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Bees and Me: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TTyMmimrCSsGqAGrhZ0mZPOMwgMfhSt6dlaAUsw6I2Y/mobilepresent?slide=id.p iNat profile: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/1809393 Photos from Atlanta, US area unless otherwise noted. Opinions are my own.

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jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · Jun 30

“… it is the case that however apparent a evil is, men are reluctant to take it upon themselves to rectify it, and many obstacles stand in the way of action, and the greatest obstacle is this, that men do not care to do what they are not in the habit of doing.” Jane Smiley, The Greenlanders, 1988.

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jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 10h

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Since the downtown Decatur event isn’t listed on the nokings.org website I figured I should pass this along. #ATL #nokings

NO KINGS 2: Democracy Rising — STAND

In Decatur, we celebrate the voices of the people. We know that it's up to us to build the accepting and empowered community we want to live in and teach our kids how to advocate for themselves and th...

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jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 11h

For #arachtober 14th, a mighty mite. Maybe genus Leptus per #inaturalist. These were plentiful on Amur honeysuckle, May 2020.
#bugsky #inverts #macrophotography

Mite with longish white/grey body (2-3x width), 8 red legs, red palps, against a green leaf background.

jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 13h

PSA you can protest ICE even if you aren’t in Portland, Chicago, LA or NY. (I know many people do lots of other places as well!) Come out and wave a sign under the oaks in #ATL. You won’t look any goofier than I do! #abolishICE

Goofy guy holding signs that say “ICE hurts families” and “honk if you hate ICE” next to a tree in front of Atlanta ICE field office.

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jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 20h

You don’t think a true progressive could hire them thinking “if they made fetterman look progressive they’ll do great for me cause I am the real deal?”

I’m very interested to know if Platner is not who people think he is, but I don’t think this is evidence of anything other than him wanting to win.

jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 1d

In the future: “you had a hundred apps on your iPhone and you just remembered where to find each one? It didn’t just pop up on your retinal implant when you think of it?”

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Indivisible ATL @indivisibleatl.bsky.social · 1d

Favor Democratic mobilization, you say?

Early voting starts TOMORROW!

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jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 1d

This might be useful IDK

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How to File a Hatch Act Complaint

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jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 1d

I learned a lot about riverflies from this podcast, having never been fly fishing myself. If you’re a bug person, I suggest listening and sharing with any angler friends who might want to get involved with the Salmonfly Project.
#insects #flyfishing #conservation

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The Salmonfly Project: Anglers, Insect Conservation, and the Future of Freshwater Streams

Podcast Episode · Bug Banter with the Xerces Society · 10/07/2025 · 45m

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jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 1d

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Rep. Williams presses White House on conditions in Atlanta’s ICE field office

Rep. Nikema Williams is demanding transparency from the Trump administration after a report from the AJC showed immigrants being held for long stretches in ICE field office.

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jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 1d

Finger for scale

Fingertip against wooden board near tiny pseudoscorpion. Fingertip looks about twenty times wider than bug’s body.

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jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 1d

For the 13th of #arachtober a wee pseudoscorpion, the only one I’ve ever seen (from 2020 on compost bin).

That was a good olloclip clip-on macro lens. Still have the lens, might try to find an old iPhone (SE IIRC) to use it with.

#bugsky #macrophotography #inverts

Pseudosorpion, very dark reddish black, wide spread pincers, abdomen with rows of well spaced white bristles on each segment.

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jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 1d

The Hatch Act is meant to prevent the use of government resources for partisan purposes. This website discusses how to file a complaint under the Hatch Act if you see a violation .

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How to File a Hatch Act Complaint

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jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 2d

Another way to look at it is that 50% of the production of consumer goods is aimed at the wealthy. This means less production (and higher prices) for everyone else.

jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 2d

They put on a good podcast! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Can I Bug You?

Life Sciences Podcast · Updated Bimonthly · A twice-monthly deep dive into the sometimes creepy but mostly fascinating world of insects with one of the world's foremost experts on the topic, UC Rivers...

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jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 2d

Many beautiful creatures enjoying the late fall asters (genus Symphyotrichum) today in ATL area. See alt text for ID info/guesses. #inverts #bees #teammoth #insects #nativeplants #macrophotography #bugsky

Gulf fritillary butterfly, view showing underside of wings with large white patches against an orange background, orange and white streaked body, orange eyes, tongue extended into a small daisy-like flower. (Dione vanillae)

Fuzzy longhorn bee (Melissodes druriellus I think) perched on the yellow center of a small aster with white petals radiating outwards. She has a massive fluff of yellow pollen on rear leg, black furry abdomen with light hair bands, tan/golden hair on thorax and face, slightly blue tinged eye.

Yellow-collared scape moth (Cisseps fulvicollis), an insect with long dark brown solid wings partly splayed, dark body, orange head and collar, dark eyes and antennae, on a little white flower. Might just be pausing on the way to a goldenrod which is where these are usually seen.

Hoverfly (probably genus Eupeodes) on a small aster. Fly has transparent wings with dark veins, yellow and black bands on abdomen, bronze metallic thorax with a fringe of yellow hairs on the side, large dark eyes, white face, stubby dark antennae with a thin hairlike protrusion on each.

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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 2d

“I understand why people are wary. Is it safe to RSVP to a protest? Do the benefits outweigh the risks? These are reasonable questions to ask, and so I posed them to a couple of experts whom I trust.”

@melissaryan.bsky.social breaks it down.

www.altrightdelete.news/p/to-rsvp-or...

To RSVP or not to RSVP

That is the question

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jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 2d

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Pretty good podcast about piecework in modern US garment industry.

Made in America : Planet Money

What people might picture when they think of "Made in America" ... might not look like the "Made in America" we have today.The U.S. does have a domestic manufacturing industry, including a garment man...

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jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 2d

Leggy grass spider, genus Agelenopsis, for twelfth of #arachtober. I found her in the watering can I was about to fill, dumped her out and she ran into the grass. Starting to notice spider anatomy more- the twin appendages at end of abdomen are spinnerets for weaving sheet webs. #inverts #macro

Spider against blades of grass. Spider is reddish-brown and tan with long legs. Head and abdomen about the same length, head is wider, both are elongated. Two long sharp-looking appendages out the back of the abdomen.

jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 3d

I was curious so I looked up Tesla’s share- around 39% in US and 15% globally for 2024.

jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 3d

Clearer but less artsy view of the spider and her prey after she climbed down from the flower.

Yellow crab spider with wide spread legs on green leaves grasping a small black bee with her palps.

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jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 3d

Crab spider for #arachtober 11. Photo taken 7/2021 in Phoenix area, looks like cover art from a 1970’s SF paperback.

#inverts #bugsky #macrophotography

Yellow spider holding on to the underside of a cylindrical red flower part while carrying a small black bee (prey). Background is in shades of orange and red and features a large red seed or fruit and smaller red anthers, looking very abstract and otherworldly.

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 3d

Extinction is forever www.theguardian.com/environment/...

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

The tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 is now 39 species – far more than for any other country

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 3d

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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jtkindt.bsky.social @jtkindt.bsky.social · 4d

Top view, looks like face is glowing.

Top view of small spider, brown fur with black and tan markings, face has white fur that looks like it is glowing.