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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

A beautiful ending to a shit month. Don't let the door hit you on the way out, August.

Sunset at the beach; the orange-golden sun is sandwiched between a cloud later and the ocean; the clouds are indistinct, peach and grey

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Your alt text is hilarious 😂 I won't look at your carpet if you won't look at mine. Here's some more cats.

Griddle, a short-haired tabby cat, cuddling in a round cat bed with Puddles, a long-haired calico; they are both hiding their faces from the horrors

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I just need to scream about how happy I am about how this batch of #pottery came out. It's not every day the kiln gods deliver but today they DID. #ceramics

A roughly built ceramic vase with cream and brown textured coloring and multiple spouts; it is vaguely shaped like a sponge or coral

A roughly built ceramic tray with multiple oblong pockets with cream and brown coloring

A ceramic butter dish with textured red-brown mountains and cream coloring elsewhere

A cylindrical ceramic candle holder with circles cut out, blue-green glaze

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

IT'S HERE IT'S FINALLY HERE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I've been waiting for Katabasis by R. F. Kuang for over a year now and it's finally miiiine all miiiine 😈😼😈

A screenshot from my Kobo Rakuten account showing Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

For #fossilfriday, have some crinoid-rich limestone from today's hike in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The humidity was so high I could almost imagine that I was drowning in a Carboniferous ocean.

My fingers on a rock showing ring-shaped crinoids in a grey limestone

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I have taught my nephews the word "gall" and I couldn't be a prouder naturalist aunt. This is an acorn plum gall found in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

A little hand holding a speckled pink and brown wasp gall

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Thank you! It feels very sponge-y to me, like this one. I've been feeling really inspired by marine life and geological forms lately. I've got two other pieces in progress that are loosely inspired by tide pools and honeycomb weathering.

A bright yellow sponge consisting of multiple tubular towers. It does not look like SpongeBob at all

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Very happy with this wonky vase I built today. #ceramics #pottery

A lumpy vase with multiple spouts made out of white clay

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Sometimes you gotta selfie with the murals on an impromptu walk to the movies

Me and mustachioed partner smiling in an alley painted with colorful murals

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I found this dead ochre starfish whose two arms had only just begun to grow back. Excellent find, very pleased, 9/10, -1 point for getting kind of gross in the car on the way home.

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Small milkweed bug porn for the discerning viewer.

Two red and black beetles butt-to-butt on a milkweed pod

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Same! I got to visit back in 2019 and went through it with a friend who'd worked and done research there so I got some great stories, too. Here are some of my favorites.

A cabinet of curiosities prominently showing a leucistic deer, two two-headed deer heads, moths and butterflies, shells, a huge egg, and various other bits)

A taxidermied "mermaid"—red eyes, fish tail, looks like a weird shrunken head thing, idk man

What I think is a cookie cutter shark that has been taxidermied to hell and back

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Thank youuuuuu!!!! This one is looking much more butt-shaped than my previous one (see below). My goal is to up the juice of the next one 😁

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I asked my conservative Christian brother if it would be okay if I got these toys for my nephews and now he's not talking to me

A stuffed animal worm that is not at all even in the least bit shaped like a dildo held up to the mouth-anus of an anatomically correct starfish stuffy

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Just read this baffling headline that was apparently written using a random word generator to my husband and he responded, "I think I just got dumber."

Screenshot of a New York Post headline reading "Astronomer slams 'fake' Andy Byron apology after CEO caught in Coldplay 'kiss cam' scandal"

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I was so blessed to grow up in the land of delicious cranfish and chipo'e, I miss them daily.

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I absolutely believe it. They don't have those teeth for nothing! Brings me back 🥲

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I'd like to join the Birds feed! #addBirder 😁 🐦 Please enjoy some more pelicans, too.

A flock of brown pelicans flies over a hill half forested with fir trees, a river, and a sandy beach strewn with drift wood

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Everything feels so dark right now. What's the light in your sky today? I'm trying to find at least one thing a day that is beautiful and remind myself of the depth of time and history and life that surrounds us even in the midst of so much (unnecessary) suffering.

