Nicklaus Kruger
@lousynick.bsky.social
Loves books. Dances badly. Big fan of science, skepticism and just stuff, you know? Still hopes to grow up to be a dinosaur-riding ninja-superhero-spy.
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I sign my impermanece
On the mountainside
Written cursively
On a crystalline canvas
Ephemeral, I
#ও☉❢☉✑
#poetry
#writing
#micropoetry
#blueskywriters
#writingcommunity
On the mountainside
Written cursively
On a crystalline canvas
Ephemeral, I
#ও☉❢☉✑
#poetry
#writing
#micropoetry
#blueskywriters
#writingcommunity
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I sign my impermanece
On the mountainside
Written cursively
On a crystalline canvas
Ephemeral, I
#ও☉❢☉✑
#poetry
#writing
#micropoetry
#blueskywriters
#writingcommunity
On the mountainside
Written cursively
On a crystalline canvas
Ephemeral, I
#ও☉❢☉✑
#poetry
#writing
#micropoetry
#blueskywriters
#writingcommunity
Most think she's just a #myth. A fairy tale. A paranoid hallucination.
But the Queen of Ravens is a #stickler for protocol.
She brings knowledge. And power. And vengeance.
For a price.
And who needs two eyes anyway?
Pluck it out. Call her name.
She's waiting.
##vss365 #WeirdMicro #InkMine
But the Queen of Ravens is a #stickler for protocol.
She brings knowledge. And power. And vengeance.
For a price.
And who needs two eyes anyway?
Pluck it out. Call her name.
She's waiting.
##vss365 #WeirdMicro #InkMine
a painting of a woman with a black cat and the name livita
ALT: a painting of a woman with a black cat and the name livita
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November 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Most think she's just a #myth. A fairy tale. A paranoid hallucination.
But the Queen of Ravens is a #stickler for protocol.
She brings knowledge. And power. And vengeance.
For a price.
And who needs two eyes anyway?
Pluck it out. Call her name.
She's waiting.
##vss365 #WeirdMicro #InkMine
But the Queen of Ravens is a #stickler for protocol.
She brings knowledge. And power. And vengeance.
For a price.
And who needs two eyes anyway?
Pluck it out. Call her name.
She's waiting.
##vss365 #WeirdMicro #InkMine
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November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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[READ] It's World #ScienceDay for Peace & Development, a time to highlight the importance of science in society and our daily lives. Here's how biodiversity biobanks are playing their part in improving the world we live in, one discovery at a time.
Find out more: bbsa.org.za/2023/07/18/s...
Find out more: bbsa.org.za/2023/07/18/s...
Shared Wealth & Environmental Health: How Biobanking Benefits South Africa - Biodiversity Biobanks SA
Shared Wealth & Environmental Health: How Biobanking Benefits South Africa It’s no secret that South Africa – like many other ...
bbsa.org.za
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
[READ] It's World #ScienceDay for Peace & Development, a time to highlight the importance of science in society and our daily lives. Here's how biodiversity biobanks are playing their part in improving the world we live in, one discovery at a time.
Find out more: bbsa.org.za/2023/07/18/s...
Find out more: bbsa.org.za/2023/07/18/s...
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Wake crashing #brittle
Against the pier. Is that why
We struggle and fail?
#haikufeels #haiku #poem #poetry #writingcommunity
Against the pier. Is that why
We struggle and fail?
#haikufeels #haiku #poem #poetry #writingcommunity
November 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Wake crashing #brittle
Against the pier. Is that why
We struggle and fail?
#haikufeels #haiku #poem #poetry #writingcommunity
Against the pier. Is that why
We struggle and fail?
#haikufeels #haiku #poem #poetry #writingcommunity
James Watson has passed away. Do we celebrate the enormous scientific breakthrough that was discovering the structure of DNA (however that was achieved)? Or do we condemn his (many, many) character flaws? Or basically: Should great scientists be excused for their anti-scientific idiocy and bigotry?
Watson – who won the Nobel Prize for his role in divining the structure of DNA; was instrumental in initiating and propelling the Human Genome Project; and who became notorious for his history of racist and sexist comments – has died at 97
Read the full story: go.nature.com/47NJ6wy
Read the full story: go.nature.com/47NJ6wy
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
James Watson has passed away. Do we celebrate the enormous scientific breakthrough that was discovering the structure of DNA (however that was achieved)? Or do we condemn his (many, many) character flaws? Or basically: Should great scientists be excused for their anti-scientific idiocy and bigotry?
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Look back to understand your decisions, not to criticize them.
You did what you did for a reason that made sense to you at the time.
And yes, fine... Perhaps the logic no longer holds up.
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵? 🧵
#ThoughtJournal #Forgiveness #Channel #ChannelledMessage
You did what you did for a reason that made sense to you at the time.
And yes, fine... Perhaps the logic no longer holds up.
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵? 🧵
#ThoughtJournal #Forgiveness #Channel #ChannelledMessage
a man singing into a microphone with the words if i could turn back time below him
Alt: Cher singing into a microphone with the words if i could turn back time below
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November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Look back to understand your decisions, not to criticize them.
You did what you did for a reason that made sense to you at the time.
And yes, fine... Perhaps the logic no longer holds up.
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵? 🧵
#ThoughtJournal #Forgiveness #Channel #ChannelledMessage
You did what you did for a reason that made sense to you at the time.
And yes, fine... Perhaps the logic no longer holds up.
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵? 🧵
#ThoughtJournal #Forgiveness #Channel #ChannelledMessage
It was a crown fit for a princess. But she didn't want the #role.
She wanted #dusty roads, dark woods, and danger. She wanted adventure.
"But where will you go?" they asked.
"Where the #breeze takes me," she smiled.
And off she went, into #history.
And legend.
#2wordprompt #Penstricken #vss365
She wanted #dusty roads, dark woods, and danger. She wanted adventure.
"But where will you go?" they asked.
"Where the #breeze takes me," she smiled.
And off she went, into #history.
And legend.
#2wordprompt #Penstricken #vss365
a woman in a hooded costume is standing next to a person laying on a bed
ALT: a woman in a hooded costume is standing next to a person laying on a bed
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November 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It was a crown fit for a princess. But she didn't want the #role.
She wanted #dusty roads, dark woods, and danger. She wanted adventure.
"But where will you go?" they asked.
"Where the #breeze takes me," she smiled.
And off she went, into #history.
And legend.
#2wordprompt #Penstricken #vss365
She wanted #dusty roads, dark woods, and danger. She wanted adventure.
"But where will you go?" they asked.
"Where the #breeze takes me," she smiled.
And off she went, into #history.
And legend.
#2wordprompt #Penstricken #vss365
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after the north wind
a breeze tickles the salt bush
spiders build new homes
#DailyHaikuPrompt (North Wind, Tickle)
#haiku
a breeze tickles the salt bush
spiders build new homes
#DailyHaikuPrompt (North Wind, Tickle)
#haiku
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
after the north wind
a breeze tickles the salt bush
spiders build new homes
#DailyHaikuPrompt (North Wind, Tickle)
#haiku
a breeze tickles the salt bush
spiders build new homes
#DailyHaikuPrompt (North Wind, Tickle)
#haiku
They fell in love on an island named #Driftwood, far beyond the #geography we know.
It's been years since their bubble #burst. He's no longer sure what was real or illusion.
Now he looks for her in dreams, #sailing spaces in between.
Searching for ever after.
#vssfantasy #vss365 #2wordprompt
It's been years since their bubble #burst. He's no longer sure what was real or illusion.
Now he looks for her in dreams, #sailing spaces in between.
Searching for ever after.
#vssfantasy #vss365 #2wordprompt
a picture of a man standing on a small island in the middle of a body of water
ALT: a picture of a man standing on a small island in the middle of a body of water
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November 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
They fell in love on an island named #Driftwood, far beyond the #geography we know.
It's been years since their bubble #burst. He's no longer sure what was real or illusion.
Now he looks for her in dreams, #sailing spaces in between.
Searching for ever after.
#vssfantasy #vss365 #2wordprompt
It's been years since their bubble #burst. He's no longer sure what was real or illusion.
Now he looks for her in dreams, #sailing spaces in between.
Searching for ever after.
#vssfantasy #vss365 #2wordprompt
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#GEOGRAPHY
The landlord died
without any heirs
so the tenants rose up,
declared the land theirs,
established a charter,
grew crops to barter,
and lived lives reflective
of an anarcho-collective.
#vss365
The landlord died
without any heirs
so the tenants rose up,
declared the land theirs,
established a charter,
grew crops to barter,
and lived lives reflective
of an anarcho-collective.
#vss365
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
#GEOGRAPHY
The landlord died
without any heirs
so the tenants rose up,
declared the land theirs,
established a charter,
grew crops to barter,
and lived lives reflective
of an anarcho-collective.
#vss365
The landlord died
without any heirs
so the tenants rose up,
declared the land theirs,
established a charter,
grew crops to barter,
and lived lives reflective
of an anarcho-collective.
#vss365
Sally the shop girl wanted to be #famous.
Legions of fans and sycophants. Silver screens, golden statues. #Curtain calls.
Her name in lights.
She sold her soul for her fifteen #minutes.
Fame rose like a #prison around her.
But at least she was somebody, you know?
#vss365 #InkMine #2wordprompt
Legions of fans and sycophants. Silver screens, golden statues. #Curtain calls.
Her name in lights.
She sold her soul for her fifteen #minutes.
Fame rose like a #prison around her.
But at least she was somebody, you know?
