EJ/Hespa (they/them)
@nb-nature-nerd.bsky.social
Non-binary nature nerd, asexual ADHD-er, crafter, spec fic lover, long covid bod. Tired but still here.
I probably won't follow you back unless I know you.
I probably won't follow you back unless I know you.
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HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY SORRY FOR OUR DELAY WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS A REAL DAY.
October 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY SORRY FOR OUR DELAY WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS A REAL DAY.
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I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
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First, she thought she was seeing things. Then she was frightened. But by the end, she just was, "the hell, dude?"
(02/31)
(02/31)
October 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
First, she thought she was seeing things. Then she was frightened. But by the end, she just was, "the hell, dude?"
(02/31)
(02/31)
This marks the point where I start seriously wondering why I bothered to move over here from FB. 😞
WOW....👀👀👀
October 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM
This marks the point where I start seriously wondering why I bothered to move over here from FB. 😞
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aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
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A vaccine did this.
Get your vaccinations!
Get your vaccinations!
October 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A vaccine did this.
Get your vaccinations!
Get your vaccinations!
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
I have no idea why an account that I'm used to posting 100% movie/TV reviews and related hot takes has suddenly gifted me 13 posts' worth of excellent cassowary facts, but here's me not complaining.
Is there a more magnificent Australian bird than the Southern Cassowary? There is not. Located in Queensland, Papua New Guinea, and a few Pacific islands, it is the third-largest flightless bird in the world after the ostrich and the emu. (1/13)
October 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I have no idea why an account that I'm used to posting 100% movie/TV reviews and related hot takes has suddenly gifted me 13 posts' worth of excellent cassowary facts, but here's me not complaining.
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A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly
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October 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly
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October 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Getting ready for #AllHallowsRead and this year we could use a little help.
So if you can afford a dollar towards giving kids spooky books for Halloween, or even if you can just signal boost this, any help would be lovely :)
gofund.me/7ce21f329
So if you can afford a dollar towards giving kids spooky books for Halloween, or even if you can just signal boost this, any help would be lovely :)
gofund.me/7ce21f329
Donate to Help Give Kids Spooky Books for Halloween, organized by Danny Oz
G'day, my name's Danny and since 2013 my family and I have been celebrating #AllHal… Danny Oz needs your support for Help Give Kids Spooky Books for Halloween
gofund.me
October 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Getting ready for #AllHallowsRead and this year we could use a little help.
So if you can afford a dollar towards giving kids spooky books for Halloween, or even if you can just signal boost this, any help would be lovely :)
gofund.me/7ce21f329
So if you can afford a dollar towards giving kids spooky books for Halloween, or even if you can just signal boost this, any help would be lovely :)
gofund.me/7ce21f329
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
I am very here for seeing what Rebecca Sugar does with the Moomins! Especially given their own queer origins - www.moomin.com/en/blog/ive-...
October 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I am very here for seeing what Rebecca Sugar does with the Moomins! Especially given their own queer origins - www.moomin.com/en/blog/ive-...
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Well, finally
An 🇦🇺 report evaluating the Cass Review has recommended that it should not be used as a guide of any kind in regards to the care of young trans people.
The new report was one of a series published in a special edition of The Medical Journal of 🇦🇺
www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
The new report was one of a series published in a special edition of The Medical Journal of 🇦🇺
www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
Cass Review does not guide care for trans young people
Good medicine is guided by the values of the patient, not those of a clinician, politician or commentator. The Cass Review, lacking expertise and compromised by implicit stigma and misinformation, doe...
www.mja.com.au
October 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Well, finally
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Human writing surprises you. ChatGPT can't do that because it's all based on probability. There's a line in a Sigrid song, "you touch like you want revenge" - I heard it and went, "ChatGPT couldn't write that."
In food history, we notice how super-refined foods--gelatin, vienna sausage, white bread--lose class and become horrifying once they become industrialized. Suddenly, fingermarks in bread dough demonstrate skill, not clumsiness.
Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.
Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.
October 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Human writing surprises you. ChatGPT can't do that because it's all based on probability. There's a line in a Sigrid song, "you touch like you want revenge" - I heard it and went, "ChatGPT couldn't write that."
Having a cat has certainly added a new dimension to collecting bug photos for iNaturalist.
October 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Having a cat has certainly added a new dimension to collecting bug photos for iNaturalist.
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September 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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If I'm feeling keen I might even slip in a cheeky 10 hours on weekends
September 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
If I'm feeling keen I might even slip in a cheeky 10 hours on weekends
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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 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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My godfather died of this hideous disease. His daughters (my age now in their mid 50s) were both tested years ago & have gene, so made the horrible decision not to have children.
Scientists freaking rock!
Scientists freaking rock!
September 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
My godfather died of this hideous disease. His daughters (my age now in their mid 50s) were both tested years ago & have gene, so made the horrible decision not to have children.
Scientists freaking rock!
Scientists freaking rock!
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I'm loving this thread :D
I have a theory that Spock's human mum was autistic as fuck, which is why she got on with Vulcans.
September 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I'm loving this thread :D
Day 3 of glasses-wearing: I've reached the point where I forget I'm even wearing them. Then I see myself in a mirror and am startled all over again by what I look like now.
Literally mistook myself for someone else in a mass video call at work.
Literally mistook myself for someone else in a mass video call at work.
September 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Day 3 of glasses-wearing: I've reached the point where I forget I'm even wearing them. Then I see myself in a mirror and am startled all over again by what I look like now.
Literally mistook myself for someone else in a mass video call at work.
Literally mistook myself for someone else in a mass video call at work.
The weirdest thing about becoming someone who wears glasses at age 42 is how I look completely alien to myself and yet, based on the percentage of my workmates who have noticed in two days, apparently completely normal to everyone else.
September 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The weirdest thing about becoming someone who wears glasses at age 42 is how I look completely alien to myself and yet, based on the percentage of my workmates who have noticed in two days, apparently completely normal to everyone else.