A wild thread:
490 million years ago, the seafloor which would become the city of Baltimore was a serpentinite-hosted hydrothermal vent complex.
Those vents laid the ultramafic structures that would, in 1812, be discovered as America's first chromite mine.
Photo Credit: NASA Photo Description: The astronauts. Their ride around the Moon. The Artemis II astronauts pose for a group photo after viewing their Orion spacecraft — which they named Integrity — in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha following their splashdown. Photo Description Credit: NASA
#Artemis II 🚀
Following their successful splashdown, the Artemis II crew gathered for a group portrait in the well deck of the USS John P. Murtha, positioned in front of Integrity, the Orion spacecraft they personally named.
Recently, I have elected myself the neighborhood druid and have taken to pulling up invasives while I follow my offspring around the woods.
I was invited to lead an paper on teaching ocean science using Dungeons & Dragons for a Folklore journal, with my podcast crew, and it is by far the most fun I've had writing an academic paper, ever.
I cannot wait for you to read it.
A decision was made that all podcast hosts should be co-authors on the paper, since the predominate intellectual contribution comes not from drafting, but the 8-year process of building an educational D&D program.
Which means I get to publish my first paper with my daughter.
Jabberwocks and Snallygasters: Exploring the Role of Dungeons & Dragons in Environmental Education has been submitted! This was such a fun paper to write.
@craken-maccraic.bsky.social @erinthez.bsky.social @panic.gay
The evidence is overwhelming - COVID vaccines #ProtectYouBoth!! True then, true now - equitable, community centered outreach makes a difference in helping pregnant & lactating folks get vaccinated.
99.99% of the jokes about deep-sea ecology haven't even been discovered yet...
Woman dressed as a hunter from Bloodborne, hat and overcoat, holding a huge bloody ax blade.
Grant us eyes for more smokey eyeshadow.
Had a great time at Awesome Con with @dugongsd.bsky.social! Good hunting! #bloodborne
For teachers, environmental educators, and D&D dorks!
In December, I published The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock, a D&D 5e adventure in environmental science and ecologic succession.
www.dmsguild.com/product/5056...
A welcome sign with a tabby cat and behind it are the ruins of Largo di Torre Argentina
A close up of the ruins
One of the cats who lives at the sanctuary hiding behind some bushes
My Ides of March fun fact is that the place where Caesar was stabbed is now a cat sanctuary, and I think it’s beautiful that creatures with tiny knives on their feet live there
Image: Curious George walking with the Man in the Yellow Hat Text: The Man in the Yellow Hat fled across the desert and Curious George followed.
A digital illustration of Ichthyosaurs anningae, a prehistoric marine reptile, similar in size and shape to modern day dolphins.
Marking #InternationalWomenDay2026 by reposting my illustration of Ichthyosaurs anningae, named for the truly remarkable and groundbreaking Mary Anning.
#sciart
Watched a dad eat ice cream while his pregnant wife juggled helping four kids, meanwhile my husband sits down next to our kid and says "don't worry, I've got napkins and we wipes in my bag."
1000/10 would marry again.
At least he's pretty...
We bombed a girls elementary school.
Undertale. character stands at mirror. Text: despite everything. It's still you.
the two phases of writing: (1) writing and (2) wandering aimlessly like an unmoored ghost and complaining about not writing
It’s D&D night, and the party has been invited to the Feywild to hunt the Jabberwock, courtesy of @drandrewthaler.bsky.social’s campaign module, The Last Hunt For The Jabberwock. There’s a limit to what I can say, because spoilers, but the party is deeply suspicious.
Fabulous!!
Nailed it.
Wow!!!
Artists, quote with something silly!
It's hard to grasp how large this grouper is until you see it in comparison to the ship's toilet on the left.
This appears to be an Atlantic goliath grouper or 'itajara' (Epinephelus itajara). They can reach 800 lbs (350 kg) & 8 feet long (2.5 m)
Let's talk about these gentle giants.
dragon skull with plants growing on it
weird plants and a freaky little guy. they're just lurking around there huh
i think i forgot to post these? digital colors over some traditional pencil sketches from a couple months back
A bottle of single malt whiskey with a shot glass. Text: F*ck Ice
When a friend asks for a fuck ice pun, how could I say no?
Things are really bad still, so here's an emotion US #KindleBookGiveaway: 10 copies of @naominovik.bsky.social's fabulous book A Deadly Education (The Scholomance Book 1), which I bought on my birthday, because it went on good sale. Happy birthday to me!
This is *very good*.
Cached US Kindle giveaway courtesy of @galatfemme.bsky.social: 6 copies of @kateelliottsff.bsky.social's The Novels of the Jaran: Jaran, An Earthly Crown, His Conquering Sword, and The Law of Becoming, which I *have* but, uh, haven't read yet. sigh.
#KindleBookGiveaway
