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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 9h

Noooooooooooooooooo

Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 9h

Damn administration jumping on the latest fad, once again. It’s going to be the next big thing. Just like MOOCs, just like Flipping the Classroom, and probably others that I missed or ignored.

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 11h

Sooocute!

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 17h

Now this is how religious leaders should preach.

Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 19h

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 20h

The moral of the story? Don’t fuck with ostriches. 3/2

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 20h

On the right is an account of a lioness with mostly grown cubs who went after a pair of ostrich with young. The male ostrich took the chicks away and the “teenage“ lions attacked the female. She killed both of them by kicking them and then the mother lioness killed the ostrich hen. 2/2

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 20h

No Alt Text but a cool story. To summarize on the left is a discussion of lions predating on ostrich. It concludes that lions can take down ostriches when they are alone with their heads down but not groups or single ostrich with their head up. 1/2

Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 23h

GOATed bird

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 1d

Awesome news

Xander Sable @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 1d

Spectacularly #GoodGreenNews : Suriname leading the world in protecting 90% of its forests, forging ahead with a prosperous forest- and biodiversity-centred economy, while working towards recognising ancestral lands of Indigenous and Tribal peoples. International coalition provides valuable support.

International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 1d

Suriname steps up and wants to protect 90% of its #forests reports the @rainforetrust.bsky.social 🌍

#30x30 #Rewilding #HalfEarth #TropicalForests

www.rainforesttrust.org/our-impact/r...

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 1d

Rodeo drive

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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · 1d

Like rivers & lakes full of fish? Then you need rivers & lakes full of insects!
On this #BugBanterPodcast we'll dive underwater to meet freshwater insects, & discover the conservation work they need!
Audio & transcript 📻 xerces.org/bug-banter/s...
Video w/ captions 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=22sh...

The Salmonfly Project: Anglers, Insect Conservation, and the Future of Freshwater Streams | Bug Banter Podcast

Insects play a critical role in rivers, lakes, and streams, acting as a vital food source for many animals and maintaining the health of these freshwater ecosystems. A few of these insects include: ma...

xerces.org

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 1d

Cheaper than hiring someone with a PhD

Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 1d

Awesome! Good for you! 🎉🎉🎉

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

doomscroll break

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing video. Worth the watch.

Germán Bonilla-Rosso @germusthermophilus.bsky.social · 2d

🔬🦠🧫🧪 #MicroSky
This is the most fantatic video I've ever seen: a Tardigrade strolling on a Volvox by Penny Fenton #NikonSmallWorld #DarkField
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...

A tardigrade moving around a volvox algae colony | 2025 Small World in Motion Competition

Penny Fenton - A tardigrade moving around a volvox algae colony

www.nikonsmallworld.com

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Barry Lyga @barrylyga.com · 2d

Prime Day what? Bookshop.org is offering FREE SHIPPING for October 7-8! Buy books, get free shipping, support local bookstores! Easy!

#primeday #antiprime #freeshipping #supportlocal #supportindie

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

Bookshop.org

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Julie Patton Lawson @srfrjulie.bsky.social · 2d

For people eager to scrape lanternfly egg masses but not sure what they look like, here’s one. Right now when they are fresh, the outside is a bit crispy and the inside is wet.

Spotted lanternfly egg mass on a vine. It looks like a smear of gray paint or gum

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 2d

It makes me think of Zewall who won the Chemistry Nobel in 1999 who had, for several years before winning, flown back to Egypt so he would be in his home country when he won.

He also got banners made to congratulate himself.

(Source: my husband who was in grad school at the time)

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 3d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 3d

That's not the best place to have a medical crisis. Glad you're better now

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 3d

Hopefull news

Science Magazine @science.org · 3d

A new trivalent vaccine based on chimeric alphaviruses shields mice and macaques from infection and CNS pathology when exposed to aerosolized forms of Venezuelan, Eastern, and Western equine encephalitis viruses.

Read more in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine: https://scim.ag/4gSP2Z3

An inactivated trivalent virion-based vaccine protects against aerosol challenge with encephalitic alphaviruses in mice and macaques

Two doses of an inactivated trivalent vaccine protect mice and macaques against disease caused by encephalitic alphaviruses.

scim.ag

Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 3d

Depends on the organization. My body donation paperwork allowed me to chose what I wanted. Can I trust the university? Hopefully.

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 4d

😀 That sounds like rabbit behavior to me.

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 4d

My local cottontail rabbits generally “den” in dense bushes or under my shed. Different species, different climate (Southern California). I wouldn’t expect them to be in the open like that. Maybe it denned there BEFORE eating the plant?

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Nicole aka Nimasprout @nimasprout.bsky.social · 5d

Matted this up so that I could safely secure the painting and cell overlay.

I don't think I'm going to get to listing it properly in my shop tonight, so if you want to snag it just DM me.

$350 (free US shipping)
5x7 inches (8x10 matted)

Artist holding matted painting of fantasy apthocary with painted cell overlay with original bug characters.

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 4d

The cut leaves look like rabbit damage - clean straight cuts no more that 2 feet above the ground.

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