Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026followed 6 more zoos yesterday, conservatively a 1000% improvement in feed 000
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Hey it's my story! 5 minute read on darts, dating, and popcorn for dinner (also causality and the multiverse) Enjoy! 021
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026As someone who's been both accepted and rejected here, I can verify it's all true! (And as someone who also reads all the stories, I want to read your thing!) Go for it! 010
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026iirc The Birds fits, too -- it's almost a romantic comedy at first 140
Reposted by Mercer EddyAndrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 11/08/2026The man's skeletal injuries looked like a train hit him, but he died in 1304 CE. At #ppa26Berlin last week, @uniofbradford.bsky.social scientist Jo Buckberry concluded he was likely whacked by a flying boulder, making him the first confirmed trebuchet death in the archaeological record. @science.orgscience.orgShattered skeleton in Scottish castle is first confirmed death from trebuchet“Devastation” across body of 14th century warrior indicates horrific demise from flying boulder 992954927
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026We make pizza with hot dogs and pickles in my house, because my kid once saw Goofy do it in a cartoon. Honestly, it's not bad. 020
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026i'm serious this would workstatic.klipy.comSmiling Ambassador Kate WylerAlt: Keri Russel looks charming and smiles 000
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I learned something today but I can't post it w/o spoilers ... bah. I learned something today! Learning is nice even if it's not Content! 🐚 Animal #1101 🐏 I figured it out in 8 guesses! 🟧🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 2 | Avg. Guesses: 9 metazooa.com #metazooametazooa.comMetazooaFind the mystery animal in this daily biology game by navigating the phylogenetic tree. 000
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026There's just something so deeply satisfying about creating physical artifacts like this. Like, I think a big part of the value of (handwritten) morning pages for writers is racking up filled notebooks of wow, I thought, and I wrote. (In this case of course it's wow, I looked, and BIRDS!) 050
Reposted by Mercer Eddyeileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week." -Willa Cather (from The Professor's House, 1925) 16686140
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026@massaudubon.org guide told us the best time to see bats was mosquito o'clock (she was correct) 000
Reposted by Mercer EddyJeanne Timmons @mostlymammoths.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Swimming, yawning, blinking, & staring at the human taking the video. A peaceful moment from a snapping turtle in the pond this evening. 💚 271139179
Reposted by Mercer EddyRuki @skiesofarcadia.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Art by legendary mangaka Shigeru Mizuki 143098927
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026new story acceptancestatic.klipy.comNing Nang Happy DanceAlt: Cute Cartoon doing a Happy Dance 000
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026unexpected link for Six Degrees of Author Beef: Bryson v Thoreau 000
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026trying to get back on track with my reading for the year so I joined a book review challenge ... now I'm behind on reading AND writing 000
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Floor is Lava is a legitimately great show and a big part of why is that when someone falls, everybody SCREAMS and they go bloop bloop bloop they're gone, man, gone forever www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/arti...gq-magazine.co.ukNetflix’s Floor Is Lava is the worst-best show on TVIt’s essentially a live-action version of Zelda. Or Gladiators with less bounce. It’s utterly ridiculous. So why can’t I stop watching? 000
Reposted by Mercer EddyJBC @johnbcaddell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026just hanging around for #InsectThursday #spiders #bugs #insects 911811
Reposted by Mercer EddyNight Shades ⏾ @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 01/07/2026something to hang on my fridge: ns got a little shout out in the june issue of @locusmag.bsky.social from @mariahaskins.com :) 2184
Reposted by Mercer EddyU.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 15/05/2026"I don't have any children, and I don't have any dinosaurs." Pool fences are still important because they protect other people's children and dinosaurs. 838251
Reposted by Mercer Eddythe hills have vrunt @vrunt.social · 15/05/2026this is the last photo on my parents' video birdfeeder before it was mysteriously destroyed we may never know what happened 203102401686
Reposted by Mercer EddyNight Shades ⏾ @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 17/04/2026“There’s a void behind the Larsons’ house. They had a yard sale. They found a buyer.” 🛸🛸 new one from @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/everything-m...nightshadesmag.comEverything Must Goby Mercer Eddy There’s a void behind the Larsons’ house. They had a yard sale. They found a buyer. If you throw in a rock, there’s no rock anymore. If you flick in a contraband joint, no you didn’t.... 085
Reposted by Mercer Eddycait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 07/03/2026there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for 87224376813
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 01/03/2026I play metazooa every day hoping for albatross. Tomorrow is a new hope. 🐩 Animal #944 🦒 I figured it out in 8 guesses! 🟥🟨🟨🟨🟧🟨🟩🟩 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 7.2 metazooa.com #metazooametazooa.comMetazooaBecome an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal! 020
