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Neri
@o-nerium.bsky.social
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Writer of fantasy 📚🪐. Obsessed with cats and bees. She/her.
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Neri @o-nerium.bsky.social · Nov 21
Hiya! I'm Neri,

★ a fantasy novel writer who sometimes moonlights as a conservation ecologist
★ an unashamed "cat mom" to Wren and Itzel
★ 🇨🇦🇰🇷🇸🇪, live in 🇳🇱
★ someone who spends too much time world building and not enough writing
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aspenceart.bsky.social
the hart of the forest #art
A green stag stands atop a hill, his antlers fill the top of the page and are filled with plants and birds. In the hill he stands on, a doe leaps over her fawn. Below them two foxes chase a rabbit who waits at the opening of a warren.
April 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
Take a bird, leave a bird.

Here are four bird pics -- the conclusion of the EPIC BLUEBIRD SAGA which wasn't really epic nor was it a saga but here it is, in four snaps.

Photos by me.
Series of photos (1 out of 4) showing two bluebirds -- the male on a post, facing away, his electric blue feathers on full display. And coming in hot from the sky is the LADY BLUEBIRD, less colorful and more blue-gray, who is about to fuck his shit up. I dunno if this is a mating thing, or if she's just trying to beat the shit out of him, but she's definitely divebombing his head. Maybe he's into that sort of thing. I won't judge. Whether this is a spat or a mating ritual (or both, no shame), who can say? I'm not a licensed birdologist. In this photo her wings are in, tucked back like an F-14 Tomcat, and she's just dropping out of orbit. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig Series of photos (2 out of 4) showing two bluebirds -- the male on a post, facing away, his electric blue feathers on full display. And coming in hot from the sky is the LADY BLUEBIRD, less colorful and more blue-gray, who is about to fuck his shit up. I dunno if this is a mating thing, or if she's just trying to beat the shit out of him, but she's definitely divebombing his head. Maybe he's into that sort of thing. I won't judge. Whether this is a spat or a mating ritual (or both, no shame), who can say? I'm not a licensed birdologist. In this photo, she has made contact with the male, who is now like WTF as she is nearly all the way on top of him. Chaos reigns. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig Series of photos (3 out of 4) showing two bluebirds -- the male on a post, facing away, his electric blue feathers on full display. And coming in hot from the sky is the LADY BLUEBIRD, less colorful and more blue-gray, who is about to fuck his shit up. I dunno if this is a mating thing, or if she's just trying to beat the shit out of him, but she's definitely divebombing his head. Maybe he's into that sort of thing. I won't judge. Whether this is a spat or a mating ritual (or both, no shame), who can say? I'm not a licensed birdologist. In this photo, she has made contact with the male, one leg out right on his fool head. He looks like he's about to fall off the post, which would be pretty embarrassing for a bird. Do birds ever just like, fall? I've seen my dog trip on stuff and that's pretty embarrassing. It's like, you got four legs, dog, have some grace, jeez. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig Series of photos (4 out of 4) -- now it's down to just the male bluebird who is kind of doing this HOVERBIRB thing as he goes to leave the top of the post and go after the female, who is out of frame. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig
March 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
TAKE THESE BIRDS, IT IS DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE

(Translation: MORE BLUEBIRDS)

photo by me, taken the other day
Portrait frame photo. At the lower portion of the photo stands an old wooden post, and a male bluebird stands upon it, facing away, his back and tailfeathers in full technicolor BLUEBIRDERY. Only a hint of his orange breast can be seen. He is looking up at a second bluebird -- the grayer lady, her feathers more a faded denim in color -- her feet are ready for landing, her wings are out to brake her descent, and spoiler warning, since I have another photo in this series, she is 100% going to land on his head. She is not landing on the post next to him. No. She is going to crash into him. Presumably on purpose, since birds don't seem to be especially clumsy. But maybe Trump's gutting of the FAA has also affected bird landings, who can say? Photo by me, Chuck Wendig
March 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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robjhayes.bsky.social
March has arrived and with it another Self Published Fantasy Releases List. Some truly epic books are dropping this month. Check it out!

www.robjhayes.co.uk/self-publish...
Self Published Fantasy Releases – March 2025
Visit the post for more.
www.robjhayes.co.uk
March 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
Variegated thrush as arbiter of the border between light and dark. Mount Tabor, Portland.
this thrush has vibrant burnt orange markings contrasted with dark blavk and some gray
March 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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jcsalterego.bsky.social
i'm on bluesky for the scientific community
a series of threaded replies: - my post: who up waning they gibbous - Papa Nurgle's favorite daughter's post: It's a waxing cresent tonight, JERRY - my post: who up waxing they crescent
March 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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davidzipper.bsky.social
Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating.

