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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I half watched this movie while my wife was watching. I am dying

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Why learn science? Because lots of things can seem like a big scary conspiracy theory when you don’t understand how the world works! Empower yourself by learning about facts and evidence and reality. As a bonus, it’ll lead to a healthier and more prosperous society for others around you.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Reposting this would be very helpful. We're having a tough month at Skype a Scientist between much of my energy being devoted to Academy of Natural Sciences stuff. I need help!!

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What’s a pirate’s favorite computer programming language? You’d think it’d be R, but their first love will always be the C. Happy talk like a pirate day!

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Spongebob Captain Oooooh Meme Reaction

ALT: Spongebob Captain Oooooh Meme Reaction

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Meanwhile, my youngest is eating leftover pizza and with a side of cheese for breakfast. Oldest is eating leftover spaghetti and meatballs. Middle kid comes down and is upset I packed the rest of the leftover fried rice for my lunch. Mornings are weird!

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My wife is out of town at a conference. This is my conversation with my oldest this morning. Her: Is mama here? Me: Nope, just me. You’re stuck with me. Her: Eh. Whatever. Teenagers are a trip y’all

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My friends, one way we can help get more smart folks over to Bluesky is if we can make it a useful place for scholars to promote their work. Help me share this, and consider pre-ordering a copy of my book or requesting that your local library buy a copy. 🦑🌍🧪🐟 #SciComm

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

About halfway through and so far Pound Foolish is a fantastic read. If you, like me, have a…conflicted…relationship with the NFL, you’ll absolutely love this book. Highly recommend!

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Alright everybody, time to text the teachers in your life. The fall semester is open at SkypeAScientist and we are ready to match classrooms, scout troops, library groups, and more with scientists! Tell the educators in your life, and send them to SkypeAScientist.com

A frog uses its comically long tongue to catch a fleeing fly and the words say “send this to a teacher” pointing right. Then under the tongue it says “Skype a scientist matches classrooms with scientists for free Q&As” and there’s a little pond scene with lily pads and spatterdock flowers and a rock with a snail on it and a salamander with the words get a match at Skype scientist.com

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This. So much this. Except I might caveat (for me), I don’t *think* I’m a doomer?

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

We bought a peach tree last year and were so excited for peaches. Alas, the squirrels had other ideas. This year we bought a giant net for it. We may have looked WAY too excited for Halloween for half the summer, but success!

A picture of ~30 peaches on an 80s era kitchen countet

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

When Ted Turner died I learned he personally demanded a pro-environmentalism show for kids. It ended up being Captain Planet, which, along with Fern Gully, propagandized millennials in the best way.

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

If we had kings, @dennycarter.bsky.social would be the king of cutting straight to the heart of an issue in a way that should obliterate conservative opposition. Hell yes we need ALL the shows that tell kids it’s ok to be good.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Alright in day 1 we knocked out 51% of the map and day 2, 8%. Oh dear! I’ll be updating the map shortly when im home but we’re gonna need some HELP! Fill a bubble here givebutter.com/USS2026

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United States of Science 2026

By Skype a Scientist

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

If y’all can spare a little extra, you’d be supporting a GREAT cause. I highly recommend it!

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Pochettino should sit him.

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Oh my goodness Cabo Verde!!! What a shot. What a game so far. And Vozinha is a damn inspiration!

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Four conservative justices on the Supreme Court believe Folarin Balogun shouldn't be a U.S. citizen. Something to consider as he carries the U.S. team on his back in the World Cup.

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Dr. Earyn McGee @afroherper.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Everyone, say hello to the long-tailed brush lizard, Urosaurus graciosus graciosus. It's their first time being featured on #FindThatLizard! This cutie graciously (see what I did there? 😂) let me do a whole photoshoot! I was experimenting with a new lens that one of my friends suggested.

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

if you oppose birthright citizenship you are not allowed to enjoy the world cup. those are the rules. badfaithtimes.com/fascists-are...

