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Solarpunk’d
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Solarpunk’d @solarpunkd.bsky.social · Jun 3
1964 postage stamp from Monaco featuring Macrocheira kaempferi, an extinct giant spider crab.
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ehrenenglish.bsky.social
Saw something that @realgdt.bsky.social said the other day, and remembered I had something I started a while ago that I should finish up.

I'm so tired of all this.
An illustration of a smilodon skull over a green background, pink text reading "I'd rather die than use Ai"
October 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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whetmoser.com
this is the website for elder millenials with humanities degrees. everyone has done the reading on why people invest meaning in public buildings. you can’t fool me
October 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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franzanth.bsky.social
DRAW YOUR OWN FISH!!!
Drawquarium on Steam
Draw your own fish and unlock new ways to decorate your aquarium. If you feed them well, they will gain a metallic shimmer as they age. Will you be the one to raise a golden fish in this relaxing sand...
store.steampowered.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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arielries.bsky.social
crabs
October 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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coralcitycamera.bsky.social
Is this how French grunts French kiss? #frenchgrunt #grunt #frenchkiss #mouthoff #mouthfight #makeout #kissyfish #showdown #spat #quarrel #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
October 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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nicodelort.bsky.social
can we start a whale fall art train?
any other whale fall freaks out there?
July 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
Whale Fall pin 🦀🐋🦑
A photo of a large gold-plated enamel pin photographed on top of a lichen-covered rock. The enamel pin features a whale skeleton covered with various deep sea creatures, such as octopuses, hagfish, a giant isopod, a crab, and chimaeras.
October 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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jordantyranny.bsky.social
EXPLOSION GANG!!!
animals from the cambrian explosion
October 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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coralcitycamera.bsky.social
<right>>up^down^up^down>> paddle paddle paddle!!! This sargassum swimming crab is navigating life like a video game and just made it to another level 👾🦀👾 #sargassumswimmingcrab #sargassum #swimmingcrab #sargassumseason #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
September 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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rebeccarhelm.bsky.social
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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samimarkart.bsky.social
This country is making me sad and scared but that’s a good excuse to try to do some more good. I’m raising money with this sticker to help support Brave Space Alliance, a black and trans run organization. Community spaces are so important in uncertain times. 100% of profits donated!
#bsnm #bugsky
Hand holding a sticker with a pink, blue and white butterfly with circular text reading “protect trans lives”
September 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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jopabinia.bsky.social
The podotremes are a series of weirder than weird crabs, yet somehow they are true crabs (Brachyura). The elongated body and visible abdomen aren't very "crablike" and suggest they have more ancestral morphology.

These alienesque guys are Latreillia metanesa and Cymonomus chani.

🦀🦑🧪 #InverteFest
Specimen photo by Tin-Yam Chan of an even more spindly purple/pink crab, Latreillia metanesa, with what looks like a "neck" (region of the carapace) and alien looking eyestalks. Legs are hilariously long and most hooked (a couple are damaged/missing). https://www.crabdatabase.info/en/crabs/brachyura/podotremata/homolodromioidea/latreilliidae/latreillia/latreillia-metanesa-74 Specimen photo of Cymonomus chani by Tin-Yam Chan (who the species is named for). It is a colorless crab with an almost squarish carapace and quite inflated pleon visibly almost as long as the carapace in dorsal view. The pleon indicates it is female but even in males it would stick out. The back 2 pairs of legs are reduced, perhaps for carrying. https://www.crabdatabase.info/en/crabs/brachyura/podotremata/cyclodorippoidea/cymonomidae/cymonomus/cymonomus-chani-12451
August 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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jopabinia.bsky.social
Crabs love doing things multiple times. Echinoecus pentagonus is in a different family than #2 below, but it too goes up a sea cucumber butt. It's free real estate?

🦀🦑🧪 #InverteFest
August 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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tjalamont.bsky.social
🐙🌿 Happy #InverteFest! Shall we talk about anal forks? Hold on, we'll get there. First, here are your Tuesday Tortoise Beetles. (I think this one is Jonthonota sp.). TBs are a subgroup in the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae. They're often small and round and can sort of resemble ladybugs. Their--
A macro photo, front three-quarter angle, of a round, flattened, orange and metallic gold beetle with a few black dots, on a piece of old wood. The beetle's head, legs, and antennae are tucked under the edge of its tortoise-like "shell" - the elytra (hard wing covers over the abdomen) and pronotum (shield-like upper surface of the thorax). The front part of the pronotum is actually transparent.
August 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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vanilla3272.bsky.social
alligator gar 🐊
🏷️ #digitalart #pixelart #art #fishart #fish #gar #alligatorgar #cute #cuteart #animalart
a pixel art of an alligator gar, a large fish with a white underbelly, swimming upward, blue background with sparkles and bubbles
August 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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sonnyross.bsky.social
I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic
A decorative illustration of flowers with the caption “I don’t use ai I’m not a fucking loser” with a severed hand with too many fingers
August 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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tuexplorer1.bsky.social
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@schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 816 #MarDelPlataCanyon #MarineLife
July 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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secondatbest.bsky.social
Whale fall, and a few creatures that thrive at them

This month’s riso print subscription print, join my Patreon to get this for half off, and weigh in on what I do for future print themes.
July 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
My summer shop update is now LIVE! Lots of new stickers, prints, patches, enamel pins, and more are now available! 🌊🦦💕

🛒 shop.fossilforager.art

reshares are appreciated!! 💕
A photo of vibrant California coast themed vinyl stickers on top of a sandy background. The stickers feature sea slugs, a sea otter, sun fish, a leopard shark, a bat ray, kelp, and a garibaldi.
July 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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beetlemoses.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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franzanthplays.bsky.social
franz attempts to make crabs in video games: Bugtopia 🦀
game screenshot showing a terrarium with various bugs and crabs. most importantly in the background there's a giant grab made out of stones with lamps for eyes and triceratops skulls for claws.
June 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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planetarysociety.bsky.social
Our global petition to save NASA science closes this Thursday, and we’re just shy of 15,000 signatures! Every name counts, this petition will be hand-delivered to members of Congress. Add yours today, Save NASA Science.
planet.ly/petition
June 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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ohjoysextoy.bsky.social
Oh Joy Sex Toy has been publishing comics on sex, sexuality, gender, relationships, and so much more from diverse artists for 12 YEARS - and this may be our last without about 200 more Patreon sign-ups. (1/3) www.patreon.com/OhJoySexToy
Today’s comic is drawn by Erika Moen in a traditional Oh Joy Sex Toy palette of background blues and character pinks. Throughout the pages, Erika is depicted in a red polka dot short dress covering some black leggings. She has a tattoo on her arms and a little bit of fluffy hair at the front of her head. In addition, her partner, Matthew, shows up wearing a pink T-shirt, brown pants, and bright red shoes. He has some stubble, glasses, and grey hair. The page starts with Erika and Matthew's arms raised in celebration! Erika 'Happy 12th birthday Oh Joy Sex Toy!' Matthew 'Hot damn! You know what this means! Time again, to humbly ask you, our incredible readers, to help chip in and keep this comic site going with our yearly…' Title Pledge Drive! Erika holds a big handful of fabric out. She's 'oo-la-la!'-ing at it, while in front, Matthew is holding his laptop, which has comic pages flying out from within it, hitting him in the face. Erika 'The traditional gift for 12 years is silk or linen…' Matthew 'But we’re giving supporters bonus comics on our Patreon to celebrate!' A list of the bonus comics floats at the bottom of the panel. Ripley LaCross delves deep and explores what gardening means to them. Hien Pham talks from the heart about his time working at his local dog rescue shelter. And Erika Moen travels to San Francisco for an introspective magic wand journal comic.
June 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
solarpunkd.bsky.social
1964 postage stamp from Monaco featuring Macrocheira kaempferi, an extinct giant spider crab.
June 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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billchilds.bsky.social
“Bizarre things you firmly believed when a kid” is one of my favorite genres and I firmly believe we all have excellent examples if we can remember them
May 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM