Vicky Stein’s Monster
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The friend you send bug pictures to. Also accepting dead-thing-on-beach pictures, dog pictures, and stories about your cats.
The air acrobatics of birds are incredible. Look at this eastern kingbird catching an insect. Wow! #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has gone way fucking overboard with the state songs. you may name one (1) of these at most. you may not do this
If you are part of an academic society or a professor of any kind, public statements that you do not condone Drexel cutting off the academy of natural sciences from the public of Philadelphia is very important right now. We need your voices. Urgently.
My dude @xavd.id doesn’t want to watch A Nightmare Before Christmas in October because per him it’s a movie about “spooky people finding the meaning of Christmas” and belongs in December. Which raises the question: WHERE is my movie about Christmas people finding the true meaning of spooky??
If anyone knows any leaders of Drexel Student groups, please have them contact me as soon as possible.
“Thousands of the salmon were recorded passing a former dam site in 2024 and 2025, researchers say, and have reoccupied nearly the full extent of their known historical range.” By Rebecca Dzombak
Salmon Are Thriving After Klamath Dam Removals, Study Finds (Gift Article)
The first fall runs of chinook salmon since the project in California and Oregon was completed have surpassed researchers’ expectations.
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in what unjust world is there Mops mops and Boops boops but no Blaps blaps? Get your act together, tenebrionid systematists
According to ikea my baby is currently transforming from the goober on the left to the goober on the right It’s not *inaccurate* I suppose. Just a little haunted
Quite emotional to report that we've just found our amazing survivor Marsh Tit, still here in his ancient woodland kingdom. He's now 11 yrs 4 months old, survived the 2026 heatwaves/drought and smelt the wildfires of nearby Holme Fen. I ringed him in my 30s and I'm now in my 50s.
Richard K Broughton@richardkbroughton.bsky.social · last yr.May 2015. David Cameron was Prime Minister, UK an EU member, Barack Obama was US President, and this male Marsh Tit hatched in Monks Wood. Colour-ringed 28 August 2015. Photo 2 April 2016. Observed every year since. @martamaziarz.bsky.social & I saw him again today, 10 yrs 5 mo old, still surviving.
Goooood morning! The 2026 Snail Facts Calendars are OUT! We've got 24 days of scratchable snail fact goodness, designed by Philly artist Kelly Nichols! Advent calendars are cute as hell, a delightful tradition, and keep @skypeascientist.bsky.social funded! Get one at SquidFacts.net Pls repost ❤️
Ah I just took a starry-sky painting class! Convenient!
Cody Vrosh@codyvrosh.bsky.social · 3w agoArtists, show how you paint stars!
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Always lay your baby down to sleep on their back in a product designed for safe sleep.
#Bird of the Day: American Bittern (AMBI) It’s a good day when I spot a bittern, as they are notorious for posing motionless among the brown reeds & grasses, throat stretched upward & its brown-striped neck pattern blending with the vertical growth of the vegetation. This bird, however, chose poorly
alt text: a side-by-side of a pork roast and RFK Jr. one is weirdly wrinkly and doesn't look safe to eat. the other appears to be carnitas. (for actual alt text purposes: RFK Jr is on the left, and boy did they find a "it's the same picture"-worthy shot of him)
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · last mo.The USDA has announced a recall of 1,513 pounds of pork contaminated with listeria, warning there is a reasonable chance of "serious adverse health consequences or death" if consumed.
Other good woods things from yesterday: the twizzliness of these manzanita stems
Vicky Stein’s Monster@vicky.science · last mo.Escaped into the woods today and took an all-timer slug selfie
Really nice coverage in the inquirer of our rally to keep the academy of natural sciences open. Br sure to read the part where 10 year ago old Ryan Sumner-Lee is quoted. share.inquirer.com/ZP7zHY
Hundreds rally to protest the planned closure of the Academy of Natural Sciences museum
The crowd was decidedly intergenerational.
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Escaped into the woods today and took an all-timer slug selfie
y'all ever see a take so bad you are forced to immediately go to sleep?