@xenious.bsky.social
History, politics, geology, cats, these are a few of my favourite things
Reposted
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
1/
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
1/
February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
1/
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
1/
Reposted
What an honour to speak at an event for the Earth Rover Program last week alongside some incredible people, almost none of whom seem to be on BlueSky except for @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
I spoke on soil health in ancient Mesopotamia, and here are some snippets of what I learned along the way
I spoke on soil health in ancient Mesopotamia, and here are some snippets of what I learned along the way
February 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
What an honour to speak at an event for the Earth Rover Program last week alongside some incredible people, almost none of whom seem to be on BlueSky except for @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
I spoke on soil health in ancient Mesopotamia, and here are some snippets of what I learned along the way
I spoke on soil health in ancient Mesopotamia, and here are some snippets of what I learned along the way
Reposted
Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance.
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7148 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 6, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance.
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Reposted
Good morning and welcome to Fish For Tea Friday
In every place you enter, try to give more than you take.
Small acts of positivity can quietly build others up.
In every place you enter, try to give more than you take.
Small acts of positivity can quietly build others up.
February 6, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Good morning and welcome to Fish For Tea Friday
In every place you enter, try to give more than you take.
Small acts of positivity can quietly build others up.
In every place you enter, try to give more than you take.
Small acts of positivity can quietly build others up.
Reposted
Actual footage from another world: Mars right now, 225 million miles away. Truly mind-blowing stuff
Thankyou NASA 💫
Thankyou NASA 💫
February 4, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Actual footage from another world: Mars right now, 225 million miles away. Truly mind-blowing stuff
Thankyou NASA 💫
Thankyou NASA 💫
Reposted
Sea cucumbers spend their lives burrowing into and eating mud + sand. But this beautiful species—Enypniastes—is also capable of swimming by slowly undulating the cape-like structure around its top. And it's not a trick of the light: its organs actually glow in the dark, which may deter predators.
February 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Sea cucumbers spend their lives burrowing into and eating mud + sand. But this beautiful species—Enypniastes—is also capable of swimming by slowly undulating the cape-like structure around its top. And it's not a trick of the light: its organs actually glow in the dark, which may deter predators.
She doesn't want to go out, but she doesn't want to come in either. The next best thing is to sit in the doorway and get snowed on. (This is about 5 mons worth, she came in after the picture, shook off the snow, warmed up then asked to go back to the door.)
February 1, 2026 at 3:57 PM
She doesn't want to go out, but she doesn't want to come in either. The next best thing is to sit in the doorway and get snowed on. (This is about 5 mons worth, she came in after the picture, shook off the snow, warmed up then asked to go back to the door.)
Reposted
Night night, sweet dreamies.
Sometimes self-love is a quiet promise to be gentler with yourself, to rest when you’re tired, to stop speaking to yourself in ways you’d never speak to someone you love and to remember you’re worthy of care, even on unfinished days
Sometimes self-love is a quiet promise to be gentler with yourself, to rest when you’re tired, to stop speaking to yourself in ways you’d never speak to someone you love and to remember you’re worthy of care, even on unfinished days
January 29, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Night night, sweet dreamies.
Sometimes self-love is a quiet promise to be gentler with yourself, to rest when you’re tired, to stop speaking to yourself in ways you’d never speak to someone you love and to remember you’re worthy of care, even on unfinished days
Sometimes self-love is a quiet promise to be gentler with yourself, to rest when you’re tired, to stop speaking to yourself in ways you’d never speak to someone you love and to remember you’re worthy of care, even on unfinished days
Reposted
Sol 1757: Left Navcam, imaged at 12:07:08.729 (local mean solar time)
January 29, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Sol 1757: Left Navcam, imaged at 12:07:08.729 (local mean solar time)
Reposted
BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Reposted
Good morning & welcome to Whiskers Wednesday
You know who’s having a tough time right now?
Pretty much everyone.
So let’s be kind.
Always.
Please…..
You know who’s having a tough time right now?
Pretty much everyone.
So let’s be kind.
Always.
Please…..
January 28, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Good morning & welcome to Whiskers Wednesday
You know who’s having a tough time right now?
Pretty much everyone.
So let’s be kind.
Always.
Please…..
You know who’s having a tough time right now?
Pretty much everyone.
So let’s be kind.
Always.
Please…..
Reposted
Welcome back to #TrilobiteTuesday
Here is Bumastus ioxus from the Lower Silurian Rochester Shale (Clinton Group) from Middleport, New York State.
Here is Bumastus ioxus from the Lower Silurian Rochester Shale (Clinton Group) from Middleport, New York State.
January 27, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Welcome back to #TrilobiteTuesday
Here is Bumastus ioxus from the Lower Silurian Rochester Shale (Clinton Group) from Middleport, New York State.
