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@erraticstatic.bsky.social

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electric scatterbrain, levantine in the diaspora, married mama, neurodivergent nerd, dog cuddler, servant of spoiled cat, illustrator of bizarre beasts, fan of cartoons & cosmic horror, former veterinary nurse, and tired oh so tired LVL 39 ✡️🏳️‍🌈 עם ישראל חי

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⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · Oct 12

⚡ Battie B. ⚡ בת-אל ⚡

♀️ she/her
💡 electric!
✡️ decolonized jew (secular ashki)
🗣️ bilingual: english/עברית
🏳️‍🌈 bisexual
🐾 not quite human
💖 in love
♿ in pain
🧸 mother of one
🎨 artist & photographer
🧩 worldbuilder
🧠 psychonaut

❌ bigotry of any kind is unwelcome here. get lost or get blocked.

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⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 1d

🥜 and her adorably autonomous pinna

#peanut #dogsky

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GZY ⍼ גז"י @gamzehyaavor.bsky.social · 1d

*Youth rabbi voice*: Do you know which other authoritarian regime was taken down by an army of large frogs as well as a plague of assorted wood animals?

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⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 12h

kinda wish I'd talked to this guy more (really loved his vibe) but I was hella busy when I bumped into him and his rat

⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 13h

okay that's about it. I've posted all the pics from the NYC trip that I'm gonna let myself share here. the rest are either too personal or too cursed lol

I really do miss NY already.... Mississippi sucks (except for the birds, so many lovely dinosaurs in a healthy ecosystem full of amphibians)

⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 13h

and a couple from the return trip last Thursday #photography #battspix

the view from our first plane, high above the land during sunrise

the view from the second leg of the trip--lots of clouds visible below a bright blue morning sky, with the land barely visible far below

⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 13h

I feel okay sharing these particular pics because her face isn't visible in any of them.... still hoping we get bluesky's version of twitter circle sometime this century so I can share the oodles of stuff I won't post otherwise

⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 13h

look how fascinatinted my little one was at my favorite museum in NYC—it was her first visit there and she was ALL about the extinct critters! 🦕

my 5yo daughter looking at the displayed fossil of a massive fish at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC

now she's checking out a dinosaur phylogeny exhibit

and now she's looking at dinosaur skulls on display

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⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 13h

and that's about it. sorry I was too lazy to list any of the featured lepidopterans by species, tho I did know over half of them on sight

⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 13h

final bonus: my munchkin was fascinated by the pupae incubator

my 5yo daughter looking at the many butterfly pupae (including emerging adults) in the exhibit's pupae incubator

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⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 13h

another bonus: a butterfly that landed on my hand

yellow & black butterfly that landed on my finger

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⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 13h

bonus clip: two butterflies of different species, one hovering above the other (that is resting on a leaf)

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⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 13h

🧵

black & yellow butterfly on a purple flower cluster

black & brown butterfly hanging upside down from foliage

brownish butterfly with small eyespots on its wings at a feeding station

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⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 13h

🧵

black, yellow, and grey butterfly on bright green leaves

brown & white butterfly resting on window glass

that giant blue butterfly, as seen with its wings closed and their brown undersides visible (with big eye spots)

yellow & black butterfly hanging upside down from a leaf

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⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 13h

thread of my least blurry pics from my recent visit to the American Museum of Natural History's butterfly garden in NYC 🦋

#battspix #bugsky

orange, black, and white butterfly surrounded by green foliage

pale yellow, dusty blue, and black butterfly on a glossy green leaf

dull orange & grey butterfly on a feeding station

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⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 19h

a belated happy hatchday your way derg 💛

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⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 20h

another fine addition to the "pics of Skoosh yawning" collection

#skoosh #catsofbluesky

tuxedo cat photographed mid-yawn as he wakes up from a nap on my bed

⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 1d

🤨 umm what....lol kilroy

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Amazing Digital Carcass @amagire.bsky.social · 1d

"I wouldn't want immortality, eventually you will get bored." listen it will take me 6,650 lifetimes just to watch all the movies and TV shows, read all the books, and play all the games that currently exist, I'm not going to even start worrying about it until then

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NightlineZ GOH NYFB+FM @nightlinez.bsky.social · Mar 29

⚡️🐑Static Shock🐑⚡️

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Alex Nelson @alxnelson.bsky.social · 4d

An eastern bluebird sits on a fencepost on a windy day. #birds

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⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 1d

bsky still hasn't fixed the issue with vanishing alt text on vids/gifs. so here y'go:

short video clip of a golden brown & white mutt looking up at the camera excitedly and wagging her tail as she awaits a treat. one of her ears is half raised while the other remains in its typical floppy position

⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 1d

🥜 and her adorably autonomous pinna

#peanut #dogsky

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⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 2d

I just smirked for the briefest of moments and moved on with my packed day (twas indeed busy)

those bi flag hues tickle me extra. it's like someone made this for me lol

⚡חשמל⚡ @erraticstatic.bsky.social · 2d

ugh bluesky u were already on thin ice with me before this 😐

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 3d

being anti-zionist as a gentile is in fact antisemitic, and also it's advocating for the expulsion of most living Jews from their home, don't you dare try to piggyback on this post, David Lynch (the lesser)

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