Patricia Swarbrick 🏳️🌈 🇨🇦
@swarpat.bsky.social
The difference between declaring and being honest and up front is in what you do.
People make up stuff all the time about who people are. Just remember it’s their choice to think that way. If they’re wrong, they’ll either figure it out or not.
People make up stuff all the time about who people are. Just remember it’s their choice to think that way. If they’re wrong, they’ll either figure it out or not.
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In case you can’t guess based on the same kitty being in our profile pics, this is my spouse
@gronkular.bsky.social
@gronkular.bsky.social
Kinda wish there was a Star Trek lego game. Is there one?
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Kinda wish there was a Star Trek lego game. Is there one?
A high school friend had an old Atari, or maybe a knockoff, so I actually got to play Pong when i visited her house.
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A high school friend had an old Atari, or maybe a knockoff, so I actually got to play Pong when i visited her house.
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Any colour you like...🎶
#Rocks&Stones
#Rocks&Stones
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Any colour you like...🎶
#Rocks&Stones
#Rocks&Stones
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This just seems. . .festive. . . .
Citrine with Labradorite and a fossil Ammonite.
🧪 #science #happythanksgiving #minerals #crystals #geology #earthart #earthscience #festive
Citrine with Labradorite and a fossil Ammonite.
🧪 #science #happythanksgiving #minerals #crystals #geology #earthart #earthscience #festive
November 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This just seems. . .festive. . . .
Citrine with Labradorite and a fossil Ammonite.
🧪 #science #happythanksgiving #minerals #crystals #geology #earthart #earthscience #festive
Citrine with Labradorite and a fossil Ammonite.
🧪 #science #happythanksgiving #minerals #crystals #geology #earthart #earthscience #festive
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Lovely specimen of an Aberrant ammonite (Didymoceras cheyenense) unearthed in an unspecified portion of the former Western Interior Seaway
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Lovely specimen of an Aberrant ammonite (Didymoceras cheyenense) unearthed in an unspecified portion of the former Western Interior Seaway
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ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Sep 14, 2023)
Explore Herbig-Haro 211, a supersonic bipolar jet from a young protostar in the constellation Perseus, captured by #JWST.
esawebb.org/images/weic2322b/
Explore Herbig-Haro 211, a supersonic bipolar jet from a young protostar in the constellation Perseus, captured by #JWST.
esawebb.org/images/weic2322b/
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Sep 14, 2023)
Explore Herbig-Haro 211, a supersonic bipolar jet from a young protostar in the constellation Perseus, captured by #JWST.
esawebb.org/images/weic2322b/
Explore Herbig-Haro 211, a supersonic bipolar jet from a young protostar in the constellation Perseus, captured by #JWST.
esawebb.org/images/weic2322b/
More experiments with video editing. It's just a compilation of clips from my trip alone to visit #Niagra. I was in the area for work and had time to visit before returning home. I wanted to see the geologic wonder and check out the history.
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
More experiments with video editing. It's just a compilation of clips from my trip alone to visit #Niagra. I was in the area for work and had time to visit before returning home. I wanted to see the geologic wonder and check out the history.
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OMG, Leggo was promoting DEI all the way back in the 70's
(yes, that was sarcasm)
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(yes, that was sarcasm)
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November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
OMG, Leggo was promoting DEI all the way back in the 70's
(yes, that was sarcasm)
.
(yes, that was sarcasm)
.
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Sometimes I am proud of the dumbest things.
This being the start of a poem was very fun to write.
This being the start of a poem was very fun to write.
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Sometimes I am proud of the dumbest things.
This being the start of a poem was very fun to write.
This being the start of a poem was very fun to write.
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When Force Awakens, and when Star Trek, premiered in the IMAX at Pacific Science Center,we were assigned to “edutain” guests in line (for hours) with hand-held #science activities.
#StarTrek fans were eager to engage about astronomy, astrobiology and exoplanets.
#StarWars fans were just annoyed.
#StarTrek fans were eager to engage about astronomy, astrobiology and exoplanets.
#StarWars fans were just annoyed.
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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I love it when little garbage cats develop the luxury of food snobbery. Yes he was tiny wet ball of fleas found in a ditch but now he's a velvet prince who wants the premium, organic, grain-free chicken in gravy, NOT the premium, organic, grain-free chicken au jus how dare you offer that garbage.
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I love it when little garbage cats develop the luxury of food snobbery. Yes he was tiny wet ball of fleas found in a ditch but now he's a velvet prince who wants the premium, organic, grain-free chicken in gravy, NOT the premium, organic, grain-free chicken au jus how dare you offer that garbage.
At times like this i really wish i could get my hands on some turnip pickles with a slice of beet and a hot pepper in the mix. Those are so tasty.
Not liking the salty olives at the moment.
Not liking the salty olives at the moment.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
At times like this i really wish i could get my hands on some turnip pickles with a slice of beet and a hot pepper in the mix. Those are so tasty.
Not liking the salty olives at the moment.
Not liking the salty olives at the moment.
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It is cool how they correctly diagnosed the problem with previous search engines as being misaligned incentives from advertising and then just did the same thing again. Capitalism really is like Saurons ring lol
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
It is cool how they correctly diagnosed the problem with previous search engines as being misaligned incentives from advertising and then just did the same thing again. Capitalism really is like Saurons ring lol
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We can't expect others to truly understand how loud the trauma "noise" in our head is. We are responding to conditioning that is VERY effective in hijacking our attention & physiology.
