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Lotta Fjelkegård

@lottassociala.bsky.social

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Mostly a lurker. Busy reading and learning. Nature. Comics. Books. Science. Bossed around by two juvenile cats. (Disaster pair!) Tries to be as kind as possible. Sometimes I succeed. (she/her) No longer active on Twitter.

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Lotta Fjelkegård @lottassociala.bsky.social · Aug 23

"You can't tell me what I can and can't do!"

I love these magnificent chonks. 🐌❤️

#invertebrates #invert #snail #Sweden #nature

www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Roman Snail (Helix pomatia)

Roman Snail in August 2025 by Lotta Fjelkegård

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TheIneptBirder @theineptbirder.bsky.social · 13h

Many thousands at the anti-authoritarian No Kings protest in Columbus, Ohio, today. The vibe was positive, inclusive, funny, and resolute. Not a lib-terrorist to be seen, though I did see a Peregrine Falcon terrorizing some pigeons! 🪶🇺🇸

Protesters on the steps of a capitol building

Many protesters at a protest; two dinosaurs in the foreground

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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 11h

WGAW members making their voices heard at today’s #NoKingsRally in DTLA ✊

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 10h

Canadian friends, your government is seeking commentary on GenAi strategies and policies.

Please let them know exactly how you feel about GenAi, it’s impacts, and what next steps should be! Perhaps it’s respecting artists works, environmental considerations and so on! Share your thoughts here 👇

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renew...

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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 10h

This week's Amicus podcast is a terrific conversation with @janainelson.bsky.social about the Voting Rights Act case she argued this past week at SCOTUS. It's not loading for everyone and we're getting it fixed. Stay tuned and apologies from this end.

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David Brin @davidbrin.bsky.social · 9h

A lovely review of the 1st book in one of my two YA SF novels for teen readers and those with a sense of both idony and adventure!

www.limfic.com/2025/10/17/r...

Review: Colony High – David Brin

Genre: Sci-Fi, YA Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book High school is hard enough. It gets a lot harder after the aliens show up.In the captivating YA science fiction novel "Colony High" by...

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Marzieh Abbas | Kidlit Author @marziehabbas.bsky.social · 6h

Thrilled for Aarzu All Around to be included in this brilliant round up of NIV! And I have so many to add to my TBR list and many I’ve ticked off😍

Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 1d

🌼 42 2025 Middle Grade and Young Adult Novels-In-Verse 🌼
popgoesthereader.com/42-2025-midd... #BookSky #KidLit #YALit #MGLit

A collage of twenty-one 2025 middle grade and young adult book covers. Books featured include This Is The Year, Glitch Girl!, Top Heavy, Lilac and The Switchback, The Girl In The Walls, Safe Harbor, The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez, Under The Neon Lights, The Leaving Room, Octopus moon, 13 Ways To Say Goodbye, Zarina Divided, Truth Is, Where The Heart Should Be, (S)kin, Everything is Poison, Radiant, The Burning Season, Island Creatures, The Siren and The Star and Please Pay Attention.

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David Notton @davidnotton.bsky.social · 4h

Support the Biodiversity Heritage Library 📖 🐺🦚🦎🦋🦠🌺🌲 blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/10/dona...

BHL Transition Update #6: Fundraising Campaign – Support the Future of Open Biodiversity Knowledge

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is launching a new public fundraising campaign to help us navigate our transition to independence. This is our first major campaign since the announcement th…

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Ian Andrews @suillia.bsky.social · 4h

A few fungi-loving autumn flies from three different families at Cali Heath @yorkswildlife.bsky.social reserve yesterday. Names on ALT. @ynuorg.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 3h

Gorgeous male regent parrot making a fuss at his nest hollow 🥲

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The Portal Bookshop @portalbookshop.bsky.social · 1h

Got some new badges 👀

A corkboard absolutely chock full of small and large badges covering disability rights, trans inclusion, antifascist action, neurodiversity, and a wide variety of LGBTQ+ identities, plus some for allies

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Javier Lazaro - illustration @lazaroillustration.bsky.social · 1h

Two slugs mating.
Collecting material for the next #invertefest ;)
#biology #wildlife #invertebrates

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YOLOBirder @yolobirder.bsky.social · 1h

Bunty for Girls annual 1967

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Richard Moyse @kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social · 1h

Nothing uncommon, but it's nice to see fungi appearing locally, including this False Deathcap Amanita citrina and Parrot Waxcap Gliophorus psittacinus. #fungi #waxcaps #KentNature

Amanita citrina, and pale yellowish-white toadstool with fabulous base and slightly scaly cap, amongst leaves on a woodland floor.

