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Bill Rulon-Miller

@reptiledude.bsky.social

Checking out BlueSky because family is here and Twitter is no more. He/him. My degree is in history and my passion is in wildlife biology, conservation, and especially Herpetology. Museum nerd/Paleontology buff/Art admirer. Only DM for Herp ID request.

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I’ll mention something that happened in 2005 and people will look at me and act like I’m some sort of prehistoric mystic

05.03.2026 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

they call him β€œSilent Bob” as a joke because he never shuts up but it’s a double joke because from the movie’s perspective, he almost never talks

04.03.2026 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Horrifying. Jesus Lord in heaven.

04.03.2026 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6661    πŸ” 2410    πŸ’¬ 329    πŸ“Œ 109
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Prairieland ICE shooting trial jury gets closer look at 'antifa' materials defendants owned Anti-fascism, anarchy and the abolition of ICE were common themes in literature and paraphernalia investigators found in the defendants' homes and cars.

β€œZines are really like this little atomic unit of freedom of the press with simple pamphlets that you just pass around. It begs the question of whether the prosecution believes that we should have a First Amendment in the first place” #ZinesAreNotACrime
β€”Lydia Koza, wife of defendant Autumn Hill

04.03.2026 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 408    πŸ” 151    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5

Modern politics is just this meme but forever

04.03.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tumblr post from classically-lit-memes4u: β€œRIP to everyone killed by the gods for their hubris but im different. and better. maybe even better than
the gods”

Tumblr post from classically-lit-memes4u: β€œRIP to everyone killed by the gods for their hubris but im different. and better. maybe even better than the gods”

Every politician who agrees to a Chotiner interview

04.03.2026 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 264    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Yes, ordinary water laced with nothing more…than a few spoonfuls of L.S.D.

Yes, ordinary water laced with nothing more…than a few spoonfuls of L.S.D.

04.03.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A blue heeler in a polka dot scarf looks at the phone camera

A blue heeler in a polka dot scarf looks at the phone camera

Oh I will

04.03.2026 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I need you all to show up. I want us to have a thousand people there if not more.

03.03.2026 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 722    πŸ” 279    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 8

Kansas invalidated a trans woman's license even though she never changed her gender marker.

It's not about the gender marker. It's about targeting trans people and making their lives unlivable.

03.03.2026 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2035    πŸ” 787    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 15
A young adult spotted toad with a white stripe down its back amongst pine needles. This is a Fowler’s Toad, Anaxyrus fowleri

A young adult spotted toad with a white stripe down its back amongst pine needles. This is a Fowler’s Toad, Anaxyrus fowleri

Pink flowers blossoming amongst grass under the slight gap of a coastal pitch pine forest. These are locally endangered Pink Lady’s Slipper, Cypripedium acaule.

Pink flowers blossoming amongst grass under the slight gap of a coastal pitch pine forest. These are locally endangered Pink Lady’s Slipper, Cypripedium acaule.

A small snake with a red, scaly back and a dark brown head crawls through the understory of the Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens. This is a Northern Redbelly Snake, Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata.

A small snake with a red, scaly back and a dark brown head crawls through the understory of the Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens. This is a Northern Redbelly Snake, Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata.

An Eastern box turtle, Terrapene carolina, cautiously crawling through an open space.

An Eastern box turtle, Terrapene carolina, cautiously crawling through an open space.

Happy Wednesday! Here’s a little collection of shots from the understory of the Pine Barrens. Descriptions in the ALT text.

04.03.2026 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Local communities are conservation’s most undervalued asset (commentary) African conservation stakeholders will soon gather for the 5th Business of Conservation Congress in Nairobi, led by African Leadership University. As they build the case for investing in nature-based…

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At the Business of Conservation Congress in Nairobi, one key message is clear: conservation finance must flow to local communities.

A new op-ed argues community-led approaches are more effective and without shifting funding, biodiversity losses will continue.

** Views are authors'.

04.03.2026 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Posting a bit of Charismatic Megafauna on #WorldWildlifeDay
Video was taken at the Flathead Indian Reservation with permission from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation.

