Brittany Sutherland

My wife's new ink! The Question (aka Renée Montoya) done during a marathon seven-hour sit at the Richmond Tattoo Convention, done by the inestimable Seth Holmes of Sleep Walker Tattoo in Pittsburgh.

Student during office hours said I had, quote, “Queer Southern auntie vibes” and I’m gonna be floating on that compliment all week. 😁

The best use of free will and spite I've seen all year!

@rogue151.bsky.social and I headed into the city to see one of the foundational bands of grunge. In honor of the occasion, I’m dressing like it’s 1994.

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

This is the result of 7+ years of Trump's attacks on @repilhan.bsky.social, Somali-Americans, & the Muslim community. Everyone, regardless of party, must speak out against this fascistic abuse of power. If they can do this to a sitting Congresswoman, they can & will do it to anyone.

Our girl cat, Opal, seen here having colonized my new dice tray, has uses for her mothers (Molly is brush mother, I am nighttime heat source mother), and generally likes or tolerates most men. As a lesbian household, we don’t *understand* our straight daughter, but we support her.

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@rogue151.bsky.social and I went for our quarterly ear-lowering, and got to hang out with George, the barbershop shark!

This looks useful for Arabidopsis imaging 👀 doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.20.745988

Today’s Catgoyle update: There are birds.

I’m having this right now not with a book but with the portrayal of a D&D race in Critical Role art. Orcs have tusks. Those tusks take up space. Lower lips should curve *around* them, not be straight. So the hill I’m currently on is not the Existence of Orcs, but the accuracy of Orc Dentition.

Holy shit.

never the wrong time for this classic

In class: Me: We’re going to talk about Hi-C, and I mean the sequencing approach, not the drink. Student: Oh, I remember that stuff! Tasted kind of like chocolate mixed with sadness. Me: Actually that’s Yoo-hoo, but you’re not wrong!

"Mother, I would like to sit on the math rocks" ~ Opal, taking over @rogue151.bsky.social's dice box.

Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

I'm hiring a postdoc to help build tools for inferring complex speciation histories with genomic data. strong computational skills are a must, but this is a training opportunity. 60K$+ salary, 2 years, details flexible. please reach out! (and repost) ad here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/53150

"A man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing." ~ Oscar Wilde

I'll be honest, if there's not at least ONE furry on a team handling anything technical, I feel much less confident in their abilities. If all the furries in IT suddenly vanished, the economy would crater immediately. Let people have hobbies, y'all!

So is that 0.005 percent hit rate higher or lower than the rate of officers illegally using these systems to spy on their exes?

Last time I buy carbonated paint.

This is just astonishingly cute.

I shifted slightly while Kyoshi was curled up in my lap. I have little time left. It was nice knowing you all.

🌿 Congratulations to Dr. Jenn Coughlan (Yale University), recipient of the 2026 BSA Emerging Leader Award! We're honored to recognize them as a rising star in our community. 👏 Learn more at www.botany.org (click Awards). #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW

Every few years when there's unrest in parts of Africa or the Middle East -- Toyota PR Team in Conference Room, watching war footage: Recent college graduate: *raises hand* Older rest of team: No. RCG: But, they're so dependa- OROT: NO!

Everyone breathlessly going on about Golden Age this and Golden Age that may want to pick up this less-known Twain novel: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3178

Oh god, I just saw the news about Mokha and possible threat to the Bab-el-Mandeb strait. Has anyone checked on Sal Mercogliano? Or his liver?

When your brain scrambles and inadvertently pops out the truth.

Our little cat tree by the front door has a hole in the middle level, and apparently Opal has decided to let it all hang out this morning.

Every time I drive counterclockwise on 495, I get sad and angry when I pass NSF headquarters. But I’m happy my wife was driving yesterday when I first saw this monstrosity slung across it; I would’ve crashed my car. My language was not fit for print.

Okay I’m calling it. In “things happen in threes” this is now the third stupid and/or awful chemical story this week, so we’re done. Everyone go back to following safety protocols and stop messing around with dangerous shit!

Yet another way AI is ruining the internet: online shopping

The Republican Party has: Mass-fired scientists Blocked scientific travel and communication Withheld research funding Ignored scientific policy recommendations Redirected research funding to political allies Deported immigrant scientists Censored scientific results Deleted data

Polycules near campuses with larger Biology or Ecology departments now listing their effective population sizes.

I’m excited to announce that we are looking for a Curatorial Associate to join our team and help lead the L. H. Bailey Hortorium Herbarium at Cornell University 🌿 Please help share with interested botanists! jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...