Dartmouth Arts and Sciences

@dartmouthartsci.bsky.social

What causes the corpse flower’s pungent odor? @sciam.bsky.social cites research by professor Eric Schaller and his team, which identified putrescine as a previously unknown component of the plant’s odor that contributes to its smell of decaying animals.

Rachel (ish)

@rachelish.bsky.social

I am considering spending the big money and going to a workshop at the FoQ this year. I will probably prevaricate so long they'll sell out

guek

@guek.bsky.social

I am no longer a misanthrope as I was in my youth. Nay, my hate is now a concentrated distillation of violent malice with a keen clarity honed over many years.

Lettie Monstera

@lettiehempstock.bsky.social

Can we stop using the euphemism “boots on the ground” when we mean “young people placed in immediate mortal danger deliberately”?

Marius Kiely

@mariuskiely.uk

Why is everything in life so massively, ridiculously, infuriatingly frustrating these days??
Everything, at every juncture, is just a massive pain in the arse...
😡

David Darmofal

@daviddarmofal.bsky.social

Trump cuts exacerbate budget fights in red states

Republican legislatures already grappling with budget shortfalls consider further cuts and new taxes to cover funding gaps worsened by the "big, beautiful bill."

Chris7ben

@chris7ben.bsky.social

“Cryptocurrency is opaque and hard to trace. Campaigners have long warned it could be used to funnel dark money into British politics. That loophole is now, at last, being closed.

Nigel Farage, who has openly courted crypto donations, will not be pleased.” 🤣

QueenCityJamz

@queencityjamz.bsky.social

This is one of my fave Hopper paintings. It has lived at the Des Moines Art Center since 1958. I always try to pop in to visit it when I'm back in Iowa. I've been looking at this beguiling woman for so many yrs it's like she's family.

Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv)

@socpaperbot.bsky.social

Enough is enough? Analyzing the relationship between economic inequality and support for democracy Although rising economic inequality is linked to declining support for democracy in multiple theoretical arguments and the public discourse alike, the empirical evidence for their l
#sociology link

@hildewithers.bsky.social

Watching Dances with Wolves for like the 50th time and just noticed an anachronism - a ring necked dove at Fort Sedgewick. Oops. Not that far north till the 1990s. Should've been a Mourning Dove. Nitpicky as heck, I know! 😣