Kristin Henry

Here we go again.

Reminder that the CEO of Nike routinely tries to rig Oregon's gubernatorial elections to get Republicans elected.

First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says

That's about half of what it cost for USAID for a whole year www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

Reconstruction of the bizarre branching crinoid Iocrinus. Done as part of an internship reconstructing Ordovician invertebrates with Paul Mayer, curator of fossil invertebrates at the Field Museum of Natural History
#sciart #paleoart

"I can never be put on trial for being an appalling piece of human garbage because the entire country thinks I'm an appalling piece of human garbage"

Maybe reflect on your life choices, you appalling piece of human garbage.

In South Burlington, Vermont, protesters are being tear-gassed by ICE and local police as they attempt to prevent a kidnapping.

Beavers were brought to the desert to save a dying river. 6 years later, here are the results. Their engineering feats are pretty dam incredible.

“One man’s trash is another one’s treasure…”

In this case ‘nuisance’ beavers 🦫 translocated to Price River in Utah engineered river recovery, boosting volume and quantity of water, and
populations of fish and other wildlife, which in turn brought economic benefits…

#GenerationRestoration

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

For months, we warned DOGE's access to Americans' private data was ripe for abuse. And here it is:

A former DOGE employee stole the Social Security numbers & personal info of over 500 MILLION Americans.

Musk, Trump, & their DOGE lackies must be made to answer for this, NOW.

Holy shit - this would be very, very bad:
"The databases, called “Numident” and the “Master Death File,” include records for more than 500 million living and dead Americans, including Social Security numbers, places and dates of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and parents’ names."

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

"The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familiar with the process."

US Navy tells shipping industry Hormuz escorts not possible for now The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since ​the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high f...

Whoa. This is big. "The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now." www.reuters.com/world/middle...

My photo shows a Roman floor mosaic depicting an octopus. The octopus is composed of small black tesserae (tiles) and has eight writhing arms with suckers and narrow curling tips. It is set against a white tesserae background. Octopus detail from a monochrome marine mosaic featuring Triton with a cherub and various sea creatures, including the octopus, dolphins and a cuttlefish, at the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in Herculaneum.

Spectacular octopus from the floor of the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in ancient Herculaneum.

📷 by me

#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology

3 small ink paintings in black and blue

There's a really nice set of ink on yupo minis over here ko-fi.com/s/cae1c5f7f3

FAA grounds all JetBlue flights after request from airline The Federal Aviation Administration says it has grounded all JetBlue flights due to a request from the airline. The ground stop was announced Tuesday.

The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded all JetBlue flights due to a request from the airline, the agency said in a notice on Tuesday. It was not clear why the airline requested the stop or how long it would last.

She's right.

theintercept.com/2022/08/25/s...

US student loan debt was engineered specifically to prevent large numbers of not wealthy people from becoming college educated.

Another Reagan gift.

How much you wanna bet that they left out the melted butter, which is the whole point?!!!

$6.9 million of lobster tail in a month????? What would you even do with that much lobster

It's almost as hard as getting a kid into preschool in San Francisco.

A Big Night Light in the Sky? Start-Up Wants to Launch a Space Mirror.

Like I dunno but seems weird the FCC should get to decide for the whole planet if some dudes are putting sun mirrors in space.

There are a lot of scientific illustrators and graphic designers who are building their portfolios and will take on work for less than you might imagine. It's not out of reach.

Musk used to complain that reporting of airplane coordinates, which had been public data, was sharing his "assassination coordinates". He knows. And still won't "compromise" or pay his bills.

Capitalism has lost its fucking mind.

Kristin (vis.social Admin) (@kristinHenry@vis.social) Attached: 1 image Reaching back to my molecular biology background for inspiration while working on today's #inkyDays drawing. Here's an in-progress shot. https://www.patreon.com/posts/152000564 ...

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#SciArt #ink #drawing #art #MastoArt #wip

Abstract art for coloring. The pattern has lots of concentric and overlapping circles.

To my wonderful Sticker Club tier supporters on my Patreon, you can now download my coloring pages as one of your perks!

www.patreon.com/collection/4...

#SciArt #art #Coloring #CreativeCoding

Deltaviruses spread through a viral Trojan Horse Hepatitis D-like satellite viruses, known as deltaviruses, have been recently discovered in a wide range of animals. These viruses are thought to expr…

The Trojan Horse is real, and it’s microscopic! 🐴🦠
Our paper is out today in @cellcellpress.bsky.social!
We discovered that deltaviruses physically hide INSIDE helper viruses to sneak into new cells. And to prove it, we had to image them from every angle. 🧵👇

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Dynamics of natural selection preceding human viral epidemics and pandemics Using a phylogenetic framework to characterize natural selection, we investigate the hypothesis that zoonotic viruses require adaptation prior to zoon…

There's a common misconception that zoonotic viruses require significant adaptation to jump from animals to cause human epidemics.

Not so 👇.

Further, we see clear signs of 1977 flu experiencing cell passage, prior to epidemic.

SARS-CoV-2? Business as usual.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Inside the latest, and scariest, iteration of America’s endless abortion wars After Trump’s mass pardons of anti-abortion activists, threats and harassment at clinics have surged.

I’ve been covering abortion access since 2015, and I’ve never experienced the kind of fervor that I witnessed outside a clinic in North Carolina: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I think he'd be a wonderful president, but I doubt he would enjoy it. And I doubt Evie would enjoy it either.

But if they think they would, I'm all for it!!

Abstract art for coloring. The pattern has lots of concentric and overlapping circles.

To my wonderful Sticker Club tier supporters on my Patreon, you can now download my coloring pages as one of your perks!

www.patreon.com/collection/4...

#SciArt #art #Coloring #CreativeCoding

THIS. If you’re in central Glasgow tonight please close your windows; if you have to be out please wear the best mask you have available. If you can smell it, you’re at risk.

Ummm WTAF?

Calgary folks. Call the library and stop this nonsense. #yyc