This is why we can't just "gut" or "vibe" our way through recovery-- we need plans & tools.
This is why we can't just "gut" or "vibe" our way through recovery-- we need plans & tools.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
We can't expect others to truly understand how loud the trauma "noise" in our head is. We are responding to conditioning that is VERY effective in hijacking our attention & physiology.
This is why we can't just "gut" or "vibe" our way through recovery-- we need plans & tools.
This is why we can't just "gut" or "vibe" our way through recovery-- we need plans & tools.
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CPTSD will try to storngarm you into constantly comparing your trauma & your progress to others'. Not only is this a trap to make you feel like garbage about your journey, it'll get you relating to other survivors w/ judgment & envy.
Don't bite. Refocus on your next baby step.
Don't bite. Refocus on your next baby step.
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
CPTSD will try to storngarm you into constantly comparing your trauma & your progress to others'. Not only is this a trap to make you feel like garbage about your journey, it'll get you relating to other survivors w/ judgment & envy.
Don't bite. Refocus on your next baby step.
Don't bite. Refocus on your next baby step.
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You are acceptable right here, right now, exactly as you are, exactly as you feel & function right now.
That does not mean you have to love where you are, or that you can't or shouldn't work to realistically change if you choose-- it means you don't "have" to hate yourself now.
That does not mean you have to love where you are, or that you can't or shouldn't work to realistically change if you choose-- it means you don't "have" to hate yourself now.
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
You are acceptable right here, right now, exactly as you are, exactly as you feel & function right now.
That does not mean you have to love where you are, or that you can't or shouldn't work to realistically change if you choose-- it means you don't "have" to hate yourself now.
That does not mean you have to love where you are, or that you can't or shouldn't work to realistically change if you choose-- it means you don't "have" to hate yourself now.
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If I let myself go on autopilot, I'd never stop hating myself or doing things that sabotage my goals. That's what trauma conditioning does to us-- & why we have to CHOOSE compassionate self-discipline (not bullsh*t "tough love"), even (especially!) when it feels "unnatural."
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
If I let myself go on autopilot, I'd never stop hating myself or doing things that sabotage my goals. That's what trauma conditioning does to us-- & why we have to CHOOSE compassionate self-discipline (not bullsh*t "tough love"), even (especially!) when it feels "unnatural."
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I would like to bring awareness to a trauma response that no one talks about:
Compulsive lying.
Some who have been serious trauma learned lying to survive. And we truly shame this SO hard in the therapeutic community that they don't get help. Because they can't.
Please be more compassionate.
Compulsive lying.
Some who have been serious trauma learned lying to survive. And we truly shame this SO hard in the therapeutic community that they don't get help. Because they can't.
Please be more compassionate.
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I would like to bring awareness to a trauma response that no one talks about:
Compulsive lying.
Some who have been serious trauma learned lying to survive. And we truly shame this SO hard in the therapeutic community that they don't get help. Because they can't.
Please be more compassionate.
Compulsive lying.
Some who have been serious trauma learned lying to survive. And we truly shame this SO hard in the therapeutic community that they don't get help. Because they can't.
Please be more compassionate.
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"Before Interpretation: What Rock Paintings Teach About Worldviews, Silence, and Scholarship" by @aliciacolson.bsky.social introduces Colson's recently published Anthropos article.
niche-canada.org/2025/11/22/b...
#envhist #anthropology #ethnohistory
niche-canada.org/2025/11/22/b...
#envhist #anthropology #ethnohistory
Before Interpretation: What Rock Paintings Teach About Worldviews, Silence, and Scholarship
Alicia Colson's critique of rock-painting studies urges scholars to reject colonial frameworks, honor Algonquian worldviews, restore context, and genuinely listen to Indigenous knowledge.
niche-canada.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Before Interpretation: What Rock Paintings Teach About Worldviews, Silence, and Scholarship" by @aliciacolson.bsky.social introduces Colson's recently published Anthropos article.
niche-canada.org/2025/11/22/b...
#envhist #anthropology #ethnohistory
niche-canada.org/2025/11/22/b...
#envhist #anthropology #ethnohistory
Still felling cruddy, want to get up and do something at the same time i don’t want to do anything at all.
Oh, i also want to chew on some sour dinosaurs. There is none in the house though. :(
Oh, i also want to chew on some sour dinosaurs. There is none in the house though. :(
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Still felling cruddy, want to get up and do something at the same time i don’t want to do anything at all.
Oh, i also want to chew on some sour dinosaurs. There is none in the house though. :(
Oh, i also want to chew on some sour dinosaurs. There is none in the house though. :(
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This fossil is of a lobed-finned fish named Osteolepsis macrolepidotus and was found in Scotland. The Devonian Period (named after fossils first found in Devon, England), is known as "The age of fishes" and was fish transformed into three major groups: lobe-finned, ray-finned, and sharks.
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This fossil is of a lobed-finned fish named Osteolepsis macrolepidotus and was found in Scotland. The Devonian Period (named after fossils first found in Devon, England), is known as "The age of fishes" and was fish transformed into three major groups: lobe-finned, ray-finned, and sharks.
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consuming the knowledge 😁
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
consuming the knowledge 😁
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Nice spot for lunch today. Moleside Creek, Lower Glenelg NP, southwest Victoria.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Nice spot for lunch today. Moleside Creek, Lower Glenelg NP, southwest Victoria.
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