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Retired foster parent for medically fragile infants. Systems Analyst

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foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · Apr 25

Look at the one at the top of the door jamb. Wants / hopes / plans to fly free but isn’t quite ready

Figen @thefigen.bsky.social · Apr 25

Russian painter Andrei Popov's work "Raising Children" ...

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 3h

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3h

Again, WHCA, where u at?

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 3h

"One of the most striking examples of news media solidarity we've seen this year." — @brianstelter.bsky.social

I'd say THE most striking. It's not only the solidarity among those who have covered the Pentagon, but their vow to continue the work amid a mood of despair.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/m...

Journalists turn in press passes as Pentagon clamps down on access in ‘unprecedented’ move | CNN Business

A flyer with the words “journalism is not a crime” appeared Tuesday on the wall outside the “Correspondents’ Corridor” where journalists operate at the Pentagon.

www.cnn.com

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bryanking71.bsky.social @bryanking71.bsky.social · 7h

📻 Inspire the next generation! Discover how to get kids excited about amateur radio with hands-on projects, mentorship, and fun events. 🌟 #HamRadio #YouthSTEM #AmateurRadio

Youth in Amateur Radio: How to Get Kids Interested

Introduce kids to the exciting world of amateur radio. Learn how to spark curiosity, provide hands-on experiences, and guide young enthusiasts through school clubs, events, and mentorship opportunities. Inspire a new generation of ham radio operators with fun, education, and adventure.

bdking71.wordpress.com

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TheSnarkyFarmer @thesnarkyfarmer.bsky.social · 4h

Identification of Mysterious Fossil Seed Solves 47,000-Year-Old Tar Pit Mystery and other great articles
🌿🌱👨‍🌾🌻 #TheOutpost
Botany News - SciTechDaily scitechdaily.com/tag/botany/

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 13h

"A collage full of nature 🌱🌷" from Gemma Matthews, contemporary embroidery artist who creates free hand pieces #WomensArt

Textile artworks show in a grid of sixteen squares all reflecting different embroidered garden flowers and plants

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foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 14h

King James Version

And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:

3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed,

pazooter @pazooter.bsky.social · 1d

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𝔸𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝔻𝕒𝕨𝕟 @amberdawn1116.bsky.social · 1d

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DRMeyer Art and Photography @drmeyer1.bsky.social · 1d

“All things are symbols: the external shows of #nature have their image in the mind, as flowers and fruits and falling of the #leaves.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#environment #Longfellow#visualhaiku #contemplative #zenmoment #miksang #minimalism #mindful #pnw #trees #wabisabi #autumn #alder

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foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 14h

Love the way people chime in with suggestions.

Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 1d

Do any fungi folks know what these little gumdrop-looking globes are? Each one was under a millimeter in diameter. I found them on the underside of a fallen, decaying Joshua tree branch in the Mojave Desert. 🍄

A closeup photo of decaying wood, covered with many small, white, round, gumdrop-looking growths, perhaps the fruiting bodies of a sort of fungus.

foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 14h

They did. While laughing hysterically. And then left it in so we could laugh and complain

foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 14h

Pretty sure I did that picture in a 2500 piece jigsaw puzzle

foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 15h

Sounds reasonable. I’d rather geckos 🦎 around than the bugs they eat

foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 15h

So sorry. Got to the “safe pistachios “ and could almost feel the attack. One of my allergies.

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 20h

Peltigera venosa, our Fan Pelt Lichen, flourishing on a mossy Ceran St. Vrain slope 🌿

Green lichen with leaf-like pads and weird red spore bearing parts

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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 19h

2024, I almost stepped on this Carolina mantis because she was on my front door threshold ... where I was stepping. I stepped over her and took some photos. The wings are gorgeous. #Invert

Close-up of mantis wings, with lovely dark and cream colored patterning

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 22h

"Sara" has worked in Watsonville CAs strawberries for 16 yrs. "I earn piece rate. It's raining which makes the rows slippery and the mud sticks to our shoes. It's dangerous as we still need to work fast to make enough money to pay our bills." #WeFeedYou

A farm worker harvesting strawberries in the rain wearing a plastic poncho

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betsy cooley @betsycooley.bsky.social · 19h

Saw this Great Blue Heron this afternoon at Berkeley Aquatic Park. From a distance I thought it was a piece of wood because it blended in so well with the old wooden retaining wall behind him. Always delighted to come across a heron.

#birds #nature #eastcoastkin

Large shorebird standing along the shoreline of a large lagoon in Berkeley that is connected to San Francisco Bay. There is an old, wooden retaining wall behind him. Water is pale greenish, gray.

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foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 15h

One advantage: wear a mask 2 times in a row to a restaurant and you are pointed to the most isolated table and given excellent service. Pretty sure it’s the masks that have the bartender pouring our favorite beer before we close the door

foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 15h

Read almost the entire article wondering about the usual 1% - 10% that have a reaction to something ordinary. Good discussion near the end of exactly that problem particularly where hospitals are concerned

Carolannie 🧹🪄🎃👻🧙‍♀️ @carolannie.bsky.social · 1d

Probiotics in home building: sanitary living conditions, have they gone too far?
#,IdeasInArchitecture #HealthyBuildings
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

The Probiotic Home

Architects and microbiologists are exploring whether making buildings hospitable to friendly microorganisms can improve human health.

www.nature.com

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Pirjo Sundqvist @pirjosundqvist.bsky.social · 1d

This old Rowan tree seems to have grown a mushroom friend to brighten up the autumn. 💚

#ThickTrunkTuesday
#trees #mushroom
#FungiFriends
#photography
#EastCoastKin

Thick trunk of a rowan tree with a mushroom growing under one of its branches.

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foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 15h

AmphiFa forever

foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 19h

Appropriate for the time of year

AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸 @alinagrafik.bsky.social · 1d

#Spooktober #Cobweb #31DaysOfHalloween

Cobweb and barbed wire.

#EastCoastKin #Macro

Macro image of a perfectly formed cobweb with dew drops attached to rusty barbed wire that's wrapped around a weathered and splintery wooden post.

foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 19h

Wow!! It’s really fast. And obviously not afraid of a human

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 1d

The frilled lizard is an iconic Australian reptile because of their utter fearlessness.

Their scientific name, Chlamydosaurus kingii, translates to 'King cloaked lizard' & you can see why.

They're one of a few modern lizards that can accurately be called bipedal, running upright on hind legs.

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Rachel Wells @rachelwells1.bsky.social · 1d

Freedom of press forever.

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 1d

Yessss !

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