EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected.
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
6 hours left in the year and 8 pendants to go!
(Sale will continue into the new year while I build up more stock, but the more of these I sell now, the higher my hopes for 2026!)
Rob has chosen #Reflections for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme.
Here's a mute swan that was on the River Wensum yesterday.
This is exactly how my cousin justified her use of it and accepting a death of a thousand cuts even when those cuts are slow and spread out drives me crazy
“Well its just for this little thing” soon blossoms into “well its just for—“ for everything
This is super cool bc:
1) Many of the highest-risk conditions, like ME/CFS & Long Covid, aren't on the list
2) The best way to protect the vulnerable is to protect the population so others don't infect them
3) None of this accounts for Novavax which is not mRNA
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
A unicorn
trashed living room with stairwell and the ceiling is caving in but there's a pristine white couch and ottomans with blue throw pillows and matching rug https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6327-Wheeler-St-Philadelphia-PA-19142/10403865_zpid/?
dining room of same with the caving in ceiling directly above a dining table and full service for 8
upstairs bedroom with crumbling walls and debris all over the bare subfloor but a pristine while bed and fabric headboard and shelves and art on the walls
another bedroom, water stained ceiling and drywall peeling off but a kids bedroom with again pristine white sheets and art on the walls and toys. apparently they got the electric turned back on too
i am losing my mind over this listing that staged a condemned philly trap house with AI
day four of BRUSH WEEK! critter painted with the clean brush!
#brushweek2025
Just reposting this for the #SciArt crowd…
whom I would I have tagged in the original post if I actually had a functioning brain. ☺️
A reminder that eels are critically endangered and are still a major part of the licit and illicit economy in Asia, Europe, and parts of the US (lookin’ at you, Maine)
Digital illustration depicting a hooded figure. Her face is not visible, but in its place are stylized shoots protruding from the hood’s opening. Dark mountains are visible in the background.
Sprouting · 2020
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Painting. Interior or small apartment. A man is bending over and washing his face in a basin.
"I can't… rely on… my memories…"
Acrylic painting of Deckard washing up after a hard shift of replicant hunting.
beautifully said
Asking folks to look out for Alaska Natives this holiday who are still dealing with the devastation of miles & miles of their homes, villages, traditions, foods, & ways of life & their displacement & instability continues.
A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited #NovaScotia
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
People always ask me, “how do I know my manuscript is done?”
There’s only one way, my friends.
If your file name looks something like this:
Manuscript - Final Draft 3.7 FINAL FINAL - FINAL (5).docx
Then, and only then, is it time.
Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM Kay Ryan The room is almost all elephant. Almost none of it isn't. Pretty much solid elephant. So there's no room to talk about it.
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
Hello I'm the artist!!
The meerkat and the flamingo and the sketchpage were actually just examples of my work and characters, only the wolf and cat are fursona design concepts!
I stand by the cat
The cat is the best one
I put so much thought into this cat
Digital art depicting five pigeons perched on a weathered looking traffic light. Reference photo: https://pin.it/5QhTUqKx8
#DigitalArt study of a traffic light with some #pigeons perched atop. Always loved urban art but I’m not so great at buildings.
#UrbanArt #PigeonArt #BirdArt
Nice set @robcrank68.bsky.social
These are rather ordinary shots of two of our native pigeons. The Crested Pigeon and the Common Bronzewing
A couple of years back companies started using AI voiceover and my voiceover gigs disappeared. And then they realised it wasn't quite working...and started using VO artists again. You can create something that is passably a human voice but you can't create something that's even passably human.
Reposts bring visibility. There is no other algorithm.
Japanese stage play of Dracula the Musical with an all female caste
Your social circle sapphic needs to be informed of this
Illustration of an indian fantail pigeon that's black with white splotches
Indian Fantail
《 #Pigeonsky 》
I never thought I would see this in my life, and that they’re making it immediately generic so it’s affordable is making me want to cry
