Whitney Barlow Robles
@wbarlowrobles.bsky.social
Raleigh-based writer of natural history (and its history) 🐍 Author of CURIOUS SPECIES 🦝 http://bit.ly/3rMeLNQ 🐡 https://linktr.ee/wbarlowrobles 🐛 whitneybarlowrobles.com
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Cast your mind back a few presidents and remind yourself how INSANE this question is.
A real question asked at the White House press briefing: Does the president want to execute members of Congress?
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Cast your mind back a few presidents and remind yourself how INSANE this question is.
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Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.
Here’s how to use them:
Here’s how to use them:
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.
Here’s how to use them:
Here’s how to use them:
One thing among many I love about the South is getting so many unexpected chances to collect pecans! Oh, and to glimpse lizards, even on this chilly day.
#lizards #pecans #southerncharm
#lizards #pecans #southerncharm
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
One thing among many I love about the South is getting so many unexpected chances to collect pecans! Oh, and to glimpse lizards, even on this chilly day.
#lizards #pecans #southerncharm
#lizards #pecans #southerncharm
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
A day late on this, but I'm so proud of my little town for going all blue. Municipal elections matter!
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A day late on this, but I'm so proud of my little town for going all blue. Municipal elections matter!
“This is not just an opportunity for museums to be on the right side of history,” says George Fatheree, the lawyer representing Drake’s descendants. “It’s an opportunity for museums to rewrite history and think not just about ownership and stewardship, but think about stewardship and justice.”
MFA Boston returns works by 19th-century enslaved artist David Drake to his heirs
The terms of the restitution of the two ceramic pots have been cast in the mould of Nazi war-loot agreements
www.theartnewspaper.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“This is not just an opportunity for museums to be on the right side of history,” says George Fatheree, the lawyer representing Drake’s descendants. “It’s an opportunity for museums to rewrite history and think not just about ownership and stewardship, but think about stewardship and justice.”
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Mrs A often complains the poetry I read/write/share is serious, gloomy, & downright depressing...
She may have a point, but to prove I'm not a one trick pony...
Just back from a forest walk, kicking through drifts of leaves - reminded of this by Brian Bilston
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#autumn
#fall
She may have a point, but to prove I'm not a one trick pony...
Just back from a forest walk, kicking through drifts of leaves - reminded of this by Brian Bilston
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#autumn
#fall
November 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Mrs A often complains the poetry I read/write/share is serious, gloomy, & downright depressing...
She may have a point, but to prove I'm not a one trick pony...
Just back from a forest walk, kicking through drifts of leaves - reminded of this by Brian Bilston
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#autumn
#fall
She may have a point, but to prove I'm not a one trick pony...
Just back from a forest walk, kicking through drifts of leaves - reminded of this by Brian Bilston
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#autumn
#fall
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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8 km of retreat in just 2 months...! 😱
The fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history, at Hektoria Glacier (Antarctic peninsula) 📈🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Via Etienne Berthier
The fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history, at Hektoria Glacier (Antarctic peninsula) 📈🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Via Etienne Berthier
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
8 km of retreat in just 2 months...! 😱
The fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history, at Hektoria Glacier (Antarctic peninsula) 📈🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Via Etienne Berthier
The fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history, at Hektoria Glacier (Antarctic peninsula) 📈🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Via Etienne Berthier
Finally an email I'm excited to open
I feel like there should be a law mandating all school photos have laser cats
I feel like there should be a law mandating all school photos have laser cats
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Finally an email I'm excited to open
I feel like there should be a law mandating all school photos have laser cats
I feel like there should be a law mandating all school photos have laser cats
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Animals and the history of natural history, or, what would natural history look like had Charles Darwin been a cat person? With @professorbopeep.bsky.social and Anya Zilberstein @animalhistory.bsky.social www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/a...
Animals and the History of Natural History
We see the concept of nonhuman cultures and their historicity as one of the most significant and fascinating recent developments in the field.
www.ucpress.edu
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Animals and the history of natural history, or, what would natural history look like had Charles Darwin been a cat person? With @professorbopeep.bsky.social and Anya Zilberstein @animalhistory.bsky.social www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/a...
