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James (he/they)
@excitedcoli.bsky.social
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Science nerd, nerd nerd, animal lover, maker of bad jokes.
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microbetv.bsky.social
In a new video, The Save America Movement’s Science & Health Committee, chaired by Dr. Angela Rasmussen, brings together experts to sound the alarm on the Trump administration’s push to rewrite the childhood vaccine schedule. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Experts Warn: Trump’s Vaccine Rewrite Risks Public Health
YouTube video by Save America Movement
youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
excitedcoli.bsky.social
@microbetv.bsky.social Happy Smallpox Eradication Day! I marked my calendar when the TWiV crew talked about how it deserves to be a holiday. =D
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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ellohcee.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar 3 - Endless cycle (2021)
#art #celestial #desert
Digital art of a desert scene, twisting sand dunes stretching into the distance. On the left, the sand is cast in warm gold and orange tones, and on the right they are set in dark purple and blue shadows. Grains of sand can be seen whipped away on the wind from the ridge of the dunes. The sky is soft orange and fades to slightly more purple tones higher up. In the background is a sun and moon circling around a center point, stars stretched out as if a time lapse, delicate celestial patterns behind them and leaving trails of light in their wake. At the center point is another design connecting the sun and moon.
December 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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oldpostie.bsky.social
The first of my Holiday kitchen towel set will be soon finished!
I think people truly love to receive messages of hope and joy, but
I can't with that. 🤨🤭
An embroidery pattern that says Let The Yuletide Fuckery Begin, backed in a cheery holly berry theme.
December 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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dptbirder.bsky.social
Not sure how active he is on BlueSky, but this was a nice read at Easy by Nature Substack by Bill Davison @easybynature.bsky.social

billdavison.substack.com/p/birdwatchi...

I’m lucky I’ve found a way to work and bird before I sacrificed years to this culture of labor 🪶
Quote from Easy by Nature Substack by Bill Davison
October 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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antlervel.vet
Share if you agree
Fat little brown/white/grey bird with a yellow tummy stands on concrete with flora behind it
October 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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ericcolumbus.bsky.social
Invasive species
Trump as spotted lanternfly
October 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
I haven't had the capacity to keep up with moderation lists for a bit, but this one is really obvious, so I'm stealing some energy from Future Me: a list for the extremely obvious wave of inauthentic accounts following today's newly-created US gov accounts

bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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skwinnicki.bsky.social
Need a few seconds to stop doomscrolling? Enjoy our office yard squirrels, melanistic Eastern Gray Squirrels. This one is enjoying some acorns.

Take a few deep breaths, unclench your jaw, and enjoy some squirrel just living his best life.

He's good and so are you 🖤
October 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
block this shit
October 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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paris.nyc
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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instbirdpop.bsky.social
🪶 In the Ojibwe language, the word for chickadee is gijigijigaaneshiinh. To hear it pronounced (it sounds really cool) visit ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/m...
Photo of a Black-capped Chickadee by Chad Hordewel. A speech bubble from the bird's mouth says "Hi, I'm gijigijigaaneshiinh"
October 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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rosemarymosco.com
Spooky season approaches, so I'm going to repost some of my Halloween comics from years past.
A four panel comic called Happy Halloween From The Birds. In panel 1, a pileated woodpecker has pecked its huge gaping rectangular holes in a pumpkin. In panel 2, a yellow-bellied sapsucker has pecked a face using its standard rows of small holes. In panel 3, a satin bowerbird has carved a pumpkin into a bower and placed its favorite blue candies all around it. In panel 4, a loggerhead shrike has impaled mini pumpkins on a fence's metal spikes and is saying "fight me."
September 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
excitedcoli.bsky.social
Getting to infiltrate the Kansas City Renaissance Festival and be a temporary cast member for the weekend may be my favorite thing I've done all year.
October 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
Hey lovelies: here's part 2 of my @crikey.com.au series on Meta's massive new effort to wildly worsen their climate damage but mask that by lobbying to change the way emissions are measured.

IT IS EXTREMELY SNEAKY
Inside Meta's fight to change climate reality... all so it can frantically expand a risky AI program
Everyone is ignoring the science on what Meta’s generative AI investment really costs, even though there's no evidence of a single, significant societal benefit.
www.crikey.com.au
October 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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makkon.bsky.social
a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"
October 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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rosemarymosco.com
I do a comic about ornithological vocabulary for every issue of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's wonderful Living Bird magazine. Here's the latest one, featuring the American Bittern.
A three-panel comic. The first panel is a scrap from a dictionary that says crypsis, noun: patterning or coloration that allows a bird to remain concealed by blending in to its environment. In panel 2, labeled effective crypsis, an american bittern blends in with a marsh full of tall plants. In panel 2, labeled ineffective crypsis, an american bittern fails to blend in among some short plants, next to a wet floor sign, and behind a stop sign.
September 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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saskajanet.bsky.social
Just look at this face
#herps 🌿
Head-on closeup of a snapping turtle.
September 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
excitedcoli.bsky.social
Mint lemonade with honey instead of sugar.
September 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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bschillace.brandyschillace.com
I would like to remind everyone that the #Nazi order to euthanize those with mental health issues (and other #disabilities ♿️) was called Aktion T4. This involuntary euthanasia killed 300K people by conservative estimate. Kilmeade is promoting Nazi killing protocol. Literally, he is saying we should.
September 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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burrowingowl.bsky.social
Birding with the birds! 🪶
September 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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wyotitania.bsky.social
Oh. My. Goodness. Look at this moth! LOOK AT THOSE WINGS!! Honestly didn't know that moth wings could be that frilly and lacy - like bird feathers - but apparently there is a whole family of "many plumed moths". This one is from the genus Alucita and found in China, and is just spectacular. (1/3)
An alucita moth, with frilly, lacy wings, in a photo taken by Timmy Wong in China. Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232780177?fbclid=IwY2xjawMsKF1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFyeEllRVFqekE3TlZiWUhnAR7crKukQCvxnpLzBA1e2rvrMO177PwoCqamq_fC-XgtqthxwbWDSHur3uuYWQ_aem_JoIYMoZvp03bfyCWcUH9xw
September 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
excitedcoli.bsky.social
Happy #FalconFriday! I'm pretty proud of this floofy li'l guy.
A pencil sketch of a male American kestrel
September 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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heyheymomo.bsky.social
tiny wizard sending you small love
a small little doodle of a yellow blob figure with a blue pointy hat and there's little pink hearts coming from his hands
September 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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microbetv.bsky.social
Ladapo said what? Comparing vaccines to slavery is just BEYOND insulting. A comment like that doesn't just miss the mark, it is diabolically ignorant & a slap in the face. Slavery is a REAL historical trauma, not a metaphor for vaccinations. @debunk-the-funk.bsky.social and Vincent discuss
September 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM