MarioBSea
@mbsea.bsky.social
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Star Wars lover*. Nature enjoyer.
Shelob.
*I don’t watch Star Wars Theory
Star Wars lover*. Nature enjoyer.
Shelob.
*I don’t watch Star Wars Theory
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Bari Weiss’ two accomplishments so far are hosting an interview that she desperately wanted people to watch (but they didn’t) and trying to spike a news story that she desperately wanted nobody to watch (but they did)
December 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Bari Weiss’ two accomplishments so far are hosting an interview that she desperately wanted people to watch (but they didn’t) and trying to spike a news story that she desperately wanted nobody to watch (but they did)
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Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra said DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra said DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
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The AV Club, Yahoo News (by extension), The Daily Beast, and Rolling Stone have all picked up our story about Liam Neeson narrating a new anti-vax documentary.
Read our original report here—and consider subscribing to Important Context or donating to AJI to help us keep going!
Read our original report here—and consider subscribing to Important Context or donating to AJI to help us keep going!
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling mRNA COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news
December 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The AV Club, Yahoo News (by extension), The Daily Beast, and Rolling Stone have all picked up our story about Liam Neeson narrating a new anti-vax documentary.
Read our original report here—and consider subscribing to Important Context or donating to AJI to help us keep going!
Read our original report here—and consider subscribing to Important Context or donating to AJI to help us keep going!
This is frightening
"CDC no longer trustworthy"
It's been 10 months. We are in deep shit.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
It's been 10 months. We are in deep shit.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 AM
This is frightening
Oh no. That would be diabolical
Also death. You risk death.
See AI canning recipes.
See AI canning recipes.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Oh no. That would be diabolical
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Brilliant🙃🫠
“A measles outbreak in Arizona and Utah shows no sign of slowing, putting the United States dangerously close to losing its elimination status for the vaccine-preventable disease.” www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... - @nbcnews.com
#Arizona #Measles #MeaslesOutbreak #Utah
#Arizona #Measles #MeaslesOutbreak #Utah
Measles outbreak in Arizona and Utah could spell the end for U.S. elimination status
With holiday travel and gatherings approaching, doctors worry that transmission could escalate further.
www.nbcnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Brilliant🙃🫠
Brilliant
This is the news I've dreaded all my life, and it's here: Humanity has failed to avoid dangerous climate change.
We have now entered the overshoot era.
Our new goal is to prevent as many irreversible tipping points from taking hold as we can.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We have now entered the overshoot era.
Our new goal is to prevent as many irreversible tipping points from taking hold as we can.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Brilliant
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"a kind of celebration of ignorance"
October 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"a kind of celebration of ignorance"
Yep
"At this point, Democrats are basically high school nerds who, in order to save the bullies time, pre-shove themselves into lockers."
-- Seth Meyers on the Democrats' refusal to stand up to the Republicans
-- Seth Meyers on the Democrats' refusal to stand up to the Republicans
September 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Yep
This makes the Creationist of the 2000s look benign
This autism press conference is an insult to science and medicine. It is a bunch of shameless male quacks shoveling bullshit at pregnant women, families and people with autism. This is a historic embarrassment for America and it is wildly dangerous.
September 23, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This makes the Creationist of the 2000s look benign
September 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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New lake and stream webinars announced! Learn about...
👻 Local invasive species assistance
🌾 Wild rice
🐢 Herps
🔥 Wildfire impacts
🎣 Walleye stocking
🦠 Harmful algal blooms
🗺️ GIS for conservation
☠️ Microplastics
🧊 Glacial wetlands
...and more! Check out the full list: www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
👻 Local invasive species assistance
🌾 Wild rice
🐢 Herps
🔥 Wildfire impacts
🎣 Walleye stocking
🦠 Harmful algal blooms
🗺️ GIS for conservation
☠️ Microplastics
🧊 Glacial wetlands
...and more! Check out the full list: www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
September 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
New lake and stream webinars announced! Learn about...
