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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Can't wait to tell my arachnophobic sister that even underwater she is not safe. 🕷️ H/T @friel.bsky.social

Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I flick on the kitchen lights to see the spindly legs of a huntsman spider tuck themselves behind the electrical panel. There is no better pest control. Only tradeoff is never knowing when you might startle a 5-inch arachnid into hurling itself at you when you reach for a box of oatmeal.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Bugs meant the world to me as a kid . Help this classroom keep its creepy-crawlies (bonus snakes and slider!). They've got $210 left to raise. Someone out there has got spare change for a heat lamp. Who's with me? 🐛

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Bugs for kids? Heck yeah, I'm in!

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Would also propose the term "Fintech" be repurposed to apply to these use cases going forward.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Martinez and the Argentina defense made the match for me. How they staved off that hailstorm and kept Spain to a single goal -- wow.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This reminds me of the time I went to an event where Art Spiegelman was speaking and found myself scanning the room for a mouse in a vest.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I read this and hollered, "Oh my gosh -- THAT'S SO GREAT!!!" Way to go!! Thanks so much for sharing this good news. This made my day! Celebrating your gumption and success from across the pond. 😎✨

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

"Greed and Centipedes" would have been a killer title!

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Dr Alex Evans 𓅫 @avianevans.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

big props to the guy that rolled out a giant cardboard pangolin for our village fair parade this year

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

What an incredible match. Blood, sweat, tears, and a gorgeous goal from Gakpo off Sommerville's masterful assist. If we had to lose, going out on a last penalty from Sabari was quite the exit. I do not know the Belgians, but I will consider their case after an appropriate period of mourning.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

To quote a great philosopher, "If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much." Let's go, ORANJE!!! 🇳🇱🧡⚽

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

In the Indian River Lagoon, I was heartened to see seagrass returning, and with it, life: crabs & shrimp, pipefish, puffers, barrel-rolling manatees. Released a pretty little red tinged with blue; we tossed mullet at a shadowy snook in the mangroves til thunderheads chased us to the dock. Next time.

A Florida woman revives a red drum in the waters of the Indian River Lagoon before releasing.

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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

(I was so impressed with the jump, I went and got the measuring tape. He almost had it).

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The backyard anoles are dueling for territory under a cloudless sky. Crests are up, dewlaps are flying. One hurled himself Spiderman-style in the 3.5-ft span of air between fence and pine and just missed the landing. He shimmied up the trunk, color-morphing from mint green to russet in two seconds.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Second this. Some of the best investigative reporting around. (And the op-eds by the Editorial Board can be a useful bellwether. On tariffs, they were absolutely scathing).

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Cookie-cutter shark Christmas cards? Take my money!

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Boy do I wish you had posted this before lunchtime

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Friend, if my math is right, you were paid $23.75 per student taught. It hurts to type that.

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Chris Crandall @chriscrandall.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I taught four courses for UF, full-time, 300 students each, $28,500.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Like the man said, he's just looking for ways "to keep the lights on and keep food on the table.” (Psst, UF, I am an award-winning instructor and will teach this class for the low, low price of $50K).

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I also taught a course for UF. The university paid me $4,000.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

After all, he was just trying to make some extra dough

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Here to second this. ^^ I was a skeptic, but it's been a game-changer.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I saw this, too! Could not believe my eyes. Glad you got some footage.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Please someone cover this with the headline "The Eyes Have It"

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MBA Library @nmbluk.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Before we head off for the holiday season we wanted to wish you all a Merry Fishmas 🐟 and a Happy New Year 🎆 📷PCU1.3: A festive postcard from Joseph Thomas Cunningham, a marine biologist known for his work on flatfish, to an unknown recipient

a colour photograph of a Christmas postcard with fish themed wordplay. The card reads With best wishes for a very happy Christmas. Grief find no plaice and pain no perch nor carping critic vex your sole. The words plaice, perch, carp and sole are illustrated with those fish species

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Matt, please accept my sincere condolences. Thank you for sharing this tribute to your father and your shared joy on the water.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

That's what I want to know! I think we are reasonably annoyed.

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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Anyone have a good-news environmental story from the past week we can share in the @therevelator.org newsletter? I have a lot of NEGATIVE news in this issue and could use something to balance it all out. 💀 I'll settle for semi-good news! Ideas welcome up until 9am PT Wednesday!

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Eavesdropping used to be my favorite hobby until I realized most people on the phone were just describing previous conversations. The last time I was this disappointed was when I learned enough Czech to find out all the hushed conversations on the evening tram in Prague were about potatoes.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 09/10/2025

We will be writing more of these. If you’re a scientist and your science has been disrupted, we want to hear from you: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

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Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

My friend, a Texas alum, flew into Gainesville to go to the game and preach at church tomorrow, and I am glad he knows the mercy of the Lord because he will not get any from the rest of us. #GoGators 🐊

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

LAST CALL for pledges to the Reef Keepers crowdfunding campaign! These funds support our next shoots as we capture Florida's coral story. Two Frost Science Museum tix and other donor perks are still up for grabs! Heartfelt thanks to all our contributors. 🙏 seedandspark.com/fund/reef-ke...

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Reef Keepers - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark

Florida’s Coral Reef has guarded our coastline for thousands of years. Now, this natural treasure is struggling to survive. REEF KEEPERS follows the journey of a tight-knit band of defiant scientists ...

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Gainesville friends! Stop by Cypress & Grove tonight from 5-7 p.m. for a Reef Keepers pop-up event. Trailer showing at 5:30. Fab raffle prizes from Life Unplastic, The Lynx, Opus coffee at 6:00. Hang out w/ film producer Alyson Larson & me to talk all things coral! www.instagram.com/p/DPL8z-sje1...

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Want to support our storytelling? We're halfway through a crowdfunding campaign for our next shoots and are looking for 240 people to pledge $25. Your help gets our crew on boats and to labs and backyards to tell Florida's coral story. Thank you. 🙏 seedandspark.com/fund/reef-ke...

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Reef Keepers - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Our trailer is out! "Reef Keepers" is about the fight to keep Florida's Coral Reef alive against the odds. Filmmaker Alyson Larson and I are capturing the personal stories behind one of the nation's greatest environmental crises in a tale of hope and Florida defiance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCb5...

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REEF KEEPERS | Trailer

YouTube video by Scrub Jay Productions

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

This sounds like one of my favorite book dedications, penned by Camilo Jose Cela: "I dedicate this 13th and definitive edition of my 'Pascual Duarte' to my enemies, who have been of such help to me in my career."

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

A short story called "Diamonds in the Rough," courtesy of San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park. See it? 🐍

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

One stout rainstorm, and you can shoot the rapids in the middle of Gainesville.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Yes. "Midwestern apes" stopped me in my tracks as cold as an Indiana snowstorm. In an argument about choosing words, that was a very revealing choice on her part.

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Natalie van Hoose @hoosehere.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Please tell me the subject line of your email was "Rheality check"

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