R Garner
@rhgarner.bsky.social
She/her. Science media fact-checker, scicommer & independent researcher. If not talking about animals, I’ll be photographing them.
I run the Animal Photo Reference Repository.
I run the Animal Photo Reference Repository.
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Earlier, I spotted a snake with tiny gorgons for hair. When I looked at her, the pebble in my pocket turned to flesh.
February 4, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Earlier, I spotted a snake with tiny gorgons for hair. When I looked at her, the pebble in my pocket turned to flesh.
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ChatGPT is Trump’s biggest donor and is used by ICE. If you don’t like Trump or ICE, you should quit ChatGPT.
QuitGPT — OpenAI Execs are Trump's Biggest Donors
Join the movement. Delete ChatGPT. Cancel your subscription. It's time to quit.
quitgpt.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
ChatGPT is Trump’s biggest donor and is used by ICE. If you don’t like Trump or ICE, you should quit ChatGPT.
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It's hard to grasp how large this grouper is until you see it in comparison to the ship's toilet on the left.
This appears to be an Atlantic goliath grouper or 'itajara' (Epinephelus itajara). They can reach 800 lbs (350 kg) & 8 feet long (2.5 m)
Let's talk about these gentle giants.
This appears to be an Atlantic goliath grouper or 'itajara' (Epinephelus itajara). They can reach 800 lbs (350 kg) & 8 feet long (2.5 m)
Let's talk about these gentle giants.
January 30, 2026 at 4:25 PM
It's hard to grasp how large this grouper is until you see it in comparison to the ship's toilet on the left.
This appears to be an Atlantic goliath grouper or 'itajara' (Epinephelus itajara). They can reach 800 lbs (350 kg) & 8 feet long (2.5 m)
Let's talk about these gentle giants.
This appears to be an Atlantic goliath grouper or 'itajara' (Epinephelus itajara). They can reach 800 lbs (350 kg) & 8 feet long (2.5 m)
Let's talk about these gentle giants.
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With most psychedelic drugs, you never know what you're going to get. But this mysterious mushroom from China - without fail - causes users to hallucinate tiny people: crawling up walls, popping out from under furniture and marching under doors. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans
Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.
www.bbc.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:31 PM
With most psychedelic drugs, you never know what you're going to get. But this mysterious mushroom from China - without fail - causes users to hallucinate tiny people: crawling up walls, popping out from under furniture and marching under doors. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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If you love her, build her a shelter in haunted woodland guarded by owls.
January 16, 2026 at 7:03 AM
If you love her, build her a shelter in haunted woodland guarded by owls.
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Washington State residents: they’re trying to pull online age verification bullshittery here too. This bill would require people to upload their ID/credit card to view online adult content. You can complain to your reps here: app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/2112
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app.leg.wa.gov
January 11, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Washington State residents: they’re trying to pull online age verification bullshittery here too. This bill would require people to upload their ID/credit card to view online adult content. You can complain to your reps here: app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/2112
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Turn from the ruin. Turn and go *forward*.
January 10, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Turn from the ruin. Turn and go *forward*.
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An electric 2003 Subaru Outback would fix me
BYD needs a car shaped like a 2003 Subaru Outback so future generations have something to put 17 “Keep Honking” bumper stickers on.
January 4, 2026 at 7:24 PM
An electric 2003 Subaru Outback would fix me
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If you’re in need of some cute today, the repository has a whole page that’s just photos of different baby animals (and there’s many more photos of them if you click on the link for each species).
Gorillas, lions, penguins, dik-diks, lemurs, rhinoceroses, cranes, snow leopards, and more!
Gorillas, lions, penguins, dik-diks, lemurs, rhinoceroses, cranes, snow leopards, and more!
Baby Animals — Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
If you’re in need of some cute today, the repository has a whole page that’s just photos of different baby animals (and there’s many more photos of them if you click on the link for each species).
Gorillas, lions, penguins, dik-diks, lemurs, rhinoceroses, cranes, snow leopards, and more!
Gorillas, lions, penguins, dik-diks, lemurs, rhinoceroses, cranes, snow leopards, and more!
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Every time I walk past this bit of fallen tree I can't help imagining it scuttling around, crablike, after sundown, and getting up to no good.
January 3, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Every time I walk past this bit of fallen tree I can't help imagining it scuttling around, crablike, after sundown, and getting up to no good.
This is an AI-free, entirely open-access resource to help combat the slop currently inundating the internet. Please help me keep it growing!
The Animal Photo Reference Repository is open access and will always be free for everyone to use. All funding for the project comes from donations - throw a coin to your photographer?
ko-fi.com/animalphotor...
ko-fi.com/animalphotor...
