HerTinkness
@hertinkness.bsky.social
Geologist. Sometimes a writer. I pretend to be a hobbit on Wednesdays. Opinions solely my own.
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![Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihcxd5wcrrf5nxz3g4riglsrccbucmdns6kxrtmtj6gjgwqibp3fi@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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PITTSBURGH'S OWN
Cartoonist Jackie Ormes (Aug. 1, 1911- Dec. 26, 1985), the first Black woman to create a newspaper comic strip that was nationally syndicated. She created Torchy Brown in Dixie to Harlem, Torchy in Heartbeats & Patty-Jo ‘n’ Ginger (Patty Jo became a toy doll). #BlackHistoryMonth
February 9, 2026 at 12:14 PM
PITTSBURGH'S OWN
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Tonight’s temperature will be “no” with a wind chill of “let’s not and say we did.”
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Tonight’s temperature will be “no” with a wind chill of “let’s not and say we did.”
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i need an emotional support perogi
February 7, 2026 at 7:55 PM
i need an emotional support perogi
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This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
February 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
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i have been made aware that an Olympic figure skater for Kazakhstan does a Dune themed routine in a full stillsuit and he is now my personal hero
February 2, 2026 at 5:22 PM
i have been made aware that an Olympic figure skater for Kazakhstan does a Dune themed routine in a full stillsuit and he is now my personal hero
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*SUPREME COURT ALLOWS NEW CALIFORNIA VOTING MAP FOR MIDTERMS
February 4, 2026 at 6:52 PM
*SUPREME COURT ALLOWS NEW CALIFORNIA VOTING MAP FOR MIDTERMS
For Black History Month, I’m going to post an image a day from Teenie Harris’s archive. Teenie Harris was a visionary photographer who worked primarily in Pittsburgh photographing the Black community. He was incredibly prolific, and his work can be viewed at the Carnegie Museum of Art. 🧵
February 2, 2026 at 2:01 PM
For Black History Month, I’m going to post an image a day from Teenie Harris’s archive. Teenie Harris was a visionary photographer who worked primarily in Pittsburgh photographing the Black community. He was incredibly prolific, and his work can be viewed at the Carnegie Museum of Art. 🧵
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Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!
February 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!
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BABY HARBOR SEAL KISSES WITH BONUS PROUD MAMA STTOOOPPPP HOW IS THIS REAL BUT IT HAPPENED 10 MINUTES AGO OMG
January 30, 2026 at 3:30 PM
BABY HARBOR SEAL KISSES WITH BONUS PROUD MAMA STTOOOPPPP HOW IS THIS REAL BUT IT HAPPENED 10 MINUTES AGO OMG
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There are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see
January 30, 2026 at 1:56 AM
There are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see
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Heads up Pittsburgh, just saw 4 heavily armed ICE agents clamber into this black unmarked Toyota Rav 4 at the Sheetz on 228 and Franklin Road in Cranberry.
January 29, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Heads up Pittsburgh, just saw 4 heavily armed ICE agents clamber into this black unmarked Toyota Rav 4 at the Sheetz on 228 and Franklin Road in Cranberry.
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Hey, are you a human artist? Able to work on a relatively quick turnaround? It would be a book cover, single woman with an urban background, Sentai-style costume. Budget is $150, including commercial rights. Please have portfolio. Put the word Ploob in your message to confirm not bot. <3
Okay so for this new project I'll need a sentai-style costume. Lemme just search on my stock photo sites.
*first page is full of results.*
Awesome. Now let me just filter out AI:
*Crickets.*
... damn.
*first page is full of results.*
Awesome. Now let me just filter out AI:
*Crickets.*
... damn.