#vss365 #InkMine #2wordprompt
a group of people are walking down a hallway with a sign that says no smoking
ALT: a group of people are walking down a hallway with a sign that says no smoking
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November 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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For #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSForShadows and #ColorADay #BlueTue
Sometimes the shadows
Spread widely, sparing only
Green fields and blue sky
#haiku #photography #mobilephotography #artyear #nature #onlybeautifulthings #thelittlethings #seascape #Devon #NationalTrust #Peppacombe
Sometimes the shadows
Spread widely, sparing only
Green fields and blue sky
#haiku #photography #mobilephotography #artyear #nature #onlybeautifulthings #thelittlethings #seascape #Devon #NationalTrust #Peppacombe
November 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
For #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSForShadows and #ColorADay #BlueTue
Sometimes the shadows
Spread widely, sparing only
Green fields and blue sky
#haiku #photography #mobilephotography #artyear #nature #onlybeautifulthings #thelittlethings #seascape #Devon #NationalTrust #Peppacombe
Sometimes the shadows
Spread widely, sparing only
Green fields and blue sky
#haiku #photography #mobilephotography #artyear #nature #onlybeautifulthings #thelittlethings #seascape #Devon #NationalTrust #Peppacombe
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When I was young and stupid, I had a dream - and it was big, and it was bold, and it was very, very dumb: I would read every book in the world. Every. Last. One.
Here's how that turned out: www.linkedin.com/pulse/im-get...
Here's how that turned out: www.linkedin.com/pulse/im-get...
I'm getting dumber every day - and that's okay
No matter what my mom may tell you, I’m really not that smart. And the sad thing is, I’m getting dumber every day.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
When I was young and stupid, I had a dream - and it was big, and it was bold, and it was very, very dumb: I would read every book in the world. Every. Last. One.
Here's how that turned out: www.linkedin.com/pulse/im-get...
Here's how that turned out: www.linkedin.com/pulse/im-get...
They were close once. But they wanted #different things from #life, you know?
He went west, chasing #rainbows. She went east, pursuing dreams.
In the hush between hearts, far apart, far too late, they finally realized what they'd been looking for.
Each other.
#2wordprompt #InkMine #thepenflows
He went west, chasing #rainbows. She went east, pursuing dreams.
In the hush between hearts, far apart, far too late, they finally realized what they'd been looking for.
Each other.
#2wordprompt #InkMine #thepenflows
a silhouette of two people holding hands in front of a body of water with the words hizzlegifs above them
ALT: a silhouette of two people holding hands in front of a body of water with the words hizzlegifs above them
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November 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
They were close once. But they wanted #different things from #life, you know?
He went west, chasing #rainbows. She went east, pursuing dreams.
In the hush between hearts, far apart, far too late, they finally realized what they'd been looking for.
Each other.
#2wordprompt #InkMine #thepenflows
He went west, chasing #rainbows. She went east, pursuing dreams.
In the hush between hearts, far apart, far too late, they finally realized what they'd been looking for.
Each other.
#2wordprompt #InkMine #thepenflows
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don’t touch my soul
for I might burn like a candle
don’t light a candle
for it might burn
my soul
#Photography Albert Ibars
@albert-ibars.bsky.social
for I might burn like a candle
don’t light a candle
for it might burn
my soul
#Photography Albert Ibars
@albert-ibars.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
don’t touch my soul
for I might burn like a candle
don’t light a candle
for it might burn
my soul
#Photography Albert Ibars
@albert-ibars.bsky.social
for I might burn like a candle
don’t light a candle
for it might burn
my soul
#Photography Albert Ibars
@albert-ibars.bsky.social
It's a simple #monster, really.
It hunts just one night a year, clothed in the flesh of its last meal.
It could be anything. A #ghost, a ghoul, a good friend.
Door to door it goes, until it finds just the right one.
And then...well.
Happy #Halloween.
And good luck.
#InkMine #whistpr
#vss365
It hunts just one night a year, clothed in the flesh of its last meal.
It could be anything. A #ghost, a ghoul, a good friend.
Door to door it goes, until it finds just the right one.
And then...well.
Happy #Halloween.
And good luck.
#InkMine #whistpr
#vss365
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Happy #WorldCitiesDay! Did you know: there are biodiversity #biobanks all over South Africa, from the biggest cities to the most rural areas to the wilds of our national parks. Basically: Wherever there's #biodiversity, there's a BBSA biobank.
Meet some of them here: bbsa.org.za/meet-the-bio...
Meet some of them here: bbsa.org.za/meet-the-bio...
October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Happy #WorldCitiesDay! Did you know: there are biodiversity #biobanks all over South Africa, from the biggest cities to the most rural areas to the wilds of our national parks. Basically: Wherever there's #biodiversity, there's a BBSA biobank.
