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Willow Oak @willowfairy.bsky.social · 7d

I love getting to give lectures on fungi. I get to do a structured infodump on my special interest to a captive audience.

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Selina @selinaaa1212.bsky.social · 8d

She's so beautiful GO LOOK AT HER

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 9d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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𝖋𝖌𝖕 @fairygothparent.bsky.social · 11d

Return to tradition. 💜 Dreaming of the Trancestors explores the past using archaeological evidence, academic studies, and anecdotes from Norse lore. Along with Rock the Boat, it's available for pre-order til Friday, October 17.

#pagansky #witchsky #heathensky

photo of my hand holding a zine above fallen leaves. the zine is titled "DREAMING OF THE TRANCESTORS: GENDER NONCONFORMITY AND QUEERNESS IN PRE-CHRISTIAN NORTHWESTERN EUROPE." it has a light purple cover, featuring a take on the transgender glyph and three faces of various genders.

photo of page 16 from dreaming of the trancestors. it features an illustration of an archigallus, a gender nonconforming leader of the cult of cybele.

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Willow Oak @willowfairy.bsky.social · 11d

What if I started a kickstarter to build a modern-day neolithic-style passage tomb? Anyone else feel like they wanna get buried like the Old Ones?

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Willow Oak @willowfairy.bsky.social · 22d

Balance, turning towards the times of decay and dark. Shedding leaves that will nourish you next Spring. Retreating within, cooled by the air and warmed by a hearth fire. Happy Autumnal Equinox.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 26d

“At last,” shouted Toad, “my seeds have stopped being afraid to grow!”

“And now you will have a nice garden too,” said Frog.

“Yes,” said Toad, “but you were right, Frog. It was very hard work.”

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Eerie-s ʕ`•ᴥ•´ʔ @jitterbugbear.bsky.social · 27d

mourning dew 🥀

#art

a digital art piece depicting a misty field with clovers and other plants. the focus is on a dewy spider web that has a blueish watery looking fairy creature stuck on it

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Willow Oak @willowfairy.bsky.social · 28d

LMAO I would do that. The funny part is that there is no conversation, I don't bring any attention to it but Every Single Time they put it right in the center of the tree rings. Never the same pharmacist, same spot every single time.

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Willow Oak @willowfairy.bsky.social · 28d

Vaxxed up with @cybersharky.bsky.social
Covid and Flu
An unintended consequence of my tree ring tattoo, I've given the pharmacist a target to aim for.

Two people wearing green kn95 masks and showing off dual bandaids on their upper arms from receiving vaccinations. Both people are wearing glasses and a surprised expression with wide eyes and raised eyebrows. The person on the right is wearing a maroon polo shirt. The person on the left is wearing a black tee shirt and has nature-inspired tattoos on their arm, including tree rings near their shoulder. The bandaids are positioned right over the middle of the tree rings, like the pharmacist used the rings as a bullseye for aiming the vaccine needle.

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Willow Oak @willowfairy.bsky.social · Sep 15

A Bounty of Mantis

A mostly green mantis perching amongst some asters which are not blooming. The mantis is likely a Chinese Mantis. The view is mostly from the side, with the mantis's head turned to face the camera. You can see 2 pinpoint black spots in the eyes of the mantis. The mantis looks like it perhaps knows a secret or has a cheeky riddle to share.

A large green mantis clinging to the stem of a sunflower plant. The mantis is likely a Chinese Mantis, and has a rotund abdomen. The view is mostly from the side, and the mantis has turned its head to face the camera. The mantis looks like it is contemplating and calculating potential escape routes from this inconvenient conversation.

A green mantis clambering across the gloved hand of a gardener. The mantis is likely a Chinese Mantis. The view is mostly a 3/4 angle, and the mantis is in motion, praying arms stretched out. This mantis looks like it means business and we are interrupting some very important matters.

A slender brown mantis on a dried and withered grape leaf. The mantis is likely a male Chinese Mantis. The view is from above, with the mantis facing away from the viewer. This mantis looks completely unbothered by the leering camera behind it.

Willow Oak @willowfairy.bsky.social · Sep 11

Pan, covered in sheepskin:

A screenshot of the scene from Despicable Me where Gru says "we are going to steal the moon". The word "steal" has been replaced with the word "fuck", so it reads "we are going to fuck the moon". Gru has furry legs, horns, and a set of pan pipes drawn onto him to make him resemble the Greek god Pan.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · Sep 11

The evil that men do lives after them

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Willow Oak @willowfairy.bsky.social · Sep 11

Get in loser, we're fighting windmills

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Sep 10

I think it's good to keep getting mad about evil and unjust things, if only to remind yourself and everyone else that these things are in fact evil and unjust. I don't think it's naive. Nor is it wise and sophisticated to adopt a "You fool, nothing matters and nothing good can ever happen" posture

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Willow Oak @willowfairy.bsky.social · Sep 10

LMAO Do they have their own stool chart like the Bristol? The Lestat Stool Chart?

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Adam P. Knave @adampknave.com · Sep 9

There should be a Pacific Rim video game that is only co-op and each player pilots half a jaeger and you have to fight kaiju. I’d be amazing and silly and fun.

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Willow Oak @willowfairy.bsky.social · Sep 9

The thing they don't tell you about vampires is that their poop has gotta be black as tar

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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · Aug 15

Caterpillar waking up halfway through metamorphosis: I'm goo. Shit. Shit. Calm down. Go back to sleep. I'm really straight-up goo right now. Fuck

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Willow Oak @willowfairy.bsky.social · Aug 13

EXCITE EXCITE EXCITE

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Willow Oak @willowfairy.bsky.social · Aug 7

Whatever happened to cutting off the nipples of a ruler and sacrificing him to the bog to bring back the favor of the displeased goddess of the Land?

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Aug 5

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · Aug 5

Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

HHS Winds Down mRNA Vaccine Development Under BARDA

WASHINGTON, DC—AUGUST 5, 2025—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), including the cancellation and de-scoping of various contracts and solicitations. The decision follows a comprehensive review of mRNA-related investments initiated during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

“We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted,” said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “BARDA is terminating 22 mRNA vaccine development investments because the data show these vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu. We’re shifting that funding toward safer, broader vaccine platforms that remain effective even as viruses mutate.”

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · Aug 1

despite everything, i still believe in the potential of humankind to create utopia. but it will require hard work, courage, and above all else extremely deep v-necks that go almost down to the dick

Will Riker wearing a v neck that goes almost down to his dick

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · Aug 1

Give me your hands all over, one by one.

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Willow Oak @willowfairy.bsky.social · Aug 1

Willow write a song that doesn't reference the Newgrange passage tomb or Plato's allegory of the cave, challenge level: impossible

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