I am the walrus
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Conservation & restoration worker.
Here to save wetlands and eat tacos. And I’m all outta tacos
Alberta
Here to save wetlands and eat tacos. And I’m all outta tacos
Alberta
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I don’t think we as a society have thanked @papapishu.bsky.social for obtaining, ripping, and uploading a master copy of the essential Ricky Jay And His 52 Assistants, Jay’s 1997 HBO special and the best distillation of his one of a kind talent archive.org/details/rick...
Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants [1996] - RF Rip : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
NOTE: DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE COMPRESSED MP4 THAT ARCHIVE.ORG AUTO-GENERATES. This is an RF rip of Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants, to date the greatest card...
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December 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I don’t think we as a society have thanked @papapishu.bsky.social for obtaining, ripping, and uploading a master copy of the essential Ricky Jay And His 52 Assistants, Jay’s 1997 HBO special and the best distillation of his one of a kind talent archive.org/details/rick...
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Folks, Big Ben Hosley from @blankcheck.bsky.social joins us on this week’s new episode with:
-Mystery bananas washing ashore in the UK 🍌
-Scientific researchers undergoing the Gollum Effect 🔬
-Drones sneaking crab legs into prison 🚨
& MORE!
apple.co/2yPmdte / spoti.fi/2qSy1Gp / other pod places
-Mystery bananas washing ashore in the UK 🍌
-Scientific researchers undergoing the Gollum Effect 🔬
-Drones sneaking crab legs into prison 🚨
& MORE!
apple.co/2yPmdte / spoti.fi/2qSy1Gp / other pod places
December 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Folks, Big Ben Hosley from @blankcheck.bsky.social joins us on this week’s new episode with:
-Mystery bananas washing ashore in the UK 🍌
-Scientific researchers undergoing the Gollum Effect 🔬
-Drones sneaking crab legs into prison 🚨
& MORE!
apple.co/2yPmdte / spoti.fi/2qSy1Gp / other pod places
-Mystery bananas washing ashore in the UK 🍌
-Scientific researchers undergoing the Gollum Effect 🔬
-Drones sneaking crab legs into prison 🚨
& MORE!
apple.co/2yPmdte / spoti.fi/2qSy1Gp / other pod places
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I mean TIME could have given Person of the Year to “The Humble Capybara”
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I mean TIME could have given Person of the Year to “The Humble Capybara”
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It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
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You know these clowns?
December 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
You know these clowns?
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Yesterday, Dr. Laura Field held her first class in her lecture series on America’s right wing intellectual movement and its role in the Trump era.
The lecture will be available for the public on Dec. 22.
You can attend the classes live by becoming a material supporter at lawfaremedia.org/support
The lecture will be available for the public on Dec. 22.
You can attend the classes live by becoming a material supporter at lawfaremedia.org/support
December 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Yesterday, Dr. Laura Field held her first class in her lecture series on America’s right wing intellectual movement and its role in the Trump era.
The lecture will be available for the public on Dec. 22.
You can attend the classes live by becoming a material supporter at lawfaremedia.org/support
The lecture will be available for the public on Dec. 22.
You can attend the classes live by becoming a material supporter at lawfaremedia.org/support
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📣Please share: We are looking for a field assistant to join our team in studying #ruffs on coastal meadows at Botnian Bay in Finland. The job will provide fantastic insights into lekking behaviour and provide essential skills in field ornithology. Details here www.bi.mpg.de/2790786/2512...
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
📣Please share: We are looking for a field assistant to join our team in studying #ruffs on coastal meadows at Botnian Bay in Finland. The job will provide fantastic insights into lekking behaviour and provide essential skills in field ornithology. Details here www.bi.mpg.de/2790786/2512...
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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There is such a thirst in some progressive centrist circles that they will look at the Trump administration as a model to get things done. I think its worth addressing the argument. This is from Mark Dunkelman, author of the widely praised "Why Nothing Works."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
Opinion | What the Left Could Learn From Trump’s Brutal Efficiency
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
There is such a thirst in some progressive centrist circles that they will look at the Trump administration as a model to get things done. I think its worth addressing the argument. This is from Mark Dunkelman, author of the widely praised "Why Nothing Works."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
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Again (and realizing this should really be a blog) I'm sympathetic and consider myself part of Dunkleman's project of making democratic governments responsive and functional. But you can't hand wave the accountability stuff. The argument can't be a "unitary exec theory - but for good!"
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Again (and realizing this should really be a blog) I'm sympathetic and consider myself part of Dunkleman's project of making democratic governments responsive and functional. But you can't hand wave the accountability stuff. The argument can't be a "unitary exec theory - but for good!"
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Lesson 6: If you have a theory of the Supreme Court that does not include political ideology, its going to be wrong. During the Biden administration it was all major questions because they did not like his policies, and during Trump it is mostly unitary executive, because they do.
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Lesson 6: If you have a theory of the Supreme Court that does not include political ideology, its going to be wrong. During the Biden administration it was all major questions because they did not like his policies, and during Trump it is mostly unitary executive, because they do.
