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A science obsessed artist with an amazing fiancé and a bunch of cool kids. Progressive liberal nerd. I’ve lived abroad. "Iterative methods rule me and play is learning with all systems engaged” Photography and Artwork is mine. iNaturalist.org Do Science!
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Uuuuugh human, what did you think would happen when you planted all those frigging bee gardens??!!! BEARS. Now I have deal with actual frigging bears in my back yard. You'd better think twice about that vermiculture stuff. (September 2024)

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978? 100%? 500%? Try 1,085% Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

submitted 61 days ago • 1032 comments

Recently took a peek at Twitter and the disinformation is getting substantially more dangerous. Someone could get killed. The tactics of constantly repeating outright lies, targeting specific people, repurposing years-old footage and presenting them as new is getting to another level. It’s scary.

submitted 62 days ago • 3674 comments

I love this pic of us on the top of some random mountain in PA. We drove 30 min off of the interstate looking for a quiet backwoods spot to take some photos, stretch our legs, and explore. We seem to make a lot of great memories in the in-between places. The ride is as important as the destination.

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Proud to work at @vanityfair.com

submitted 71 days ago • 551 comments

Easily the best description of him I’ve ever read.

submitted 71 days ago • 1234 comments

Lots of psychopaths pretending to be autistic these days.

submitted 71 days ago • 589 comments

Likely a coincidence

submitted 71 days ago • 231 comments

My mom and her husband Tom seen skedaddling away from the Jesse James Gang in #Northfield,MN. He'd probably say that guns saved the town. My mom always knew that the COMMUNITY saved themselves... with guns. I've always appreciated that she saw the deeper meaning, despite all the whooping and hoots!

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

I've spent my life marveling at how artists are driven to share their gifts, their perspectives, and their warnings. Artists of all sorts are speaking out now! You probably don't like a whole lot of their images, you may be offended as hell... but you damn well better listen. We raised them for this

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

There are cute bugs in the world. Proof. #insects #pollinators #cute

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment

This was one of my earliest posts on Ye olde Twitter. I posted it on 04/15/2022. It is saved in my files as #Ukraine! I have been waiting since then for #Biden to go asymmetric on the information front while simultaneously giving the Ukrainians enough firepower and tech to win their land & freedom.

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

There are all sorts of pollinators out there and they aren't all bees. Though, if you're going to be hanging around flowers, it doesn't hurt to resemble a bee. #pollinators #aster

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

@npr.org OFF at 7:16AM. I’ve been having vivid flashbacks from an obvious progression. The bullied, abused, and vulnerable know. Historians know. There is a vital flaw in the view that an authoritarian will let anyone oppose him through democratic legislation or law. MAGA will attack while we debate

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

That splash of color in the eye! I zoomed in so you can see it up close. Such beauty!

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submitted 80 days ago • 39 comments

Just bee. You deserve a smile.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Ambush bugs are pretty cool. I've noticed that my photos of them almost always include their prey. I mostly don't notice them with my eyes or camera lens... until they strike. #pollinator #garden

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Have you seen the Minnesota state bird lately? Sometimes I smile a little smile when I step out into the frigid winds of our beautiful home. AITAH? #MN #gardening #pollinators

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