Reposted by JSquiresPhil Knutson, PhD @philknutson.bsky.social · 13hLignin chemistry!! I’ve drawn a line tree with the lignin polymer behind it. I’ve drawn it as one single polymer throughout! This messy, highly irregular biopolymer gives plants structural strength and helps protect their cell walls. #sciart #chemsky 311829
Reposted by JSquiresVHS Vault @vhsvault.bsky.social · 12hFord-Sponsored Schindler's List Intermission NBC/WKYC 3 1997-02-23 : 74s 14657166
Reposted by JSquiresLesley Marshall Photography @lesleyam13.bsky.social · 16hThis is surely one of the most beautiful entrances in London and one shared only with the security guard this morning ahead of my viewing of the incredible Bayeux Tapestry. #britishmuseum #bayeuxtapestry 1475
Reposted by JSquiresMika McKinnon @mikamckinnon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Our fault for installing a seismic station at a high school, really. Article: pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti... Signal from “At risk: Earthquake & Tsunami on the West Coast” 23012
Reposted by JSquiresLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This ICBC bank located on Calle Florida in Buenos Aires, Argentina, features a 4-tonne bronze door. Crafted in England in 1924, it sinks completely into the ground every morning at 10 AM to open. TT: @elianagimenez48 1323043507
Reposted by JSquiresNothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Mars Destroying the Arts — Michael Sweerts, ca 1651 05212
Reposted by JSquiresCanadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Study for mâtinawêwin (Sharing Food) Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2026 312952
Reposted by JSquireslastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is my favourite Borges story. 721848
Reposted by JSquiresNE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 29/09/2026bold and wildly inexplicable photo choice here 241353244
Reposted by JSquiresSéamas Aloysius @seamusaloysius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One of the oldest optical illusions in the world is carved at Tamil Nadu's Airavatesvara temple. The remarkable piece of art from Chola Architecture is said to be 900 years old. 094
JSquires @squiresjl8.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Maybe the whole strategy behind creating "human-like" intelligence is lowering human intelligence to a point slightly above that of an iPad and then putting trillions into iPad research to bump it up slightly. Voila! machine intelligence = human intelligence. 000
Reposted by JSquiresΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026East 61st – NYC (2026) by multi-award-winning American artist, author and architect Thomas W. Schaller (born in 1956). Graphite pencil on paper 51 x 36 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt 04712
Reposted by JSquiresPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 28/09/2026These are what the clouds on Jupiter look up close. The small patches of white are cloud tops, soaring above the main, colourful cloud layer. Image from NASA's Juno spacecraft during its 38th close approach to Jupiter on 29 November 2021, processed by Kevin Gill (@kevinmgill.bsky.social) 18886175
Reposted by JSquiresTerry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I became a biologist because of a museum exhibit. Real artifacts tell stories that are more powerful than anything we can get from scrolling. They are part of our engine for training the next generation of scientists. 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/the-awesomen...scienceforeveryone.scienceThe awesomeness of museumsGenuine artifacts tell the richest stories that fill our souls. And they fuel the scientific enterprise. 922080
Reposted by JSquiresCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWaycnyti.msDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. 892118873
Reposted by JSquiresMaciek Hamela @maciekhamela.bsky.social · 26/09/2026With the Strait of Hormuz closed, Iraq has resorted to moving its oil across the desert to Syria in hundreds of tanker trucks, in true Mad Max style. From there, it will be shipped to worldwide markets. 1511946552
JSquires @squiresjl8.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I've said it before and I'll say it again - Klimt was such an under-rated landscape painter. Beautiful. 020
Reposted by JSquiresDezeen @dezeen.com · 25/09/2026Estudio Zero shapes pink Mexican co-living complex after sound wave: www.dezeen.com/2026/09/24/estudio-z… 081
Reposted by JSquiresTW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026this is fantastic and I learned something new 562782426
Reposted by JSquiresartnau @artnau.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Nature morte avec couteau, 1888 by Jacques-Emile Blanche 1185
Reposted by JSquiresNational Center for Science Education @ncse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A fresh new perspective on the human story, Early Man was a Woman by Ulli Lust is a nonfiction graphic novel that highlights women in prehistory. Originally published in German, the English translation has now hit bookshelves. www.science.org/content/arti... #booksky #nonfiction #paleoscience.orgThis comic book artist is drawing women into prehistoryScience chats with illustrator Ulli Lust, whose work is countering ice age gender myths 0183
Reposted by JSquiresBruno Tonelli @brunotonelli.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A constant source of inspiration for me, Sogn Benedetg Chapel by Peter Zumthor is also a significant building based on an ecological approach to construction. Photos 2023. 0204
Reposted by JSquiresSéamas Aloysius @seamusaloysius.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Koho Shoda "Moonlit Sea" (1920) Japanese color woodblock print 24 × 16.5 cm (9.5 × 6.5 in). #ArtSky #KohoShoda 101445247
