why are humpbacks so cute & goofy? 🌊🌿🐋🐳🦑

it was wild moving to california & learning that many of the monarch butterflies migrate east to west, not north to south like they do east of the sierra nevadas this is a cluster of overwintering monarchs on a eucalyptus in pacific grove's monarch sanctuary (sorry it's backlit, early morning) 🌿🐛🦋

a little more tidepooling to find my favorite squishies 🌊🌿🐙🦑

one more night in the tidepools tonight & I had a blast seeing who fluoresces! just about every crustacean I found fluoresced including eelgrass isopods (couldn't get a good pic unfortunately) 🌊🌿🦀🐙🦑

10/10 would recommend bringing a dark UV light nighttime tidepooling 🌿🐙🦑🦀

nighttime king tidepooling!

for my fellow californians, if you don't already have it, there are local phone numbers for rapid response/support teams to get legal assistance for people being kidnapped by ice in some cities & several regions of california if you see or suspect ice is in your area www.ccijustice.org/carrn

Day 9: "To Die for the People" by Huey Newton. This collection, edited by Toni Morrison captures the vision of the BBP co-founder. Newton challenges police brutality, racial capitalism, & U.S. imperialism & calls for community self-defense, solidarity across oppressed ppl, & a better future. 🧶

🚨 The "Madeleine" is just hours away from Gaza. Activists on board are facing threats, but they sail on , with courage, with purpose. Their hearts echo Gaza’s cries. 🛑 Don’t let them disappear into the sea 📡 Track them live: bit.ly/4mSndme 🔁 Repost to spread the word let the world watch with them.

Rainbow Beast-Mode is a soft, luminous rainbow inspired by a beast in a 15th-century Book of Hours. Isn't he cute? Shifting from mint to lemon, creamsicle to pink & lavender. A subtle but vibraint rainbow. 🌈🧶 10% of sales go to @trevorproject.bsky.social #yarnsky #fiberart #pride #yarnlove

You’re gonna have to be patient for this one. This little Gastropod veliger larva (sea snail) starts out in its shell, but soon feels brave enough to come out and show us its glorious velum! Such a pretty little babe. 🦑 #plankton

Day 7: "The Fateful Triangle" by Stuart Hall. Jamaican-born theorist Stuart Hall’s book is a powerful critique of how race, ethnicity & nation are entangled. A radical, essential read on identity, power & belonging in a postcolonial world. Clear & accessible writing! 🧶 #booksky #yarnsky #yarnlove

Day 5: "The Wretched of the Earth" by Frantz Fanon. A blazing anti-colonial manifesto, demanding revolution of both society and us too. A radical, necessary takedown of colonialism & its aftermath. Fanon reminds us that liberation is collective or it is nothing at all. 🧶 #booksky #yarnsky

Day 3: "I Refuse to Condemn: Resisting Racism in the times of National Security" edited by Asim Qureshi. A relevant, powerful 2020 compilation of global voices, from scholars to writers & journalists shining light on root causes of imperialism & racism. Paired w/ an orange/red gradient skein.🧶

Day 1: "How Europe underdeveloped Africa" by Walter Rodney. Essential reading by Guyanese historian & activist W. Rodney who explains how Africa has historically been deliberately exploited for western gain. It's an eye opener. #booksky #yarnsky

@isasaxonists.bsky.social did a custom skein dye job for me that was absolutely stunning (they were nudibranch-themed!) & the yarn was incredibly soft! & her page always includes uplifting, educational posts supporting marginalized communities, so follow her & check out her lovely yarn & content!

Happy #pridemonth, all! Like last year, here's a 🧵 of books to add to your reading list to support marginalized folks. Follow along each other day! Some authors are Black/Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Muslim, Arab, &/or Palestinian. Have fun, enjoy the pics, read lots, love each other. 🧶 #yarnsky #booksky

You can donate to help out Ahmed’s family here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-ahmed...

testing the intersection of orca fans & wrestling fans on ig, iykyk 🌊🐬🐳🦑🌿🌎

therapist: you open to doing ancestor work to help w/ healing your trauma? me: yes, my Scottish grandma buried north of San Fran & I've wanted to connect w/ her since moving to Cali him: ok, let me know how it goes my partner, hearing me sobbing in the shower: you sure you want to do this today?

California may be called a "sanctuary state" but we're still plagued by these gestapo agents & I noticed when I moved back to Monterey, these stickers have appeared on the local buses "sanctuary" please, our governor is ready to throw everyone to the wolves for a future presidential run

testing the intersection of orca fans & wrestling fans on ig, iykyk 🌊🐬🐳🦑🌿🌎

me, on the boat mic: since we're watching orcas with calves, I want to discuss an underrated topic y'all probably don't think about much & I think should be discussed on whale watch trips male guest: WHALE SEX!!! me: menopause male guest: WHAT?! 🌊🐬🐳🦑🌿🌎

first time meeting the CA122 transient pod, who was pretty friendly with our boat 🌊🐬🐳🌿🦑🌎

it's been a minute but the spring was bustling with great tidepooling! I found my first Olive's & Hilton's aeolid nudibranchs 🌊🌿🐙🦑🌎

silly bee, that's not a real sunflower, it's my sunflower star model 🌊🐙🦑🌿🌎

absolutely disgusting to hear autistic people brushed with such broad strokes & he can keep autistics with high support needs out of his mouth

it's been non-stop humpback whales & dolphins lately despite how early in the season we are & there's plenty of food even though our upwelling is just getting started 🌊🐋🐳🐬🦑🌿🌎

me: what do you call a neurodiverse transwoman who's transitioning? b: idk me: unmascing b: did you or your therapist come up with that one? me: I did!

📣PRIDE PACKS ARE BACK! Get your early bird discounts. 15 mini skeins, 15 queer medieval facts, pompoms, an ornament, pattern tutorials, & more. There's a slimmed down version for those who just want the mini skeins. Donating 10% to the Trevor Project to support good mental health in LGBTQ+ youth.

Again - everyone who demonised the student protests is complicit in this. Especially the Democrats. You all laid down the foundation for increased suppression and punishment for the crime of standing up against genocide.

There is no other way to say this: Today is the day the CDC was essentially dissolved. What's left is a husk. People will die as a direct result. www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...

Ruaa has been displaced multiple times and is struggling to survive. The least we can do is donate to her campaign - can anyone match my £5?

I’ve donated $5 to Eman’s family - can anyone join me and match my donation?

no sweet peents in California, but Wilson's snipes overwinter here & the resemblance is remarkable! while these woodcocks & snipes are in the sandpiper family together & their names are sometimes used interchangeably, they belong to different genera: Scolopax & Gallinago 🪶🌿📷

Please do consider entering this special raffle in support of #TransDayOfVisibility. Just £1 to enter & you could win this gorgeous shawl made by @youmadememiss.bsky.social The yarn was made by me in honor of Marsha P Johnson.

Start your week w/ something nice to look at. Introducing April's #yarnclub colorway "Vermillion Voyager" based on a 17thc Dutch painting of a Black Moorish merchant. 75% merino/25% nylon in high twist fingering/sock. It's 425m/100g so you'll be able to make some fab projects w/ this. 🧶

We've passed 600 followers for our new Kickstarter for Primacy! Can you help us get to 2000 before we launch? Please share the news about this 2 player card game set in the world of Coyote & Crow and make this game our biggest one yet! www.kickstarter.com/projects/coy... #NativeSky #boardgames #RPG

This is very infuriating and also completely unsurprising.

y'all, chronic pain is no joke I tweaked my back around noon yesterday, & it progressively worsened until I was in bed at 9pm & couldn't lift myself up to go pee embarrassed to say we had to call emts to help me get up, then ended up at the ER until 3am & now I'm sitting at my dr's in a wheelchair

while I love the invertebrates I find in the wild, this is my invertebrate at home having one of his no bones days (which is every day for this 17 y/o senior) 🐱🐈

for @colouredwilde.bsky.social we visited the tule elk back in january, which have now been allowed to roam freely outside of the elk reserve at point reyes & we encountered this bachelor group just east of the elephant seal rookery by the lighthouse 🌿📷

Once upon a time there was a Black King named Agolant who battled the French King Charlemagne. They were depicted at war in a manuscript. He was almost forgotten abt until someone from the Republic of Yarnia made a colorway in his honor 600 years later. 🧶 #handdyedyarn #yarnlove #yarnaddict

Over 200k followers and I can't find mention of Gaza/ns or Palestine/ians, only one reference to Indigenous people in a reply, too many mentions of black holes for me to be certain no mention of Black people but I didn't see any. Be apolitical (🙄) or be anti-racist and anti-genocide.

no sweet peents in California, but Wilson's snipes overwinter here & the resemblance is remarkable! while these woodcocks & snipes are in the sandpiper family together & their names are sometimes used interchangeably, they belong to different genera: Scolopax & Gallinago 🪶🌿📷

it's wild how comfortable coyotes can be in suburban sprawl & there are so many people that let their pets free roam like we don't have coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats, hawks, & eagles absolutely everywhere! no wonder my neighborhood has missing pet signs on so many of the telephone poles