Reposted by Mercer EddyMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 28/02/2026He noticed a wild frog living in his fence post, so he built a 3D-printed home for the frogs to live and hide. [📹unknowndazza] Original post 19524137
Reposted by Mercer EddyPól Micheál O'Slatraigh @pmoslatraigh.bsky.social · 26/02/2026This lichen has a Dr.Suess vibe... 0155
Reposted by Mercer Eddyc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 26/02/2026And a reminder that scallops swim like this, whether you like it or not:media.tenor.coma sea shell is floating on top of a sandy surface .Alt: a scallop is flapping its little shell together on top of a sandy surface, moving it in a way that doesn't look real. 919526
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 26/02/2026OK this book is incredible. Like Drunk History, but all words and all Rome and all murders. www.thebristorian.co.uk/the-forum/ht...thebristorian.co.uk‘A Fatal Thing Happenedon the Way to the Forum’ by Emma Southon: Review — The BristorianGeorge Leggett reviews ‘A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ by Emma Southon, a book all about ancient Rome and murder. 000
Reposted by Mercer Eddywarmyellowlight @warmyellowlight.bsky.social · 02/02/2026hobby idea: see what's over there 05916
Reposted by Mercer EddyPoint Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Meet Bocce! This rare southern three-banded armadillo pup is thriving and growing, now weighing 1.7 pounds. At just two months old, he’s already making history. Bocce is only the second healthy armadillo pup born at the Zoo in our 121-year history, making this little arrival extra special. 💙 233596
Reposted by Mercer EddyDr. Hotlink @shmemistry.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Dorkssmithsonianmag.comThe Earliest Known Vertebrates Had Four Eyes—and They Worked a Lot Like Ours Do, New Research SuggestsTwo of those eyes may have evolved into a part of the brain called the pineal gland 33850148
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 25/01/2026I sincerely did not know about this setting and just turned it on -- thank you! 110
Reposted by Mercer EddyMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 22/01/2026This is what a pregnant turtle looks like under an X-ray. 431609209
Reposted by Mercer Eddykonnaire @konnaire.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds 77120584624
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Third acceptance from a pro pub ... getting dangerously close to convincing myself I'm a real writer 000
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 13/01/2026This book is WILDLY good. And it was 100% a lucky bookstore browsing find. Never read anything by Senaa Ahmad before (my ignorance & my loss), never saw this book promoted anywhere. Just out on the table at B&N and looked interesting. Very very recommended. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...us.macmillan.comThe Age of CalamitiesWritten by an inimitable new voice, The Age of Calamities is a genre-defying, mind-bending collection of absurdist, funny, and speculative short stories. In ... 020
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Love finding new rabbit holes -- I went looking for info on the "mystery third condiment" (turns out: likely mustard!) and spent the last forty minutes clicking through other random articles review.gale.com/2025/11/04/g...review.gale.comExploring a Golden Age of Children’s LiteratureThe 19th century’s “Golden Age” of children’s literature brought adventure and nonsense, thanks to printing progress and changing ideas on childhood. 010
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 07/01/2026If you want a break from unrelenting aaaaaaa I recommend following zoos 000
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 07/01/2026What am I supposed to do with six beet pancakes 000
Reposted by Mercer EddyRebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Biologists must display their most marvelous plumage if they are to be accepted by a flock of fellow biologists. We are now witness to this rare yet beautiful phenomenon at the Society of Integrative of Comparative Biology conference in Portland, OR #SICB2026 1951897
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Looks like the jumping spider bag is Sipsey Wilder -- they have a TON of other bio patterns, like this hermit crab one that maaay be on its way to my house now. sipseywilder.com/collections/...sipseywilder.comHermit Crabs Laptop BackpackThe important thing is that you believe in yourself! Bigfoot sure does. He marches proudly across this pattern with Fir Trees behind him on an aqua blue canvas. Our sling backpack includes a super com... 031
Reposted by Mercer Eddyhammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Complimented McDonald’s lady on her nails and she lit up Give someone a random compliment today We can’t fix the world, but we can maybe be kind to each other 412619
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 06/01/2026I am lovvving We Solve Murders, and no I haven't read any other Richard Osman including any Thursday Murder Club but friend, I am going to, and I am psyched. 000
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 05/01/2026If anyone else is wondering, there's no Monday (horse) Yet en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday_...en.wikipedia.orgMonday (disambiguation) - Wikipedia 000
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 05/01/2026I really love that you do these, and I hope you feel super proud of not just the results (14!! shorts accepted!!! and another novel!!!!) but the incredible amount of work that went into making allll of that happen. 110
Mercer Eddy @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Excuse me that is NOT all I need to know So many questions starting with ... - where is his nose? - is his tail poky? - are there videos available of tail prehensile-ing? 000