Please stop and enjoy a few moments of our happy sheep munching a mountain of pumpkins. 🐑 🐏

This is supercool, a real-world validation of the Belyayev Russian Fox experiments. But also the raccoons at my house seem to be getting more and more thuggish, so I dunno. www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...

“Somewhere in the cosmos, a planet is entirely given over to spoon life-forms. Unattended spoons make their way to this planet, where they enjoy a uniquely spoonoid lifestyle, generally leading the spoon equivalent of the good life." 😂

Excellent research. it showed that an estimated 250 teaspoons would need to be purchased annually to maintain a institute-wide population of 70 teaspoons. The authors point out that the scientific literature is strangely bereft of teaspoon research. 🤔 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean

Adams, who has been visiting the Bream Bay area for >40 yrs, said it was the first time she had seen a humpback. “He was enormous, at least twice the size of the boat. He was jumping out of the water and flapping his fins all over the place." 📷Michele Adams www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...

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Lettuce take a break and enjoy some crunchies from porcupine Thistle! 🥬 North American porcupines love nibbling leafy snacks, those sharp teeth never stop growing, so all that crunching helps keep them healthy! 📹: Keeper Tess

I don’t think people outside of healthcare realize how much AAP is standing out as a moral backbone of medicine right now, especially in pediatrics. There is so much fear at institutions. Seeing an org directly and repeatedly targeted refuse to budge an inch is extraordinary.

RIP

Very disappointed to see the Loch Ness Monster trailing Bigfoot. #JustSaying .

"Our govt has gutted our public sector, welfare system, indigenous rights & more, the cost of living is so high, and there just aren’t a lot of opportunities in general. Leaving feels like my own personal 'fuck you'." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

The 'spoonies' as I fondly call them, (Royal Spoonbill - Kōtuku ngutupapa) visit "my" bay intermittently - usually no more than 5 birds but they are back again and there are 7!

NO WAYYYY! 🤯🤯🤯 Is this the COOLEST stick insect ever?? 💚 This mossy girl (Taraxippus sp.) from Peru was the most incredible phasmid I have ever seen, I could not get over how perfectly camouflaged it was on the mossy trees! 🌳 So in awe of our natural world! 🌿

who has *not* always wanted their very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammer head shark i ask u

I have just completed the worst gardening job ever - weeding on a bank filled with rosemary and rambling bottlebrush. I am now dripping wet. But it is done!

It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick. Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

This dynamic experience reveals how Henson & his team brought to life the worlds of The Muppets, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal & Labyrinth. It also includes material from Henson’s experimental projects & early work. movingimage.org/event/the-ji...

I knew these two variable oystercatchers had a nest somewhere in the spinifex grass. I had just about given up, as I didn't want to stress the birds any more, when I suddenly spotted three lovely eggs. The nest has been fenced off now to stop anyone accidentally stumbling into it.

Driving to Duvauchelle. I'm always struck by how photographs of the Banks Peninsula seem to come out looking like watercolour paintings, making the scenery instantly recognisable.

The news we need to see more of on the internet.

NZ has had two major reforms of subnational government so far: 1876 and 1989 As the guy who literally wrote a book on the demise of that first system, *and* as someone who generally supports more unitary authorities, my considered opinion is that this proposal is completely insane

Stuff Squirrels do😄

Jeez - why are some people such assholes? 🤬🥺 www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-t...

I saw this rather lovely post the other day mourning the death of Lisa kākāpō and celebrating her life. 🥹 www.facebook.com/100063523242...

Whakapapa Skifield Locals Day 29 November. Fund-raising for Whakapapa and Waimarino Volunteer Fire Brigades. #Ruapehu #Whakapapa #Waimarino #Tongariro #CruisingSh4

So excited to be visiting Aotearoa New Zealand in February for the Capitol City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 (with side trips to Otago, Canterbury, and U. Auckland). If you're in Wellington or fancy a visit, check out the program. www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/...

Whomever runs the social media account for @themerl.bsky.social is a gem. 🤣😂

Superb, in fact. #grickledoodle #mustache #chameleon #cartoon #art #funny #drawing

I wrote this about NZ's last specialist classical music store. It made me sad.

Where does that path go?

Meet the Malaysian giant katydid, the world's largest katydid species. Borneo does elephants small, and insects huge... things are completely backward there. (This, by the way, is a male. Apparently the female is even bigger.)

SOUND ON. Instead of a photo, here's a short video from Borneo. Normally I don't condone handling of wildlife, but something was obviously stuck beneath our truck. You might say we were a bit surprised about what our guide pulled out...

Rationality, for the purposes of this research, is defined as the ability to form beliefs based on evidence; but, when new evidence emerges, evidence can be weighed up and beliefs revised. Plenty of humans can't seem to do that. 🤔 www.sciencealert.com/chimps-can-r...

Take a breath… and spend a moment by the ocean with Inkblot, the Adventure Dog. 🐾 💜 Aotearoa/the Shire.

Seals singing in a sea cave #Orkney 🦭🎧

I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago. Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑

By @mikepole.bsky.social "I asked a Ukrainian woman if she had heard of Ukrainian veterans having a different reception. She said “It’s not my job to educate ignorant foreigners." So the topic seems to trigger hostility. I'd love to hear more Ukrainian voices." www.mikepole.com/2025/11/17/u...

Knew from a young age that I wanted a medical career. Thought I would be a vet because I didn't like people - then decided age 15-16 that I could deal with people after all, and didn't fancy the idea of sticking my entire arm up a cow's rear end.

A somewhat blurry photo of a young thrush fledgling, not yet able to fly and hiding out in the undergrowth. Be safe, little one!

bsky elder achievement unlocked: skeets quoted in parliament

OMG, that brings back memories....

And here is a zoomed in version ...

best 'return to sender' ever.

Autocorrect has become our worst enema.

I'm in 'deploy a birb' mode and this is the bestest birb news! Wisdom has returned to Midway Atoll for nesting season, slightly earlier than prior years. Her new mate from last year has not been seen yet. Let's hope he turns up! 📷Keegan Rankin USFWS www.instagram.com/p/DRQEDcNkl-...

Me, running away from my problems.

After a bit of grinding, assembly test complete! Now rounds of polishing… 🛠️

That fish must have done some BAD SHIT!!