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Fascists Aren't Allowed To Enjoy The World Cup

You don't get to delight in a joyful worldwide sporting event that rejects your shithead politics

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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

HAHAHAhaha! they're making the world's biggest synthetic scum pond!!! The coating is a polyurea used inside pipes. It gels in about 3 seconds, making it non self-leveling. The texture is like an orange peel, the perfect substrate for biofilms. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

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Manager at Trump’s N.J. Golf Club Helped Plan Reflecting Pool Repairs

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Sorry everyone but this is the best reflecting pool meme

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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

a guy in a maga hat didn't like me asking to see his paperwork to prove he was legal. I thought they loved that? :(

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Add life in prison for their government officials and military officers and we’re probably in a way better place today

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

It wouldn't be overstating it to say this class was a core memory in my education journey. ~10 years earlier I had dropped out of school 90% of the way to a psychology degree. I had muddled through a mini-career as a financial advisor before going back to finish my undergrad at UD

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Jennifer Biddle @jenbiddle.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I told my class how @lgpens.bsky.social once sat as a student in my class and has forever been scarred by my lectures of how the fetch of the Great Lakes creates large, dangerous waves. Kids these days don't know about Lake Gitche Gumee.

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

@jenbiddle.bsky.social your MAST301 students were awesome and way ahead of where I was at that stage of my career! And I pushed operation #EdmundFitzgerald hard. Even included a YouTube link when I responded to their follow up emails 🌊🧪🎶🎤🎶

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Dr. Earyn McGee @afroherper.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Can you #FindThatLizard?! Juvenile western skinks, Plestiodon skiltonianus, have blue tails to deter predators. It seems counterintuitive. Why would you want to stand out as a way of defense? In 2016, Japanese scientists published a study focusing on the Far Eastern skink, lestiodon latiscutatus.

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I #FoundThatLizard thanks to that lovely blue tail!

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I had my first @skypeascientist.bsky.social talk (session? chat? meeting?) today. Two third grade classes and it was AWESOME! The enthusiasm! And such fantastic questions! I just hope they weren’t too disappointed I haven’t caught a barracuda or a white shark or a swordfish 🧪🌊🐠

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Dr. Earyn McGee @afroherper.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

#FindThatLizard is back ! I appreciate all of your patience and support as I worked through some life challenges. There will be a few changes and a restoration! #FindThatLizard will be returning to being posted on Wednesdays. I’ll be posting to my Patreon, Instagram, and Bluesky.

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Maybe @afroherper.bsky.social is taking it easy on us, because I zoomed right in and #FoundThatLizard super fast! Welcome back!

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Watching Mikaela Shiffrin win slalom gold by basically the same margin as the last seven golds combined just became my all time favorite sports moment. And then we get to hear that post race interview? We don’t deserve this but I’m happy we got it!

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Matt Norlander @norlander.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Really photo editing here by Hector Vivas of Getty Images. Composite of the women's snowboard halfpipe final, depicting all the female Olympians who competed.

Livigno Snow Park on February 12, 2026 with more than 100 images of snowboarders on the halfpipe placed in for effect

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

My youngest is having her first sleepover tonight. Four additional preteen girls in the house. Friends, these kids brought their band instruments and are recording themselves playing together for their band director

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Matt Norlander @norlander.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Tuesday was supposed to break the hex. And then Mikaela Shiffrin had her worst (non-DNF) race in almost 14 years. Another medal missed. Now there's actual pressure on Shiffrin to go out and do something she hasn't had to do in a long time: prove to everyone she's still the best skier in the world.

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2026 Winter Olympics: Pressure mounts for Mikaela Shiffrin after latest shortcoming

Rarely does an all-time great in an individual sport fail to meet the moment so many times in a row like this. Thankfully, it's not her last shot

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Bad Bunny is an awesome performer and that was a flipping great halftime show. Just awesome. And such a gorgeous set.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Like me, y’all might not have even realized it, but you fucking need this article today

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Jake Trowbridge @jaketrowbridge.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

That’s the coat three kids use when they stand on each other’s shoulders to get into an R-Rated movie.

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Lucas @lgpens.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Excellent article with a helluva close!

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Molly Wood @mollywood.co · 09/01/2026

Abolish ICE. No Democrat should vote to continue to fund the government until this fucking agency and DHS are reigned in. That they are doubling down on this will get more people killed. It was always going to. We are not angry enough.

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