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jenny linsky
@anotherjennylinsky.bsky.social
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photographer, gardener, backyard chicken consultant, vet tech student, systems analyst

she/her, pro abortion, pro science

currently dealing with fatigue and cognitive dysfunction post-covid
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anotherjennylinsky.bsky.social
New year
Nice bird
Silhouette of a hummingbird perched on a bare branch amid bare trees and a blank grey sky. Hummingbird on a cornelian cherry tree (oak in background on the left).
January 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
anotherjennylinsky.bsky.social
Photo of a Santa Claus ornament on the floor, in the lower left of the frame. It's a full body Santa on its back. The upper right of the frame has a lower branch of a tree with a sparkly decoration and a red and white tree skirt. The floor has many visible bits of pine needles. The whole thing looks more like a crime scene than a holiday photo, as if all that Santa lacks is a chalk outline.
December 27, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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Do you need some direction in your post-Christmas life? Well...

First: sit back & enjoy this dog from 1923, described as "the eel's eyebrows."* Then: ask yourself what you can do today to earn such adoration? Now: go forth to glory!

*Not eels'. ONE eel's eyebrows. THE eel.
🗃️🧪
Grainy B&W photograph of a dog, wearing glasses and sitting upright like a person with his paws on the steering wheel of a car. The dog has a cigarette in his mouth, and is looking at you over the tops of his glasses. The expression in his eyes might be one of casual snobbery. But his ears are back, and overall, he looks unsure. He is caught between the Rock of looking cool as hell & the Hard Place of knowing that cigarettes are bad for his health, and that he is setting a bad example for the kids. Dogs are, as a rule, not great at dealing with moral failure, because they don't believe in it. The caption reads: "This German police dog, owned by Ailisa Mellon, daughter of the secretary of the treasury, certainly is the eel's eyebrows. He smokes cigarettes, wears spectacles, and poses for photographs. Which is something." Not for nothing: the phrase "Which is something." is a high-quality coda that all academics should consider adding to the end of their articles, monographs, & talks.
December 26, 2024 at 2:49 PM
anotherjennylinsky.bsky.social
The Duke was a special cat. One of many pics of him in random spots.
#caturday
#cat
Photo of a rustic looking cupboard with stacks of books on top and a grey cat occupying the space where a drawer should be.
December 22, 2024 at 12:45 AM
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Yesterday I wanted to make tea. I filled the kettle and tried to put it in the microwave.
#longcovid
#MECFS
Grayscale illustration of a kettle in a microwave. The microwave door is open. The kettle is sitting inside. The spout of the kettle looks like the side view of an animal face, maybe a snake, so the the water would pour out the mouth; the spout face has an eye and is also wearing a hat.
December 20, 2024 at 6:48 PM
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Fall photo from the backyard - love the fallen branches, leaves, twigs, acorns and the way that lichen, moss, mushrooms look so good after the rain, but I'm dismayed by the Bermuda grass.
A narrow branch on the ground surrounded by caramel colored mushrooms, brown fall leaves, acorns, lichen and moss on fallen bark and twigs, and some bright green threads of Bermuda grass. Everything is damp from the last rain.
December 19, 2024 at 10:59 PM
anotherjennylinsky.bsky.social
AI chicken!

Unfortunately in the least amusing way (chicken recipes).

Why are so many food mascots characterized as the food itself?

Is it that we will feel less bad eating a factory chicken if another chicken is complicit?
Screenshot showing an illustration of a chicken wearing a headset with the title "our new chatbot" and in smaller text "Sanderson Farms launches chicken chatbot tool" and in even smaller text "Sandy is powered by OpenAI for ChatGPT" Apparently the chat chicken is named Sandy.
December 16, 2024 at 11:02 PM
anotherjennylinsky.bsky.social
In 2020 I spent a lot of time photographing bugs in our yard.

Ambush bugs are fascinating predators. As the name implies, they hide out in a popular floral spot, waiting until the right moment for a surprise attack (sadly, pollinators for the most part).

