BibliophileSTL
@stlbibliophile.bsky.social
St. Louisan, I love to learn about books, birds, nature and history.
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Mother Gaia to celebrate Pride Month tonight after sunset
June 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Mother Gaia to celebrate Pride Month tonight after sunset
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Dark skies reflect my sadness at the firings of all the humans that help keep the #GreatLakes as healthy as possible. Tonight I mourn the loss of the 14 @usfws.bsky.social employees that kept the invasive sea lamprey at bay. My fishery will be hurt. 😢😢🌊🌊
February 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Dark skies reflect my sadness at the firings of all the humans that help keep the #GreatLakes as healthy as possible. Tonight I mourn the loss of the 14 @usfws.bsky.social employees that kept the invasive sea lamprey at bay. My fishery will be hurt. 😢😢🌊🌊
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I had a walk today and thought about the relationship between civility, discomfort, and abuse.
Some of you know that “civility” is one of my hard “ugh” triggers. This thread will explain why.
Some of you know that “civility” is one of my hard “ugh” triggers. This thread will explain why.
January 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I had a walk today and thought about the relationship between civility, discomfort, and abuse.
Some of you know that “civility” is one of my hard “ugh” triggers. This thread will explain why.
Some of you know that “civility” is one of my hard “ugh” triggers. This thread will explain why.
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A Knight's Tale is Heath Ledger's best role and I will not be debating it.
A Knight's Tale is also basically a perfect movie. I will not be debating that either.
A Knight's Tale is also basically a perfect movie. I will not be debating that either.
January 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
A Knight's Tale is Heath Ledger's best role and I will not be debating it.
A Knight's Tale is also basically a perfect movie. I will not be debating that either.
A Knight's Tale is also basically a perfect movie. I will not be debating that either.
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Sincerely delighted to discover, 45 minutes into this nearly-wordless three-hour documentary about French monks who take vows of silence, that among the reasons they *can* talk is "to make sure the monastery cats know when it's mealtime by making little kitty-calling noises at them."
January 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Sincerely delighted to discover, 45 minutes into this nearly-wordless three-hour documentary about French monks who take vows of silence, that among the reasons they *can* talk is "to make sure the monastery cats know when it's mealtime by making little kitty-calling noises at them."
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pluto: lord i see what you have done for the brontosaurus
Don’t know if the other Gen-Xers have been following this saga to its completion but yes, brontosaurus is a dinosaur again. There was a mixup with apatosaurus and that’s why we thought no brontosaurus but turns out that yes there really were thunder lizards after all!
January 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
pluto: lord i see what you have done for the brontosaurus
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mine will always be the sperm whale who reacted to a Roman soldier throwing a bottle at him off the Byzantine coast by sinking every ship he could off that coast for the next 60 years and had the emperor declare him an enemy of the state and name him after the Titan who attacked mount olympus
About once a week I think fondly of my personal icon, the elephant who trampled a woman and then came back later to trample her some more at her funeral.
conversation I had with a ranger at Corbett National Tiger Reserve
me: whats the most dangerous animal in the jungle? Tiger?
him: elephant
me: what about in the water
him: elephant
me: you don't understand, I mean aquatic animal
him: no you don't understand, don't fuck with elephant
me: whats the most dangerous animal in the jungle? Tiger?
him: elephant
me: what about in the water
him: elephant
me: you don't understand, I mean aquatic animal
him: no you don't understand, don't fuck with elephant
January 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
mine will always be the sperm whale who reacted to a Roman soldier throwing a bottle at him off the Byzantine coast by sinking every ship he could off that coast for the next 60 years and had the emperor declare him an enemy of the state and name him after the Titan who attacked mount olympus
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If you see this post. Add a picture from your favorite museum visit this year. I'll start - from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
December 31, 2024 at 9:14 PM
If you see this post. Add a picture from your favorite museum visit this year. I'll start - from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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First released in St. Louis in 1870, the Eurasian Tree Sparrow has slowly expanded its range into parts of Missouri, Illinois, and southeast Iowa.
Nahant Marsh, Scott County, Iowa.
#birds #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #nature #sparrows #photography
Nahant Marsh, Scott County, Iowa.
#birds #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #nature #sparrows #photography
December 31, 2024 at 1:49 AM
First released in St. Louis in 1870, the Eurasian Tree Sparrow has slowly expanded its range into parts of Missouri, Illinois, and southeast Iowa.
Nahant Marsh, Scott County, Iowa.
#birds #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #nature #sparrows #photography
Nahant Marsh, Scott County, Iowa.
#birds #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #nature #sparrows #photography
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December 23, 2024 at 10:40 PM
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Only took me 11 years to finish editing this set.
The Arcade Building - St. Louis, Missouri.
Fun fact: it reopened around a year and a half after I shot these. Clearly, they’re faster than I am.
#abandoned #stlouis #restored #historicbuilding #preservation
The Arcade Building - St. Louis, Missouri.
Fun fact: it reopened around a year and a half after I shot these. Clearly, they’re faster than I am.
#abandoned #stlouis #restored #historicbuilding #preservation
December 3, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Only took me 11 years to finish editing this set.
The Arcade Building - St. Louis, Missouri.
Fun fact: it reopened around a year and a half after I shot these. Clearly, they’re faster than I am.
#abandoned #stlouis #restored #historicbuilding #preservation
The Arcade Building - St. Louis, Missouri.
Fun fact: it reopened around a year and a half after I shot these. Clearly, they’re faster than I am.
#abandoned #stlouis #restored #historicbuilding #preservation
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Subtitles aren’t just for deaf or hard of hearing players. They’re important for players in loud environments (who can’t use headphones), non-native speakers who rely on text to follow dialogue, and many neurodivergent folks who struggle to focus or process audio quickly. Just to mention few.
December 1, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Subtitles aren’t just for deaf or hard of hearing players. They’re important for players in loud environments (who can’t use headphones), non-native speakers who rely on text to follow dialogue, and many neurodivergent folks who struggle to focus or process audio quickly. Just to mention few.
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Thinking about how the stereotype of the "slow" southerner came about because so many of them had hookworm
Public health is a goddam gem.
Public health is a goddam gem.
How a Worm Gave the South a Bad Name | NOVA | PBS
Today, hundreds of millions of people in dozens of nations around the world suffer from hookworm infection.
www.pbs.org
November 27, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Thinking about how the stereotype of the "slow" southerner came about because so many of them had hookworm
Public health is a goddam gem.
Public health is a goddam gem.
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The rotation periods of the planets, side-by-side
November 18, 2024 at 8:31 PM
The rotation periods of the planets, side-by-side
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NEVER FORGET THE GREAT EMU WAR.
August 9, 2024 at 12:01 AM
NEVER FORGET THE GREAT EMU WAR.
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Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
November 15, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
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How is this the first I'm hearing about the guerrilla art collective that infiltrated Melrose Place's prop department?!
One of the Most Audacious Pranks in History Was Hidden in a Hit TV Show for Years. Not Everyone Foun...
Abortion activism, anti-gun propaganda, and HIV awareness, smuggled onto prime time.
slate.com
December 11, 2023 at 2:06 PM
How is this the first I'm hearing about the guerrilla art collective that infiltrated Melrose Place's prop department?!