Karen James

@kejames.bsky.social

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Environmental geneticist & outdoorswoman into eDNA, botany, evolution, space, sci-comm, skiing, Outlander & kindness • auntie • cat mom • she/her “I would teach my feet to fly” Banner art by @truelovebirch@bsky.social 📍Unceded Wabanaki land (aka Maine)

A selection of beautiful lettuces with "add to cart" under each one.
Screengrab of tweet by Pixelated Boat: The whole internet loves Milkshake Duck, a lovely duck that drinks milkshakes! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you the duck is racist
The back of my hand with a plum-sized bruise on it.
Man in office wear gesturing in front of investigation board
Selfie wearing shoulder brace and looking zoned out
Floofy tuxedo cat in a window with a bookcase in the background
Colorful diagram showing the flow of votes after each round of elimination with the title, “Sankey diagram of the Democratic gubernatorial primary ranked choice tabulation”
“America 1000 years of history” BBC documentary website
Lake reflecting clouds and hills
Cropped version of the photo linked in the above post of cars on fire in a Belfast street
Pest Control Recently discovered specimens of the common sewer rat have shown some remarkable new characteristics. Attributed to an increase in junk food waste, ambient radiation and hardcore urban rap music these creatures have evolved at an unprecedented rate. Termed the Banksus Militus Vandalus they are impervious to all modern methods of pest control and mark their territory with a series of elaborate signs. Professor B. Langford of University College London states "You can laugh now.... but one day they may be in charge."
A taxidermied rat wearing a tiny backpack and with a spray paint can, with a tiny spray-painted message next to him reading “our time will come”
Map showing the location of my beaver photo between the Hulls Cove Visitor Center and Duck Brook Bridge in Acadia National Park
Close up of the head same beaver as the previously posted video
Video of a beaver floating in a pond and gnawing on a stick while holding and turning the stick in its hands
But she said he regularly grabbed her by the shoulders — sometimes hard enough to leave marks - and, on one occasion, yanked her out of a cab by her wrist after an argument when she wanted to stay in the car. During one argument, she recalled, he twisted her arm behind her back, shoved her into a bedroom and held the door closed from the other side so she couldn't get out, telling her to remain there until she was "calm." Eventually, Ms. Fifield said, she fell asleep and left the next morning. "It hurt," she said. But she added: "It didn't cause an injury, it didn't break my arm."
Lyndsey Fifield, 40, a Virginia conservative who has worked for right-leaning groups and Republican campaigns, recalled him as "cavalierly contemptuous of women's emotions, of our 'weakness:" Ms. Fifield, who dated Mr. Platner from roughly 2013 to 2015, said that his offensive online posts "reminded me of just how much he hated women."
But she said he regularly grabbed her by the shoulders - sometimes hard egpugh to leave marks - and, on one occasion, yanked her out of a cab by her wrist after an argument when she wanted to stay in the car.
A multi-green-hued wooded mountainside behind a lake
Not bound by convention Do it our way. Our success—and much of the fun-lies in developing new ways to do things.
Justice Be just, equitable and antiracist as a company and in our community. We embrace the work necessary to create equity for historically marginalized people and reorder the priorities of an economic system that values short-term expansion over human well-being and thriving communities. We acknowledge painful histories, confront biases, change our policies and hold each other accountable. We aspire to be a company where people from all backgrounds, identities and experiences have the power to contribute and lead.
Screengrab of podcast episode transcript naming Megyn Kelley as the host.
“Megan McArdle. Men are falling behind. Let's talk about it.” Alongside a thumbnail of the author.
A delicate tree with pinkish white flowers in front of a pond and a forest
Picture of a red truck tipped over in a home, with the caption, “Lorry gets stuck in hole it was sent to fix in Somerset. The Guardian”
A turkey sitting in the gravel with some juniper bushes behind
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The arboretum was opened on 23 April 1997. About 20 local schools had helped with the initial planting phase in March 1996, and over 40 attended the grand opening ceremony, conducted by Sir David Attenborough, after whose family the arboretum is named.
Statue of man in suit about to walk off a plinth. He’s carrying a flag that is blowing back to cover his face.
Diagram of shoulder anatomy showing a tear in the soft tissue above the humeral head.
Screen grab from Merlin bird ID app with a picture of a goose, the words “Canada Goose” below it, and below that, “This is my bird,” with bird scratched out and replaced with “Guy”
Screen grab of a tweet by me (kejames) reading, “This part of the astronaut application cracks me up every time.” With a screengrab reading, “Travel Required:76% or greater - Extensive travel required”
A sled dog looks up very expectantly
A sled dog looking sleepy to the camera while sitting comfortably on a grass lawn
The official NASA portrait of the Space Shuttle Challenger crew, with three white men, two white women, a Black man and an Asian man.
Christina Koch’s facial profile backlit by Earth in the background, through the spacecraft window
A small, full moon in the blackness of space with part of the Artemis spacecraft, including part of a solar array, in the foreground
Fluffy tuxedo cat asleep in the sun, with her head resting on the edge of her water bowl
The earth, half illuminated, "rises" above the surface of the Moon in the foreground
Sepia toned photo of a younger me at Kennedy Space center wearing a rocket necklace and NASA fake tattoo.
Photo of a TV screen with four astronauts standing behind a microphone taking questions, with their T-38 jets, which they had just landed in, behind them.
Diagram of shoulder anatomy, but both the anatomy and the labels are wrong and very obviously AI-generated.
Shoulder X-ray in which the head of the humerus appears to float about a centimeter below the curve of the socket
Local newspaper insert cover page with a photo of a smiling Jessie Diggins skiing towards the camera, and reading “Jessie Diggins dominating the 15K free mass start at Canmore in Alberta, Canada, February 2024. An Olympic gold medalist, multiple-time World Cup overall champion, and the most decorated American cross-country skier ever is expected to take her "last lap at the World Cup Finals in Lake Placid on March 20-22. CModica/NordicFocus UpstateSports.fun”
Photo of a ski patroller with a rescue sled. I am sitting upright in the sled with a cotton sling supporting my right arm. I am wearing a white helmet and a grumpy facial expression.
Telemark ski bindings with heel piece broken off, which I am holding in my hand
The legendary Legion of Groom was out in force last night, taking their time to get a good deep till on 55 trails, including the steep favorites of Liftline and Nosedive. Join us this morning to carve up 275 acres and over 19 miles of varying textures of corduroy.
UPDATE 9:13AM: As we got more into the trails since the original posting below it is clear that the conditions are really rough and we will not be able to get any more trails groomed besides Sugar Road and Fox Track. Those trails have bare spots, plenty of grey ice, and are treacherous to even get on through the meadow. We are not encouraging anybody to ski today, but will have Sugar Road and Fox Track open for those who are desperate to get on snow and understand that these should be skied with caution and are not our usual primo conditions. If you are looking for exercise and views you could always get out snowshoeing today, though there will be some bare spots on the snowshoe trails, too.
A video taken from the passenger seat of a car driving up a quiet highway through a forest with rugged mountains beyond.
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A smoothly groomed swath of snow stretches out into the forest with the tips of two cross country skis visible in the foreground
A marine iguana rests on a white sand beach with blue green waves crashing in the background
How surprised I am (1/10 boxes colored in) How disgusted I am (10/10 boxes colored in)
POV video of cross-country skiing downhill in a set track, through a mostly deciduous forest backlit by late afternoon sun, with glimpses of a frozen pond and low mountains in the distance
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Brett Kavanaugh scrunching his face up with rage.