Io ♿️⚧️🆒
@badhobbits.bsky.social
Any pronouns except she/her. Former bioarchaeologist with a BA in anthropology. Married to the best cat dad ever. Getting my anthropology fix through worldbuilding podcasts and Tolkien rereads. I post memes, politics, science stuff, cat pics.
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August 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Ready to go back to school and dive into some fun?! 📚🏖️
We’ll be going LIVE with our Education team this Thursday @ 3:30 p.m. PT. Join us to learn about some programs at the Aquarium and how the team is making sure everyone is included and having fun while learning about ocean conservation!
We’ll be going LIVE with our Education team this Thursday @ 3:30 p.m. PT. Join us to learn about some programs at the Aquarium and how the team is making sure everyone is included and having fun while learning about ocean conservation!
August 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Ready to go back to school and dive into some fun?! 📚🏖️
We’ll be going LIVE with our Education team this Thursday @ 3:30 p.m. PT. Join us to learn about some programs at the Aquarium and how the team is making sure everyone is included and having fun while learning about ocean conservation!
We’ll be going LIVE with our Education team this Thursday @ 3:30 p.m. PT. Join us to learn about some programs at the Aquarium and how the team is making sure everyone is included and having fun while learning about ocean conservation!
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I wish private equity could buy climate change so it would stop
working
working
July 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I wish private equity could buy climate change so it would stop
working
working
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Hot Girl Sumer is here again
August 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Hot Girl Sumer is here again
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a sneaky peak of a shirt I've got coming out next week ✨🌌
August 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
a sneaky peak of a shirt I've got coming out next week ✨🌌
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oh thank you baby, i did want the fishy in my shoe
August 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
oh thank you baby, i did want the fishy in my shoe
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"...just six federal inspectors are responsible for nearly 70,000 railroad bridges nationwide."
www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...
A few federal inspectors are responsible for 70,000 U.S. railroad bridges, a study finds
While most highway bridges get regular inspections made available to the public, railroad bridges are different, a Howard Center investigation finds.
www.npr.org
August 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"...just six federal inspectors are responsible for nearly 70,000 railroad bridges nationwide."
www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...
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when all you have is a Hammer every problem looks like parachute pants
August 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
when all you have is a Hammer every problem looks like parachute pants
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It sounds conspiratorial to suggest that Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump behind closed doors to launch an assault on mail-in voting in elections administered by the states, and Trump immediately set about mobilizing federal power to do it… but that is literally Trump’s account of what happened.
August 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It sounds conspiratorial to suggest that Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump behind closed doors to launch an assault on mail-in voting in elections administered by the states, and Trump immediately set about mobilizing federal power to do it… but that is literally Trump’s account of what happened.
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I think the Southern Poverty Law Center did a pretty in depth report that has a map in the Group Dynamics section
www.splcenter.org/resources/re...
www.splcenter.org/resources/re...
Combating Anti-LGBTQ+ Pseudoscience
Helping navigate the perils of anti-LGBTQ+ pseudoscience by analyzing the groups and actors using the language of science to attack the medical consensus supporting LGBTQ+ affirming health care and re...
www.splcenter.org
August 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I think the Southern Poverty Law Center did a pretty in depth report that has a map in the Group Dynamics section
www.splcenter.org/resources/re...
www.splcenter.org/resources/re...
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It’s as pointless as trying to win an argument with a MAGA cultist. A waste of time and energy, I say!
August 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It’s as pointless as trying to win an argument with a MAGA cultist. A waste of time and energy, I say!
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We really need to get Japanese vending machines over here man. American vending machines suck so bad. I need like one of these on every street corner.
August 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
We really need to get Japanese vending machines over here man. American vending machines suck so bad. I need like one of these on every street corner.
