A giant ground sloth
@slothparty22.bsky.social
Friendly neighborhood giant ground sloth. Ride-or-die Californian. Anthropologist/archaeologist. Likes: oceans, mountains, and deserts.
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everything else sucks so bad except the story of the dam removals and the returning salmon. i guess if we all die at least we die with salmon
For the first time in more than 100 years, Chinook salmon have been spotted at the confluence of the Sprague and Williamson rivers in Chiloquin, the government seat of the Klamath Tribes in Southern Oregon.
Salmon clear last Klamath dams, reaching Williamson and Sprague rivers
Just a year after four dams were removed, a group of fall Chinook have migrated nearly 300 miles into the Upper Klamath Basin.
www.opb.org
October 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
everything else sucks so bad except the story of the dam removals and the returning salmon. i guess if we all die at least we die with salmon
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Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.
They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.
They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.
October 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.
They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.
They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.
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This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
⚠️ 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...
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
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
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just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't
February 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't
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📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child.
RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua
RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua
September 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child.
RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua
RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua
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“A new volunteer-led organization called Grandparents for Vaccines launched Sunday on National Grandparents Day with a mission to share firsthand experiences of life before vaccines were widely available.” [kgw.com]
Grandparents for Vaccines launches to share stories of life before immunizations
New volunteer group aims to educate parents about vaccine importance by sharing personal experiences with preventable diseases.
www.kgw.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“A new volunteer-led organization called Grandparents for Vaccines launched Sunday on National Grandparents Day with a mission to share firsthand experiences of life before vaccines were widely available.” [kgw.com]
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In addition to the presumptuousness, these summations read like notes aliens are taking about the inhabitants of a human zoo
Hahahahaha Apple really showing off the heteronormative assumptions of its AI summary when my wife texts me that she wants to hang out and eat dinner
September 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
In addition to the presumptuousness, these summations read like notes aliens are taking about the inhabitants of a human zoo
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i like that the administration is run by dilettantes whose pathological unseriousness is illustrated by their total disregard for human life
It's full steam ahead for NASA, according to Sean Duffy, the agency's acting administrator. During an internal employee town hall, Duffy warned of "letting safety be the enemy of progress" when it comes to winning the space race, according to a recording obtained by NBC News.
Interim NASA head tells agency that it will beat China back to the moon
Acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy also told agency employees not to let "safety be the enemy of progress."
nbcnews.to
September 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
i like that the administration is run by dilettantes whose pathological unseriousness is illustrated by their total disregard for human life
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the thing that was terrifying to them about FDR wasn't so much the policies themselves (which were, of course, far short of socialism or communism) but that they were incredibly popular and lead to electoral dominance until FDR's death (and even somewhat after)
The Business Elite never forgave FDR for lifting millions out of poverty and they vowed to spend the next century destroying the country for it.
Just saw a video of Bill Maher calling Mamdani a “straight up communist” and I continue to be struck by the depiction of policies associated with the New Deal Order as far-left extremism, which goes along with a refusal to depict Trump’s unprecedented authoritarian actions as far-right extremism.
August 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
the thing that was terrifying to them about FDR wasn't so much the policies themselves (which were, of course, far short of socialism or communism) but that they were incredibly popular and lead to electoral dominance until FDR's death (and even somewhat after)
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If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you
August 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you
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Butlerian Jihad now: defector.com/butlerian-ji...
Butlerian Jihad Now | Defector
Maybe some things should not be simulated. That is my takeaway—one of them, anyway—from a Tuesday New York Times story by Kashmir Hill about the death by suicide of a California teenager named Adam Ra...
defector.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Butlerian Jihad now: defector.com/butlerian-ji...
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I took this picture myself at the CDC protest today. These are among the hundreds of bullet holes in CDC headquarters windows, visible from the street. I heard today that the admin has no urgent plan to fix these windows.
