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Bill Rulon-Miller

@reptiledude.bsky.social

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Checking out BlueSky because family is here and Twitter is no more. He/him. My degree is in history and my passion is in wildlife biology, conservation, and especially Herpetology. If you DM me and I don’t know you I may not answer so don’t get angry.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 5h

A few hours after posting this, Sama'a told me that Israel has resumed bombing the Strip. Please give what you can to help her family survive.

Samaa❤🍉❤ @samaa4.bsky.social · 14h

The war may have ended 🙏

but it left us without work, without a home, without food or water 😔
We still depend on you to survive 🥺
not to live in comfort, but to preserve the bare minimum of life
My girls need you. .

Your support remains our only hope❣️
Don't leave us alone.

gofund.me/db56c7ce3

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Bill Rulon-Miller @reptiledude.bsky.social · 9h

This is absolutely heartbreaking. Remember, Trump would have no problem doing this to anyone anywhere for any reason.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18h

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

Screenshot of a post on X from Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s verified account. The post reads: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing. The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure. We await explanations from the US government.”

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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 1d

A play in three acts

Grok rebutting DHS, saying Will Stancill is not a threat

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 23h

This is the sign that moved me most today. The simple message. The homemade lettering. She seemed tired, but resolute.

Saw so many people from that generation today. People whose parents lived through WWII, who know what fascism looks like, and who may not be around to see us get out of this.

Badass senior lady sitting while holding a simple sign that says “Due Process”

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Bill Rulon-Miller @reptiledude.bsky.social · 21h

As for why Judas got that name, that’s a story for another Caturday

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These pictures are when they were older by the way, within the last two years of their lives.

Bill Rulon-Miller @reptiledude.bsky.social · 21h

Both brothers lived a little longer than 17 years and had many adventures together. They were inseparable from birth to death. I raised them and kept them and loved them more than I could ever describe.

Bill Rulon-Miller @reptiledude.bsky.social · 21h

The condition on “adoption” (being taken from the caretaker at the local trailer park) was that he and Judas keep their names so I tacked on “Cooper” and added “Priest” to Judas so their names were Alice Cooper and Judas Priest.

Here’s his brother and companion in life: Judas Priest

A cat that’s part gray tabby and part Maine Coon looks up at the camera as he sits on the bed.

Bill Rulon-Miller @reptiledude.bsky.social · 21h

He was named this because he was named Alice as a little kitten (thought to be a female at the time) and his brother was named Judas.

Bill Rulon-Miller @reptiledude.bsky.social · 21h

For #Caturday this week we have the late, great Alice Cooper (the kitty, not the singer)

A large, part Maine Coon Cat sits in a bed, he is missing a front leg but is sitting up. He has a stuffed owl toy next to him that he carried onto the bed. He is looking regally at the camera.

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Bill Rulon-Miller @reptiledude.bsky.social · 22h

They’re gonna whig TF out once they find out about Birdo in Mario 2 (probably already have lol)

Bill Rulon-Miller @reptiledude.bsky.social · 2d

Who’s your favorite Jedi (Wrong answers only)

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d

An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative

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Bill Rulon-Miller @reptiledude.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for saying that because I really, really needed to read/hear it today

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 2d

Some feelings are wrong, actually. If I feel afraid when I see a Black person on the street, that feeling is wrong. If I feel afraid when I see a Muslim person running for mayor, that feeling is wrong. If a cis person feels afraid when they see a trans person, that feeling is wrong.

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Bill Rulon-Miller @reptiledude.bsky.social · 2d

Top panel: a woman looking disgusted that the Blue Jays are winning

Bottom panel: the same woman looking intrigued entertaining the thought that the Blue Jays may win and thus piss Trump off if Canada wins the World Series, which would’ve objectively funny.

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Bill Rulon-Miller @reptiledude.bsky.social · 2d

To be fair I think if squigglevision Mulder at least weekly

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 3d

BRAND NEW Far Side from Gary Larson just dropped

a jazz club named "Club Gombe" with a chimpanzee band going nuts on stage and more chimps hooting and hollering at the tables. one empty table has a card on it reading "reserved for Jane Goodall"

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 2d

Scientists have detected microplastics in the digestive systems of red howler monkeys living in protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon, marking the first evidence of plastic ingestion by a tree-dwelling primate, according to a recent study.

Microplastics found in the stomachs of Amazon tree-dwelling monkeys

Scientists have detected microplastics in the digestive systems of red howler monkeys living in protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon, marking the first evidence of plastic ingestion by a…

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 2d

Portland Folks: if you're in town Saturday and want something to go to aside from the No Kings protest, or after, the Portland Defense Fund is holding a street fair on Clinton St in SE.

Flier for the Defense Fund PDX Street Fair in October 18th from 2-7 PM on Clinton St and 25th. Music vendors raffle family friendly. All proceeds to the bail fund.

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Sam Rulon-Miller @rulosa01.bsky.social · 6d

newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-a-us-ci...

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 3d

'The city that draws the line’: one Arizona community’s fight against a huge data center. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘The city that draws the line’: one Arizona community’s fight against a huge datacenter

Questions grow over water and energy costs of warehouse of computers in Sonoran desert – but will Project Blue be stopped?

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Bill Rulon-Miller @reptiledude.bsky.social · 3d

A Red-Eyed Crocodile Skink, Tribolonotus gracilis. They make fascinating albeit challenging pets.

A mostly black lizard with bright orange-red rings around its eyes stands over a rock shaped water dish in a terrarium full of moss and wood

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Emily Taylor @emilytaylorscience.com · 3d

The first snow at the Colorado site means snake season is almost over! Watch til the end though, to see who braves the weather. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5deX...

Snow!

YouTube video by Project RattleCam

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 3d

I saw someone say that the movements of the sloths in #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge are not clunky enough for a xenarthran. To that I say: wrong. Anyway, here's a giant anteater playing with a human ... www.reddit.com/r/AnimalsBei...

From the AnimalsBeingBros community on Reddit: Friendly Anteater Playing With Caretaker

Explore this post and more from the AnimalsBeingBros community

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