👻 Local invasive species assistance
🌾 Wild rice
🐢 Herps
🔥 Wildfire impacts
🎣 Walleye stocking
🦠 Harmful algal blooms
🗺️ GIS for conservation
☠️ Microplastics
🧊 Glacial wetlands
...and more! Check out the full list: www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
👻 Local invasive species assistance
🌾 Wild rice
🐢 Herps
🔥 Wildfire impacts
🎣 Walleye stocking
🦠 Harmful algal blooms
🗺️ GIS for conservation
☠️ Microplastics
🧊 Glacial wetlands
...and more! Check out the full list: www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
A good donation cause!:)
Friends, I am helping the The Natural History Society of Maryland to design a shark science and conservation exhibit, and we can use your help funding it!
Learn more about the exhibit and learn how you can donate here: 🧪🦑🌎🦈 #SciComm
www.southernfriedscience.com/help-support...
Learn more about the exhibit and learn how you can donate here: 🧪🦑🌎🦈 #SciComm
www.southernfriedscience.com/help-support...
www.southernfriedscience.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A good donation cause!:)
Stalin and Lenin would be proud
Research-integrity sleuths say their work is being ‘twisted’ to undermine science
“I am very worried about how the work we do in pointing out bad papers is currently being misused, or even weaponized, to convince the general public that all science is bad” @elisabethbik.bsky.social
“I am very worried about how the work we do in pointing out bad papers is currently being misused, or even weaponized, to convince the general public that all science is bad” @elisabethbik.bsky.social
Research-integrity sleuths say their work is being ‘twisted’ to undermine science
Some sleuths fear that the business of cleaning up flawed studies is being weaponized against science itself.
www.nature.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Stalin and Lenin would be proud
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Scientific integrity is getting purged.
Jeff Dillen, NOAA's deputy general counsel, and Stephen Volz, head of NOAA's Satellite and Information Service, who led an investigation into the "Sharpiegate" incident to determine whether NOAA administrators abdicated their scientific ethics, were placed on administrative leave.
Two top Noaa officials linked to Trump’s ‘Sharpiegate’ incident put on leave
Two men led inquiry into 2019 debacle involving incorrect hurricane projections that tarnished federal agency’s record
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Scientific integrity is getting purged.
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Quote: "Invasive mussels at the bottom of the lakes have filtered away microorganisms, leaving behind crystal-clear waters that are a veritable desert for whitefish."
Quagga mussels have siphoned off energy from the food web, leaving planktivorous fish to go hungry.
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
Quagga mussels have siphoned off energy from the food web, leaving planktivorous fish to go hungry.
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
Iconic whitefish on edge of collapse as Great Lakes biodiversity crisis deepens | Bridge Michigan
Few fish are as synonymous with Michigan as whitefish. Pushed to the edge by invasive species, their struggle is the tip of a cataclysmic species collapse that could change our way of life.
www.bridgemi.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Quote: "Invasive mussels at the bottom of the lakes have filtered away microorganisms, leaving behind crystal-clear waters that are a veritable desert for whitefish."
Quagga mussels have siphoned off energy from the food web, leaving planktivorous fish to go hungry.
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
Quagga mussels have siphoned off energy from the food web, leaving planktivorous fish to go hungry.
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
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The shirts that I illustrated for @sarahmackattack.bsky.social are available for pre-order again!
April 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The shirts that I illustrated for @sarahmackattack.bsky.social are available for pre-order again!
Nothing at all
April 29, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Nothing at all
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61% of American adults support using nuclear power -- nearly a record high, and up six points since 2023.
April 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
61% of American adults support using nuclear power -- nearly a record high, and up six points since 2023.
Neat
🚨Croc paper alert!
Please welcome Thilastikosuchus scutorectangularis 🐊, the oldest notosuchian from South America and the first crocodyliform from the Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil!
Happy to be part of this team. Huge thanks to Joyce for being invited to collaborate! #paleontology
Please welcome Thilastikosuchus scutorectangularis 🐊, the oldest notosuchian from South America and the first crocodyliform from the Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil!
Happy to be part of this team. Huge thanks to Joyce for being invited to collaborate! #paleontology
Anatomical description and systematics of a new notosuchian (Mesoeucrocodylia; Crocodyliformes) from the Quiricó Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil
Notosuchians comprise a clade of mostly terrestrial crocodyliforms generally found in Cretaceous Gondwanan deposits. They evolved into many forms and some species show convergences with mammalian f...
www.tandfonline.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Neat