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Stephanie! 💜✌🏻
@craniatology.bsky.social
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SATX | Environmental policy & GIS | Naturalist | 🏃🏻‍♀ | adventure 🐈‍⬛ content | TX mammal 💀 ID | TX native 🌻 enthusiast | 🐿️ bait (ask me about it sometime) | icon + banner: @BarghestBlack | she/they
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Stephanie! 💜✌🏻 @craniatology.bsky.social · Oct 22
Pinned tweet! Howdy, I’m Stephanie! I do GIS work in environmental policy! My work goes into the preparation of assessment and informational documents that aid in decision-making under the USA-ESA for vulnerable species! I’m a long distance runner, cat walker, and naturalist. Located in SATX. ✌🏻
Selfie! I’m wearing an oversized sage-green long-sleeve tee and purple Goodr sunglasses. My hair is brown and very long. I’m also wearing a maroon and yellow hip pack and holding the handle of a black and neon yellow tape-type Flexi leash (I’m walking Fitz, my cat lol). I’m in a dry ephemeral creek bed in an urban wooded natural area. Fitz (tuxedo longhair cat) reclining in green foliage in a natural area. He is looking upwards towards the viewer and seems happy. He is wearing a blue Rabbitgoo harness with a neon yellow tape-type Flexi leash. Blooming plains coreopsis in a disturbed natural area with gravelly bareground alongside a paved greenway path. A checkered-white butterfly visiting a firewheel flower. The surrounding vegetation is tall and somewhat weedy.
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jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
Your moment of calm: kestrel on a fence post. Out at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge with @sarahlovesbirds.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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My brother brought over a tin of Trader Joe’s Jingle Jangle. I was very excited. He then goes “yeah that’s the bits of it don’t like.” LOL

He legit picked through the tin for his favorites then brought me the rest.

The autism runs deep in my family.
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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November is #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth and a great month to support Indigenous artists! Art is how we celebrate our cultures and keep them alive 💛🧡❤️🖤

Check out my new Heleswv (Medicine) earrings & more from my NAHM collection → cvkvlv.com

Goal progress in comments ↓

#Beadwork #Art #MutualAid
A grid of photos of beaded medicine earrings in rainstorm, rainmist, and riandrop
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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I took it to the greenway trail today and spent time appreciating the land that I run on. This land is special and beautiful.

Please take time today to look up whose land you’re on today. The San Antonio area was once inhabited by the Payaya people, one of many who lived in south/east Texas. 💜

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Post-run full-body selfie at the trailhead parking lot. I’m wearing a black long sleeve running tee that reads VILLAGE IDIOTS RUNNING TEAM on it in green with a logo of a lit torch and crossed pitchforks, black running shorts, a green and white running hat that reads GO ONE MORE, and my Pride Goodrs. Included in the photo are my run stats: 10 miles; 8:08 min/mi average pace; 1:21:23 moving time; 249 ft in elevation gain.
November 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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veronicaory.bsky.social
🪶 A little Spotted Owlet illustration today for #BirdWhisperer

This one came alive for me! Love those eyes. Marker and pen.

#birdart #artyear #sketchbook
Pen and marker illustration of a spotted owlet with an intense gaze
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
craniatology.bsky.social
Geez you guys like bones. Once I can get to a point where I can run a dermestid beetle colony, I’ll throw y’all fox squirrel and opossum bones for days since those poor guys get hit pretty regularly by cars in my neighborhood. 😭 lol

I am not beyond picking up stuff on the side of the road lmfao
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Btw baggies are $15 each, not $25 lol. Baggie 4 is claimed. 🫣
craniatology.bsky.social Stephanie! 💜✌🏻 @craniatology.bsky.social · 2d
I went through my craft grade skulks and bones and figured I could put together little bone baggies if anyone in the USA (only!) wanted them for $25 each + shipping lol

If you can’t read my handwriting on the baggie, it’s in the photo alt text lol. They’ll go to whoever claims them first.

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Craft grade American badger jaw with teeth, nature-found not-cleaned Virginia opossum top skull, partial cotton rat skull, and misc. nature-found bones. Bobcat jaw with teeth, nature found raccoon top skull, partial cotton rat partial skeleton, and misc. nature-found bones. Coyote jaw with teeth, Virginia opossum nature-found half mandible, and partial cotton rat skeleton Nature-found partial domestic cat skull, nature-found slider turtle shell, nature found partial striped skunk, and nature-found deer vertebra.
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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I really need more sales to cover my rent and bills this November/Native American Heritage Month! Buy some beadwork for yourself and for gifting-- every sale helps <33

Boosts also appreciated 💕

Online store → cvkvlv.com

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Mvto! (Thank you!)

#Beadwork #MutualAid
Mirror selfie of me showing off a pair of beaded fringe earrings. I'm also wearing a velvety maroon hoodie and a 'beading is medicine' t-shirt A pair of mini fringe earrings in shades of blue, purple, and black
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
craniatology.bsky.social
I helped on a project in my grad program where we radio collared hog nose and striped skunks and as a byproduct of being dumb grad students, we were frequently sprayed. The “de-skunk” potion mentioned on the poster below was our only saving grace in being around other people lmfao

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compoundchem.com Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 2d
Why does skunk spray smell so bad, and what are some science-backed methods for removing the stench? The latest edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social takes a look: cen.acs.org/biological-c...

