Mashed Rutabaga with Butter
@streamlass.bsky.social
Geologist (MSc), percussionist, general hammer-wielding troublemaker; hydrologic modeler.
ELCA. She/her. Ace.
Walking SW Wisconsin stereotype, flatlanded in Iowa.
Avatar: Functionally unidentifiable in snow gear
Banner: Hailstones and engineering ruler
ELCA. She/her. Ace.
Walking SW Wisconsin stereotype, flatlanded in Iowa.
Avatar: Functionally unidentifiable in snow gear
Banner: Hailstones and engineering ruler
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my name is cow
and wen its nite
and when a star
is shiyning brite
and three wise men
give me the nod
i walk up close
I lik the God
and wen its nite
and when a star
is shiyning brite
and three wise men
give me the nod
i walk up close
I lik the God
December 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
my name is cow
and wen its nite
and when a star
is shiyning brite
and three wise men
give me the nod
i walk up close
I lik the God
and wen its nite
and when a star
is shiyning brite
and three wise men
give me the nod
i walk up close
I lik the God
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"But what kind of samples...?"
Listen, I may not be a very good one, but I am still a geologist and, what's more important, a goblin.
Listen, I may not be a very good one, but I am still a geologist and, what's more important, a goblin.
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"But what kind of samples...?"
Listen, I may not be a very good one, but I am still a geologist and, what's more important, a goblin.
Listen, I may not be a very good one, but I am still a geologist and, what's more important, a goblin.
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Here is the official rule proposal with a direct link to comment electronically, TODAY ONLY, Dec. 15.
In commenting it's very useful to REQUEST A PUBLIC HEARING on the proposal, which can add time for further consideration.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
In commenting it's very useful to REQUEST A PUBLIC HEARING on the proposal, which can add time for further consideration.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) is issuing a proposed rule for public comment that amends provisions related to disparate impact, discouragement of applicants or prospective ...
www.federalregister.gov
December 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Here is the official rule proposal with a direct link to comment electronically, TODAY ONLY, Dec. 15.
In commenting it's very useful to REQUEST A PUBLIC HEARING on the proposal, which can add time for further consideration.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
In commenting it's very useful to REQUEST A PUBLIC HEARING on the proposal, which can add time for further consideration.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Yup, just found another one down in Macon, Georgia. Envious of the gold people are finding. www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Genus Chomatobius
Chomatobius from Macon, GA, US on November 11, 2024 at 02:15 PM by Andrew Pauly
www.inaturalist.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Yup, just found another one down in Macon, Georgia. Envious of the gold people are finding. www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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Is there anybody in Alabama looking for a quest? I'm seeing some soil centipedes on iNat that may be a species I would LOVE to have a specimen of, and has only been reported a few times. 100+ legs, reported from Tuscaloosa and now maybe Fort Payne & Guntersville. www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Genus Strigamia
Strigamia from Fort Payne, AL, USA on February 23, 2020 at 11:55 AM by Larry Beane
www.inaturalist.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Is there anybody in Alabama looking for a quest? I'm seeing some soil centipedes on iNat that may be a species I would LOVE to have a specimen of, and has only been reported a few times. 100+ legs, reported from Tuscaloosa and now maybe Fort Payne & Guntersville. www.inaturalist.org/observations...
I had forgotten "that one jackass endangering everyone else on the road" has been written about for millennia…
His driving is like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi, for he driveth furiously
December 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I had forgotten "that one jackass endangering everyone else on the road" has been written about for millennia…
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In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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I am a professional hydrologist and I saw so many obviously fake flood videos posted. Flood the zone with shit so no one will know what is true anymore strategy
Folks on Washington state community Facebook groups are arguing about whether images of local flood damage are real or not. Generative AI is making it so much harder for people to get the reliable information they need to make decisions during disasters.
December 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I am a professional hydrologist and I saw so many obviously fake flood videos posted. Flood the zone with shit so no one will know what is true anymore strategy
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This is a photo of my great great grampa (maternal) in Hooker County Nebraska, 1885.
December 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is a photo of my great great grampa (maternal) in Hooker County Nebraska, 1885.
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In the same incident, an ICE agent pepper sprayed a baby.
(Link to post by a state representative)
(Link to post by a state representative)
One of our Shakopee observers witnessed ICE pepper spray a baby today in Chanhassen.
(Yes. You read that right.)
The agent knew the baby was there. ICE does not make our communities safer. End Operation Metro Surge NOW!
(Yes. You read that right.)
The agent knew the baby was there. ICE does not make our communities safer. End Operation Metro Surge NOW!
December 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
In the same incident, an ICE agent pepper sprayed a baby.
(Link to post by a state representative)
(Link to post by a state representative)
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ICE agents pointed guns at Augsburg University staff who asked to see a judicial warrant when detaining a student on private property:
Augsburg University president decries 'illegal' arrest of student by ICE agents
Students and staff who followed protocol for when ICE is on campus were threatened with weapons and arrest, according to the university.
bringmethenews.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
ICE agents pointed guns at Augsburg University staff who asked to see a judicial warrant when detaining a student on private property:
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Citizen observer arrested and held for hours.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Citizen observer arrested and held for hours.
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welp the Frisbee clip is AI so here's a real skiing crow
December 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
welp the Frisbee clip is AI so here's a real skiing crow
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If you wanna learn more about immune amnesia this is a good primer from the American Society for Microbiology.
Measles binds to your immune system’s memory cells and infects them, effectively erasing their database. It then produces all new memory cells - that contain info ONLY for measles.
Measles binds to your immune system’s memory cells and infects them, effectively erasing their database. It then produces all new memory cells - that contain info ONLY for measles.
