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Tracey🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
@tracey.science
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Scientist, artist, and writer. Host of CritterCam on NorCal Public, SJSU alum, Botanical Society member, CMO of @USSSequoia.bsky.social

🏳️‍⚧️ Pronouns: He/Him
💍 Wife: @fennecuskitsune.bsky.social
💗 Boysfriend: @jaredhead.bsky.social
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I’m a bigger man, and I’m only 5’2”

He looks like the meme of the rooster in the boots.
A photo of a ratty looking rooster, wearing a pair of blue rain boots. Text superimposed over the image reads “he boot too big for he gotdamn feet”
January 13, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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Update: I finished the painting and gave it to my neighbor today. He seemed really touched, and completely surprised. I’m shy, so I made @fennecuskitsune.bsky.social come along for emotional support. Here is the finished painting.
A painting of Bailey, who lived to be almost 16. She was a golden brown shepherd mix, with a little gray around the nose and eyes, and a thin white stripe running from her nose to up between her eyes. The background is mottled shades of blue. Acrylic on 12 inch square canvas.
January 13, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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Gadget is 5 today. She always looks like she just saw a ghost
Gadget in the front seat of the car this afternoon
January 9, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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It’s baby Gadget’s 5th birthday today, January 8th. I cannot even begin to express how much I love this dog.
Gadget, a blue Merle mini American shepherd, is asleep on top of a pile of blankets and clean clothes Gadget and I on the couch together. I am using her like a pillow while we take a selfie. Gadget at about a year old, rolling on the floor Gadget as a puppy, cuddled up under a blanket and licking my hand
January 8, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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I’m 33!
January 6, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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She’s never had a single thought behind those eyes
Gadget staring into the distance with a toy hanging out of her mouth A zoomed in photo of Gadget making a weird facial expression Gadget’s vacant stare
January 4, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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He’s my perfect little guy. His sister, Gadget, is a mini Aussie
Gizmo and Gadget in matching red and white striped shirts
January 4, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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Gizmo is in the beanbag chair, watching Star Trek. I aspire to his level of comfort.
A corgi, Gizmo, is nestled in a comforter on top of a lovesac beanbag chair. He is looking up at the TV, which has Captain Kirk’s face on it. Gizmo has his paws up in the air
January 4, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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Just got a promoted ad on instagram, with a surprise appearance by @tripecollie.bsky.social
An instagram ad for Ocean View Stables, featuring three people riding on horseback along a coastal hillside. The person in the front is wearing a collie fursuit.
December 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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At the local diner, recovering from the holidays.
A half-section of my sandwich. It has bacon, onion, turkey, avocado, aioli, and pesto, on a sourdough roll Lugia, from Pokemon the Movie 2000, with a subtitle reading “the sandwich has restored my strength”
December 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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I have been saying this incessantly for about a week now. (Reposted with alt text)
Screenshot from Phoenix Wright, in the courtroom. Phoenix is saying: “Almost Christmas” means it wasn’t Christmas!
December 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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On my way down for a short vacation with @fennecuskitsune.bsky.social and their family
An eggo waffle half-buried in the sand. Sandy eggo. San Diego.
December 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Do not make me tap the sign #StarTrek
The meme format is Garak and Dr Bashir from Deep Space Nine having a conversation across the table with each other. The text is paraphrased and edited from what was actually said in the episode. Bashir asks, “which Star Trek is good?” Garak replies, “all Star Trek is good.” Bashir follows up, “even the series I personally don’t like?” Garak smiles and says, “especially that one”
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise is Gundam for furries

Zoids aren’t anthropomorphic 🤓
A still from Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise showing several of the furry characters
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Me reading all the Epstein stuff
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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So you’re telling me that four experienced thieves stole a bunch of priceless jewels from the Louve, in broad daylight? I think I know who we’re dealing with here.
A still from Lupin III, with Goemon, Fujiko (as a blonde!), Lupin (red jacket), and Jigen
October 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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I’m not the only one who thinks this is an intentional reference or homage, right? Lumiose City is Pokemon Paris, and Daft Punk are Very French. #legendsZA #PokemonLegendsZA
The Pokemon Z-A Royale logo, which features a blue lumiose tower with a pink pentagon around it and a pink pokeball atop the spire The blue and pink version of Daft Punk’s Alive 2007 logo, featuring a blue scaffolding over a pink grid field. At the center is a white pyramid, surrounded by pink
October 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Gadget won’t do any of her outdoors business when it’s raining, unless she wears her boots. If she has her boots, she will splash in puddles and walk on wet grass. Without? No way.
Gadget, a miniature Australian shepherd, looking over her shoulder at the camera. She is wearing rain boots, and her tail is a blur of wagging Gadget in her boots from the side. Her brother Gizmo, a corgi, is walking by in front of her.
October 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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I think a lot about this passage from Fruits Basket too, when I’m overwhelmed. Maybe this thread can help someone else feel a little better too.
For example let's say, Tohru-kun, that you are surrounded with a mountain of laundry piled so high around your feet that you can't move. Are you with me? Now, let's assume you don't have a washing machine, so you have to wash everything individually by hand. You would be at a loss for what to do, right? You'd worry about if you could ever wash everything, if you could get it all clean, if you'd ever have time for anything but laundry ever again! The more you'd think about it, the more anxious you'd get. But the time keeps passing, and the laundry doesn't wash itself. So what do you do, Tohru-kun? It might be a good idea to start washing the laundry right at your feet. Of course it's important to think about what lies ahead, too, but if you only look at what's down the road you'll get tangled in the laundry at your feet and you'll fall, won't you? You see, it's also important to think about what you can do now, what you can do today. And if you keep washing things one at a time, you'll be done before you know it. Because fortune is looking out for you. Sometimes the anxiety will start to well up, but when it does, take a little break. The last page of a previously described passage from fruits basket. It has a slightly different transliteration, and is read from right to left, rather than the left to right many English speaking audiences are used to. Shigure says, “it’s important to think of the now, and of what you can do today. Because if you wash each piece one by one like that, you might be able to finish your job easily! And be able to see the sun easily. At those times that you get worried, you’ve got to take a break. For example, you could read a book or watch some TV, or even eat soumen with everyone.”
September 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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I love pigeons, but I’m pretty biased having one in my living room
Nova, my pet pigeon, holding one of her own feathers in her beak
September 18, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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I installed an all metal hotend on my 3D printer today, and tested it out by making a QR code tag for @fennecuskitsune.bsky.social to take to #AFC. Not perfect, but I know what settings I need to adjust. A good first try!
A 3D printed plastic tag with a QR code printed on it. There is a butterfly in the center of the QR code, and the link takes you to my wife’s Bluesky account
September 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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I keep getting an ad for Google AI that I am fairly sure is incorrect. I took a couple screenshots. The ad claims that the AI can help you study for an anatomy exam, then misidentifies something as the left ventricle of the heart.

Am I wrong? Can someone who knows hearts better check me on it?
A screenshot showing the ad, in which a user is selecting part of an image to ask the AI about. The part highlighted appears to be either: the vena cava, the aorta, or maybe a mitral valve depending on the orientation of the heart and whether it has been cut into. The ad shows the AI confidently asserting that the previous image is the left ventricle, and describing its function.
September 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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My dogs love each other
Gizmo, a red and white corgi, is resting on the couch with his eyes open. Next to him is his sister, Gadget, a blue Merle mini American shepherd. Between them is a Yoshi plush, about the same size as they are.
September 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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The domestic house dinosaur demands attention
September 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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“I think dogs should vote” in the vaporwave meme text format
August 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM