenchcoat sneaking into SC public comment sessions. She, he, or they.
(My shitposting is mine alone and I am not my organization but my organization is pretty cool too: campquest.org)
(My shitposting is mine alone and I am not my organization but my organization is pretty cool too: campquest.org)
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Domestic cats 🐈⬛ are most genetically similar to African wildcats, but the (modern) domestic cats probably weren't introduced into Europe until the 1st century CE, which is rather late, all things considered. 🧪
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 2, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Domestic cats 🐈⬛ are most genetically similar to African wildcats, but the (modern) domestic cats probably weren't introduced into Europe until the 1st century CE, which is rather late, all things considered. 🧪
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Mark Harvey's work has been profiled in a new Invertebrate Systematics collection, '1000 new species—a lifelong dedication to biodiversity discovery'.
connectsci.au/collection/2...
Photo: Gymnobisium inukshuk, a troglobitic pseudoscorpion species described by Mark.
#InvertebrateSys #FreeToRead 🕷️🧪
connectsci.au/collection/2...
Photo: Gymnobisium inukshuk, a troglobitic pseudoscorpion species described by Mark.
#InvertebrateSys #FreeToRead 🕷️🧪
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mark Harvey's work has been profiled in a new Invertebrate Systematics collection, '1000 new species—a lifelong dedication to biodiversity discovery'.
connectsci.au/collection/2...
Photo: Gymnobisium inukshuk, a troglobitic pseudoscorpion species described by Mark.
#InvertebrateSys #FreeToRead 🕷️🧪
connectsci.au/collection/2...
Photo: Gymnobisium inukshuk, a troglobitic pseudoscorpion species described by Mark.
#InvertebrateSys #FreeToRead 🕷️🧪
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Dr Mark “Spider Man” Harvey, Western Australian Museum Research Associate and Associate Editor of our journal Invertebrate Systematics, has reached an extraordinary milestone: he has described 1,000th species.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
#InvertebrateSys
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
#InvertebrateSys
Naming species is crucial to conserving them according to spider expert - ABC listen
Living scientist Dr Mark Harvey reaches rare milestone of naming 1000 species of invertebrates.
www.abc.net.au
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Dr Mark “Spider Man” Harvey, Western Australian Museum Research Associate and Associate Editor of our journal Invertebrate Systematics, has reached an extraordinary milestone: he has described 1,000th species.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
#InvertebrateSys
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
#InvertebrateSys
Saving all my returns up for Cyber Monday so the oligarchs get negative money from me today
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Saving all my returns up for Cyber Monday so the oligarchs get negative money from me today
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At the end of the first Trump administration @pamherd.bsky.social and I wrote about the weaponization of burdens to target immigrants. It has gotten so much worse since then.
academic.oup.com/ppmg/article...
academic.oup.com/ppmg/article...
Kafka’s Bureaucracy: Immigration Administrative Burdens in the Trump Era
Abstract. What does a government do when it decides to make a public service as burdensome as possible? We consider this question in the context of immigra
academic.oup.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
At the end of the first Trump administration @pamherd.bsky.social and I wrote about the weaponization of burdens to target immigrants. It has gotten so much worse since then.
academic.oup.com/ppmg/article...
academic.oup.com/ppmg/article...
It is absolutely wild how resilient some of these gals are. We've had multiple hard freezes overnight by now, I haven't seen any orbweavers but Jorōs for almost a month
November 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It is absolutely wild how resilient some of these gals are. We've had multiple hard freezes overnight by now, I haven't seen any orbweavers but Jorōs for almost a month
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Marilyn Whirlwind. ICE accosted Marilyn Whirlwind.
They've got to go.
They've got to go.
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Marilyn Whirlwind. ICE accosted Marilyn Whirlwind.
They've got to go.
They've got to go.
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Did you know there's a 500-million-year-old species that lives in the deep sea called Paleodictyon, but we only know it from trace fossils and marks on the seafloor and have absolutely no idea what the animal is?
It could be a sponge or a foram or a xenophyophore or something totally different.
It could be a sponge or a foram or a xenophyophore or something totally different.
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Did you know there's a 500-million-year-old species that lives in the deep sea called Paleodictyon, but we only know it from trace fossils and marks on the seafloor and have absolutely no idea what the animal is?
It could be a sponge or a foram or a xenophyophore or something totally different.
It could be a sponge or a foram or a xenophyophore or something totally different.
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I write my little Letterboxd reviews with one audience in mind: me, in 2 years time, struggling to remember whether I liked a film and what was good/interesting about it.
November 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I write my little Letterboxd reviews with one audience in mind: me, in 2 years time, struggling to remember whether I liked a film and what was good/interesting about it.
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here's how to color a worm. since I only draw on one layer, painting directly over the blue and orange creates interesting tints.
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
here's how to color a worm. since I only draw on one layer, painting directly over the blue and orange creates interesting tints.
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My latest article for @forbes.com is on the disproportionate impact of *uphill* urban expansion on biodiversity 👩🔬🧪⚛️
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
Cities Are Expanding Uphill, Threatening Global Biodiversity
New study reveals cities expanding into hillsides threaten 70% of endangered species worldwide. Learn how urban sprawl impacts biodiversity hotspots globally.
www.forbes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
My latest article for @forbes.com is on the disproportionate impact of *uphill* urban expansion on biodiversity 👩🔬🧪⚛️
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
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I agree.
I know someone in the Midwest who is a teaching administrator and he says “the way the teachers are up in arms about ICE and I mean even the non political ones— asking how they can protect their students is significant”
I know someone in the Midwest who is a teaching administrator and he says “the way the teachers are up in arms about ICE and I mean even the non political ones— asking how they can protect their students is significant”
November 22, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I agree.
