Jer Thorp
@jerthorp.bsky.social
Artist, writer, educator, birder & nudibranch enthusiast. Author of Living in Data (MCDxFSG).
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Jer Thorp
@jerthorp.bsky.social
· Aug 23
Fall cohorts for my Binoculars and Binomials course start September 21st!
Learn creative coding & data visualization skills, build a mindful birding practice and make some friends.
100% AI free! Registration is on a sliding scale up to 50% off.
www.jerthorp.me/learning
🪶📊
Learn creative coding & data visualization skills, build a mindful birding practice and make some friends.
100% AI free! Registration is on a sliding scale up to 50% off.
www.jerthorp.me/learning
🪶📊
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Yesterday I ran a little drop in workshop on Governors Island where we made bird data portraits with cyanotype.
Bird data can help us understand a place— and making art with it can be really fun!
Bird data can help us understand a place— and making art with it can be really fun!
October 11, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Yesterday I ran a little drop in workshop on Governors Island where we made bird data portraits with cyanotype.
Bird data can help us understand a place— and making art with it can be really fun!
Bird data can help us understand a place— and making art with it can be really fun!
October 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Yesterday I ran a little drop in workshop on Governors Island where we made bird data portraits with cyanotype.
Bird data can help us understand a place— and making art with it can be really fun!
Bird data can help us understand a place— and making art with it can be really fun!
October 11, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Yesterday I ran a little drop in workshop on Governors Island where we made bird data portraits with cyanotype.
Bird data can help us understand a place— and making art with it can be really fun!
Bird data can help us understand a place— and making art with it can be really fun!
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Elephant mosquitoes! 💙 You big beautiful leggy things. Haven't gotten a chance to shoot them in a long time.
(elephant mosquitoes don't bite, and their larvae prey on the larvae of other mosquitoes. Good boys, all of them)
(elephant mosquitoes don't bite, and their larvae prey on the larvae of other mosquitoes. Good boys, all of them)
October 11, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Elephant mosquitoes! 💙 You big beautiful leggy things. Haven't gotten a chance to shoot them in a long time.
(elephant mosquitoes don't bite, and their larvae prey on the larvae of other mosquitoes. Good boys, all of them)
(elephant mosquitoes don't bite, and their larvae prey on the larvae of other mosquitoes. Good boys, all of them)
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I did a bird portrait cyanotype workshop on Governors Island with @jerthorp.bsky.social - I made two pieces and decided to collage together my favorite parts of both!
October 10, 2026 at 11:29 PM
I did a bird portrait cyanotype workshop on Governors Island with @jerthorp.bsky.social - I made two pieces and decided to collage together my favorite parts of both!
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Students made their first minicomics in my intro making course - mostly standard format but this student, a first time maker(!), did something so off the charts I’m still reeling from it! & he made like 12 of them for his classmates! A paper engineering feat of flipbookery as well as killer drawing!
October 10, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Students made their first minicomics in my intro making course - mostly standard format but this student, a first time maker(!), did something so off the charts I’m still reeling from it! & he made like 12 of them for his classmates! A paper engineering feat of flipbookery as well as killer drawing!
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treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
September 2, 2026 at 12:26 PM
treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
Shot in the dark but if anyone wants to trade #NYCC2026 passes - Friday for Sunday - let me know.
We have 3 for today and would like to switch to Sunday.
We have 3 for today and would like to switch to Sunday.
Devastated 11 year old here who is too sick to go to ComicCon after working on costumes for three weeks 😪
October 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Shot in the dark but if anyone wants to trade #NYCC2026 passes - Friday for Sunday - let me know.
We have 3 for today and would like to switch to Sunday.
We have 3 for today and would like to switch to Sunday.
Devastated 11 year old here who is too sick to go to ComicCon after working on costumes for three weeks 😪
October 9, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Devastated 11 year old here who is too sick to go to ComicCon after working on costumes for three weeks 😪
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Timeless, and highly of-the-moment.
I imagine the old tried-and-true language. May you walk wrong. May you never sleep again. May the cat eat you and the devil eat the cat. Go astray a hundred times.
—Anne Carson, from “Thret”
—Anne Carson, from “Thret”
October 8, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Timeless, and highly of-the-moment.
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Grab your needles for an online workshop on data visualization with embroidery! 🪡 #DHmakes
Still a few more slots in my Data Visualization with Embroidery workshop next 10/15 in the DH Lab at Alexander Library, Rutgers. I'll be preparing supply kits for in person attendees (online attendance is possible too). 🥰 🧵🪡 libcal.rutgers.edu/event/17621114 #criticalmaking #dhmakes
Data Visualization with Embroidery
What do wartime, espionnage, and steganography have in common? Embroidery! Come for a brief history of data visualization in textiles and a hands-on activity in which we will learn...
libcal.rutgers.edu
October 7, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Grab your needles for an online workshop on data visualization with embroidery! 🪡 #DHmakes
This is one of those NYC weekends where it seems like *everything* is happening at once.
ComicCon! 🦸♀️
Fungus Fest? 🍄
I really hope there's some crossover cosplay...
www.newyorkmyc.org/fungus-festi...
ComicCon! 🦸♀️
Fungus Fest? 🍄
I really hope there's some crossover cosplay...
www.newyorkmyc.org/fungus-festi...
