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@karteraka.bsky.social
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ocean scientist, musician, sci-fi author, slayer of demons

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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
sorry I'm so late seeing this but thanks Karl!!!!!
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
It's Friday and my new song "Create an Oasis" is streaming everywhere. It's about bugs, Fallout: New Vegas, and the first person you date after the worst breakup of your life. I hope you all enjoy!!
a butterfly feeding on a slice of grapefruit
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
music.youtube.com/watch?v=tf3G...
music.youtube.com
Create an Oasis
YouTube video by Karter AKA - Topic
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
link link link (I canceled my premium but it's streaming everywhere) open.spotify.com/album/0FBPcE...
open.spotify.com
Create an Oasis
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
It's Friday and my new song "Create an Oasis" is streaming everywhere. It's about bugs, Fallout: New Vegas, and the first person you date after the worst breakup of your life. I hope you all enjoy!!
a butterfly feeding on a slice of grapefruit
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Rocky Mountain National Park
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
I'm like 10 hours in and JUST got my first health upgrade lol. I don't mind dying to bosses at all really but the platforming feels way overtuned. you can mess up like 3 times and then dedge. at least on controller/joycons it is not a good time for me
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
agree with all this. I don't really mind them going sicko mode on the difficulty, but it does really feel like the target audience is people who already love HK and need more. even the story seems to rely on you already thinking Hornet is very interesting, like I can't really tell what the hook is
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
I'm having fun but there are some weirdly FeelsBad design choices so far lol. I think part of my problem is it's hard not to compare it to endgame HK when you have all the movement options. I'm enjoying it more and more as I unlock new stuff
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Gotta hand it to team cherry. after 7 years of diligent development they managed to nail exactly what everyone wanted to see after Hollow Knight - "what if the platforming was way worse" and "what if boss fights give you no rewards at all"
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I totally hate the diagonal pogoing man, what were they thinking
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Fantasy, at least in its modern convention, also developed more recently than sci-fi. I guess if you think genres are defined purely by aesthetics this doesn't matter but IMO it's very strange to call something a "subset" of something that developed after it
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
you support this??
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Thirty West Publishing @thirtywestph.com · 28/08/2025
Another big month of Afterimages approaches! A newsletter recap ofAugust & big publicity agvalentine.bsky.social THE APOPTOTIC ERA novella. 2 book reviews by @josephedwinhaeger.bsky.social & @joshdale.co Flash fiction Kenna DeValor & Dream Story @karteraka.bsky.social Ur not seeing double…
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
happy birthday!
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I'm no expert, but my favorite bug youtuber says mating season is between August and October
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
"Love Is In The Air"
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
well. at least there's new worms
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
the right kick drum can set your whole day straight
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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
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news.mongabay.com
Conservationists raise sharks to restore reefs in waters around Thailand
KHAO LAK, Thailand — Conservationist Ying Pemika Choovanichchanon holds a small basket in her hands, careful not to disturb the leathery brown pouches nestled inside. When she shines a light underneat...
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
weird butter
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
oh to live in the one quarter-mile of Thailand with a temperate climate and non-hot summers
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
almost a real-world analog of the "silicon based lifeform" sci-fi trope
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
My favorite fact about ctenophores is that they evolved their nervous system completely independently of other animals. They don't have serotonin or dopamine receptors at all and use L-glutamate as their main neurotransmitter
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Additionally they are very cute
Guadalupe fur seal pup
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Guadalupe fur seals live in caves and rocky caverns and hunt mainly at night. The main impact to their population was commercial sealing, but strong protections in the U.S. and Mexico are credited with their recovery, with sealing now prohibited and few fisheries interactions.
Guadalupe fur seals on a rocky cliffside
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Recently these guys have been spotted as far north as Alaska and as far south as the Galapagos Islands, indicating substantial population expansion. This has led to an increase in strandings and fishery interactions, but the population overall continues to grow.
Tagged Guadalupe fur seal pupSighting data and approximate range of the Guadalupe
fur seal. The location of Guadalupe Island is noted with the large
black asterisk.
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Commercial sealing during the 19th century reduced the once abundant Guadalupe fur seal to near extinction in 1894. For over a century they were only found to nest on Isla Guadalupe and a couple of nearby islands off of Mexico.
Two Guadalupe fur seals, male and female (i think)
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
New data suggest the Guadalupe fur seal have expanded their range beyond Guadalupe Island due to population growth. They're being sighted in California waters in record numbers and the population is projected to grow about 9% a year going forward 🦑🧪
Guadalupe fur seal sunning
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
too many of these. they need to pick one everyone can agree on. maybe it could be based on the way the pronunciation is received.
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
i wanna go to Laos next time i'm out there! if you do wind up going to VN lemme know i can recommend a bunch of stuff. it's a great place to go
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
let's goooo
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
nooooo don't move out of NYC because you can't stomach mild social democratic rhetoric anon. please whatever you do don't free up rentals and reduce housing demand pressure in new york that would be terrible
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
i didn't notice too much of that in central/southern Vietnam earlier this year fwiw
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
I was lucky to get to edit this excellent story, except I didn't really have to do anything because Vivian is that good. please read!
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
these people have no interest in the day to day of governing, they think they're on a reality show
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Can't believe you didn't foresee this when you wrote all the clues to yesterday's Jeopardy yourself
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
ahhh good country
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
it might be technically privileged to flee your homeland if you aren't in imminent mortal danger, but it really seems like a lot of other places are 95-99% less psychically destructive to live in
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
lol perfect
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
they're married
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
I wanted to skip down it, what a pleasant place. and they just let you go there if you want
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
everywhere we go in Ireland has a town center that's totally pedestrian only. not a car in sight, it's so pleasant to walk around even when it's crowded. the American mind cannot comprehend this
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
what is "the front row" of a car lol
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Sydney Lulu @sydneylulu.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Technically 2 girls since I missed yesterday 7/5 + 7/6
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
this picture looks like i digitally lightened her boobs but it's because people have been groping them clean for the 40 years she's been there
Molly Malone statue in Dublin
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
this stuff is dumb as hell
giant Indiana pork tenderloin sandwich
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
they're zeroing out all of our climate stuff and most of our basic research next year. i haven't looked at the weather service budget in detail but i assume it's as bad as fisheries is 😔
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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
woah! I'm glad it's not just me. also that's very depressing
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