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@atzimmer

Biology A.S in-progress 🧬 They/Them + She/Her Dirt goblin, rock turner-over, sometimes-illustrator.

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Carmen Sandiego from the 90s cartoon

Carmen Sandiego from the 90s cartoon

Happy International Women's Day to the original International Woman

08.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 11562 πŸ” 3284 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 21

worms

22.02.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 147 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

Genuinely curious how many of these same people would have the same fear while visiting Japan.

28.02.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow that was quick

28.02.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe Crabrawler needs a regional variation?
I was disappointed it wasn’t originally based on a pompom/boxing crab.

27.02.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Hand holding a blue and white glass monkeyshine medallion for year of the horse, stamped with a relief of a running horse and a crescent moon inside a round border.

Hand holding a blue and white glass monkeyshine medallion for year of the horse, stamped with a relief of a running horse and a crescent moon inside a round border.

Look at my horse, my horse is amazing #monkeyshines2026

27.02.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No.
OP doesn’t like dogs and neither do the wildlife they’re making a home for.

22.02.2026 02:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was going to recommend those too!
It discourages dogs too, and probably helps water down pee.
The scarecrow was a popular brand a few years back but there might be more options now.

22.02.2026 02:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Red Foxes on San Juan Island Test Positive for Avian Influenza β€’ San Juan County, WA

Sampling of dead foxes on San Juan by Kwiaht and Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed that two of them were infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza. www.sanjuancountywa.gov/m/NewsFlash/...

20.02.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Step-by-step collage titled "Construction of a hibernaculum at Nobody Nursery"

Step-by-step collage titled "Construction of a hibernaculum at Nobody Nursery"

A hibernaculum is a comfy place for animals to hibernate, and here at Nobody Nursery I’ve built one for reptiles and amphibians, with a rock garden on top of it.

. . .

01.02.2026 03:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ’”

08.02.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Correction: they went *looting* for dinosaur bones.

07.02.2026 03:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Birdhouses shouldn’t have perches!
They don’t really use it, having a perch by the entrance just leaves a handhold for predators.

07.02.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A dead adult male Anna’s Hummingbird, lying on a crumpled brown napkin, beak facing left with wings against his side. His coloration is mostly dark iridescent green and black, with some rumpled gray of the downy edges that stick out between his wing and neck.
The iridescent purple of his gorget is slightly visible from this angle.

A dead adult male Anna’s Hummingbird, lying on a crumpled brown napkin, beak facing left with wings against his side. His coloration is mostly dark iridescent green and black, with some rumpled gray of the downy edges that stick out between his wing and neck. The iridescent purple of his gorget is slightly visible from this angle.

A front facing view of the male Anna’s hummingbird, still on the brown napkin, but showing a brighter angle of the iridescent purple feathers of his gorget.

A front facing view of the male Anna’s hummingbird, still on the brown napkin, but showing a brighter angle of the iridescent purple feathers of his gorget.

Donated an Anna’s Hummingbird to the Natural History Museum at University of Puget Sound yesterday!
Poor guy hit one of the big ground floor windows of the science building. Now he can help their collection of knowledge.

05.02.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Burrowing owlet standing in the shade and winking.  He is holding his wings away from his body to cool off.

Burrowing owlet standing in the shade and winking. He is holding his wings away from his body to cool off.

Good morning! πŸͺΆ

05.02.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 212 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2

It would take longer, but would a seed-starter heat mat work?

29.01.2026 02:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And 250.15 Kelvin!

23.01.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

To the β€œor just use Waterfox” crowd: lots of necessity sites (employment/education/payroll/etc) aren’t compatible or optimized for many alternative browsers, so this fix is still awesome if you need to use Chrome sometimes.

22.01.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my lol

bsky.app/profile/jeff...

20.01.2026 05:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A small, old house (circa 1903) white with green trim, with two windows on either side of the four-column porch, surrounded by a small picket fence and vibrant pink roses.

A small, old house (circa 1903) white with green trim, with two windows on either side of the four-column porch, surrounded by a small picket fence and vibrant pink roses.

The old keeper’s house can be rented!
3 bedrooms, 250/night

It’s cute!

www.pointsnortheast.org/content.aspx...

20.01.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Wide shot of the water at the Browns Point Lighthouse Park. The lighthouse is a tall, angular, white building with windows just below the lamp, surrounded by a metal fence at the base, and to the right of it in the foreground is a figure (my spouse) standing on the divider between the beach and the sidewalk running towards the lighthouse.

Wide shot of the water at the Browns Point Lighthouse Park. The lighthouse is a tall, angular, white building with windows just below the lamp, surrounded by a metal fence at the base, and to the right of it in the foreground is a figure (my spouse) standing on the divider between the beach and the sidewalk running towards the lighthouse.

Spouse and I visited my childhood beach hangout today to take pictures for @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social’s lighthouse photo submission call!

So nice to see it after all the renovations, the tide was in but the weather was perfect for just sitting and enjoying the view.

20.01.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
My fingers holding a tiny skull bead, colored black with bright pink eye/nose/teeth

My fingers holding a tiny skull bead, colored black with bright pink eye/nose/teeth

School barely started and already losing our heads

16.01.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What a thing to wake up to at 4 am.

03.01.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I worked on New Year’s Day, and people jumping in the icy water for our annual polar plunge filled the morning litter picking run with curses and screams.

Seemed appropriate!

Happy New Year 🐴

02.01.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
In middle of a graceful, fibonacci-curved spring tomato leaf sits a large green caterpillar in side view, its front curled as if in prayer, in an ethereal soft light, slightly backlit.

In middle of a graceful, fibonacci-curved spring tomato leaf sits a large green caterpillar in side view, its front curled as if in prayer, in an ethereal soft light, slightly backlit.

My best photographs of 2025, a short thread.

A tobacco hornworm on one of its favorite foods, a garden tomato plant (Texas, May 2025). This one makes the cut because it is more aesthetically pleasing than I was aiming for, somehow.

31.12.2025 17:01 πŸ‘ 449 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 8

I wish, it looks incredible!

29.12.2025 05:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Was about to get up from a nap and the cat asks to snuggle under the covers.

Can’t get up.

Now he’s purring. Send help.

27.12.2025 20:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I drew him!

27.12.2025 06:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Defunding fungi: US’s living library of β€˜vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing These fungi boost plant growth and restore depleted ecosystems, but federal funding for a library housing them has been cut – and it may be forced to close

@invam.bsky.social collection, prairies, and AMF all featured in the awesome article

Defunding fungi: US’s living library of β€˜vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing www.theguardian.com/environment/...

26.12.2025 20:33 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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πŸ“’ Attention undergrads & first-year med students! Apply now for Fred Hutch’s 8-week Summer Internship on Infectious Diseases in the Imunocompromised Host! Hands-on research + expert mentorship in state-of-the-art labs.

🦠 Apply by Jan. 30, 2026: https://bit.ly/48K89SV

26.12.2025 17:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0