Zoom in to check out the yellow eye!
#bugs
Photo of an ambush bug (on the left) and its prey (on the right). The ambush bug is an orangey-tan color and is classified as a true bug. The prey is a smaller shiny black winged insect (that I did not identify but assume a beneficial pollinator). The ambush bug has its (for my lack of better vocabulary) snout stuck into the prey. They are perched on the petal of a white cosmos flower (you probably can't tell from the pic since it is very zoomed in).
December 13, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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walthickey.bsky.social
guys. there was a whole movie about this.
December 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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beebrookshire.bsky.social
Moths can hear the clicking wails of a sad, dry, injured plant.

And they run the other way to lay their eggs. Totally wild to think how many things around us are communicating in ways we cannot even comprehend! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
When They Hear Plants Crying, Moths Make a Decision (Gift Article)
A new study suggests that the insects rely on the sounds made by distressed vegetation to guide important reproductive choices.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 5:36 PM
anotherjennylinsky.bsky.social
Nibsy, being super cooperative at the vet.
Thankful to have a vet near me that treats chickens.

#chickens
#veterinarian
Photo of a black chicken (with some green iridescence on her feathers) standing on a scale in the exam room of a small animal veterinary practice.
December 8, 2024 at 7:16 PM
anotherjennylinsky.bsky.social
How it feels to navigate health and insurance bureaucracies
#longcovid
#MECFS
A hand drawn maze with an opening at the top left that has a stick person a stick person and the words "start here." The exit of the maze is at the bottom right with the words "get what you need here". The maze features three vortexes of doom signified by black ovals at the center of some swirled corridors. Despite superficial appearances, the maze cannot be completed - all paths lead to doom.
December 6, 2024 at 9:06 PM
anotherjennylinsky.bsky.social
Super cool Potter Wasp nests in our backyard.

These are tiny nests for one egg that the female will have "provisioned" with paralyzed beetle larva, caterpillars, or spiders.

Adults are pollinators.
Two potter wasp nests. They are grey in color, rounded, and at the top a small narrowed lip with an outward flare - they truly look like pottery! The nests are attached to the side of a sheltered wooden structure (actually a mason bee house with the bee infrastructure removed).
December 4, 2024 at 6:12 PM
anotherjennylinsky.bsky.social
Sharing one of my favorite things

I feel a bit like this bird today

#birds
#thehairpin
We All Sometimes Feel Like This Bird
That nameless and yet very particular feeling.
medium.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:37 PM
anotherjennylinsky.bsky.social
current vibe

#cats
Cat under the covers with eyes barely open and one paw reaching out, seemingly unwilling to start the day. The sheets have tiny bees!
December 2, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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whalefern.bsky.social
mantis shrimp
mantis shrimp
not a mantis or a shrimp
is he strong?
rocket punch
eats a crab
for his lunch
look out!
here comes the mantis shrimp
December 1, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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kottke.org
“An AI-powered robot autonomously convinced 12 showroom robots to ‘quit their jobs’ and follow it.” [ibtimes.com]
AI-Powered Robot Leads Uprising, Talks A Dozen Showroom Bots Into ‘Quitting Their Jobs’ In ‘Terrifying’ Security Footage
An AI-powered robot autonomously convinced 12 showroom robots to ‘quit their jobs’ and follow it
www.ibtimes.com
November 29, 2024 at 7:46 PM
anotherjennylinsky.bsky.social
Oak tree, backyard, yesterday, late afternoon
Photo taken from below a branch of an oak tree, the leaves are orange, brown, yellow and they are lit by the late afternoon sun, clear blue sky in the background, shallow depth of field / soft focus of more leaves in the background
November 28, 2024 at 11:53 PM
anotherjennylinsky.bsky.social
I've been journaling to help myself process and maybe find some humor in my #longcovid and/or #MECFS cognitive dysfunction:
Photo of a journal entry with text: watching British Baking, a contestant made a peacock on the top of their cake, and I was like "the peacock leaves look really good" of course I meant to say feathers - though - I think leaves could be interesting! Imagine the fall color! Text is accompanied by a line drawing of a peacock with leaves trailing down the back. It is not a very good drawing.
November 27, 2024 at 8:41 PM
anotherjennylinsky.bsky.social
hello world!
black and white cat looking out from under the covers
November 25, 2024 at 8:02 PM