Scott Cave
@hellabarnes.bsky.social
Once and future historian of colonial Latin America, current stay at home dad. just a clod of the common earth
Posting RVA-area plant pics on Insta @powerlinebotany, for now
Posting RVA-area plant pics on Insta @powerlinebotany, for now
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My grandfatherly pentecostal megachurch pastor said interracial marriage was not good because it could lead others to stumble in their faith in 2003.
It’s a real mystery why evangelicals have such a hard time keeping college-age kids in the flock
It’s a real mystery why evangelicals have such a hard time keeping college-age kids in the flock
January 16, 2024 at 5:35 PM
My grandfatherly pentecostal megachurch pastor said interracial marriage was not good because it could lead others to stumble in their faith in 2003.
It’s a real mystery why evangelicals have such a hard time keeping college-age kids in the flock
It’s a real mystery why evangelicals have such a hard time keeping college-age kids in the flock
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Coptic spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice, 6th–7th century CE, Egypt, ink on papyrus, 37.3 x 25.4 cm (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven)
archives.yale.edu/repositories...
archives.yale.edu/repositories...
January 10, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Coptic spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice, 6th–7th century CE, Egypt, ink on papyrus, 37.3 x 25.4 cm (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven)
archives.yale.edu/repositories...
archives.yale.edu/repositories...
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I demand attention to biological detail in my ghost stories.
The Spooked podcast used audio of Puerto Rican coquis in a section about South American frogs
The Spooked podcast used audio of Puerto Rican coquis in a section about South American frogs
January 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I demand attention to biological detail in my ghost stories.
The Spooked podcast used audio of Puerto Rican coquis in a section about South American frogs
The Spooked podcast used audio of Puerto Rican coquis in a section about South American frogs
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most dinosaur-shaped dinosaur (bird)
🇧🇷Aracuã-escamoso
🌎Ortalis squamata
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
O aracuã-escamoso é uma ave da ordem Galliformes, da família Cracidae. É também conhecido como aranguá e jacuiquira.
📷 Luiz Veríssimo
🌎Ortalis squamata
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
O aracuã-escamoso é uma ave da ordem Galliformes, da família Cracidae. É também conhecido como aranguá e jacuiquira.
📷 Luiz Veríssimo
January 10, 2026 at 9:02 PM
most dinosaur-shaped dinosaur (bird)
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walter slobchak
At first, you get a little civic pride boost from standing together united with your neighbors against an occupying force. Then your civic pride is wrecked when the occupiers are this guy. How did we get here, America???
January 10, 2026 at 9:18 PM
walter slobchak
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Populations of endangered animals on an island have increased by 90-100% in five years, after effectively controlling non-native predators.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
'Predator-free' fence project praised for restoring Kangaroo Island's native wildlife
Five years after feral cats were removed from inside the Western River Refuge on Kangaroo Island, populations of endangered species have boomed.
www.abc.net.au
January 10, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Populations of endangered animals on an island have increased by 90-100% in five years, after effectively controlling non-native predators.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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that distinctly east coast problem where your house is humid but at a temperature that needs neither AC or heat
January 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM
that distinctly east coast problem where your house is humid but at a temperature that needs neither AC or heat
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re: tallow/ eating animal fats
Pork or poultry fat is basically always better
January 10, 2026 at 6:38 PM
re: tallow/ eating animal fats
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These dancers are a common sight at Minneapolis protests and cultural events. Protesters are gathered around as they wait for the protest against ICE to start in south Minneapolis.
January 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
These dancers are a common sight at Minneapolis protests and cultural events. Protesters are gathered around as they wait for the protest against ICE to start in south Minneapolis.
walter slobchak
At first, you get a little civic pride boost from standing together united with your neighbors against an occupying force. Then your civic pride is wrecked when the occupiers are this guy. How did we get here, America???
January 10, 2026 at 9:18 PM
walter slobchak
most dinosaur-shaped dinosaur (bird)
🇧🇷Aracuã-escamoso
🌎Ortalis squamata
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
O aracuã-escamoso é uma ave da ordem Galliformes, da família Cracidae. É também conhecido como aranguá e jacuiquira.
📷 Luiz Veríssimo
🌎Ortalis squamata
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante
O aracuã-escamoso é uma ave da ordem Galliformes, da família Cracidae. É também conhecido como aranguá e jacuiquira.
📷 Luiz Veríssimo
January 10, 2026 at 9:02 PM
most dinosaur-shaped dinosaur (bird)
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they outlawed gender theory and now we're all doing gender praxis
January 10, 2026 at 7:21 PM
they outlawed gender theory and now we're all doing gender praxis
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i’m an episcopalian i don’t want to live like this
yeah it’s just my life now, i teach high school and then ice agents are outside of my school and i say suck my fucking cock, very normal stuff
January 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM
i’m an episcopalian i don’t want to live like this
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having a broom is important, not so much because you necessarily need a broom, but because sometimes you need a stick
January 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
having a broom is important, not so much because you necessarily need a broom, but because sometimes you need a stick
you’ve heard of vulgar marxism, but we are now in the era of vulgar freudianism
January 10, 2026 at 7:41 PM
you’ve heard of vulgar marxism, but we are now in the era of vulgar freudianism
re: tallow/ eating animal fats
Pork or poultry fat is basically always better
January 10, 2026 at 6:38 PM
re: tallow/ eating animal fats
that distinctly east coast problem where your house is humid but at a temperature that needs neither AC or heat
January 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM
that distinctly east coast problem where your house is humid but at a temperature that needs neither AC or heat
I demand attention to biological detail in my ghost stories.
The Spooked podcast used audio of Puerto Rican coquis in a section about South American frogs
The Spooked podcast used audio of Puerto Rican coquis in a section about South American frogs
January 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I demand attention to biological detail in my ghost stories.
The Spooked podcast used audio of Puerto Rican coquis in a section about South American frogs
The Spooked podcast used audio of Puerto Rican coquis in a section about South American frogs
Reposted by Scott Cave
Armando Esquivel, el profesor de lengua que se hizo viral cocinando patatas de 100 formas diferentes: “La papa me cambió la vida” dozz.es/bw0673
Armando Esquivel, el profesor de lengua que se hizo viral cocinando patatas de 100 formas diferentes: “La papa me cambió la vida”
dozz.es
January 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Armando Esquivel, el profesor de lengua que se hizo viral cocinando patatas de 100 formas diferentes: “La papa me cambió la vida” dozz.es/bw0673
having a broom is important, not so much because you necessarily need a broom, but because sometimes you need a stick
January 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
having a broom is important, not so much because you necessarily need a broom, but because sometimes you need a stick
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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precious little.
January 10, 2026 at 12:07 PM
precious little.
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Acid mine drainage party at The Red Waterfall on the Great Allegheny Passage trail
January 10, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Acid mine drainage party at The Red Waterfall on the Great Allegheny Passage trail
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Going to take this opportunity to remind everyone that for a coastal state, beach access in Massachusetts is absolute garbage.
www.wgbh.org/news/series/...
www.wgbh.org/news/series/...
January 10, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Going to take this opportunity to remind everyone that for a coastal state, beach access in Massachusetts is absolute garbage.
www.wgbh.org/news/series/...
www.wgbh.org/news/series/...
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I’m a right to roam guy in general but beaches are so obviously a public right of way
Who has the right to walk along Lake Michigan’s shoreline? A Wisconsin man is challenging a trespassing citation in hopes of pushing courts to reconsider how shoreline access works in this state.
Read the story here:
wisconsinwatch.org/2026/01/wisc...
By Dan Egan for Wisconsin Watch
Read the story here:
wisconsinwatch.org/2026/01/wisc...
By Dan Egan for Wisconsin Watch
January 9, 2026 at 6:10 PM
I’m a right to roam guy in general but beaches are so obviously a public right of way