03.03.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this is a pro-reparations and land back account

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Today is United Nations World Wildlife Day (WWD) to raise awareness and celebrate wild animals and plants, and to recognize the unique roles and contributions of wildlife to people and the planet. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #WorldWildlifeDay

03.03.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Bart and Lisa Simpson stand next to Marge Simpson.

Lisa asks: β€œMom, is Trump going to kill us?”

Marge replies: β€œWe’ll just have to wait and see.”

Bart and Lisa Simpson stand next to Marge Simpson. Lisa asks: β€œMom, is Trump going to kill us?” Marge replies: β€œWe’ll just have to wait and see.”

Current Global mood apparently…

03.03.2026 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A map showing North and South America with the migration path of a Broad Winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus.

The text reads:

- Migrated from Pottstown, USA to AmazΓ΄nia-Nova Mutum, Mato Grasso, Brasil

- 7-day stopover between 10-17 Sept in Huntsville Mountains of North Carolina, USA

-Traveled 9,600+ km in 72 days.

-Initiated spring migration on 21 Feb 2026

A map showing North and South America with the migration path of a Broad Winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus. The text reads: - Migrated from Pottstown, USA to AmazΓ΄nia-Nova Mutum, Mato Grasso, Brasil - 7-day stopover between 10-17 Sept in Huntsville Mountains of North Carolina, USA -Traveled 9,600+ km in 72 days. -Initiated spring migration on 21 Feb 2026

More animals ignoring borders. This time involving a Broad Winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus, migrating from Pottstown, Pennsylvania (where I currently reside) to Mato Grasso, Brazil.

02.03.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think anything could beat the Surinam toad

02.03.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A greenish black toad with large, widely spaced warty bumps on their back, perched on a stick! The warty bumps are brown in color, as is the top of their head, their large parotoid glands, and the back sides of their legs!

A greenish black toad with large, widely spaced warty bumps on their back, perched on a stick! The warty bumps are brown in color, as is the top of their head, their large parotoid glands, and the back sides of their legs!

Our friend the Udzungwa Glandular Tree Toad was first described as a new species just a few months ago! Like other toads in genus Nectophrynoides, they do not lay eggs and instead give birth to fully developed toadlets! (photo by John Lyakurwa)

02.03.2026 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1636    πŸ” 222    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 25
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Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course? The human subconscious is such an interesting thing. No matter how much you think you’ve got it figured out, it’ll always spit out the most random stuff. Take me, for example. After coming home from a...

Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?

02.03.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7636    πŸ” 1419    πŸ’¬ 89    πŸ“Œ 62

I don't care if Congress authorizes War on Iran. NO WAR ON IRAN. I want people to fucking reclaim their morality.

02.03.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2735    πŸ” 688    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 0
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Avian flu strikes California’s northern elephant seals; area quarantined Ever since a deadly strain of avian influenza, H5N1, killed some 17,000 southern elephant seal pups on South American coastlines in 2023 and 2024, researchers and public officials have kept an…

Seven young northern elephant seals at California’s AΓ±o Nuevo State Park tested positive for H5N1, marking the first known infections in the species.

The virus has hit hundreds of bird and mammal species worldwide. Officials have closed the beaches as a precaution.

02.03.2026 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Some geese swimming around the recently thawed area of Hopewell Lake. Spring is on its way!

02.03.2026 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

schools are never valid military targets, on or off base

if someone bombed a DoD school in Okinawa and killed a bunch of American 4th graders, that would be a war crime.

The murder of Iranian schoolchildren is a war crime.

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"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

28.02.2026 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 23542    πŸ” 5959    πŸ’¬ 142    πŸ“Œ 65

Jay and Silent Bob had the right idea in dealing with internet trolls I stg

01.03.2026 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

War is massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who do know each other but don't massacre each other.

28.02.2026 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 830    πŸ” 232    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Trump and Israel started bombing Iran while in the middle of negotiations

Trump is starving Cuba

He’s threatening to annex Canada

He removed the leader of Venezuela

He’s threatening Greenland

He’s aiding a genocide in Gaza

This is the man who took your tax dollars for his β€œBoard of Peace”.

28.02.2026 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1137    πŸ” 498    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 35

Same tbh

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