grrlscientist

grrlscientist, 4 hours ago to evolution

Diverse Headgear Of Hoofed Mammals Evolved From A Common Ancestor, study from Baruch College & CUNY Graduate Center, published by Communications Biology

by @grrlscientist

#evolution #GeneExpression🧬 #transcriptomes #cervidae🦌🦬🦒 #headgear #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/05/27/diverse-headgear-of-hoofed-mammals-evolved-from-a-common-ancestor/

grrlscientist, 10 days ago to Humor

The Onion's new CEO on his plan to bring back ‘the good internet’

Ben Collins, a former political disinformation reporter at NBC News, is working to make #satire great again

#TheOnion🧅 #humor🤣 #news🗞️ https://www.fastcompany.com/91126211/the-onion-ceo-ben-collins-jeff-lawson-nbc-news-elon-musk

grrlscientist, 14 days ago to Israel

Blinken delivers some of the harshest public US🇺🇸 criticism yet of Israel’s conduct in Gaza

#Israeli🇮🇱 tactics mean “a horrible loss of life of innocent civilians” but failed to neutralize #Hamas🇵🇸 leaders & fighters & could drive a lasting insurgency

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/blinken-delivers-some-of-the-harshest-public-u-s-criticism-yet-of-israels-conduct-in-gaza

grrlscientist, 15 days ago to random

A former #CentralPark carriage #horse headed to the #slaughterhouse has been saved

“He’s a pleasant horse, an attractive horse . . .he stood out amongst the 60 others in the pen”

#AnimalJustice #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights https://nypost.com/2024/05/11/us-news/ex-carriage-horse-saved-from-becoming-chopped-meat/

grrlscientist, 15 days ago to gardening

gardening is a revolutionary act

Planting seeds of change: welcome to the garden revolution!

by C.J. Bell @disorganizedjoy

#gardening #plants🌻 #food🫑🌽 #GoVegan #GardeningRevolution

grrlscientist, 22 days ago to evolution

#evolution of the #twitter-x logo

#meme

grrlscientist, 1 month ago to Women

"It actually doesn't take much to be considered a difficult woman. That's why there are so many of us."

-- Jane Goodall

#women #DifficultWomen #WomensRights

grrlscientist, 1 month ago to Birds

As Mumbai swelters, #birds🦉 fall from the sky, 40 undergo heat-related treatments

“In most cases, they endure heatstroke, dehydration, and fever, with body temperatures surpassing 45°C"

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateCollapse #India🇮🇳 #heatwave🥵 #EarthDay2024🌏 https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/heat-birds-affected-illnesses-treatments-9266685/

grrlscientist, 1 month ago to Finland

i've shared this before, but good news is always worth repeating

Finland🇫🇮 ends homelessness & provides shelter for all in need

#poverty💰 #homelessness #shelter #Finland #GoodNews https://thebetter.news/housing-first-finland-homelessness/

grrlscientist, 1 month ago to Health

Farmed #salmon isn't just killing #fish🐟 in the pens, it's bad for human #health🛟 & is killing a lots of other species

"Salmon farming is one of the most harmful aquaculture production systems in the world.

... Producing one of the most contaminated food products in the world."

#food🍜 #GoVegan

grrlscientist, 1 month ago to climate

#ClimateCrisis → #drought → #FoodCrisis → #migration

Half-century of eastern Nepal’s🇳🇵 rainfall🌧️ data points to a link between chronic drought & #depopulation

https://nepalitimes.com/here-now/climate-crisis-drought-food-deficit-migration

grrlscientist, 1 month ago to random

Michigan Department of Natural Resources exploring criminal charges against hunter who tortured & shot #wolf

#WildlifeCrime #criminals #Hunters https://www.woodtv.com/news/calhoun-county/dnr-exploring-criminal-charges-against-hunter-who-shot-wolf/

grrlscientist, 1 month ago to books

it's not hoarding if it's books

#books💙📚

grrlscientist, 1 month ago to gardening

give a man to fish and he eats for a day.

teach a woman to garden and the whole neighbourhood gets zucchini.

#gardening👩‍🌾

grrlscientist, 1 month ago to H5N1

cattle ranchers are poisoning their cattle🐄 by feeding them #H5N1 infected chicken🐓 litter! (they claim it's "safe", but if so, why are ANY cattle sick with H5N1??)

#GoVegan🌾 #BirdFlu🦠 #PublicHealth🛟 https://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/beef/feeding-broiler-litter-to-beef-cattle/

grrlscientist, 1 month ago to conservative

FWS sued for failing to timely make decisions on protecting 4 bee species under the #Endangered Species Act

America's bumblebees are in deep trouble & it's critical for US Fish & Wildlife Service to stop their plunge toward #extinction

#ESA #bumblebee🐝 #conservation🌎 https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/crops/article/2024/04/02/fish-wildlife-sued-making-endangered

grrlscientist, 2 months ago to parrots

Threatened in their homeland, feral Mexican🇲🇽 parrots thrive on L.A.’s exotic landscaping

#parrots🦜 #birds🦉 #ornithology🪶 #feral #LosAngeles

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-03-03/feral-mexican-parrots-thrive-on-exotic-l-a-landscaping

grrlscientist, 3 months ago to random

#JoeBiden: "Having 81 years behind you is better than having 91 criminal charges ahead of you."

#TrumpisaTraitorAndCriminal 😆😂🤣

grrlscientist, 3 months ago to random

who did this? 😂🤣😜

#GoldSneakers👟 #trump

grrlscientist, 3 months ago to random

"The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them."

-- Turkish proverb

🌲🪓

grrlscientist, 3 months ago to parrots

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio called for the end of #logging🪚 in native Australian #forests🌲🌳🌴 to protect critically #endangered swift #parrots🦜

#ecocide #conservation #Australia🇦🇺 https://efe.com/en/latest-news/2024-02-09/dicaprio-calls-for-end-to-logging-in-australia-to-save-endangered-parrots/

grrlscientist, 3 months ago to politics

this man is delusional. why isn't he locked up in a mental hospital🚑? or is he planning to lead america on a long, meaningless wander through a desert🐪 for 40 years?

#MikeJohnson #Moses #politics ##GQP

grrlscientist, 3 months ago to random

truly terrifying. absolute #MustRead. will amerikkka🇺🇸 become a new #Nazi state? how can we prevent this?

2 things may help: ELIMINATE THE #FILIBUSTER. END THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.

Dancing in the Dark: Steps to Avoid a Constitutional Coup in #Election2024🗳️

https://washingtonspectator.org/dancing-in-the-dark/

grrlscientist, 3 months ago to random

you all should read this fascinating paper about #limitarianism, which is the ethical argument that it is immoral & anti-democracy for any one individual or family to possess too much wealth/riches

#wealth💵 #riches💱 #greed💰

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/japp.12502#:~:text=Limitarianism%20claims%20that%20there%20are,moral%20value%20than%20redistributing%20it

grrlscientist, 4 months ago to politics

"Democrats introduced a bill that would strip the pension of a president convicted of a felony.

Who else agrees that this needs to happen?"

#politics #pension #criminal