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ellipsoptera.bsky.social
Alyssa Fuller
@ellipsoptera.bsky.social
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Twelve spiders in a trenchcoat sneaking into SC public comment sessions. She, he, or they.

(My shitposting is mine alone and I am not my organization but my organization is pretty cool too: campquest.org)
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jennanewman.bsky.social
RIP Kai Erikson
“The experience of [collective] trauma, at its worst, can mean not only a loss of confidence in the self, but a loss of confidence in the surrounding tissue of family &community, in the structures of…govt, in the larger logics by which humankind lives, in the ways of nature itself…”🧪
“In summary, then, the hardest earned and most fragile accomplishment of childhood, basic trust, can be damaged beyond repair by trauma. Human beings are surrounded by layers of trust, radiating out in concentric circles like the ripples in a pond. The experience of trauma, at its worst, can mean not only a loss of confidence in the self, but a loss of confidence in the surrounding tissue of family and com-munity, in the structures of human government, in the larger logics by which humankind lives, in the ways of nature itself…” Notes on Trauma and Community / Kai Erikson (1991) https://www.jstor.org/stable/26303923 By collective trauma, on the other hand, I mean a blow to the basic tissues of social life that damages the bonds attaching people together and impairs the prevailing sense of communality. The collective trauma works its way slowly and even insidiously into the awareness of those who suffer from it, so it does not have the quality of suddenness normally associated with "trauma." But it is a form of shock all the same, a gradual realization that the community no longer exists as an effective source of support and that an important part of the self has disappeared. ... "I" continue to exist, though damaged and maybe even permanently changed. "You" continue to exist, though distant and hard to relate to. But "we" no longer exist as a connected pair or as linked cells in a larger communal body. . . . (Erikson 1976, 154)” Notes on Trauma and Community / Kai Erikson (1991) https://www.jstor.org/stable/26303923
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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moreperfectunion.bsky.social
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.

Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.

Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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neorsd.org
if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
large 20-foot tall concrete lined sewer tunnel. in the distance three people stand with head lamps on their hard hats, looking toward the camera as they stand in ankle-deep water.
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"
robertscotthorton.bsky.social Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d
“Standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She asks ‘What’s the point of standards?’
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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fishtopher.bsky.social
featherless biped
Fishtopher, a classic brown tabby cat, standing on his hind legs, sniffing a dry fettuccine pasta noodle. He looks interested in the pasta, and squints his eyes slightly. His front paws hang by his side, and his tail extends out to balance his round body.
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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brittanytrang.com
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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bigrickystyle.bsky.social
binturong fancam
November 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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moviessilently.bsky.social
Champagne delivery in the 1901 Méliès fantasy BLUEBEARD
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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davelevitan.bsky.social
Mamdani decries anti-semitism and Islamophobia in the same sentence and it’s fine and good because normal people can handle that combo
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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jamellebouie.net
i wouldn't be a total glenn youngkin hater if i didn't mention that the results tonight mean that his total tenure amounted to presiding over the destruction — at least for the next few years — of the virginia republican party. lmao.
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
ellipsoptera.bsky.social
Post a bird announcing Dick Cheney is dead
A snowy owl looking positively jovial
November 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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djinnandtonic.bsky.social
Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
One fun fact about crabeater seals is that they don’t eat crabs
antarctic.bsky.social Australian Antarctic Program Partnership @antarctic.bsky.social · 14d
1/ Crabeater seals are the most abundant top predator in the Southern Ocean and probably the most numerous large wild mammals on earth. Because they live almost their entire lives amongst floating sea ice around #Antarctica, it’s difficult to count them – total population is an estimated 15 million.
Crabeater seals (photo: Kerry Steinberner/AAD)
October 31, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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jencross.bsky.social
Many spiders are named for the way they hunt. This tiny spider is called a Triangle Weaver for the triangle shaped web it makes. They create tension in their web and use it like a slingshot to snare prey - accelerating at up to 1,700 miles per hour per second!
(Hyptiotes cavatus) PA #Arachtober
A small spider tan spider with a large, bulbous abdomen. It is standing on a stick.
October 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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dinoserious.bsky.social
#invertober 28, pearly green lacewing

