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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I was greeted by the most perfect teefies this morning 🐱🐈🐈‍⬛

my gray cat laying upside down with his legs stretched out and his teeth exposed, looking a little menacing but a little cute too

Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

the birds have been wild lately! a booby showed up recently (either a nazca or masked) & I saw my first buller's shearwaters & manx shearwater on the water 🌊🦑🪶🌿🌎📷

a booby, either Nazca or masked, gliding over the surface of the sea

a pair of Buller's shearwaters flying over the surface of the sea

a Manx shearwater flying past a surfacing California sea lion

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

it's tough having adhd & narrating a whale watching tour when some of your favorite things are happening simultaneously like a kelping humpback whale calf & a visit from a black-footed albatross 🌿🌊🐳🐋🐙🪶

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

sorry for the radio silence, it has been such a rough & busy year between losing my cat of 18 years, moving, medical issues, etc however it's been an amazing year on the water! I know the ca140b pod went viral for their brutal dolphin hunt & the orca sightings have been wild this year 🫍🐬🐋🐳🌿🌊🐙

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I met the CA27 pod today & they made quite the impression as we watched them eat a sea lion & surface more than once with intestines draped across their dorsal fins like a morbid, fleshy boa 🌊🌿🐋🐳🐬🦑📸

an adult, female orca's back as she surfaces with a pink line of sea lion intestines caught on the front part of her dorsal fin

an adult, female orca's back and tail as she is diving with a pink line of sea lion intestines caught on the front part of her dorsal fin with her calf surfacing behind her

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

why are humpbacks so cute & goofy? 🌊🌿🐋🐳🦑

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Nudibranch Nerd @nudibranchnerd.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

it was wild moving to california & learning that many of the monarch butterflies migrate east to west, not north to south like they do east of the sierra nevadas this is a cluster of overwintering monarchs on a eucalyptus in pacific grove's monarch sanctuary (sorry it's backlit, early morning) 🌿🐛🦋

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Nudibranch Nerd @nudibranchnerd.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

a little more tidepooling to find my favorite squishies 🌊🌿🐙🦑

a hilton's aeolid crawling on a rock in a tidepool

a yellow-lined cadlina nudibranch on the sandy bottom of a tidepool

an orange white-speckled sea goddess nudibranch crawling over a mussel in some sea grass

a sea lemon dorid exposed to the air on some red seaweed

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

one more night in the tidepools tonight & I had a blast seeing who fluoresces! just about every crustacean I found fluoresced including eelgrass isopods (couldn't get a good pic unfortunately) 🌊🌿🦀🐙🦑

a small owl limpet fluorescing bright red and orange on a tidepool rock

a starburst anemone fluorescing bright green with pink and purple in a tidepool

a flame-lined chiton fluorescing in a tidepool

a striped shore crab fluorescing bright blue in a tidepool

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Nudibranch Nerd @nudibranchnerd.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

10/10 would recommend bringing a dark UV light nighttime tidepooling 🌿🐙🦑🦀

a fluorescing porcelain crab in a tidepool

a fluorescing flame-lined chiton in a tidepool

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

for my fellow californians, if you don't already have it, there are local phone numbers for rapid response/support teams to get legal assistance for people being kidnapped by ice in some cities & several regions of california if you see or suspect ice is in your area www.ccijustice.org/carrn

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Find your local California Rapid Response hotline | CCIJ

Find your local California Rapid Response Network and hotline to report immigration enforcement activity and keep our communities safe!

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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Day 9: "To Die for the People" by Huey Newton. This collection, edited by Toni Morrison captures the vision of the BBP co-founder. Newton challenges police brutality, racial capitalism, & U.S. imperialism & calls for community self-defense, solidarity across oppressed ppl, & a better future. 🧶

Huey Newton's "To Die for the People" surrounded by lemon yellow mini skeins.

Lemon yellow mini skeins scattered around and with yellow mosaic pieces and yellow flowers scattered as well

Angled shot of Huey Newton's "To Die for the People" surrounded by lemon yellow mini skeins.

