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Vulpes ✨🦊✨
@vdewolfe.bsky.social
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Writer, Artist, Naturalist

I’m posting #plants, animals, #art, and that gay shit.

She/her. Fan of #Hannibal & #GoodOmens. Full time #naturalist.

PFP: drawing of a woman with purple hair & sunflowers
Background: a great-horned owl
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Vulpes ✨🦊✨ @vdewolfe.bsky.social · Nov 10
Welcome new followers! I work as a naturalist in New England (USA) & I post about plants, animals, art, crafts, gardening, science, queer joy, & eating the rich.

I also love horror films/books, & Good Omens. Feel free to chat with me; I only bite when the timing is right.

Also here is a good dog.
Ada the red and white Australian shepherd stares at the camera with pale blue eyes. She wears a gold glittery crown, as befitting her station in the family.
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rikedraws.bsky.social
die post war da \o/
sooo niedlich! genau meine weihnachten! danke liebe @fellkartoffel.bsky.social 🥹
eine weihnachtskarte mit eine spooky tasse kakao und unheimlichen marshmallows die mit sternchen in der tasse landen. darunter steht gemütliche no-weihnachten
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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karinacoghlinart.bsky.social
Field of Moving Colours.

A mini landscape painting in lovely muted colours, on thick cotton paper 10 × 14 cm.

#watercolour #art #landscape #painting #watercolor #originalart #landscapepainting #originalpainting #mutedcolors #abstractart #abstractlandscape | karinacoghlin.com
A small landscape painting in watercolour on cotton paper. The abstract painting is in lovely muted colours of blue, green and sienna. The painting is shown framed in a light oak frame with a wide mount/mat.
December 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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oddoblivion.bsky.social
There’s no better artist than nature and these fuckers gotta bastardize it with the computer.
thoughtrise.bsky.social .chantal//RYAN @thoughtrise.bsky.social · 1d
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing

these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous

this is worth sharing and educating people about
screenshot of a post on facebook from Alex Lamoreaux, depicting two versions of the "same" photograph of a bobcat in front of a pine plantation, one labeled original game cam photo, one labeling AI processed the markings have been altered on the AI photo, and the head changed and resized text says: Oh! A neat goose hybrid posted to ‘What’s this Bird?’ but when you zoom in on the photos the bill details have been too manipulated by AI photo editing to be accurately assessed for which species may be involved. Scroll on… A cool-looking Red-tailed Hawk that someone is wondering which subspecies it might be - right up my alley! But when you zoom in on the photos literally every feather group has been so heavily manipulated and altered by AI editing that it’s impossible to determine subspecies because the photo is essentially fake now; just a mashup of whatever AI thinks parts of a Red-tail should look like. Scroll on… WOW! That’s a remarkable trail cam photo of a Bobcat! It almost looks like a painting!… but the head looks oddly small…. hmmmm. After some prodding the original photo is produced and sure enough it had been so heavily altered by AI ‘post processing’ that the photo posted was essentially a digital mock-up with totally different proportions and fur markings. No longer the photo off the trail cam; it may as well have just been ‘created’ by AI from scratch. This stuff is killing me. My days on social media are becoming very limited. We can’t even trust simple, everyday photos of animals to be real. The wildlife community needs to quit editing with AI, and we need to start calling out photographers that are using it. Our reality is being destroyed all around us.
December 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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manmademoon.bsky.social
“Choosing your friends is an echo chamber,” the troll screamed miserably from outside the restaurant window at your birthday party-
paulgcornish.bsky.social Paul Cornish @paulgcornish.bsky.social · 23h
"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"

I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
December 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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reforest-kelley.bsky.social
Trekkies Against Fascism shirts are restocked! Orders placed this weekend will be on their way by Tuesday and should arrive ahead of Christmas. I also have pins and stickers, which make fantastic stocking stuffers! willburrows.art/shop
A black t-shirt with white text that reads "Trekkies against fascism" in classic Star Trek font. The second "a" in "against" is replaced by a Starfleet insignia in red spray paint.
December 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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catbus.phd
I am brimming with holiday spirit
a guillotine made from gingerbread, decorated with white icing snow and icicles
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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jookpubstock.bsky.social
New references from a birthday pack for one of my Patreon supporters.

