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Nerd nerding out in public.

Right now high on: bugs, aquaculture, poorly drawn cartoons.

Always high on: Science, nature, jokes.
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Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
goodvibesnerd.bsky.social
Third acceptance from a pro pub ... getting dangerously close to convincing myself I'm a real writer
January 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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This book is WILDLY good. And it was 100% a lucky bookstore browsing find. Never read anything by Senaa Ahmad before (my ignorance & my loss), never saw this book promoted anywhere. Just out on the table at B&N and looked interesting.

Very very recommended.

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The Age of Calamities
Written by an inimitable new voice, The Age of Calamities is a genre-defying, mind-bending collection of absurdist, funny, and speculative short stories. In ...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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Love finding new rabbit holes -- I went looking for info on the "mystery third condiment" (turns out: likely mustard!) and spent the last forty minutes clicking through other random articles

review.gale.com/2025/11/04/g...
Exploring a Golden Age of Children’s Literature
The 19th century’s “Golden Age” of children’s literature brought adventure and nonsense, thanks to printing progress and changing ideas on childhood.
review.gale.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:17 AM
goodvibesnerd.bsky.social
If you want a break from unrelenting aaaaaaa I recommend following zoos
ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · 11d
Ume is officially 11 months old and already weighs 483 pounds! 💗 That’s more than halfway to mom Yuna’s impressive 800 pounds. This adorable Malayan tapir is gaining size, confidence, and curiosity by the day, still keeping close to mom while steadily growing into her almost-teen tapir era.
January 7, 2026 at 2:57 PM
goodvibesnerd.bsky.social
What am I supposed to do with six beet pancakes
January 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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rebeccarhelm.bsky.social
Biologists must display their most marvelous plumage if they are to be accepted by a flock of fellow biologists.

We are now witness to this rare yet beautiful phenomenon at the Society of Integrative of Comparative Biology conference in Portland, OR #SICB2026
A shirt of cartoon oarfish, squid and nautilus Jellyfish whale sharks and sponges oh my! Oarfish on a black sleeve Purple jumping spider backpack
January 6, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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hammancheez.bsky.social
Complimented McDonald’s lady on her nails and she lit up

Give someone a random compliment today

We can’t fix the world, but we can maybe be kind to each other
January 5, 2026 at 2:08 PM
goodvibesnerd.bsky.social
I am lovvving We Solve Murders, and no I haven't read any other Richard Osman including any Thursday Murder Club but friend, I am going to, and I am psyched.
January 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
goodvibesnerd.bsky.social
Excuse me that is NOT all I need to know

So many questions starting with ...
- where is his nose?
- is his tail poky?
- are there videos available of tail prehensile-ing?
zooboise.bsky.social Zoo Boise @zooboise.bsky.social · 13d
Ozzy is a prehensile-tailed porcupine. That's all you need to know!

(Visit him at Zoo Boise's newly renovated Small Animal Kingdom.)

📸: Lead zookeeper Taylor S
January 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.
January 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
goodvibesnerd.bsky.social
My kid's lego set has instructions for a lego taco and now he's back in school I might just go ahead and make that taco
January 5, 2026 at 3:42 PM
goodvibesnerd.bsky.social
Beautiful reporting on this story Tom Stoppard liked to share.

Perfect illustration of the transience & beauty of both theater and memory.
bfletcherwatson.bsky.social Ben Fletcher-Watson @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social · Nov 30
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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We’re excited to welcome a new bat-eared fox to Zoo Boise! Fern, a six-month-old female, joins male Fletcher in their African Plains home.

📷: Zookeeper Emily
Closeup of a female bat-eared fox looking directly up at the camera.
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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I've been playing this with my sister (an actual biologist)

She is better at "getting the answer" but we're both excellent at "having fun with it" and that's the beauty of life my friend.

🐺 Animal #842 🐋
I figured it out in 8 guesses!
🟥🟥🟥🟧🟨🟨🟩🟩
🔥 3 | Avg. Guesses: 7.8

metazooa.com
#metazooa
Metazooa
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!
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November 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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This might be an unpopular opinion but what this baby seal is doing is very special to me, personally.
screenshot of a YouTube video still of a chubby baby seal laying on the snow with the caption "In the glittering backlight, a fat baby seal is doing nothing special."
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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davidleakenney.bsky.social
It was great to finally see a Hoopoe for the first time, I caught this one flicking up cockroaches to swallow!

#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
A Hoopoe bird about to swallow a cockroach whole. The bird was foraging for them in the undergrowth. The picture was taken in Tenerife.
November 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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WHAT A SPIDER!!! 🤯🤯

BEHOLD, one of the coolest arachnids in the world, the Long-horned Spiny Orb Spider (Macracantha arcuata)! 🕷😍

Found in the rainforests of SE Asia, these magnificent beasts are found usually at head-height in a web they’ve made to catch flying prey!🐞🕸️
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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theonion.com
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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nickybay.bsky.social
Tarantula foot-pad. Who knew they could be so pretty?
November 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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kristiellingsen.bsky.social
Sorry spider haters, but this was just the most beautiful beast & I knew (nearly everyone) would need to see it 😉. It sat frozen, up on its toes, on the edge of Leeman (WA) salt lake while I took pics. Unfortunately it was too big (body length 1.4cm) for my lens. #spider #Lycosidae #Tetralycosa
Most of a wolf spider, taken from directly above. The last segments of a few legs have been cut off by the frame. It is standing on holy salty sand, so the background looks like a solid slab of black specked beige. The spider is a mainly soft grey body with four black eyes showing. The abdomen is marked with a grey line and black rimmed blobs all over it. This made it incredibly hard to see if you weren't paying close attention. The legs are a more pinky white with diffuse black barring. If it was big enough people would be wearing the "pelt" as luxury coats. It's gorgeous. The same spider taken from a low angle, looking at the face slightly angled. This shows the female palps and the entire set of 8 black eyes. It also showed how the spider was right up on its "toes" ready for a fast get-away (or maybe the blinding white salt was hot to stand on). There is a bit of a shadow from the intense sunlight. Spider description is on the other photo.
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Day 29 of #inktober with bad drawings ...

#inktober2025 prompt: lesson
A junior magician looks at a book held by an older magician, while pointing a wand at an oversized rabbit.
October 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Hi bluesky I made you a giraph ok thanks
A graph of a giraffe. The x axis is length, the y axis is height, the head is obviously top right of the graph as it is the apex of both stats
October 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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drcraigmc.bsky.social
Brittle star swimming! Love this movement.
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
You ever meet an animal who just naturally knows their best angles?

I took this and literally out loud said “DAMN, you look great”. And you know she knows it.
A pink hermit crab is standing on a green leaf and looks at the camera with their legs stretched out just like, hermit crab modeling. She looks fucking stunning, who taught her to model like that??
October 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM