Different Bik but yes!

for those of you who are not familiar with the "Crop Art" genre, I would like to show you some photos I took at the 2025 Minnesota State Fair

I'm not complaining, spending his time creeping on Charlie Kirk's widow seems like it would be better for the nation

Isn’t he supposed to be in Pakistan leading the Iran negotiations?

Rats taught to drive tiny cars to lower their stress levels Researchers taught rats to drive tiny "ratmobiles" in exchange for food, which helped the rats relax.

Somewhere up in heaven, Richard Scarry is like “fuck yeah, told you so”: www.bbc.com/news/world-u...

I've posted it several times before, but the hardest I have personally laughed at a tweet.

Look if we’re going there, there are also other body parts you should not touch anemones with. But we shouldn’t have to tell people that

My wife says this photo is missing Benoit Blanc

Trump’s Nominee to Run NSF is Unqualified, Conflicted, and a Threat to Science If O’Neill is confirmed as NSF’s director, the Trump administration will further tighten its control over an agency created by Congress to be independent in its work to advance science.

“If O’Neill is confirmed as NSF’s director, the Trump administration will further tighten its control over an agency created by Congress to be independent in its work to advance science.” UCS’s Julian Reyes explains why the Senate should work to block this nomination:

These asshole twerps with no brains or education from DOGE really did use ChatGPT to find NEH grants to terminate ILLEGALLY - ruining hundreds lives and destroying hundreds of the greatest humanities projects and partnerships of our time. I’m overwhelmed with rage and anger all over again.

Exclusive: AI Error Likely Led to Iran Girl's School Bombing Pentagon investigators believe a bombing of a girls' school in Iran on Saturday likely resulted from inaccurate information provided by AI.

Local Massachusetts weekly says it's confirmed that the Pentagon was relying on Claude for strike targeting, which is how they came to bomb a girls' school.
thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-ai...

The Draft is Ready. Now We Need You. Share your perspective on the state of nature in the U.S.

The draft Nature Record National Assessment is now open for comment!

Take a look and tell us what we got right, what we missed, and what changes you’re seeing where you live.

Your perspective will help shape the final record of nature in the U.S.

naturerecord.substack.com/p/the-draft-...

I agree with your overall point but I think there is a separate button in there somewhere for adding new refs

NOAA Fisheries Is Hiring Find details about positions to be posted on USAJOBS.gov at NOAA Fisheries.

FISH JOB ALERT! NOAA Fisheries is looking to hire four stock assessment biologists. These positions can be located at any of our Fishery Science Centers from Seattle to Miami to Woods Hole. Applications are due by March 10!
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/careers-more...

I decided to make that shift this term after a bad experience with my last course, and I'm happy I did. The handwriting has been better than I feared!

Let's outlaw scheduling meetings without first. I don't care what my university account calendar says, it's not a reflection of my availability, and even if it was, that doesn't give you the right to commit me to anything without my consent, kthxbye.

NSF officials break silence on how AI and quantum now drive agency grantmaking Leaders acknowledge White House role in controversial moves

The National Science Foundation is systematically being converted to the National AI and Quantum Research Foundation.

“I see it as the administration exerting political control over what has traditionally been NSF’s ability to fund the best science.”

They used to be fun accounts on Twitter, I miss them!

Science is not truth.
Science is finding the truth.

When science changes its opinion, it didn't lie to you. It learned more.

My department at CSU Northridge is hiring a vertebrate functional morphologist! We've got a great EEB group, and we're looking for someone to carry forward a tradition of enriching organismal courses and community-engaged research. App review starts March 15

csucareers.calstate.edu/mob/cw/en-us...

"General, you're listening to a machine. Do the world a favor and don't act like one" should be the definitive movie quote for the era we're in.

2026 OPC Summer Internship Program - Apply by March 5, 2026 - California Ocean Protection Council The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) is hiring up to four Student Assistants for its 2026 Summer Internship Program (Program). The purpose of the Summer Internship Program is to provide under...

Make a splash this summer! Join our team as a 2026 summer intern.

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Researcher/Senior Researcher in Benthic Ecology at the Greenland Climate Research Center at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources The Greenland Climate Research Centre (GCRC) at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR) invites applications for a position as researcher/senior researcher within the field of marine benth...

We are hiring a benthic ecologist at the researcher or senior researcher level 🧪🌍🦑

The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources is an excellent place to work, with friendly colleagues, support, and teaching opportunities.

naalakkersuisut.emply.net/recruitment/...

Climate change does in fact endanger us quite a lot.

AGU Denounces Trump Administration’s Repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding In 1856, American scientist Eunice Foote made history by publishing the first academic paper demonstrating that carbon dioxide traps heat from the Sun, a discovery that laid the foundation for climate...

The American Geophysical Union unequivocally condemns this reckless and senseless decision.

AGU is a global community supporting more than half a million advocates and professionals in the Earth and space sciences.

fromtheprow.agu.org/agu-denounce...

Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument The Trump administration removed a large Rainbow Flag from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument, the National Park Service confirmed to Gay City News

woah, this is kinda fucked up (but on brand).

The Trump Administration ordered the National Parks Service (which manages momument locations like the Stonewall Hotel) to remove the Pride flag.

This is the birthplace of the queer revolution movement!

#LGBTIQA

this really explains how a lot of congress is "just some guy" better than any explainer i could ever write

Was it, like, a little cute sparrow? Or an ostrich?

My sports Hot Take for the night is that the Pro Bowl flag football game is doing an excellent job of showing why we should no longer be playing tackle football in high school.