Marlowe 🦇

Shoutout to @windscribevpn.bsky.social - its virtual assistant actually solved a connectivity problem I'd been fighting with for hours

Next up in my occasional series: "Can it swim?" BATS!🦇🏊 As video captured by Rob Mackereth (@mack2526 on IG) in the Lake District, England shows, bats can indeed swim. In fact, they're pretty good little swimmers. But there's an asterisk. Also, standard disclaimer: do not handle downed bats!

Maybe @simonparistours.bsky.social can help?

Small bat, big angry. Close up on that little face!

Bela Lugosi, Lucille Lund and Boris Karloff in a publicity still for THE BLACK CAT (1934) Lugosi was BOTD in 1882

Hear from Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle and others working toward a more open internet. 🗓️ Tuesday, October 27 ⏰ 5:30–8:30 PM 📍 Vancouver @internetarchiveca.bsky.social #OpenKnowledge #OpenInternet

Why would an animal weighing less than a teaspoon bother flying 150 miles in a night? We have fitted almost 100 with 'airtags for bats' to find out. When one flies near an iPhone, its position is pinged to us. Look what Mike and Mira did last night! @batconservation.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk

Our third and final category for Bat Month Madness is awaiting your vote and we are all ears as to who you'll pick for this one! Cast your vote now! 🦇

A fascinating thread about bat tongues! And it managed to not get auto-flagged as "adult" ;)

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

Companion reading: several ways 'The Wizard of Oz' accidentally tried to kill its actors #Svengoolie www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

@pareidolia.bsky.social

JohnsonsDictionaryOnline.com is back online! The lookups work. It will be a little while longer before the "about" and "how to" pages are back. Thanks for your patience!

The Crossroads Guitar Festival is streaming for free. No signup or anything required #guitar #ClassicRock #Clapton thenextguitar.com

If we could speak bat, the words this lovely bat is chattering would probably have to be bleeped

No thoughts, only this bat from the opening credits of My Neighbor Totoro (1988).

She should be tagged on this, so here - @lyndacarter.bsky.social

Swipe to see some bat toe beans (including the incredible glow-in-the-dark toes of 𝘛𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴!) ✨

Australian macro photographer Daniel Meier captured this video of a common blossom bat (Syconycteris australis) eating a meal of banana nectar/pollen. Although they're in the megabats (suborder Megachiroptera), they're tiny, just ~20 grams. Let's look at their tongues! (📷: lepilens on IG)

Today's #TheMuppetShow GIF of the Day is...

When my son was 5 he had a sartorial flair To go to arts delicatessen he wore a midnight blue cape, top hat &monocle As we were leaving an older gent stopped him saying “young man, i like your style” Meant the world to our son that man was Bob Mackie RIP

Rock In Peace Eugene Richard O'Connor, better known to fans as Cheetah Chrome, famed guitarist for punk pioneers Rocket from the Tombs and Dead Boys, gone to the big sonic reducer in the sky.

consequence.net/2026/09/chee...

I’m at a community science event and there is a bat here named Radish.

September 6, 1879: German actor Max Schreck (Count Orlok-Nosferatu) is born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1936).

RIP Gloria Steinem. The world has lost a true pioneer and force for women rights,,, my deepest condolences to her family, friends, and team. Public Enemy will be forever grateful for her blessing and support of our track SHE GOT GAME. open.spotify.com/album/0BG4L6...

What to wear for #InternationalBatNight Bat suit, Rick Owens, 2008 Museum at FIT Lacloche Frères bat evening bag, 1905 www.sothebys.com Lalique bat brooch, c. 1910 rlalique.com/rene-lalique...

Happy Skynet day to all those who celebrate

From sea to shining sea. Santa Monica Pier's Ferris Wheel also displays love for Dolly www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDNB...

Tonight at 9:25 (9 to 5, geddit) the Empire State Building will go all pink and sparkly to commemorate Dolly www.tiktok.com/@empirestate...

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

Songwriters! $10,000 grand prize for a song that captures the spirit etc of the place where the iconic Route 66 ends. Any genre. Full details here www.santamonica.com/route66/

For #WorldMosquitoDay, a malaria PSA poster, 1941 wellcomecollection.org/works/puyymnat

Not quite @apiln.bsky.social but it's local news, people are angry, and the headline writer had too much fun metro.co.uk/2026/08/19/p...

What to wear for #BlackCatAppreciationDay Black cat shoes, Tokio Kumagai, 1968, The Metropolitan Museum The Cat's Meow fan, Adolphe Thomasse, 1908, The Ringling Museum David Webb enamel black cat ring, Bonhams

@theresakereakes.bsky.social

Here on E Street, the irreplaceable loss of Dave Marsh has us heartbroken…

Today is International Cat Day so we thought it would be the purr-fect opportunity to share some of the cats from the Ashmolean’s collection.

Some organizations are much better at social media than others, and budget has nothing to do with it 🥇

Pollination is better with friends. 👯 🦇 Curaçaoan long-nosed bat 📸 U.S. Fish and Wildlife

This is painful and embarrassing, but I don’t have any choice right now www.gofundme.com/f/help-richa...

I want to believe, etc. deadline.com/2026/07/cine...

Several species of bats have made the New York City’s patchwork green spaces their homes, much to the surprise of some scientists.

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The L7 documentary Pretend We're Dead is up for free on YouTube and other spots (Tubi, Roku channel, etc). A great watch and a good way to celebrate an excellent band. youtu.be/vAC9wJ8s2UY?...

We've lost yet another good one