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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 15h

Heading to this event tonight at @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social ... my kids grew up on the excellent Dory Fantasmagory books & looking forward to seeing friend Abby Hanlon interact with a crowd! #booksky

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 15h

Congratulations, @meghamaj.bsky.social !!

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

This dystopian video is previewing a violent takeover, not a targeted law enforcement action. It's insane.

Trump is militarizing our cities to STOKE violence. Not to reduce it. These are the tried and true tactics of authoritarians - plain and simple.

Secretary Kristi Noem on X: "Chicago, we’re here for you. https://t.co/BZdLgNfiqu" / X

Chicago, we’re here for you. https://t.co/BZdLgNfiqu

x.com

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 2d

Twin Cities Marathon, a good time had by all

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Racket @racketmn.com · 2d

Touring, rating, and appreciating the local porcelain thrones. racketmn.com/the-most-sty...

The Most Stylish, Disturbing, and Mysterious Toilets in the Twin Cities - Racket

Touring, rating, and appreciating the local porcelain thrones.

racketmn.com

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 2d

amazing!

Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 3d

yes indeed!

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 3d

I fear my day is lost: moved on to Roy Orbison's Black & White Night from 1987. Insane backing band incl. Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, kd lang, Bonnie Raitt, J.F. Souther, T Bone Burnett. So good

Cover of Roy Orbison's Black & White Night album

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 3d

supposed to be doing chores, instead standing in my living room being hit by Big Time, cranked up to eleven. What an album, what a voice

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 4d

super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts

Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.

www.popsci.com

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 4d

locally extinct in southern Spain. They still live in many places (just saw some in Mongolia). Not sure why they went locally extinct in southern Spain.

Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 4d

they have not been there for 70-130 years.

Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 4d

"bearded vultures...disappeared from southern Spain somewhere between 70 and 130 years ago. However, some of their nests still remain ... thanks to their strategic placement and solid construction....[the team performed] archaeological surveys in 12 of those long-abandoned nests."

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 4d

I don't go as much as I used to (pre kids), and only a few times since they remodeled (2017) and about doubled capacity. Great space.

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 4d

I've been back a week!

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 4d

I regret not getting a ticket

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Lance Richardson @lancerichardson.bsky.social · 4d

Any authors whose work was stolen by Anthropic should file a claim now to get a small sliver of the Copyright Settlement pie. Website just went live. (If in doubt, there is a search function you can use to see if your book(s) is included.)

ANT Homepage | ANT

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 5d

***giveaway*** this signed, Advance Reader Copy of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES (pub date 4 Nov 25 from @fsgbooks.bsky.social)! Like/Reskeet to enter! US addresses only! Will pick random winner on Thurs, 9 Oct 25 and ship quick. 🐅 #booksky

Bald, bearded man clutching a book with a tiger on the cover

Cover page of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES, signed and stamped by a bald, bearded man

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 4d

super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts

Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.

www.popsci.com

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 5d

thanks, Matt!

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 5d

you made the right move, Tigur.

Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 5d

thanks!

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 5d

***giveaway*** this signed, Advance Reader Copy of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES (pub date 4 Nov 25 from @fsgbooks.bsky.social)! Like/Reskeet to enter! US addresses only! Will pick random winner on Thurs, 9 Oct 25 and ship quick. 🐅 #booksky

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 6d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 7d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 8d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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