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Posts by Salty Octopus
CONGRATULATIONS!
The most tragic tale you will read this year
'SWIMS' upside down is still 'SWIMS.'
(1/X) People sometimes wonder how things got so crazy in this country. Well, look back at the '90s: for Clinton impeachment, you had Alan Dershowitz on Geraldo arguing against impeachment and Jon Turley arguing for it. All three of course became Trumpers.
On various topics around feminism....
The word Transquake in trans flag colors on a jagged background reminiscent of earthquake cracks.
The right claims that trans people are destroying society. What's a trans scientist to do other than test that hypothesis?
April 25th. Worldwide.
Join us in testing the power of trans joy... with #TRANSQUAKE
beyondxandy.org/transquake
My super department @warwicklifesci.bsky.social is hiring 6 assistant profs in the wake of recent retirements. We're looking for people in microbiology/infection, cellular disease / immunity; environmental biology; and plant/crop science. #MicroSky warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
VERY COOL PERSON: It's four-twenty, you know what that means?
ME: Hell yeah! [starts shoving blackbirds into a pie]
Thought it was Ohio, TBH
It’s ok my wanting right now is mystery book series with lot of books with like cool exciting adventure elements like the 90s Nancy Drew level of mystery with thrills and chases and escapes but modern and currently ongoing still it’s hard to find -any-
Gorgeous mussels, but I'm more in love with this magnificent portrait of me. Utter perfection
www.etsy.com/listing/1415...
I am the wavy ceiling. Looks like the ocean
And if any of you falls into the tub in the middle of the night, know that you will be falling into my salty lair. Choose your room accordingly
Just finished WOLF WORM by @tkingfisher.com
She creates the most lovely, human, believable, real characters ❤️
Stayed up past my bedtime because I couldn't put it down.
Glad that I rarely remember my dreams. 100% certain I dreamed of botflies
Once again grateful to be a marine organism, because
This is the real reason behind border control: scare workers into tolerating low wages and inhumane working conditions
Always has been
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you’re under absolutely no obligation to justify yourself to anyone if you choose to spend the entire weekend reading a good book, making multiple cups of tea, and indulging in a borderline scandalous amount of cinnamon rolls.
Brett, I'm so happy for you! Thank you for sharing the joy!
Lovely footage of the first bear born in Aragon in more than 50 years, shortly after emerging from hibernation. Part of the slow recovery of brown bears in the Pyrenees. Via Aragón TV.
Once again, we have proven that the best way to improve the economy is to give money to the poor
When terms like "immigration enforcement" are used to describe ICE's operations it obscures two things: The fact that this administration is doing ethnic cleansing and, as this article makes clear, that the goal is to make sure there are no safe spaces anywhere for immigrants.
Flour comes from a plant, sugar comes from a plant, and chocolate comes from a plant.
So, basically a chocolate chip cookie is a salad.
Thank you for coming to my
Ted talk
What do these companies have in common?
-Block
-Citigroup
-Coinbase
-CVS
-Dominion Energy
-Disney
-Halliburton
-Hasbro
-HP
-Kohl's
-Live Nation
-Palantir
-Paypal
-PG&E
-Southwest Airlines
-Tesla
-United Airlines
They all paid a lower effective income tax rate than you: zero.
Hey, so ICE is still kidnapping and disappearing people in the United States.
Just because they got quieter about it doesn't make it okay.
Abolish ICE. Chinga la Migra.
For all those still feeling the moon joy—Artemis II was brought to you by public schools and publicly funded science. Copy that! 👩🚀🚀💕
*All four astronauts went to public schools!
Painting of a badlands valley with winding river at the bottom & swirling blue clouds on an orange background sky
Painting of a mother ship storm cloud lit from below with swirling clouds above over a butte.
Painting of a nebula that looks like a hand with orange yellow clouds and lots of stars on a blue black field
Painting of a spiral galaxy with swirls of blue white and red orange arms with clusters of stars and a area of stars in the center
I'm an Alberta based artist who has a thing for storms & space.
I do commissions & have originals & 50 different canvas & paper prints available earthskyart.ca/shop
#art #painting
Ouch.
Ewwwwwwwww!
America, you really don't need the Epstein files. You already know the truth. 😕
Acronyms are pronounced as words.
-scuba
-laser
-NASA
Initialisms are pronounced as individual letters.
-NFL
-TSA
-TGIF
'Acronym' is frequently used for both kinds of abbreviations, so it's ok to call an initialism an acronym.
Squeeeeeee!
#squee