Kricket

He takes a swing, but he can't hit.

The tiny predator Lacrymaria olor owes its shape-shifting ability to an “origami-like” cellular architecture, a new Science study finds. The results offer a glimpse into geometrical control of behavior in single cells. Learn more in this week's issue: scim.ag/7eu

Ted Cruz’s tweet is not only, broadly speaking, a fruit of Christian America … it is, specifically, a fruit of the modern missionary paradigm. Vile and inexcusable. You’d think a man who licked the boots of a rapist who called his wife ugly could go no lower, but Ted did.

Men who demand that women dress “modestly” are confessing that they see women only as sex objects, not as people. And that’s a them problem, not a clothes problem.

Dear Christian, When you tell someone “you aren’t a real Christian unless you vote for my preferred candidate,” all you are doing is declaring to the world that you can no longer tell the difference between Christianity and your political party. That’s political idolatry.

Nobody's saying ALL MEN. Nobody's saying MOST MEN. But when a woman is raped by 90 men within driving distance from her, we are saying ENOUGH MEN. If you're a man still commenting "not all men" on women's posts, you are absolutely part of the problem.

when you leave evangelicalism and don’t become episcopalian:

Amazing Flourite crystals from the Minerva #1 mine, Cave-in-Rock sub-district, Hardin Co., Illinois. Photo © Little Lemuria LLC

you can’t hurt me. i grew up with rapture anxiety

The way this cop ran up and choked Tyreek Hill from behind got me heated …..

Cops have been taught that they can abuse their ability to control a traffic stop when “officer safety” concerns arise. To most cops, that means when they perceive disrespect or a challenge to their authority. This is a nationwide problem. Nobody is safe.

Do the work, fam.

Emotional Baggage and Tardigrades

This rotifer was living her best life in a well slide.

Macrostomum from pond water

What is the purpose of a water bear?

My first stentor, August of 2022, seen here with colonial peritrichs (possibly Carchesium?)

@DeepaHRajan Remember the stentor dingleberry I found? 😂

today I found a Stentor with two butts

Not me, on a first date, with all my baggage… 😂