Full Program – New York Mycological Society
www.newyorkmyc.org
October 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
This is one of those NYC weekends where it seems like *everything* is happening at once.
ComicCon! 🦸♀️
Fungus Fest? 🍄
I really hope there's some crossover cosplay...
www.newyorkmyc.org/fungus-festi...
ComicCon! 🦸♀️
Fungus Fest? 🍄
I really hope there's some crossover cosplay...
www.newyorkmyc.org/fungus-festi...
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Dałdałagamł -Transformation Mask @quaibranly, musée du quai Branly in Paris as part of Premières Nations, Arts et cultures du Nord~Ouest de L’Amérique, 29 September 2026 – 17 January 2027.
October 7, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Dałdałagamł -Transformation Mask @quaibranly, musée du quai Branly in Paris as part of Premières Nations, Arts et cultures du Nord~Ouest de L’Amérique, 29 September 2026 – 17 January 2027.
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The most triggering thing you can do to a birder is call something a "sea gull" and that's exactly what Utah's legislature did when they chose their state bird
October 6, 2026 at 5:21 PM
The most triggering thing you can do to a birder is call something a "sea gull" and that's exactly what Utah's legislature did when they chose their state bird
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It's arrived!! I gave this book everything I had and I hope there's something in here for you. It's not officially out until 10/20, but @yalepress.bsky.social seems to be shipping orders now. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
October 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM
It's arrived!! I gave this book everything I had and I hope there's something in here for you. It's not officially out until 10/20, but @yalepress.bsky.social seems to be shipping orders now. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
I'm still making silly bird things over on Insta, if that kind of stuff is your jam:
www.instagram.com/p/DeH-YP4JfW...
www.instagram.com/p/DeH-YP4JfW...
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October 6, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I'm still making silly bird things over on Insta, if that kind of stuff is your jam:
www.instagram.com/p/DeH-YP4JfW...
www.instagram.com/p/DeH-YP4JfW...
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Today is the last day to get in on my batch order of mothbox PCBs i am getting sent to montreal (and distributed around north america!)
Hit me up if you want to join!
Hit me up if you want to join!
October 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Today is the last day to get in on my batch order of mothbox PCBs i am getting sent to montreal (and distributed around north america!)
Hit me up if you want to join!
Hit me up if you want to join!
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When I was forced out of my lab, I was able to continue researching because of Morphosource.
I would not be a scientist right now if it wasnt for this incredible resource.
I would not be a scientist right now if it wasnt for this incredible resource.
For years, 💀MorphoSource💀 has given researchers, educators, and students 🚨free access🚨 to 3D data on museum specimens from around the world.
🔆Now it is asking for some help to continue its work🔆
www.morphosource.org/donate/
🔆Now it is asking for some help to continue its work🔆
www.morphosource.org/donate/
Why Give | Support MorphoSource
www.morphosource.org
October 6, 2026 at 10:15 AM
When I was forced out of my lab, I was able to continue researching because of Morphosource.
I would not be a scientist right now if it wasnt for this incredible resource.
I would not be a scientist right now if it wasnt for this incredible resource.
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What if the ground beneath your feet remembers?
Bogs aren’t wastelands. They're time capsules; beautiful living systems that preserve food, rituals, travel, climate, and human stories for thousands of years.
Today, I wrote about the muck that keeps our history.
The New York Times, October 5, 2026
Bogs aren’t wastelands. They're time capsules; beautiful living systems that preserve food, rituals, travel, climate, and human stories for thousands of years.
Today, I wrote about the muck that keeps our history.
The New York Times, October 5, 2026
October 5, 2026 at 8:13 PM
What if the ground beneath your feet remembers?
Bogs aren’t wastelands. They're time capsules; beautiful living systems that preserve food, rituals, travel, climate, and human stories for thousands of years.
Today, I wrote about the muck that keeps our history.
The New York Times, October 5, 2026
Bogs aren’t wastelands. They're time capsules; beautiful living systems that preserve food, rituals, travel, climate, and human stories for thousands of years.
Today, I wrote about the muck that keeps our history.
The New York Times, October 5, 2026
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We've been working really hard on this, and the lineup is fantastic so far!
Huge news! @comixaction.com & @handsoffnyc.bsky.social are throwing a NO KINGS COMIC-CON on Thursday, 10/15 to kick off the NK VOTE EARLY campaign! Awesome comics & pop culture guests! FREE! ONLINE! You don't wanna miss it! RSVP now! I'll be there - see ya soon!
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
No Kings Comic-Con · No Kings
It’s the biggest pop culture fest in this or any other galaxy — NO KINGS COMIC-CON! Join us live on Thursday, October 15th for an early kickoff to the NO KINGS: VOTE EARLY festivities!
This free, vi...
www.mobilize.us
October 4, 2026 at 10:16 PM
We've been working really hard on this, and the lineup is fantastic so far!
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Steller’s Jay as a write-in candidate ebird.org/species/stej...
eBird - Discover a new world of birding...
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October 4, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Steller’s Jay as a write-in candidate ebird.org/species/stej...
What are your favorite birds with crests?
October 4, 2026 at 4:04 PM
What are your favorite birds with crests?
The art show at my coffee shop goes hard
October 3, 2026 at 7:35 PM
The art show at my coffee shop goes hard