Lotta Fjelkegård
@lottassociala.bsky.social
Mostly a lurker. Busy reading and learning. Nature. Comics. Books. Science. Bossed around by two juvenile cats. (Disaster pair!) Tries to be as kind as possible. Sometimes I succeed. (she/her)
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Roman Snail (Helix pomatia)
Roman Snail in August 2025 by Lotta Fjelkegård
www.inaturalist.org
"You can't tell me what I can and can't do!"
I love these magnificent chonks. 🐌❤️
#invertebrates #invert #snail #Sweden #nature
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I love these magnificent chonks. 🐌❤️
#invertebrates #invert #snail #Sweden #nature
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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miami dade was ground zero for “oh fuck Latinos are shifting right”
may it also portend a dramatic shift back the other way
may it also portend a dramatic shift back the other way
CONFIRMED: Eileen Higgins, a Democrat, will be the new mayor of Miami.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
December 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
miami dade was ground zero for “oh fuck Latinos are shifting right”
may it also portend a dramatic shift back the other way
may it also portend a dramatic shift back the other way
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Kids these days will never get to enjoy the experience of memorizing the whole maths textbook while not understanding any of it so you can recreate enough weird symbols from memory to pass the exam
I do think that some people who didn’t experience being Bad at Math in the 2000s and 2010s are probably really underrating how demeaning that experience was at the time
speaking on the basis of being a humanities type who struggled with math (until I learned to program later on) who felt that society was giving me a constant message in the 2000s that I was a worthless parasite who would die in a ditch on that basis alone
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Kids these days will never get to enjoy the experience of memorizing the whole maths textbook while not understanding any of it so you can recreate enough weird symbols from memory to pass the exam
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👀
BREAKING: Democrats have *flipped* a seat in Georgia's state House tonight.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
December 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
👀
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Yuh-Line was one of the very best electeds helping folks in NYC during the early years of COVID. I respect her HUGELY - and enormously respect her decision to step aside in the NY-10 primary to maximize our chances of beating Dan Goldman. ❤️💪🗽
That’s why today, I am making the difficult decision to step aside so we on the left can consolidate behind a unified progressive candidacy.
December 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Yuh-Line was one of the very best electeds helping folks in NYC during the early years of COVID. I respect her HUGELY - and enormously respect her decision to step aside in the NY-10 primary to maximize our chances of beating Dan Goldman. ❤️💪🗽
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folks we are into “breaking gerrymanders” territory here
we are going to win
we are going to win
This Georgia flip is in a district that the GOP drew to drown Democratic voters in Athens into a neighboring red county, Oconee.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
folks we are into “breaking gerrymanders” territory here
we are going to win
we are going to win
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I really hope the people who are giving money to the leopards eating face party so that the leopards won’t eat their face pay attention to the fact that the closer you are to the leopards, the closer your face is to the leopards.
December 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I really hope the people who are giving money to the leopards eating face party so that the leopards won’t eat their face pay attention to the fact that the closer you are to the leopards, the closer your face is to the leopards.
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Here’s this week’s Better Offline. I’m joined by @lisaeadicicco.bsky.social of CNN to talk about the state of consumer electronics, Samsung’s Vision Pro competitor, and why every phone kind of looks the same.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
The State of Consumer Tech with Lisa Eadicicco
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 12/10/2025 · 33m
podcasts.apple.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Here’s this week’s Better Offline. I’m joined by @lisaeadicicco.bsky.social of CNN to talk about the state of consumer electronics, Samsung’s Vision Pro competitor, and why every phone kind of looks the same.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
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Coworker Jane: “I want you to know that this was definitely Jane’s fault.”
Me: “I like how you’re referring to yourself in third person today.”
Jane: “Yeah, I don’t want anything to do with myself today.”
Me: “I like how you’re referring to yourself in third person today.”
Jane: “Yeah, I don’t want anything to do with myself today.”
December 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Coworker Jane: “I want you to know that this was definitely Jane’s fault.”
Me: “I like how you’re referring to yourself in third person today.”
Jane: “Yeah, I don’t want anything to do with myself today.”
Me: “I like how you’re referring to yourself in third person today.”
Jane: “Yeah, I don’t want anything to do with myself today.”
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Check out this awesome Defensive Baking art!
Hey @tkingfisher.com, thought you might enjoy the fruit of an illustration challenge centered around your Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking. I believe the illustrators are mostly students or amateurs hoping to develop their skills, and the challenge was to focus on one character. From Facebook.
