Michelle Gilders
@michellegilders.bsky.social
Writer, biologist, photographer. Pro-science. Atheist. Whale-watcher. Proponent of the Oxford comma. Aspiring novelist. Bad vegan. Love the cello, listening, not playing, sadly. All photos © Currently living in Mi'kma'ki. Born 321ppm 🌍📷📚🐋🇨🇦🏳️🌈
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #4,725,610!
September 21, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #4,725,610!
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“Put simply, regardless of your views on taxes or Ukraine or the deficit, a candidate who rejects established science and seeks to corrupt truth (either through unqualified flunkies in government or propaganda) disqualifies himself from the presidency" 🧪 www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | For only the second time, a top science journal endorses for president
Scientific American endorsed Kamala Harris, arguing that Trump’s attack on scientific fact is singularly dangerous.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2024 at 1:13 PM
“Put simply, regardless of your views on taxes or Ukraine or the deficit, a candidate who rejects established science and seeks to corrupt truth (either through unqualified flunkies in government or propaganda) disqualifies himself from the presidency" 🧪 www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Project 2025 has been gaining attention lately, and rightly so. With rising awareness about this MAGA-made plan for a second Trump term, writer Jay Kuo breaks down the 900-page document into its key subject areas so we can take action against it.
Breaking Down Project 2025
We took on Project 2025 issue by issue so you don't have to.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
July 11, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Project 2025 has been gaining attention lately, and rightly so. With rising awareness about this MAGA-made plan for a second Trump term, writer Jay Kuo breaks down the 900-page document into its key subject areas so we can take action against it.
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Check out
@AnimalogicShow
episode on domestic cats featuring some of my team's research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrfX...
@AnimalogicShow
episode on domestic cats featuring some of my team's research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrfX...
Cats Kill Billions Of Birds Every Year. It’s Time For That To Stop.
This video was made in partnership with Nature Canada. For almost 90 years Nature Canada has been working to help defend and restore Canada's wild bird habitats. Nature Canada's Bird Friendly City certification program has helped make dozens of Canadian communities safer for birds. To find out more visit http://birds.naturecanada.ca Warning: this video contains graphic imagery of birds being hunted by cats. Special thanks to Dr. Elizabeth Gow, @annexcatrescue and @dylandubeau for appearing in this episode. To learn more about the impact of cats on our ecosystem, take a look at this Facets article by Dr. Gow: https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10.1139/facets-2023-0033 Check out Dr. Gow's research here: https://www.elizabethgow.com/ Our sources for this episode: https://bit.ly/4bVGbms Follow Annex Cat Rescue here: https://www.instagram.com/annexcatrescue/ https://www.facebook.com/AnnexCatRescue https://www.facebook.com/AnnexCatRescue Become an Animalogic member: https://bit.ly/AnimalogicMembership Get Animalogic Merch: https://bit.ly/3SXGrXL Support Animalogic on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/animalogic Subscribe for new episodes on Fridays http://bit.ly/SubscribeToAnimalogic ----------- SOCIAL MEDIA https://www.tiktok.com/@animalogic https://www.instagram.com/animalogicshow/ https://twitter.com/animalogicshow https://www.facebook.com/AnimalogicShow ----------- CREDITS Animalogic Created by Dylan Dubeau and Andrew Strapp Executive Producer: Dylan Dubeau Producer, Writer: Kait Howell Host: Danielle Dufault Editor: Cat Senior Researcher, Camera Operator: Andres Salazar ----------- Examining the nature of the beast.
www.youtube.com
June 14, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Check out
@AnimalogicShow
episode on domestic cats featuring some of my team's research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrfX...
@AnimalogicShow
episode on domestic cats featuring some of my team's research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrfX...
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Environment and Climate Change Canada expects above-average temperatures throughout most of country this summer.
"These conditions are likely to result in other severe weather events," it warns:
www.canada.ca/en/environme...
"These conditions are likely to result in other severe weather events," it warns:
www.canada.ca/en/environme...
June 11, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Environment and Climate Change Canada expects above-average temperatures throughout most of country this summer.
