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Me: "Saturday! sleep-in! lazy morning! Now to hammer out a couple of emails." *proceeds to email colleagues locally and internationally regarding a couple of projects* Me: "Sweet, one quick task done-- WHAT THE FUCK, IT'S AFTER 2PM, ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" ...science emails are not quick.

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

the english major within …who did a subject in undergrad on Gothic Fictions, for which she submitted a frankly banger essay (if I do say so myself)on Dracula and Buffy… …is having a Moment™️.

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One of the reasons Dracula works and is good is cause it’s about every single middle-class British neurosis and paranoia AT ONCE

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nicole is a leading expert on the issue of campus sexual violence. I am floored that USA Today would do this to her. I find this kind of journalistic behavior unethical and morally reprehensible, twisting an interview with a renowned advocate for survivors into a hit piece against a survivor.

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I did not know how much I needed this in my life

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Callan Bentley @callanbentley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Digging into etymology today... ⚒️

Whiteboard sketch of the Egyptian tam's headed God Ammon and a fossil ammonite

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Angry Rutabaga @streamlass.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thread, up, of interestingly petty historical correctness!

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The problem with being a specialist nerd - as all specialist nerds will know - is that sometimes you come up with a phrase you find vastly entertaining, and it will entertain 5 other people, max. globally. Today's was "as we know, echinoderms can't osmoregulate their way out of a salty paper bag."

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In today’s episode of This Fucking Guy™️ on iNaturalist, Douchebag McDunningKruger (of the Chicago branch of McDunningKrugers) ruined a perfectly decent and wholesome exchange on a starfish ID. His main evidence was: 1) misunderstanding the anatomy 2) misunderstanding the distribution Aiieee.

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today I was stiff and sore and tired and bailed on some stuff I really wanted to do. So I spent the day combing iNaturalist for possible cases of sea star wasting disease in Australia. Very uplifting. And then, because in spite of being very sore, I don’t cope well if I don’t move…

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Fish” can be both singular (one individual fish) or plural (multiple fish of the same species.) “Fishes” refers to individuals of different species. 🐟 Fish 🐟🐟🐟 Fish 🐠🐟🐡 Fishes Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have finally cobbled together the vigour and enthusiasm to do justice to my adventures in Vancouver-- At the VERY FIRST WORKSHOP for the MARINE STAR SPECIALIST GROUP, with the goal of assessing the status of 100 species of sea-star. "What the heck are you talking about?!" you may ask. (fair.)

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Also, tbh, I kind of don’t trust my immune system. It’s dropped the ball a few times. *glares in glandular fever* [that’s “mono” to the yanks] …so I enrol it in the occasional Cert IV to make sure it’s not coasting.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“I trust my immune system. I don’t need a vaccine.” Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it. Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/09/2026

I'm of two minds about this information

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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The year is 1997. The President was born in 1946. The year is 2007. The President was born in 1946. The year is 2017. The President was born in 1946. The year is 2027. The President was born in 1946. I'm gonna throw up.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking around a microscopic volvox algae colony. 🫧🐻🧪

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!!

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Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"the assessment did not consider the crocodiles" is my new metaphor for people choosing to just ignore the data point that doesn't agree with them

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is why, when given the “Evolution” chapter of a year 11 biology textbook, I included an info box on the antechinus, a genus of small Australian marsupials with 14 species. In 13 of those, mating is so aggressive with the fighting and fucking that the male dies. Sexual selection is wild.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I've learned some unpleasant things on Bsky today, so let's do a palate cleanser: Red river hog momma with babies, from a 2025 viral video. Bunny-warthog plus furry watermelons. Red river hogs (Potamochoerus porcus) are native to W African rainforest & swamps.

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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Hello. They are going to try to fuck with your vote, and we are NOT going to let them. Last week I pinged my friend Dana Chisnell, who knows how elections work, and said "Hey, let’s make it hard for them to fuck with us.” Today, we are very proud to announce the HOW TO VOTE zine. howtovote.tips

howtovote.tips

How to Vote / Cómo Votar

A free field guide to what stops people from voting, and what to do about it. English and Spanish, ready to print.

