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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Just heard about Disney's "Coven Academy" and I swear to the ancient ones that me n' @marlenacannon.bsky.social named our book "Fate Academy" first 😭 #authorproblems #indieauthor (yes I live under a rock, the moss is nice, join me - but also, it was kindof a working a title, should we change it?)

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Commonly* known as the long-legged land shrimpie! *by me, just now

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I agonized over picking my favorite only to feel personally attacked by my results 😅

Screengrab of a funny "quiz" that asks "What your favorite obsolete English letter says about you" options: Thorn, Eth, Wynn, Yogh, Ash, Insular G, Long S - results: all of them say "You are a nerd"

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 24/09/2026

this is the guy i reposted the other day who interviewed meta employees with pervert glasses - meta have taken his video down for “harassment”. which makes it one of the most effective pieces of satire in recent memory

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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🎧 Do you want to help us understand how humans perceive forest soundscapes in Costa Rica ? Answer this quick 5-min survey: 👉 www.biodiful.org/#/soundscapes_en Take a break and listen to the voice of the forest 💚 Please like & share on 🦋 to reach more participants 🙏 🌐🌍🦤🧪🍁🪴

Flyer for the BIODIFUL Soundscapes survey. Text reads: 'Do you want to help us understand how humans perceive forest soundscapes in Costa Rica? Please answer our online questionnaire: Voices of the Tropical Forest.' Photo of a lush tropical forest interior, overlaid with a translucent ear icon surrounded by sound waves. Text continues: 'This anonymous survey will take only 10 min. https://www.biodiful.org/#/soundscapes_en.' Logos at the bottom: BIODIFUL, ETH Zürich, CNRS, and Station d'Écologie Théorique et Expérimentale

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

cat tax #cats (not my cat, she's feral, but likes me for some reason - ie snacks - despite the fact I had her fixed and had to lock her in the bathroom for a week while she recovered)

Photo of a black cat burled up sleeping on a human's lap with a view of a sunny field beyond

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Also, this li'l friend was ready to FIGHT me for my patio chair #spiders #entomology

Photo of an orange-tan coloured jumping spider

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Much-needed day of reading under a tree with a sleepy cat on my lap and wind-bathing. Three chapters in so far and very much enjoying it #books #reading #BookSky

Photo of the book "Carthage: A New History of an Ancient Empire" by Eve MacDonland with a sunny field visible in the background

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

TIL that MapQuest still exists. @mapquest.com someone in your marketing department deserves a giant bonus and/or a raise

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

@hugbox.bsky.social hey plantfriend, what are you working on these days?

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

chaos sketching with whatever I found lying around just to try to MAKE something #opossumposting because my sis and I are working on a book that features an #opossum (kinda)

rough colored pencil sketches of opossums in various poses

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Lydia Mulvey @lydiamulvey.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

World Central Kitchen is en route to Venezuela to provide hot meals for those affected by the devastating twin earthquakes as well as first responders, a vital, life-saving service if you are able and funds allow, you can donate at the link below donate.wck.org/campaign/815...

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Donate to World Central Kitchen

World Central Kitchen https://donate.wck.org/campaign/815521/donate

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I can't even post a "this is fine" joke about this. This is not fine.

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(DO NOT SPOIL ME ON WEIRD ROUTE) MilkyWay @curlysquare.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Calvin and Hobbes strip that says it quite well;

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Finally, footage from that new whale graveyard. The fact that fossils and fresh carcasses mix together in this spot is bonkers. But of course it makes sense, because the scavengers that live down there also need a steady supply over millions of years. They can't just suddenly adapt to the deep.

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Whale graveyard discovered 7km under the sea

YouTube video by nature video

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

15-20 years ago, i would've told myself, "im not working hard enough." Now im saying, "why do we have to work that much just to live?" Do you even get to "live?" To allow yourself to be exploited for labor, and tell yourself it's all worth it?

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I just learned that there's a hashtag to share my weird hobby of oogling old floor tiles 🤩 #TilesonTuesday Not a great photo but the first one I found in my camera roll, from the 12th c. église Saint-Géraud fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89g...

photo of floor tiles, the first area is grey diamonds laid in the shape of 8-pointed stars, with black rectangles and squares on a white background; second area is harder to see but dark colored more curved, intricate geometrical shapes on white background

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

@marlenacannon.bsky.social it has to be option 2 or 3, otherwise it's a surface piercing 😆 also now I need a Miffy with Pearl Earring

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Also, today I learned that bat droppings will crush into a fine powder if you squish 'em, whereas mouse droppings won't. (At least, our local bat varieties - apparently it's the remains of moths they've eaten)

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Found this poor bat in the barnyard, probably looking for water. It's incredibly hot and dry. The local bat rescue came and took it for some TLC 🥺 (and then nerded out about all the bat droppings in the barn)

photo of a grey long-earned bat clinging to a woven run thing

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept AI slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

@drewavery.bsky.social hey, I was promised medieval fishing discussions?

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

excellent 🦉💙❤️🧡

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

A robot I approve of! This is the kind of tech innovation that's actually useful (and saves lives! grain silos are dangerous!)

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Tiliqua rugosa is a species of blue-tongued skink native to Australia that has many names: Shingleback Bobtail 'Sleepy Lizard' & my favorite: Pinecone Lizard. Let's talk about the time a zookeeper's burnt lunch led to a discovery about how the sleepy lizard survives Australian wildfires.

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This is probably a problem 🤔

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Just a plant sale in medieval castle 💚

photo of the coutryard of a small medieval castle with a plant sale therein

photo of a 14th century church (with 18th century bell town under repair)

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

a teeny tiny moth I saw (smaller than my fingernail!)

photo of a small brown moth with orange spots on its wings sitting on vegetation

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Roel Janssen🍀🌹🪶 @vrijevogel56.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Rehabilitation of the Dandelion! No other plant in the Netherlands attracts as many bee species: 107. In early spring, when nothing else is blooming, it is simply there. Meadow bird chicks that have just hatched depend on the insects that are drawn to dandelions. No dandelion, no insect, no chick.

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 12/04/2026

Thousands still live by Kazakhstan’s former Soviet nuclear test site, where 450+ bombs were detonated (a combined force equal to ~2,500 Hiroshimas!) See photos of daily life from a researcher who lived in the community ⬇️ theconversation.com/mutual-aid-a...

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Mutual aid and self-sufficiency are key to life near USSR’s contaminated nuclear test zone in Kazakhstan

When I talk about my anthropological fieldwork, many Americans are shocked to learn that “living on a nuclear test site” is even a logical statement.

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Sunset on my friends' farm 💚

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

A staggering new finding from Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies: since 2001, the money left over each month for lower-income renters—after paying rent and utilities—has fallen 60 percent to a record low of $210. $210 left over for food, healthcare, childcare, and everything else.

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fred @fredwanders.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Submit a comment! Save the forest! Do it TODAY!!

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