Measles and Immune Amnesia | ASM.org
Measles is much more serious than a rash and fever: it also causes immune amnesia and leaves patients especially vulnerable to secondary infection.
asm.org
December 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
If you wanna learn more about immune amnesia this is a good primer from the American Society for Microbiology.
Measles binds to your immune system’s memory cells and infects them, effectively erasing their database. It then produces all new memory cells - that contain info ONLY for measles.
Measles binds to your immune system’s memory cells and infects them, effectively erasing their database. It then produces all new memory cells - that contain info ONLY for measles.
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This was a dumb thing to do, but the article gets a lot wrong.
This was not a "device" in the nuclear weapons sense of an explosive without a delivery vehicle. It was not an explosive at all.
I'll write a post. #nukesky
This was not a "device" in the nuclear weapons sense of an explosive without a delivery vehicle. It was not an explosive at all.
I'll write a post. #nukesky
How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas? (Gift Article)
A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This was a dumb thing to do, but the article gets a lot wrong.
This was not a "device" in the nuclear weapons sense of an explosive without a delivery vehicle. It was not an explosive at all.
I'll write a post. #nukesky
This was not a "device" in the nuclear weapons sense of an explosive without a delivery vehicle. It was not an explosive at all.
I'll write a post. #nukesky
*inhale*
aaaaaAAAAAARRRRRRrrggghhhhHHhhhHHHHhhhhhh...
aaaaaAAAAAARRRRRRrrggghhhhHHhhhHHHHhhhhhh...
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
*inhale*
aaaaaAAAAAARRRRRRrrggghhhhHHhhhHHHHhhhhhh...
aaaaaAAAAAARRRRRRrrggghhhhHHhhhHHHHhhhhhh...
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Forest Insect and disease folks,
Yall know what these things are?
The acorn shell was unbreached. There were about a dozen of these egg/seed things inside the acorn.
@tomkimmerer.bsky.social you know what these are?
Yall know what these things are?
The acorn shell was unbreached. There were about a dozen of these egg/seed things inside the acorn.
@tomkimmerer.bsky.social you know what these are?
December 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Forest Insect and disease folks,
Yall know what these things are?
The acorn shell was unbreached. There were about a dozen of these egg/seed things inside the acorn.
@tomkimmerer.bsky.social you know what these are?
Yall know what these things are?
The acorn shell was unbreached. There were about a dozen of these egg/seed things inside the acorn.
@tomkimmerer.bsky.social you know what these are?
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Looking for an *L.A. based* artist who (against all odds) has time for a poster gig before the end of the year.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Looking for an *L.A. based* artist who (against all odds) has time for a poster gig before the end of the year.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
It's for a science + art event.
We can offer $500 for the gig.
Dreadfully sorry about the timeline. Link a portfolio if you're interested, I'll delete this post when we found someone.
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"Workday reveals what's important to the ppl who run Fortune 500 companies: easily and conveniently distributing busy work across large workforces. This is done with the arbitrary and perfunctory performance of work tasks [+] with the throttling of momentum by making finance and HR tasks difficult"
May 6, 2024 at 11:18 PM
"Workday reveals what's important to the ppl who run Fortune 500 companies: easily and conveniently distributing busy work across large workforces. This is done with the arbitrary and perfunctory performance of work tasks [+] with the throttling of momentum by making finance and HR tasks difficult"
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I'm about to try to turn this thread into the world's most ridiculous spreadsheet. Wish me luck!
Because I’m aware these things can have amusing regional variants, is the version of “Jingle Bells (Batman smells)” that I learned at primary school (London, 1980s) still prevailing?
“Jingle Bells, Batman Smells, Robin flew away, Father Christmas lost his knickers on the motorway! (Hey!)”
“Jingle Bells, Batman Smells, Robin flew away, Father Christmas lost his knickers on the motorway! (Hey!)”
December 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I'm about to try to turn this thread into the world's most ridiculous spreadsheet. Wish me luck!
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She was associate editor of the American Geologist, 1896-1905. In 1906 she was added to the list of 100 most influential geologists by Men in Science, selected by her peers. #printmaking #womenInSTEM #histsci #sciart
minouette.etsy.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
She was associate editor of the American Geologist, 1896-1905. In 1906 she was added to the list of 100 most influential geologists by Men in Science, selected by her peers. #printmaking #womenInSTEM #histsci #sciart
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Day 12 #artAdventCalendar is my #linocut of brilliant trailblazing US #geologist & prof Florence Bascom (1862-1945) 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬⚒️ #histsci who championed women’s education, & used polarizing microscopes for detailed petrographic analysis to show that rocks previously identified as sedimentary were in fact 🧵
December 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Day 12 #artAdventCalendar is my #linocut of brilliant trailblazing US #geologist & prof Florence Bascom (1862-1945) 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬⚒️ #histsci who championed women’s education, & used polarizing microscopes for detailed petrographic analysis to show that rocks previously identified as sedimentary were in fact 🧵
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Coal miners are getting diagnosed with black lung much younger than they used to- as young as their 20s. The silica exposure limit would have saved lives, but now that rule is effectively dead.
Trump says he loves coal miners. His administration is killing them.
A life-saving silica exposure rule meant to curb the black lung crisis in Appalachia is now effectively dead.
@kimkelly.bsky.social reports on this latest betrayal.
A life-saving silica exposure rule meant to curb the black lung crisis in Appalachia is now effectively dead.
@kimkelly.bsky.social reports on this latest betrayal.
The Trump Administration Ramps Up Its War On Coal Miners
A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and address Appalachia’s ongoing black lung crisis—has been under continued assault. Now, it looks like it's off the table.
inthesetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Coal miners are getting diagnosed with black lung much younger than they used to- as young as their 20s. The silica exposure limit would have saved lives, but now that rule is effectively dead.