#Science Saturday

[uwmspeccoll]

(Decolonizing) Science Saturday 

This Saturday we are sharing some illustrations from our first edition copy of Wendy Makoons Geniusz’s book, Our Knowledge is Not Primitive: Decolonizing Botanical Anishinaabe Teachings. The botanical illustrations are provided by the author’s sister, Annmarie Geniusz. Published in 2009 by Syracuse University Press, the book is part of their series The Iroquois and Their Neighbors. Established by the press in 1975, the publication series’ primary scope is Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) scholarship, but it also focuses on uplifting the voice of Indigenous scholars’ work in contemplating their own culture. 

As an academic raised in the Anishinaabe culture, Geniusz is particularly well suited to critically examine the Western scientific lens through which Indigenous botanical knowledge is often presented in the Academy. Genuisz, who got her undergraduate degree here at UWM, is the former director of the American Indian Studies program at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and currently teaches Ojibwe language there. 

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-Olivia, Special Collections Graduate Intern

[alchemic-elric]

Roy left a picture for his son on the kitchen counter.

There is a loud obnoxious laughter that escapes him as he stops to stare at the counter before starting to make dinner. Mismatched fingers raise to wipe the tears out of the corners of his eyes.

"Oooh that one's good. That one's real good."

He's lifting a magnet with his left hand to put it on the refrigerator.

||| @flameleads

[saint--claire]

If I blog about it, does that count as writing it down?

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Battle of the Planets (1978)

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Deepsea Lizardfish (Bathysaurus ferox)

(Photo from Ocean Conservancy)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- Indo-Pacific Ocean; Atlantic Ocean

Size (Weight/Length)- 60 cm

Diet- Fish; Crustaceans; Other deepsea lizardfish

Cool Facts- The deepsea lizardfish lives up to 3,500 meters below the surface. This makes them one of the deepest, living, apex predators. Their bodies are relatively flat, allowing them to lay flush against the ocean floor. When an unknowing fish swims past, the deepsea lizardfish uses its enormous, tooth-lined mouth to snare prey. Their massive pupils help the lizardfish to see the smallest flashes of bioluminescent light to spot food. Like the majority of ocean life, deepsea lizardfish are threatened by overfishing of their prey and rapid ocean acidification.

Rating- 13/10 (Yes, this is from Earth and not 4546B.)

[shaneplays]

One of Ralph McQuarrie's concept designs for the Colonial Viper from the original Battlestar Galactica ended up being used as the starfighter ("Thunderfighter") from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. McQuarrie's concepts are so good even his rejected designs are winners… on Sci-Fi Saturday!!

[thegoodmorningman]

Discover Joy this and each Dawn!!!

[thehauntedrocket]

Transformers

Art by Dustin Weaver

[driveintheaterofthemind]

Mightor And Tor

Art by Steve Rude

[calkestis]

“The Mando voice is like a bedroom voice. Without the mask, it just sounds porny.”

 Pedro Pascal Monologue - SNL

[browsethestacks]

Space Ghost #01 (2023)

Art by Francesco Mattina, Jae Lee, Bjorn Barends And Michael Cho

[uwmspeccoll]

Science Saturday

Here are some wood engravings and a chromolithograph from a new addition to our Historical Curriculum Collection, two titles bound in one volume: A Handbook of Natural Philosophy and Elements of Sound, Light, and Heat, both by American educators William James Rolfe (1827-1910) and Joseph Anthony Gillet (1837-1908), published in 1868 as part of the 6-volume Cambridge Course of Physics series by Boston educational publisher Woolworth, Ainsworth, & Co. with the second title also published in New York by A. S. Barnes & Co.

The chromolithograph of the spectrograph was printed by the Boston German-American lithographer Augustus Meisel (1824-1885). The wood engravings (probably metal plates produced from the original blocks) depict, from the top, a hydraulic press, a vacuum jar, a stationary steam engine, and a steam locomotive. The last image depicts the interaction of waves:

It represents the forms produced by the intersection of direct and reflected water-waves in a vessel. The point of disturbance is marked by the smallest circle in the figure, and is midway between the centre and the circumference. . . . In like manner a great variety of sound-waves may exist together in the air. . . . In this way thousands of waves may be transmitted through the air at the same time without losing their individual character. The same case holds good here as in the case of water-waves; namely, that every particle of air is affected by a motion which is the algebraic sum of all the single motions imparted to it.

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[alchemic-elric]

@flameleads is up to no fuckin' good again:

"I need some advice." Hand to his chin, Roy looked like he was pacing back and forth for a while. "I have a date tonight, and I want to impress them. They're a biologist, so I was thinking... should I wear designer genes for them?"

He cannot believe he is putting his book down to listen to this old man prattle on about needing advice for a goddamn date. Since when in the furthest reaches of hell has Roy Mustang ever needed help with a dat -

"Yer a piece'a'shit ya know that?! I hope she dumps yer ass fer bullshit like that. Designer genes yer an asshole. You interruptin' book fer this bullshit? I curse this date'a'yers with zero chemistry."

[aliceindaisychains999]

Happy Super Crow Saturday!

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Ribbon Seal (Histriophoca fasciata)

(Photo by Josh London)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- North Pacific Ocean

Size (Weight/Length)- 1.8 m; 130 kg

Diet- Crustaceans; Fish; Cephalopods

Cool Facts- Ribbon seals have a massive amount of dependence on arctic sea ice. They almost never set flipper on the mainland, instead using sea ice to sleep, socialize, and give birth. Ribbon seals have a unique form of movement on the ice, slithering across like a snake and using their clawed flippers to drag themselves along in a graceful freestyle stroke. Males have a massive air sac that helps their calls to travel in the water while searching for a mate. When the environment is less than suited for a pup to be born, a mother ribbon seal can delay her pregnancy for up to four months. Pups are born completely white and are often left alone on an ice flow while their mother hunts. Predators are rare but the pup will play dead and wait for mom to return when faced by an orca circling their icy home.

Rating- 12/10 (The only species in their genus.)

[gameraboy2]

"Far From Earth" Saturday Evening Post story illustration by Anton Otto Fischer, 1929