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Bad slogans and kittens are cool, but what you feed really needs is a baby dolphin. #marinelife
November 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Bad slogans and kittens are cool, but what you feed really needs is a baby dolphin. #marinelife
Lynx
Wolverine
Dall sheep
Gyrfalcon
Devil ray
Wolverine
Dall sheep
Gyrfalcon
Devil ray
I'm not going to play the game because I'm a travelling wildlife photographer, which is cheating, but, if you are the kind of person who introduces themselves with "Hello, nice to meet you, here are 5 really cool animals I've seen," then *please please please* come say hi. We should hang out.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
- Beluga whale
- kiwi
- whio
- eel
- kangaroo
- Beluga whale
- kiwi
- whio
- eel
- kangaroo
November 29, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Lynx
Wolverine
Dall sheep
Gyrfalcon
Devil ray
Wolverine
Dall sheep
Gyrfalcon
Devil ray
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First time competitor wins cattle dog championship at Agribition vist.ly/4gfdt #cdnag #westcdnag #CWA25
First time competitor wins cattle dog championship at Agribition | The Western Producer
Canadian Western Agribition 2025, Cattle Dog Championships
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November 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
First time competitor wins cattle dog championship at Agribition vist.ly/4gfdt #cdnag #westcdnag #CWA25
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I’m getting a lot of baking stuff done over the next several days and thought “Hey, I haven’t made bagels in a hot minute!”. So I’m going to give you a tutorial of how to make bagels, slightly modified from the formula in the Bread Baker’s Apprentice book by Reinhardt. Yummy bagels tomorrow night!
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’m getting a lot of baking stuff done over the next several days and thought “Hey, I haven’t made bagels in a hot minute!”. So I’m going to give you a tutorial of how to make bagels, slightly modified from the formula in the Bread Baker’s Apprentice book by Reinhardt. Yummy bagels tomorrow night!
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Drumroll please…. OMG. They look YUMMY. They SMELL YUMMY. May not be able to wait until morning to sample the fare.
I’ll update how that taste tomorrow! Happy Thanksgiving!
I’ll update how that taste tomorrow! Happy Thanksgiving!
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Drumroll please…. OMG. They look YUMMY. They SMELL YUMMY. May not be able to wait until morning to sample the fare.
I’ll update how that taste tomorrow! Happy Thanksgiving!
I’ll update how that taste tomorrow! Happy Thanksgiving!
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I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
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Today 15 brave smallholder Kenyan farmers who appealed a Seed Act which criminalised them for saving,sharing&selling their own seeds won their case in the High Court.
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Today 15 brave smallholder Kenyan farmers who appealed a Seed Act which criminalised them for saving,sharing&selling their own seeds won their case in the High Court.
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Anyone want some good news? The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is nearly done and it’s pretty awesome
apple.news/A7yad9o6US72...
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Officials celebrate construction of revolutionary structure over major US freeway: 'This was an impossible dream' — The Cool Down
A team of engineers, biologists, scientists, and mycologists all contributed. Nov 22, 2025 The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is one step closer to its completion with its first official native pl...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Anyone want some good news? The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is nearly done and it’s pretty awesome
apple.news/A7yad9o6US72...
apple.news/A7yad9o6US72...
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#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
University of British Columbia, Botany
Job #AJO31140, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN NON-SEED PLANT DIVERSITY (BRYOPHYTES, FERNS, LYCOPHYTES), Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
academicjobsonline.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
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A thread for you
Artists & Art lovers!
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
#ArtAdventCalendar
In its 11th year, #artadventcalendar participants post an original piece of art from Dec 1-24. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, beading, photography. If it’s art and it beautifies th…
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November 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
A thread for you
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"It takes a Straussian to catch a Straussian."
In case you missed it, here's my LARB review of @lkatfield.bsky.social terrific new book, Furious Minds, published by @princetonupress.bsky.social.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-mo...
In case you missed it, here's my LARB review of @lkatfield.bsky.social terrific new book, Furious Minds, published by @princetonupress.bsky.social.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-mo...
A Mole in MAGA’s Midst | Los Angeles Review of Books
Alexandre Lefebvre reads “Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right” by Laura K. Field.
lareviewofbooks.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"It takes a Straussian to catch a Straussian."
In case you missed it, here's my LARB review of @lkatfield.bsky.social terrific new book, Furious Minds, published by @princetonupress.bsky.social.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-mo...
In case you missed it, here's my LARB review of @lkatfield.bsky.social terrific new book, Furious Minds, published by @princetonupress.bsky.social.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-mo...
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Next Saturday we're celebrating our volunteers! Come out to Spruce Grove Pioneer Centre to hear Naturalist John Acorn discuss the butterflies of Wagner Natural Area. You don't need to have volunteered for us to attend!
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Next Saturday we're celebrating our volunteers! Come out to Spruce Grove Pioneer Centre to hear Naturalist John Acorn discuss the butterflies of Wagner Natural Area. You don't need to have volunteered for us to attend!
Aurora over wabamun lake, Alberta.
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Aurora over wabamun lake, Alberta.