Imagine being a CDC employee going to work under these conditions
Imagine being a CDC employee going to work under these conditions
August 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I took this picture myself at the CDC protest today. These are among the hundreds of bullet holes in CDC headquarters windows, visible from the street. I heard today that the admin has no urgent plan to fix these windows.
Imagine being a CDC employee going to work under these conditions
Imagine being a CDC employee going to work under these conditions
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RFK Jr. is a danger to millions of American children, mothers, and families. If he does not remove this kook before he fully unleashes his crackpot conspiracy theories on America’s vaccination efforts, Trump will be responsible for the preventable deaths that result.
beyer.house.gov/news/documen...
beyer.house.gov/news/documen...
August 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
RFK Jr. is a danger to millions of American children, mothers, and families. If he does not remove this kook before he fully unleashes his crackpot conspiracy theories on America’s vaccination efforts, Trump will be responsible for the preventable deaths that result.
beyer.house.gov/news/documen...
beyer.house.gov/news/documen...
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"Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out"
"A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding."
🎁🔗
Nina Agrawal for @nytimes.com
"A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding."
🎁🔗
Nina Agrawal for @nytimes.com
Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out"
"A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding."
🎁🔗
Nina Agrawal for @nytimes.com
"A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding."
🎁🔗
Nina Agrawal for @nytimes.com
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REMINDER: in this moment, the thing you want your Congressperson to do is (1) demand resignations and (2) threaten endless hearings. Impeachment isn't going to work. Read the article if you don't want to take my word for it - Larry is the most respected health law expert in America.
On "should RFK Jr. be impeached" versus "should RFK Jr. be forced to resign through public outcry, Congressional hearings, and non-stop bothering," I agree 99% with Larry here / I'm not a lawyer and I trust Larry's opinion on things like this. www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
Groups Call for RFK Jr. to Be Impeached. Here's What That Would Take.
Doctors, public health advocates take to social media, launch petitions urging Kennedy's removal
www.medpagetoday.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
REMINDER: in this moment, the thing you want your Congressperson to do is (1) demand resignations and (2) threaten endless hearings. Impeachment isn't going to work. Read the article if you don't want to take my word for it - Larry is the most respected health law expert in America.
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RKF Jr. is a dangerous man who is determined to abuse his authority to act on truly terrifying conspiracy theories and disinformation—leaving us unprepared for the next deadly pandemic and snuffing out potential cures while he’s at it.
My full statement.
My full statement.
Senator Murray Calls for Immediate Firing of RFK Jr., Commends CDC Director Monarez’s Stand for Science and Public Health - Senator Patty Murray
Senator Murray: “If there are any adults left in the White House, it’s well past time they face reality… We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the...
www.murray.senate.gov
August 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
RKF Jr. is a dangerous man who is determined to abuse his authority to act on truly terrifying conspiracy theories and disinformation—leaving us unprepared for the next deadly pandemic and snuffing out potential cures while he’s at it.
My full statement.
My full statement.
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oh apparently the literal coup was a literal literal coup
August 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
oh apparently the literal coup was a literal literal coup
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It would be great to push RFK out now. Also: If we had pushed RFK out after the CDC shooting, we wouldn't have to worry about four open leadership positions at CDC with whoever steps in next. Every crisis where we wait to make this the objective means the damage will be worse when we regain power
August 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
It would be great to push RFK out now. Also: If we had pushed RFK out after the CDC shooting, we wouldn't have to worry about four open leadership positions at CDC with whoever steps in next. Every crisis where we wait to make this the objective means the damage will be worse when we regain power
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It’s crazy that America just like. Destroyed science. Just looked at its golden goose and went “wow should we kill this? And not for the gold, but just because we fucking hate this thing”
And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you
And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you
August 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It’s crazy that America just like. Destroyed science. Just looked at its golden goose and went “wow should we kill this? And not for the gold, but just because we fucking hate this thing”
And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you
And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you
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Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
August 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
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So it's a list of Degenerate Art.
White House Lists Smithsonian Exhibits It Finds Objectionable
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
So it's a list of Degenerate Art.