I know someone in the Midwest who is a teaching administrator and he says “the way the teachers are up in arms about ICE and I mean even the non political ones— asking how they can protect their students is significant”
I know someone in the Midwest who is a teaching administrator and he says “the way the teachers are up in arms about ICE and I mean even the non political ones— asking how they can protect their students is significant”
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Hong Kong’s hopping kung fu horror comedy MR. VAMPIRE is now streaming on Criterion Channel, and it also happens to be celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
@horrordad.bsky.social looks back at the folklore and production behind this infectious '80s gem:
@horrordad.bsky.social looks back at the folklore and production behind this infectious '80s gem:
‘Mr. Vampire’ at 40: Hong Kong’s Hopping Kung Fu Horror Comedy
1985 was a hell of a year for Hong Kong cinema. Classics like Heart of Dragon, My Lucky Stars, and Police Story were all released in the span of a few months, showcasing the multifaceted talents of st...
bloody-disgusting.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Hong Kong’s hopping kung fu horror comedy MR. VAMPIRE is now streaming on Criterion Channel, and it also happens to be celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
@horrordad.bsky.social looks back at the folklore and production behind this infectious '80s gem:
@horrordad.bsky.social looks back at the folklore and production behind this infectious '80s gem:
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Mainstream news covered the Jeffrey Epstein emails related to ppl like Trump. Today, I want to take a look at Epstein's correspondence with prominent atheist and physicist Lawrence Krauss, who asked the pedophile's advice on responding to accusations of sexual assault skepchick.org/2025/11/so-i...
So I’m in the Epstein Files
Transcript: Look. I know that on this channel, I often criticize prominent people for actions that I find detestable: accepting dark money and failing to disclose it, producing propaganda for Big O…
skepchick.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Mainstream news covered the Jeffrey Epstein emails related to ppl like Trump. Today, I want to take a look at Epstein's correspondence with prominent atheist and physicist Lawrence Krauss, who asked the pedophile's advice on responding to accusations of sexual assault skepchick.org/2025/11/so-i...
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Hey, this is a great piece, but I want to point out something completely irrelevant to the main point about Krauss, who venerates Richard Feynman’s and his supposed quote, “What do you care what other people think?”
Because it’s SO on the nose it’s not even funny.
Because it’s SO on the nose it’s not even funny.
Mainstream news covered the Jeffrey Epstein emails related to ppl like Trump. Today, I want to take a look at Epstein's correspondence with prominent atheist and physicist Lawrence Krauss, who asked the pedophile's advice on responding to accusations of sexual assault skepchick.org/2025/11/so-i...
So I’m in the Epstein Files
Transcript: Look. I know that on this channel, I often criticize prominent people for actions that I find detestable: accepting dark money and failing to disclose it, producing propaganda for Big O…
skepchick.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Hey, this is a great piece, but I want to point out something completely irrelevant to the main point about Krauss, who venerates Richard Feynman’s and his supposed quote, “What do you care what other people think?”
Because it’s SO on the nose it’s not even funny.
Because it’s SO on the nose it’s not even funny.
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Can we please unfuck employment from health insurance?
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Can we please unfuck employment from health insurance?
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November 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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I have a new essay coming out next week so stay tuned! since one of the ppl I critique in it is a hardcore "gamete truther", I figured I'd re-up this – discusses both the actual biology & the bonkers anti-trans talking point that's grown out of it (no paywall): juliaserano.medium.com/why-are-gend...
Why Are “Gender Critical” Activists So Fond of Gametes?
plus my new video “Trans People and Biological Sex: What the Science Says”
juliaserano.medium.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I have a new essay coming out next week so stay tuned! since one of the ppl I critique in it is a hardcore "gamete truther", I figured I'd re-up this – discusses both the actual biology & the bonkers anti-trans talking point that's grown out of it (no paywall): juliaserano.medium.com/why-are-gend...
What perfect albums came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
What perfect albums came out the year you turned 16?
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Oops, had the artist wrong, here are details sakitheartist.com/pipette-dres... #sciart
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Oops, had the artist wrong, here are details sakitheartist.com/pipette-dres... #sciart
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Epstein Gave NY Times Journalist Tips About Trump. Why Did They Never Get Reported?
What did the Times know? And When did they know it?
Don't miss this one by @noahhurowitz.bsky.social theintercept.com/2025/11/14/e...
What did the Times know? And When did they know it?
Don't miss this one by @noahhurowitz.bsky.social theintercept.com/2025/11/14/e...
Epstein Gave NY Times Journalist Tips About Trump. Why Did They Never Get Reported?
Exchanges about Trump between reporter Landon Thomas Jr. and Jeffrey Epstein raise questions about what the New York Times knew and when.
theintercept.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Epstein Gave NY Times Journalist Tips About Trump. Why Did They Never Get Reported?
What did the Times know? And When did they know it?
Don't miss this one by @noahhurowitz.bsky.social theintercept.com/2025/11/14/e...
What did the Times know? And When did they know it?
Don't miss this one by @noahhurowitz.bsky.social theintercept.com/2025/11/14/e...
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That’s Chekhov. In Ibsen you die while trying to impress a young woman. Or die by suicide. Or from syphilis. Or live, but are abandoned by the people you love most.
The gun introduced in Act 1 goes off?
November 17, 2025 at 5:42 AM
That’s Chekhov. In Ibsen you die while trying to impress a young woman. Or die by suicide. Or from syphilis. Or live, but are abandoned by the people you love most.
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Love this so much. 💜
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Love this so much. 💜
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It can’t. But you know what can? Science. Let’s fund scientific research instead of this dumpster juice.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 AM
It can’t. But you know what can? Science. Let’s fund scientific research instead of this dumpster juice.