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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 6h

Ugh that sucks, my sympathies

Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 6h

For my fourth 🇨🇦 thanksgiving with my Austrian family, I brought out one of our classics from back home: my mom’s lime jello salad (and yes it’s part of the meal, not a dessert)!

Fair to say that much hilarity ensued. Not even the children liked it haha

Jen giving a thumbs up to a very bright green jello salad

A line up of turkey, stuffing, peas, mashed potatoes, Brussels sprouts and the glowing green jello

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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 5d

Finally had to make a close friend watch this so she gets why we Canadians always joke about burnt toast. It’s 👏🏻 our 👏🏻 culture 👏🏻🤪

youtu.be/pUOG2g4hj8s?...

Heritage Minutes: Wilder Penfield

YouTube video by Historica Canada

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wormbuxx @wormbuxx.bsky.social · 5d

Now I’m falling asleep and she’s calling a cob

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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 5d

Nobody knows how to kick off the semester like @biotay.bsky.social, a 10 minute discussion of Gary Larson comics makes for a much more entertaining seminar haha

Antonio with his arms wide presenting in front of a slide of a Gary Larson comic of a cow with cow tools

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 6d

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 8d

My friend @milliejohnston.bsky.social was getting rid of clothes in a move so I yoinked this amazing hooded top circa ~2008 and wore it as a “vintage” piece to an “emo night” at a club 😆

I’m both sad and amused our old music and clothes are now nostalgia and retro

Jen wearing a sleeveless top with a hood and a pentagram under it. She has shaved sides and a side bang and very 2000s smoky make up and is making a horn sign

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doctor eek [free link arc] (alt decorative gourd season) @absolutely-not.bsky.social · 10d

i looked at the methodology for this and it is
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked

The Independent @the-independent.com · 10d

Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

1 in 3 Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

www.independent.co.uk

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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 13d

It’s a beautiful shade !

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Giles @gdeejay.bsky.social · 13d

40s problem: Figuring out which of your friends are still willing to go to an event.

Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 13d

30s problem: Figuring out which of your friends are still willing to go to an event that starts after 11pm

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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 13d

30s problem: Figuring out which of your friends are still willing to go to an event that starts after 11pm

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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 13d

I love them !!!!!

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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 14d

Could you maybe go with Joao? But it seems it might be more upsetting than anything. I’d go with whatever your gut says. If you feel dread, I’d find another way to honour their memory. If you feel like you’d regret missing it, then try to go.

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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 14d

Acting I think ?

Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 14d

I have been re-playing it since I became ill a month ago, and it is so strangely addicting …

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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 14d

If you could spend a weekend in Tirana (Albanian), Vilnius (Lithuania) or Sofia (Bulgaria), which would you pick and why?

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Valentine Comin @valentine-comin.bsky.social · 18d

I am looking for an intern to work with captive crows this winter semester. Please feel free to share, or contact me if interested !

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Alice Auersperg @auersperga.bsky.social · 17d

Long John, the one-eyed Goffin is a large and rather dominant male in one of the Singapore groups. He has no trouble navigating through the canopy or strategically displacing pigeons from his feeding places. We think he is beautiful! - pics from Singapore with @theroesa.bsky.social

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Tommy Siegel @tommysiegel.bsky.social · 16d

birders, feast your eyes! my “extremely accurate birds” calendar is back by popular demand, and my illustrations are more realistic than ever! i do believe this new edition is the most anatomically-precise collection of bird illustrations ever drawn!

tommysiegel.net

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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 17d

One thing I love about Vienna is that I’m still finding the weirdest things, even in my own neighborhood.

A sculpture of a lizard creature with six breasts inside a cage on the side of an old building under a balcony

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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 18d

That’s a great decision, I really don’t think the GRE is a very useful filter and it’s a pain in the ass to take 😆 I did learn a lot of new vocab from it at least

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LaurenGuillette.bsky.social @laurenguillette.bsky.social · 27d

Accepting applications for Graduate Students! PhD & MSc

I am seeking highly motivated individuals to join my research team.

Application details here: https://bit.ly/4mlBd6x

Deadline 01 Dec 2025

Please share widely!

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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 18d

My parents used to be very evangelical but have mellowed out over the years (and are baffled by MAGA thankfully - and yes there are evangelical Canadian MAGAs 🙄, I know this because I’m related to them).

Anyways, despite my uncle’s “warnings,” they also thought the rapture thing was hilarious 😂

Text exchange with mom. Missed silenced video call at 4am. I ask “Did you mean to call me in the middle of the night?” Mom replies “No I accidentally hit it. All is well... no rapture either! lol”

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Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 18d

Awwww that sounds so sweet 🥺🥺🥺🥺 wish I could see that 🦝😍

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