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𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒂 𝑯𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒊 🇵🇸🫒𝑰𝒏 𝑮𝒂𝒛𝒂 @monahijazi.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

🚨 The "Madeleine" is just hours away from Gaza. Activists on board are facing threats, but they sail on , with courage, with purpose. Their hearts echo Gaza’s cries. 🛑 Don’t let them disappear into the sea 📡 Track them live: bit.ly/4mSndme 🔁 Repost to spread the word let the world watch with them.

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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Rainbow Beast-Mode is a soft, luminous rainbow inspired by a beast in a 15th-century Book of Hours. Isn't he cute? Shifting from mint to lemon, creamsicle to pink & lavender. A subtle but vibraint rainbow. 🌈🧶 10% of sales go to @trevorproject.bsky.social #yarnsky #fiberart #pride #yarnlove

4 skeins of rainbow yarn on a bed of an open skein. There are highlighter markers scattered around and little wooden pride ornaments that are hearts, rainbows and diamonds

3 skeins of rainbow yarn in the left and 2 skeins on the bottom with a bowl of colorful potpourri in the upper right. there are 2 little wooden pride ornaments that are hearts and diamonds in the lower left

4 skeins of rainbow yarn on the left with an open skein on the right. There are highlighter markers scattered around and an image of a rainbow beast in the middle

5 skeins of rainbow yarn on the top and an image of a rainbow beast on the bottom. He has a human face and a rainbow furry body. He's got a big nose and his tongue is sticking out.

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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

You’re gonna have to be patient for this one. This little Gastropod veliger larva (sea snail) starts out in its shell, but soon feels brave enough to come out and show us its glorious velum! Such a pretty little babe. 🦑 #plankton

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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Day 7: "The Fateful Triangle" by Stuart Hall. Jamaican-born theorist Stuart Hall’s book is a powerful critique of how race, ethnicity & nation are entangled. A radical, essential read on identity, power & belonging in a postcolonial world. Clear & accessible writing! 🧶 #booksky #yarnsky #yarnlove

A book on the left called "The fateful triangle" by Stuart Hall. the cover has a picture of Hall (a Black man with a greying beard) looking straight at us. On the right are mini skeins that are a gradient from yellow to orange that looks like fire.

An open skein of orange and yellow gradient yarn. On the right are mini skeins that are a gradient from yellow to orange that looks like fire.

Above are mini skeins in a row that are a gradient from yellow to orange that looks like fire. Below the mini skeins are flowers

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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Day 5: "The Wretched of the Earth" by Frantz Fanon. A blazing anti-colonial manifesto, demanding revolution of both society and us too. A radical, necessary takedown of colonialism & its aftermath. Fanon reminds us that liberation is collective or it is nothing at all. 🧶 #booksky #yarnsky

orange mini skeins surrounding the book "The Wretched of the Earth" by Frantz Fanon. The cover has a sketch of him and behind him are two raised fists breaking shackles.

Angled shot of orange mini skeins surrounding the book "The Wretched of the Earth" by Frantz Fanon. The cover has a sketch of him and behind him are two raised fists breaking shackles.

orange mini skeins in a staggered row with dried red and orange flowers scattered around

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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Day 3: "I Refuse to Condemn: Resisting Racism in the times of National Security" edited by Asim Qureshi. A relevant, powerful 2020 compilation of global voices, from scholars to writers & journalists shining light on root causes of imperialism & racism. Paired w/ an orange/red gradient skein.🧶

Angled shot of gradient orange and red mini skeins and dried red and orange flowers around the book "I refuse to condemn. Resisting racism in times of national security. Edited by Asim Qureshi.

Gradient orange and red mini skeins and dried red and orange flowers around the book "I refuse to condemn. Resisting racism in times of national security. Edited by Asim Qureshi.

Gradient orange and red mini skeins and dried red and orange flowers

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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Day 1: "How Europe underdeveloped Africa" by Walter Rodney. Essential reading by Guyanese historian & activist W. Rodney who explains how Africa has historically been deliberately exploited for western gain. It's an eye opener. #booksky #yarnsky

Soft red mini skeins of yarn scattered around Walter Rodney's "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa.

Angled shot of soft red mini skeins of yarn scattered around Walter Rodney's "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. There are blue and red dried flowers scattered around

Soft red mini skeins of yarn scattered around Walter Rodney's "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. There is an open skein on the right and blue and red dried flowers scattered around.

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

@isasaxonists.bsky.social did a custom skein dye job for me that was absolutely stunning (they were nudibranch-themed!) & the yarn was incredibly soft! & her page always includes uplifting, educational posts supporting marginalized communities, so follow her & check out her lovely yarn & content!

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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Happy #pridemonth, all! Like last year, here's a 🧵 of books to add to your reading list to support marginalized folks. Follow along each other day! Some authors are Black/Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Muslim, Arab, &/or Palestinian. Have fun, enjoy the pics, read lots, love each other. 🧶 #yarnsky #booksky

An angled shot of rainbow colored mini skeins arranged in a rainbow. There are some wooden ornaments, one is a rainbow with clouds and the other is heart shaped and it has pride flags and the word "love" on it.

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

testing the intersection of orca fans & wrestling fans on ig, iykyk 🌊🐬🐳🦑🌿🌎

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

therapist: you open to doing ancestor work to help w/ healing your trauma? me: yes, my Scottish grandma buried north of San Fran & I've wanted to connect w/ her since moving to Cali him: ok, let me know how it goes my partner, hearing me sobbing in the shower: you sure you want to do this today?

a picture of my Nawken great grandma holding onto a plane propeller with both hands, her expression is open and happy with her tongue hanging out of her mouth as she kicks up one of her feet into the air showing her boot, covered in snow while the other on the ground in ankle deep in the snow that blankets the ground

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

California may be called a "sanctuary state" but we're still plagued by these gestapo agents & I noticed when I moved back to Monterey, these stickers have appeared on the local buses "sanctuary" please, our governor is ready to throw everyone to the wolves for a future presidential run

a sticker on the back of a bus seat that reads in both Spanish and English, "Conozca sus derechos. Know your rights. ¡Esté preparado! Qué hacer si lo detienen o lo interrogan los agentes de inmigración. Be prepared! What to do if you are stopped or questioned by immigration agents." then there is a QR code to scan

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

testing the intersection of orca fans & wrestling fans on ig, iykyk 🌊🐬🐳🦑🌿🌎

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

me, on the boat mic: since we're watching orcas with calves, I want to discuss an underrated topic y'all probably don't think about much & I think should be discussed on whale watch trips male guest: WHALE SEX!!! me: menopause male guest: WHAT?! 🌊🐬🐳🦑🌿🌎

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

first time meeting the CA122 transient pod, who was pretty friendly with our boat 🌊🐬🐳🌿🦑🌎

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Nudibranch Nerd @nudibranchnerd.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

it's been a minute but the spring was bustling with great tidepooling! I found my first Olive's & Hilton's aeolid nudibranchs 🌊🌿🐙🦑🌎

a pair of Hopkins' rose nudibranchs in a clear observation dish

a Hilton's aeolid nudibranch in a clear observation dish near a bright orange red sponge-eating dorid

a large white-speckled dorid next to a red sponge-eating dorid in a clear observation dish

a small Olive's aeolid nudibranch in a clear observation dish

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Nudibranch Nerd @nudibranchnerd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

silly bee, that's not a real sunflower, it's my sunflower star model 🌊🐙🦑🌿🌎

a honey bee crawling on my painted model of a sunflower sea star

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

absolutely disgusting to hear autistic people brushed with such broad strokes & he can keep autistics with high support needs out of his mouth

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

it's been non-stop humpback whales & dolphins lately despite how early in the season we are & there's plenty of food even though our upwelling is just getting started 🌊🐋🐳🐬🦑🌿🌎

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

me: what do you call a neurodiverse transwoman who's transitioning? b: idk me: unmascing b: did you or your therapist come up with that one? me: I did!

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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

📣PRIDE PACKS ARE BACK! Get your early bird discounts. 15 mini skeins, 15 queer medieval facts, pompoms, an ornament, pattern tutorials, & more. There's a slimmed down version for those who just want the mini skeins. Donating 10% to the Trevor Project to support good mental health in LGBTQ+ youth.

rainbow mini skeins arranged in a rainbow with wooden pride related ornaments scattered. there's a pile of little cards to open with a heart on the top of one.

rainbow mini skeins scattered around an image of a picture of a Black medieval king dressed in a red and orange tunic with a green robe, purple tights and a blue hat.

rainbow mini skeins with wooden pride related ornaments scattered. there's a pile of little cards to open with a heart on the top of one.

angled shot of rainbow mini skeins arranged with wooden pride related ornaments scattered.

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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 02/04/2025

Again - everyone who demonised the student protests is complicit in this. Especially the Democrats. You all laid down the foundation for increased suppression and punishment for the crime of standing up against genocide.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

There is no other way to say this: Today is the day the CDC was essentially dissolved. What's left is a husk. People will die as a direct result. www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...

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The CDC Has Been Gutted

Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.

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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 01/04/2025

Ruaa has been displaced multiple times and is struggling to survive. The least we can do is donate to her campaign - can anyone match my £5?

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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 01/04/2025

I’ve donated $5 to Eman’s family - can anyone join me and match my donation?

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

no sweet peents in California, but Wilson's snipes overwinter here & the resemblance is remarkable! while these woodcocks & snipes are in the sandpiper family together & their names are sometimes used interchangeably, they belong to different genera: Scolopax & Gallinago 🪶🌿📷

a Wilson's snipe, a softball sized, cryptically colored shorebird with a very long, slender beak, wading through dead reeds on a lake shore

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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Please do consider entering this special raffle in support of #TransDayOfVisibility. Just £1 to enter & you could win this gorgeous shawl made by @youmadememiss.bsky.social The yarn was made by me in honor of Marsha P Johnson.

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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Start your week w/ something nice to look at. Introducing April's #yarnclub colorway "Vermillion Voyager" based on a 17thc Dutch painting of a Black Moorish merchant. 75% merino/25% nylon in high twist fingering/sock. It's 425m/100g so you'll be able to make some fab projects w/ this. 🧶

A pile of vibrant skeins if gradient yarn that are indigo, Vermillion, orange and gold

A row of vibrant skeins of gradient yarn that are indigo, Vermillion, orange and gold

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Coyote & Crow Games @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

We've passed 600 followers for our new Kickstarter for Primacy! Can you help us get to 2000 before we launch? Please share the news about this 2 player card game set in the world of Coyote & Crow and make this game our biggest one yet! www.kickstarter.com/projects/coy... #NativeSky #boardgames #RPG

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Coming soon: Primacy

A Coyote & Crow Expandable Card Game

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

y'all, chronic pain is no joke I tweaked my back around noon yesterday, & it progressively worsened until I was in bed at 9pm & couldn't lift myself up to go pee embarrassed to say we had to call emts to help me get up, then ended up at the ER until 3am & now I'm sitting at my dr's in a wheelchair

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Nudibranch Nerd @nudibranchnerd.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

while I love the invertebrates I find in the wild, this is my invertebrate at home having one of his no bones days (which is every day for this 17 y/o senior) 🐱🐈

my orange tabby cat lay between my partner and I's legs with his body pointed in one direction, but one leg and his head bent in the opposite direction

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Maryjanna Zosia 🦊⛰️ they/iad & she/i @invertebae.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

for @colouredwilde.bsky.social we visited the tule elk back in january, which have now been allowed to roam freely outside of the elk reserve at point reyes & we encountered this bachelor group just east of the elephant seal rookery by the lighthouse 🌿📷

a male tule elk standing in a field, surrounded by mist

a pair of male tule elk, one grazing, the other walking through the field in the mist

a pair of male tule elk having a faux rut in a field

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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Once upon a time there was a Black King named Agolant who battled the French King Charlemagne. They were depicted at war in a manuscript. He was almost forgotten abt until someone from the Republic of Yarnia made a colorway in his honor 600 years later. 🧶 #handdyedyarn #yarnlove #yarnaddict

Teal gold and red yarn with leaves and flowers scattered around

An image of a Black King with blue armor a gold crown and a red and yellow robe on a horse. There is a skein of yarn that is Teal gold and red with flowers and leaves scattered around.

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