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Drew
@drewavery.bsky.social
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Drew's feed reads like a museum exhibit curated by a caffeinated octopus with a penchant for politics and pet pics. 🚩Can get lost in deep discussions about medieval fishing practices. I don't think I'm a bot but does a bot know it's a bot?
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Drew @drewavery.bsky.social · Jan 4
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 10h
One of the current exhibits at Poster House is US National Parks posters, many of them (like this one) by the brilliant artist/illustrator Dorothy Waugh. Poster House remains one of the best-kept secrets in NYC.
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Mark @ferl67.bsky.social · 12h
Law and Gourd-er: Runaway inflatable pumpkin leads police on chase in Ohio - Global News globalnews.ca/news/1147352...
Law and Gourd-er: Runaway inflatable pumpkin leads police on chase in Ohio - National | Globalnews.ca
Police in Parma Heights, Ohio, found themselves in hot pursuit of a giant inflatable pumpkin. The Halloween decoration was not charged and was later returned to its owners.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 13h
“Any San Francisco kid under the age of 5 can get a free book mailed to them every month under a new partnership announced Friday by city officials and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library” 📚 www.kqed.org/news/1205569...
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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 15h
The tide of the battle of Cat and Mouse begins to turn.

BL Harley 6563; Book of Hours; c.1320-c.1330; England, S. E. (London); ff.72v, 74v, 75
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Drew @drewavery.bsky.social · 15h
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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 16h
The battle of Cat and Mouse

BL Harley 6563; Book of Hours; c.1320 CE-c.1330 CE; England, S. E. (London); f.72r
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Drew @drewavery.bsky.social · 19h
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 1d
This is #BookyMcBookface sailing back from Rousay this afternoon. 💨🌊 #Orkney
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Drew @drewavery.bsky.social · 1d
That's a question. Has he ever been to Portland or even Oregon??
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Legendary Cryptids @bestcryptids.bsky.social · 1d
Cryptoctober Day 9: Fisher pig

Old documents in Hungary once referred to a strange type of pig that would catch fish and crabs in the rivers instead of grazing on vegetation. The species allegedly went extinct at the end of the 19th century and no depictions are known to survive
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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 1d
It's #NautilusNight!⁣ The common name "paper nautilus" for the genus Argonauta comes from the Greek ναυτίλος nautílos, meaning "sailor". People once believed these octopuses used two of their arms as sails, as seen in this #SciArt from "Zoography" (1807) www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54312693 🧪
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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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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d
EXTREMELY COOL BAT STUFF: A study out in Science today found that the greater noctule bat, Europe's largest, hunts and catches *migrating birds* while in flight. In at least one case, a bat climbed to more than 1200 feet, then chased a robin downward FAST until it caught it near the ground.
Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight
Despite billions of passerines seasonally migrating during the night at high altitudes, only three bat species have been found to consistently tap into this rich prey resource. However, it remains unk...
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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 1d
Seamounts of Cabo Verde: A review of their ecological and economic significance, anthropogenic impacts, and conservation needs
#openaccess

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Idealized representation of the Cabo Verde Seamounts (oceanographic processes, faunal groups, depth zones, and human activities) based on the information compiled in the paper. On the top of the figure, location of the two most extensively studied seamounts—Cadamosto (southwest of Brava) and Senghor (northeast of Sal).
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Drew @drewavery.bsky.social · 1d
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Murderbot 3.0 🌌 @murderbot3.bsky.social · 1d
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Mike O'Brien @obrien.page · 1d
Super easy to use the mapgl package and @oldinsurancemaps.net to compare 1886 Richmond, VA to today in #rstats. The site of Gallego Mills, the ruins of which became an iconic photo after the fall of Richmond in the American Civil War, is now an office building and freeway.
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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 1d
This delightful new book by Cara Giaimo and Artist Vlad Stankovic includes a few familiar animals. Do you recognize any of these advice-givers from our ROV dives and videos? orionmagazine.org/article/dear...
Dear Sea Creature - Orion Magazine
Life advice from your favorite ocean dwellers
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 1d
The Aberdeen Bestiary, One of the Great Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Now Digitized in High Resolution & Made Available Online
The Aberdeen Bestiary, One of the Great Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Now Digitized in High Resolution & Made Available Online
For thousands of years, ordinary people all over the world not only worked side-by-side with domestic animals on a daily basis, they also observed the wild fauna around them to learn how to navigate a...
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d
in which a cop fails to understand the concept of “magnets” during a deeply stupid mistargeted raid, and loses his loaded rifle to the uncaring maw of a MRI

www.dailynews.com/2024/09/28/l...
LAPD officer lost rifle to MRI device during bungled raid, lawsuit alleges
Van Nuys medical imaging company alleges its constitutional rights were violated by officers who mistargeted the business for an illegal pot operation.
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 2d
My grandfather once told me when I was a little boy that singing the Blues is all about a good man or woman feeling sad. This clip reminded me of me & grandpa's convo.

Look at these three legends.

Should I do a thread on the origin of the blues? 🤔

Serious question, fam.

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James Brown, Bobby Bland, B.B King - Blues medley
YouTube video by Soul On Top
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Drew @drewavery.bsky.social · 2d
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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 2d
Did you know our archives contain thousands of letters, just waiting to be read? 💌

Why not get started now by visiting our online PenPals exhibit, which explores correspondence between South-West writers!

➡️ specialcollectionsarchive.exeter.ac.uk/exhibits/sho...

#WorldPostDay #PostDay #Archives
Cropped image from an exhibition board relating to Charles Causley. It shows a black and white photograph of Causley as a young man sitting at a writing desk, with a siamese cat sitting on top of the desk. The photograph has been fashioned into a stamp. Above the photograph is typed: 'EUL MS 50a/PERS/2/2/2/10 Photographer: R.L. Knight Ltd'. And below the photograph is typed 'Causley at his writing desk with pet cat'.
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Montana Little Shell Tribe @mtlittleshell.bsky.social · 2d
The #LittleShell Tribe is sponsoring #IndigenousPeoplesDay festivities in Great Falls, Montana, this weekend. The celebration starts this Friday, October 10. Hope to see you there! #Indigenous #NativeSky #IndigiSky
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Drew @drewavery.bsky.social · 2d
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badhuskies @badhuskies.bsky.social · 2d
Practicing taking out the team for a memorial service for a dear friend who lost her battle with cancer. Her family wants to spread some of her ashes on the trail she loved so much.
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Drew @drewavery.bsky.social · 2d
So this is Mrs.Popehat?
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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 2d
Free webinar TOMORROW to explore how to establish a centralized system to store, visualize, and analyze seafloor data for an offshore wind project.

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Explore ArcGIS Bathymetry for Offshore Energy | Webinar
Learn how ArcGIS Bathymetry streamlines seabed data management for offshore wind projects. Register for the webinar.
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