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We can't do that. As a society, we can't foster or accept that. And as marginalized folks, in solidarity with each other, we refuse.

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I have been burning the candle at both ends and in the middle for months now, and a lot of it was because my whole schedule of projects got fucked up by managing building surveyor dispute. So I have been absolutely caning it and the plan was to chill a bit after the Vancouver workshop.

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ah, a note, if you're put off by that "1/68" down there (🫣), that's fair - but you can get the general gist if you stop at 15/68. I go into specifics and details because that's how I support my arguments, and also some of the details matter to me; they're kind of optional though.

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Existential crisis. There’s a complete and utter wanker on iNaturalist who — in between very occasional useful observations — shits all over actual published science and vomits ignorance all over the place and he has genuinely made my job so much harder. He has self-published another book.

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

So I have slept for 2-3 of the last 32 hours, but am back at home base! Unfortunately I am bad at doing things like just… taking a rest… when I get back from travelling. I need to put my environment to rights. Like, I *have* to. I can’t rest otherwise. It’s a whole thing.

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Fucking with Romancelandia is the literary world equivalent of starting a land war in Asia. JUST DO NOT.

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This is true. When I wander into the internet wilds to debunk shit — doesn’t happen often these days — it’s not with the intent to convert someone who’s fully bought into whatever-it-is. It’s for the studio audience. The moveable middle. And if you take the time, they usually appreciate it.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The Cat Righting Reflex is the official name of the process cats use to automatically correct themselves mid-fall and land on their feet. It develops between 3 - 9 weeks of age, and is responsible for the greatest wikipedia gif of all time.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Basquiat seyde that "art ys how we decorate space, and musique ys how we decorate tyme." It doth followe that poetrye ys how we decorate thoughte and sense, and narratyve ys how we decorate memorye. And all are middel fingeres agaynste death. Make art, or else.

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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Flying While Hypermobile™️ update: Crashed 10:30pm, after 3.4s lying awake thinking: in a strange place, so wired, what if I can’t sl💤 Woke up after hitting snooze on my watch four times. Stood up to get dressed. Gasped fiery expletives and fell down. …left hip went into spasm 🫠

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Renaminge everye bodye of water arounde a countrye wyth the name of the countrye hath stronge "wearinge the t-shirte of the bande to the concerte of the bande" energye

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"You're not dating anyone because you're unfairly excluding people who work as scam phone bank callers" is perhaps the wildest take I've gotten on Bluesky. This site has the juice.

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

As a mild-moderate bendy person, a chunk of my brain's processor cycles go to cosplaying a person who understands muscle feedback so I don't trip over literally nothing. Turns out that when you don't sleep for 30 hours, that overhead ain't there. Unless UBC is swaying in a strong wind? No? Goodo.

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I did not forget that I am literally unable to sleep while sitting upright. Nor did I forget what it feels like to have been awake for 24 hours (which will approach 28 on touchdown and given baggage claim, customs, transport, clear 30 before I crash). And yet. Decisions were made.

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Flying to Vancouver today! The magic of time zones means I take off from Melbourne and land forty minutes later on the other side of the Pacific, which will be the longest forty minutes of my life. Not to be confused with the guitar solo from Freebird, the longest four minutes of my life.

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

And this is where I kinda lost it a little bit.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 20/08/2026

I’ve acquired chickens from people I met on social media. It doesn’t get any more real than that.

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

As a hypermobile person who likes the gym and also attempts to run… the discovery that my physio exercises are (1) effective and (2) essential is both empowering and appalling. Hello to doing this for the rest of my life in order to remain physically functional 🙃

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Tortie in the morning: chaos warning. Tortie at night: Pouncing on sight.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I have never had a kitten before this wee lass, only adult cats. The last three months have taught me that the origins of the term “catlike grace” are rooted in survivorship bias, and no one can convince me otherwise.

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Doc Fancy @docfancy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I’m heading overseas in two weeks, leaving the country for the first time since 2019. Yeah, guess who renewed her passport in Feb 2020… So I am giving myself major adulting points for remembering to notify banks and buy travel insurance. Especially because my attention has been elsewhere. 1/

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