#ChemSky 🧪
Infographic titled “What makes skunk spray stink?” It explains that thiol compounds cause the odor. Earlier research misidentified 1-butanethiol, but two major thiols were later confirmed: (E)-2-butene-1-thiol (38–40% of volatiles) and 3-methyl-1-butanethiol (18–26%). It also notes the presence of thioacetates and quinolines. A central image shows a skunk. A section describes why the smell worsens with water: thioacetates convert to thiols when wet. Another section explains odor removal: tomato juice is ineffective; a mixture of 3% hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and dish detergent oxidizes thiols to odorless sulfonic acids. It also mentions pericosine A, a compound that forms odorless thioethers with thiols.
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
craniatology.bsky.social
Btw baggies are $15 each, not $25 lol. Baggie 4 is claimed. 🫣
craniatology.bsky.social Stephanie! 💜✌🏻 @craniatology.bsky.social · 2d
I went through my craft grade skulks and bones and figured I could put together little bone baggies if anyone in the USA (only!) wanted them for $25 each + shipping lol

If you can’t read my handwriting on the baggie, it’s in the photo alt text lol. They’ll go to whoever claims them first.

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Craft grade American badger jaw with teeth, nature-found not-cleaned Virginia opossum top skull, partial cotton rat skull, and misc. nature-found bones. Bobcat jaw with teeth, nature found raccoon top skull, partial cotton rat partial skeleton, and misc. nature-found bones. Coyote jaw with teeth, Virginia opossum nature-found half mandible, and partial cotton rat skeleton Nature-found partial domestic cat skull, nature-found slider turtle shell, nature found partial striped skunk, and nature-found deer vertebra.
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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The firewheels already sprouting lol🧍🏻

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Firewheel babies sprouting in my no-mow area lol
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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karanacat.bsky.social
昔の絵をリタッチしていた
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
craniatology.bsky.social
I went through my craft grade skulks and bones and figured I could put together little bone baggies if anyone in the USA (only!) wanted them for $25 each + shipping lol

If you can’t read my handwriting on the baggie, it’s in the photo alt text lol. They’ll go to whoever claims them first.

💀🌿
Craft grade American badger jaw with teeth, nature-found not-cleaned Virginia opossum top skull, partial cotton rat skull, and misc. nature-found bones. Bobcat jaw with teeth, nature found raccoon top skull, partial cotton rat partial skeleton, and misc. nature-found bones. Coyote jaw with teeth, Virginia opossum nature-found half mandible, and partial cotton rat skeleton Nature-found partial domestic cat skull, nature-found slider turtle shell, nature found partial striped skunk, and nature-found deer vertebra.
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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jagalart.bsky.social
HUE 24
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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We just bought $100 worth of white/neutral outdoor string lights for our front yard trees lol We have the biggest front yard + the most trees of the houses on our street so we’re gonna bring in the holiday cheer for sure.

I finally have a house that I can decorate for Christmas. My dream is reality
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Little sparrow paintings really coming along. Doing them all together for consistency.

#birds #oilpainting #seattle #art #sparrow #traditionalart #wip
4 4x4in oil paintings of a song sparrow? Looking in different directions. Unfinished. Background will eventually be a soft grey green i think
November 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Typhlosion is my favorite Pokemon EVER and the TCG knew it when they made the Psychic-Type Cyndaquil line (Psychic is my favorite type) lol
November 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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toadally.bsky.social
An explosive typhoon of a badger
November 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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salvaterra.bsky.social
As in every Monday, it was uploaded as stock art yesterday but I was not here to tell you.

It will be available as such on my Patreon until June.

www.patreon.com/posts/stock-...

#ttrpg #stockart #bsnm #bestiary #creaturedesign #cat #indierpg
black and white ink drawing of a winged get, running and getting ready to jump or fly by changing direction, looking up.
March 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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My LAST big long run of my training block! 22 miles!! I got it done this morning, and I did it at race pace! 😁✊🏻

I’m so ridiculously proud of myself. This has been the hardest 14 weeks of my life! 😭 But I’m HERE! Now it’s time to enter my taper. The Inaugural SATX Marathon is THREE weeks away! 😎

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Post-run fullbody selfie at the trailhead parking lot. I’m wearing a neon green running tank top, black shorts, a green and white running hat that reads GO ONE MORE on the front, and my Pride Goodr sunglasses. I’m also holding a Maurten water bottle with blue Gatorade in it. Stats from my run: 22 mi; 8:12 min/mi average pace; 3:00:28 moving time; 761 ft in elevation gain; 1,965 burned calories; 164 bpm average heart rate. Stats for my mile splits: slowest split 8:44 min/mi and fastest split 7:52 min/mi
November 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Btw if you ever wondered what firewheel seeds look like… 😁

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A bundle of firewheel seeds in my open palm. I’m working on sorting out more collected seeds to sow in my no-mow pollinator garden areas.
November 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Finished up sowing a good number of seeds I’ve collected off spent heads and seed pods while on runs! I planted some native seed mixes from Native American Seed back in early spring that yielded lots of blooms. The firewheels blessed me with MANY seeds! I got them all scattered and sowed. 😁✊🏻

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Five spent firewheel heads on my open palm that are full of seeds ready to be scattered and sowed!
November 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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gettoknownature.bsky.social
A thistle in November?! Well ok then. Go for it summer flower.

#BloomScrolling 🌿
Purple buds are opening into floofy flowers with very thin petals. The backdrop is a blur of green leaves.
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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AHEM WHY ARE U FLOWERING YOU ARE A FIREWHEEL AND IT’S NOVEMBER

EXPLAIN YOURSELF 🔥🛞🌱

(I’m prepping the no-mow areas today for fall time seed sowing)
A firewheel in full bloom with six mature flowers in one of my no-mow pollinator garden areas lol
November 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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lorischweigert.bsky.social
We got some more Northern lights last night and instead of using my Iphone I tried my best to use my DSLR. I struggle with night photography but thought I would give it a shot so with tripod in hand I went out to the middle of the golf course and did my best.
#photography #northernlights
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM