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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

if I send you this it means im both so back and funnier than ever

Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

"every dream has a deeper meaning" last night I dreamed that a bird flew into my nose and got stuck there. a girl from my high school french class tried to get it out and then we went to the movies (the bird was still stuck in my nose)

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

need me one of those bright yellow reactive dog harnesses but it says "YAPPER" so people know not to interact with me unless you have at least the next 45 minutes free

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

love love love connecting with such an uplifting and supportive community on Social Media 💋💋💋💋💋

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

love when i need to record something but there are two ospreys RIGHT outside my window who sound like they're in the midst of a heated divorce

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The way I'm eating tums my bones could withstand a direct nuclear blast

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

there is no drug i enjoy recreationally abusing more than tums

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"you're still eating taco bell? aren't you scared you're gonna get the diarrhea parasite" ok do you spurn a lover for fear of hidden daggers? or do you forfeit certainty as the price of adventure 🤷‍♀️

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

it's not technically sinful to love nectarines but something about the way that I do it is

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

about to go on a long trip with my kids which means its time for my favorite bit: suddenly saying "oh my god, you know what I forgot to pack?" & when theyre like " 😧 what?" I say some bullshit like "the lawnmower" or "a saltwater aquarium" they absolutely hate it

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

people are always shocked by the movies I haven't seen. You name it, I haven't seen it. If it came out within the last 12 years and isn't rated G, there's roughly a 1% chance I saw it

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

saw a crow pick a flower this morning. something to think about

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

You know how when your friend gets a new partner and all they talk about for like 3 months is how great they are and how much they love them because that's me every year when stone fruits are back in season

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

my 12-year-old wanted to make some midi music so he asked me if he could download Florida Studio

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

i pointed out that the christmas and easter episodes of bluey imply that christianity is practiced in their universe & my husband asked me what breed of dog jesus would have been

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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

No, Colossal's resurrected nothing. They made designer dogs to look like Game of Thrones animal actors. And Colossal co-founder George Church? Friend of Epstein who kept the predator's genetic samples in his Harvard Medical School lab, which were pushed as priority for sequencing. Do. Not. Trust.

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Jeffrey Epstein’s tissue samples ignited a furor in the Harvard lab of George Church

Exclusive: Harvard geneticist George Church knew more about Jeffrey Epstein's activities than he has previously said, before accepting new donations from the sex offender.

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

someone should invent reusable books. i'm so tired of throwing mine away when i'm done with them :/

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I'm at the masonic temple. I'm at the karate dojo. I'm at the combination masonic temple and karate dojo

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

when someone asks me for a short bio to introduce myself

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Im really sad for curious kids who have to grow up now in the age of AI slop on YouTube. Search for literally any topic and you'll get nothing but pages and pages of AI slop, and kids largely don't know how to tell what's real from what's a bot hallucination. It's intellectual poison

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Finding reliable, accurate information on the internet has gotten WAY harder in the last 2 to 3 years. AI-generated bullshit completely dominates searches unless you put in absurdly specific terms, & a lot of fake AI click farm websites can appear VERY convincing. Forget about finding a video

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

me to myself before walking into a party

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

the party dont start til the host lets me into the zoom

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

You're laughing. The CEO and senior producer are stuck in the elevator and you're laughing

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Sleepybaby666 @sleepybaby666.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I'm petty sure @elksneedle.bsky.social is younger than me but I still want her to be my mom.

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Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Miss the latest @wegotthispodcast.bsky.social @markgags.bsky.social & @hallublin.com) trivia challenge against teams of @maximumfun.org luminaries, hosted by me, Ken Plume, w/ guests @sailorsctaustin.blacksky.app & @elksneedle.bsky.social? GO WATCH! & support WE GOT THIS at maximumfun.org/joinWGT

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WE GOT THIS MaxFunDrive 2026 TriviApocalypse 3 with Austin Taylor & Ellen Weatherford

YouTube video by Ken Plume

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

me when i have to edit a podcast episode that went 45 minutes too long because I yapped too close to the sun

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

one time when I was a kid someone was discussing baby names with one of my parents while I was playing my DS in the same room & I suggested the name benji & they said "Huh. I actually kinda like that" & now theres an adult man named benji who has no idea he was named after my Nintendog

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

whoever annotated this photo on wikipedia with IDs for every visible animal please know that you have saved me like an hour of time today thank you i love you & wish many auspicious blessings upon you and your family

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Steven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

#ICYMI @justthezooofus.bsky.social’s @elksneedle.bsky.social and I discuss what our favorite animal exhibits are at our favorite zoos on See Jurassic Right! Watch on YouTube, listen wherever you get your podcasts. youtu.be/lZekVGPLnR0

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Steven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Cheetahs are my favorite big cat because they remind me so much of Penny Lane, but this one’s got Wendy’s blep. 🥹🥹🥹 #ICYMI Listen to @elksneedle.bsky.social from @justthezooofus.bsky.social and I chat about our time at the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park on See Jurassic Right!

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

one of my biggest scifi/fantasy pet peeves: made-up cuss words that are written like the author did a "find & replace all" & just swapped "fuck" for some otherwise benign word. I get why they do it but im sorry it's soooo cringe to me

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

A fun bit we've been doing is saying "this time will be different" while we do the same exact thing we've done, regretted, and sworn never to do again at least a dozen times before. When it turns out exactly the same way, the punchline of the bit is saying "next time will be different"

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Steven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

On this week’s See Jurassic Right, we chat with @justthezooofus.bsky.social cohost, @elksneedle.bsky.social, about animal conservation, what makes a great animal exhibit, the joy of the San Diego Safari Park, and so much more. youtu.be/lZekVGPLnR0

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

oh you're real mature and intellectual science communicator huh? let's see you cite a paper from "PNAS" out loud

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

If I had eliza thornberry powers but only for 10 seconds I would take my cat's head in my hands and say that he would stop throwing up all his breakfast if he ate slower, & then he would tell me to stop picking him up and flipping him over like a baby & then I would say no and my time would be up

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

hot take perhaps but I have yet to read a book that was more than 600 pages long that had any business being that damn long

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

children of strife comes out on my birthday its the best gift I could have asked for thank you based @aptshadow.bsky.social 🙏🥹❤️

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

when the fantasy novel explains every characters outfit in painstaking detail like they're not all just wearing standard issue ren faire fits

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

When dropping my kid off at preschool it'd take me like 10 minutes to leave because each kid just kept talking to me. UNTIL I realized that at literally any point you can just wave and say "ok, bye!" & they'll say bye and leave. They have a dismiss dialogue option

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I'm currently reading three books and in all three of them have crows are central to the plot. This was unintentional and unexpected but welcome

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Last week Finley asked me what Sonic the hedgehog's feet look like & today he asked me if Guy Fieri is real

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

how come in sonic the hedgehog only the girl characters have to wear clothes

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

if you ever need ideas for kids activities just go on a zoo's social media page and look at the enrichment they give to their animals. a bunch of objects frozen in a block of ice or a large box full of leaves will probably do the trick in either scenario

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Ellen Weatherford @elksneedle.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Was reading reviews for a novel and I saw a lot of reviewers say "I'm not smart enough for this book" to excuse the author's insufferably pretentious prose. IMO the writer's job is to communicate, if the prose is so purple that it impedes comprehension, it's a failing of the author, not the reader

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