Isabelle
@mycomaniac.bsky.social
"Phenomenal, to be such a small, weak, short-lived being on a planet with billions of years left to run."
- Richard Powers, The Overstory
A compulsive reader nurturing an obsession with fungi.
- Richard Powers, The Overstory
A compulsive reader nurturing an obsession with fungi.
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February 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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There is so much to love about @quammen.bsky.social's The Song of the Dodo, but I am particularly enjoying how he intersperses a wealth of information on island biogeography, evolution, and extinction with moments of levity. And dad jokes.
January 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
There is so much to love about @quammen.bsky.social's The Song of the Dodo, but I am particularly enjoying how he intersperses a wealth of information on island biogeography, evolution, and extinction with moments of levity. And dad jokes.
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Moss decorated with a bright orange slime mold. Northwest Territories, Canada. #moss #bryophyte #slimemould #fungifriends
January 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Moss decorated with a bright orange slime mold. Northwest Territories, Canada. #moss #bryophyte #slimemould #fungifriends
I love being alive on this planet
Diamondback Squids (Thysanoteuthis rhombus) lay their eggs in these giant coils. They are made up of a cylinder of mucous with two threads of eggs wound around it.
The egg masses have a length of .6 to 1.8 m with a diameter of 11 to 30 cm and can contain 35,000 to 75,000 eggs.
The egg masses have a length of .6 to 1.8 m with a diameter of 11 to 30 cm and can contain 35,000 to 75,000 eggs.
January 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I love being alive on this planet
I was delaying starting intermezzo because I love Sally Rooney's other works so much I was afraid of being disappointed in this one. Instead, I'm again impressed at how she renders the hidden tenderness of people who love deeply but struggle to say it aloud. Very much want to give Ivan a hug.
January 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I was delaying starting intermezzo because I love Sally Rooney's other works so much I was afraid of being disappointed in this one. Instead, I'm again impressed at how she renders the hidden tenderness of people who love deeply but struggle to say it aloud. Very much want to give Ivan a hug.
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Being a good friend is reminding them Jordan Peterson is an alleged Russian propagandist.
January 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Being a good friend is reminding them Jordan Peterson is an alleged Russian propagandist.
I spent some time reflecting on where I am this new year.
The Wheel Turns
Another evening thunderstorm.
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December 31, 2024 at 9:32 PM
I spent some time reflecting on where I am this new year.
When I say this tree was foaming with orchids!
December 23, 2024 at 3:37 PM
When I say this tree was foaming with orchids!
Some beautiful fungi from a walk through my local park yesterday. #fungifriends
December 23, 2024 at 6:01 AM
Some beautiful fungi from a walk through my local park yesterday. #fungifriends
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Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
December 17, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
Just started Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel. It's the forth book of hers I've read and I'm perpetually in awe of how she manages to create such a frictionless, immersive reading experience. It looks effortless but I'm certain it's not.
#booksky
#booksky
December 15, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Just started Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel. It's the forth book of hers I've read and I'm perpetually in awe of how she manages to create such a frictionless, immersive reading experience. It looks effortless but I'm certain it's not.
#booksky
#booksky
There was a time in my life when I viewed exercise as punishment and I worked really hard to change that relationship so after many months of not being able to move the way I want because of cancer treatment, it's amazing to be in a place in life where movement = joy again!
December 14, 2024 at 4:56 PM
There was a time in my life when I viewed exercise as punishment and I worked really hard to change that relationship so after many months of not being able to move the way I want because of cancer treatment, it's amazing to be in a place in life where movement = joy again!
Just completed my final session of radiation! 🎉🎉🎉
December 13, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Just completed my final session of radiation! 🎉🎉🎉
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If the events of this week and the reality of the Private Healthcare Industry have shown us anything, it is that we need to think about other ways of doing things.
December 12, 2024 at 2:37 PM
If the events of this week and the reality of the Private Healthcare Industry have shown us anything, it is that we need to think about other ways of doing things.
How much of the ongoing discussion around + desire to fit Luigi Mangione into the "good guy folk hero" box comes from the fact that he is conventionally attractive? Like, if he were a little less hot, would he still dominate our timelines or would this story have already been buried by other news?
December 11, 2024 at 12:33 PM
How much of the ongoing discussion around + desire to fit Luigi Mangione into the "good guy folk hero" box comes from the fact that he is conventionally attractive? Like, if he were a little less hot, would he still dominate our timelines or would this story have already been buried by other news?
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Embroidery helps, though
December 10, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Embroidery helps, though
Essentially, I didn't survive cancer to give up on my aspirations. Don't let the bastards grind you down!
Yesterday I learned that my applications for PhD funding were rejected. Spent most of the day crying. Today, I woke up determined to find some other way to make it happen. The whole experience put me in mind of this glorious Bake Off moment. Got rejected, had a breakdown, bon appetite!
December 10, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Essentially, I didn't survive cancer to give up on my aspirations. Don't let the bastards grind you down!
Yesterday I learned that my applications for PhD funding were rejected. Spent most of the day crying. Today, I woke up determined to find some other way to make it happen. The whole experience put me in mind of this glorious Bake Off moment. Got rejected, had a breakdown, bon appetite!
December 10, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Yesterday I learned that my applications for PhD funding were rejected. Spent most of the day crying. Today, I woke up determined to find some other way to make it happen. The whole experience put me in mind of this glorious Bake Off moment. Got rejected, had a breakdown, bon appetite!
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Just discovered #HotStickSaturday is a thing… here are a few from lockdown when #lichen #moss & #twigs helped me so much
December 7, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Just discovered #HotStickSaturday is a thing… here are a few from lockdown when #lichen #moss & #twigs helped me so much
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The vast majority of us when the gas industry tells us we need to burn more fossil fuels to solve climate change
December 7, 2024 at 6:57 AM
The vast majority of us when the gas industry tells us we need to burn more fossil fuels to solve climate change
Love a moody seascape while running. There was so much spray it felt like I was breathing in salt!
December 7, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Love a moody seascape while running. There was so much spray it felt like I was breathing in salt!
Got through a whole week of radiation, which so far is a lot less challenging than chemo. Every time I'm strapped down under the machine, I'm amazed that these short minutes exposed to something so otherwise hazardous are going to make it very hard for my DNA to mess up again.
December 6, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Got through a whole week of radiation, which so far is a lot less challenging than chemo. Every time I'm strapped down under the machine, I'm amazed that these short minutes exposed to something so otherwise hazardous are going to make it very hard for my DNA to mess up again.
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Omg nature nerd/botany nerd alert: Robin Wall Kimmerer released a new book!!! 🌱 www.robinwallkimmerer.com/books
December 5, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Omg nature nerd/botany nerd alert: Robin Wall Kimmerer released a new book!!! 🌱 www.robinwallkimmerer.com/books