Richard Whitaker
@richardawhitaker.bsky.social
Sucker for charismatic fauna, sff and food. Probably on trail or in the water, trying to ignore politics
Pics by me using iPhone unless otherwise credited
Pics by me using iPhone unless otherwise credited
Passion flower in Wellington environmental preserve
September 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Passion flower in Wellington environmental preserve
Cute little guy on trail in Loxahatchee Slough
September 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Cute little guy on trail in Loxahatchee Slough
Ghost crab on Jupiter Island Beautiful
September 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Ghost crab on Jupiter Island Beautiful
Just starting RF Kuang’s Katabasis and I’ve laughed out loud twice in the first 5 pages:
“…Cambridge had made her the kind of person who wanted to have read Proust, and she figured Hell was a good place to start.”
“…Cambridge had made her the kind of person who wanted to have read Proust, and she figured Hell was a good place to start.”
September 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Just starting RF Kuang’s Katabasis and I’ve laughed out loud twice in the first 5 pages:
“…Cambridge had made her the kind of person who wanted to have read Proust, and she figured Hell was a good place to start.”
“…Cambridge had made her the kind of person who wanted to have read Proust, and she figured Hell was a good place to start.”
Lovely thread…
There’s a colloquial French way of saying “zero fucks given” that translates to “I’m painting my balls with the brush of indifference.” A Finnish version is “it interests me as much as a kilogram of shit.” But my favourite is from old Greek slang and it goes “flowers on my dick and bees all around.”
July 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Lovely thread…
It’s a hell if a thing to be cheering the fucking Wall Street Journal
July 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It’s a hell if a thing to be cheering the fucking Wall Street Journal
This thread is worth a few minutes on your 4th…”and the then the fucking British showed up…”
My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
July 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This thread is worth a few minutes on your 4th…”and the then the fucking British showed up…”
This thread might be sufficient to justify a Bluesky account…
I need the phrase (or its equivalent in everyday casual speech) of “What the fuck” in as many languages as possible.
Go.
Go.
June 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This thread might be sufficient to justify a Bluesky account…
Spectacular
Since back in North Florida this month, here're four memorable moments hiking along the coast.
June 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Spectacular
How it’s done
Last night, I had the privilege of delivering a keynote speech at the Locus awards. You can view the speech and read the full text here.
stone-soup.ghost.io/hammer-speech/
stone-soup.ghost.io/hammer-speech/
Hammer Speech
Last night, I got to stand up in front of the audience at the Locus Awards ceremony. I wound up presenting the Locus Award for Best Short Story (congratulations, Isabel J. Kim!) – but first, I deliver...
stone-soup.ghost.io
June 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
How it’s done
Just finished The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by @older.bsky.social
It took me a bit to turn my attention from the shit storm that life on earth is currently, but it was a delight. This series keeps getting better and I look forward to whatever work comes next
It took me a bit to turn my attention from the shit storm that life on earth is currently, but it was a delight. This series keeps getting better and I look forward to whatever work comes next
June 16, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Just finished The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by @older.bsky.social
It took me a bit to turn my attention from the shit storm that life on earth is currently, but it was a delight. This series keeps getting better and I look forward to whatever work comes next
It took me a bit to turn my attention from the shit storm that life on earth is currently, but it was a delight. This series keeps getting better and I look forward to whatever work comes next
Possibly useful, sorry that’s the case
June 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Possibly useful, sorry that’s the case
Ridiculous police presence blocking peaceful marchers
W Palm Police pleasant/professional (no paramilitary gear) but crossing the bridge into PB State Police raced by at excessive speed - greeted by riot ready cops
No badges/names, no communication w/ crowd & no justification for blocking protest
W Palm Police pleasant/professional (no paramilitary gear) but crossing the bridge into PB State Police raced by at excessive speed - greeted by riot ready cops
No badges/names, no communication w/ crowd & no justification for blocking protest
June 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Ridiculous police presence blocking peaceful marchers
W Palm Police pleasant/professional (no paramilitary gear) but crossing the bridge into PB State Police raced by at excessive speed - greeted by riot ready cops
No badges/names, no communication w/ crowd & no justification for blocking protest
W Palm Police pleasant/professional (no paramilitary gear) but crossing the bridge into PB State Police raced by at excessive speed - greeted by riot ready cops
No badges/names, no communication w/ crowd & no justification for blocking protest
About to head to Mar a Lago
June 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
About to head to Mar a Lago
Egyptian goose and chicks being very cute
May 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Egyptian goose and chicks being very cute
Sometimes it’s worth stopping a workout and getting off the bike to appreciate the view. The pics aren’t great but the Spoonbills always are
May 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Sometimes it’s worth stopping a workout and getting off the bike to appreciate the view. The pics aren’t great but the Spoonbills always are
Start of an excellent thread, I’m starting to think this Bluesky thing is gonna work out…
Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Start of an excellent thread, I’m starting to think this Bluesky thing is gonna work out…
youtube.com/watch?v=8kVY...
Another great cover of war pigs
Another great cover of war pigs
uKanDanZ - WAR PIGS (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by ukandanz
youtube.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=8kVY...
Another great cover of war pigs
Another great cover of war pigs
Inquiring minds want to know…
May 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Inquiring minds want to know…
Fantastic thread!
Pope Leo's first sermon and, uh, his using the phrase "be ever more fully a city set upon a hill" and cf'ing it to Rev 21:10 instead of any of the others before saying "many baptized Christians" are "living in a state of practical atheism" is. Well. Shots fired!
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
Read Pope Leo XIV's first homily as pope
During his homily, delivered in Italian, Leo XIV said that Christians must serve a world that is often hostile to their beliefs.
www.npr.org
May 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Fantastic thread!
Reposted by Richard Whitaker
Have you seen the video of a female #Florida panther calling its mate? (No, it did not use the phrase, "Come here, loverboy!") www.news-press.com/story/news/e...
'Incredible': Hear Florida panther call for mate in rare video by SW FL hunter
A female Florida panther's haunting and rarely heard call in search of a mate was captured on video by a hunter in Collier County recently.
www.news-press.com
March 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Have you seen the video of a female #Florida panther calling its mate? (No, it did not use the phrase, "Come here, loverboy!") www.news-press.com/story/news/e...
Gators in love…
March 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Gators in love…
Documenting day by day…
March 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Documenting day by day…