Reposted by JSquiresArlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 20/09/2026From me: Diné NAU professor maps safe drinking water on the Navajo Nationazcentral.comDiné NAU professor maps safe drinking water on the Navajo NationJani Ingram set out to find water sources on the Navajo Nation that are safe to drink, and the result is an interactive map. 16425
JSquires @squiresjl8.bsky.social · 21/09/2026with all the discussion of late about art vs. illustration, I want to point out that this is art. With a few strokes of the pen Larson conveyed clear emotion, dynamic action, and told a story everyone can recognize without the need for text to explain it. Like it or not, this is art. 010
Reposted by JSquiresJay 🏞️🔜 Howloween @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 30/01/2026🌇🕊️ MO(U)RNING DOVE #formline #indigenousart #telekitneticart 281858782
Reposted by JSquiresAndrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Thank you for sharing this. Apparently the 3rd Edition of the Principles of Paleontology is freely downloadable. 🧪⚒️ #Geology #EvoBio #Paleobio 14829
Reposted by JSquiresWorld Bike Forward @urbanupgradeglobal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Cars are now used within Paris for just 9% of total trips, less than bikes and far less than public transit. If you visit Paris, don't mess up the stats. 18419
Reposted by JSquiresDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/09/2026I love this slide. I really don't think the geopolitical implications of the clean energy transition have sunk in for most people. 9301138
Reposted by JSquiresNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 180140446469
Reposted by JSquireselia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible 25150233942
Reposted by JSquiresBrooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Why? Concerns about jobs and the reading load. “Traditionally, the coursework for those majors require students to read high volumes of material. ‘Many students just don’t feel comfortable with long-form reading that they’d do in an English or history class.’” www.insidehighered.com/news/student...insidehighered.comReport: Humanities Majors DisappearingAnxiety about job prospects and heavy reading loads have led to dramatic declines in humanities majors since 2012, according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 76819
Reposted by JSquiresZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 14/09/2026Here is the latest combined forecast across all 14 models, compared to past strong El Nino events. It shows just how extreme and unprecedented this event is forecast to be: 717986
Reposted by JSquiresJonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Apparently the commander of the International Space Station brought her dancing pants to space with her 1163138704
Reposted by JSquiresKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15/09/2026the colours really underplay this....the light grey, dark grey and medium grey are fossil fuels. 42413
Reposted by JSquiresNick Barber 🌋 @volcannick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Chrysocolla sounds like a butterfly species, and is just as delicate and mesmerizing. Commonly found with glorious-green copper minerals like malachite, you just can't help but fall in love with these interference colors. Vote the copper beauty this round! #MinCup26 ⚒️ 1229
Reposted by JSquiresAlbert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Different angles of the majestic Mount Fuji. Can't wait to be back again later this year. 923343
Reposted by JSquiresAaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The thing about AI discourse is that a lot of times people aren't arguing about the technology, they're demonstrating which of the following things they think are more complicated: computers, the human brain, a field of potatoes. I saw someone call the brain "a wet computer." 716137
Reposted by JSquiresAndrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 14/09/2026On The Climate Brink: The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record. Aug. 2026 probably had more water vapor in the atmosphere than any month in the last few thousand years, if not a 100,000 years. www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-atmosp...theclimatebrink.comThe Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor RecordMore water vapor means more rocket fuel for extreme rain — so this record is not good news 11282163
Reposted by JSquiresNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Simply beautiful: clasped hands from group statue of Akhenaton and Nefertiti. Made of quartzite, 18th dynasty, ca. 1350 BC, from Amarna, #Egypt On display at Neues Museum, Berlin 📸 me 10520127
Reposted by JSquiresBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.” #Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.latimes.comCopenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new levelCycling has been a part of that good life in Copenhagen for decades. In recent years, it has enjoyed yet another unfathomable surge in popularity — taken to the next level thanks to constantly improvi... 17850259
Reposted by JSquiresGreg Egan @gregegansf.bsky.social · 27/07/2026While the Fields Medal celebrates the under-40s, the mathematician Joan Birman has, at the age of 99, solved a major open problem in representations of the Braid groups, a topic she has worked on for more than 60 years. 121299320
Reposted by JSquiresDean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Reading D.H. Lawrence on the Tube November 3, 1960, the day Lady Chatterley went on sale in the UK "The verdict was a crucial step towards the freedom of the written word, at least for works of literary merit." - Geoffrey Robertson 164
Reposted by JSquiresProf. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 09/09/2026One more totally fucking nuts graph for today, care of a request by @leonsimons.com. Not only is the current standard deviation for the Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature above 4SD over the 1982-2011 mean for the first time on record, but no previous year even reached 3SD. 21458219
