The Cambrian Mammal
@naraoia.bsky.social
Use #AltText.
Spoilery! ( #TheWheelOfTime, #StarWars, Cosmere etc)
Nerd by nature, biologist by training, corporate cog by necessity. Martial art student, weekend Viking, tinkerer with worlds.
#WotSkies founding member
Pfp @bymemo.bsky.social
Spoilery! ( #TheWheelOfTime, #StarWars, Cosmere etc)
Nerd by nature, biologist by training, corporate cog by necessity. Martial art student, weekend Viking, tinkerer with worlds.
#WotSkies founding member
Pfp @bymemo.bsky.social
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We are $303 toward our goal! Thank you so very much!
Now I'm not going to panic as much. This is a long term goal, but it is still very important! Thank you so much for your continued support.
Can't donate? Thats ok! Give it a share please? 🥹
gofund.me/7689781c7
We are $303 toward our goal! Thank you so very much!
Now I'm not going to panic as much. This is a long term goal, but it is still very important! Thank you so much for your continued support.
Can't donate? Thats ok! Give it a share please? 🥹
gofund.me/7689781c7
Donate to Help Amy afford vital health care, organized by Amy Leyendecker
We worked hard this year to figure out what we were going to do for next year and we… Amy Leyendecker needs your support for Help Amy afford vital health care
gofund.me
December 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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We are $303 toward our goal! Thank you so very much!
Now I'm not going to panic as much. This is a long term goal, but it is still very important! Thank you so much for your continued support.
Can't donate? Thats ok! Give it a share please? 🥹
gofund.me/7689781c7
We are $303 toward our goal! Thank you so very much!
Now I'm not going to panic as much. This is a long term goal, but it is still very important! Thank you so much for your continued support.
Can't donate? Thats ok! Give it a share please? 🥹
gofund.me/7689781c7
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Another comic from this past year. Sometimes I'm in awe about how incredibly small birds can be.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Another comic from this past year. Sometimes I'm in awe about how incredibly small birds can be.
I decided to dust off Gamer Mammal and finally start the Dragon Age series from the beginning. Let's see how far I get...
(I'll congratulate myself if I make it past character creation tonight, lol)
(For intermittent inane video game commentary, tune into #MammalPlaysDragonAge)
(I'll congratulate myself if I make it past character creation tonight, lol)
(For intermittent inane video game commentary, tune into #MammalPlaysDragonAge)
December 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I decided to dust off Gamer Mammal and finally start the Dragon Age series from the beginning. Let's see how far I get...
(I'll congratulate myself if I make it past character creation tonight, lol)
(For intermittent inane video game commentary, tune into #MammalPlaysDragonAge)
(I'll congratulate myself if I make it past character creation tonight, lol)
(For intermittent inane video game commentary, tune into #MammalPlaysDragonAge)
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Summer Phoenix ☀️
December 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Summer Phoenix ☀️
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I've made some smaller beanie versions of the Devonian jawless fish - Zenaspis!
At 25cm long, these are lifesize! www.palaeoplushies.com/shop/zenaspis
I ship worldwide from the UK, US tariffs collected and pre-paid for easy delivery!
At 25cm long, these are lifesize! www.palaeoplushies.com/shop/zenaspis
I ship worldwide from the UK, US tariffs collected and pre-paid for easy delivery!
December 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I've made some smaller beanie versions of the Devonian jawless fish - Zenaspis!
At 25cm long, these are lifesize! www.palaeoplushies.com/shop/zenaspis
I ship worldwide from the UK, US tariffs collected and pre-paid for easy delivery!
At 25cm long, these are lifesize! www.palaeoplushies.com/shop/zenaspis
I ship worldwide from the UK, US tariffs collected and pre-paid for easy delivery!
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I know that Giving Tuesday is rough. I mean, come on. It is December, and we are all poor. It sucks.
However, I am launching this today because I am getting a jump on next year. If you can't donate, that is ok. Can you please share? Thank you! 💕💸 #MutualAid
gofund.me/d2ecb778c
However, I am launching this today because I am getting a jump on next year. If you can't donate, that is ok. Can you please share? Thank you! 💕💸 #MutualAid
gofund.me/d2ecb778c
Donate to Help Amy afford vital health care, organized by Amy Leyendecker
We worked hard this year to figure out what we were going to do for next year and we… Amy Leyendecker needs your support for Help Amy afford vital health care
gofund.me
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I know that Giving Tuesday is rough. I mean, come on. It is December, and we are all poor. It sucks.
However, I am launching this today because I am getting a jump on next year. If you can't donate, that is ok. Can you please share? Thank you! 💕💸 #MutualAid
gofund.me/d2ecb778c
However, I am launching this today because I am getting a jump on next year. If you can't donate, that is ok. Can you please share? Thank you! 💕💸 #MutualAid
gofund.me/d2ecb778c
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I quote this skeet to *lots* of people who say they forget to add alt text …
I see people saying
“I would use alt text but I keep forgetting!”
Thankfully, @bsky.app has a setting for that.
- Go to Settings
- Then Accessibility
- Toggle “Require alt text before posting” to the active setting.
Now Bluesky will remind you to add alt text to all of your posts.
“I would use alt text but I keep forgetting!”
Thankfully, @bsky.app has a setting for that.
- Go to Settings
- Then Accessibility
- Toggle “Require alt text before posting” to the active setting.
Now Bluesky will remind you to add alt text to all of your posts.
December 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I quote this skeet to *lots* of people who say they forget to add alt text …
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December 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
#DecemberWorldbuilders 2
There are as many stories as there are peoples. These are the ones I know best 😅
According to Isle lore (which they brought over from the old country), people, like everything else in the material world, were created out of the combined essences of the Mothers. 1/
There are as many stories as there are peoples. These are the ones I know best 😅
According to Isle lore (which they brought over from the old country), people, like everything else in the material world, were created out of the combined essences of the Mothers. 1/
Hello, #DecemberWorldbuilders! Tell us about the creation of your people according to the in-world lore. Were they created by gods? Did they evolve from single-celled organisms? Maybe a bit of both? Maybe they don't know, and maybe they have stories about it. What are their creation myths?
December 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#DecemberWorldbuilders 2
There are as many stories as there are peoples. These are the ones I know best 😅
According to Isle lore (which they brought over from the old country), people, like everything else in the material world, were created out of the combined essences of the Mothers. 1/
There are as many stories as there are peoples. These are the ones I know best 😅
According to Isle lore (which they brought over from the old country), people, like everything else in the material world, were created out of the combined essences of the Mothers. 1/
Fucksake, #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge, did you *have* to put close-ups of massive ticks in front of my face??? 😱
December 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Fucksake, #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge, did you *have* to put close-ups of massive ticks in front of my face??? 😱
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Give the gift of accessibility this season. Add alt text 🎁
Our gift to you is this: Simply click "Alt" after you've uploaded your image, write a description and post.
Our gift to you is this: Simply click "Alt" after you've uploaded your image, write a description and post.
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Give the gift of accessibility this season. Add alt text 🎁
Our gift to you is this: Simply click "Alt" after you've uploaded your image, write a description and post.
Our gift to you is this: Simply click "Alt" after you've uploaded your image, write a description and post.
Festive spirit, baby! (With the star on top, the tree JUST fit in its new place. I'm pleased.)
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Festive spirit, baby! (With the star on top, the tree JUST fit in its new place. I'm pleased.)
I did a big adulting. I think I deserve to put up Tiny Tree and eat some advent calendar chocolate as a reward.
December 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I did a big adulting. I think I deserve to put up Tiny Tree and eat some advent calendar chocolate as a reward.
#DecemberWorldbuilders 1
Scholarship in my world is generally an elite pursuit, where it is pursued much at all. Most places have farming societies with small non-farming classes and limited social mobility, so 90% of the population never gets within shouting distance of a scholarly education. 1/
Scholarship in my world is generally an elite pursuit, where it is pursued much at all. Most places have farming societies with small non-farming classes and limited social mobility, so 90% of the population never gets within shouting distance of a scholarly education. 1/
Welcome to the first week of #DecemberWorldbuilders! This week is about SCIENCE (broadly speaking) (you can play along even if you're writing pre-industrial fantasy!)
Today's Q: Can anyone in your world participate in scientific research? Or is it reserved for elites?
Today's Q: Can anyone in your world participate in scientific research? Or is it reserved for elites?
December 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#DecemberWorldbuilders 1
Scholarship in my world is generally an elite pursuit, where it is pursued much at all. Most places have farming societies with small non-farming classes and limited social mobility, so 90% of the population never gets within shouting distance of a scholarly education. 1/
Scholarship in my world is generally an elite pursuit, where it is pursued much at all. Most places have farming societies with small non-farming classes and limited social mobility, so 90% of the population never gets within shouting distance of a scholarly education. 1/
Trying to decide if attempting to do an Art Advent Calendar would motivate me to pick up a pencil or only make me hate myself
(I used up most of the old stuff I like last year, so I'd actually have to draw something...)
(I used up most of the old stuff I like last year, so I'd actually have to draw something...)
December 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Trying to decide if attempting to do an Art Advent Calendar would motivate me to pick up a pencil or only make me hate myself
(I used up most of the old stuff I like last year, so I'd actually have to draw something...)
(I used up most of the old stuff I like last year, so I'd actually have to draw something...)
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It’s that time of year again.
