Torrey Wenger
@ecologyordie.bsky.social
ecologist, teacher, multipurpose nerd
I finished listening to Damsel today, written by Elana K Arnold & narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden.
A prince rescues a damsel from a dragon - but she's got no memories of her life before, & no family concerned about her fate. The damsels never do.
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A prince rescues a damsel from a dragon - but she's got no memories of her life before, & no family concerned about her fate. The damsels never do.
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September 30, 2026 at 2:08 AM
I finished listening to Damsel today, written by Elana K Arnold & narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden.
A prince rescues a damsel from a dragon - but she's got no memories of her life before, & no family concerned about her fate. The damsels never do.
💙📚
📚🪐
A prince rescues a damsel from a dragon - but she's got no memories of her life before, & no family concerned about her fate. The damsels never do.
💙📚
📚🪐
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We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)!
Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
September 25, 2026 at 10:05 AM
We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)!
Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
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Step up, and share this around to encourage others to do the same. I'll probably be gone less than a year from now, and I want to be able to leave secure in the knowledge that my work will continue apace.
I'm sensitive because I'm dying, and this is my life's work. I've been on social media for hours almost every day for well over a decade encouraging, educating, fundraising, doing whatever I can to make the world a better place.
I need more people to shoulder the burden so I can go in peace.
I need more people to shoulder the burden so I can go in peace.
September 24, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Step up, and share this around to encourage others to do the same. I'll probably be gone less than a year from now, and I want to be able to leave secure in the knowledge that my work will continue apace.
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ok gonna get Sincere(TM) here for a second
There's a lot of doomerism about how "We're all cooked" because "The GOP is trying to steal our votes."
So here's the true story of how the GOP tried to steal our votes here in NC and FAILED. TWICE.
Ballot fraud isn't final. It gets stopped all the time.
There's a lot of doomerism about how "We're all cooked" because "The GOP is trying to steal our votes."
So here's the true story of how the GOP tried to steal our votes here in NC and FAILED. TWICE.
Ballot fraud isn't final. It gets stopped all the time.
Check if you're registered to vote at http://voterresource.org/saraht
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtube.com
September 19, 2026 at 10:22 PM
ok gonna get Sincere(TM) here for a second
There's a lot of doomerism about how "We're all cooked" because "The GOP is trying to steal our votes."
So here's the true story of how the GOP tried to steal our votes here in NC and FAILED. TWICE.
Ballot fraud isn't final. It gets stopped all the time.
There's a lot of doomerism about how "We're all cooked" because "The GOP is trying to steal our votes."
So here's the true story of how the GOP tried to steal our votes here in NC and FAILED. TWICE.
Ballot fraud isn't final. It gets stopped all the time.
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We need more wildlife #crossings! And bills in the US House & Senate would fund them: the Wildlife Road Crossings Program Reauthorization Act of 2025 provides long-term funding for wildlife crossings. Both House & Senate bills have bipartisan support, so there's a chance of getting them passed.
September 12, 2026 at 1:48 AM
We need more wildlife #crossings! And bills in the US House & Senate would fund them: the Wildlife Road Crossings Program Reauthorization Act of 2025 provides long-term funding for wildlife crossings. Both House & Senate bills have bipartisan support, so there's a chance of getting them passed.
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Take part in Tasmania's annual population tracking of noisy but elusive species...
Choose your survey square (anywhere in the state, there's one <6 km from you) & book your recorder.
Help discover who's calling where—& over time, how their populations are going!
naturetrackers.au/projects/cal...
Choose your survey square (anywhere in the state, there's one <6 km from you) & book your recorder.
Help discover who's calling where—& over time, how their populations are going!
naturetrackers.au/projects/cal...
September 6, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Take part in Tasmania's annual population tracking of noisy but elusive species...
Choose your survey square (anywhere in the state, there's one <6 km from you) & book your recorder.
Help discover who's calling where—& over time, how their populations are going!
naturetrackers.au/projects/cal...
Choose your survey square (anywhere in the state, there's one <6 km from you) & book your recorder.
Help discover who's calling where—& over time, how their populations are going!
naturetrackers.au/projects/cal...
The book group selection for September is Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice.
It's an apocalypse story set in a remote reservation up in Canada. We never find out the cause, we just see how the community handles things (or not).
& it's not sci fi or fantasy...
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It's an apocalypse story set in a remote reservation up in Canada. We never find out the cause, we just see how the community handles things (or not).
& it's not sci fi or fantasy...
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September 7, 2026 at 5:56 AM
The book group selection for September is Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice.
It's an apocalypse story set in a remote reservation up in Canada. We never find out the cause, we just see how the community handles things (or not).
& it's not sci fi or fantasy...
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It's an apocalypse story set in a remote reservation up in Canada. We never find out the cause, we just see how the community handles things (or not).
& it's not sci fi or fantasy...
💙📚
Finished listening to Eric Garcia's book We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation (read by the author).
Lots of firsthand accounts & interviews, from the beginning of autism in the DSM to about 2020. It was very interesting & will be useful.
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Lots of firsthand accounts & interviews, from the beginning of autism in the DSM to about 2020. It was very interesting & will be useful.
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September 6, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Finished listening to Eric Garcia's book We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation (read by the author).
Lots of firsthand accounts & interviews, from the beginning of autism in the DSM to about 2020. It was very interesting & will be useful.
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Lots of firsthand accounts & interviews, from the beginning of autism in the DSM to about 2020. It was very interesting & will be useful.
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If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
(There's even a Matchbox banana car!)
(This is a picture from the Detroit Free Press. I didn't see it this summer, but it's always a crapshoot on where it's going to be.)
(There's even a Matchbox banana car!)
(This is a picture from the Detroit Free Press. I didn't see it this summer, but it's always a crapshoot on where it's going to be.)
August 29, 2026 at 1:26 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
(There's even a Matchbox banana car!)
(This is a picture from the Detroit Free Press. I didn't see it this summer, but it's always a crapshoot on where it's going to be.)
(There's even a Matchbox banana car!)
(This is a picture from the Detroit Free Press. I didn't see it this summer, but it's always a crapshoot on where it's going to be.)
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Watching a 19 year old Keanu Reeves covering a 1984 teddy bear convention for Canadian kids show "Going Great" probably won't cure what ails you, but it might help you forget about it for 90 seconds or so.
Amazing video of KEANU REEVES with CBC covering Teddy Bear convention in 1984...#keanureeves
YouTube video by NerdY TriVia
youtu.be
August 29, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Watching a 19 year old Keanu Reeves covering a 1984 teddy bear convention for Canadian kids show "Going Great" probably won't cure what ails you, but it might help you forget about it for 90 seconds or so.
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My attempt to feed the ravens has been interrupted
By an INTRUDER.
By an INTRUDER.
August 28, 2026 at 10:13 PM
My attempt to feed the ravens has been interrupted
By an INTRUDER.
By an INTRUDER.
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Do NOT come down hard on federal government agencies that change Lake Ontario to Lake America. Trump can order them to do so.
DO come down hard on any company, state government, or other group that makes that change. Trump's order has NO legal power over them.
DO come down hard on any company, state government, or other group that makes that change. Trump's order has NO legal power over them.
August 29, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Do NOT come down hard on federal government agencies that change Lake Ontario to Lake America. Trump can order them to do so.
DO come down hard on any company, state government, or other group that makes that change. Trump's order has NO legal power over them.
DO come down hard on any company, state government, or other group that makes that change. Trump's order has NO legal power over them.
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I'd like to remind people that today's "clanker" discourse started with a video by a prosthetics user saying that people were using the term "clanker" at her, because of the prosthetics.
However you feel about AI, please remember that some people are using that term to refer to prosthetics users.
However you feel about AI, please remember that some people are using that term to refer to prosthetics users.
August 25, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I'd like to remind people that today's "clanker" discourse started with a video by a prosthetics user saying that people were using the term "clanker" at her, because of the prosthetics.
However you feel about AI, please remember that some people are using that term to refer to prosthetics users.
However you feel about AI, please remember that some people are using that term to refer to prosthetics users.
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I think that I finally understand the root of the malaise in U.S. society.
There are no social sanctions for being an asshole.
People can be absolutely horrible to one another, but provided they are affluent and white, there is no social penalty.
We need to stigmatize assholes.
There are no social sanctions for being an asshole.
People can be absolutely horrible to one another, but provided they are affluent and white, there is no social penalty.
We need to stigmatize assholes.
August 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I think that I finally understand the root of the malaise in U.S. society.
There are no social sanctions for being an asshole.
People can be absolutely horrible to one another, but provided they are affluent and white, there is no social penalty.
We need to stigmatize assholes.
There are no social sanctions for being an asshole.
People can be absolutely horrible to one another, but provided they are affluent and white, there is no social penalty.
We need to stigmatize assholes.
Listened to The Wolf & the Woodsman, written by Ava Reid & narrated by Saskia Maarleveld. The write-up said it was a fantasy based on Hungarian history & Jewish folklore - which means now I need to read *those* things.
It's enemies-to-lovers with magic & religion & court intrigue.
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It's enemies-to-lovers with magic & religion & court intrigue.
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August 21, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Listened to The Wolf & the Woodsman, written by Ava Reid & narrated by Saskia Maarleveld. The write-up said it was a fantasy based on Hungarian history & Jewish folklore - which means now I need to read *those* things.
