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See!!
A white woman standing on a beach. The top part of her “Biology is Bigger than Binaries” shirt is visible
December 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Perhaps you will enjoy this friend I saw recently?
An opossum on a chain link fence with branches and leaves
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Candace 😂😂😂 I thought “oh I’ve seen this recently, if Candace likes it, let me buy!”

Bookshop:
A screenshot of a message that says “You cannot purchase an ebook on the same account twice.”
October 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Screenshot of a tumblr post from username what-even-is-thiss: "Cats don't actually love you.” A cat is a small creature in the middle of the food chain that is fully aware that you are a very large thing that could stomp its head in at any moment and yet it chooses to rest its tiny little head on your leg for a nap and spreads out on the floor near you exposing its belly and its most sensitive organs. It brings dead mice and bugs to you to share food. Don't you get it? This tiny thing trusts you. It wants to help you too. It licks your leg thinking that it's helping. It kneads on you to find comfort. It shares its body warmth with you in the cold and gives you your space in the heat. It hisses at other mammals it sees outside including other cats in an effort to protect its family. Cats love you so so much. But they will keep trying to eat plastic.
September 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Cat is trapped by circle. That’s all.
A black and white cat sitting inside a circle of piping.
August 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Dog says Trans Rights. Tell a trans person you love them, offer a hug, send them money.

Also try to sleep all comfy-like. I know it’s hard.
A black lab with her head on a person’s legs. Her eyes are closed and one of her jowls is smooshed up. There’s a hazy sunlight coming from one side of the photo.
August 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Here’s a chickadee! Fun fact I spent 30 years living in the southern US and chickadees were kind of legendary to me and I’m super excited every time I see them now that I live up north.
A chickadee perched on a small branch. It’s a small bird with a black cap and white and grey feathers.
August 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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I love finding local parks with native plants and pollinators! It’s one of the things that gives me hope.

I saw so many bees at this park 🥰
A fuzzy bee on a plant with many small yellow flowers A fuzzy black and yellow bee on a plant with many pink flowers
August 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Can you get to a body of water? Go sit and breathe. (I don’t do this often enough)
View from the side of a lake. The sky is reflected in the lake, bright blue with dramatic white clouds. There are small green plants growing in the lake and trees around it.
August 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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This chipmunk is thriving and wants you to touch grass. Touching grass won’t make the world better, but it might make you feel better. 🌱
A chipmunk sitting on a little concrete wall. It’s sitting up and chewing on something in its front paws.
August 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Whew, today’s news is fucked up and I don’t know what to do with the level of rage and grief that I feel.

So: support trans people always, especially now, and here are some recent pictures I’ve taken to provide a lil doom break.

I love walking in parks and seeing pollinators.
A monarch butterfly on a plant with many small purple flowers. It’s surrounded by lots of green plants.
August 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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When I got off work tonight, I doodled a lil bird to help me unwind

#DrawABird
A very simple black pen drawing of a bird. The bird has a round head, an out of proportion belly, and an attempt at a tail and wings. I think he looks calm and kind.
August 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Look what came in from my library hollllllllds!!! That’s my weekend sorted!
A screenshot of the Libby app where I am borrowing the ebook of Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell.
August 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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If you see this, post a pet!
A black and white cat laying smugly atop a fluffy blue blanket. His paws are stretched toward the camera.
June 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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@darthbluesky.bsky.social a very good dog I saw today
A wolverine frolicking in wet grass in a zoo exhibit
June 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Baby gorilla I saw yesterday 💜
A chimp is walking away from camera and a baby is riding on her back
June 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Alright that’s all the zoo I have tonight, please enjoy this flower and I’ll try to do happy pictures again sometime soon
I don’t know what this flower is called, but it has pretty pink petals, then tiny purple petals inside that, and finally big green flower sex parts
June 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Look at how fuckin peaceful this big dude is
A sea lion (I think) swimming upside down in a big aquarium. His flippers are close to his body in a way that makes it looking like he’s effortlessly suspended in the water.
June 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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I genuinely just had my jaw on the ground in amazement at how colorful the mandrills were!!
A big male mandrill in a habitat with a log and some toys. He has incredible blue and pink markings on his face, his fur is blond and brown, and toward his hips and butt he has vibrant violet coloring.
June 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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The supermodels of big cats
A cheetah standing behind a little tree. Its spots and facial markings are very aesthetically pleasing. A cheetah standing on top of a log. Through the fence in the background you can see zoo visitors.
June 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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This guy was a real prankster. He got a kick out of swimming up to this window and then launching himself straight up to get a reaction
A polar bear in the water with just its face above water. It is right up against the viewing window. The same polar bear now halfway out of the water. His front paws are against the window and his lips are flapping open in a funny expression Same polar bear, now shaking his head and spraying water on the glass The polar bear up against the window. His paws are braced on a ledge and you can see how huge they are.
June 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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This could be us
A polar bear floating on its back in water. It looks very relaxed.
June 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Ok ok I’m done with the fish I have fluffy creatures now

She’s gorgeous and she knows it
A type of pheasant, I think? It’s a bird with two super long tail sections and feathers that are vibrant colors
June 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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*my face when I see the news*
A lungfish staring at the camera through aquarium glass. It resembles a horrified human expression.
June 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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This Axolotl is just lil guy. Wouldn’t it be nice to just be a lil guy?
A pink Axolotl seen in profile.
June 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM