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NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Absolution. Repped by Joe Veltre at Gersh. Gigs: The Tuesday Agency. he/him

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · Jul 12

Just a reminder: The tenth anniversary editions of the original Southern Reach trilogy are still out in the wild, selling well. NYT bestsellers and on a lot of best-of-decade or this century lists. With new intros by Karen Joy Fowler, NK Jemisin, and Helen MacDonald. Buy from you favorite indie.

Southern Reach covers with morphed boar, rabbit, and owl, art by Pablo Delcan.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 1m

thank you for your service

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 9h

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

www.oregonlive.com

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David Raffin @davidraffin.bsky.social · 14m

I took this downtown. No joke.
Amsterdam.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 1h

in the fireplaces

Joshuagraham/DJJoshua @joshuagraha12.bsky.social · 1h

Where’s the fires?!

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 1h

(I don't know if most know that Amsterdam is a kid-friendly and safe city, with lots of family activities and initiatives.)

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 1h

Around Portland on a rain-tinged day. In some ways as close to a US Amsterdam as I've experienced. (Which means not ostentacious, great public transpo/ bicycle culture, walkable neighborhoods, abundant culture, great food scene, lots of public art and imagination, family friendly, etc.)

lovely downward flouncing red blossom with raindrops

downward plunging red pink blossom with phalanges like a cool ceiling light.

blue brontosaurus riding a yellow horse riding a bike

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Olivia Portlander 🐙🧡🍋🐊🦋☂️ @sallyfisherprice.bsky.social · 19h

Tonight in the garden.

A blujay holding an acorn in its beak, standing on some wood chips next to green plants.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 2h

there's something there

lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 2h

there's something here

A normal-versus-normal matchup is what politics used to be — persuasion, messaging, negotiation, compromise. Behaving this way will lose against someone donning body armor while calling you an antifa domestic terrorist MS-13 gang member. And the guy in the body armor will always lose to the guy in the inflatable frog suit.

3x3 grid charting how aura farming, shitposting, and acting normal interact

Aura Farming Shitposting Acting Normal
Aura Farming Stronger aura farmer wins Shitposter wins Aura farmer wins
Shitposting Shitposter wins Society loses Acting normal wins
Acting Normal Aura farmer wins Acting normal wins We live in a society

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 2h

No adjusted light in these cedar waxwings photos. I like conveying what it was like to see them with little glints off their magnificence. What a wonderful flock to see. 4/4

several cedar waxwings on the branches of a fir tree

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 2h

Look how cute these huddled cedar waxwings are on this bare branch tree. Cuddle puddles. 3/4

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More detail as the cedar waxwings gather in the top of a tree against a cloudy sky. 2/4

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 1d

My best backyard bird portraits from the past few months. 1/2

puffy headed lesser goldfinch on garden shed roof.

scrub jay with blue and white, with a nut in mouth, on the roof.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 3h

Your moment of calm today... a series of cedar waxwings in a silhouetted tree. 1/4

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 5h

oh geez that's awfully kind. thanks.

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 5h

yeah, i have emails in to a couple

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 5h

Fair. I guess it seems impossible to accomplish anything re culling an animal that is so adaptable and prolific in its breeding.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 5h

it's all very interesting!

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 5h

um yeah and maybe winners shouldn't give speeches after but just give a thumbs up or something :(

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 5h

I read the paper, which doesn't have a lot of hard evidence, and with regard to this question... it feels pointless at this point to kill opossums in Oregon.

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Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 @dataandpolitics.net · 17h

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 16h

Ah, interesting! Thanks.

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 20h

Yes but hogs are generally destructive everywhere.

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 21h

Yes, opossums in Oregon are to be euthanized if found, like Cuban tree frogs in Florida. Wild.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 21h

Oregon's classification of the opossum as an invasive species seems opossibly out of date, given they were introduced to the state in 1910 + any effect on ground nests of birds likely not nearly as bad as raccoon predation. Any biologists know of current studies about economic or ecological impact?

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 1d

well, they tried to cook one...

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 1d

Around Portland today... someone takes their Halloween extra serious. (sorry for overposting today).

blackened skeleton in a cage with backdrop of figurehead of pirate regalia over front door in backdrop.

dead pirate sitting peacefully next to a skull with a candle for some reason with coins scattered at his booted feet.

skeleton roasting on a pitchfork spit because nothing is more succulent than cooked pirate

ossuary hill of rocks and skulls with gravestones in backdrop and bones in foreground

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