Miriam Forster
@miriamforster.bsky.social
Two capybaras in a long wool cardigan trying to be a writer. Also an accidental whiteness educator.
Autistic, agender, she/they.
Longform work at Medium: https://medium.com/@miriamsforster
“Exclamation marks are numerous, but justified.” -Kirkus🌟
Autistic, agender, she/they.
Longform work at Medium: https://medium.com/@miriamsforster
“Exclamation marks are numerous, but justified.” -Kirkus🌟
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Miriam Forster
@miriamforster.bsky.social
· Sep 28
Your periodic reminder that I wrote a book about shark evolution AND another one about bug evolution!
They are BIG and GORGEOUS and illustrated by the exceptional @gordywright.bsky.social
They are BIG and GORGEOUS and illustrated by the exceptional @gordywright.bsky.social
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One of the funner moments from my South Africa trip occurred when these two little borbs decided to chase each other on the edge a lagoon.
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
One of the funner moments from my South Africa trip occurred when these two little borbs decided to chase each other on the edge a lagoon.
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
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"i shook it off. shaken, not stirred."
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"i shook it off. shaken, not stirred."
While I’m at it; For Your Eyes Only is objectively the best Bond movie, and has the best Bond Girl.
Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun are objectively the worst, and no one should watch them.
Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun are objectively the worst, and no one should watch them.
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
While I’m at it; For Your Eyes Only is objectively the best Bond movie, and has the best Bond Girl.
Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun are objectively the worst, and no one should watch them.
Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun are objectively the worst, and no one should watch them.
And while I’m spouting Bond Opinons, Goldfinger is not the best Bond movie.
People just think it is because it has an amazing villain.
People just think it is because it has an amazing villain.
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
And while I’m spouting Bond Opinons, Goldfinger is not the best Bond movie.
People just think it is because it has an amazing villain.
People just think it is because it has an amazing villain.
Give him a splashy entrance scene with a face reveal as he buttons his immaculate suit and says “Reports of my death were greatly exaggerated.”
Boom. Done. Everyone go home.
Boom. Done. Everyone go home.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Give him a splashy entrance scene with a face reveal as he buttons his immaculate suit and says “Reports of my death were greatly exaggerated.”
Boom. Done. Everyone go home.
Boom. Done. Everyone go home.
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#InverteFest season is almost here, which means it's time to submit your bug & slug art! The form closes at 100 entries.
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#InverteFest season is almost here, which means it's time to submit your bug & slug art! The form closes at 100 entries.
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
See this is why I was never sold on the Daniel Craig version of Bond.
James Bond isn’t supposed to be gritty and realistic, he’s supposed to be a continually reincarnated trickster god who uses cool gadgets and kisses beautiful people and banters wittily in the face of death.
James Bond isn’t supposed to be gritty and realistic, he’s supposed to be a continually reincarnated trickster god who uses cool gadgets and kisses beautiful people and banters wittily in the face of death.
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
See this is why I was never sold on the Daniel Craig version of Bond.
James Bond isn’t supposed to be gritty and realistic, he’s supposed to be a continually reincarnated trickster god who uses cool gadgets and kisses beautiful people and banters wittily in the face of death.
James Bond isn’t supposed to be gritty and realistic, he’s supposed to be a continually reincarnated trickster god who uses cool gadgets and kisses beautiful people and banters wittily in the face of death.
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It's almost the weekend! 🥳
If you're looking for something for you and/or your kids to do, I've recently re-uploaded my arthropod coloring guide 🎨
Please feel free to share, print, and [definitely] have fun with it!!!
drive.google.com/file/d/1V59i...
If you're looking for something for you and/or your kids to do, I've recently re-uploaded my arthropod coloring guide 🎨
Please feel free to share, print, and [definitely] have fun with it!!!
drive.google.com/file/d/1V59i...
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It's almost the weekend! 🥳
If you're looking for something for you and/or your kids to do, I've recently re-uploaded my arthropod coloring guide 🎨
Please feel free to share, print, and [definitely] have fun with it!!!
drive.google.com/file/d/1V59i...
If you're looking for something for you and/or your kids to do, I've recently re-uploaded my arthropod coloring guide 🎨
Please feel free to share, print, and [definitely] have fun with it!!!
drive.google.com/file/d/1V59i...
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A bunch of suffering was endured by folks who are all much poorer than any US Senator, in the name of avoiding all those needless health care deaths. Folks were struggling to pay bills, buy food, take care of their families.
Trump / MAGA were correctly getting the blame from the public 🧵
Trump / MAGA were correctly getting the blame from the public 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
A bunch of suffering was endured by folks who are all much poorer than any US Senator, in the name of avoiding all those needless health care deaths. Folks were struggling to pay bills, buy food, take care of their families.
Trump / MAGA were correctly getting the blame from the public 🧵
Trump / MAGA were correctly getting the blame from the public 🧵
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When people say "There weren't many women in palaeontology/palaeoart in the 19 & 20th century" they pretend that women in the Central & East Europe did not exist, despite ladies ruling the show in that corner of the world for a century.
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
When people say "There weren't many women in palaeontology/palaeoart in the 19 & 20th century" they pretend that women in the Central & East Europe did not exist, despite ladies ruling the show in that corner of the world for a century.
The fact that the Appalachian church was the only? white church to offer help with formula is why I say that whiteness hierarchies have less sway in very poor communities.
When people rely on each other for basic survival, they’re much less concerned with who “deserves” kindness and humanity.
When people rely on each other for basic survival, they’re much less concerned with who “deserves” kindness and humanity.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The fact that the Appalachian church was the only? white church to offer help with formula is why I say that whiteness hierarchies have less sway in very poor communities.