A big patch of limpets, little wizard-hat shaped mollusks, encrusting on grey rock next to a patch of green seaweed

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Look at all these critters that don't even know there's such thing as Republicans #OregonCoast

A black and gold hoverfly sitting on a yellow and lavender seaside daisy

Man I don't even know and neither did my friend who's about to graduate with her PhD in marine biology. But it looks like a diseased uh finger sitting in some nice gravelly sand, all wet, among various other bits and bobs of ocean debris

A sail-by-the-wind sitting in my hand! Weird little jelly thing with a clear membranous "sail" on top.

Pink-tipped aggregating anemones and some California mussels

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

May I offer you some pelicans in these shrunken times

A flock of pelicans flies over a rocky shore over blue grey water

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Happy First Day Lily of the Year Day to all who celebrate! Originating in East Asia, day lilies are not only gorgeous but they also only bloom one for one day, which makes them extra special. #bloomscrolling

A ruffled day lily that is yellow on the edges and at the center and salmon pink elsewhere

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

I found this bird nest in the trees above my garden yesterday and I am so thrilled to know that our little yard is becoming a full on ecosystem. Fellow bird nerds, any idea what Willamette Valley bird could have made this nest?

An empty bird nest made of small twigs and fluff; it's round and cup-shaped and surrounded by green laurel leaves

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Eyyyy I saw this just a few weeks ago!

My foot on some wet sand where crab tracks can be seen

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Just spent 4 hours making a table, have some ocean in celebration of being done with THAT.

A sky full of beautifully textured grey clouds above crashing ocean surf washing up on a dark grey beach

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Book #49 of the year complete and OH MY GODDESS this book had it all. Court intrigue. Magic. Loyal animals(!). Gay shit. Historical inspiration. Get thee to a library or bookstore and putteth thine hands and eyes upon this EXCELLENT novel by @hollyrace.bsky.social immediately!

Book cover for *Six Wild Crowns* by Holly Race. The background is deep red with an ornate gold title and decorative illustrations. Two green dragons encircle a large, jagged golden crown, and a red and gold Tudor rose emblem appears above them. At the top, the tagline reads, “No king can rule them.” A quote on the right side says, “Intricate, powerful and utterly spectacular” — Bea Fitzgerald. Fiery orange designs frame the author's name at the bottom.

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Seriously, what is this? Why are they trying to convince us this is totally normal?? Mainstream journalism in this country is on its deathbed.

A screenshot of an NBC headline reading "Presidents' ordering military action without Congess' approval has become routine. Here's why."

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Yesssss all the rez dogs should get all the treats!! And that sounds so wonderful to get to connect so deeply with your relatives there 🩷 Please enjoy these ridiculous dogs I got to scritch this weekend on the Oregon coast

A brindle dog and a white dog looking out the window of a parked grey Volkswagen Beetle

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

The surveillance state is really getting out of control.

A swallow nest on top of a security camera mounted on a ceiling; three baby swallows are peeking out the top

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

How will anyone know we're queer without the side shave????

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

You can always tell the vert paleo graduates.

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

For the weekly #BlueSkyArtShow prompt of #joy, which is what I imagine this construction crew must have felt while painting this road.

A black-and-white photo of a rural road with a sine-wavy double yellow centerline that vanishes into the distance. On either side of the road are utility poles, grain silos, and industrial buildings under a wide open country sky.

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

This is what we're fighting for: the Earth and the right of all Her children to have a fighting chance. #OregonCoast

Alt text: A dramatic sunset over the ocean, with waves crashing against rugged, dark rocks in the foreground. The sun is low on the horizon, casting a golden-orange glow across the sky and reflecting in a tide pool nestled among the rocks. Spray from the waves catches the light.

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I cannot express how PLEASED I am with how this little fish hide came out. Just look at that glaze! The kiln gods have smiled on me at long last. #ceramics #aquarium

A ceramic "sculpture"—a sort of honeycomb shape with round holes in it that is black, gold, and red, topped with a white dragonish thing that looks like the cousin of Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon that sat out in the sun too long and melted; it is sitting on a brick wall against a background of green leaves

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Finally finished a scarf! I'm so thrilled with how this Noro yarn Hitchhiker turned out I'm going to try to wear it today even with highs in the 70s. #ShowMeYourKnits

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

CNN makes it sound like Lauren Tomasi was just standing under a rubber bullet tree when one happened to fall off and hit her.

