Amy 🦖 raptorqueen
@raptorqueen.bsky.social
🌻 Amy/Raptor Queen. Nature enjoyer. Queer disaster. Hobby photography, art, TTRPGs. BLM. Free Palestine. | on unceded Mi'kma'ki 🌲
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I’ve got 99 problems, and at least 90 of them are symptoms my doctor “isn’t worried about"
December 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I’ve got 99 problems, and at least 90 of them are symptoms my doctor “isn’t worried about"
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
QT with a game that transports you back to your childhood
December 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
QT with a game that transports you back to your childhood
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Bring this energy with you int 2026 (yes this is a threat)
December 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Bring this energy with you int 2026 (yes this is a threat)
Burned my hand while cooking, and it's not hospital serious but I'm imagining the scenario if I had to go to the hospital and someone would inevitably ask what I was cooking and I'd have to be like...
lion's mane
with a sauce from a 5th century AD Roman recipe
don't worry about it
lion's mane
with a sauce from a 5th century AD Roman recipe
don't worry about it
December 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Burned my hand while cooking, and it's not hospital serious but I'm imagining the scenario if I had to go to the hospital and someone would inevitably ask what I was cooking and I'd have to be like...
lion's mane
with a sauce from a 5th century AD Roman recipe
don't worry about it
lion's mane
with a sauce from a 5th century AD Roman recipe
don't worry about it
why does later-in-the-day coffee taste different from (worse than) morning coffee even when it's made exactly the same
December 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
why does later-in-the-day coffee taste different from (worse than) morning coffee even when it's made exactly the same
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The #BirdoftheDay theme is #HeronsandEgrets? Here's a Great Blue Heron I saw back in October when the maple trees were at their reddest.
#Birds #Photography #Wildlife #AtlanticCanada
#Birds #Photography #Wildlife #AtlanticCanada
December 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The #BirdoftheDay theme is #HeronsandEgrets? Here's a Great Blue Heron I saw back in October when the maple trees were at their reddest.
#Birds #Photography #Wildlife #AtlanticCanada
#Birds #Photography #Wildlife #AtlanticCanada
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Hear me out: what if we just hired people — humans —to have subject-area expertise, discretion and empathy and we paid them for those skills.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) paid $18 million for a chatbot named Charlie, which the auditor general reported gave her team the wrong answer 66% of the time.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The CRA spent $18M on 'Charlie,' a new tax information chatbot that is wrong most of the time
The Canada Revenue Agency paid $18 million for a chatbot the auditor general says give her team the wrong answer 66 per cent of the time.
nationalpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Hear me out: what if we just hired people — humans —to have subject-area expertise, discretion and empathy and we paid them for those skills.
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friendly reminder that you didn't waste your year. any moments of happiness or comfort. any small accomplishments, they all matter. this has been a really hard year, and simply surviving is something to be proud of.
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
friendly reminder that you didn't waste your year. any moments of happiness or comfort. any small accomplishments, they all matter. this has been a really hard year, and simply surviving is something to be proud of.
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I think a lot about how it’s such a gift that many beloved immigrant neighbors operate restaurants that let me enjoy food from all over the world… but also how I can get Indian, Mexican, Italian, etc food so readily… yet not the foods of the indigenous people who were here first.
December 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I think a lot about how it’s such a gift that many beloved immigrant neighbors operate restaurants that let me enjoy food from all over the world… but also how I can get Indian, Mexican, Italian, etc food so readily… yet not the foods of the indigenous people who were here first.
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get in loser we're posting uplifting memes this morning
December 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
get in loser we're posting uplifting memes this morning
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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
Watching my mom watching Christmas Daddies despite not liking Christmas music or "church songs" or choirs (choir count 0 so far)
December 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Watching my mom watching Christmas Daddies despite not liking Christmas music or "church songs" or choirs (choir count 0 so far)
Why do I always have the urge to do the specific type of art I don't have all the supplies for
December 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Why do I always have the urge to do the specific type of art I don't have all the supplies for
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Same as the response to Covid-19. No data, no problem.
NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Same as the response to Covid-19. No data, no problem.
RIP Jax, sorry not sorry my character left you to die, you were a goner already 😭😭😭
(SECONDING THIS, ROLEPLAYING IS THE BEST, what an incredible game!!!)
(SECONDING THIS, ROLEPLAYING IS THE BEST, what an incredible game!!!)
my character just died by assimilation into an alien moth hive mind on a dusty mining colony and the only thing i want to do is make an artistic collage about it HGNHHH THIS IS PEAK 💀 i love roleplaying so much
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
RIP Jax, sorry not sorry my character left you to die, you were a goner already 😭😭😭
(SECONDING THIS, ROLEPLAYING IS THE BEST, what an incredible game!!!)
(SECONDING THIS, ROLEPLAYING IS THE BEST, what an incredible game!!!)
Tell this lesser black-backed gull they're great and also very handsome, thank you
#Photography #Birds #WildlifePhotography
#Photography #Birds #WildlifePhotography
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Tell this lesser black-backed gull they're great and also very handsome, thank you
#Photography #Birds #WildlifePhotography
#Photography #Birds #WildlifePhotography
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I’m sorry but I can’t stop laughing, yeah we would sled down hills in the winter with whatever we had on hand, toboggans, crazy carpets, tubes 😂 someone always got injured because of jumps on the hills or wipeouts #Canada
Credit to momodoulk
Credit to momodoulk
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I’m sorry but I can’t stop laughing, yeah we would sled down hills in the winter with whatever we had on hand, toboggans, crazy carpets, tubes 😂 someone always got injured because of jumps on the hills or wipeouts #Canada
Credit to momodoulk
Credit to momodoulk
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
The urge to apologize on behalf of humanity when reading the comments on someone's post
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The urge to apologize on behalf of humanity when reading the comments on someone's post
I've been reading The Hollow Places by @tkingfisher.com, so today was the most unnerving moment to pick up a killdeer on Merlin for the first time
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I've been reading The Hollow Places by @tkingfisher.com, so today was the most unnerving moment to pick up a killdeer on Merlin for the first time
Why does it seem like 70% of used books for sale on Marketplace are The Girl on the Train
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Why does it seem like 70% of used books for sale on Marketplace are The Girl on the Train
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