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Marcella Gail

@mglorr.bsky.social
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Books and spiders, books and spiders and occasionally IT/dev as it's my day job. Missouri, USA

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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 19h
Using the term "naive" is kind of you. "Disingenuous" is more accurate.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I love how crab spiders look more like frogs than frogs look like frogs.
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nigel 🐎 @nigelpuppy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Phidippus sp. watching from the joe-pye weed seeds #spiders
a black-and-tan Phidippus jumping spider peering out from amidst fluffy seeds yet to disperse.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oh I love this photo! Gorgeous texture and composition
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
She's gorgeous!
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Participating in boogification"
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm imagining a tiny smattering of whatever humanity becomes attempting to ride Pluto away from the final sunset. Pluto, remembering their ancestors insults about its prowess, is salty and smug in equal measure.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oh and a photo of one of the babies before molting to the above form. (Not gonna argue with you Europeans about which instar this is. It's the one after EWL, whatever y'all call it.) grammostola pulchripes #tarantula #spider
A small translucent looking pink/white baby tarantula with little hair and a gigantic black abdomen. The spider looks quite stubby compared to the usual tarantula shape.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A photo of one of my 99 new grandchildren and their late father. I raised their father from a tiny speck until he left my home to meet a lady spider and make spider babies. He has since skittered awkwardly from this mortal coil, but left us these gifts. grammostola pulchripes #tarantula #spider
A tiny fuzzy pink tarantula with a black abdomen hiding their carapace with bent knees. The tarantula's eyes can be seen peeking just over the tops of the pedipalp joints.A gangly brown and golden tarantula with legs akimbo, looking directly toward the camera.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
When you are about to become a parent they warn you about diapers, sleepless nights, toddler tantrums and teenage angst. They do NOT warn you that when they move out your children will register their IP address as the primary for the Netflix Household YOU pay for.
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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦖 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
My latest prehistoric tale book art by @korybing.bsky.social poster by @emmalerae.bsky.social 10.27.26 Tyrant Lizard Queen She’ll eat your heart out. Pre-order now us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Alt text by Emma LeRae - A fake 80s style horror movie poster for the book Tyrant Lizard Queen by Riley Black. It features a Tyrannosaurus rex named Snaggletooth stalking through the cretaceous forests just as the evening sets in. The sky is reddish orange and the forest and the rex lie in blue shadows. The forest floor is moss covered and there is a Torosaurus skull from a previous kill soon to be swallowed up by the moss at the rex's feet.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Here's an unedited photo of one of my many phormictopus auratus tarantulas. They're just C3PO gold for funsies. (They are also giant goofballs.)
A tarantula with a reddish brown abdomen and gold colored carapace and legs. The photo is viewing the left side of the tarantula as she sits, relaxed, in a bed of her own webbing. Two of her front feet are resting on the side of a water cup.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Post your album-cover kitties!
Two black cats lying on a bed. One is in the foreground and the other is lying directly behind the first cat. Both cats are looking directly into the camera.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
FFS go away. She can talk to her people and write words in a document.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A CPA with 30 years of experience just asked me, in all seriousness, how in the world she is supposed to document accounting procedures without using AI. She wants to instrument all her employees with AI agents to track their clicks through our ERP system and I, the Evil IT Overlord™, told her no.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Another species in that same genus--phormictopus "sp. South Hispaniola" showing off a bit of her green femurs.
A dark brown tarantula with pinkish red striping on her carapace and green iridescent setae on her legs and abdomen, as seen from above while she eats.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
One of my favorite tarantula species--phormictopus auratus--right after a molt. She's a sassy lady, always investigating and making a mess, but she's absolutely gorgeous!
A golden tarantula sitting on a molt mat, which is a bed of her own webbing that she laid down right before molting a few days ago.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Washer guy: The drain hose was clogged with a small plastic bag that looks like it had green leaves or something in it. 20 yo: So weird! Wonder what that could have been? (This is the same one who once tried to convince me that she and her friends were burning a skunk-scented candle in her room.)
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Do I Look Like A Fool Vasily Matrushok
Alt: Vasily Matrushok saying "Do I Look Like A Fool?"
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Oooh! I just picked up the Everything Box. It's been on my to-read list for ages.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Nerf says "what's up?" to your kitty!
A large black cat lounging casually on his side on a table that he knows damn well he's not supposed to be on.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
That's a bold choice of an outfit for you!
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Adorable!
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I snorted coffee into my nasal apparatus because of this post. 😂
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The fake happy cat face carved into the astronaut helmet is extra insulting
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The door is where food comes from.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I just built out and stocked a new rolling workspace/water dish kiosk for my spiders. Check this out! (The bottom drawer, not shown here, has all the photography equipment and extra lights.)
A black wire rolling cart with a paper towl holder on one side and four drawers open. Each drawer has water dishes/catch cups of various sizes organized from smallest at the top to largest at the bottom.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Awww! I have a tarantula named Zorro and a coworker named Ed!
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Goldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 12/07/2026
Here is Graham gloating about "killing all the right people." Just in case you see anyone try to do the whole "we should have decency for the dead" nonsense.
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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Woke up to pee, saw Lindsey Graham died, immediately jumped on Bluesky to see the good posting. Have fun, everyone, but please steer away from the homophobia. Maybe this dude would have been less of a massive piece of shit if he hadn’t been steeped in self-loathing. Dunk responsibly
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Pretty girl! I recently rehoused two sisters. They were both very polite and I hope your girl is just as easy!
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Double cowcat trouble!
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Well it shall forever be US men's Ninja Turtles in my mind now, thank you very much!
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
That cat is a good cat.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
He feeds on adulation. (And fast food.)
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This post reads like a roller coaster
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Laura Martínez 🥑 @miblogestublog.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Mexico has already beaten England
a photo shows a delicious trio of tacos al pastora photo of what I think is a piece of toast topped with canned beans
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Sapphics are always an excellent choice!
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
No, but check out this lovely mimolette I have successfully kept hidden from my children and grandchildren for about 2 weeks now. I have plans for this cheese this weekend!
A large bright orange piece of mimolette still wrapped in plastic and held lovingly in my hand.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
He might well have donated those legs to his previous lady friend during a moment of ravenous passion!
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Definitely!
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
28 yo son: There's this song I heard that is SO good. It's from your time but I'm not sure you've heard it before. He then played Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads.
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Narnia's Deep Magic Lion Quote
Alt: Narnia's Deep Magic Lion Quote "Do not recite the Deep Magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written"
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
So glad you did!
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Oh! Happy birthday!
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Sac spiders always look like they are covered in a fine layer of petroleum.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Seriously! I never suspected because I got the spider from somebody very experienced. A tiny part of me thinks I should mention it and throw a couple more bucks his way, but I know he'd never take it. Karmically it balances the female regalis sling I bought ages ago that turned out to be a male.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The minute I saw your comment and the word astronomer I knew exactly who this was.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
So I bought a male poecilotheria striata three years ago. I've been waiting for him to mature and not really paying attention too hard other than "Is he eating and healthy". He molted today and after seeing his distinctly FEMALE ventral side, I pulled his molt and OMG I have a girl! #tarantula
The inside of a tarantula's molt showing the white book lungs and a female spermatheca
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Looking through their comments was a weird ride
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
As I lifelong Who fan, this warms my heart.
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Marcella Gail @mglorr.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I hope so!
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