Krista Koeller

Same! This is a genuine PSA. I bought into the stigma against fish and thought they were boring. It’s perhaps the thing I’ve been most wrong about.

They have so many beautiful patterns and colors! So many weird ways to arrange bones! So many superpowers!

Don’t let anyone tell you fish are boring.

Fish cranial kinesis model is now listed in my Etsy shop! Hopefully useful for showing the mechanism that opens and closes a teleost fish's mouth.

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Neat! Thanks for the information! That diagram is super helpful.

They are basically small cows.

Is the injection similar to one you would get for cosmetic reasons?

Not if it’s resting on my ponytail. And if it does start to exert an uncomfortable pressure, it can easily be moved around and adjusted.

I love them so much! How? What???

Painterly hour long digital sketch of the massive ichthyosaur in cool ocean waters with much smaller ammonites swimming past.

#Paleoctober2025 day 6 paleoart sketch of the giant Late Triassic ichthyosaur Ichthyotitan.

#Paleoctober #Paleoart #ichthyosaur #Ichthyotitan

Omg is that a thing???? I’m 5 foot nothing and am always looking up.

A woman with her hair in a ponytail wearing a face mask. The face mask ear loops are not looped around her ears, they’re hooked onto a piece of wire that is hidden in her hair. It’s basically a headband of wire that ends in small hooks just above and in front of her ears.

The wire contraption. It is a thin piece of aluminum wire that is shaped like the top of a head, but with a small bump at the top, to hook around the ponytail for stability. The two ends of the wires are hooks.

I’ve noticed a lot of the discomfort comes from ear loops, so I recommend the ones that loop around the head. If those don’t work for you, you can copy my weird contraption.

Someone is retiring and I noticed they just recently changed their pronouns in their email signature. It’s never too late!

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The lizard depicted here is likely Bachia flavescens!

Having more reduced hind limbs than forelimbs is extremely rare among limb reduced lizards, but happens most often in the group Gymnophthalmidae.

Also the short tail means it shed its tail at some point! Dude is smiling despite the trauma it has experienced!

A long lizard with a tiny arm and an even tinier back leg. It is scooting along on a tile with its tongue sticking out.

Three fingers on each hand and one toe on each foot is extremely rare. I’ve only heard of it occurring in some specimens of Bachia flavescens, who usually have just a thigh and shin going on, with no feet!

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Drepanosaurs: “what if we had even more claws?”

A Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on a volcanic rock with a wave crashing in the background. Photo credit: Kenneth J. Lohmann.

Read this month's Editors' choice, Marine iguanas have lower metabolic rates during El Niño, by Shahar Dubiner and colleagues

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I appreciate all the people showing love and support to me. I’m so grateful honestly. It means a lot. The ban isn’t that big of a deal for me. I think it was wrong and the explanation was bullshit. But that’s ok and I accept. Social media comes and goes. I’m grateful for all the connections I was able to make and all the people I get to be connected with off Bluesky. More importantly, the world needs more people to give a fuck. More people to give a fuck about Palestinians, more people to give a fuck about disabled folks, more people to give a fuck about our queer and trans siblings, more people to give a fuck about Black liberation. The world, and Bluesky, is full of bootlickers who will do anything to avoid doing anything to upset the status quo. These people are cowards groveling to those in power in hopes of protection. I just hope people continue to show love and care and kindness. Mutual aid is so important. Give when you can, boost when you can. We only survive this together.

Hear ye hear ye a message of hope and inspiration from our courageous leader in exile, Link. May all his loyal followers take heart!

yuuuuup. Used a snow shovel to shove it off.

Pt1 🧵: Greta Thunberg deported to Athens says, "There's a live-streamed Genocide in front of our eyes in Gaza. No one will be able to say they didn't know this was happening. The Global Samud Flotilla only existed because our leaders failed. Our international systems are betraying Palestinians."

I could interpret that a number of ways and I’m choosing to believe you will be a special effects prop in a future Star Trek iteration.

That’s so horrible! I would love to donate my body to science but can I trust it will be used for what I want it to be used for?

Man ADHDs himself into a problem then ADHDs himself out.

I love this story. Dude ADHDs himself into a problem and then ADHDs himself out.

Purple background, white text, which says ... the fact that the stories in One Message Remains are written as a series of vignettes and not as a neat progression towards the fall of the Treotan Empire is a strength of the collection's writing. Each story follows a protagonist who, regardless of their initial orientation towards the Empire, is forced to reckon with the role in the regime. "Lives Under Empire: Imperial subjugation and resistance as depicted in One Message Remains by Premee Mohamed" -- Eric de Roulet

@ericderoulet.bsky.social's new (free!) essay discusses living under imperial subjugation, and approaches to resistance, as depicted in @premeemohamed.com's One Message Remains collection ... timely perhaps?

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A screenshot of an email from the Bluesky Moderation Team with the subject line “Bluesky Account Behavior” sent at 22:15. The email states that a Bluesky account controlled by the recipient, with the handle @spacelawshitpost.me, posted a reply with an image where the alt text reads: Charlie Kirk sitting in a white T-shirt that says “Freedom.” A negative consequence follows. The email indicates this post violates Community Guidelines regarding violent or threatening speech, specifically listing threats of violence or physical harm against individuals, groups, institutions, or the general public, and incitement of self-harm or suicide.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

A screenshot of an email continuation from the Bluesky Moderation Team displaying a bulleted list of Community Guidelines violations. The first bullet point describes threats of violence or physical harm as including threats or encouragement of violence against individuals, groups, institutions, or the general public. The second bullet point defines incitement of self-harm or suicide as content that encourages self-harm or suicide. The third bullet point explains wishes of harm as expressions of a desire for harm directed at a specific person or group. Below the bullets, a paragraph states that users may not use Bluesky to break the law or cause harm to others and that all users must be treated with respect. The next paragraph informs the recipient that as a result of these violations, your account has been taken down. A closing paragraph thanks the user for doing their part to keep Bluesky a welcoming and empowering place for all users and instructs them to email moderation@blueskyweb.xyz if they have questions or wish to appeal the decision. The email ends with the signature Bluesky Moderation Team.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

A screenshot of an email reply from a user with the initials AJ and profile picture to the Bluesky Moderation Team, sent at 08:01 with the subject line Re: Bluesky Account Behavior. The email states the user wants to appeal the decision, asserting there was no threatening or violent connotation behind their use of the image. The user explains that the Charlie Kirk post is not a threat but rather a reaction meme expressing disappointment, with no threat made and no incitement of violence. The user mentions they have attached multiple examples and explanations, specifically 12 images in total, demonstrating the use of the image as a reaction meme. Below this text is a blue hyperlink to a Bluesky post URL. At the bottom of the screenshot is an embedded image showing a Bluesky post from a user with the handle @britculpsapp.bsky.social with several emoji reactions and a repost indicator showing Bluesky Elder. The post text reads: how to explain: this has been used as a reaction image to spending $20 on doordashing wendy’s & isn’t a threat. The timestamp shows October 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

A screenshot of an email from the Bluesky Moderation Team sent at 08:11 with the subject line Re: Bluesky Account Behavior addressed To: Hide My Email. The email reads: Hi there, Thank you for reaching out to appeal the takedown of your account on Bluesky. We have carefully reviewed your case, including the information you provided and the activity that led to the suspension of your account. After investigating, we have determined that your account activity was in violation of our community guidelines, specifically promoting hateful content or being disruptive to other users. We take these guidelines seriously to ensure a safe and respectful environment for all our users. As a result, we regret to inform you that your appeal has been denied, and your account will remain suspended. This decision is final and cannot be reversed. We understand that this may be disappointing news, but we must prioritize the well-being of our community and maintain a consistent enforcement of our policies. We encourage you to review our community guidelines to better understand the expectations we have for user behavior on our platform. Please do not create new accounts, since those will be taken down for ban evasion. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Unfortunate update: Link reached out to BlueSky and got email back now on reason.

His appeal is denied. He will remain permanently banned on BlueSky’s side.

Here are the screenshots he just sent me as of 8:22 AM EST(my time)

Is it because the content was inciting violence or because it was hateful and disruptive. Those are two different things.

Sounds like the standard amounts to vibes.

What??? Dude is one of the best people on here.

And look at this graphic abstract….. 😱🤯