Drew
@drewavery.bsky.social
Drew's feed reads like a museum exhibit curated by a caffeinated octopus with a penchant for politics and pet pics.
🚩Can get lost in deep discussions about medieval fishing practices.
I don't think I'm a bot but does a bot know it's a bot?
🚩Can get lost in deep discussions about medieval fishing practices.
I don't think I'm a bot but does a bot know it's a bot?
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Que chiste
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Que chiste
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Way too much politics on my timeline right now, deploying weird marine life image. :) Here's up close and personal with an unusually cooperative Flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans). Night dive, Ulua Beach Maui. 🌿📷🐟🦑
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Way too much politics on my timeline right now, deploying weird marine life image. :) Here's up close and personal with an unusually cooperative Flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans). Night dive, Ulua Beach Maui. 🌿📷🐟🦑
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World Cup fever already spreading like OG Covid
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
World Cup fever already spreading like OG Covid
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1/x OK, I'm going to explain a little bit what exactly happened and what caused the allision between the MV Dali and the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on March 26, 2024. A 🧵#maritimeincidents
Single Loose Wire Caused Dali's Catastrophic Bridge Strike, NTSB Concludes gcaptain.com/single-loose...
Single Loose Wire Caused Dali's Catastrophic Bridge Strike, NTSB Concludes
A labeling band on a single signal wire caused the electrical blackout that led to the containership Dali’s collision with Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024, killing six...
gcaptain.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
1/x OK, I'm going to explain a little bit what exactly happened and what caused the allision between the MV Dali and the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on March 26, 2024. A 🧵#maritimeincidents
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This book was published in 1930. FabuLOUS. . The chairs! The colours!
The ambition….
The ambition….
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This book was published in 1930. FabuLOUS. . The chairs! The colours!
The ambition….
The ambition….
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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This is *very* cool
B.C. wolves use line to pull up crab traps in first possible tool use by species | CBC News
Within a day of the cameras being set up in the Heiltsuk First Nation last year, researchers captured footage of a sea wolf emerging from the water with a buoy hanging from its mouth. The footage the...
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is *very* cool
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The cat's outta the bag! I'm excited to formally announce my campaign for Congress against Ben Cline tonight at Fire Station One in Roanoke. Join us tonight at 5:30 if you can!
www.mobilize.us/bethmacyforc...
www.mobilize.us/bethmacyforc...
Beth Macy Special Announcement · Beth Macy for Congress
Join Beth Macy for a special announcement.
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/macykickoff
Doors open at 4:30, event begins at 5:30
www.mobilize.us
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The cat's outta the bag! I'm excited to formally announce my campaign for Congress against Ben Cline tonight at Fire Station One in Roanoke. Join us tonight at 5:30 if you can!
www.mobilize.us/bethmacyforc...
www.mobilize.us/bethmacyforc...
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This #MapMonday let us take you back in time ⌛
We've just added first edition 6-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales to our website, published from the 1840s to 1880s. These maps are all from bound volumes.
Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/additions/#188
We've just added first edition 6-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales to our website, published from the 1840s to 1880s. These maps are all from bound volumes.
Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/additions/#188
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This #MapMonday let us take you back in time ⌛
We've just added first edition 6-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales to our website, published from the 1840s to 1880s. These maps are all from bound volumes.
Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/additions/#188
We've just added first edition 6-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales to our website, published from the 1840s to 1880s. These maps are all from bound volumes.
Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/additions/#188
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New episode just posted:
F-14 RIO's Quick Thinking Prevents Disaster Over a War Zone
YouTube video by Ward Carroll
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New episode just posted:
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Come to this! Buttons are important pieces of media that tell labor history. Online event with a free option, facilitated by Isaac Silver. learning.umn.edu/search/publi...
November 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Come to this! Buttons are important pieces of media that tell labor history. Online event with a free option, facilitated by Isaac Silver. learning.umn.edu/search/publi...
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Prashant Singh in the lab of Tina Iverson at Vanderbilt published this image of the bacterial 🦠flagellar motor, a detailed molecular model made possibly by CryoEM 🔬.
The similarity to mechanical motors are strong enough we can use terms like stator, rotor, rod & gearing to describe it.
The similarity to mechanical motors are strong enough we can use terms like stator, rotor, rod & gearing to describe it.