A video screen cast of Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi in downtown LA with the headline underneath reading "Australian reporter covering LA protests hit by rubber bullet"

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Just finished my first attempt at strawberry jam. Wild that four pounds of strawberries reduced to this! A friend informed me that I am walking a very thin line between badass cottage core and trad wife with this latest concoction

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Have some bees, too, and a fly disguised as a bee as a bonus. Wishing a flamethrower upon all that ice in our feeds.

A small, iridescent carpenter bee on a yellow and pink columbine

A fly pretending to be a bee (Narcissus bulb fly) on a bright green geranium leaf (sorry I know they're not native but the bugs still seem to like them I'll replace it next year)

A bumblebee with PHAT pollen packets on a bright yellow, sun-dappled California poppy

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Just realized the #BlueSkyArtShow prompt is #vibrant, not vivid. Let's try again.

A vibrant yellow tang fish swims near a large, textured coral in an aquarium. The coral is covered in tiny, raised polyps and glows in shades of electric blue and purple under the tank lighting. The background features additional coral structures, creating a rich, colorful underwater scene with high contrast between the bright yellow fish and the deep blues and purples of the coral.

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

What's more #vivid than fall colors? Taken in DC back in 2019. #BlueSkyArtShow

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

I've been approaching the ending of this book and getting SO SAD because it has been a truly delightful read. Then I discovered there's a SECOND BOOK and not only that but it's ALREADY AVAILABLE. I can sleep peacefully tonight 🙏

Colorful book cover for A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall. The title appears in large serif font in the center, glowing slightly against a deep blue, underwater background with rays of light filtering from above. Surrounding the title are vibrant illustrations of marine life and objects: seaweed, coral, starfish, a seahorse, jellyfish, a sea serpent, and various artifacts like books, scrolls, crystals, and a quill. At the bottom, there's a quote from Freya Marske: “A gleaming treasure-chest full of romance and curiosity.” The overall aesthetic is whimsical and fantastical, evoking an underwater adventure.

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I'm in love 😍 I was feeling sad and so I went out in my garden to try to see some native bees and this is who I met! Also this bumbly lady!

A bumblebee with huge pollen packets on her legs sitting in the middle of an orange California poppy

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

@msjessegray.bsky.social IS THIS A BEE? Do you know what kind?? It is so smol and green and shiny 😭

A very small iridescent green bee(?) on a pink flower pinched between my fingers

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

For all you gay girlies, which of these are you looking for this Pride

A menu showing pictures of grilled sandwiches with the following text:
GIRL SANDWICH

VEG. GIRL – 60.00

VEG. CHEESE GIRL – 70.00

JAIN CHEESE GIRL – 80.00

PINAPLE CHEESE GIRL – 90.00

ITALIAN CHEESE GIRL – 90.00

MASHROOM CHEESE GIRL – 90.00

CUTLES CHEESE GIRL – 90.00

AMERICAN CHEESE GIRL – 95.00

ONLY CHEESE GIRL – 100.00

PANEER CHEESE GIRL – 100.00

PANEER CHILLY GIRL – 110.00

PANEER SHEZVAN GIRL – 110.00

SPE. FRESH VANDANA – 120.00

VEG. CHEESE GARLIC – 50.00

CHEESE CHILLY GARLIC – 60.00

PIZA GARLIC – 70.00

ONION CAPSICUM GARLIC – 70.00

SPE. GARLIC – 80.00

Sticker at the bottom:

VEG MAYONISE GIRL 60/70.00

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Kellum Tate-Jones, PhD @kellumtj.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Today I saw my first ever weevil (except the ones that got in my flour a few years back but those fuckers don't count) and even though I know it could mean the demise of my garden it was still one of the greatest moments of my life. #weeviltime

A black weevil sitting in a sun beam on the end of a magnolia petal

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