Ben Perkins
@longdistancecaller.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/benstagram81
new dad, memoirist, essayist, occasional journalist, birder, herper, artist's spouse, baker of cinnamon rolls, already in-recovery from whatever this is
new dad, memoirist, essayist, occasional journalist, birder, herper, artist's spouse, baker of cinnamon rolls, already in-recovery from whatever this is
Pinned
some juicy self promotion--here's a glimpse of my coming essay for @chicagoqreview.bsky.social in which feature jacarandas, pilot whales, the Florida intracoastal, positive thinking as self-erasure, dance moves from 1989, and the Kantian sublime
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Hurricanes Should Be Named After Fossil Fuel Firms: Mikaela Loach, Jamaican British Climate Activist
Climate Activist Mikaela Loach: Name Hurricanes After Fossil Fuel Firms
Jamaica remains in a state of emergency after being battered by Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic cyclones in history. The Category 5 storm slammed into Jamaica on Tuesday with 185-mile-per-hour winds, and the extent of the damage is not ...
www.democracynow.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Hurricanes Should Be Named After Fossil Fuel Firms: Mikaela Loach, Jamaican British Climate Activist
I feel like a lot of people must know this specific strangler fig in SWFL...
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#florida #photography #nature
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October 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I feel like a lot of people must know this specific strangler fig in SWFL...
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#florida #photography #nature
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#florida #photography #nature
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Australia's humpback whales are doing so well that their population is expected to reach carrying capacity and plateau in the near future--they have not just reached but exceeded pre-whaling numbers. For this to happen with such a long-lived, slow-reproducing species is near miraculous. #goodnews
These whales were hunted to 150 individuals. Now there are 50,000 of them
Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is now greater than before whaling.
www.abc.net.au
October 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Australia's humpback whales are doing so well that their population is expected to reach carrying capacity and plateau in the near future--they have not just reached but exceeded pre-whaling numbers. For this to happen with such a long-lived, slow-reproducing species is near miraculous. #goodnews
here I am in @chicagoqreview.bsky.social over on fb if you like spending your online time swimming in the hellmoutb of AI slop (I do sometimes, I'm not judging!)
#author #WIP #amwriting
#whales #florida 🦑🌿
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October 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
here I am in @chicagoqreview.bsky.social over on fb if you like spending your online time swimming in the hellmoutb of AI slop (I do sometimes, I'm not judging!)
#author #WIP #amwriting
#whales #florida 🦑🌿
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#author #WIP #amwriting
#whales #florida 🦑🌿
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October 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Chicago No Kings
October 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Chicago No Kings
October 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I'm pretty sure the people that illustrated "The Triassic" in my dinosaur encyclopedias from the 1980s were just drawing the nature coast of Florida...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I'm pretty sure the people that illustrated "The Triassic" in my dinosaur encyclopedias from the 1980s were just drawing the nature coast of Florida...
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#photography #nature
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#photography #nature
here I am in @chicagoqreview.bsky.social
the owl hooteth!
the serpent hisseth!
and I remember passive aggressively scalding someone at a new age church 😹
CQR:
www.chicagoquarterlyreview.com/2025/10/02/a...
buy:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTM7N3DK
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#author #authors #WIP #writingcommunity #amwriting
the owl hooteth!
the serpent hisseth!
and I remember passive aggressively scalding someone at a new age church 😹
CQR:
www.chicagoquarterlyreview.com/2025/10/02/a...
buy:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTM7N3DK
📚❤️
#author #authors #WIP #writingcommunity #amwriting
October 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
here I am in @chicagoqreview.bsky.social
the owl hooteth!
the serpent hisseth!
and I remember passive aggressively scalding someone at a new age church 😹
CQR:
www.chicagoquarterlyreview.com/2025/10/02/a...
buy:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTM7N3DK
📚❤️
#author #authors #WIP #writingcommunity #amwriting
the owl hooteth!
the serpent hisseth!
and I remember passive aggressively scalding someone at a new age church 😹
CQR:
www.chicagoquarterlyreview.com/2025/10/02/a...
buy:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTM7N3DK
📚❤️
#author #authors #WIP #writingcommunity #amwriting
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Photo: Richard Cahan evanstonroundtable.com/2025/10/04/b...
October 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Photo: Richard Cahan evanstonroundtable.com/2025/10/04/b...
September 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
August 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
some juicy self promotion--here's a glimpse of my coming essay for @chicagoqreview.bsky.social in which feature jacarandas, pilot whales, the Florida intracoastal, positive thinking as self-erasure, dance moves from 1989, and the Kantian sublime
📚❤️
#author #authors
#WIP
#writingcommunity
#amwriting
📚❤️
#author #authors
#WIP
#writingcommunity
#amwriting
August 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
some juicy self promotion--here's a glimpse of my coming essay for @chicagoqreview.bsky.social in which feature jacarandas, pilot whales, the Florida intracoastal, positive thinking as self-erasure, dance moves from 1989, and the Kantian sublime
📚❤️
#author #authors
#WIP
#writingcommunity
#amwriting
📚❤️
#author #authors
#WIP
#writingcommunity
#amwriting
rescued by-catch from the northern gulf of mexico at the Gulf Specimen Aquarium
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#photography #nature
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#photography #nature
August 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
rescued by-catch from the northern gulf of mexico at the Gulf Specimen Aquarium
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#photography #nature
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#photography #nature
July 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
manatees behind the scenes at Zoo Tampa; the largest nonprofit (re NOT SeaWorld) manatee critical care facility in the country
FYI more pics and vids of all sorts over at IG @benstagram81
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#nature #photography
#addme
FYI more pics and vids of all sorts over at IG @benstagram81
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#nature #photography
#addme
July 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
manatees behind the scenes at Zoo Tampa; the largest nonprofit (re NOT SeaWorld) manatee critical care facility in the country
FYI more pics and vids of all sorts over at IG @benstagram81
🌿🦑🐡🌎
#nature #photography
#addme
FYI more pics and vids of all sorts over at IG @benstagram81
🌿🦑🐡🌎
#nature #photography
#addme
July 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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June 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
fearless pied-billed grebe chasing a baby alligator away in the salt marsh.
and what would she even do if she caught up with it??
(the link is to an old academic paper accusing grebes of aggressive "duck-ramming")
tinyurl.com/bddcauu4
#photography #nature
#myart #addme
#acsky #acwri
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and what would she even do if she caught up with it??
(the link is to an old academic paper accusing grebes of aggressive "duck-ramming")
tinyurl.com/bddcauu4
#photography #nature
#myart #addme
#acsky #acwri
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May 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
fearless pied-billed grebe chasing a baby alligator away in the salt marsh.
and what would she even do if she caught up with it??
(the link is to an old academic paper accusing grebes of aggressive "duck-ramming")
tinyurl.com/bddcauu4
#photography #nature
#myart #addme
#acsky #acwri
🌿🪶🐊🦑 🍎🌏🧪
and what would she even do if she caught up with it??
(the link is to an old academic paper accusing grebes of aggressive "duck-ramming")
tinyurl.com/bddcauu4
#photography #nature
#myart #addme
#acsky #acwri
🌿🪶🐊🦑 🍎🌏🧪
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