Here is Bumastus ioxus from the Lower Silurian Rochester Shale (Clinton Group) from Middleport, New York State.
Reposted
Good morning and welcome to tuna Tuesday
There’s a strong chance you’re way more amazing than you think
Maybe give yourself a little more credit.
Try and be kinder to yourself.
There’s a strong chance you’re way more amazing than you think
Maybe give yourself a little more credit.
Try and be kinder to yourself.
January 27, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Good morning and welcome to tuna Tuesday
There’s a strong chance you’re way more amazing than you think
Maybe give yourself a little more credit.
Try and be kinder to yourself.
There’s a strong chance you’re way more amazing than you think
Maybe give yourself a little more credit.
Try and be kinder to yourself.
Reposted
Alright… if you’re here cuz today asked you to keep it together a little longer than felt fair, you don’t have to do that right now. Let your face relax. Let the quiet parts show up. The music’s good company for that.
This is Ink Radio.
You don’t have to perform here.
This is Ink Radio.
You don’t have to perform here.
January 26, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Alright… if you’re here cuz today asked you to keep it together a little longer than felt fair, you don’t have to do that right now. Let your face relax. Let the quiet parts show up. The music’s good company for that.
This is Ink Radio.
You don’t have to perform here.
This is Ink Radio.
You don’t have to perform here.
Reposted
Reposted
Frosty faces on the chickadees today. These tiny birds maintain a body temperature of 40C - that's a 70C gradient across only a few centimeters from the outside air to the bird's core! These little guys blow my mind. #birds 🌿
January 23, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Frosty faces on the chickadees today. These tiny birds maintain a body temperature of 40C - that's a 70C gradient across only a few centimeters from the outside air to the bird's core! These little guys blow my mind. #birds 🌿
Reposted
Let's observe a master of camouflage working its magic.
🐙
What amazing aliens of the deep..
#cephalopod #marinelife #intelligence #camouflage
🐙
What amazing aliens of the deep..
#cephalopod #marinelife #intelligence #camouflage
January 21, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Let's observe a master of camouflage working its magic.
🐙
What amazing aliens of the deep..
#cephalopod #marinelife #intelligence #camouflage
🐙
What amazing aliens of the deep..
#cephalopod #marinelife #intelligence #camouflage
Reposted
And now your moment of zen.
January 20, 2026 at 7:09 PM
And now your moment of zen.
Reposted
Night night sweet dreamies
Wrap yourself in self-belief tonight and close the day with gentle pride, you’ve survived, what has come your way today.
Believe in yourself, even quietly
The world feels quieter when you choose to be on your own side,
Wrap yourself in self-belief tonight and close the day with gentle pride, you’ve survived, what has come your way today.
Believe in yourself, even quietly
The world feels quieter when you choose to be on your own side,
January 19, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Night night sweet dreamies
Wrap yourself in self-belief tonight and close the day with gentle pride, you’ve survived, what has come your way today.
Believe in yourself, even quietly
The world feels quieter when you choose to be on your own side,
Wrap yourself in self-belief tonight and close the day with gentle pride, you’ve survived, what has come your way today.
Believe in yourself, even quietly
The world feels quieter when you choose to be on your own side,
Reposted
@vienna_official
today we welcome his imperial highness archduke franz ferdinand to sarajevo. unity, stability, progress.
@pan_slav_posting
wild that austria thinks this is a good idea but ok
today we welcome his imperial highness archduke franz ferdinand to sarajevo. unity, stability, progress.
@pan_slav_posting
wild that austria thinks this is a good idea but ok
as a black comedy, someone should write a version of WWI leadup that has social media. Don't bother about incongruity of fitting 21st century social media tech into early 1900s. Just imagine what it would have been like
January 19, 2026 at 7:04 PM
@vienna_official
today we welcome his imperial highness archduke franz ferdinand to sarajevo. unity, stability, progress.
@pan_slav_posting
wild that austria thinks this is a good idea but ok
today we welcome his imperial highness archduke franz ferdinand to sarajevo. unity, stability, progress.
@pan_slav_posting
wild that austria thinks this is a good idea but ok
Reposted
The Medulla Nebula (CTB 1) is a 10,000-year-old supernova remnant. A pulsar, expelled at over 1000 km/s by the explosion, is thought to power its X-ray glow. This faint object took 84 hours to image.
Credit: NASA/ APOD
Credit: NASA/ APOD
January 19, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The Medulla Nebula (CTB 1) is a 10,000-year-old supernova remnant. A pulsar, expelled at over 1000 km/s by the explosion, is thought to power its X-ray glow. This faint object took 84 hours to image.
Credit: NASA/ APOD
Credit: NASA/ APOD