This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.

(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn five-star safety rating in Europe
Euro NCAP will release new testing guidelines in 2026.
www.theverge.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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jacquelyngill.bsky.social
Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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adapalmer.bsky.social
German farmers are transforming peatlands into carbon-capturing marshes. A series of new initiatives in Germany are not only 'rewetting' peatlands but also creating markets for the native grasses, reeds, and sedges they support. https://buff.ly/41oPUyK
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Turning Farmland Back to Peatland: Can It Slow CO2 Emissions?
Farmers have long drained peatlands for agriculture, but the dried-out soils release vast quantities of CO2. To halt this process, new initiatives in Germany are not only rewetting peatlands but also…
buff.ly
February 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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oregonthedm.bsky.social
Someone came out of the yarn room
Black cat with a yarn label around shoulders
February 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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scalzi.com
MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS WEEK

1. Consciousness
2. Respiration
3. I petted several cats
4. Consumed pizza
5. Strategic AND tactical napping
February 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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tkingfisher.com
ME: The great thing about writing fantasy is that you can make stuff up!
ALSO ME: *spends twenty minutes reading about isopod pseudo-lungs to make sure it’s accurate*
February 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
o-nerium.bsky.social
I finished the first colourwork pattern on this sock and I am OBSESSED. it is so cute. I will need approximately ten pairs
A knitting work in progress, made in green and white yarn. The cuff is green and the pattern below it is a repeating motif of cat heads.
February 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
This is a very good reminder to keep your cats indoors. (Er, unless you're leashing them or keeping them on a cat patio.) I know that cats are very special little libertarians who demand their freedom to roam, but keeping them indoors keeps them and you safe. Please and thank you.
apoorvanyt.bsky.social Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · Feb 6
SCOOP: Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People (Gift Article)
The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
Briefly at the blog -- if you want another way free from Amazon for your e-books, Bookshop-dot-org now sells 'em.
Bookshop.org Now Sells E-Books, Huzzah And Hooray
Did you knooooooow that you no longer necessarily have to be tethered to Amazon for your e-books? I mean, okay, you didn’t need to be technically anyway — obviously you can buy e-books …
terribleminds.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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authortrmoore.bsky.social
✨ THE GODS MUST BURN ✨ is on your bookshelf SPRING 2026

Over the moon to announce that my Princess Mononoke-inspired, enemies to lovers eco-fantasy will be published with @solarisbooks.bsky.social next year! Dreams really do come true!
A Publisher’s Marketplace deal memo: “T.R. Moore's The Gods Must Burn, a debut fantasy about a disgraced war hero sent to conquer a foreign island, only to unwillingly gain godhood when he saves a forest spirit—divinity that comes with a mandate to protect the island’s fierce, beautiful god from his own people, before they burn the island down, to Amy Borsuk at Solaris, for publication in early 2026, by Allegra Martschenko at Ladderbird Literary Agency (world english)”
February 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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wilwheaton.net
Really, really, great and insightful essay from Cory Doctorow today that I've been struggling to summarize much longer than the "just a minute" I told the dog when she asked for her walk.

So I'm just going to say, "this is worth your time and attention."

pluralistic.net/2025/02/05/p...
Pluralistic: MLMs are the mirror-world version of community organizing (04 Feb 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
February 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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astrokatie.com
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
o-nerium.bsky.social
Guess which one is which
Two cats lying in a cat hammock hung on a radiator. One cat is tuxedo coloured and looking away from the camera. The other cat is a brown tabby lying on top of the tuxedo cat.
January 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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perstephane.bsky.social
This one really cemented "hey I want to draw patterns" as a goal. My best friend told me about a dream she had featuring a blue beetle, and I was inspired to make this!

Cicadas, Mugwort (to promote visions), beetles.

Drawn in Procreate 💕
A dense repeating pattern of hand drawn green mugwort plants and cicadas and beetles over a dark reddish purple background
January 24, 2025 at 5:22 AM
o-nerium.bsky.social
moments after biting me (and she'd do it again) #cats
January 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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readbookpage.bsky.social
Ambitious retellings of classic tales and idiosyncratic approaches to historical fantasy abound this year, along with intriguing signs that the grimdark aesthetic may rear its bloody head once more.
www.bookpage.com/?p=199569
January 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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swamplizard.bsky.social
My printer is 'not detected'? Really? Then how do you 'detect' that it needs ink? Oh, I saw that pop-up. Didn't think I'd call you out, did u
January 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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scalzi.com
Krissy: I found a pile of cat puke over here

Me: Look for another one, there are always two, like Sith
January 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM