@baterfly.bsky.social
Batty lover of the dark, books, history, art. Fan of the macabre, champagne, dogs, and rain. Left of centre. Cantankerous. Australian. Uruguayan-born.
It’s 8 a.m., and I’ve already misplaced my sanity.
02.01.2026 14:55 — 👍 76 🔁 38 💬 3 📌 0My hopelessness waves to your hopelessness.
07.12.2025 20:50 — 👍 141 🔁 52 💬 2 📌 0🦇 #Petition
Please take action for #FlyingFoxes in #Queensland
batsoc.org.au/flying-fox-s...
Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
03.01.2026 07:20 — 👍 12383 🔁 4817 💬 79 📌 62The #FIFA Peace Prize entitles you to one free military campaign in the CONMEBOL state of your choice.
03.01.2026 08:26 — 👍 381 🔁 101 💬 12 📌 3queen
31.12.2025 21:29 — 👍 18 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0early discworld is not as polished as later discworld but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's still pretty good
28.12.2025 22:53 — 👍 76 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 0I’m excited
28.12.2025 17:16 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Biljana Đurđević
The Last Days Santa Claus, 2001
Killing the Dead by John Blair review – a gloriously gruesome history of vampires
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
Terror, androgyny and benevolence: a brief history of angels in Christianity
theconversation.com/terror-andro...
Nigel Thomson
Cliff, 1981
Medieval peasants probably enjoyed their holiday festivities more than you do
theconversation.com/medieval-pea...
We became smug and complacent about gun control.
14.12.2025 14:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0What happened at Bondi is a tragedy and a crime. If there's one thing I hope for, it's that we don't fall into "now is not the time to talk about gun control" bullshit.
Now is EXACTLY the time to talk about gun control. We need to stop this from happening again. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I don’t understand why people ask you a question if they don’t want an honest answer. I was asked by someone what I would like for Christmas, but apparently a secluded castle on the Scottish coast “isn’t realistic.”
11.12.2025 18:42 — 👍 445 🔁 32 💬 15 📌 1Death as a Rider, 1897
Christian Griepenkerl
Eyes open 🥹
Recently we were asked if we could show the size of a microbat newborn; this pup was around 5 days old and weighed just 1.3 grams.
We were lucky enough to capture this photo just as her eyes were opening for the first time!
The Devil’s Chair Photo: Fran Halsall
The Stiperstones in Shropshire are a series of distinctive rocks that include 'The Devil’s Chair'.
The Devil was carrying the stones in his apron when a string broke, causing him to drop them.
Annually, on 21st December, local ghosts meet at the stones for their spooky AGM 👻
#FolkloreThursday
Ryoko Kimura
Beauty of my Dish - Banquet of Mermaids (2018)
“…two things can be true at once: one can acknowledge that Meghan was treated poorly while also noting that she and Harry seem awfully keen to enjoy all the privileges of royalty, without many of the responsibilities.” 👏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Garden of memory: the house of a dictator
www.meer.com/en/100165-ga...
Operation Condor: the secret system that terrorised exiled South American dissidents 50 years ago
theconversation.com/operation-co...
The news has been coming so fast, I did another later which might not otherwise see the light.
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