January 25, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Hey, are you a human artist? Able to work on a relatively quick turnaround? It would be a book cover, single woman with an urban background, Sentai-style costume. Budget is $150, including commercial rights. Please have portfolio. Put the word Ploob in your message to confirm not bot. <3
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Something nice should happen for a change
January 23, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Something nice should happen for a change
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And we interrupt your doomscrolling for this important message…
January 19, 2026 at 1:09 PM
And we interrupt your doomscrolling for this important message…
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🎶🎵 Writing and deleting skeets before I send them out🎵🎶
🎶🎵 Don't wanna get hard prison time 🎵🎶
🎶🎵 Just to gain some clout 🎵🎶
🎶🎵 Don't wanna get hard prison time 🎵🎶
🎶🎵 Just to gain some clout 🎵🎶
January 14, 2026 at 5:41 PM
🎶🎵 Writing and deleting skeets before I send them out🎵🎶
🎶🎵 Don't wanna get hard prison time 🎵🎶
🎶🎵 Just to gain some clout 🎵🎶
🎶🎵 Don't wanna get hard prison time 🎵🎶
🎶🎵 Just to gain some clout 🎵🎶
Ohio.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Ohio.
And now, I will never not picture a skeksis’s LinkedIn profile when I hear about Junior.
He looks like if the skeksis had LinkedIn. He looks like gargamel trying to rope the smurfs with a ponzi scheme. But he mainly looks like a privileged idiot dipshit that thinks he's smart but has hapsburg brain
January 12, 2026 at 12:24 PM
And now, I will never not picture a skeksis’s LinkedIn profile when I hear about Junior.
Trying watercolors again
January 11, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Trying watercolors again
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
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The world is dark and gloomy, but at 1pm today EST they'll be livestreaming the unveiling of the 1,000-pound, 2026 Pennsylvania Farm Show butter sculpture crafted from butter donated by the Land O’Lakes plant in Carlisle. I plan to cover this live.
1,000-pound Farm Show butter sculpture | Unveiling set for Thursday
The 1,000-pound, 2026 Pennsylvania Farm Show butter sculpture will be unveiled Thursday, Jan. 8, at 1 p.m.
www.wgal.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
The world is dark and gloomy, but at 1pm today EST they'll be livestreaming the unveiling of the 1,000-pound, 2026 Pennsylvania Farm Show butter sculpture crafted from butter donated by the Land O’Lakes plant in Carlisle. I plan to cover this live.
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hell yes Steve Mellon & co. I could not sign this fast enough. LFG!!
I'm pledging to support post-Block journalism in Pittsburgh. Whether that's new ownership at the PG, or a Pittsburgh Union Progress revival, or something else, I'm here for it. actionnetwork.org/forms/pledgi...
I'm pledging to support post-Block journalism in Pittsburgh. Whether that's new ownership at the PG, or a Pittsburgh Union Progress revival, or something else, I'm here for it. actionnetwork.org/forms/pledgi...
Pledging to support Pittsburgh journalism beyond the Blocks
I think workers should be treated with dignity and respect. I know Pittsburgh deserves quality journalism. That's why I'm joining members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh and signing this pledge t...
actionnetwork.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:26 PM
hell yes Steve Mellon & co. I could not sign this fast enough. LFG!!
I'm pledging to support post-Block journalism in Pittsburgh. Whether that's new ownership at the PG, or a Pittsburgh Union Progress revival, or something else, I'm here for it. actionnetwork.org/forms/pledgi...
I'm pledging to support post-Block journalism in Pittsburgh. Whether that's new ownership at the PG, or a Pittsburgh Union Progress revival, or something else, I'm here for it. actionnetwork.org/forms/pledgi...
Your timeline needs some grace this morning.
Did you know. That the meme-explosion that was the wooden model of Sacabambaspis (an Ordovician jawless fish) held at a Museum in Helsinki, was created by a pioneering Estonian fish paleontologist and palaeoartist, Elga Mark-Kurik. 🧵
January 8, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Your timeline needs some grace this morning.
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Did you know. That the meme-explosion that was the wooden model of Sacabambaspis (an Ordovician jawless fish) held at a Museum in Helsinki, was created by a pioneering Estonian fish paleontologist and palaeoartist, Elga Mark-Kurik. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Did you know. That the meme-explosion that was the wooden model of Sacabambaspis (an Ordovician jawless fish) held at a Museum in Helsinki, was created by a pioneering Estonian fish paleontologist and palaeoartist, Elga Mark-Kurik. 🧵