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21.02.2026 19:36
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Lithographs of Hawkins's sketches of Ichthyosaur anatomy, with handwritten attotations.
A very special #FossilFriday. Thanks to @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social, one of the c19th's greatest works of palaeontological literature is now properly digitised: Thomas Hawkins's beautiful, epic, semi-unhinged Memoirs of Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri (nhm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/44...)
a peculiarly ferocious shark
Doing art badly is good and sacred
Clapping my flippers together and honking like a harbor seal when a Super Bowl ad for a condiment or gambling app featuring two celebrities unexpectedly reveals a third celebrity as its punchline. Bouncing a ball around on my snout. My wife has to throw me a herring to get me to calm down.
favorite shark folklore? and/or fav shark book?
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago
really fucking enjoyed The Empusium. wish it was way way longer i wasn't ready for it to be over
cooly accepting strange ceramic sounds in the early morning dark
i want to be in the woods
somebody better shut that chipmunk up (squeaking endlessly in the backyard)
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
dancing in my mirror like i'm 17
"jesus christ! i'm going to vomit" read my latest short story here <3
hiding hiding hiding between the aisles of the video store #personalessay #creativenonfiction #write #substack #horrorfilm
A dahlia in the rain
We still have this.
the lingering migraine: a tale of vomit and despair
i can't be trusted to water plants, to manage a garden. it's something that makes me sad!
it feels almost physically painful to write this goddamn book
shhhh.. who's at the door?
#writesky #flashfiction #lyricalfiction #suburbs #neighborhood
june 2025