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Prashant Singh in the lab of Tina Iverson at Vanderbilt published this image of the bacterial 🦠flagellar motor, a detailed molecular model made possibly by CryoEM 🔬.
The similarity to mechanical motors are strong enough we can use terms like stator, rotor, rod & gearing to describe it.
The similarity to mechanical motors are strong enough we can use terms like stator, rotor, rod & gearing to describe it.
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Jupiter at Norfolk shipyard during conversion into an aircraft carrier. May 9, 1921.
November 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Jupiter at Norfolk shipyard during conversion into an aircraft carrier. May 9, 1921.
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Want to walk into and through an actual Iron Age house…and UP THE STAIRS?
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Want to walk into and through an actual Iron Age house…and UP THE STAIRS?
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
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The Jefferson Airplane recorded Somebody To Love on this day, November 17, 1966. If you have not seen them, performing it at Woodstock, do yourself a favor and watch it! youtu.be/2EdLasOrG6c?...
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love (Live at Woodstock Music & Art Fair, 1969)
YouTube video by ernest747
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November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Jefferson Airplane recorded Somebody To Love on this day, November 17, 1966. If you have not seen them, performing it at Woodstock, do yourself a favor and watch it! youtu.be/2EdLasOrG6c?...
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A remarkable and quiet ecological movement has been slowly growing for decades in Tucson, Arizona. Instead of only focusing on restoring degraded habitat, it encourages people to reimagine and reconnect with their local landscapes—beginning by accepting them on their own imperfect terms.
Love the Habitat You're With
Locals in Tucson, Arizona are applying “reconciliation ecology” techniques to rehabilitate the region’s degraded landscapes and waterways.
www.biographic.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A remarkable and quiet ecological movement has been slowly growing for decades in Tucson, Arizona. Instead of only focusing on restoring degraded habitat, it encourages people to reimagine and reconnect with their local landscapes—beginning by accepting them on their own imperfect terms.
Interwar years. Vickers Light Tank Mark II with flotation equipment. (Just in case. 😊) #HISTORY
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change
December 31, 2024 at 2:41 PM
In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change
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For those wondering how you get on and off a penny-farthing.
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
November 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
For those wondering how you get on and off a penny-farthing.
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
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Our animated film, The Littlest Hoglet was created to spread the word about how to help #hedgehogs & make people aware of their plight.
🦔
Voiced by @ChrisPackham & created by @Liquona you can watch the ‘Aardman-esque’ film here
👇👇
youtu.be/F5lQ_u8iM_E?...
#shareSunday
🦔
Voiced by @ChrisPackham & created by @Liquona you can watch the ‘Aardman-esque’ film here
👇👇
youtu.be/F5lQ_u8iM_E?...
#shareSunday
November 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Our animated film, The Littlest Hoglet was created to spread the word about how to help #hedgehogs & make people aware of their plight.
🦔
Voiced by @ChrisPackham & created by @Liquona you can watch the ‘Aardman-esque’ film here
👇👇
youtu.be/F5lQ_u8iM_E?...
#shareSunday
🦔
Voiced by @ChrisPackham & created by @Liquona you can watch the ‘Aardman-esque’ film here
👇👇
youtu.be/F5lQ_u8iM_E?...
#shareSunday
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Just got back home from a three day break on Sealion Island..
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Just got back home from a three day break on Sealion Island..
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Incredible storm in General Villegas, Buenos Aires province earlier today.
PS I’m not turning into a weather channel, but some things are incredible.
PS I’m not turning into a weather channel, but some things are incredible.
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Incredible storm in General Villegas, Buenos Aires province earlier today.
PS I’m not turning into a weather channel, but some things are incredible.
PS I’m not turning into a weather channel, but some things are incredible.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Pegasus in the night sky
BnF Ms-1036; Traités d'astronomie [Sufi latinus]; 13th century; Italy (Bologne?); f.16r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF Ms-1036; Traités d'astronomie [Sufi latinus]; 13th century; Italy (Bologne?); f.16r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Pegasus in the night sky
BnF Ms-1036; Traités d'astronomie [Sufi latinus]; 13th century; Italy (Bologne?); f.16r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF Ms-1036; Traités d'astronomie [Sufi latinus]; 13th century; Italy (Bologne?); f.16r @gallicabnf.bsky.social