Spot the deer! #GreatSmokyMountains

She had to work today but came home to find the kids all here! (My brother in law on the left and my little sister in the middle.)

It's midnight here, which means this lovely lady is 66 years old. Love you so much, mama. This will be the year you visit your 44-46th National Parks and your 49th state!

One of my favorite underrated facts about Jane Goodall is that she actively wanted Bigfoot to be real.

Happy first day of Halloween! 👻🕷🎃

Today at work someone asked me if something was "like how they do it at Build A Bear" and she looked at me in absolute shock when I said "I have never been to Build A Bear so I am not sure on that."

Just a few hours of voting left and the last live with Mike and Naomi! Fat Bear Week came early this year so it would end before a government shutdown would happen. Thanks to all who manage the cams and to the rangers who provide all the education!

Every. Child. Matters. 😢♥️

Tomorrow's #FatBearWeek final is a #BattleoftheBoars! 32 Chunk vs old man 856! Voting opens 8am Alaska time (9am Pacific, noon Eastern) explore.org/fat-bear-week

The subset of bear cam viewers that refuse to vote in Fat Bear Week for a bear that has k*lled a cub on camera when tomorrow's finale is between two bears who have.

Fat Bear Week Final 4! Today we have 602 "Floatato" and 32 Chunk, vs 128 Grazer and 856. It is 602's first time on the bracket, and we have had a 32 vs 128 finale the last two years. Voting is now open! explore.org/fat-bear-week

I am now finding out about shootings because of Google Maps, we are in the worst timeline.

Was genuinely not sure how this was gonna go (been doomscrolling the last few days and started second guessing if my usual allergies were indeed allergies this time) but fortunately I seem to continue to avoid this thing.

Update: woke up feeling like I haven't slept at all.

I haven't slept well in two days and tonight is not looking good either 😫

Final four of #FatBearWeek is 602, 32, 128, and 856. I feel it's likely we get a 32 vs 128 final (for the third year in a row) and I think that's a bit boring so I will be voting for 602 and 856 to upset in their matches on Monday!

901 got ROLLS #FatBearWeek

Some of the shenanigans of the White-Tailed Deer family that have been hanging out in our yard. In total there are four fawns (two that have almost completely lost their spots, and two younger ones) and four does. The fawns are both sets of twins so the other two does are singles.

pod of humpbacks in silver bay right now. lots of spouts and tail action 🐋 📍 sheet’ka, lingit aani

Fat Bear Week voting is OPEN for today! 26 (daughter of 2019 champion 435 Holly) against 909 (daughter of two time champion 409 Beadnose), and then 99 (new to the tournament!) against Old Man 856! cc @flightriskmushing.bsky.social explore.org/fat-bear-week

One of my coworkers was shocked that Catholics do not believe in the Rapture, and I was like "my mom had never heard of it until Sunday when I was showing her memes, and my dad learned about it from Sheldon's mom on The Big Bang Theory."

She is my pick. Fingers crossed for a 901 and 856 finale since bracket setup doesn't allow for a 901 and 602 Floatato finale. (I'd be surprised if Grazer's popularity doesn't get her past 856 though)

Happy Fat Bear Week everyone!

(Also to clarify, when I say I'm not complaining - the tariffs/what the president has done to our relationship with Canada is bullshit. I'm not complaining about the people working at UPS; this is not their fault and they have so much extra work dumped on them especially with the $800 min gone.)

How long a 0.5lb package has sat at the border between Quebec and New York. Not complaining, just sharing to give an idea of import wait times right now. Tariff was paid within 20 minutes of me getting the link to pay it on the 11th, so that didn't specifically play into the delay.

The lie detector test determined I was telling the truth. 🏳️‍🌈

And here we have it! I predict 901 will face off with 128 in the final round (but I wish we could have a 602 vs 901 finale because I really think they represent Fat Bear Week the best this year!)

I somehow forgot about the bears that get to skip the first round! So it's possible all of these beardonkadonks get on the bracket!

Great video from earlier today on the history of #FatBearWeek, both in terms of all the winners in history as well as the benefit of the content in terms of support for the National Park and the greater public understanding of the species. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieiM...

The #FatBearWeek bracket reveal is tonight (7pm Eastern, 4pm Pacific, 3pm Alaska) at this link! 128 Grazer, 32 Chunk, 151 Walker, are nearly certain to be represented. Other possibilities 901, 89 Backpack, 903 Gully, 503 Cubadult, 910, 909, and 602. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN3k...

Instagram thinks I'm fat shaming a bear.

Katmai's Dumpling Mountain cam right now. So beautiful.

When Iditarod wrapped up this year, my mom joked that my dad was getting his wife back now that her "only two weeks" of livestream obsession was over. My dad said, "now you and Nicole will spend the next six months watching a live feed of bears standing in water. You even know their names."

Fat Bear Junior voting is officially on, babes! Four cubs have entered the Brooks Falls villa, but only one will strut their way into the Fat Bear Week showdown. 🐻 128's Yearling (Biggie) vs 803's 2.5-year-olds 🐻 26's Female Cub vs 26's Male Cub

I was using the flashlight on my phone to help me look for my phone 🤦🏼‍♀️

I have completely normal hobbies.

On the play by play tonight Mike called 719 "Holly 2.0" and it's so true, seeing her walk around and fish down there looking so much like her mother gets me so emotional.

"We Of the night Will know Many things Of which You sleepers Have never dreamed." - Bessie Hyde

Fat Bear Week is fast approaching and 901 is READY.

Today's Iditarod sign up pleases me greatly 🙌🏻

Ha! I got my "Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!" stickers from @dynamoe.bsky.social!! Remember: Nobody Asked for It; Everybody Hates It!! You too can share this sentiment with your world: nobodyssweetheart.com

I saw a flyer for a "fall preventation class" and my first thought was "you summer people are out of control."

These little ones have been hanging out in the back yard for several weeks now (mom is just off camera).

Me normally: *no patriotism whatsoever* Me when Parvati wins the first global season of Survivor in a near unanimous decision after receiving 0 votes against her:

I am so sad that Cirie was one short of FTC again, but it's fitting that the final three's initials were J/L/P. #SurvivorAU

Parvati fans tonight #SurvivorAU

"I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?" -Zhuangzi 🌜🌞🌛

903 Gully has so much mass he's about to convert to Catholicism. #FatBearWeek

Faint aurora in southeastern Michigan.