Astrid Lundberg
@oddpride.com
Paleontology and evolution content creator (TikTok: @oddpride, 700k. Instagram: @astrid_lundberg, 295k. YouTube: astrid_lundberg, 19k).
The worst part of the science history fandom.
She/her (yes, really).
The worst part of the science history fandom.
She/her (yes, really).
"you're not allowed to reply until you demonstrate an understanding of what OP was actually saying" ... probably wouldn't actually fix social media because people will find ways to dig their heels in and die on stupid hills no matter what, BUT god I wish we had this feature anyway 😭
As a teacher, I wholeheartedly agree. Reading comprehension is poor and growing worse as the years go by.
I wish there was an option for micro posts: add a reading comprehension quiz which would lock people from leaving a comment until complete.
I wish there was an option for micro posts: add a reading comprehension quiz which would lock people from leaving a comment until complete.
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"you're not allowed to reply until you demonstrate an understanding of what OP was actually saying" ... probably wouldn't actually fix social media because people will find ways to dig their heels in and die on stupid hills no matter what, BUT god I wish we had this feature anyway 😭
I'm one stupidass reply away from a very public and embarrassing crashout and I think that's a sign I need to step away from the microblogging apps
we are in a reading comprehension crisis
we are in a reading comprehension crisis
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I'm one stupidass reply away from a very public and embarrassing crashout and I think that's a sign I need to step away from the microblogging apps
we are in a reading comprehension crisis
we are in a reading comprehension crisis
my bitchy too-woke opinion is that people find it harder to clock satire by women because deep down they don't believe that women are smart enough to be funny on purpose
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
my bitchy too-woke opinion is that people find it harder to clock satire by women because deep down they don't believe that women are smart enough to be funny on purpose
coffee with cream and no sugar is superior to both coffee with cream and sugar, and coffee with nothing, but they're all pretty good and I respect all three choices
coffee with sugar and no cream is an insane drink for psychopaths
coffee with sugar and no cream is an insane drink for psychopaths
November 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
coffee with cream and no sugar is superior to both coffee with cream and sugar, and coffee with nothing, but they're all pretty good and I respect all three choices
coffee with sugar and no cream is an insane drink for psychopaths
coffee with sugar and no cream is an insane drink for psychopaths
Unless the 19 year old who explained this to me the other day was lying to take the mickey (which would be hilarious and she's so valid if that was indeed the plan), the 6 7 joke is that it doesn't mean anything. In case anyone else was wondering. On a semi-related note, you just lost the game.
October 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Unless the 19 year old who explained this to me the other day was lying to take the mickey (which would be hilarious and she's so valid if that was indeed the plan), the 6 7 joke is that it doesn't mean anything. In case anyone else was wondering. On a semi-related note, you just lost the game.
"The devil went down to the crossroads, and I went to Baltimore to watch the ships come in"
I was having thoughts about port cities and/as liminal spaces, so I sampled the sea chantey "Leaving of Liverpool" and wrote a song about it.
musicbyastrid.bandcamp.com/track/baltim...
I was having thoughts about port cities and/as liminal spaces, so I sampled the sea chantey "Leaving of Liverpool" and wrote a song about it.
musicbyastrid.bandcamp.com/track/baltim...
Baltimore (The Leaving of Liverpool), by Astrid Lundberg
from the album Bedroom Demos
musicbyastrid.bandcamp.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"The devil went down to the crossroads, and I went to Baltimore to watch the ships come in"
I was having thoughts about port cities and/as liminal spaces, so I sampled the sea chantey "Leaving of Liverpool" and wrote a song about it.
musicbyastrid.bandcamp.com/track/baltim...
