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Ambrox @ambrox.bsky.social · 7h

A mischievous archaeopteryx has appeared!

An abstract looking archaeopteryx on a plain green background

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 3h

Birb says “Always remember to look both ways at a stop sign”

#birds 🌿

A dark gray and white bird stands on a stop sign, seen from the back. It leans forward and looks off to its left, as if checking for oncoming traffic.

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Dan Larson @danlarson.bsky.social · 6d

I got the email notification about this from Spreadshirt last week and promptly deleted my account. If you have one, you should too.

Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social · Aug 19

Warning to anyone who has their art on Spreadshirt.com: They now have a feature where anyone can remix your art and it's impossible to opt out unless you just leave the site altogether.

Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/19/s...

Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI

Spreadshirt is an online print-on-demand store. You can sell T-shirts and mugs and so on. My wife Arkady Rose is an artist as well as a musician, and had a pile of designs on Spreadshirt and Redbub…

pivot-to-ai.com

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 8h

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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toritori @toritorihkd.bsky.social · 4h

This heron’s posture felt strangely familiar.
Then it hit me—it looks just like the Royō Daruma scroll, a classic Zen painting.
Search “芦葉達磨図軸” on bunka.nii.ac.jp or colbase.nich.go.jp if you’re curious. 🪶
まさかアオサギパイセンにダルマさん要素があるとは‼️（個人の感想です🤣）
#nature
#photography
#wildlife
#GreyHeron
#アオサギ
#birds
#野鳥

A Grey Heron standing still in shallow, calm water at sunrise, seen from behind with its reflection mirrored on the surface. The bird’s rounded posture and tucked head give it a statuesque, contemplative look.
浅い静かな水面に立つアオサギが後ろ姿で写っており、水面には姿がくっきりと映っている。頭を引き込み丸く見える姿が、どこか達磨のようにも見える。

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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 19h

Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!

Boss: I have an idea

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 21h

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

Baldwin: Our farmers are facing incredible headwinds. A lot of the fertilizer inputs come from Canada. Those have shot up because of tariffs. About a quarter of all farmers use the ACA for their health care coverage. This president is just contributing to the headwinds that our farmers are facing.

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Tsupi_WBSY カラリーマン @tsupi-wbsy.bsky.social · 5h

ヤマガラ
飛んでくる時顔がなんか扁平なの好き

I drew it lying in bed...
#BirdArt

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 5h

Curlew moult lasts a long time.
New paper in @waderstudy.bsky.social journal by Forster et al shows primary moult lasts an average of four months.
www.waderstudygroup.org/article/19691/
General blog about moult:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/t...
#ornithology

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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 5h

Man, Serif/Canva removing Affinity products from sale ahead of an announcement bodes so ill :/ glad I have the ones I have bc I won’t be buying any AI bullshit

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 5h

If any child in your life has an IEP or 504 plan:

Trump fired (we think) all of the employees in the office at the US Department of Education that disburses special education funds from the federal government that school districts use to pay for those plans.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 15h

If you’re not following the @oregonian.com that should change immediately. They are doing incredible coverage of the ice protests.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles.

More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

The federal food program helping more than 1 in 4 young children access fresh produce, milk, and formula will run out of funding next week.

Over 5 million children could lose food assistance — all thanks to the Trump-Republican shutdown.

The cruelty is endless.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 12h

I can't put into words how much satellites and airplanes are my enemy. This was taken about 50 miles from a major city, an hour time lapse.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h

An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems.

The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.

By @fastlerner.bsky.social

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

www.propublica.org

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 1d

It'a #WorldMigratoryBirdDay! Bring out the birds!!!

Here's one of my favorite migratory birds, the American Oystercatcher

#birds🌿

A big black and white shorebird with a big orange beak stands at the edge of the ocean, the scene bathed in rich golden light.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 19h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, the underlying reason for the need for this is horrifying, stipulated, but watching so many people stand up and defend their neighbors and their community is a heartening reminder that the people who suck are not the majority even if they are the power

Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 2d

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 1d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 15h

Also, if you are NC local and would like to help out or maybe even adopt a soon to be tripod, I know she’s trying to find homes for those who can conceivably become pets, and would love to hear from you!

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Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · 13h

Awesome! Fulvous remain a nemesis for me. Congrats on a great trip!

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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 19h

My prints are 20%OFF and have a $5 discount on shipping.

only 11 hours to go: www.inprnt.com/gallery/salv...

#INPRNT #bsnm #MinCup25 #minerals

final Mineral Cup 2025 bracket with kyanite as champion. all the minerals are illustrated and the brackets are lined with decorative border in gold.

a poster with illustrations of 16 minerals eliminated in the first round of the 2025 mineral cup: chrysotile, okenite, jeremejevite, calcite, silver, leucite, sanidine, pollucite, azurite, wavellite, thortveitite, zunyite, topaz, ikaite, nontronite, and paddlewheelite. They have a large range of colours and shapes going from blue and green to yellow and red.

illustration of four minerals competing in the semifinals and final match of the Mineral Cup 25: kyanite, champion, tugtupite, second place, dioptase and hematite, eliminated in the semifinals.

a poster with illustrations of 8 minerals eliminated in the second round of the 2025 mineral cup: pectolite, stibnite, baryte, carpathite, titanite, molybdenite, taenite, mannardite They have a colour variation from greys, beiges, whites and black. One, titanite, is dark green.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 14h

Shining lasers into the air also forces aircraft doing stuff like “life saving medical flights” to land, which is a great way to lose popular support for your activism. Don’t fucking do this.

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 14h

It is wrong and so freaking stupid. It's impacting hospital care (causing helicopters to have to land an hour away instead of at hospital which is near ICE facility) and the type of thing which will turn people against the protestors. www.kgw.com/article/news...

OHSU says emergency flights will be diverted amid 'laser party' aimed at helicopters circling over Portland ICE facility

A "laser party" for those frustrated with helicopters' nightly flights over the South Portland area can have dangerous consequences for patients, OHSU warned.

www.kgw.com

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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 14h

A little known fact is that, when confronted with an ICE agent, the North American Protest Frog can inflate to up to 100x its normal size to frighten off predators.

Don Zeko @donzeko.bsky.social · 15h

You should also try changing your stance to appear bigger and hanging your food in bags high enough off the ground that they can't reach.

Achilles @achilleslaststand.bsky.social · 15h

Using tactics like loud noise and light to scare off ICE, I love it

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