Jake Withee
@witheelabs.bsky.social
Former bee biologist. Former-er plant geneticist. Intermittent videographer. Occasional musician. All-the-time dorky science educator, plus spooky podcaster at https://superduperstitious.com
My latest for @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social concerns these li’l cuties that live in our homes and ride around on other bugs.
The Tiny Scorpions* In Your House
YouTube video by Bizarre Beasts
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October 7, 2025 at 3:37 AM
My latest for @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social concerns these li’l cuties that live in our homes and ride around on other bugs.
@danielobrien.bsky.social I meant to make this updated GIF ages ago. Congrats on all the congratulatable stuff!
September 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
@danielobrien.bsky.social I meant to make this updated GIF ages ago. Congrats on all the congratulatable stuff!
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a key reason they see an opening for such a blatant speech crackdown is that they already did one to Palestinian and anti-genocide activists and it got enthusiastic bipartisan approval
September 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
a key reason they see an opening for such a blatant speech crackdown is that they already did one to Palestinian and anti-genocide activists and it got enthusiastic bipartisan approval
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Liberals are starting to say shit like, "trans people asked for too much too fast," and I'll remind your souless asses that we actually didn't ask for anything. we were minding our own business and quietly improving our healthcare and you (cis) decided to do a pogrom against us for no reason.
September 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Liberals are starting to say shit like, "trans people asked for too much too fast," and I'll remind your souless asses that we actually didn't ask for anything. we were minding our own business and quietly improving our healthcare and you (cis) decided to do a pogrom against us for no reason.
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A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
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Once you understand that a driving principle of American politics is there is no such thing as a compassionate solution that's cheap enough or a cruel solution that's too expensive, a lot of things click into place.
I think it's possible that Trump's illegal invasion of DC will really in some sense "get rid of the tents." If that happens, elite commentators will rush to praise him and attribute it to the effectiveness of cruelty, and not to the fact that they spent millions of dollars per tent cleared.
August 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Once you understand that a driving principle of American politics is there is no such thing as a compassionate solution that's cheap enough or a cruel solution that's too expensive, a lot of things click into place.
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I learned so much about these weird little dudes editing the script for this video, written by the excellent @witheelabs.bsky.social! 🧪 #scicomm
How Naked Mole-rats Defy Aging and Cancer
YouTube video by Bizarre Beasts
www.youtube.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I learned so much about these weird little dudes editing the script for this video, written by the excellent @witheelabs.bsky.social! 🧪 #scicomm
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The Senators that voted 'yes' on this disastrous bill represent more than 30 million FEWER Americans than the Senators that voted 'no.'
July 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Senators that voted 'yes' on this disastrous bill represent more than 30 million FEWER Americans than the Senators that voted 'no.'
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The thing about Senators, and Representatives, and Justices, and many, many politicians, and pundits, too, is that they never have to live in the worlds their actions create. They don't even know anyone who does.
July 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The thing about Senators, and Representatives, and Justices, and many, many politicians, and pundits, too, is that they never have to live in the worlds their actions create. They don't even know anyone who does.
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Noteworthy, I think, that the Democratic establishment are putting much more effort into stopping Mamdani than stopping Trump
June 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Noteworthy, I think, that the Democratic establishment are putting much more effort into stopping Mamdani than stopping Trump
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It does not seem like a super tenable state of affairs that people are disguising themselves as cops to commit political assassinations and simultaneously if you ask "real" law enforcement agent for identification/authority they wrestle you to the ground and arrest you.
www.amny.com/news/brad-la...
www.amny.com/news/brad-la...
BREAKING | Comptroller Brad Lander arrested at ICE court hearing | amNewYork
City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested and accosted by masked federal agents at immigration court in Lower Manhattan.
www.amny.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It does not seem like a super tenable state of affairs that people are disguising themselves as cops to commit political assassinations and simultaneously if you ask "real" law enforcement agent for identification/authority they wrestle you to the ground and arrest you.
www.amny.com/news/brad-la...
www.amny.com/news/brad-la...