December 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Check out this awesome Defensive Baking art!
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Love below freezing temps for what it does to the invasive insect and tick populations but don't love being out in them for 45 minutes talking to a neighbor.
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Love below freezing temps for what it does to the invasive insect and tick populations but don't love being out in them for 45 minutes talking to a neighbor.
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Come for the witches, stay for the hot werewolves. 🥵
Hi! Did you know that Bree & I have a #webcomic?
The Witch Wolf updates every full moon. It’s about witches, werewolves, vampires, and the magic forest that connects them all.
Site: thewitchwolf.org
Webtoon: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/th...
Patreon: patreon.com/thewitchwolf
The Witch Wolf updates every full moon. It’s about witches, werewolves, vampires, and the magic forest that connects them all.
Site: thewitchwolf.org
Webtoon: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/th...
Patreon: patreon.com/thewitchwolf
December 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Come for the witches, stay for the hot werewolves. 🥵
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Two men try to kill each other. And then they don't.
/jb
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Pursu...
Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/...
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/e...
#HistoricalRomance #Romance #Romancelandia #HEA #WorthSaga #Novella
/jb
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Pursu...
Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/...
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/e...
#HistoricalRomance #Romance #Romancelandia #HEA #WorthSaga #Novella
December 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Two men try to kill each other. And then they don't.
/jb
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Pursu...
Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/...
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/e...
#HistoricalRomance #Romance #Romancelandia #HEA #WorthSaga #Novella
/jb
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Pursu...
Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/...
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/e...
#HistoricalRomance #Romance #Romancelandia #HEA #WorthSaga #Novella
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Opening the online pottery shop for a few days with some frog mugs and bowls, some geckos and a very few special bird things. Only keeping the shop open for a few days so I can get everything off in the mail before taking a break for the holidays - shop till Friday Dec 12!
sarahwithtea.com/shop
sarahwithtea.com/shop
December 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Opening the online pottery shop for a few days with some frog mugs and bowls, some geckos and a very few special bird things. Only keeping the shop open for a few days so I can get everything off in the mail before taking a break for the holidays - shop till Friday Dec 12!
sarahwithtea.com/shop
sarahwithtea.com/shop
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
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1) I was having drinks with @gregrucka.com who is in LA for VERY SECRET REASONS and we were discussing this post, because he had just finished A Thing and I am in the middle of A Thing and write all day, literally 9 to 5, and we were talking baout how THAT felt ...
I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
A.I. and the Fetishization Of Ideas
In writing and in dispensing my (very dubious, probably shady) writing advice, I am often keen to note that ideas are bullshit. Most writers treat them like precious gems when really, ideas are lik…
terribleminds.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
1) I was having drinks with @gregrucka.com who is in LA for VERY SECRET REASONS and we were discussing this post, because he had just finished A Thing and I am in the middle of A Thing and write all day, literally 9 to 5, and we were talking baout how THAT felt ...
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These marshmallows are terrible. Not even sticky
December 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
These marshmallows are terrible. Not even sticky
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*kicks down the door like Big Bird in that one gif*
VISIT YOUR LIBRARY
WE'VE GOT DVDS
WE'VE GOT CDS
WE'VE GOT BOOKS ON CD
WE'VE GOT THAT TONIES THING FOR YOUR KID
YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT WORK
VISIT YOUR LIBRARY
WE'VE GOT DVDS
WE'VE GOT CDS
WE'VE GOT BOOKS ON CD
WE'VE GOT THAT TONIES THING FOR YOUR KID
YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT WORK
“As prices for streaming subscriptions continue to soar and finding movies to watch, new and old, is becoming harder as the number of streaming services continues to grow, people are turning to the unexpected last stronghold of physical media: the public library.”
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
*kicks down the door like Big Bird in that one gif*
VISIT YOUR LIBRARY
WE'VE GOT DVDS
WE'VE GOT CDS
WE'VE GOT BOOKS ON CD
WE'VE GOT THAT TONIES THING FOR YOUR KID
YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT WORK
VISIT YOUR LIBRARY
WE'VE GOT DVDS
WE'VE GOT CDS
WE'VE GOT BOOKS ON CD
WE'VE GOT THAT TONIES THING FOR YOUR KID
YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT WORK
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No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.
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Someone asked me if the footage of 1,000ft lava fountains on Kīlauea was AI.
PLANET EARTH IS INFINITELY SUPERIOR TO ANYTHING THAT SOULLESS ENVIRONMENT-KILLER COULD EVER CONJURE FROM PILLAGING REAL ART.
Ahem. No, it's not AI. Volcanoes are just that incredible.
PLANET EARTH IS INFINITELY SUPERIOR TO ANYTHING THAT SOULLESS ENVIRONMENT-KILLER COULD EVER CONJURE FROM PILLAGING REAL ART.
Ahem. No, it's not AI. Volcanoes are just that incredible.
December 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Someone asked me if the footage of 1,000ft lava fountains on Kīlauea was AI.
PLANET EARTH IS INFINITELY SUPERIOR TO ANYTHING THAT SOULLESS ENVIRONMENT-KILLER COULD EVER CONJURE FROM PILLAGING REAL ART.
Ahem. No, it's not AI. Volcanoes are just that incredible.
PLANET EARTH IS INFINITELY SUPERIOR TO ANYTHING THAT SOULLESS ENVIRONMENT-KILLER COULD EVER CONJURE FROM PILLAGING REAL ART.
Ahem. No, it's not AI. Volcanoes are just that incredible.
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YOU CAN HAVE DIFFERENT, NEW PROBLEMS THAN I DID! NO MORE OLD PROBLEMS! ONLY INFORMATION!
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH I NEEDED THIS TOOL WHEN I WAS POLICY DIRECTOR AT A STATE ENERGY AGENCY
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“Did IL pass any ESG laws in 2025?”
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“Which bills in MI's most recent session focused on Building Electrification?”
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Explore Climate Cabinet's database of climate bills in state legislatures across the country, broken down by category.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
LOOK AT THIS TOOL
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH I NEEDED THIS TOOL WHEN I WAS POLICY DIRECTOR AT A STATE ENERGY AGENCY
LOOK AT IT
YOU CAN HAVE DIFFERENT, NEW PROBLEMS THAN I DID! NO MORE OLD PROBLEMS! ONLY INFORMATION!
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH I NEEDED THIS TOOL WHEN I WAS POLICY DIRECTOR AT A STATE ENERGY AGENCY
LOOK AT IT
YOU CAN HAVE DIFFERENT, NEW PROBLEMS THAN I DID! NO MORE OLD PROBLEMS! ONLY INFORMATION!
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*neuron activation*
I was five when this went down, and I still remember the ridiculousness of it all.
People were literally flying out-of-state to Toys R Us stores in remote parts of the country to get their kids these dolls.
I was five when this went down, and I still remember the ridiculousness of it all.
People were literally flying out-of-state to Toys R Us stores in remote parts of the country to get their kids these dolls.
"Must-have" Christmas gift of 1983? The Cabbage Patch Kid 🥬 👶
It started the holiday trend. Desperate parents camped out, while some greedy Grinches resold the dolls at inflated prices. 🎁
This serene Wishbook page belies the holiday chaos.
Browse the full catalog ⤵️
archive.org/details/1983...
It started the holiday trend. Desperate parents camped out, while some greedy Grinches resold the dolls at inflated prices. 🎁
This serene Wishbook page belies the holiday chaos.
Browse the full catalog ⤵️
archive.org/details/1983...
December 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
*neuron activation*
I was five when this went down, and I still remember the ridiculousness of it all.
People were literally flying out-of-state to Toys R Us stores in remote parts of the country to get their kids these dolls.
I was five when this went down, and I still remember the ridiculousness of it all.
People were literally flying out-of-state to Toys R Us stores in remote parts of the country to get their kids these dolls.
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The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
new iOS update is sleek and also defaults in Music to “you must want songs transition as they would on a dance floor.” so many people will wonder why they can’t just listen to an album. Apps > Music > Song Transitions > toggle off.
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
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Ah, the shitpost removal service nobody asked for
Hey remember that whole "Bluesky doesn't have algorithms" thing
December 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Ah, the shitpost removal service nobody asked for
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I found this amazing Mimetica incisa leaf katydid in my garden yesterday.
#bugsky #katydids #insects #nature #costarica
#bugsky #katydids #insects #nature #costarica
December 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I found this amazing Mimetica incisa leaf katydid in my garden yesterday.
#bugsky #katydids #insects #nature #costarica
#bugsky #katydids #insects #nature #costarica