Steph Zimsen

Against the zero-sum game.

[Steph Zimsen @kelpmonster]

High turnover costs WAY more than just paying your ppl a fair living wage.
You’d think that ppl who work for a university could figure that out. All by themselves.
#RespectProtectPayUs

[UW Libraries Union @UWLibUnion]

Over 15 months and 36 bargaining sessions of "how about no" from @UW management. We need a fair contract now! #UWLibraryStrike #RespectProtectPayUs #UnionsForAll @SEIU925

[Steph Zimsen @kelpmonster]

@DrWorms @gingerest @drugmonkeyblog Well, at least the creditors can’t repossess an education …

[Steph Zimsen @kelpmonster]

@DrOrnaND VP is the best gig

[Steph Zimsen @kelpmonster]

*Sigh* enough of this own-goal, circular firing-squad bullshit.

[Steph Zimsen @kelpmonster]

A take on the duplication of effort in Seattle’s Ranked Choice Voting vs. Approval Voting campaigns.

[Ben Chapman @BenChapmanMagic]

This RCV vs AV thing in Seattle was... something... and I want to be VERY clear about the facts as I see them since some fellow reformers have raised questions.

I think a lot of questions can be answered with a clearer picture of the timeline. So here goes...

⬇️⬇️⬇️

[Steph Zimsen @kelpmonster]

… and an alternate point of view on how it went …
https://t.co/q3OnUHUoS3

[Logan Bowers 🏗️ 🏘️ @loganb]

@bettercount_us These things are not true. Ben goes from exaggerating to straight out lying.

[Steph Zimsen @kelpmonster]

IKR?
Fun and *excellent* 🐙 research.
Now peer-review-published at https://t.co/h9xpws6sEd

[Dr Dominic McAfee @dominicmcafee6]

Female #Octopus throw #bivalve shells at harassing males.
I need to switch #molluscs

In the Line of Fire: Debris Throwing by Wild Octopuses https://t.co/IKdqMRnwKQ

[Steph Zimsen @kelpmonster]

@doc_becca @overheardsfn What?! No! 🤢 Gross.

[Steph Zimsen @kelpmonster]

@JackEDowers @Curufean @waDNR What?? No! Don’t get too careless about that —
it’s super easy to run across Mountaineers, around here! 🌋🏔⛰🗻🚵🧗🥾
https://t.co/vrnDBqJIl8

[Dr. Mild Yet Still Mysterious @sammy4723]

A reminder:
* COVID is airborne.
* Herd immunity did not happen.
* Omicron was not mild.
* Kids do get sick.
* Transmission does occur in schools.
* Each variant is not milder.
* No wave has been an exit wave.
Minimizers have been wrong about every
single one of those things..🦠

[Steph Zimsen @kelpmonster]

@mrtysonw “c-o-u-g-h s-y-r-u-p” 😝🙅

[Steph Zimsen @kelpmonster]

@notendingwell … and saltiest!

[Steph Zimsen @kelpmonster]

Too good not to share!

[E/V Nautilus @EVNautilus]

Big gulp! The Nautilus team spotted a gulper eel doing just that in @HawaiiReef. That pouch-like mouth can inflate in an instant, scooping up much larger prey like a pelican! This gulper was likely a juvenile, as they can grow up to three feet in length. #NautilusinPMNM

[Steph Zimsen @kelpmonster]

@maggiekb1 If you live somewhere with a lot of crows, this is really not good for the rest of the wildlife around you!
Subsidizing your local crows means more crows, & then more crow predation on the other birds’ babies and on lots of other small wildlife.

Pls don’t add to the unbalance.

[Steph Zimsen @kelpmonster]

@jliening But … you did all the hard work!

[Steph Zimsen @kelpmonster]

Wearing a mask isn’t such hard work. So do it!

[Steph Zimsen @kelpmonster]

@SueBee82437978 @hillygirl1939 Something I keep having to remind myself, after getting infected 7 or 8 weeks ago.

With (apparently) very similar feelings of failure & dread.

You’re not alone! But we will be a lot safer/healthier, in the long run, than if we hadn’t gotten vaxxed.

[Steph Zimsen @kelpmonster]

@SueBee82437978 @hillygirl1939 Yes! Vaxxed and boosted and _then_ infected does NOT raise your risk anywhere near as much as skipping the vaccines and just getting sick.
You greatly protected yourself from sequelae before you even got sick.

[Steph Zimsen @kelpmonster]

@HarmitMalik @Merz you were saying?

[Delores Schilling @DelSchilling]

I have been tweeting this every day.

Will you join me?

Over 5700 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women #MMIW