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Felines of antiquity raku vase in full side 1. The vase is shades of reds, browns, purples and coppers with two cat shaped handles and revealed clay on one side of the vase.

Felines of antiquity raku vase in full side 2. The vase is shades of reds, browns, purples and coppers with two cat shaped handles and revealed clay on one side of the vase.

Felines of antiquity raku vase in full with dried flowers. The vase is shades of reds, browns, purples and coppers with two cat shaped handles and revealed clay on one side of the vase.

A grey cat stands proudly on a red pillow with gold leaf design. The pillow is atop a white wooden rocking chair, the throne of said cat.

Inspired by ancient reverence for cats, I've created 'Felines of Antiquity,' a raku vase that honours their timeless, divine charm and enduring diva attitudes.

Does your cat act like a god or goddess? Mine certainly does!

Share your stories and photos below, and happy #Caturday to all!

#art #cats

NIH Says It Will No Longer Recognize the Research Fellows’ Union NIH leadership said the union “should never have been certified,” in an email to the union’s leadership.

NIH leadership wants to strip worker's rights from the majority of scientists on its campuses.

But, the NIH does not get to say whether we are a union or not. We do, and we are no strangers to having to fight for our union. Time for a short history lesson. 1/n

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A ballpoint drawing of a lounging cat with one glassy eye visible

Ballpoint cat

#recall

Looks like a great And practical read on an important topic

Data Visualization A Practical Introduction

Here’s a full draft of the upcoming second edition of my “Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction”: socviz.co

An Indian diplomat expresses India's anger with the US over the sinking of an unarmed Iranian ship that had traveled to participate in Indian peacekeeping exercises.

“anger is real, and so is resolve” goes pretty damn hard

I live in a town with basically no non-tourist stores and a Target opened up a few minutes away (everything is a few minutes away unless there's traffic and snow. smol.) and I have still never set foot init and have no plans to. Costco's only about 45m away anyways.

The Joy and the Limits of Picking Yourself A dozen years ago, Seth Godin wrote a blog post called Reject the Tyranny of Being Picked: Pick Yourself. It was a rallying cry for creators to bypass the gatekeepers and simply get on with doing what...

I wrote about this a few years ago

so this one time a lorry of rice showed up at my family home

Large impressionist painting of a swirling orange yellow and red nebula at the bottom and upper right , some white clouds above it on a blue black background with about 25cm of tiny little bastard stars at the top

Been well over a month since I've been able to work on this due to some RSI issues with my painting hand.

About 3 hours (painting fucking stars 😐)

New post-doctoral research position in my phage-host interactions (Phi) laboratory in @otagomicroimmuno.bsky.social at @universityofotago.bsky.social New Zealand. The project is focused on defences against jumbo phages. Please share and if interested apply using the link in the comments.

An intricate octopus cut from a single piece of paper

Japanese artist Masayo Fukuda hand-cut this life-sized octopus from one sheet of paper. Known as Kirie in Japanese (translated as “cut picture”), the art form involves cutting intricate forms from a single sheet of white paper and then contrasting it against a black background to reveal the design.

I fear the last statement is accurate.

#recall

Not gonna share the video of Republican US Senator Tim Sheehy breaking a protesting Marine's hand, but you can find it on @charlotteclymer.bsky.social's timeline.

I'll just say that in a functional country, Sheehy would be expelled by the Senate.

Democratic Senators should publicly push for that.

I don't care! I want to help and maybe my version of help is different than yours, but as long as we all still want to make the world better, everything else means fuckall.

You don't need to listen to me, I don't need to listen to you, and it really doesn't matter at all.

Peeps, just be good.

And look, most of my family is dead. I have no siblings. No parents. No grandparents. But, my aunt, my dead dad's gun-nut sister is still alive, and we just stuck to the things we agreed with, till I couldn't. So I cut her off.

We get to do these things! Other people might think we suck and vversa!

cool cool, the neurologist waitlist I've been on for the next nearest hospital for a year (our rural one lost two in five years, no timeline for a new one) can't give me a timeline, our GE is leaving, my psych left, and my insurance is now 2.5K+ a month.

Rural hospitals are already fucked.

ok yah, you say you're not voting? cool. your choice, reasons probably are super valid. but I'm still unfollowing every single one of you.

I also have valid reasons.

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And the Chernobyl plaque for good measure.

People also ask Is fluoride good or bad for you? Why are people avoiding fluoride? Why is fluoride banned in Europe? What does Japan use instead of fluoride?

I wanted to write a reply about how fluoride was discovered because in some regions people had better teeth due to natural drinking water prevalence (nature! natural! like staring at the sun!) but I wanted to look up the region names for accuracy and google spat out this, and yeah we are doomed.

Mined gold, the pickaxe and dynamite way, in a tiny mine that I couldn't find if you put a gun to my head (even with sharing a name.)

I just tried to register.

The March date is already listed as Full!

I did register for the April date. You have a chance to enter questions. I don't know if there will be another opportunity to do this.

The axiom of markets staying irrational longer than one can stay solvent now applies to the entire US/global economy these days I guess.

The market doesn't react anymore, it attempts to predict and is absolutely terrible at it. It's Polymarket's world now, and we're stuck in it.

Collage of five geometrical drawings - colored in the style of stained glass with watercolor pencils. Orthographic projections of functions used in physics, constructed from their 2D projections: Cones related to the theory of the gyroscope, Lissajous Figures, spins and stereographic projection, a mathematical tower from a spherical harmonic function.

I am using traditional descriptive geometry and watercolor pencils to turn functions used in physics into cathedrals from stained glass.

#MathArt #SciArt

*urge to get back into art and painting intensifies*

Funnily, it's the only thing of mine we have up in ours (tho' I do not have many things.) I remember trying to figure out composition, techniques, and the super-fun part of sketching it out.

I'm realizing I miss it, and appreciate your feedback!

Absolutely agreed! And the vast majority of their articles are free, so you'd be helping a great pub that doesn't restrict access to the important stuff. As a member, you do get access to extra editorial thoughts, which you can share. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-b...

Original landscape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Homeland No. 2602" oil on Ampersand Gessobord, 6"x6" (2026). A peaceful atmospheric landscape painting of lush green gentle slopes with a loosely painted tree in the foreground on the left, underneath a light blue sky with textured breezy white cloud formations.

I keep telling myself that spring will be here soon! Sharing for #scape day.

Tisha Mark ©2026, Homeland No. 2602, oil on gessobord, 6"x6"

Original is available:
tishamark.com/product/home...

#art #painting #SciArt #bsnm #ArtSky