The full pack is available here: www.patreon.com/posts/birthd...
A drawing reference photo of a model wearing sports wear, holding a sword in their right hand and a gun in their left hand. The model is jumping. The photo is free to use as reference for personal and commercial work; and free to use in photo manipulation for personal work. The model is Alfred Gustav Günthel. A drawing reference photo of a model wearing sports wear, holding a sword in their right hand and a gun in their left hand. The model is jumping. The photo was taken from a low angle. The photo is free to use as reference for personal and commercial work; and free to use in photo manipulation for personal work. The model is Alfred Gustav Günthel.
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
vdewolfe.bsky.social
Some food for thought.
We asked plastics experts how they (sustainably) decorate for the holidays — National Geographic
From balloons to wrapping paper, everyone tends to produce more waste this time of year. We asked two scientists for tips on how to be more mindful of the environment when celebrating the holidays.
apple.news
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
A.I. and the Fetishization Of Ideas
In writing and in dispensing my (very dubious, probably shady) writing advice, I am often keen to note that ideas are bullshit. Most writers treat them like precious gems when really, ideas are lik…
terribleminds.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
Whale fall pins are now back in stock, just in time for the holidays!! The perfect gift for deep sea lovers & marine biology fans 🐋🦀

Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art
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.
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
new beanies now available in the shop!! 🥳🪲💕

Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art
A photo showcasing 4 new acrylic beanie designs. Top row, left to right: acorn weevil embroidered on light brown, stag beetle embroidered on green. Bottom row: pacific tree frog + tadpole + egg embroidered on blue green, golden chanterelle fungi embroidered on turmeric beanie. They are photographed on mossy gray brick.
December 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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tetzoo.bsky.social
The Internet is becoming increasingly unreliable. Buy books and read them.
Books. Also books. More books.
December 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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megugu.bsky.social
I love magpies ♥
Done with black ink Waterman
#traditionalart #ink
December 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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2house2fly.bsky.social
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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zacharyberger.bsky.social
Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!

RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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korybing.bsky.social
This is a great essay! A lot of anti-science or “fiscal conservative” types are quick to go “we spent how much on shrimp treadmills!?!?!” when in reality these experiments can lead to huge scientific breakthroughs. Also I’d rather my tax money goes to scientists then like, building more bombs or w/e
whysharksmatter.bsky.social David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 20d
Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.

Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!

🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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blipstress.bsky.social
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
vdewolfe.bsky.social
Ani DiFranco’s Dilate album still slaps after all these years.
a woman with pink braids singing into a microphone with her eyes closed
Alt: a woman with pink braids singing into a microphone with her eyes closed
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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kendrawrites.com
It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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aplante.com
bug times :)
speech balloons over a turquoise background fading to white. the speech leads to Gunko, a little bunny sitting on their tummy, face in hands, dreamy expression, legs kicking gently behind them as they look at a trail of ants leading to an ant hill. “god i love ants. tiny biological computer components of the natural world. each Individual part of a larger, incomprehensibly synergistic whole, a society in which each member knows PERFECTLY its EXACT place and function through complex pheromone trails. No, NOT a society. a SINGULAR ORGANISM composed of thousands of bodies working in perfect tandem. TRUE analogue biological computation. this world is miraculous.” next to Gunko, Pip is holding a pile of earthworms in their hands. there are so many worms. they are falling everywhere. too many worms to hold. panel: closeup on a grinning, starry-eyed Pip. Pip: “WORM.”
September 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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thornwolf.com
Save the date! I'm holding a holiday sale from Thanksgiving (Nov 27) to December 2nd. I'm going to be doing some major updates to my site/shop/offers over the holiday break so this might be your last time to get some of your favorites in my biggest sale of the year. thornwolf.com
A Black Friday sale ad that says "Holiday Sale! Nov 27-Dec 2. Get 20% off your entire order with this code HOLIDAY20 at thornwolf.com"
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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earlymodjustice.bsky.social
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”

www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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littlebadger.bsky.social
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
“Prohibited words and concepts: Equity, diversity, & inclusion; anti-racism; Bias; Critical race theory; implicit bias; oppression; intersectionality; prohibited discriminatory practices; racial privilege; promoting stereotypes based on personal identity characteristics.”
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM