Robin Duckworth @geekynerdchick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula. 000
Reposted by Robin DuckworthJocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A Black-capped Chickadee checks a seed head for anything tasty. 151529205
Reposted by Robin DuckworthBen Winters @benwinters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026that chatbot doing that unsafe/violative thing is not it 'going rogue' or an 'unfortunate incident of unintended consequences,' it’s the logical and devastating consequences of an unsafe product put out by irresponsible companies that have been conditioned to believe consequences dont exist for them 7789252
Reposted by Robin DuckworthThe French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 27/09/2026Today is Septidi the 7th of Vendémiaire in the year 235. Vendémiaire is the month of vintage. Today we celebrate carrots. #JacobinDay See today's page 014649
Reposted by Robin DuckworthElizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Happy Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Saves The World day to all who celebrate. 630897
Reposted by Robin DuckworthDilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️ 159167284689
Reposted by Robin DuckworthChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It ys tyme for Tulip skeptics to face some difficulte trouthes. Tulips are the waye of the future. Yf you do not invest yn Tulips you are way behinde. Yf you do not teache your children about Tulips thei will not be able to compete on the jobbe market. Onlye Luddites dislyke Tulips. 14734235
Reposted by Robin DuckworthJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/09/2026You know, when you find out that the art you like is made by people you've learned hold views you find wholly repugnant, I don't think you need to disavow ever having enjoyed the art. It's okay to acknowledge you liked or loved that art, but are now putting it aside. That was then, this is now. 22773611386
Reposted by Robin DuckworthThe French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 07/09/2026Today is Duodi the 22nd of Fructidor in the year 234. Fructidor is the month of fruitfulness. Today we celebrate hazelnuts. #JacobinDay See today's page 110529
Reposted by Robin DuckworthGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 02/09/2026My contrarian take on Pluto and planethood is that this is an opportunity to get excited about the whole roster of Dwarf Planets, many of which are named after other mythological figures beyond the Greeks! That's neat! Spare some love for the other 8 dwarf planets!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_p... 1532998
Reposted by Robin DuckworthDavid Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Beyond the specific pollution issues the utter contempt for the law we're seeing from the tech industry and unwillingness of regulators to do anything, or even to seem to care about lawbreaking, is incredibly corrosive to society 13457172
Reposted by Robin DuckworthKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/08/2026Seems bad for the leaders of an extremely powerful country to be convinced that absolutely every international interaction is a zero-sum game that they must win through superior strength and hostility. 943302502
Reposted by Robin DuckworthClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026the thing is like public health child literacy civil rights social justice rural poverty once you personally have become rich and successful, those things only matter if you still have the capacity to care deeply about people outside your immediate circle and that is harder than becoming rich 44604834
Reposted by Robin DuckworthAbra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 24/08/2026"If we want people to stop using AI, we need to help them come up with alternatives for what they use it for." THINKING. WITH YOUR BRAIN. THAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE. 101254368
Reposted by Robin DuckworthAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Hey, guys, when the librarians get pissed about the destruction of books, it’s time to put those listening ears on. Because we are very comfortable with the idea that books are tools that can be retired. What’s happening right now is not that. 2540111398
Reposted by Robin DuckworthTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Clip Art > Science > Failure > Cute My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. 431912503
Reposted by Robin DuckworthJocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026A Viceroy butterfly rests for a few moments on a Milkweed leaf. 555858
Reposted by Robin DuckworthRoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Two Black mayors took cities that the country loves to write off and made them measurably safer. That’s not a fluke. That’s a blueprint. Chicago and Baltimore just posted numbers that should be front-page news. They’re not. We need to talk about why. 🧵 www.theroot.com/opinion-blac... 7562632704
Reposted by Robin DuckworthE. Allyn Bloom 🇺🇳🇺🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦 @ericallyn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026"I don't know enough about the relevant topic(s) to have an informed opinion" seems to be something that many people (a) have never considered or (b) don't believe or (c) don't respect. 2254
Reposted by Robin DuckworthJocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026A Painted Turtle enjoying the summer day. 🐢 244740
Reposted by Robin DuckworthThe French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 04/08/2026Today is Octidi the 18th of Thermidor in the year 234. Thermidor is the month of heat. Today we celebrate almonds. #JacobinDay See today's page 09823
Reposted by Robin DuckworthKeira Perkins @thatkeira.bsky.social · 03/08/2026It is wild to me how many people will love a book, a show, a song - anything creative really - and fundamentally misunderstand the thing they adore. What I’m saying is that I would like to give Suzanne Collins a hug. 51847
Reposted by Robin DuckworthJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 03/08/2026Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude 955449948
Reposted by Robin DuckworthJocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird hovering while deciding what flower to zip over to. 141123130
Reposted by Robin DuckworthSmall Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 31/07/2026You wouldn't know it from how some people talk, but it is incredibly easy to not use AI for anything. 22742221
Reposted by Robin DuckworthMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 27/07/2026The cross-platform enshittification of search functionality is such an infuriating exercise of authoritarian creep. They would like to kill the inclination to find information & enforce satisfaction with be fed information. 13826168
Reposted by Robin DuckworthThe French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 26/07/2026Today is Nonidi the 9th of Thermidor in the year 234. Thermidor is the month of heat. Today we celebrate blackberry. #JacobinDay See today's page 013038
Reposted by Robin DuckworthJocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026My first Monarch butterfly sighting of the year! Hopefully the first of many 🦋 422259183
Reposted by Robin Duckworthbobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026i remember scientists saying 20 years ago that climate change-fueled wildfires would darken and poison the skies hundreds of miles away. but republicans said that was a lie, so now climate change-fueled wildfires darken and poison the skies hundreds of miles away every summer 4130191011
Reposted by Robin DuckworthWelcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Everything is A-Okay! Oh wait, didn't read the whole thing. Everything is A-Okay B-Not Okay or C-aaaaaa 420474
Reposted by Robin DuckworthOllie McClellan @olliemcclellan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I'm starting to think reshaping our entire economy to incentivize scams was a bad idea. 0201
Reposted by Robin DuckworthThe French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 14/07/2026Today is Septidi the 27th of Messidor in the year 234. Messidor is the month of harvest. Today we celebrate garlic. #JacobinDay See today's page 111444
Reposted by Robin DuckworthMaureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 07/07/2026When—and if, and how—an assault victim comes forward is up to them 100% of the time. This is understood, right? RIGHT? 113612
Reposted by Robin DuckworthThe French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 06/07/2026Today is Nonidi the 19th of Messidor in the year 234. Messidor is the month of harvest. Today we celebrate cherries. #JacobinDay See today's page 111142
Reposted by Robin DuckworthJocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 06/07/2026A Green Heron goes into maximum neck mode to grab a tadpole and then resets into minimum neck mode after the snack was acquired. 382855723
Reposted by Robin DuckworthAnthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026WORD FACT The “boot” in the phrase “to boot” has nothing to do with footwear. It comes from Old English “bōt”, meaning “advantage” or “compensation” — hence its idiomatic meaning of “in addition” or “into the bargain”. [1/2] 55010
Reposted by Robin DuckworthI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/06/2026It’s weird to be clearly living through exactly what was warned about with global warming and still have the concept treated as a future event or hypothetical. 21492262469
Reposted by Robin DuckworthAsher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I think there's actually a useful difference we can draw here. Namely: there is incrementalism that comes from pushing wherever possible (and with whatever levels possible) to make progress toward a maximalist demand, versus incrementalism that's positioned as an excuse for setting minor goals 122825581
Robin Duckworth @geekynerdchick.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you. 100
Reposted by Robin DuckworthPassing Strange At Present @chimaera.bsky.social · 04/06/2026WHAT'S BEEN DIGITIZED IS __ONLY__ A TINY FRAGMENT OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE & HISTORY PRIMARILY WHAT'S __EASY__ TO RUN THROUGH MACHINES Internet = a sip of water Museums & archives = OCEANS, GALAXIES, UNIVERSES Signed, a former digitization professional 222177
Reposted by Robin DuckworthWelcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 05/06/2026You all are getting will for free? 819262
Reposted by Robin DuckworthThe French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 04/06/2026Today is Septidi the 17th of Prairial in the year 234. Prairial is the month of meadows. Today we celebrate elderberries. #JacobinDay More information on elderberries 08227
Reposted by Robin DuckworthLynne M. Thomas 🏳️🌈🚀🦄 📜 @lynnemthomas.com · 01/06/2026It’s the first of June, the beginning of Pride month. Stonewall was a riot. Trans rights are human rights. No one gets to erase us from history. Fight back against book bans. Fuck anybody who thinks we don’t deserve love or bodily autonomy. They don’t get to steal our joy. 21132407
Reposted by Robin DuckworthJocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 26/05/2026An Eastern Chipmunk enjoying Horse Chestnut blossoms. 427836
Robin Duckworth @geekynerdchick.bsky.social · 20/05/2026quote with a fictional band that is not spinal tap youtu.be/-T6Dwh4cjNs 000
Reposted by Robin DuckworthDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Trump did not reach a settlement with the government. There was no case to settle. He has not created a slush fund. He has colluded with Todd Blanche to steal money from the US Treasury. This is not a “deal.” This is a crime for which Trump & Blanche must be prosecuted. It ia a crime. 317127284845
Reposted by Robin DuckworthAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 18/05/2026“neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.” 535397
Reposted by Robin DuckworthGareth Roberts @garicgymro.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Here's an example of a linguistic fact that I think should be straightforward and obvious when pointed out, but which a lot of people seem surprisingly resistant to: Colloquial Latin never died. In fact it's spoken extremely widely across the world. 🧵 821761
