Bridget Smith
@smidge76.bsky.social
Ohio State alum born and raised in the Mitten, nature lover, former preschool teacher, proud GVSU mom (x2)
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Primaries are there for a reason. I'm not interested in "vote Blue no matter who" especially as its given us people like Fetterman. Push to make Democratic candidates better or replace them.
And with that, I think its time to drop Platner.
And with that, I think its time to drop Platner.
October 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Primaries are there for a reason. I'm not interested in "vote Blue no matter who" especially as its given us people like Fetterman. Push to make Democratic candidates better or replace them.
And with that, I think its time to drop Platner.
And with that, I think its time to drop Platner.
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Hello, Bluesky! We are Grand Valley State University's Robert B. Annis Water Resources Institute. Our mission at #GVSU is to integrate education, outreach, and research to enhance and preserve freshwater resources. Follow us for stories about the great work done by our students, staff, and faculty!
December 2, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Hello, Bluesky! We are Grand Valley State University's Robert B. Annis Water Resources Institute. Our mission at #GVSU is to integrate education, outreach, and research to enhance and preserve freshwater resources. Follow us for stories about the great work done by our students, staff, and faculty!
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This is what social media should have always been
July 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is what social media should have always been
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ok lmao which one of you did this mamdanitimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
ok lmao which one of you did this mamdanitimes.com
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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
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The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if *other people* worked in a factory.
www.ft.com/content/8459...
www.ft.com/content/8459...
April 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if *other people* worked in a factory.
www.ft.com/content/8459...
www.ft.com/content/8459...
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Listening to this now!
"Much of the world is hidden from us, that we don't perceive it and we don't understand it. And that it is worth understanding and it is necessary to understand."
"Much of the world is hidden from us, that we don't perceive it and we don't understand it. And that it is worth understanding and it is necessary to understand."
The most achingly beautiful explanation of what science is, from @edyong209.bsky.social: “the idea that much of the world is hidden from us, that we don’t perceive it and don’t understand it, and that it is worth understanding and it is necessary to understand.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Listening to this now!
"Much of the world is hidden from us, that we don't perceive it and we don't understand it. And that it is worth understanding and it is necessary to understand."
"Much of the world is hidden from us, that we don't perceive it and we don't understand it. And that it is worth understanding and it is necessary to understand."
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It was really exciting to see Super Squad High mentioned on @goodtimesociety.com last year by @ruelgaviola.com and Becca Scott! We will be at #GAMAExpo next week in Booth 871 demoing the final release version of the game!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov1R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov1R...
Canopy gets a sequel, Ruel's got the TikTok bag, our first shelfies, & more! | Good Morning Society
YouTube video by Good Time Society
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February 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It was really exciting to see Super Squad High mentioned on @goodtimesociety.com last year by @ruelgaviola.com and Becca Scott! We will be at #GAMAExpo next week in Booth 871 demoing the final release version of the game!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov1R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov1R...
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On Darwin Day, a reminder that Charles Darwin had an inexplicable major beef with marine iguanas, writing that they were:
"small and of a sooty black, which if possible, heightens their native ugliness" and
"the most disgusting, clumsy lizards.... Somebody calls them 'imps of darkness'"
"small and of a sooty black, which if possible, heightens their native ugliness" and
"the most disgusting, clumsy lizards.... Somebody calls them 'imps of darkness'"
February 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
On Darwin Day, a reminder that Charles Darwin had an inexplicable major beef with marine iguanas, writing that they were:
"small and of a sooty black, which if possible, heightens their native ugliness" and
"the most disgusting, clumsy lizards.... Somebody calls them 'imps of darkness'"
"small and of a sooty black, which if possible, heightens their native ugliness" and
"the most disgusting, clumsy lizards.... Somebody calls them 'imps of darkness'"
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The Welsh told the Saxons this hill was called "pen" (meaning "hill"). The Saxons added their word for hill, "tor," and called it Torpen (hill hill).
Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).
Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)
Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).
Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)
January 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Welsh told the Saxons this hill was called "pen" (meaning "hill"). The Saxons added their word for hill, "tor," and called it Torpen (hill hill).
Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).
Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)
Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).
Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)
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When you just got married and can't decide how to arrange the furniture. 😆
December 29, 2024 at 2:32 AM
When you just got married and can't decide how to arrange the furniture. 😆
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Just to give everyone a reminder: you should never have to get a loan for a graduate program in ecology, evolution, & organismal biology.
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It's graduate school application season, so here's your reminder that nobody should pay for a graduate degree in #ecoevo !
Here's a list of fully funded ecology, evolution, & organismal biology Masters' programs (please share!)!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Here's a list of fully funded ecology, evolution, & organismal biology Masters' programs (please share!)!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs
Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs
List of Departments that have a fully-funded Masters program that includes Ecology, Evolution, or Organsimal Biology
Background on this list: Some Masters progra...
docs.google.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Just to give everyone a reminder: you should never have to get a loan for a graduate program in ecology, evolution, & organismal biology.
#🧪
#🧪
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Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Botanist: Actually, the cup is technically called a hypanthium, and it’s formed by the fusion of the basal parts of the sepals, petals, stamens, and…wait, where are you going?
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Botanist: Actually, the cup is technically called a hypanthium, and it’s formed by the fusion of the basal parts of the sepals, petals, stamens, and…wait, where are you going?
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Charles Dickens: It was the best of cups, it was the worst of cups, it was the cup of wisdom, it was the cup of foolishness, it was the mug of Light, it was the beer stein of Darkness
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Charles Dickens: It was the best of cups, it was the worst of cups, it was the cup of wisdom, it was the cup of foolishness, it was the mug of Light, it was the beer stein of Darkness
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Science Fiction Writer: The cup is a crystalline super computer and the liquid is hyperintelligent, they want to know why humanity should be allowed to exist, you have 30 minutes to respond and the answer must be danced by a cat
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Science Fiction Writer: The cup is a crystalline super computer and the liquid is hyperintelligent, they want to know why humanity should be allowed to exist, you have 30 minutes to respond and the answer must be danced by a cat
November 24, 2024 at 4:11 AM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Botanist: Actually, the cup is technically called a hypanthium, and it’s formed by the fusion of the basal parts of the sepals, petals, stamens, and…wait, where are you going?
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Botanist: Actually, the cup is technically called a hypanthium, and it’s formed by the fusion of the basal parts of the sepals, petals, stamens, and…wait, where are you going?
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To be fair she does look like a chicken.
November 23, 2024 at 2:08 PM
To be fair she does look like a chicken.
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When I was 8, my best friend stole my boomerang and we got into a big fight. The next day his parents died in a car accident and I never saw him again. Jeff, if you’re reading this, I want my boomerang
November 21, 2024 at 2:44 AM
When I was 8, my best friend stole my boomerang and we got into a big fight. The next day his parents died in a car accident and I never saw him again. Jeff, if you’re reading this, I want my boomerang
This is the kind of content I migrated here for. I missed this so much since the takeover of that other site. Really amazing work by these researchers.
A group of researchers have recreated the clothing of medieval Nubian royalty and clergy from the wall paintings in the cathedral of Faras, which sits at the border of modern Egypt and Sudan.
November 20, 2024 at 11:18 PM
This is the kind of content I migrated here for. I missed this so much since the takeover of that other site. Really amazing work by these researchers.
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guess where we’re complaining about it now bitch
April 27, 2023 at 9:15 PM
guess where we’re complaining about it now bitch