#invertober2025
color block art of a pearly green lacewing on a swirling background vaguely resembling plants. it is sitting on green swirls backed with purples and pinks
October 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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goingmedieval.bsky.social
I hate how in America a) there are Nazis roaming about and b) if one of them assaults you, you are suddenly in 30k of debt. Anyway, help out a comrade.
yeehawtie.bsky.social Yee_Hawtie @yeehawtie.bsky.social · 16d
my friend Grace is the woman who stood up to the guy in the Nazi SS uniform in those viral videos youve probably seen- he broke her nose with a beer stein - please share & donate and give her a hand with medical expenses, recovery and potential expenses gofund.me/72cb1a415
Donate to Support UGA Student Assaulted by Nazi in Downtown Athens, organized by Alexandra Lang
Hello, My name is Grace Lang, and I am a 23 year old U… Alexandra Lang needs your support for Support UGA Student Assaulted by Nazi in Downtown Athens
gofund.me
October 29, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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jencross.bsky.social
Ogre-faced Net-casting Spiders dangle upside watching for prey and fling a net forward to catch it. The spider has great night vision due to a light sensing membrane that forms in their eyes each night - since they have no irises, the membrane is destroyed at dawn. #Arachtober
(Deinopis spinosa) FL
A spider hanging upside down and holding a net between its front 4 legs. It has a pair of very large forward facing eyes. There is a branch to the right of the spider.
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Crab Fits, Crab Sits

(Crab spider in tar flower seed pod)
#Arachtober
Pale greenish yellow crab spider, curled up inside a dark burnt red dry seed pod split like an unfolding hand
October 29, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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kendrawrites.com
They're not even pretending it's not about racism.
October 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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drspectre.bsky.social
Spiney Orb Weaver Spider

I think spiders are just the coolest, I love them

#illustration
A bright yellow spiney orb weaver spider. The pattern on its back is vaguely in the shape of a skull
October 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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origamiorganelles.bsky.social
Our Skull paper model is perfect for #halloween decorations! You might learn a lot while you make them too! Find out more here: buff.ly/uxJMlYP

#EduSky #halloweendecorations #skull #iteachbio #biologyteacher #scienceteacher
October 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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blessedscavengers.bsky.social
it’s been ages since I’ve posted here but I’ve added a couple new sticker designs to my shop for my fellow bird lovers! blessedscavengers.etsy.com
#birdart #etsyshop #art #animalart #turkeyvulture #blackandwhitewarbler #linocut
October 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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filonico.bsky.social
Follow-up on this with a belated post of another bivalve friend🫶 the main question now is:

how👏on👏earth👏have👏I👏never👏come👏across👏such👏a👏beautiful👏mussel👏during👏my👏PhD?! 😮‍💨😮‍💨

Anyway, Day 24 of #invertober2025 pleases us with the marvelous (and I'd say queer as well👀) New Zealand mussel #marineLife
A vectorial digital drawing of a Perna canaliculus, or New Zealand Mussel, set against a pale blue background. The shell is glossy and teardrop-shaped. The exterior color is a striking combination of a deep, dark reddish-brown/black near the hinge, which transitions into a vibrant metallic green with radial dark stripes across the rest of the shell. A small cluster of fine, bluish byssal threads is visible protruding from the side. The text "invertobter2025 - Day 24" is in the bottom right corner.
October 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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subtlypunk.bsky.social
Kamakaze Girls is the story of Momoko (lolita seamstress) and Ichigo (biker babe). The two couldn't be more different yet form a close bond in a bizarre world with an unreliable narrator that breaks the fourth wall, defies physics, and literally becomes a cartoon.

Worthy of Criterion Collection.
Momoko in lolita outfit flying into the sky. Ichigo struting into the movie in a stylish suit jacket, button up, and tie left loose as possible as she pulls of her red shades in slow motion. Momoko, wearing a red and white striped lolita dress and bonnet, tries to sneak away from Ichigo, sitting in her scooter bike with a huge flag to announce her gang. Momoko, in all pink dress and hat covered in flowers, looking embarrassed to be seen with Ichigo who has a straw up one nostril.
October 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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jencross.bsky.social
A newly described species in 2024, this snazzy harvester is from the Andes Mountains in Colombia. The emerald-green hourglass-shaped dorsal pattern is one of the key identifying characteristics of the arachnid. #Arachtober
(Quindina horologium) Tatama National Park, 2023
A harvester with a brown body the has a green hourglass shaped pattern on the top surface. It is standing on a leaf.
October 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM