Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

The coconut octopus is found in tropical waters of the western Pacific. It feeds on shrimp, crabs, and clams, and displays unusual behavior including bipedal walking and tool use; it gathers coconut shells and seashells and uses them for shelter.

It displays a color pattern with dark ramified lines similar to veins, normally with a yellow siphon. The arms are usually darker, with contrasting white suckers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphioctopus_marginatus

#ocean #biodiversity

photo: https://www.facebook.com/wildworldbv/photos/a.407853472580181/1881495298549317/?type=3&is_lookaside=1

The phrase "government approved book" or "government approved curriculum" should alarm everyone. #Indoctrination is the process of teaching people to accept ideas uncritically. Only presenting one idea and banning & demonizing any idea that counters it meets the definition.

In short, #Florida is seeking to indoctrinate students.

https://pen.org/educational-censorship-continues-in-2023/

#education #books #DeSantis #highered

#Theists:
#God has a plan = no free will
Free will = no godly plan

Discuss among yourselves.

#atheist vs #faith

A TRUE American Hero 😢

Marshfield, WI couple learned this week their 28-year-old son died fighting in Ukraine
#Ukraine️ #USA

https://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/news/local/2023/02/23/marshfield-couple-learned-their-son-died-fighting-in-the-ukraine/69938065007/

#H5N1
Doomsday à l'angle de la rue ?

Researchers ‘cannot rule out’ bird flu spreading between sea lions
More than 600 sea lions have been found dead or dying on Peruvian beaches this year in the first mass mortality event of wild mammals from bird flu in South https://www.newscientist.com/article/2359206-researchers-cannot-rule-out-bird-flu-spreading-between-sea-lions/

via @Bexzex

Question for households with more than one mom: What names do your kids use to distinguish each mom?

Bonus question for #trans moms whose kids started out calling you 'dad' but then changed along the way: How did your kids handle that shift?

Boosts appreciated! #queerparents #queerparenting #lgbtqia #queer #parenting

How to Write a Book.
1. Write a word.
2. Repeat Step One 80,000 times but with different words.

#writing #writingtips #writinglife #writingcommunity #writerslife #writersofmastodon

Students Across Florida Walk Out in Protest of Ron DeSantis: The Florida governor has led an authoritarian onslaught on education in the state.

https://newrepublic.com/post/170745/students-across-florida-walk-protest-ron-desantis

#desantis #florida