It's enemies-to-lovers with magic & religion & court intrigue.
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It's enemies-to-lovers with magic & religion & court intrigue.
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Another PhD opportunity in my lab! Interdisciplinary NSF-funded project developing a new framework and tools for understanding and valuing ecosystem services, with a focus on crop #pollination. Details: cos.unt.edu/biology/lich... 🌐🌎👩🏿🔬
Opportunities
Interested in joining the Lichtenberg Lab? See below. The Lichtenberg lab is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment to trainees from diverse backgrounds.
cos.unt.edu
August 20, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Another PhD opportunity in my lab! Interdisciplinary NSF-funded project developing a new framework and tools for understanding and valuing ecosystem services, with a focus on crop #pollination. Details: cos.unt.edu/biology/lich... 🌐🌎👩🏿🔬
This month's book club pick was Freezing Point, written by Anders Bodelsen & translated from the Danish by Joan Tate.
A fiction editor in 1973, diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, becomes one of the first people to be "frozen down". He's awakened in 1995 & 2022, & each time things are worse.
A fiction editor in 1973, diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, becomes one of the first people to be "frozen down". He's awakened in 1995 & 2022, & each time things are worse.
August 20, 2026 at 1:04 AM
This month's book club pick was Freezing Point, written by Anders Bodelsen & translated from the Danish by Joan Tate.
A fiction editor in 1973, diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, becomes one of the first people to be "frozen down". He's awakened in 1995 & 2022, & each time things are worse.
A fiction editor in 1973, diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, becomes one of the first people to be "frozen down". He's awakened in 1995 & 2022, & each time things are worse.
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Hope is a thing that fights in the dark.
Hope isn't some gentle little darling in the breeze, all fluttery lace. Hope is spitting blood on the sidewalk as it gets back up, face cut & bruised, still laughing. Always. Fucking. Laughing. Like they don't get the joke. They don't get the mistake they made in trying to keep it down. THAT'S HOPE.
August 18, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Hope is a thing that fights in the dark.
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This is why it's important to remind everyone not to placate the intolerant.
August 18, 2026 at 8:34 AM
This is why it's important to remind everyone not to placate the intolerant.
Heard a barred owl!
August 18, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Heard a barred owl!
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"Yet even now, when weather records are being broken, when climate change is demonstrably here, not in the future, we seem frozen."
Heatwaves expose the great human gift for ignoring catastrophe
We need to stop waiting for someone else to break the spell
giftarticle.ft.com
August 15, 2026 at 11:59 AM
"Yet even now, when weather records are being broken, when climate change is demonstrably here, not in the future, we seem frozen."
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20 magnificent finalists from the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year awards www.popsci.com/environment/...
20 magnificent finalists from the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year awards
'This year’s finalists have produced work of extraordinary depth and courage.'
www.popsci.com
August 13, 2026 at 12:07 PM
20 magnificent finalists from the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year awards www.popsci.com/environment/...
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⏰ Travel support applications are still open, but only until the 15th of August! ⏰
🌊 Atlantic Plastics 2026
📍 Harpa, Reykjavík, Iceland
📆 20–22 October 2026
Apply now and join the conversation shaping science-informed action on marine plastic pollution.
🔗 atlanticplastics.is/travel-support
🌊 Atlantic Plastics 2026
📍 Harpa, Reykjavík, Iceland
📆 20–22 October 2026
Apply now and join the conversation shaping science-informed action on marine plastic pollution.
🔗 atlanticplastics.is/travel-support
August 12, 2026 at 9:20 AM
⏰ Travel support applications are still open, but only until the 15th of August! ⏰
🌊 Atlantic Plastics 2026
📍 Harpa, Reykjavík, Iceland
📆 20–22 October 2026
Apply now and join the conversation shaping science-informed action on marine plastic pollution.
🔗 atlanticplastics.is/travel-support
🌊 Atlantic Plastics 2026
📍 Harpa, Reykjavík, Iceland
📆 20–22 October 2026
Apply now and join the conversation shaping science-informed action on marine plastic pollution.
🔗 atlanticplastics.is/travel-support
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Before the semester begins, can you look at your schedule and find 30m a day to take a break? Ideally it's lunch or dinner (depending on when you work) - time to fuel up on more than mini Snickers bars and string cheese (I speak from experience). But rest your brain. Walk. Stare at a wall.
August 11, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Before the semester begins, can you look at your schedule and find 30m a day to take a break? Ideally it's lunch or dinner (depending on when you work) - time to fuel up on more than mini Snickers bars and string cheese (I speak from experience). But rest your brain. Walk. Stare at a wall.