This year my charity sketch sale is exclusive to BlueSky. I’ve got a smaller following here than on other social media channels, so I hope this works out! More details in the alt text.
I’ll be posting the first sketch this evening at 9pm (GMT). See you there?
#SciArt
This year my charity sketch sale is exclusive to BlueSky. I’ve got a smaller following here than on other social media channels, so I hope this works out! More details in the alt text.
I’ll be posting the first sketch this evening at 9pm (GMT). See you there?
#SciArt
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It’s that time of year again.
This year my charity sketch sale is exclusive to BlueSky. I’ve got a smaller following here than on other social media channels, so I hope this works out! More details in the alt text.
I’ll be posting the first sketch this evening at 9pm (GMT). See you there?
#SciArt
This year my charity sketch sale is exclusive to BlueSky. I’ve got a smaller following here than on other social media channels, so I hope this works out! More details in the alt text.
I’ll be posting the first sketch this evening at 9pm (GMT). See you there?
#SciArt
That's... going to take some processing.
(Really could've done without Hoid philosophising, tbh. It's like interrupting a drama with a bad comedy skit 😒)
#WindAndTruth
(Really could've done without Hoid philosophising, tbh. It's like interrupting a drama with a bad comedy skit 😒)
#WindAndTruth
December 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
That's... going to take some processing.
(Really could've done without Hoid philosophising, tbh. It's like interrupting a drama with a bad comedy skit 😒)
#WindAndTruth
(Really could've done without Hoid philosophising, tbh. It's like interrupting a drama with a bad comedy skit 😒)
#WindAndTruth
"You will be warm again"
One of my favourite lines in this entire series came back and I'm in pieces 😭
#WindAndTruth
One of my favourite lines in this entire series came back and I'm in pieces 😭
#WindAndTruth
November 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"You will be warm again"
One of my favourite lines in this entire series came back and I'm in pieces 😭
#WindAndTruth
One of my favourite lines in this entire series came back and I'm in pieces 😭
#WindAndTruth
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Smol Moa might take the courtship crown from Jazz Hands Carnotaurus 😂
(Also, tell me the perpetually disappointed squirrel in ep2 wasn't an Ice Age reference 🤭)
#PrehistoricPlanetIceAge
(Also, tell me the perpetually disappointed squirrel in ep2 wasn't an Ice Age reference 🤭)
#PrehistoricPlanetIceAge
November 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Smol Moa might take the courtship crown from Jazz Hands Carnotaurus 😂
(Also, tell me the perpetually disappointed squirrel in ep2 wasn't an Ice Age reference 🤭)
#PrehistoricPlanetIceAge
(Also, tell me the perpetually disappointed squirrel in ep2 wasn't an Ice Age reference 🤭)
#PrehistoricPlanetIceAge
It's almost December. Time to charge the batteries for Tiny Tree's pretty lights!
I need to think of a new place to put the tree. TV and Xbox took over its old spot 😅
I need to think of a new place to put the tree. TV and Xbox took over its old spot 😅
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It's almost December. Time to charge the batteries for Tiny Tree's pretty lights!
I need to think of a new place to put the tree. TV and Xbox took over its old spot 😅
I need to think of a new place to put the tree. TV and Xbox took over its old spot 😅
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Every year we treat ourselves to a new decoration or two for the Christmas tree and this year’s additions are just absolutely outstanding
Tempted to not add anything else as we basically have a muppet Christmas tree
Tempted to not add anything else as we basically have a muppet Christmas tree
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Every year we treat ourselves to a new decoration or two for the Christmas tree and this year’s additions are just absolutely outstanding
Tempted to not add anything else as we basically have a muppet Christmas tree
Tempted to not add anything else as we basically have a muppet Christmas tree
It's amazing how accomplished finally getting new glasses after 13 years makes one feel.
(The new ones will theoretically be smudge-resistant, I really wonder how well that works in practice... if it does, I might actually wear them for more than airports and watching TV 😅)
(The new ones will theoretically be smudge-resistant, I really wonder how well that works in practice... if it does, I might actually wear them for more than airports and watching TV 😅)
November 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It's amazing how accomplished finally getting new glasses after 13 years makes one feel.
(The new ones will theoretically be smudge-resistant, I really wonder how well that works in practice... if it does, I might actually wear them for more than airports and watching TV 😅)
(The new ones will theoretically be smudge-resistant, I really wonder how well that works in practice... if it does, I might actually wear them for more than airports and watching TV 😅)
It's probably the only way I'd ever be able to get enough rest to feel human again instead of like a burned out husk, so... yeah.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It's probably the only way I'd ever be able to get enough rest to feel human again instead of like a burned out husk, so... yeah.
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WE HAVE THE FIRST BABY NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE OF THE SEASON!! 🐳
November 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
WE HAVE THE FIRST BABY NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE OF THE SEASON!! 🐳