I was having thoughts about port cities and/as liminal spaces, so I sampled the sea chantey "Leaving of Liverpool" and wrote a song about it.
musicbyastrid.bandcamp.com/track/baltim...
the electronic signs on DC metro platforms say "BRD" while the train is at the platform, which always unscrolled into "Be Right Dere" in my head. I didn't think it actually stood for that, but I couldn't think of anything else that made sense and I'd never bothered to ask. Anyway it's "boarding"
October 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
the electronic signs on DC metro platforms say "BRD" while the train is at the platform, which always unscrolled into "Be Right Dere" in my head. I didn't think it actually stood for that, but I couldn't think of anything else that made sense and I'd never bothered to ask. Anyway it's "boarding"
was completely fine but now i'm sobbing bc i remembered that (as far as i know) every language has a word for mother that sounds something like "mama" because that's the first consonant that babies can reliably produce
October 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
was completely fine but now i'm sobbing bc i remembered that (as far as i know) every language has a word for mother that sounds something like "mama" because that's the first consonant that babies can reliably produce
i know some people believe that if a region has popular anti-gay beliefs in systemic politics then it deserves to be bombed to rubble, but we'd have to move half the music industry outta nashville first and i just think that's too much of a hassle
October 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
i know some people believe that if a region has popular anti-gay beliefs in systemic politics then it deserves to be bombed to rubble, but we'd have to move half the music industry outta nashville first and i just think that's too much of a hassle
Reposted by Astrid Lundberg
Plz forgive another post about Astrid Lundberg (@oddpride.com)
In my youth, I was chided for writing from an assumed position of cultural literacy; that everyone had seen/read what I had
Here, Astrid compellingly makes the case that this is a facet of neurodivergent communication to be cherished🧵
In my youth, I was chided for writing from an assumed position of cultural literacy; that everyone had seen/read what I had
Here, Astrid compellingly makes the case that this is a facet of neurodivergent communication to be cherished🧵
October 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Plz forgive another post about Astrid Lundberg (@oddpride.com)
In my youth, I was chided for writing from an assumed position of cultural literacy; that everyone had seen/read what I had
Here, Astrid compellingly makes the case that this is a facet of neurodivergent communication to be cherished🧵
In my youth, I was chided for writing from an assumed position of cultural literacy; that everyone had seen/read what I had
Here, Astrid compellingly makes the case that this is a facet of neurodivergent communication to be cherished🧵
the 1950s pop music hyperfixation has taken me to google maps where i am currently staring at lubbock looking for insight into what was going on with buddy holly & the crickets, which is how i just found out that there's an american windmill museum (it is in lubbock) (it was not there in the 1950s)
October 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
the 1950s pop music hyperfixation has taken me to google maps where i am currently staring at lubbock looking for insight into what was going on with buddy holly & the crickets, which is how i just found out that there's an american windmill museum (it is in lubbock) (it was not there in the 1950s)
Finally laid down a decent demo of Bitter Coffee Eyes, by the way. It's a pop ballad with a big catchy chorus, and I hope you like it :)
musicbyastrid.bandcamp.com/track/bitter...
musicbyastrid.bandcamp.com/track/bitter...
Bitter Coffee Eyes (2025 Demo), by Astrid Lundberg
from the album Bedroom Demos
musicbyastrid.bandcamp.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Finally laid down a decent demo of Bitter Coffee Eyes, by the way. It's a pop ballad with a big catchy chorus, and I hope you like it :)
musicbyastrid.bandcamp.com/track/bitter...
musicbyastrid.bandcamp.com/track/bitter...
the only upside of being allergic to raw apples is that i don't have to follow or care about whatever's going on in the apple cultivar snob world
pink lady: makes my face hurt
granny smith: face hurt
red delicious: oop look it's face hurtin time
pink lady: makes my face hurt
granny smith: face hurt
red delicious: oop look it's face hurtin time
October 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
the only upside of being allergic to raw apples is that i don't have to follow or care about whatever's going on in the apple cultivar snob world
pink lady: makes my face hurt
granny smith: face hurt
red delicious: oop look it's face hurtin time
pink lady: makes my face hurt
granny smith: face hurt
red delicious: oop look it's face hurtin time
where I would live in the US (realistic)
October 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
where I would live in the US (realistic)
I was feeling slightly smug about not being one of the people who mix up Jane Goodall and "Diane" Fossey and then I looked her up and learned I've been spelling Dian Fossey's name wrong for years 🙈
Never get complacent, people!
Never get complacent, people!
October 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I was feeling slightly smug about not being one of the people who mix up Jane Goodall and "Diane" Fossey and then I looked her up and learned I've been spelling Dian Fossey's name wrong for years 🙈
Never get complacent, people!
