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Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 10h

Unsolicited Tick pics

A clock face with black numerals and rim set to 10:10

A blue suited comic character with small antennae, “the Tick”.

Four ticks of varying stages of development on a human finger.

Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 15h

There's a local chain in Cville called Bodo's that makes it, and it's delicious. I got hooked in grad school. Mostly slightly sweet with just a touch of heat.

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Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 15h

Whole wheat bagel, toasted, jalapeno-lime cream cheese*

*only relevant in Charlottesville, VA

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Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 19h

Stay safe. Good bet they’re armed if they’re out there poaching.

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Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 20h

I was living in Tucson during the 2018-2019 shutdown. Decided to check out one of the side borders of East Saguaro National Park. There was a line of pickup trucks along the (cut) fence, filled with digging equipment.

And absolutely no one around or authorized to deal with the plant poachers.

Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 1d

A park employee, who spoke with SFGATE on the condition of anonymity to protect their job, said they know of only one wilderness ranger working the entire park. And technically, that person is not even a ranger, the employee said, but a volunteer.

SFGATE @sfgate.com · 1d

"It's the Wild Wild West."

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 1d

Bless her heart, she means well.

The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Dolly Parton Shares Video Confirming Sister A Shit-Stirring Bitch https://theonion.com/dolly-parton-shares-video-confirming-sister-a-shit-stirring-bitch/

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Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 1d

*slow clap*

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Ruckawriter @gregrucka.com · 2d

Fiction fights fascism.

Consider supporting the Kickstarter!!

Cheating History @cheatinghistory.bsky.social · 9d

The Regime is still trying to crack down on those who #resist but we won't be stopped.
Help us out at:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/che...

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Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 2d

Some evenings, Kyoshi (the dark one) insists on SINGING THE SONG OF HIS PEOPLE so I’ll let him in the linen closet. And since Molly sleeps during the day and our tiny emotional manipulator knows that, he and his brother get closet time.

Two cats curled up among towels in a wood-lined linen closet. On the left is a grey and black tabby with large white areas on muzzle, chest, and legs, looking relaxed. On the right is a tightly curled dark brown colorpoint gremlin glaring at me for disturbing his closet time.

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Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 2d

Natchitoches is an excellent one, really!

Virginia has counties that work:

Henrico (hen-RYE-co) County
Botetourt (BOT-uh-TOT) County

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Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 2d

This is the opposite scenario:

If you pronounce Versailles, Kentucky exactly as it is written—you’re a local.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 3d

Doing postdoc field work in southern Louisiana, I was never concerned about gators. But signs of a wild hog wallow put me on red alert.

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Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 3d

Sounds like a German liqueur.

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Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 3d

The title and premise is cheesy, but there's some great video of the two-phase wind-up and pitch dispersal mechanism ferns use.

Watch Ferns Get Freaky | Deep Look

YouTube video by Deep Look

www.youtube.com

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Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 3d

Missing a reagent today when my undergrads came in, so instead of the plan, I taught them how to do leaf peels to measure guard cells and also showed them how to use the EVOS fluorescence microscope.

And anyway, that's how my students learned that the annulus on fern spores is autofluorescent. 😁

Low quality image of a fern sorus (species unknown). The image is an overlay of a black and white brightfield image of the leaf lamina and bright green fluorescence within the sorus. The green straplike semicircles are part of the spore dispersal system that literally cocks and throws them like a baseball pitcher, and are autofluorescent due to presence of the polymer sporopollenin.

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Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 3d

See? I'm taking this as a second.

All in favor?

All opposed?

Excellent. Motion carries!

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 4d

Working on a bloödcheëp shirt. I'm proud of those letters.

A black tshirt design with a bald red cardinal in a circle surrounded by flames, with the word bloodcheep in red death metal style letters above it.

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Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 4d

Think* should be in that question somewhere. *sigh*

Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 4d

@restingdinoface.bsky.social

Saw this just now, and was curious if you had a take. Do you juvenile therapods would chew on their own tails? Would other dinosaurs?

www.instagram.com/reel/DPcWnoN...

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Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 4d

At George Mason, we're all shields! At least you get to be modern defensive technology.

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Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 4d

Yay, Francine has made it back home!

For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 4d

Francine has been found and is back in Richmond!

For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 5d

Francine has been spotted in the Garysburg, NC distribution center and a team from Richmond who she is familiar with are on their way to try to lure her home.

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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 5d

Deepest condolences to VA Del. @CandiMundonKing on the tragic loss of her daughter. As VA Del. @MichaelWebert says, this is a reminder of""the humanity beneath the fights"... bluevirginia.us/2025/10/mond...

VA Del. Michael Webert (R) tweets about the tragic, horrible loss of VA Del. Candi Mundon King (D)'s daughter...who "was a warrior, fighting Sickle Cell with her mom by her side"

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Brittany Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social · 5d

Upon seeing this news, the IAPT has updated the title of the Code to:

“The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, plants and very impressive lepidopterans”

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Daniel Probst @skepteis.bsky.social · 6d

Not sure about the gameplay, but the idea is brilliant.

Max Fürst @maxfus.bsky.social · 6d

Un-frigging-believable. I have waited for something like this for so long!

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