Gliophorus psittacinus, a small mushroom. With a glistening orange and green cap, and a green stem, growing amongst grassy vegetation.

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Pete Davidson @petedavidsonny.bsky.social · 52m

This did not make the front page of the NYT, which means the NYT is now state media. Unsubscribe and ignore.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 13h

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 48m

no matter how much you despise Sulz and his paper, you don't actually despise them enough

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 2h

This is quite a hed/subhed.
1) Start with Vance. Use strong action verb. Accept the autocratic premise that the “Marines’ Might” are Vance’s to flex.
2) Mention the protest second and absurdly describe them as in the thousands
3) Treat Trump’s strong man use of the military as a partisan scuffle.

Vance Flexes the Marines’ Might as Thousand Protest Trump’s Agenda
VP JD Vance’s trips o a military base in California illustrated rising tensions between the federal government and Democratic leaders

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 10h

@nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @cnn.com are you going to write about the president of the United States posting a clip of himself literally dumping shit on Americans, or is it nbd?

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Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 53m

“One side is an occupying force trying to subjugate another country and its people. The other is fighting for its freedom. These are fundamentally different causes."

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 58m

“Many think that the Russians are forced to fight. In fact, the Kremlin is afraid of mobilizing its people,” Kateryna Stepanenko, Russia research fellow at the Institute for the Study of War, told the Kyiv Independent.

No, Russian soldiers in Ukraine are not being forced to fight against their will

The misconception that Russian soldiers are forced to fight against their will in Ukraine is one that reaches even into the highest echelons of the U.S. government. Earlier this year, U.S. President ...

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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 51m

Red-tailed Hawk taking a moment 🪶

Red-tailed Hawk on a stone grave monument in the dappled light

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 50m

In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week, The Kyiv Independent’s Anna Belokur reports on another Trump–Zelensky meeting in Washington, following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intervention to dissuade the U.S. from supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles.

Trump holds back Tomahawks | Ukraine This Week

YouTube video by Kyiv Independent

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 50m

Y'all 😂 was not expecting that. Best No Kings protest. Has got to be the highest* protesters to population ratio in the US!

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMaqwB2k/

*Bettles has 23 people

We came out and represented Bettles, Alaska even if it was just me and the pups. We’ll have fun by ourselves either way. 💪🏽 Once again, hoping there were further north protests in Alaska!! 👀

TikTok video by Two.Huskies.And.A.Dove

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 49m

Bluesky I am begging into the void here

I need immediate emergency contact for Professor Richard Nicholas, Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London. Does anyone have this?

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Angela Dickson @amdtransl.bsky.social · 15h

#proofofcat now after 24 hours of absence (my fault - the batteries in her fancy catflap were dead and she was locked out)

A small tabby and white cat, failing to tell me what she got up to in her 24-hour absence

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isabeltranslates @isabeltranslates.bsky.social · 15h

Renewing my #proofofcat with Bluebell and friends!

A house window, taken from the inside, overlooking a garden. On the windowsill is a toy black cat (right), a carved wooden cat (centre) and a real black cat (left).

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Badbeard @badbeard.bsky.social · 15h

Current Status
#ProofOfCat

I am lying in bed, under the covers. A beautiful tabby cat sleeps on my stomach, his perfect white paws stretched out towards me. I will never move again.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 15h

#DinoConUK 2025 happened in August: it was sorta like #ComicCon, but devoted to #dinosaurs! Palaeoart, cutting-edge science, merch including art, models, stickers and more. News on our 2026 event coming soon :) tetzoo.com/blog/2025/8/...

DinoCon 2025 Has Left the Building — Tetrapod Zoology

A look back at August’s DinoCon 2025, our outstandingly successful first event!

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