Miriam Forster
@miriamforster.bsky.social
Two capybaras in a long wool cardigan posing as a writer. Factchecker and accidental whiteness educator.
Autistic, agender, she/they.
Longform work at Medium: https://medium.com/@miriamsforster
“Exclamation marks are numerous, but justified.” -Kirkus🌟
Autistic, agender, she/they.
Longform work at Medium: https://medium.com/@miriamsforster
“Exclamation marks are numerous, but justified.” -Kirkus🌟
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Miriam Forster
@miriamforster.bsky.social
· Sep 28
Your periodic reminder that I wrote a book about shark evolution AND another one about bug evolution!
They are BIG and GORGEOUS and illustrated by the exceptional @gordywright.bsky.social
They are BIG and GORGEOUS and illustrated by the exceptional @gordywright.bsky.social
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It’s an American way!
Why do you keep wanting to build coalitions with Nazis that defected? Are you stupid?,
November 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It’s an American way!
What are your top 5 movie genres?
Mine are:
-creatures running amuck
-underestimated badass
-witty midcentury classic
-unserious action movie
-soundtrack I need to own
Mine are:
-creatures running amuck
-underestimated badass
-witty midcentury classic
-unserious action movie
-soundtrack I need to own
What are your top 5 movie genres?
Mine are:
- “OMG, I have *powers*?”
- dinosaurs
- animated plucky misfits with animal companions
- wait, it’s a musical
- blood soaked horror
Mine are:
- “OMG, I have *powers*?”
- dinosaurs
- animated plucky misfits with animal companions
- wait, it’s a musical
- blood soaked horror
What are your top 5 movie genres? mine are:
- when the sensitive guy finally figures out that there’s nothing wrong with him
- women kicking ass and taking names
- hard working folks who are also poets talking in verse while they get shit done
- dragons and magicks and pointy ears
- car chases
- when the sensitive guy finally figures out that there’s nothing wrong with him
- women kicking ass and taking names
- hard working folks who are also poets talking in verse while they get shit done
- dragons and magicks and pointy ears
- car chases
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
What are your top 5 movie genres?
Mine are:
-creatures running amuck
-underestimated badass
-witty midcentury classic
-unserious action movie
-soundtrack I need to own
Mine are:
-creatures running amuck
-underestimated badass
-witty midcentury classic
-unserious action movie
-soundtrack I need to own
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People getting mad here about anyone saying it's good that MTG and Trump are fighting. I teach democratization every semester. The first slide says 'elite fracture.' That's always where it starts. It's good when people with bad politics are fighting one another.
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
People getting mad here about anyone saying it's good that MTG and Trump are fighting. I teach democratization every semester. The first slide says 'elite fracture.' That's always where it starts. It's good when people with bad politics are fighting one another.
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From a reddit post discussing ICE moving into Charlotte
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
From a reddit post discussing ICE moving into Charlotte
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Let them fight is praxis. Some people don't seem to recognize this.
November 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Let them fight is praxis. Some people don't seem to recognize this.
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The Wayback Machine continues to be the Jenga piece holding up the entire history of the Internet
web.archive.org/web/20241122...
Alice Wong's Teen Vogue articles were archived before their removal, for anyone looking.
Alice Wong's Teen Vogue articles were archived before their removal, for anyone looking.
Disability Visibility - Latest
Get the latest on Disability Visibility from Teen Vogue. Find articles, slideshows and more.
web.archive.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The Wayback Machine continues to be the Jenga piece holding up the entire history of the Internet
The only thing Casper wants in the world right now is to sit on my lap and chew cheese.
November 16, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The only thing Casper wants in the world right now is to sit on my lap and chew cheese.
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this is the best clapback i have EVER heard
The Amazon is burning and you're using up even MORE wood for your cross?
November 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
this is the best clapback i have EVER heard
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A 20 year old woman in Minnesota was murdered at work by a coworker this week. Why? He didn't like the way she looked at him. And people are judging her gender presentation in an effort to justify her murder. America hates women. And children. It hates Black, Indigenous, Latine and Asian people too
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
A 20 year old woman in Minnesota was murdered at work by a coworker this week. Why? He didn't like the way she looked at him. And people are judging her gender presentation in an effort to justify her murder. America hates women. And children. It hates Black, Indigenous, Latine and Asian people too
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So far, I've shared this with 3 people online proposing that the real answer was to teach kids to use AI but know its limitations. Ugh. Let's hope they read it because it's an excellent resource.
CAIL = prerequisite knowledge for a critical perspective, such as to tell apart nonsense hype from true theoretical computer scientific claims. For example, the idea that human-like systems are a sensible or possible goal is the result of circular reasoning and anthropomorphism. olivia.science/ai
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November 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
So far, I've shared this with 3 people online proposing that the real answer was to teach kids to use AI but know its limitations. Ugh. Let's hope they read it because it's an excellent resource.
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I’ll put it more simply: my first (and best) aerobatic flight instructor looked me in the eye before our first lesson and said: “remember, airplanes really like the ground. They really really like the ground.”
Aviation is inherently dangerous: a million pounds of metal and fuel magically flying at 500mph. The engineering and systems we have developed are just amazing and have given everyone the idea that it’s all cheap and safe. It ain’t. It’s expensive and it requires constant vigilance and organization.
'That just gave me chills': CNN anchor spooked by Kentucky governor's report on UPS crash
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I’ll put it more simply: my first (and best) aerobatic flight instructor looked me in the eye before our first lesson and said: “remember, airplanes really like the ground. They really really like the ground.”
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So uh.
I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and...
you can now preorder it!
I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and...
you can now preorder it!
All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning
Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning
bookshop.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
So uh.
I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and...
you can now preorder it!
I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and...
you can now preorder it!
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This is a guitar shark. They’re pretty rare and I’ve never seen one before but the unseasonably cold water off Costa Rica this week attracted them and we saw like ten of them. They’re weird and ancient looking. Didn’t see one move. 🤿 #divesky #marinelife
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
This is a guitar shark. They’re pretty rare and I’ve never seen one before but the unseasonably cold water off Costa Rica this week attracted them and we saw like ten of them. They’re weird and ancient looking. Didn’t see one move. 🤿 #divesky #marinelife
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Fun (terrifying) fact: Moose are so gigantic, they don’t have any predators…except for orcas. In winter/scare months, moose will dive for vegetation and orcas will eat them!
www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...
www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Fun (terrifying) fact: Moose are so gigantic, they don’t have any predators…except for orcas. In winter/scare months, moose will dive for vegetation and orcas will eat them!
www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...
www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...
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So, this thread--particularly @lizthegrey.com's useful explanation of how the relevant databases actually work--is worth reading in response to the Erin in the Morning story that's terrifying our community today.
But I'll add a few broad points about Where We Are and scaremongering.
But I'll add a few broad points about Where We Are and scaremongering.
I'm sharing this bit for folks in my specific situation (F on my passport which is correct, got it changed during the Biden admin):
"For those who updated their passports before this administration, any attempt to revoke those documents would be far more complicated. [...]" (1/2)
"For those who updated their passports before this administration, any attempt to revoke those documents would be far more complicated. [...]" (1/2)
The intent, for anyone paying attention, is clearly to revoke trans peoples’ passports and then refuse to issue new ones, keeping us captive and on a state extermination list.
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
So, this thread--particularly @lizthegrey.com's useful explanation of how the relevant databases actually work--is worth reading in response to the Erin in the Morning story that's terrifying our community today.
But I'll add a few broad points about Where We Are and scaremongering.
But I'll add a few broad points about Where We Are and scaremongering.
So TikTok keeps giving me Yellowstone snippets, which is fine, but there’s always someone in the comments being like “Jamie should have gotten redeemed” and like…
Is he ever not whiney though? Cause in every clip i see, the man is whiny as hell. Just seems to have no agency over his own life at all
Is he ever not whiney though? Cause in every clip i see, the man is whiny as hell. Just seems to have no agency over his own life at all
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
So TikTok keeps giving me Yellowstone snippets, which is fine, but there’s always someone in the comments being like “Jamie should have gotten redeemed” and like…
Is he ever not whiney though? Cause in every clip i see, the man is whiny as hell. Just seems to have no agency over his own life at all
Is he ever not whiney though? Cause in every clip i see, the man is whiny as hell. Just seems to have no agency over his own life at all
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Me just trying to go about my day vs. everyone talking about That One Email.
a woman in a pink shirt is standing next to a man in a wheelchair at a desk .
Alt: a scene from Parks and Rec, a woman in a pink shirt is trying to talk to Ron Swanson, a white man with brown hair and a mustache, while he continually rotates his chair to avoid her.
This represents me avoiding any discussion of who Trump may have “blown”
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Me just trying to go about my day vs. everyone talking about That One Email.
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Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming by the perimeter fence day to all who celebrate. A solemn 30 second screaming before vanishing will take place at 11am.
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming by the perimeter fence day to all who celebrate. A solemn 30 second screaming before vanishing will take place at 11am.
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This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have tried, it’s just that even success required overshoot (ie, missing the target). And because it’s been framed as a “game over” threshold, media coverage of 1.5 has contributed to the idea that climate action is now pointless. That is not, and will never, be true.
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have tried, it’s just that even success required overshoot (ie, missing the target). And because it’s been framed as a “game over” threshold, media coverage of 1.5 has contributed to the idea that climate action is now pointless. That is not, and will never, be true.
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The thing is, 1.5 degrees was was an unrealistic target from the start. The only way earth system models could make it work was by overshooting the target, getting to 0 emissions, and then devoting 2-3x the land area of India to carbon removal later in the century. We’d already warmed 1.2 degrees C.
Humanity has failed to limit global heating to 1.5C and must change course immediately, the secretary general of the UN has warned. 🔗👉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The thing is, 1.5 degrees was was an unrealistic target from the start. The only way earth system models could make it work was by overshooting the target, getting to 0 emissions, and then devoting 2-3x the land area of India to carbon removal later in the century. We’d already warmed 1.2 degrees C.
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this! thank you!
With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
this! thank you!
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we need a department of kerning
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
we need a department of kerning
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Let's talk about the Burgess Shale, and the crazy animals it tells us about.
It's a formation in Yoho Natl. Park (and others) in the Canadian Rockies near the town of Field, BC.
It's made of mudstone (type of shale), deposited 508 MYA, in the middle Cambrian.
It's a formation in Yoho Natl. Park (and others) in the Canadian Rockies near the town of Field, BC.
It's made of mudstone (type of shale), deposited 508 MYA, in the middle Cambrian.
November 8, 2023 at 1:19 AM
Let's talk about the Burgess Shale, and the crazy animals it tells us about.
It's a formation in Yoho Natl. Park (and others) in the Canadian Rockies near the town of Field, BC.
It's made of mudstone (type of shale), deposited 508 MYA, in the middle Cambrian.
It's a formation in Yoho Natl. Park (and others) in the Canadian Rockies near the town of Field, BC.
It's made of mudstone (type of shale), deposited 508 MYA, in the middle Cambrian.