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Today is the 20th anniversary of the original posting of "They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard"
If you remember just how deeply viral this was, have you taken some ibuprofen today?
youtu.be/2X-AF7fOzW0
If you remember just how deeply viral this was, have you taken some ibuprofen today?
youtu.be/2X-AF7fOzW0
They're Taking The Hobbits To Isengard HQ
YouTube video by Erwin Beekveld
youtu.be
August 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Today is the 20th anniversary of the original posting of "They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard"
If you remember just how deeply viral this was, have you taken some ibuprofen today?
youtu.be/2X-AF7fOzW0
If you remember just how deeply viral this was, have you taken some ibuprofen today?
youtu.be/2X-AF7fOzW0
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We don't hate this guy enough. Like as a culture
Chris Pratt is defending his extended family member Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and tackling entrenched partisan political beliefs: "I’d hate to be so mired in hatred for the president that any success from his administration is something I’d be having an allergic reaction to" bit.ly/45Dy2RD
August 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
We don't hate this guy enough. Like as a culture
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“Oppose pathologisation of intersex people, and call for the deferral of all non-urgent medical and surgical interventions for those who cannot given personal and informed consent.”
In good news, Australia’s peak medical body has passed a motion to protect the bodily integrity of intersex people.
In good news, Australia’s peak medical body has passed a motion to protect the bodily integrity of intersex people.
Intersex resolution receives unanimous support from Australian Medical Association delegates – InterAction
The Australian Medical Association held its National Conference last weekend and in exciting news, Dr Thomas Drake-Brockman moved for the AMA to “recognise Innate Variations of Sex Characteristics as ...
interaction.org.au
August 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“Oppose pathologisation of intersex people, and call for the deferral of all non-urgent medical and surgical interventions for those who cannot given personal and informed consent.”
In good news, Australia’s peak medical body has passed a motion to protect the bodily integrity of intersex people.
In good news, Australia’s peak medical body has passed a motion to protect the bodily integrity of intersex people.
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@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.
August 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.
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"Royal Makepeace" sounds like a character in a monarchist picture book
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Royal Makepeace" sounds like a character in a monarchist picture book
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"You shouldn't wish harm on your enemies"
When my enemies quit DOING harm on my community, I will stop.
When my enemies quit DOING harm on my community, I will stop.
February 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"You shouldn't wish harm on your enemies"
When my enemies quit DOING harm on my community, I will stop.
When my enemies quit DOING harm on my community, I will stop.
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Now that Werner Herzog is canonically part of the Star Wars universe, I feel like they should make in-universe pro-Imperial documentaries by his character about all the Gulp Shittos and Weird Little Guys.
“But I saw in the ewok’s eyes only bored hunger and the cruel indifference of nature.”
“But I saw in the ewok’s eyes only bored hunger and the cruel indifference of nature.”
August 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Now that Werner Herzog is canonically part of the Star Wars universe, I feel like they should make in-universe pro-Imperial documentaries by his character about all the Gulp Shittos and Weird Little Guys.
“But I saw in the ewok’s eyes only bored hunger and the cruel indifference of nature.”
“But I saw in the ewok’s eyes only bored hunger and the cruel indifference of nature.”
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Boar-headed Vishnu AD400-500 with Pictish version below! #medievalsky
August 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Boar-headed Vishnu AD400-500 with Pictish version below! #medievalsky
Five years ago today my father tried to kill me when I came out. I’m still alive, I’m trans, and I’m not going to just lay down and die because bigots think they have the right to be judge jury and executioner. We’re not going away.
August 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Five years ago today my father tried to kill me when I came out. I’m still alive, I’m trans, and I’m not going to just lay down and die because bigots think they have the right to be judge jury and executioner. We’re not going away.
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45-year-old Venus Williams just beat 24-year-old Peyton Stearns in the Washington Open round of 32.
Stearns was born a year after Venus' first Wimbledon championship.
I don't know what Venus Williams is made out of, but it is some magically hearty stuff.
Stearns was born a year after Venus' first Wimbledon championship.
I don't know what Venus Williams is made out of, but it is some magically hearty stuff.
July 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
45-year-old Venus Williams just beat 24-year-old Peyton Stearns in the Washington Open round of 32.
Stearns was born a year after Venus' first Wimbledon championship.
I don't know what Venus Williams is made out of, but it is some magically hearty stuff.
Stearns was born a year after Venus' first Wimbledon championship.
I don't know what Venus Williams is made out of, but it is some magically hearty stuff.
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12 popsicles for dinner
July 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
12 popsicles for dinner