e. koster

e. koster

@halflife.bsky.social

ACK! NO! i mainly like games, insects, and ancient lit.

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Joel
@sentantiq.bsky.social

“I want to say something but shame Stops me...” θέλω τί τ᾿ εἴπην, ἀλλά με κωλύει αἴδως #Sappho

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Supper Mario Broth
@mariobrothblog.bsky.social

Previously I have posted about a Nintendo of Europe downloadable premium animated wallpaper that featured a bizarre Toad eating the wallpaper. The files have finally been datamined, allowing the Wallpaper-Eating Toad to be observed in never-before-seen maximum quality.

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MetaxZ
@metaxz.bsky.social

#Pokemon #Pokemonart #pokemonfanart #corsola #galariancorsola #Cursola

Science Magazine@science.org

Researchers in #ScienceAdvances have demonstrated that brief physical contact between healthy and bleached coral can restore algae to the bleached coral, leading to their full recovery. https://scim.ag/4ilLAZq

scim.agRapid coral bleaching recovery via symbiont transfer from healthy coralsCoral bleaching, the temperature-induced loss of dinoflagellate symbionts, is a major driver of global coral reef decline. Although corals can regain symbionts through repopulation of residual symbion...

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Joel
@sentantiq.bsky.social

PSA: Greek Anthology “When I’m dead, the earth can be f***ed by fire. It means nothing to me since I’ll be totally fine.” Ἐμοῦ θανόντος γαῖα μιχθήτω πυρί· οὐδὲν μέλει μοι· τἀμὰ γὰρ καλῶς ἔχει.

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Aysha
@ayshaufarah.bsky.social

Weirdly I don’t remember any smug, scolding articles after the 2025 Super Bowl when a bunch of people claimed to have never heard of kendrick lamar. Wonder why that is

Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social

This kind of take made a Rolling Stone writer so mad they wrote a whole piece about it.

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James Harvey @ The World's Finest
@worldsfinest.bsky.social

The Superman: The Animated Series episode "Mxyzpixilated" debuted on this day (Sept. 20) in 1997! An absolutely hilarious introduction to Mr. Mxyzptlk, written by Paul Dini, this jaunt finds Superman dealing with a troublesome imp from the Fifth Dimension! #SupermanTAS #Superman

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Cats of Yore
@catsofyore.bsky.social

“Just we two” Postcard from my collection, mailed 1909. This is by C.E. Bullard, my favorite of the Victorian/Edwardian cat photographers. He seemed to genuinely love cats and didn't restrain them or cram them into tiny costumes.

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Ben Collins
@bencollins.bsky.social

The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas.

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Joel
@sentantiq.bsky.social

“Often and quite contrarily, we look down on a laborer while delighting in his work.” πολλάκις δὲ καὶ τοὐναντίον χαίροντες τῷ ἔργῳ τοῦ δημιουργοῦ καταφρονοῦμεν #Plutarch

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C
@notmiddlec.bsky.social

There are many butterflies at the garden this weekend. The birds don't like the heat and the butterflies are everywhere! #butterflies #flowers

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Alex Wild
@alexwild.bsky.social

Yesterday morning, 9am: give lecture to entomology class on arthropod origins and the emergence of hexapods. Yesterday morning, 10am: new paper drops, rendering the 9am lecture incorrect and obsolete

Alex Wild@alexwild.bsky.social

The new transitional insect/crustacean fossil might not look very insectlike, if you think of modern insects like butterflies and beetles, but check out its reconstruction (left) next to a photo of the oldest living lineage of extant insects, the bristetails (right). www.science.org/content/arti...