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Fish biologist, deep sea ecologist, riverine ghoul, host of Savant Garde and Sludgefest, guest on the Boonta Vista podcast. He/him. patreon.com/SavantGarde patreon.com/sludgefest
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new Pope denouncing ketchup on hot dog

Gar Friend PART THREE: The FINale! My pet gar that I donated to Shedd Aquarium got sick and disfigured. Ten years later, no one wanted her when it was time to find her a new home...

Total coincidence! Bonus eps coming very soon as well 👀

Today, Columbia “peace officers” and NYPD kettled and brutalized nearly 100 people of conscience who reclaimed Butler Library as the Basil-al-Araj Liberated Zone. There have been multiple reports of serious injuries.

I heard it's #DeepDay, so here's a fun deep sea fact: we picked up 18 rocks from deep in the North Atlantic and looked at every single animal that was using those rocks. In total, we found ONE HUNDRED (and one) species* of invertebrates on those rocks alone 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

3 helicopters fly overhead Columbia as NYC Mayor Eric Adams announces NYPD is on its way to campus

So cool that our science funding is at the whim of a handful of racist, fascist goobers

For all the people smugly asking ‘where all the student protestors are’ they’re still out there. Protesting.

Amid all the other news, it's easy to become inured to the basic facts here. Öztürk: -Is not accused of committing any crime -Is nonviolent -Was in this country legally -Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to -Has been locked up for six weeks

Day 4 of Hasan’s 7 day suspension and he is still trying to feed his family

A world historical crime, taking place in full view, with the perpetrators so convinced of their impunity that they can brag about genocidal intent, and it’s hard not to agree with their calculation that no one will stop them and no one will be held accountable

NOAA is warning of a group that views Doppler Radars as "weather weapons" and poses a potential threat to US weather infrastructure & personnel. www.cnn.com/2025/05/05/w...

Gotta be honest I have never been scolded about the genocide of Palestinians by a Yu-Gi-Oh villian

Been looking at this for 19 months and I still can’t find the complexity or nuance