"These conditions are likely to result in other severe weather events," it warns:
www.canada.ca/en/environme...
"These conditions are likely to result in other severe weather events," it warns:
www.canada.ca/en/environme...
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This is why book bans are on such a steep incline. The far right extremists who organize them are capitalizing on easily inflamed bigotries to defund institutions of public learning bc it's the most effective and cheapest way to cling to their power.
Poor people use libraries. Rich people shut them down because they don't *want* poor people to read.
June 3, 2024 at 4:10 PM
This is why book bans are on such a steep incline. The far right extremists who organize them are capitalizing on easily inflamed bigotries to defund institutions of public learning bc it's the most effective and cheapest way to cling to their power.
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I hate to bully an entire species, but this is the Cotylorhynchus, a caseid synapsid that roamed the South Central US, including Texas, during the Permian.
And they're just ridiculous looking. A giant heavy body, but a teeny-tiny head used for eating vegetation.
(figure: PrehistoryByLiam, DA)
And they're just ridiculous looking. A giant heavy body, but a teeny-tiny head used for eating vegetation.
(figure: PrehistoryByLiam, DA)
February 16, 2024 at 1:05 PM
I hate to bully an entire species, but this is the Cotylorhynchus, a caseid synapsid that roamed the South Central US, including Texas, during the Permian.
And they're just ridiculous looking. A giant heavy body, but a teeny-tiny head used for eating vegetation.
(figure: PrehistoryByLiam, DA)
And they're just ridiculous looking. A giant heavy body, but a teeny-tiny head used for eating vegetation.
(figure: PrehistoryByLiam, DA)
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The indigenous leaders of New Zealand, Tahiti, Tonga and the Cook Islands have signed a treaty granting whales legal personhood.
Indigenous leaders want to protect whales by granting them legal personhood
Indigenous leaders across the Pacific have signed a treaty granting whales legal personhood. What protections will the designation offer the large mammals?
www.npr.org
April 8, 2024 at 7:50 PM
The indigenous leaders of New Zealand, Tahiti, Tonga and the Cook Islands have signed a treaty granting whales legal personhood.
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🌓🌎🌞 <-- lunar eclipse
🌎🌓🌞 <-- solar eclipse
🌎🌞🌗 <-- apocalypse
🌎🌓🌞 <-- solar eclipse
🌎🌞🌗 <-- apocalypse
October 14, 2023 at 11:48 AM
🌓🌎🌞 <-- lunar eclipse
🌎🌓🌞 <-- solar eclipse
🌎🌞🌗 <-- apocalypse
🌎🌓🌞 <-- solar eclipse
🌎🌞🌗 <-- apocalypse
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Bats are angels to mice. 🦇
(🧑🎨: Pleumier)
(🧑🎨: Pleumier)
March 30, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Bats are angels to mice. 🦇
(🧑🎨: Pleumier)
(🧑🎨: Pleumier)
This thread is awesome, and so is the ALT text!
The Scottish wildcat is absolutely, 100% fed up with your bullshit.
March 30, 2024 at 12:14 PM
This thread is awesome, and so is the ALT text!
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Anyone ages 12 – 26 living in the United States can get a San Diego Public Library Books Unbanned card. With the card, the library’s online collection of banned or restricted eBooks and eAudiobooks are available for FREE, no matter where you live in the U.S. libraryfoundationsd.org/news/stories...
San Diego's Books Unbanned protects the freedom to read
Library Foundation SD and library launch Books Unbanned in San Diego to resist book bans, promote intellectual freedom among young readers, and cement libraries as a place where everyone belongs.
libraryfoundationsd.org
October 3, 2023 at 12:58 AM
Anyone ages 12 – 26 living in the United States can get a San Diego Public Library Books Unbanned card. With the card, the library’s online collection of banned or restricted eBooks and eAudiobooks are available for FREE, no matter where you live in the U.S. libraryfoundationsd.org/news/stories...