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so far this week:
DHS vows to not leave California till it is "liberated" from elected reps
Opposition leaders detained illegally
Opposition leaders indicted
Opposition leaders and families murdered to wrest control of a state
military parade with tanks through US capital
Red line here yet?
DHS vows to not leave California till it is "liberated" from elected reps
Opposition leaders detained illegally
Opposition leaders indicted
Opposition leaders and families murdered to wrest control of a state
military parade with tanks through US capital
Red line here yet?
June 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
so far this week:
DHS vows to not leave California till it is "liberated" from elected reps
Opposition leaders detained illegally
Opposition leaders indicted
Opposition leaders and families murdered to wrest control of a state
military parade with tanks through US capital
Red line here yet?
DHS vows to not leave California till it is "liberated" from elected reps
Opposition leaders detained illegally
Opposition leaders indicted
Opposition leaders and families murdered to wrest control of a state
military parade with tanks through US capital
Red line here yet?
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Every day the authoritarianism grows worse - Christopher Rufo calling for the Trump administration to "dispatch unmarked vans to follow key agitators and snatch them from the streets while the media are not looking" christopherrufo.com/p/trump-shou...
June 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Every day the authoritarianism grows worse - Christopher Rufo calling for the Trump administration to "dispatch unmarked vans to follow key agitators and snatch them from the streets while the media are not looking" christopherrufo.com/p/trump-shou...
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Madleen update:
Greta Thunberg and Thiago Avila arrived at Ashdod port, after being kidnapped by Israel along with 10 activists including MEP Rima Hassan.
Greta Thunberg and Thiago Avila arrived at Ashdod port, after being kidnapped by Israel along with 10 activists including MEP Rima Hassan.
June 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Madleen update:
Greta Thunberg and Thiago Avila arrived at Ashdod port, after being kidnapped by Israel along with 10 activists including MEP Rima Hassan.
Greta Thunberg and Thiago Avila arrived at Ashdod port, after being kidnapped by Israel along with 10 activists including MEP Rima Hassan.
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there are so many thoroughly antisocial behaviors that would shock and disturb you coming from any other human being but are completely standard for cops
June 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
there are so many thoroughly antisocial behaviors that would shock and disturb you coming from any other human being but are completely standard for cops
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there are only two things that make us cities unsafe and difficult to live in: 1) cars; and 2) cops
both of which are structural pathologies forced upon cosmopolitan civilization by encircling enclaves of suburban barbarians
both of which are structural pathologies forced upon cosmopolitan civilization by encircling enclaves of suburban barbarians
June 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
there are only two things that make us cities unsafe and difficult to live in: 1) cars; and 2) cops
both of which are structural pathologies forced upon cosmopolitan civilization by encircling enclaves of suburban barbarians
both of which are structural pathologies forced upon cosmopolitan civilization by encircling enclaves of suburban barbarians
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The fact is that liberals don't want protests that work; they want protests that look nice. And the aestheticization of politics is the crucible of fascism
June 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The fact is that liberals don't want protests that work; they want protests that look nice. And the aestheticization of politics is the crucible of fascism
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Please please please keep talking about Greta and the Madleen
Israel is threatening to bomb their aid ship if they don’t turn around
Israel is threatening to bomb their aid ship if they don’t turn around
If you want more information, this account is run by the brave souls on the Madleen ship which is HOURS away from Gaza.
They desperately need our help getting word out.
They desperately need our help getting word out.
June 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Please please please keep talking about Greta and the Madleen
Israel is threatening to bomb their aid ship if they don’t turn around
Israel is threatening to bomb their aid ship if they don’t turn around
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MPD isn't supposed to be helping. This is in direct contradiction to what O'Hara pledged in January: www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/vi...
June 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
MPD isn't supposed to be helping. This is in direct contradiction to what O'Hara pledged in January: www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/vi...
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chants of “get the fuck out”
June 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
chants of “get the fuck out”
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The number of people killed by the police has risen every year since the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis officer in 2020. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...
Since George Floyd’s Murder, Police Killings Keep Rising, Not Falling
www.nytimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The number of people killed by the police has risen every year since the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis officer in 2020. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...