When people rely on each other for basic survival, they’re much less concerned with who “deserves” kindness and humanity.
When people rely on each other for basic survival, they’re much less concerned with who “deserves” kindness and humanity.
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The Sikhs have it right.
If you show up at a Gurdwara, and ask you get fed. You can show up in a $2,000 suit, no one asks, you just get fed.
To ask that people humble themselves by justifying their need is about the most anti-spiritual and soul crushing thing I can think of.
If you show up at a Gurdwara, and ask you get fed. You can show up in a $2,000 suit, no one asks, you just get fed.
To ask that people humble themselves by justifying their need is about the most anti-spiritual and soul crushing thing I can think of.
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The Sikhs have it right.
If you show up at a Gurdwara, and ask you get fed. You can show up in a $2,000 suit, no one asks, you just get fed.
To ask that people humble themselves by justifying their need is about the most anti-spiritual and soul crushing thing I can think of.
If you show up at a Gurdwara, and ask you get fed. You can show up in a $2,000 suit, no one asks, you just get fed.
To ask that people humble themselves by justifying their need is about the most anti-spiritual and soul crushing thing I can think of.
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I love how some of the responses to the calling churches for baby formula TikTok lady is people saying with a straight face, 'well, you have to be careful because grifters'.
You think grifters ask for a single small can of baby formula?
You think Jesus would ask for proof of poverty?
You think grifters ask for a single small can of baby formula?
You think Jesus would ask for proof of poverty?
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I love how some of the responses to the calling churches for baby formula TikTok lady is people saying with a straight face, 'well, you have to be careful because grifters'.
You think grifters ask for a single small can of baby formula?
You think Jesus would ask for proof of poverty?
You think grifters ask for a single small can of baby formula?
You think Jesus would ask for proof of poverty?
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My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
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I waited a day to say this bc I respected everyone's right to vent some anger, but *remember to focus on what you can do*. Whether it's defending your community, taking action around what you've been venting about, whatever — but don't let all of your energy get captured in the social media space.
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I waited a day to say this bc I respected everyone's right to vent some anger, but *remember to focus on what you can do*. Whether it's defending your community, taking action around what you've been venting about, whatever — but don't let all of your energy get captured in the social media space.
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“We have to end the shutdown before people get too radicalized!” type of energy.
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“We have to end the shutdown before people get too radicalized!” type of energy.
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Elder Dems are the NIMBY’s of politics.
They’d rather make everyone’s life harder and more expensive than let too many “not us” people into the neighborhood
They’d rather make everyone’s life harder and more expensive than let too many “not us” people into the neighborhood
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Elder Dems are the NIMBY’s of politics.
They’d rather make everyone’s life harder and more expensive than let too many “not us” people into the neighborhood
They’d rather make everyone’s life harder and more expensive than let too many “not us” people into the neighborhood
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One of the biggest differences between Republicans and Democrats is that the Republicans view their radical wing as a tool, while the Democrats view theirs as a threat.
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
One of the biggest differences between Republicans and Democrats is that the Republicans view their radical wing as a tool, while the Democrats view theirs as a threat.
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All of these political experts in my replies and I've never run into a single one of them when I'm on the Hill doing a bicameral briefing on SNAP and Medicaid.
It's so goddamn strange, where are all of you vaunted experts hiding????
It's so goddamn strange, where are all of you vaunted experts hiding????
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
All of these political experts in my replies and I've never run into a single one of them when I'm on the Hill doing a bicameral briefing on SNAP and Medicaid.
It's so goddamn strange, where are all of you vaunted experts hiding????
It's so goddamn strange, where are all of you vaunted experts hiding????
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Exactly! This is the exact kind of thing I'm talking about! Here, learn about the side effects and how it works and how to administer it. Okay, can I have some now? No.
No but as someone who keeps being given pamphlets on HRT and no HRT I do feel this.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Exactly! This is the exact kind of thing I'm talking about! Here, learn about the side effects and how it works and how to administer it. Okay, can I have some now? No.
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Anyhow, the information age has been all about trying to replace actually doing things with providing information, because that's free, instant, automated, and--most importantly--makes the next steps your problem.
Help lines getting replaced with online FAQs, for instance.
Help lines getting replaced with online FAQs, for instance.
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Anyhow, the information age has been all about trying to replace actually doing things with providing information, because that's free, instant, automated, and--most importantly--makes the next steps your problem.
Help lines getting replaced with online FAQs, for instance.
Help lines getting replaced with online FAQs, for instance.
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SECRET GENDER, SECRET GENDER, THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN, SECRET SECRET SECRET GENDER!
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
SECRET GENDER, SECRET GENDER, THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN, SECRET SECRET SECRET GENDER!
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I have now read many smart people explaining what and why the dem senate did and I stand by this. My hopes for a better America do not rest on the current class of Democratic Senators.
I am not going to let Schumer and 8 center-right Democrats bring me down. We won on Tuesday. We're gonna keep winning. Just keep telling the stories of what the Trump administration is doing and how it's making lives so much harder, about the corruption, the incompetence, the violence.
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I have now read many smart people explaining what and why the dem senate did and I stand by this. My hopes for a better America do not rest on the current class of Democratic Senators.
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If you don’t want to see LLM slop in Wikipedia the best move right now is to step up and help edit! It’s not a quick process but the folks who do it are, by and large, a load-bearing element of the human internet right now
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you don’t want to see LLM slop in Wikipedia the best move right now is to step up and help edit! It’s not a quick process but the folks who do it are, by and large, a load-bearing element of the human internet right now