Meet some of them here: bbsa.org.za/meet-the-bio...
Meet some of them here: bbsa.org.za/meet-the-bio...
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small, abandoned cap
resting in autumnal warmth -
lone, not #desolate
#DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #poetry #poem #autumn #photography
resting in autumnal warmth -
lone, not #desolate
#DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #poetry #poem #autumn #photography
October 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
small, abandoned cap
resting in autumnal warmth -
lone, not #desolate
#DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #poetry #poem #autumn #photography
resting in autumnal warmth -
lone, not #desolate
#DailyHaikuPrompt #haiku #poetry #poem #autumn #photography
She's always been the shy one.
The moon's little sister, living in that #argent shadow.
Quietly waiting, in the silence of eternity. Wishing on the stars.
One sweet day, her golden moment will come.
And she will shine.
#vss365
The moon's little sister, living in that #argent shadow.
Quietly waiting, in the silence of eternity. Wishing on the stars.
One sweet day, her golden moment will come.
And she will shine.
#vss365
a painting of a woman 's face with a galaxy in the background
ALT: a painting of a woman 's face with a galaxy in the background
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October 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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#vss365
Who knew
I would become
An #argent woman
A crone
So soon
It seems like
Yesterday
I could hold
A cigarette paper
Between my cheeks
This descent
First appears
As madness
Until you see
The eyes of
The youth hold
Your words
Reach for your
Warm body
To guide them
Forwards
Maybe silver
Is golden?
Who knew
I would become
An #argent woman
A crone
So soon
It seems like
Yesterday
I could hold
A cigarette paper
Between my cheeks
This descent
First appears
As madness
Until you see
The eyes of
The youth hold
Your words
Reach for your
Warm body
To guide them
Forwards
Maybe silver
Is golden?
October 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It didn't take a genius to read the #signs.
#Vultures above. #Ravensong in the air. A dead body.
"There's been a murder."
" #Brilliant, sir."
"But what #monster could..."
"Sir, that scarecrow is moving."
"You don't think..."
"Run, you idiot!"
"Ah."
#2wordprompt #whistpr #vssfantasy #InkMine
#Vultures above. #Ravensong in the air. A dead body.
"There's been a murder."
" #Brilliant, sir."
"But what #monster could..."
"Sir, that scarecrow is moving."
"You don't think..."
"Run, you idiot!"
"Ah."
#2wordprompt #whistpr #vssfantasy #InkMine
a scarecrow with red eyes stands in a field with a black cat and bats
ALT: a scarecrow with red eyes stands in a field with a black cat and bats
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October 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It didn't take a genius to read the #signs.
#Vultures above. #Ravensong in the air. A dead body.
"There's been a murder."
" #Brilliant, sir."
"But what #monster could..."
"Sir, that scarecrow is moving."
"You don't think..."
"Run, you idiot!"
"Ah."
#2wordprompt #whistpr #vssfantasy #InkMine
#Vultures above. #Ravensong in the air. A dead body.
"There's been a murder."
" #Brilliant, sir."
"But what #monster could..."
"Sir, that scarecrow is moving."
"You don't think..."
"Run, you idiot!"
"Ah."
#2wordprompt #whistpr #vssfantasy #InkMine
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Dare to
Leave me wild in the untethered
An #experiment
I’d not survive you, hope
You forget
We’re tethered till sun no more rises
Where I go
You follow every step every way
Test not
Chords of true love the need, none
We are
Vice and we are versa
#vss365
Leave me wild in the untethered
An #experiment
I’d not survive you, hope
You forget
We’re tethered till sun no more rises
Where I go
You follow every step every way
Test not
Chords of true love the need, none
We are
Vice and we are versa
#vss365
October 28, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Dare to
Leave me wild in the untethered
An #experiment
I’d not survive you, hope
You forget
We’re tethered till sun no more rises
Where I go
You follow every step every way
Test not
Chords of true love the need, none
We are
Vice and we are versa
#vss365
Leave me wild in the untethered
An #experiment
I’d not survive you, hope
You forget
We’re tethered till sun no more rises
Where I go
You follow every step every way
Test not
Chords of true love the need, none
We are
Vice and we are versa
#vss365
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October 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Happy #OpenAccessWeek, folks! Just a quick reminder that two heads are better than one, and sharing is better than caring...and we'll never get anywhere as a species if we don't work together. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk...now go spread some knowledge 🙃
www.openaccessweek.org
www.openaccessweek.org
International Open Access Week
International Open Access Week is held annually to inspire global momentum toward the open sharing of knowledge in order to address important social issues affecting people around the world. Open Acce...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Happy #OpenAccessWeek, folks! Just a quick reminder that two heads are better than one, and sharing is better than caring...and we'll never get anywhere as a species if we don't work together. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk...now go spread some knowledge 🙃
www.openaccessweek.org
www.openaccessweek.org