Reposted by etcc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 11hQingshan Lake Water Forest in Lin'an District, Hangzhou is a viral attraction sometimes called "Matcha Lake" for the emerald green duckweed (subfamily Lemnoideae). These black swans (Cygnus atratus) & their cygnets are enjoying a nutritious buffet of aquatic plants. Let's learn about duckweed. 10431120
Reposted by etcFieldExplores (Gator Days) @fieldexplores.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Secret Ingredient - Gator Days 48110032611
Reposted by etcThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Saving Wildcats project has confirmed four wildcats released into the Cairngorms National Park this summer has brought the total number released since 2023 to 50 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2... 210236
Reposted by etcAlice Averlong 🏳️⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 27/09/2026No one wants to admit it but the first step to fixing TV is going to have to be making it 4:3 again 21648147
Reposted by etcmad-swilliams.bsky.social @mad-swilliams.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Very anxious about posting this, but I feel strongly compelled to share. I know it’s a lot to take in for a Saturday morning and I appreciate anyone for taking the time to read it. 21630210
etc @etchachan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Well, these things are fascinating. You can spend years eating them with no problems, and all the while they’re whispering to your white blood cells that the red blood cells are inferior and should be destroyed, and then one day it just happens. 100
Reposted by etcTom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Do not carry a cold beverage in their presence. Politely decline any drinks or sweetmeats they may offer. Keep a plain iron nail in your left trouser pocket and a sachet or paper twist of coarse salt in your right shoe. Enter and leave your chair moving clockwise. Follow up with a thank-you note. 543302750
Reposted by etcBOGLUDDITE @brucemackay.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Artists, show how much you’ve improved in 34 years: 726637
Reposted by etcIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 24/09/2026if you quit corporate to become a beekeeper, does that mean you broke out in hives 2265040
Reposted by etcSimon Roy @simonroy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025back in 2016 i made a mesoamerican riff on the oneill cylinder/bernal sphere in "HABITAT"- i love every mossy tube city in space 241165339
etc @etchachan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is cool, but I really wanted to know where the actual bouy was. It seems to be at an experimental wave power site called SEM-REV, near nantes. juliusvonbismarck.com/bank/index.p... fondation-open-c.org/nos-sites-en... cartes.gouv.fr/explorer-les...fondation-open-c.orgSEM-REVLe SEM-REV est un site d’essais en mer multi-technologie dédié aux Énergies Marines Renouvelables, opéré par la Fondation OPEN-C 021
etc @etchachan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Augh, jumpscared by a near-lifesize cardboard cutout of mr beast at the tesco checkout, advertising “his” “book”. I’m angry I even know what this jerk looks like. 000
Reposted by etcJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 21/09/2026one of my proudest moments was being told by a former Gove staffer that he once angrily proclaimed: "I am NOT an eldritch horror!" in a team meeting, because of me. 2462297
Reposted by etcg0m @g0m.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A world where a twist ending is repurposed as a video title. where a thing's climax has been removed, leaving an advertisment for the gap where it used to be. such things are commonplace in. the twilight zone 138149293427
Reposted by etccrimsondynamo4.bsky.social @crimsondynamo4.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Drop a THREAT. 0114
Reposted by etccofruitrigus @cofruitrigus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Here's what the bible has to say about AI 021
etc @etchachan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Sometimes I’m sad about how much time I spend on dry land these days. This is not one of those times. I also like that my job makes it basically impossible for me to risk anyone else’s life by my own incompetence, and I’d have to try really hard to die in a workplace accident. 020
Reposted by etcDreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You can see from the photo that boat's tipped too far right 712223339
Reposted by etcTekknoNerd - Commissions open @tekknonerd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Voyager, walking on those tiny legs. 13868572161
Reposted by etcNicky 2 @nickyflowers.com · 18/09/2026a guy in a tesla honked at me because i was a tiny bit in the street taking this picture. i moved aside and he rolled down his window to ask, with furrowed brow, "why take pictures of nothing?". he drove off before i could answer maybe the stupidest question i've ever been asked #coolpicturesbynicky 815124
Reposted by etcelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible 25150203937
Reposted by etcCuñada Ilustrada @cilustrada.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A veces, la vida de un controlador de tráfico marítimo puede ser muy dura...🤭😅🤣🤣🤣 Buenos días, cieletes 😘🤗🩵💪😎 30436181
