god gives his rattliest shopping carts to his most impatient soldiers

Marcel has rumbles and upside-down biscuits for you.

Calling all physics/astronomy science communicators! Applications are open for the 2026 #Scicomm Collider at @perimeterinstitute.ca! A great opportunity for folks doing all kinds of astro/phys engagement to meet, network, and share expertise on connecting the public with science! ⚛️🧪🔭🎢

The Ethicist | I don't feel like paying the Guatemalan immigrants who roofed by house. Can I just have ICE deport them?

New research shows that artificial intelligence (AI) models overly affirm and validate users, even when users propose harmful or illegal actions. The resulting effect on users is notable: Receiving advice from affirming AI made people more self-centered and less able to see the perspectives of others. Yet people prefer the overly affirming AI, which may further promote this behavior in AI models.

Artificial intelligence models overly affirm and validate users, even when users propose harmful or illegal actions, a new Science study finds.

Learn about that research and more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/4syHTSM

I just found out Rocky was a puppet and the voice actor was his puppeteer! Gives me all the warm fuzziest inside

🔥 Whale Shark gliding through Bioluminescent Algae looks like its floating through space. By Mike Nulty

Deer enjoying cherry blossoms in Nara, Japan: #AGoodPlace

Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

Finally.

In a seaside landscape, a skeletal figure tugs at a man in oilskins as they stand in the water, just off the beach. Gray, stormy clouds in the sky, and a tower or lighthouse stands in the distance.

#PhantomsFriday The Drowned Man's Ghost Tries to Claim a New Victim for the Sea, Thorvald Niss [1842-1905]
Skagens Museum, Skagen, Denmark
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead

Beautiful aurora tonight over Fairbanks--check out this giant auroral spiral! Great show earlier with the arrival of the coronal hole.

Baturday
Bat World Sanctuary

#monoprint Acrylic on Paper.

#art #printmaking #abstractfigurative

Two wading birds silhouetted by the light and reflected in the water's surface.

The theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #StandingInWater.

Gone for a bit of an arty one today. Two waders which I think are probably redshanks; bills a bit short for godwits.

#birds #photography

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:

Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down

Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace

Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs

Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

Met this fine chap on my morning walk

Snowbelle (Himalayan dwarf rabbit - white with black ears, tail, and paws) and Jet (black rabbit) from behind.

Hoppy #blackpompom ⚫️ #bunnybuttfriday! We hope you have a buntastic weekend! 😊

~ Jet 🖤🐰 and Snowbelle 🤍🐰

#bunny #rabbit

Reply to one of my posts by Tim saying "that made me laugh. I don't laugh much."

From now on, anytime someone asks me why I put so much time and effort into this arguably dumb account, I will simply tell them that I do it for Tim.

Year 2, Week 9 Feb 21-27, 2026 - ready, steady

Each Friday night, I cover what happened in US science & higher ed. 🧪

Year 2, Week 9: Feb 27 - on "epistemic vigilance" and
- precipice of war
- travesties in leadership (NIH director now also CDC head)
- surgeon general confirmation hearing
- NASA warnings & more

buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

This is Hippo. He's visiting Scotland for the first time. Had no idea they made squeaky toys for humans too. 14/10 (TT: kelseydarragh)

After 5 days of laying we have our 5th eastern bluebird egg. Mom should start sitting on them and they'll hatch in 12 to 14 days. Will update once we have hatchlings.
#birds

If you’ve never heard a donkey braying, George has a special message just for you.

From my new essay: A yard from me, the baby stands on its back legs, makes eye contact, and extends its left hand, as if offering an invisible toy. I crave to reach out but resist. @sciwritermag.bsky.social www.thesciencewriter.org/borders-stor...

Worksheet titled: "Evolving from Eel-less Language" and it includes a column titled "Instead of" with a red X, and a column titled "Say this" with a green checkmark. The "Instead of" column includes sayings like "You're doing it wrong" and "Look at those used condoms in the water!" The "Say this" column includes sayings like, "You're grabbing an eel by the tail" and "Hey! Manhattan eels!" I don't have the space here to list all of them. But each expression in the "Say this" column is a bonafide (read that in a Wharvey Gal's accent) historical eel metaphor. We'd all be better off if we talked more about eels.

We're all trying to be careful with our language, so as not to offend, or not to lose federal funding for talking about paragraph transitions.

To help you out, here's a worksheet to guide you in swapping out troublesome phrases for real, historical eel expressions.
🗃️🧪

This week's cover @thelancet.com

it really is shocking how much self deprecation is seen as a cultural requirement for 'serious art.' 'real' artists are not allowed to exalt their work and must present it publicly as a sort of 'i dont think this is very good but maybe you will get around to it.' HECK THAT. love yourself

cover of NOT POUNDED BY THIS T-REX ON THE USA MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT HE’S A MAGA DORK featuring a t-rex in a red USA hockey uniform on the right he has a stick in his hand. on the left is a ladybuck giving a thumbs down with a frown. they are in a hockey rink

please enjoy brand new tingler NOT POUNDED BY THIS T-REX ON THE USA MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT HE’S A MAGA DORK out now. get it here www.amazon.com/dp/B0GQ7YSVDF or on tingleverse patreon www.patreon.com/posts/not-po...

This is Beau. He is a textbook example of a golden retriever. They really will try to be friends with anyone. 13/10 for both (IG: beaugoesoutside)

Children’s Fun Fact Science Corner

😺😺😺 CANDY CORN 😺😺😺

Beautiful 7 year old cat looking for her forever love!!

Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793

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