Wow. Foraminifera!
ROV pilots paused and carefully zoomed in to collect footage of these single-celled microorganisms, or protists, at 843 m during the #OBVI #LivingBioreactors expedition w/ @schmidtsciences.bsky.social offshore of Argentina. Read the full caption: youtube.com/shorts/Yv_ud...
this is a public health catastrophe
one of the 150 people who died in January was under the age of 18.
25 people were over 60.
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
"more than 1,100 children have been reported injured or killed in the violence. This includes 200 children reportedly killed in Iran, 91 in Lebanon, four in Israel and one in Kuwait"
It’s that time of year. Lilies very, very dangerous.
Did covid write this.
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We are talking about the same cops who look at a white, powdery substance, call it fentanyl, then immediately collapse and get better medical care for their induced hysteria than most people get for an actual real medical event
A press release from the Tla’amin, K’omoks, Klahoose and Homalco Nations absolutely eviscerating local racist MP Aaron Gunn for having a tantrum about land acknowledgements
When it comes to press releases, this in the GOAT conversation:
Large impressionist painting of a swirling orange yellow and red nebula at the bottom and upper right , some white clouds above it on a blue black background with tiny little bastard stars all over.
THE STARS ARE DONE.
I REPEAT.
THE STARS ARE DONE
(Mostly)
CW: CSA mentioned, bad moderator behavior.
Okay, so.
I had a book come out yesterday (BUTTERFLY EFFECTS, available now from a bookstore near you), and as is often the case, I went out last night to promote it. Bookstore event, whee.
Anna’s hummingbird portrait next to cherry blossom and b branches
Mr. Sakura 🌸
Anna’s Hummingbird 📷🌿🪶
This morning, Siri said, “Don’t call me Shirley.” I accidentally left my phone in Airplane mode.
Today, Liberals, Conservatives, & the Bloc voted to kill #C233. 🚫⚖️
They chose to keep a massive loophole open that exempts 50% of Canada’s arms exports from human rights oversight. The Carney Liberals talk about values, but their actions say otherwise. #cdnpoli #HumanRights
Emergency kitten
an orange and white cat lays on a bed, looking adorable. his ancient cat eyes have seen the rise and fall of generations of cat empires (these only last like a few years, typically)
no, he doesn't "lift." he doesn't "do" "reps." and he doesn't "walk." but he gets plenty of exercise. you see, he holds the entire weight of the world on his cat shoulders.
this is his sacrifice. this is his gift.
and he asks for nothing in return except your obedience, time, money, and health.
Thread of new #sciart in the shop. Originals; one of each artologica.etsy.com
The shoe thing is low on the "important global matters" scale, but HIGH on the "I'll take things a deranged Roman emperor would do for $500, Alex" chart.
The graceful decorator crab, Oregonia gracilis. It's a standard looking reddish crab but with a puff of grey-peach sponge on its head. Ed Bierman from CA, USA
~700 species of crabs in Superfamily Majoidea are termed "DECORATOR CRABS" because they festoon their carapaces with bits of sponge, seaweed, anemones.
This can serve several purposes: disguise, poisonous armor, or even fishing hooks.
Let's look at how this works.
A dark feather with warm yellow and pink undertones painted on a piece of white watercolour paper
Feather watercolour in progress
Canadians --
Please sign Elizabeth May's petition to change Canada's animal laws. It closes in the next week.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
🧵 Breaking: Alberta government embarrasses itself again
Today, the Centre of Recovery Excellence (CoRE) published a study. Unfortunately, last month I published two stories showing how their data are junk.
Let's take a look. 1/
You can see the actual moment my mind expands galaxy brain styl
Links tinyurl.com/43vu89ts
Mystery orcas!
"Josh McInnes, a marine mammal researcher at the University of British Columbia, says one of the whales spotted had a circular bite mark on the grey saddle patch behind their fins.Those marks are believed to come from cookiecutter sharks, which live far offshore in deep, open waters."
An image of a frog retina with photoreceptor labeling. The same image is shown 6 times in different colors. In the far left image, the small cones are difficult to detect in both the RGB and the color-blind simulated version. The middle image is the best representation of the data for fully sighted and color blind people, since the cones are easy to detect for both. The image on the right is better than the image on the far left to see the cones in RGB, but is still not color blind friendly.
I made this to demonstrate that for data visualization it's not only the color scheme, but the colors chosen for each channel, that matter. Here is the same image of rods and cones represented in RGB and simulated color blindness, showing how small changes can make a huge difference in what you see.
I can’t stop thinking of the health consequences of the bombing of oil depots, especially when multiple hospitals are not functioning due to damage. Lives lost due to respiratory exacerbation in the context of reduced healthcare access are also casualties in this war.
The results are in! The Biodiversity Research Photo Competition showcase the diversity of research and researchers at UBC’s Biodiversity Research Centre.
View the 2026 winners and all of the science photography from the competition at explore.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/BRC-photo-co...
Ken Sim is the first major Canadian politician to be sued for spreading false and malicious rumors about his political opponents based on potential AI slop
Comes with miniature car alarm sounding from somewhere under the sauce cups
BC Ferries could NEVER 😹
Another INCREDIBLY ADORABLE baby fishie 😻😻😻