Support Animal Photo Reference Repository
Support Animal Photo Reference Repository
ko-fi.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:07 PM
This is an AI-free, entirely open-access resource to help combat the slop currently inundating the internet. Please help me keep it growing!
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Photo of the Day: let's nap with mama, polar bear twins edition
www.animal-photo-references.com/polar-bears
All photos on the repository are free-to-use for artists creating derivative/transformative works (sans AI).
www.animal-photo-references.com/polar-bears
All photos on the repository are free-to-use for artists creating derivative/transformative works (sans AI).
January 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Photo of the Day: let's nap with mama, polar bear twins edition
www.animal-photo-references.com/polar-bears
All photos on the repository are free-to-use for artists creating derivative/transformative works (sans AI).
www.animal-photo-references.com/polar-bears
All photos on the repository are free-to-use for artists creating derivative/transformative works (sans AI).
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A message for you all to carry through the year
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 AM
A message for you all to carry through the year
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it’s all i’ve got
December 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
it’s all i’ve got
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These little wonders, still remain
January 2, 2026 at 3:39 AM
These little wonders, still remain
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Photos of the Day: very fresh, day-old babies, just like 2026.
Happy new year! I bring you the gift of newborn white-bearded wildebeest, capybara, and Preswalski's horses
All photos on the repository are free-to-use for artists creating derivative/transformative works (sans AI).
Happy new year! I bring you the gift of newborn white-bearded wildebeest, capybara, and Preswalski's horses
All photos on the repository are free-to-use for artists creating derivative/transformative works (sans AI).
January 1, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Photos of the Day: very fresh, day-old babies, just like 2026.
Happy new year! I bring you the gift of newborn white-bearded wildebeest, capybara, and Preswalski's horses
All photos on the repository are free-to-use for artists creating derivative/transformative works (sans AI).
Happy new year! I bring you the gift of newborn white-bearded wildebeest, capybara, and Preswalski's horses
All photos on the repository are free-to-use for artists creating derivative/transformative works (sans AI).
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Very very very useful resource!
I updated my table of medications and other drugs that can make urine drug screen false-positives, including adding a column for fentanyl:
Urine Drug Screen False Positives
Update 12/31/2025: I found and added a bunch more, including a column for false positives for fentanyl assays and more for LSD and a bunch o...
mdaware.blogspot.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Very very very useful resource!
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I've waited 3 years to make this post
December 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I've waited 3 years to make this post
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Bring back the idea that there's stuff it's rude to ask people about and none of your business (why are you masking, why aren't you drinking, etc.)
Also, never ask someone why they're wearing a mask! Just don't! You're not entitled to people's health info!
December 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Bring back the idea that there's stuff it's rude to ask people about and none of your business (why are you masking, why aren't you drinking, etc.)
Uh-oh… head archivist of a paranormal research institute… (podcasts count as an audiobook if you binge them like one).
December 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Uh-oh… head archivist of a paranormal research institute… (podcasts count as an audiobook if you binge them like one).
I really want to set this project up to succeed: we need to create the GenAI-free future we want to see in the world, and this is my bit.
For it to grow in ways users are requesting (taking donations of photos, additional web features) requires some outside expertise. Signal boosts appreciated.
For it to grow in ways users are requesting (taking donations of photos, additional web features) requires some outside expertise. Signal boosts appreciated.
As upgrades to the Repository setup continue, I need to consult a couple of experts to do it right.
If anyone in the community is a lawyer with knowledge of American copyright law, or a professional fundraiser, please reach out! I am limited on funding for consults but will pay for expert advice.
If anyone in the community is a lawyer with knowledge of American copyright law, or a professional fundraiser, please reach out! I am limited on funding for consults but will pay for expert advice.
December 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I really want to set this project up to succeed: we need to create the GenAI-free future we want to see in the world, and this is my bit.
For it to grow in ways users are requesting (taking donations of photos, additional web features) requires some outside expertise. Signal boosts appreciated.
For it to grow in ways users are requesting (taking donations of photos, additional web features) requires some outside expertise. Signal boosts appreciated.
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Seeing people use generative AI is extremely embarrassing. They're like tiny children being given controllers that aren't plugged into the gaming system and they're smashing buttons shouting, "I'm winning!" Only they're adults, fully capable of playing but they want the unplugged controller.
December 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Seeing people use generative AI is extremely embarrassing. They're like tiny children being given controllers that aren't plugged into the gaming system and they're smashing buttons shouting, "I'm winning!" Only they're adults, fully capable of playing but they want the unplugged controller.
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Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
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anti ai, pro hag
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
anti ai, pro hag
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team ai hater includes Bong Joon Ho, Guillermo del Toro, Vince Gilligan, the Pope, and me
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
team ai hater includes Bong Joon Ho, Guillermo del Toro, Vince Gilligan, the Pope, and me