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Varnell Hill *shaboingboingg*

@tatispumati.bsky.social

210 followers 120 following 2.9K posts

Landscape ecologist, habitat quality modeling, design and management specialist, ecosystem services, MSc, Fisher(wo)man, Country Baby’s momma 💚

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Varnell Hill *shaboingboingg* @tatispumati.bsky.social · Nov 12

This is such a nice resource! Thank you!! 💚

georgia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @blahttodea.bsky.social · Nov 11

hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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BIOLOGY Ecology Macroecology https://go.bsky.app/GBn9pNZ Global ecology https://go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv Trait based ecology and evolution https://go.bsky.app/PThMXeX Invasion biology https://go.b...

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A Girl Still Has No Name @nyx-19.bsky.social · 5h

This been me all week

ʜᴀᴄᴋᴀʀʏ ʙɪɴx @chaclo.blacksky.app · 5h

Everytime I have to perform literally any function of my job description

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Varnell Hill *shaboingboingg* @tatispumati.bsky.social · 5h

I’ve been procrastinating getting off this app. That ends today

SFGATE @sfgate.com · 1d

Spotify responded that the ads do not violate its policies.

Spotify is running ICE hiring ads boasting wild signing bonuses

Spotify responded that the ads do not violate its policies.

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Dates in Movies @datesinmovies.bsky.social · 6h

Oct 16th 1932 - Sammie returns home to his father's church after performing on the opening evening of Smoke and Stack's juke joint

📽️📅 Sinners (2025)

2 Screenshots from the movie "Sinners" (2025): First, a black screen with text reading "Clarksdale, Mississippi October 16, 1932". Second, a dimly lit church interior with a wooden cross above the entrance, where a group of people in white clothing sit in pews, looking towards the entrance where a solitary figure stands silhouetted against the bright outdoors, creating a contrast between light and shadow.

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✨La Bodega Tophie✨ @itsniamya.bsky.social · 5h

I’m happy to live in a state that is a part of the alliance but the fact that it’s creation was needed is a federal failure.

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 13h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Molly Reynolds @mollyereynolds.bsky.social · 18h

The executive branch not spending the money that Congress has told them to spend is bad. The executive branch spending money on things for which Congress has not given them money is also bad (and, arguably, worse).

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

nyti.ms

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Varnell Hill *shaboingboingg* @tatispumati.bsky.social · 1d

Lemme borrow this meme though lol

Rent’em Spoons 🥄 🥄 @taastee.blacksky.app · 1d

My favorite followers are the ones that just post regular shit (random thoughts)! A lot of you still post like you’re getting paid for it!

If I see “do you have a sky crush?” One mo gain!!

Varnell Hill *shaboingboingg* @tatispumati.bsky.social · 1d

As someone that was up bathing a baby for a second time at 8pm because he rubbed mashed potato in his hair, can confirm life is beating my ass as I smile and sing songs through it.

KMJeezy @kmjeezy.bsky.social · 1d

I think this every day. Damn Im tired AF. Imagine if I had to come home to cook for some kids 😩

Y’allsey @aisling206.bsky.social · 1d

Paying bills with a paycheck that was $1,000 short.

Thank God the only person I have to care for is myself because if I had kids…Jesus Christ.

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kash @thisiskashmir.com · 1d

Heads up!

Home Depot is offering FREE Trades Training.

Perfect if you’re trying to kickstart your career in trades (HVAC, carpentry, Electrical or Construction) or hell, even if you just own a home.

I have interest in neither I just like to learn lmao

Details: www.pathtopro.com/free-trainin...

Free Training

The Path to Pro Skills Program is a FREE, on-demand training program. The coursework is designed to teach transferrable soft skills and how-to knowledge for a successful career in the skilled trades.

www.pathtopro.com

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Varnell Hill *shaboingboingg* @tatispumati.bsky.social · 1d

Welp lol. The culprit finally revealed itself 😂

Varnell Hill *shaboingboingg* @tatispumati.bsky.social · 7d

Dreamed I was pregnant last night. Chillleeeee I can’t wait to see who ai know catches the pregnant soon.

