Notices by GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ (grrlscientist@mastodon.social)

"If you believe that teaching about God in public schools will improve peoples' morality, you first need to explain why it doesn't work in churches."

#politics #morality #schools #churches #theocracy #religion #WhiteChristians #WhiteNationalism #FreedomOfReligion #freedomFROMreligion

“Hidden ‘Invite Random Journalist’ button moved to avoid accidental taps.”

#SignalGate #politics #journalism #FascistAmeriKKKa #fascism #nazis #Signal

Crime Investigation Tool Reveals Origins Of UK’s Feral Parrots

"A recent study identified where the UK’s naturalized parakeets came from by adapting a powerful crime investigation technique designed to locate and identify serial criminals"

by @grrlscientist via #Substack

#parrots #forensics #parakeets #London #UK #SciComm https://substack.com/home/post/p-156158357

“The number one cause of atheism is christians. those who proclaim him with their mouths and deny him with their actions is what an unbelieving world finds unbelievable.”

— Karl Rahner

#religion #politics #ethics #morals #christians #Fascism #GreedyBastards

absolutely horrific.

THIS is what americans do to brown people (many of whom are US CITIZENS).

#FascistAmeriKKKa #fascism #USCitizens #politics #racism #BrownLivesMatter #deportation #ConcentrationCamp #ElSalvador #HumanRights https://time.com/7269604/el-salvador-photos-venezuelan-detainees/

true?

ICE just announced it is again pausing the hotline where people can call to report undocumented immigrants because 95% of the calls are from people reporting #ElonMusk, whose own brother has publicly admitted they weren't legal

If this isn't true we need to make it true. Internet, do your thing! Phone number. 1-802-872-6199 ; Toll-free number. 1-866-347-2423 (calls from the U.S. or Canada only)

#politics #crime #IllegalAlien

"NRA accidentally forgets to rise up against tyrannical government.

An embarrassed National Rifle Association says it totally forgot to do the one thing it has been saying for years it is solely there to do."

#politics #fascistAmeriKKKa #fascism #Nazis #tyrants #oligarchs #NRA #LyingLiars

History repeats itself

#FascistAmeriKKKa #fascism #Nazis #science #academics #scientists #history #politics

Avocados Were Domesticated 7,500 Years Ago According To Fossil Evidence, study out of University of California, Santa Barbara, published by PNAS

by @grrlscientist

#avocados #trees #arboriculture #domestication #agriculture #fossils #food #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/03/13/avocados-were-domesticated-7500-years-ago-according-to-fossil-evidence/

"Republicans inherited one of the strongest stock markets in history and in 1 month, they've fucked it all up."

#politics #StockMarket #stockmarketcrash #FascistAmeriKKKa #fascism #plutocracy #nazis #fElonMusk #POTUS #rethuglicans #GOP

“I literally WANT my tax dollars to support National Parks, science, education, conservation, mental health, and helping marginalized people. In case that wasn’t clear.”

#politics #taxes #NationalParks #science #education #conservation #MentalHealth #MarginalizedPeople

Nicola Tesla: “Get my name off your shitty cars, you Nazi Fuck.”

#politics #GreedyBastard #Tesla #Nazi #SwatiKKKar #billionaire #fElonMusk #psychopath

The World’s Biggest And Stinkiest Flowers Are Facing Extinction | University of Oxford’s Botanic Garden & #Arboretum, review published by Plants, People, Planet

by @grrlscientist

#botany #plants #conservation #Endangered #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/02/26/the-worlds-biggest-and-stinkiest-flowers-are-facing-extinction/

Wild Fish Recognize Individual Humans Who Feed Them | Max Plank Institute of Animal Behavior & University of Clermont Auvergne | Royal Society Biology Letters

by @grrlscientist

#fish #evolution #cognition #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/02/25/wild-fish-recognize-individual-humans-who-feed-them/

“Canada to send $5 billion in aid to Ukraine using funds seized from Russian assets.”

“This is not a conflict Ukraine wanted, provoked or asked for in ANY WAY.”

— PM Justin Trudeau —

#politics #Ukraine #Russia #Canada #PMJustinTrudeau #RussianAssets #RussiaIsATerroristState #PutinIsaWarCriminal

in recognition that TODAY is ECONOMIC BLACKOUT DAY, i ask us all: "When did firing park rangers, scientists and air traffic controllers become a better idea than simply TAXING BILLIONAIRES?"

#billionaires #GreedyBastards #EatTheRich #Plutocrats #RobberBarons #politics #EconomicPolicy #taxes

Journalist: "Of the 35,000 lies you've told the American Public Mr President, which is your favorite?"

AgentOrange: "I don't lie."

Journalist: "Yeah, that's my favorite, too."

#lies #politics #FascistAmeriKKKa #POTUS #LyingLiars

TODAY is ECONOMIC BLACKOUT DAY

Don’t buy anything today

No Amazon, Target, Walmart, Fast food, gas

Small businesses okay

USE CASH

#politics #Boycott #EconomicBlackoutDay #resist #WeHaveThePower #FascistAmeriKKKa

Why Do Some Female Hummingbirds Crossdress?

"Some female #hummingbirds mimic the plumage colors & patterns of males to avoid harassment from aggressive males without becoming bullies themselves"

by @grrlscientist via #Substack

#ornithology #evolution #ecology #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/why-do-some-female-hummingbirds-crossdress

Fifty Shades of Black: These Bird Feathers Are The Darkest Never Seen

"Scientists studying the many shades of black have discovered how birds create one of the blackest blacks known: super-black feathers."

by @grrlscientist via #Medium

#UltraBlack #SuperBlack #birds #ornithology #colors #feathers #SciComm https://medium.com/grrlscientist/fifty-shades-of-black-these-bird-feathers-are-the-darkest-never-seen-5a2f96e37371