It's Friday and my new song "Create an Oasis" is streaming everywhere. It's about bugs, Fallout: New Vegas, and the first person you date after the worst breakup of your life. I hope you all enjoy!!
karter
@karteraka.bsky.social
ocean scientist, musician, sci-fi author, slayer of demons
It's Friday and my new song "Create an Oasis" is streaming everywhere. It's about bugs, Fallout: New Vegas, and the first person you date after the worst breakup of your life. I hope you all enjoy!!
Gotta hand it to team cherry. after 7 years of diligent development they managed to nail exactly what everyone wanted to see after Hollow Knight - "what if the platforming was way worse" and "what if boss fights give you no rewards at all"
Another big month of Afterimages approaches! A newsletter recap ofAugust & big publicity agvalentine.bsky.social THE APOPTOTIC ERA novella. 2 book reviews by @josephedwinhaeger.bsky.social & @joshdale.co Flash fiction Kenna DeValor & Dream Story @karteraka.bsky.social Ur not seeing double…
oh to live in the one quarter-mile of Thailand with a temperate climate and non-hot summers
Brilliant Maps@brilliantmaps.bsky.social · last yr.Climate Map of Thailand More about the country: brilliantmaps.com/country-m...
My favorite fact about ctenophores is that they evolved their nervous system completely independently of other animals. They don't have serotonin or dopamine receptors at all and use L-glutamate as their main neurotransmitter
New data suggest the Guadalupe fur seal have expanded their range beyond Guadalupe Island due to population growth. They're being sighted in California waters in record numbers and the population is projected to grow about 9% a year going forward 🦑🧪
too many of these. they need to pick one everyone can agree on. maybe it could be based on the way the pronunciation is received.
Brilliant Maps@brilliantmaps.bsky.social · last yr.Detailed Map of British English Dialects What's your favourite? brilliantmaps.com/detailed-...
nooooo don't move out of NYC because you can't stomach mild social democratic rhetoric anon. please whatever you do don't free up rentals and reduce housing demand pressure in new york that would be terrible
CNN@cnn.com · last yr.Across various private New York Facebook groups viewed by CNN – such as those for residents of the Upper East Side – some users have anonymously discussed potential plans to move out of the city following Zohran Mamdani’s primary win. cnn.it/3IpkOjr
I was lucky to get to edit this excellent story, except I didn't really have to do anything because Vivian is that good. please read!
viv@vivoblivion.bsky.social · last yr.I write poems and short stories. It’s been a while but I’m back at it so I might as well promote some old work I’m proud of: lossuelos.com/naked-nest/
everywhere we go in Ireland has a town center that's totally pedestrian only. not a car in sight, it's so pleasant to walk around even when it's crowded. the American mind cannot comprehend this
this picture looks like i digitally lightened her boobs but it's because people have been groping them clean for the 40 years she's been there
I never understand complaining about small talk until I hear someone who's actually off the deep end with it. these people behind me on the bus are just breathlessly describing every meal they ate over the past week to each other. dreadful stuff
plane flights are becoming more turbulent. I have no real evidence for this or an explanation as to why. but it is true.
honestly at this point a Three Body Problem scenario might do us some good
new sci-fi story by me out today! it's about cone snail venom, boutique medical treatments, and some well-to-do friends having fun in the sun: apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/06/28/f...
FOUR AFTERNOONS OF THE CONE SNAIL
“[C]one snail venomics has already exponentially expanded the number of novel venom peptide sequences identified from the species investigated, although most novel conotoxins remain to be pharmacol…
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