Octobeth

@eneswald
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Historian of science and technology, nutrition science, material cultures of science, technology and medicine, women in science. Rather preoccupied with marine invertebrates. Also rats.
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It's a breathtaking fraud: #SoCal, America's largest gas company, spent millions secretly paying people to oppose California environmental regulations, then illegally stuck its customers with the bill. We Californians were forced to pay to lobby *against our own survival*:

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article277266828.html

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/19/cooking-the-books-with-gas/#reichman-jorgensen

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Today in marine invertebrates. Mood
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Thousands Of Ghost Crabs Run Along Beach

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Today in marine invertebrates. Mood. Improving
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📸 : from this New Scientist website © 2010 TNC/IfAME-CSUMB/MARE
https://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/the-smithsonian-california-deep-sea.html
The Smithsonian-California Deep-Sea Starfish Connection! The Sunflower Star's Deep-sea cousin-<i>Rathbunaster californicus</i>!

( from this New Scientist website © 2010 TNC/IfAME-CSUMB/MARE ) Historical trivia is always kind of weird and interesting. If you know ...

Today in marine invertebrates. Feed me
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Today in marine invertebrates. Mood
#MarineInvertebrates https://youtu.be/hsBVvlJjNtc
Clam Digs into Sand

It was low tide, so this clam decided to hide underground. It tried to dig its way through the moist sand and made some weird noises while doing so.Check Out...

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Today in marine invertebrates. Barbie jellyfish
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📸 : Roberto Pillon https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45659883
File:Pelagia noctiluca 2.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Today in marine invertebrates. Barbie nudibranch
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Today in marine invertebrates. Barbie bubble gum coral
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🐦 🔗 : https://twitter.com/echinoblog/status/1683172780458627075?s=20
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“Lovely Paragorgia or bubble gum coral! Ulliaga Mound, Aleutian Islands 781 m #Okeanos #seascapealaska!!”

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