I don't know whether you've met @adapalmer.bsky.social—I expect you will meet next Easter weekend, when you're both Guests of Honor at Minicon 60 in Minneapolis—but I have learned a lot about Machiavelli from her. First from her blog, then from INVENTING THE RENAISSANCE, then from her new podcast.

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I used to hang around with some seriously badass characters when I was 19.

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I have been off the skies of blue for most of 2026 as I worked on my photography business. My website is up and running. I have calendars for sale and I would love for y’all to check it especially #uglydogs wendymacturkphotography.com Feedback is welcome

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They feed on insects during twilight or nighttime hours & during the day they roost in bird nests, overhangs of huts, or natural clumps of dead vegetation, often in family-based clusters of 3-6. Because they're rare & reclusive, we don't have good estimates of their population growth or stability.

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The orange pigment is likely from 'pheomelanin', the same thing that causes red hair color in humans, rather than dietary carotenoids like in some other bats. A ginger bat! A colorful little guy & very Spooky Season themed 🦇🎃! More here: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40458-K...

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