A rainbow of light highlights the ceiling inside the Sagrada Familia #photography #Barcelona #Spain #SagradaFamilia #Abstract
March 14, 2024 at 10:28 PM
A rainbow of light highlights the ceiling inside the Sagrada Familia #photography #Barcelona #Spain #SagradaFamilia #Abstract
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Let's talk about tautonyms & the weird, sad little taxonomy nerds who love them (me; I'm talking about me).
A tautonym is a scientific name where both genus & specific epithet have the same spelling.
Rattus rattus, for example, the black rat.
Or Vulpes vulpes, the red fox.
A tautonym is a scientific name where both genus & specific epithet have the same spelling.
Rattus rattus, for example, the black rat.
Or Vulpes vulpes, the red fox.
September 28, 2023 at 12:37 AM
Let's talk about tautonyms & the weird, sad little taxonomy nerds who love them (me; I'm talking about me).
A tautonym is a scientific name where both genus & specific epithet have the same spelling.
Rattus rattus, for example, the black rat.
Or Vulpes vulpes, the red fox.
A tautonym is a scientific name where both genus & specific epithet have the same spelling.
Rattus rattus, for example, the black rat.
Or Vulpes vulpes, the red fox.
Echo enjoying the rocks on a stroll from home. Love living on the coast
February 26, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Echo enjoying the rocks on a stroll from home. Love living on the coast
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Initial necropsy results for Flaco, the Central Park Zoo Eurasian Eagle-owl, show he died from a building collision. “Flaco’s tragic and untimely death highlights the issue of bird strikes.” It’s estimated 250k birds die each year in NYC due to building collisions.
newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
Initial Necropsy Findings for Flaco Are Consistent with Death Due to Acute Traumatic Injury
New York City, Feb. 24, 2024 – The following statement was released by Central Park Zoo: Bronx Zoo pathologists performed a necropsy today on Flaco, the Central Park Zoo’s Eurasian eagle owl, who die...
newsroom.wcs.org
February 25, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Initial necropsy results for Flaco, the Central Park Zoo Eurasian Eagle-owl, show he died from a building collision. “Flaco’s tragic and untimely death highlights the issue of bird strikes.” It’s estimated 250k birds die each year in NYC due to building collisions.
newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
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RIP Flaco 🦉
Flaco, the beloved New York owl, died after colliding with a building
Flaco, who fled the Central Park Zoo, thrived in New York City on his own for about a year before his death.
www.npr.org
February 24, 2024 at 4:28 PM
RIP Flaco 🦉
Been making the most of the snow before the rain comes back #NovaScotia #WinterIsBetterWithSnow #Snowshoeing
February 22, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Been making the most of the snow before the rain comes back #NovaScotia #WinterIsBetterWithSnow #Snowshoeing
Inukshuk on the Atlantic shore of the Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland.
February 19, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Inukshuk on the Atlantic shore of the Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland.
Sunrise at Vermillion Lakes, Banff National Park, Alberta. Mount Rundle reflected under a pre-dawn sky. After 25 years in Alberta, this is my favorite mountain photo. #Canada #Alberta #Banff #Mountain #landscape #photography
February 18, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Sunrise at Vermillion Lakes, Banff National Park, Alberta. Mount Rundle reflected under a pre-dawn sky. After 25 years in Alberta, this is my favorite mountain photo. #Canada #Alberta #Banff #Mountain #landscape #photography
Humpback whale, Megaptera noveangliae, from a few years ago in the Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico. My heart is always with whales & I am so happy to be back on the coast again for some frequent whale-watching even if Nova Scotia is a bit chillier than Mexico! #whales #MarineMammals #Wildlife
February 16, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Humpback whale, Megaptera noveangliae, from a few years ago in the Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico. My heart is always with whales & I am so happy to be back on the coast again for some frequent whale-watching even if Nova Scotia is a bit chillier than Mexico! #whales #MarineMammals #Wildlife
My first Bluesky post. Here is a Steller's Sea Eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus, from just north of Hokkaido, northern Japan #Birding #Wildlife #Photography
February 15, 2024 at 9:37 PM
My first Bluesky post. Here is a Steller's Sea Eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus, from just north of Hokkaido, northern Japan #Birding #Wildlife #Photography