Reposted by etcEd Morrish @edmorrish.com · 16/09/2026musk: [pointing phone camera at someone] grok, do a vulgar roast of this person grok: nice shirt. arsehole. did your. mommy. pick it for you. musk: no, grok; more vulgar! grok: nice shirt. prick. did your. mommy. pick it for you. musk: grok, use forbidden words! grok: free palestine 14087596
Reposted by etcEric @mokkograd.net · 14/09/2026New Blogpost: Done with Posting Announcing my retirement from Social Media mokkograd.net/posts/2026-0...mokkograd.netBlog Post 293
Reposted by etcMatt Henderson @matthen.com · 13/09/2026Approximating the Lorenz attractor with a chaotic leaky water wheel. The orange dot is the centre of mass of the water. It traces (a projection of) the familiar attractor as the wheel spins seemingly randomly left and right. 14739150
etc @etchachan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A mildly unsettling thing to read (and watch) at bedtime. I‘m wondering how much of the page I missed by accident. 010
etc @etchachan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026There’s so much I don‘t understand about canadian culture, like how receiving 15 litres of mayonnaise is apparently an enticement rather than a threat. 100
Reposted by etcJoaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 11/09/2026Gonna be headed to Yellowstone again next month. Can't wait to sit by stinky pits for hours again, trying to get a photo of the perfect mud bubble <3 <3 #Photography 3327739
Reposted by etcAura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I've been wanting to blog more, so here: a short(ish), off-the-cuff ramble about wolverine, guidance in games, and the void of conscious thought: auratriolo.com/blog/2026/09... 1031499
Reposted by etcFabula Celtica Podcast @fabulaceltica.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Instead of responding to this wild shite, I'm going to rank the fictional invasions in Lebor Gabála Éirenn by sheer badassery (last to first place).🧵 2278
etc @etchachan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026TO THE MOON 🚀 Diesel hitting £1.90 a litre in a bunch of places around me now. Was hoping to squeeze a few more years out of the old car before getting an ev, but that’s looking increasingly difficult… 000
etc @etchachan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Interesting things I have learned today: - male bees never harvest pollen, even in eusocial species. - female colletid bees (including the ivy bees I saw earlier) can secrete polyester and use it to line their nests. 100
etc @etchachan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Male and female ivy bee, the last two leaving a mating ball. These are solitary ground-dwelling miner bees but they like living near others of their species so they can form large (but generally harmless) swarms on earth banks. #bee #insect 020
Reposted by etcCrawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Potentially even worse than Nigel Farage: First confirmed breeding of invasive Aedes aegypti in East London, UK; no human cases, enhanced surveillance underway via @beaconbio.bsky.social - beaconbio.org/en/report/?r...beaconbio.orgBEACONTrack biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. 3247
etc @etchachan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I love videos like this… it’s interesting that our theory of mind can interpret this as frustration. Octopuses have to put up with people setting them silly puzzles too, but I don’t think I’ve seen videos of them actually exhibiting frustrated anger or just ragequitting the whole thing. 110
Reposted by etcEric @mokkograd.net · 06/09/2026"Eswahr Eternal" is a fantasy role-playing game about becoming a King. You will travel an empty land, slay Giants, sacrifice your principles for power and then you will rule. For Eternity. Go and wishlist it on Steam, or else: store.steampowered.com/app/5198420/...store.steampowered.comEswahr Eternal on SteamEswahr Eternal wants you to become a King. You will wander across an eternal Kingdom. You will slay the four Giants of the Land. You will sacrifice your Principles for Power. You will take the Throne.... 24439
Reposted by etcBruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 06/09/2026listen I can tolerate the environmental destruction, the systemic racism, the DDoSing everybody, but I draw the line at bringing Thatcher back to life 210012
Reposted by etcascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 06/09/2026medium fact: the reason i always instinctually draw cakes teal and red is because of these larvae. they completely rewired my brain w/r/t cake visualization bsky.app/profile/asca... 0768
Reposted by etcMolly White @molly.wiki · 05/09/2026A Wikipedia editor put it well: "You almost want to pat them on the head and say 'Yes, of course it will' in the same way you'd tell a small child that Santa Claus will be delivering their presents." 522841439
Reposted by etcAura @aurahack.ca · 05/09/2026mercedes out here trying to cut out the middleman of drivers in vancouver looking at their phones while driving 1734122
Reposted by etcJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Got quite far into the process for a podcast series with the BBC about a little-known Section D op, and collaboration in wartime Amsterdam. Then they insisted I do it with a celebrity as audience proxy. My reply was: "No. I'm not explaining the holocaust to Johnny Vaughn." They lost interest then 715816