Varnell Hill *shaboingboingg* @tatispumati.bsky.social · 1d

The blatant disregard. I feel like Covid was the final lever that fully disconnected folks from
Their communities. I worked in healthcare through the whole thing and the callousness while screaming for the same type of accountability from others was crazy

Varnell Hill *shaboingboingg* @tatispumati.bsky.social · 1d

Hard. Extra hard cussing.

jeremy bearimy✨ @simplysope.bsky.social · 1d

If I start talking about Public Health and how ppl easily shrugged off their collective responsibility to one another - Imma cuss 😭

Varnell Hill *shaboingboingg* @tatispumati.bsky.social · 1d

I love my baby. So so so bad lol. He’s such a little menace AND he loves me down.

Varnell Hill *shaboingboingg* @tatispumati.bsky.social · 1d

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Stay Informed @stayinformed.bsky.social · 1d

Groundbreaking discovery rewrites over a century of insect and plant science www.thebrighterside.news/post/groundb... #healthnews #interestingnews

Groundbreaking discovery rewrites over a century of insect and plant science

Ants carry oak galls back to their nests, uncovering a surprisingly intricate connection among ants, oak trees, and gall wasps The post Groundbreaking discovery rewrites over a century of insect and plant science appeared first on The Brighter Side of News.

www.thebrighterside.news

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MrsBundrige @mrsbundrige.bsky.social · 2d

D’Angelo 🥀♥️

You Should Be Here😢

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Varnell Hill *shaboingboingg* @tatispumati.bsky.social · 2d

When we get by was the first piece of music I heard by D’Angelo and I haven’t let go since. This album right here….

Varnell Hill *shaboingboingg* @tatispumati.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve never resonated with music from our generation so hard. Each album was sonic mastery. So much depth. So much love. So much talent. We truly lost a titan.

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 2d

RIP D'Angelo🕊💙

He wrote this amazing song for the "Jason's Lyric" soundtrack #UWillKnow #BMU

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Varnell Hill *shaboingboingg* @tatispumati.bsky.social · 2d

Gonna play “Really Love” on repeat and cry all day

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Bougie Man La Flare @ad-renaissance.blacksky.app · 2d

Rest in Power D’Angelo

I HATE cancer

people.com/soul-legend-...

Soul Legend D'Angelo, 51, Dies After Private Battle with Pancreatic Cancer

Neo-soul legend and "Brown Sugar" singer D'Angelo has died at the age of 51 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, a source confirms to PEOPLE.

people.com

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Varnell Hill *shaboingboingg* @tatispumati.bsky.social · 2d

Baby not D’Angelo….

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Varnell Hill *shaboingboingg* @tatispumati.bsky.social · 2d

Please leave me alone 😂😂😂

Arif "Felonious Munk" Shahid @feloniousmunk.blacksky.app · 2d

Well now...THAT is a different sentence. "I said anything I'VE GOT." If it ain't here with us RIGHT NOW, that is not within my offer. "All of ME right on the spot..." to be clear, MOST of what i got is...ME. In fact, i don't even have more words so "da dada da dada da da da...da da dada da."

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Saint Badman 🥀🤞🏿❤️‍🔥 @infamousbrave.blacksky.app · 2d

Cinema 🔥🔥

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Varnell Hill *shaboingboingg* @tatispumati.bsky.social · 2d

Told my baby to go to bed! He looks at me and says GO!!! GO!!! So…milestones while disrespecting me directly to my face. He also refuses to say mama. Still.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3d

🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2

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Varnell Hill *shaboingboingg* @tatispumati.bsky.social · 2d

I’m gonna take these questions as disrespect

Mr. Crown @ambitiousapex.blacksky.app · 2d

Ladies, have you eaten?

Is your phone charged?

Have you shredded that stack of documents in your home office?