Just saw a pangolin described as a land carp in a late 18th–century tract and I can't unsee this
October 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Just saw a pangolin described as a land carp in a late 18th–century tract and I can't unsee this
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Importance of fallen leaves in garden ecosystems - autumn leaves are part of the natural cycle that increases soil nutrition, wildlife habitat and drought resistance
www.wildway.info/p/importance...
www.wildway.info/p/importance...
Importance of fallen leaves in garden ecosystems
Autumn leaves are part of the natural cycle that increases soil nutrition, wildlife habitat and drought resistance
www.wildway.info
October 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Importance of fallen leaves in garden ecosystems - autumn leaves are part of the natural cycle that increases soil nutrition, wildlife habitat and drought resistance
www.wildway.info/p/importance...
www.wildway.info/p/importance...
What a cruel indulgence (not to mention flippant destruction of history) when so many are suffering
Clearly Trump lied when he said his $250 million ballroom wouldn’t “interfere” with the White House.
So who’s watching this mess; the White House Historical Association or the Office of the Curator? Because someone needs to make sure he’s not bulldozing history for a dance floor.
So who’s watching this mess; the White House Historical Association or the Office of the Curator? Because someone needs to make sure he’s not bulldozing history for a dance floor.
October 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What a cruel indulgence (not to mention flippant destruction of history) when so many are suffering
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I was born in 1972. The replacement rate he's panicked about has been below 2.1% for almost every year of my life.
If you're really worried about the population falling, giving immigrants a path to citizenship is an obvious and easy solution.
Unless there's ... something about them you don't like?
If you're really worried about the population falling, giving immigrants a path to citizenship is an obvious and easy solution.
Unless there's ... something about them you don't like?
RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate -- in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even -- is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."
October 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I was born in 1972. The replacement rate he's panicked about has been below 2.1% for almost every year of my life.
If you're really worried about the population falling, giving immigrants a path to citizenship is an obvious and easy solution.
Unless there's ... something about them you don't like?
If you're really worried about the population falling, giving immigrants a path to citizenship is an obvious and easy solution.
Unless there's ... something about them you don't like?
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"Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer."
That's who ICE arrested and disappeared as part of Donald Trump's immigration policy.
It's outrageous.
I've been pressing for answers and I'll keep pushing for accountability.
That's who ICE arrested and disappeared as part of Donald Trump's immigration policy.
It's outrageous.
I've been pressing for answers and I'll keep pushing for accountability.
October 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer."
That's who ICE arrested and disappeared as part of Donald Trump's immigration policy.
It's outrageous.
I've been pressing for answers and I'll keep pushing for accountability.
That's who ICE arrested and disappeared as part of Donald Trump's immigration policy.
It's outrageous.
I've been pressing for answers and I'll keep pushing for accountability.
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nerds freely nerding in their nerd field is really lovely www.science.org/content/arti...
These ‘ghost flowers’ thrive without photosynthesis. One scientist is learning how
Japanese botanist Kenji Suetsugu studies plants that steal carbon and nutrients from soil fungi
www.science.org
October 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
nerds freely nerding in their nerd field is really lovely www.science.org/content/arti...
"You are a little soul, carrying around a corpse," my cat, Epictetus, whispers in my ear
October 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"You are a little soul, carrying around a corpse," my cat, Epictetus, whispers in my ear
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as a physician, I'll note that if you have a fetus in your placenta then something has gone quite wrong indeed
October 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
as a physician, I'll note that if you have a fetus in your placenta then something has gone quite wrong indeed
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The most fundamental political debate of our time: You are integrated into and have responsibility for our complex, imperfect society vs. Nuh-uh.
October 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The most fundamental political debate of our time: You are integrated into and have responsibility for our complex, imperfect society vs. Nuh-uh.
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The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.
October 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.
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i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
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We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.
October 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.
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The most important political thread of our time.
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
October 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The most important political thread of our time.