Steve Nellis
@snellis.bsky.social
Cranky gardener. Oregon 8b.
Prone to bouts of sarcasm, fits of melancholy.
Prone to bouts of sarcasm, fits of melancholy.
Thoughts of spring during these dark days. 🌱
January 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Thoughts of spring during these dark days. 🌱
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Sometimes I post art even though I'm not satisfied with it—people still enjoy it.
Reminder that anyone can do art... drew 2 stick figures exchanging New Year's greetings? Congratulations, you're an artist & you didn't need a machine to spit that out for you.
Be not afraid... do human art in 2026💜
Reminder that anyone can do art... drew 2 stick figures exchanging New Year's greetings? Congratulations, you're an artist & you didn't need a machine to spit that out for you.
Be not afraid... do human art in 2026💜
January 1, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Sometimes I post art even though I'm not satisfied with it—people still enjoy it.
Reminder that anyone can do art... drew 2 stick figures exchanging New Year's greetings? Congratulations, you're an artist & you didn't need a machine to spit that out for you.
Be not afraid... do human art in 2026💜
Reminder that anyone can do art... drew 2 stick figures exchanging New Year's greetings? Congratulations, you're an artist & you didn't need a machine to spit that out for you.
Be not afraid... do human art in 2026💜
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THE DAY CARES ARE LOCKED BECAUSE YOU MADE A GENERATION-LONG EFFORT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO KILL THE CHILDREN INSIDE THEM YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING GHOULS
these fucking people. they pass laws to make sure every person with a screw loose who wants an Armalite can show up to the day care armed & ready to kill, then complain that the day cares are locked to protect the children inside
CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.”
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
THE DAY CARES ARE LOCKED BECAUSE YOU MADE A GENERATION-LONG EFFORT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO KILL THE CHILDREN INSIDE THEM YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING GHOULS
🌱Camellia “Buttermint”
Doing better this winter with more summer watering during bud formation. Buds and blooms often get moldy because of all the rain we get in autumn.
Doing better this winter with more summer watering during bud formation. Buds and blooms often get moldy because of all the rain we get in autumn.
December 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
🌱Camellia “Buttermint”
Doing better this winter with more summer watering during bud formation. Buds and blooms often get moldy because of all the rain we get in autumn.
Doing better this winter with more summer watering during bud formation. Buds and blooms often get moldy because of all the rain we get in autumn.
Happy New Year!
And no… I am not staying awake to ring in the new year.
And no… I am not staying awake to ring in the new year.
a new year greeting card with a sparkler and the words happy new year
Alt: a new year greeting card with a sparkler and the words happy new year
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December 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Happy New Year!
And no… I am not staying awake to ring in the new year.
And no… I am not staying awake to ring in the new year.
Thread. 🧵
"They found the coats on Thursday morning.
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
December 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Thread. 🧵
Classic. And a favorite.
“It’s still hungry … and I’ve been stuffing worms into it all day.”
December 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Classic. And a favorite.
Merry Yule!
December 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Merry Yule!
Our warmest wishes for a restful and convivial holiday break.
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays!
December 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Our warmest wishes for a restful and convivial holiday break.
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays!
🌱Also making a timely appearance… the hellebores have started. Early for us. But welcomed nonetheless.
December 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🌱Also making a timely appearance… the hellebores have started. Early for us. But welcomed nonetheless.
🌱In keeping with the season, Camellia Yuletide. Finally coming back after a year or two of struggling. And with excellent timing.
Merry Yule!
Merry Yule!
December 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🌱In keeping with the season, Camellia Yuletide. Finally coming back after a year or two of struggling. And with excellent timing.
Merry Yule!
Merry Yule!
🌱More iris for the Gardening feed.
Iris missouriensis, our Rocky Mountain Iris, blooming at Crystal Lake #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to June 18 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to June 18 🌿
December 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🌱More iris for the Gardening feed.
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If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
🌱 bumping to Gardening feed.
Need to see more Japanese irises.
Need to see more Japanese irises.
December 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
🌱 bumping to Gardening feed.
Need to see more Japanese irises.
Need to see more Japanese irises.
America: we love our guns more than our children.
December 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
America: we love our guns more than our children.
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For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Jingle Bells (Batman Smells): an incomplete festive folk-rhyme taxonomy
Gather round the fire, everyone, and let me tell you a story. It has everything you could want in a Christmas blockbuster: superheroes and villains, a car crash, children singing, a mystery to solv…
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December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
This was fun and interesting and historical and…
As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
a man reading a book to a young boy
Alt: a man reading a book to a young boy
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December 16, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This was fun and interesting and historical and…
Reposted by Steve Nellis
Reposted by Steve Nellis
"That's just what I mean," explained Milo as Tock and the exhausted bug drifted quietly off to sleep. "Many of the things I'm supposed to know seem so useless that I can't see the purpose in learning them at all."
(Pure Reason’s full response is in the attached image)
(Pure Reason’s full response is in the attached image)
December 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"That's just what I mean," explained Milo as Tock and the exhausted bug drifted quietly off to sleep. "Many of the things I'm supposed to know seem so useless that I can't see the purpose in learning them at all."
(Pure Reason’s full response is in the attached image)
(Pure Reason’s full response is in the attached image)
So much wisdom in a “children’s” book…
"You must never feel badly about making mistakes," explained Reason quietly, "as long as you take the trouble to learn from them. For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons."
December 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
So much wisdom in a “children’s” book…
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People who argue "who cares it's just for kids" all I can say is fuck right off. Kids deserve thoughtful, well-made movies that challenge them just as much as adults do. Kids aren't stupid, and they remember how movies affect them basically forever.
December 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
People who argue "who cares it's just for kids" all I can say is fuck right off. Kids deserve thoughtful, well-made movies that challenge them just as much as adults do. Kids aren't stupid, and they remember how movies affect them basically forever.
“Gosh Steve… you seem to have so much potential… what’s the problem?”
December 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“Gosh Steve… you seem to have so much potential… what’s the problem?”
@heralyn.bsky.social and I were getting our holiday on yesterday… festooning and swagging the front patio, we quite enjoyed the fragrance of witch hazel. Gave us cause to wonder if witch hazel is considered to be part of pantheon of holiday fragrances…
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December 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
@heralyn.bsky.social and I were getting our holiday on yesterday… festooning and swagging the front patio, we quite enjoyed the fragrance of witch hazel. Gave us cause to wonder if witch hazel is considered to be part of pantheon of holiday fragrances…
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The camellias are starting early. The witch hazel is in full bloom. Also early. And I heard tell the daffs are peeking up.
We’ve not had a legit hard frost yet. Warm (for winter) and plenty of rain.
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We’ve not had a legit hard frost yet. Warm (for winter) and plenty of rain.
🌱
Camellia blooms joining the show today are Yuletide and Buttermint. Yuletide have a rough season a bit ago and it is good to see it recovered. Buttermint is blooming a bit early this year, as a camellia that really struggles with our rain usually causing bud to go brown and soggy before blooming. 🌱
December 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The camellias are starting early. The witch hazel is in full bloom. Also early. And I heard tell the daffs are peeking up.
We’ve not had a legit hard frost yet. Warm (for winter) and plenty of rain.
🌱
We’ve not had a legit hard frost yet. Warm (for winter) and plenty of rain.
🌱
🌱uh oh…
It looks like our holiday shopping guide arrived.
I wonder if they have any kale?
It looks like our holiday shopping guide arrived.
I wonder if they have any kale?
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🌱uh oh…
It looks like our holiday shopping guide arrived.
I wonder if they have any kale?
It looks like our holiday shopping guide arrived.
I wonder if they have any kale?