Never get complacent, people!
if it ain't broke don't fix it
if it ain't baroque you don't need to learn to read basso continuo
if it ain't baroque you don't need to learn to read basso continuo
September 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
if it ain't broke don't fix it
if it ain't baroque you don't need to learn to read basso continuo
if it ain't baroque you don't need to learn to read basso continuo
Reposted by Astrid Lundberg
Hemophilia is kind of a mean name for a disease. "Hey check it out this guy *loves* bleeding." It's got "stop hitting yourself" energy
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Hemophilia is kind of a mean name for a disease. "Hey check it out this guy *loves* bleeding." It's got "stop hitting yourself" energy
can we talk about how many people have managed to demonize both enjoying food and enjoying sex? you're literally a living thing. like that's the whole point of being an earth animal. jesus.
September 10, 2025 at 6:02 AM
can we talk about how many people have managed to demonize both enjoying food and enjoying sex? you're literally a living thing. like that's the whole point of being an earth animal. jesus.
straight men who drive themselves bonkers comparing themselves to peak conventional attractiveness would do well to remember that we had a whole beatlemania about a group of guys whose winning formula was "these three cartoon pirates are best friends with clara bow"
September 4, 2025 at 3:49 AM
straight men who drive themselves bonkers comparing themselves to peak conventional attractiveness would do well to remember that we had a whole beatlemania about a group of guys whose winning formula was "these three cartoon pirates are best friends with clara bow"
on one hand the antlered-ness of santa's reindeer in the middle of winter seems to imply that they're female, since male reindeer don't keep their antlers year round
on the other hand, typically neither male nor female reindeer fly, so
on the other hand, typically neither male nor female reindeer fly, so
August 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
on one hand the antlered-ness of santa's reindeer in the middle of winter seems to imply that they're female, since male reindeer don't keep their antlers year round
on the other hand, typically neither male nor female reindeer fly, so
on the other hand, typically neither male nor female reindeer fly, so
this British woodlands conservation propaganda for children made me who I am as a person
The Animals of Farthing Wood is incredibly effective conservation messaging bc it kills off a LOT of main characters, specifically in ways that are SUPER REALISTIC tragic deaths for suburban woodland creatures 🧵
The Animals of Farthing Wood is incredibly effective conservation messaging bc it kills off a LOT of main characters, specifically in ways that are SUPER REALISTIC tragic deaths for suburban woodland creatures 🧵
August 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
this British woodlands conservation propaganda for children made me who I am as a person
The Animals of Farthing Wood is incredibly effective conservation messaging bc it kills off a LOT of main characters, specifically in ways that are SUPER REALISTIC tragic deaths for suburban woodland creatures 🧵
The Animals of Farthing Wood is incredibly effective conservation messaging bc it kills off a LOT of main characters, specifically in ways that are SUPER REALISTIC tragic deaths for suburban woodland creatures 🧵
Actually new (to me) Crickets fact just dropped: this one time on tour, the Crickets got ambushed by a bunch of local guys who said they were going to kill them because “their” local girls were crushing on them too much. So Buddy pulled a gun on them (sometimes guys are from Texas 🥀) AND THEN 🧵
is anybody else in the 1950s pop rock fandom or is it just me rotating the original lineup of The Crickets in my head until I lose my marbles
August 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Actually new (to me) Crickets fact just dropped: this one time on tour, the Crickets got ambushed by a bunch of local guys who said they were going to kill them because “their” local girls were crushing on them too much. So Buddy pulled a gun on them (sometimes guys are from Texas 🥀) AND THEN 🧵
is anybody else in the 1950s pop rock fandom or is it just me rotating the original lineup of The Crickets in my head until I lose my marbles
August 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
is anybody else in the 1950s pop rock fandom or is it just me rotating the original lineup of The Crickets in my head until I lose my marbles
Reposted by Astrid Lundberg
You'd think "pterosaurs" & "kink-shaming" are two things that couldn't go hand-in-hand, and yet, a homoerotic scandal between two intellectual equals led to the discovery of the first pterosaur. Buckle in for some Crazy Rich Prussians & their unlikely connection to the discovery of pterosaurs 🧵
August 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
You'd think "pterosaurs" & "kink-shaming" are two things that couldn't go hand-in-hand, and yet, a homoerotic scandal between two intellectual equals led to the discovery of the first pterosaur. Buckle in for some Crazy Rich Prussians & their unlikely connection to the discovery of pterosaurs 🧵