Erin
@esp4.bsky.social
i've seen this game circulating for days and i've been avoiding it because i'm 70% animal fact by volume and the only two outcomes are 1) i don't get as many as i think i'm going to and shame my ancestors or 2) i become trapped in this game for the rest of time, endlessly listing new animals
My friend sent me the list animals until failure game and I had to stop at 150 because I immediately realized this was going to be a problem and I have work to do today, but maybe you don't
rose.systems/animalist
rose.systems/animalist
list animals until failure
hot new brain workout
rose.systems
February 12, 2026 at 7:40 PM
i've seen this game circulating for days and i've been avoiding it because i'm 70% animal fact by volume and the only two outcomes are 1) i don't get as many as i think i'm going to and shame my ancestors or 2) i become trapped in this game for the rest of time, endlessly listing new animals
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Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
February 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
today in "skills learned out of spite", learning a vector graphic editing program to exclusively to fix this 3 pixel gap that R insists on leaving next to all my figure labels
February 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
today in "skills learned out of spite", learning a vector graphic editing program to exclusively to fix this 3 pixel gap that R insists on leaving next to all my figure labels
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A Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.
January 31, 2026 at 11:12 PM
A Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.
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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
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January 24, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Jupiter Ascending is buckwild start to finish (affectionate) but Channing Tatum's character is supposedly half albino and I leaned over to my friend in the theater and hissed "you can't BE half albino, that shit's recessive"
he's also half dog but I didn't feel qualified to comment on that bit
he's also half dog but I didn't feel qualified to comment on that bit
#FilmSky, a quick question; what is the pettiest thing you have had to be annoyed at a film? I ask because I am watching The Gift from 2000, and the main character does divination with Zener Cards, which are not the same thing as Tarot at all. Why go for a more boring looking option?
January 4, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Jupiter Ascending is buckwild start to finish (affectionate) but Channing Tatum's character is supposedly half albino and I leaned over to my friend in the theater and hissed "you can't BE half albino, that shit's recessive"
he's also half dog but I didn't feel qualified to comment on that bit
he's also half dog but I didn't feel qualified to comment on that bit
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Not only a perfect denouement, it was the end of an era. Thirty years ago today, this strip was published.
December 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Not only a perfect denouement, it was the end of an era. Thirty years ago today, this strip was published.
I'm just saying, during my fieldwork I handled a lot of squirrels who cleared the 700g threshold by a fair margin
![4-panel comic. (1) [Teacher with medium-length hair talking to students at desks.] TEACHER: Modern physics rests on three main pillars: General relativity, which describes very massive objects, (2) TEACHER: quantum mechanics, which describes very small objects, (3) TEACHER: and hyperacute interdynamics, which describes objects 10-30cm in size and 200-700g in mass. (4) STUDENT [from off-panel]: That last one seems kind of limited. TEACHER: Yeah, but over its domain, it’s *really* precise. Absolutely *nails* squirrels and grapefruit. Someday we hope to unify it with the other two.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiafobst5ppqa3jchutqacu7lzalrmtw3djlf5oprwn57fzzrfpv4y@jpeg)
December 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I'm just saying, during my fieldwork I handled a lot of squirrels who cleared the 700g threshold by a fair margin
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Every time I see this image I imagine someone to the right, out of shot, with a really big saw.
Fucking incredible dystopian shit, comparing super rich people risking millions if not billions of lives just to make more money to people that risked their life actually building incredible things that would then make millions of dollars for super rich people.
December 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Every time I see this image I imagine someone to the right, out of shot, with a really big saw.
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Glad I saved this by @longwall26.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Glad I saved this by @longwall26.bsky.social
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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Happy Hallowstream!
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Happy Hallowstream!
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chibi robo is still a perfect delight of a game 20 years later. you're just a little guy!! you can put the little guy in a frog suit or tiny pajamas!! it's good
Nintendo I know the spinoffs were flops but it's because they were bad, you should make a new, good chibi robo, for me,
Nintendo I know the spinoffs were flops but it's because they were bad, you should make a new, good chibi robo, for me,
October 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
chibi robo is still a perfect delight of a game 20 years later. you're just a little guy!! you can put the little guy in a frog suit or tiny pajamas!! it's good
Nintendo I know the spinoffs were flops but it's because they were bad, you should make a new, good chibi robo, for me,
Nintendo I know the spinoffs were flops but it's because they were bad, you should make a new, good chibi robo, for me,
Extremely grateful the meltdowns I had at several points in Secret of Shadow Ranch were only witnessed by one friend on discord and not the entire internet
following a couple puzzles I had to do some cool-down laps around my house
following a couple puzzles I had to do some cool-down laps around my house
Nancy Drew games are... how should I put this?... "resistant" to being played live, so this will be interesting
September 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Extremely grateful the meltdowns I had at several points in Secret of Shadow Ranch were only witnessed by one friend on discord and not the entire internet
following a couple puzzles I had to do some cool-down laps around my house
following a couple puzzles I had to do some cool-down laps around my house
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♪ ₊˚♬ ﾟ. Fah-re-doo-la-si-ma-net... ♫⋆｡♪
September 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
♪ ₊˚♬ ﾟ. Fah-re-doo-la-si-ma-net... ♫⋆｡♪
I have done 3 (THREE!!) intercontinental trips this year and yet, without fail, I go "wow, the jet lag isn't that bad this time!" until it's 3 days post travel and I'm slumped on my couch at 10am staring at the wall
September 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I have done 3 (THREE!!) intercontinental trips this year and yet, without fail, I go "wow, the jet lag isn't that bad this time!" until it's 3 days post travel and I'm slumped on my couch at 10am staring at the wall
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Here, have some birds perched on appropriate/delightful signage. You're welcome. 🧵 ⤵️
1. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) by tysmith on iNaturalist
1. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) by tysmith on iNaturalist
September 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Here, have some birds perched on appropriate/delightful signage. You're welcome. 🧵 ⤵️
1. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) by tysmith on iNaturalist
1. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) by tysmith on iNaturalist
through gritted teeth: I AM DECENT AT PLATFORMING
silksong affirmations: I will not get extremely tilted on this 8 hour plane ride. I will be calm and normal about video games and not make any sounds that would worry my fellow passengers. I can defeat these bird bugs even though I don't think their fucking hit boxes exist. I am good at platforming.
September 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
through gritted teeth: I AM DECENT AT PLATFORMING
silksong affirmations: I will not get extremely tilted on this 8 hour plane ride. I will be calm and normal about video games and not make any sounds that would worry my fellow passengers. I can defeat these bird bugs even though I don't think their fucking hit boxes exist. I am good at platforming.
September 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
silksong affirmations: I will not get extremely tilted on this 8 hour plane ride. I will be calm and normal about video games and not make any sounds that would worry my fellow passengers. I can defeat these bird bugs even though I don't think their fucking hit boxes exist. I am good at platforming.
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Detective Literature. Everything from Encyclopedia Brown to Scheherazade, heated debates about whether Batman counted as a detective, reading the Woman in White in chunks so we could stress about the next segment like the original serialized publication, it absolutely ripped.
What was your favorite early clas NOT in your eventual major. Mine was Ethnomusicology: an introduction to folk music.
I invariably get, "Ooh anthro that was my favorite class/cool professor" from people I meet. I tend to think soms of it is our outré material, being willing to talk "taboo" subjects in a cross-cultural context.
Ironically MY favorite class was probably Geology 101...
Ironically MY favorite class was probably Geology 101...
July 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Detective Literature. Everything from Encyclopedia Brown to Scheherazade, heated debates about whether Batman counted as a detective, reading the Woman in White in chunks so we could stress about the next segment like the original serialized publication, it absolutely ripped.