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Dozens of deep-sea species discovered as new crustaceans named | Natural History Museum Twenty-four new species of crustaceans have been discovered as part of a project to name 1,000 deep-sea animals by 2030

24 new crustacean species discovered in the deep Pacific. As part of a project to name 1,000 unknown deep-sea animals by 2030, researchers hauled up cubes of mud from the seafloor between Hawaii and Mexico, and found two dozen new tiny crustaceans. buff.ly/7lq195w
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Lovely, soothing 😸

Victory: Court Reinstates Alaska Critical Habitat for Bearded, Ringed Seals Center for Biological Diversity: ANCHORAGE, Alaska— A federal appeals court today upheld the National Marine Fisheries Service’s designation of nearly 160 million acres of waters off Alaska’s Arctic…

Arctic seals have regained one of their most important legal protections. A federal appeals court in the US has reinstated nearly 160 million acres of critical habitat for bearded and ringed seals off Alaska’s Arctic coast, reversing a 2024 lower-court ruling. buff.ly/kB0iIYe
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That is one of my favorite games 😸

Space truly brings us all together as humanity, doesn't it?

Ho Chi Minh City to spend $280M a year to make bus travel free for all - VnExpress International Ho Chi Minh City is preparing to allocate around VND7 trillion (US$280 million) annually to make bus travel free across the city, with authorities aiming to finalize the policy by late April.

Viet Nam’s largest city is about to make buses free. Ho Chi Minh City, home to 14 million people, is preparing a $280 million annual plan to make all intra-city bus travel free, aiming to increase ridership by about 30% and reduce traffic and emissions. VN Express buff.ly/WYbduTu
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Video: Heavy Rain Brings Flooding to Michigan and Milwaukee Heavy rain and melting snow flooded parts of northern Michigan, closing roads and filling dams to near capacity. In Milwaukee, heavy rainfall forced freeway closures and left vehicles stuck in rising ...

There’s no snowpack in California, New York is as hot as summer, and this is happening in Michigan.

Such climatic changes will get exponentially worse as the planet heats up, destroying our resources and stability.

We need to stop using fossil fuels — now.

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Cassowaries are also excellent dinosaurs 😸

Wild turkeys are my favorite dinosaur. They haven’t forgotten that’s what they are, and it shows in their dgaf attitude

hahahaha fuck them up!

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Artemis II Flight Day 6: Crew Ready for Lunar Flyby - NASA The Artemis II crew is awake and beginning preparations for today’s lunar flyby — a first for humans since Apollo 17 in 1972.

Four humans just flew behind the Moon…and photographed Earthrise. The Artemis II spacecraft Orion, carrying NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, & Christina Koch, & Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, entered the Moon’s sphere of influence. buff.ly/phmxqfm
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FFS

One of the other 3 trans/nonbinary people working at my library today came up to me clutching a copy of this book and raving that I HAVE TO READ IT because it’s SO FUCKING GOOD, they couldn’t put it down etc. etc. OK, OK I’ll read it! (as soon as I finish @charliejane.bsky.social’s latest)
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Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented.

They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed.

That energy is all around us.

And it does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Don't make me tap the sign

🧵 you’re way better off with NO therapy than AI “therapy.” Good therapy is fantastic, I highly recommend it. But these gen AI beasts are anti-therapy, they are going to steer you away from mental health, not towards it

Hey me too! 🏳️‍⚧️😸

Turkey seen from behind, with a glorious fan of tail feathers. Green foliage in the background

Yesterday on a local trail I saw this glorious wild turkey. I love these scrappy little dinosaurs

I’ve never found it boring but it definitely makes me cry and periodically terrifies me on behalf of imperiled characters

I’ve taken this course and loved it. Essential if you or anyone you know is mortal

Seems like a great idea tbh 🤔🏳️‍⚧️😸

The Moon, backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse, is photographed by NASA\u2019s Orion spacecraft. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below the Moon\u2019s bottom right edge is Saturn. Beyond that, the bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars. Credit: NASA

A crescent Earth setting behind the Moon\u2019s horizon. Credit: NASA

The Moon viewed from the Orion spacecraft backlit by the Sun in a solar eclipse. Stars are visible in the background.

A crescent Earth setting behind a hemisphere of the Moon. Credit: NASA

woke up and still thinking about these

Same, although I’d probably throw my husband out first

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Today is a good day to remember that Carl Sagan was as outspoken about the dangers of war and nuclear weapons as he was an advocate of space exploration.

Being in USA right now feels to me like a cross between Jonestown towards the end and Dr. Strangelove. Scary and surreal. In a few hours I’ll go to work and everybody will be acting like everything is fine and normal. The cognitive dissonance of that really gets to me sometimes