Erica Schaffer
@ericaj.bsky.social
Tech and data nerd | Cat spinster | I will not be calling them 'skeets' I'm a Millennial | Follow me for occasional bird facts | she/they
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Pushing NFTs in 2023 is absurd. It’s not just dumb grift, it’s also outdated. That bird has flown, honey. The tulip market isn’t going to rebound.
July 21, 2023 at 2:41 AM
Pushing NFTs in 2023 is absurd. It’s not just dumb grift, it’s also outdated. That bird has flown, honey. The tulip market isn’t going to rebound.
Bird Fact! Paleontologists discovered Say’s phoebe fossils in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas dating back to about 400,000 years ago.
June 14, 2023 at 5:55 PM
Bird Fact! Paleontologists discovered Say’s phoebe fossils in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas dating back to about 400,000 years ago.
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There needs to be a “lower volume” button in addition to mute
There are some people I really like who post every 30 seconds and it would be nice to just get the hits
There are some people I really like who post every 30 seconds and it would be nice to just get the hits
June 8, 2023 at 3:51 AM
There needs to be a “lower volume” button in addition to mute
There are some people I really like who post every 30 seconds and it would be nice to just get the hits
There are some people I really like who post every 30 seconds and it would be nice to just get the hits
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Someone on Mastodon described Bsky as "a bunch of people hanging around in the parking lot after the mall has closed" and I thought it was A) accurate and B) pretty great actually
June 12, 2023 at 6:16 PM
Someone on Mastodon described Bsky as "a bunch of people hanging around in the parking lot after the mall has closed" and I thought it was A) accurate and B) pretty great actually
I am not a big Apple person, but I think I'd try these out. https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/05/apple-reveals-vision-pro-headset/
June 5, 2023 at 6:48 PM
I am not a big Apple person, but I think I'd try these out. https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/05/apple-reveals-vision-pro-headset/
Bird Fact! While most red birds owe their redness to a variety of plant pigments known as carotenoids, the Western tanager gets its head feathers from a rare pigment called rhodoxanthin. Unable to make this substance on their own, Western tanagers probably obtain it from insects in their diet.
June 3, 2023 at 8:01 PM
Bird Fact! While most red birds owe their redness to a variety of plant pigments known as carotenoids, the Western tanager gets its head feathers from a rare pigment called rhodoxanthin. Unable to make this substance on their own, Western tanagers probably obtain it from insects in their diet.
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Truth Coming Out of Her Well (1896, Jean-Léon Gérôme)
May 24, 2023 at 3:46 PM
Truth Coming Out of Her Well (1896, Jean-Léon Gérôme)
Bird Fact! The yellow-rumped warbler is the only warbler able to digest the waxes found in bayberries and wax myrtles. Its ability to use these fruits allows it to winter farther north than other warblers, sometimes as far north as Newfoundland.
May 26, 2023 at 2:35 PM
Bird Fact! The yellow-rumped warbler is the only warbler able to digest the waxes found in bayberries and wax myrtles. Its ability to use these fruits allows it to winter farther north than other warblers, sometimes as far north as Newfoundland.
The corporate rainbow washing starts...
I am very curious what makes this a 'Pride' shirt. They could have at least highlighted some of their queer/trans characters... Give me a Wiccan/Hulkling shirt right now.
Are they saying that all of these are confirmed bisexual? If so, I'm on board.
I am very curious what makes this a 'Pride' shirt. They could have at least highlighted some of their queer/trans characters... Give me a Wiccan/Hulkling shirt right now.
Are they saying that all of these are confirmed bisexual? If so, I'm on board.
May 25, 2023 at 9:24 PM
The corporate rainbow washing starts...
I am very curious what makes this a 'Pride' shirt. They could have at least highlighted some of their queer/trans characters... Give me a Wiccan/Hulkling shirt right now.
Are they saying that all of these are confirmed bisexual? If so, I'm on board.
I am very curious what makes this a 'Pride' shirt. They could have at least highlighted some of their queer/trans characters... Give me a Wiccan/Hulkling shirt right now.
Are they saying that all of these are confirmed bisexual? If so, I'm on board.
My heart goes out to all the late night comedy writers out there on the picket line today. Ron DeSantis is out here begging to be mocked into oblivion, and they just have to stand by and let him for the greater good.
Stay strong, folks. He’s not getting un-hilarious anytime soon.
Stay strong, folks. He’s not getting un-hilarious anytime soon.
May 25, 2023 at 3:24 PM
My heart goes out to all the late night comedy writers out there on the picket line today. Ron DeSantis is out here begging to be mocked into oblivion, and they just have to stand by and let him for the greater good.
Stay strong, folks. He’s not getting un-hilarious anytime soon.
Stay strong, folks. He’s not getting un-hilarious anytime soon.
Happy Towel Day for those who celebrate.
May 25, 2023 at 1:09 PM
Happy Towel Day for those who celebrate.
Bird Fact! In response to predators, American avocets give a series of call notes that gradually rise in pitch, simulating the Doppler effect and making its approach seem faster than it actually is.
May 24, 2023 at 3:17 PM
Bird Fact! In response to predators, American avocets give a series of call notes that gradually rise in pitch, simulating the Doppler effect and making its approach seem faster than it actually is.
Shelley says no work, only pets for Shelleys, and frankly who am I to argue?
May 23, 2023 at 7:25 PM
Shelley says no work, only pets for Shelleys, and frankly who am I to argue?
Bird Fact: Despite their impressive size, great blue herons weigh only 5 to 6 pounds thanks in part to their hollow bones.
May 23, 2023 at 2:16 PM
Bird Fact: Despite their impressive size, great blue herons weigh only 5 to 6 pounds thanks in part to their hollow bones.
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Math wizzes be like
May 18, 2023 at 2:12 AM
Math wizzes be like
One of my friends who works at a bank just said "So for the first time today I spoke to someone who is dead through one of those apps that has a real person translate their texts" and for a moment I was convinced they now had apps to 'communicate' with dead people via AI or something (He meant deaf)
May 19, 2023 at 7:40 PM
One of my friends who works at a bank just said "So for the first time today I spoke to someone who is dead through one of those apps that has a real person translate their texts" and for a moment I was convinced they now had apps to 'communicate' with dead people via AI or something (He meant deaf)
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It’s surprising to me how in a span of months, I went through the following stages of belief:
- I want to buy a Tesla
- I don’t trust Tesla Full Self-Driving
- I don’t trust Autopilot anywhere
- I don’t trust riding in a Tesla
- I don’t trust Teslas anywhere
All this from one man buying Twitter.
- I want to buy a Tesla
- I don’t trust Tesla Full Self-Driving
- I don’t trust Autopilot anywhere
- I don’t trust riding in a Tesla
- I don’t trust Teslas anywhere
All this from one man buying Twitter.
May 16, 2023 at 2:42 PM
It’s surprising to me how in a span of months, I went through the following stages of belief:
- I want to buy a Tesla
- I don’t trust Tesla Full Self-Driving
- I don’t trust Autopilot anywhere
- I don’t trust riding in a Tesla
- I don’t trust Teslas anywhere
All this from one man buying Twitter.
- I want to buy a Tesla
- I don’t trust Tesla Full Self-Driving
- I don’t trust Autopilot anywhere
- I don’t trust riding in a Tesla
- I don’t trust Teslas anywhere
All this from one man buying Twitter.
Bird Fact of the Day: The brown-headed cowbird is North America’s most common “brood parasite.” A female cowbird makes no nest of her own, but instead lays her eggs in the nests of other bird species, who then raise the young cowbirds. (Male brown-headed cowbird, image taken 5/18/23 in Lakewood, CO)
May 19, 2023 at 4:54 PM
Bird Fact of the Day: The brown-headed cowbird is North America’s most common “brood parasite.” A female cowbird makes no nest of her own, but instead lays her eggs in the nests of other bird species, who then raise the young cowbirds. (Male brown-headed cowbird, image taken 5/18/23 in Lakewood, CO)
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How I scroll the Skyline.
May 19, 2023 at 4:40 PM
How I scroll the Skyline.