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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 6h

Genuinely losing my fucking mind at the doublespeak of Carney talking about how he wants to protect the environment and then doing special economic zones for tar sands development. I mean I guess that is Canadian nationalism in a nutshell Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A list of people who honked in support of the Academy of Natural Sciences at yesterday's protest: A schoolbus A car full of kids A cop A mailman Cars full of people in business attire Cars full of people in work outfits Cars full of people in street clothes The PPA Philly supports the Academy.

a woman in glasses holds up a sign that says Honk for the Academy

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Amos Posner @amosposner.bsky.social · 11h

Ben Shapiro has to suffer from being reminded again and again that 1) At most, he will only build an audience of weird broken freaks, 2) Those weird broken freaks will care more when he bashes a popular movie than when he makes his own, and 3) It's not safe to be famous among weird broken freaks.

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brian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social · 11h

There is truly no comparison between the blood on Yoo's hand and that of Pike's. Yoo has participated in far more brutal atrocities and it's not even close. The fact that he's on TV and she's been in a cage is not an accident of the US legal system — it's the point

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Bill Rulon-Miller @reptiledude.bsky.social · 8h

A garter snake I saw at lunch break today for your timeline cleanse/moment of zen #Herps #Snakes

A fairly large common garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, resting safely among leaves. It is a green snake with the classic yellow “garter” stripe and dark spotting down its back.

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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

USFS has announced a forest closure in southern Arizona in what is clearly a direct response to people attempting to protest the destruction of that forest land for the border wall. www.fs.usda.gov/r03/coronado...

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Coronado National Forest : Alert - Border Barrier Construction Closure

Going into or being upon the Described Area.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is foul. A reader reached out and told me the first google result when you search "kamloops unmarked graves discovery" is residential school denial. I did the search myself, and I found the same thing. The first non-sponsored result is the Fraser Institute's residential school denial.

Google search result for "kamloops unmarked graves discovery" has, as its first non-sponsored post, a publication from the Fraser Institute.

It reads: "No evidence of 'mass graves' or 'genocide' in residential ..."

"Feb 12, 2024 — ... Kamloops narrative are either false or highly exaggerated. No unmarked graves have been discovered at Kamloops or elsewhere-not one. As of ... Read more"

Another screenshot shows the only result before the Fraser Institute result is a sponsored post from Angus Reid, affirming that the Fraser Institute result is the first non-sponsored one.

Screenshot shows the intial response Google provides to the search "kamloops unmarked graves discovery"

All you can see on this first screenshot is the AI overview (barf) and the sponsored result from Angus Reid. However, as the other screenshots show, that Angus Reid result is followed by the first non-sponsored result: residential school denial from the Fraser Institute.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When people in power deliver bad news to you, they expect you to just take punch, accept it, and move on. In these situations, we need to empower ourselves to reject the premise. I want you to look at three time points in the fight to save the academy of natural sciences with me. (Thread)

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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On this day in 1974, RCMP brutally attack the Native Peoples' Caravan on Parliament Hill in Ottawa following a cross-country trek starting in Vancouver. RCMP officers indiscriminately swing batons at Native women and children, as well as men. anticolonialhistory.com/event/299/

Flier for the caravan's arrival in Toronto (before heading on to Ottawa)

"Support the Native Peoples' Fight!
Indians Stand Up for Rights"

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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You have one hour left to vote in the most important election in history, which fortunately is enough time to listen to this episode and still have like ten minutes left over for soul searching before you cast your vote. May the fattest bear win. 🐻🐻🐻🐻

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mr-yoyito.bsky.social @mr-yoyito.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This student carried mattress she was raped hoping her attacker would be expelled. She did this through her entire time in school at Cornell. She even had it with her during graduation. There the President of the College refuses to shake her hand. jessica.substack.com/p/carrying-t...

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Carrying That Weight—Again

I can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

SORRY back to 5, we keep getting more information. Planning emergency protests is uniquely challenging!

same poster as above but now it says 5pm

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Make that 4:30-6:30. Drexel board gets there at 5. Based on info we currently have.

a pachycephalosaurus is MAD under the words "emergency protest today Demand Drexel Disaffiliate. Constitution center, 525 arch st Tuesday Sept 29, 4:30-6:30

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨🚨Emergency protest🚨🚨 The Drexel board will be at the constitution center in Old City (525 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106) from 5-6. We're asking Drexel to disaffiliate from the Academy of Nat Sci to allow them to negotiate what's best for them w/o Drexel interference. Be there.

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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.

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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

During this week in the apocalypse, we celebrate the only election that matters, Fat Bear Week. Miriam and @jamesstout.bsky.social dive into all the campaign trail twists and turns as well as talking about our connection to wild spaces. live-like-the-world-is-dying.pinecast.co/episode/f15a...

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This Week in the Apocalypse: Fat Bear Week Edition

# Episode Summary During the week in the apocalypse, we celebrate the only election that matters, Fat Bear Week. Miriam and James dive into all the campaign trail twists and turns as well as talking ...

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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Puerto Rico is in a water crisis, as a US board slashes the island's social/infrastructure spend to protect corporate bondholders, and a developer tries to build a $2.5B private city on acres of untouched coastline. As one councilmember explains, much of this exploitation can be traced back to NYC.

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How Do You Protect Puerto Rico From NYC's Vulture Capitalists?

City Councilmember Alexa Avilés is urging the state government to rein in New York's "vulture funds" and opportunistic developers, while calling on Congress to dismantle the island's financial oversig...

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

".... people recognize or discover a thing, but then take years, even decades, to get it into print. Why are they taking so long, others say, despite knowing that just about everyone in science is overworked, underpaid, and perpetually on the brink of physical or emotional collapse."

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In Memory of Richard Ellis, Influential Artist and Author — Tetrapod Zoology

Within recent days, the world has learnt of the passing of American writer, author, artist and natural historian Richard Ellis (1938-2024), best known for his many works on marine animals and their en...

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Major u-turn from Justice Alito as Supreme Court reveals he will no longer participate in the big climate change case being argued next week. Previously, the court told NBC News there was no reason for him to step aside despite his earlier recusal in same case.

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Our friend Brachycephalus rotenbergae is one of several tiny pumpkin toads was first described as a new species in 2021! They are named after a Brazilian conservationist, Elise Laura K. Rotenberg! (photo by herping_brasil)

A closeup of a tiny orange toad looking right at the camera! They have a somewhat rough skin texture and huge dark brown eyes with large black pupils! They are sitting on a mossy surface!

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See Through Canoe @seethroughcanoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The way the morning sun lit up this big, beautiful Loggerhead Sea Turtle swimming along the beach this morning in the gulf. This guy was cruising just 30 feet from shore. #nature #animals #wildlife #florida #naturephotography

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#tdih 1962, "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson published, exposed impact of pesticides on environment. Carson was vilified: called a Communist, disloyal, unscientific, and hysterical. Sound familiar? Attacks on truth tellers, with media complicity. See⬇️🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/si...

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Sept. 27, 1962: Silent Spring Published

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published.

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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Every person on this website who says they've never heard a Cab Calloway song is gonna shit their pants when a bunch of skeletons start line dancing in their front yards

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Mac It Look Like An Accident @macrogers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Part of me thinks I should make an aggressive effort to learn about art being made outside my silo, but then the other part remembers how much art there is inside my silo that I’m still hoping to get to before I die.

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Bill Rulon-Miller @reptiledude.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Same. I’m not even hearing about it on Facebook, which is where I usually hear about pop and country music. That RS article is the only actual reason I have to believe it exists at all as opposed to being a collective bsky hallucination of some sort.

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Bill Rulon-Miller @reptiledude.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Academy has several rare dioramas. This is your last day to see them, I do not know what will happen to them after Wednesday

An adult and young diorama of two Okapi. They are large. Dark mammals with some striping. Initially thought to be a zebra relative, we now know it’s in the giraffe family.

Two lowland gorillas. The larger one on a fallen log and gripping a tree branch. An older exhibit and was the only way many people learned about these animals before zoos acquired them and international travel became more common.

Numenius borealis, Pinguinus impennis, and Camptorhynchus labradorius, extinct birds of northern North America and Eurasia all set up by a seaside cliff diorama.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

the fact that nuremberg failed doesn't mean there's nothing worth studying. or even appreciating there. It's basically the first time we tried to hold a nation's leadership accountable for war crimes in such a way. but let's not pretend it was a success.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As the executive director of a small nonprofit working my absolute ass off to bring science to this city, hearing that the people negotiating with Drexel and the academy might brush off funding that would provide the kids of our city with access to a science museum *for a year* is boiling my blood.

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

this is who you had to buy weed from before legalization

Still from the first teenage mutant ninja turtles showing Ralph in his very effective disguise he used to go see critters at the theater

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We’re not going down without a fight

A bunch of people protesting in front of the Academy of natural sciences

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

ICE has abducted Senegalese WBB player Aminata Seck and won't release her. DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months. The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs. We explain.

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ICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?

Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In which my personal hypothesis on the identity of Gonzo is finally outed... with a Dr Tom Holtz @arctomet.bsky.social appearance too because that man knows his muppets www.popsci.com/science/what...

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Um. The William Penn foundation offered bridge funding to keep the academy of natural sciences open for a year, and the people in charge said “no one is helping things by offering Band-Aids”. Jesus Christ. share.inquirer.com/KXxZTj

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William Penn Foundation offers funding to keep Academy of Natural Sciences museum open

A Drexel spokesperson did not say whether the school had declined the offer, but said, “No proposal has been presented that would provide a permanent, sustainable path forward" for the museum.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

From one of our volunteers at the museum today. OOF.

A picture of the closed doors via Academy of natural sciences, where people have stuck dinosaur origami to the doors. The caption says “there are children literally sitting on the steps and crying. Follow savetheacademt and go to the website and get involved”

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Bill Rulon-Miller @reptiledude.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy #FossilFriday! This is the last weekend you can see the Academy of Natural Sciences, at least in its current form, the form it has existed in for 150+ years! I highly recommend going if you are in or near the Philly area!

A fossil of Deinonychus antirrhopus, a theropod that’s just shy of 6 feet tall and about 10 feet long. It was, in fact, the inspiration behind the Velociraptor of Jurassic Park fame. The actual Velociraptor was notably smaller whereas this species was the near human sized, sickle-clawed predator most people think of when thinking of the Jurassic Park franchise. This skeleton is upright with its left foot kicking out, its tail serving as a counterweight for this action. This was originally part of the display where Deinonychus attacks a family of Tenontosaurus but the display has since been disassembled and the Deinonychus and Tenontosaurus have been since used as separate educational projects.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Minor edits recently made to this article on #frogs at Tetrapod Zoology, part 2 of which has yet to be published... Allodapanura, the Biggest Frog Group You’ve Never Heard Of (Part 1) tetzoo.com/blog/2020/10... #amphibians #herpetology

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Allodapanura, the Biggest Frog Group You’ve Never Heard Of (Part 1) — Tetrapod Zoology

Once more, it’s time we spoke about the frogs.

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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 24/09/2026

NEW: Two leading Democratic candidates for Congress and several local elected officials were among those taken into custody as the Israeli prime minister assailed Mayor Mamdani at the General Assembly.

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More Than 100 Arrests as Demonstrators Block Traffic to Protest Netanyahu at UN

Two leading Democratic candidates for Congress and several local elected officials were among those taken into custody as the Israeli prime minister assailed Mayor Mamdani at the General Assembly.

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maple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The thing about trying to appeal to right wing bigots is that right wing bigots are all stupid idiots who get 100% of their news from propagandists so they will never actually find out that you were trying to appeal to them in the first place

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Step 2: go directly to the source. Tell Drexel President Merlo that closing the academy’s museum is unacceptable. Be polite but firm. Scientists all over the world rely on the academy’s collections. He says they are protected for now. Do not believe him. Say we need it all preserved. 215-895-2100

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Good morning, team. We have 3.5 days until Drexel closes the Academy of Natural Sciences. It’s time for you- yeah YOU- to make some calls. Step 1: Tell the following people we need help pressuring Drexel to keep the museum open: Josh Shaprio 717-787-2500 Mayor Parker's 215-686-2181

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