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cicada song

@cicadasongstl.bsky.social

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nature. nonfiction. naps. have lived under a military dictatorship. have lived off grid. living in Inoka, Nutachi, & Wahzhazhe land (STL).

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cicada song @cicadasongstl.bsky.social · 5d

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 9d

May others have the moral courage to hear the message and give it honest consideration

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My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party

Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.

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jon5cents @jon5cents.bsky.social · 2d

🪶 The #BirdOfTheDay is #heron, and this is a great blue from the Chicago area. I posted a larger and closer view a bit ago, so this is the in-between. #birds #photography

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cicada song @cicadasongstl.bsky.social · 1d

You are actively promoting practices and technologies that are harming all life on Earth and promoting an agenda that seeks to undermine human creative and economic value. #humanartists

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Kort Duce @kortduce.bsky.social · 2d

This is one of my favorite heron pictures I took this year at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado.

#BirdOfTheDay #Heron #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons

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Landguy @landguyminor.bsky.social · 3d

Moon chasing the sun over the Gulf of Mexico.
#stunday #sunset #moonrise #eastcoastkin #gulfofmexico
#photography #beach #shore #water

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Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association @hawaiipacificparks.bsky.social · 1d

🌋 Local photographer @jillkbriggs has several images of koa'e kea/white-tailed #tropicbirds soaring mysteriously & majestically around active vents & #lava fountains of #KīlaueaVolcano. You can see more of her images & other photographers at the Volcano Art Center in #HVNP.

#JillBriggs #Birdtober

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Skyflyer Channel 8 News @skyflyer81.bsky.social · 1d

White-breasted Nuthatch

Schmeeckle Reserve

#Birds #Wisconsin

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Marieke dB @mdb2024.bsky.social · 1d

Philadelphia vireo; I had not even realized that it was a lifer when I saw it in September!

#birds #nature #naturephotography #philadelphiavireo #lifer

Perched bird with muted yellow/brownish coloring

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City Mouse Garden @citymousegarden.bsky.social · 1d

#NativePlants Iliamna remota (Kanakee Mallow) still trying to throw a few late blooms in my #UrbsInHorto #Chicago rain garden.

#gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport 🌱

A soft pink unfurling bloom surrounded by a fluffy green new bud and fading grey-brown spent bloom.

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reeceness @reeceness.blacksky.app · 1d

If you or a relative have property with lawns, please consider xeriscaping. Use native plants or region friendly ground cover. Usually a lot cheaper to maintain and more drought tolerant.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow (October 29th) at 7:00 pm EDT, join the @ganativeplants.bsky.social's virtual event with @jaapderoode.bsky.social, where he will discuss his book, Doctors by Nature, and how animals discover and harness medicine in nature.

Register for this free event here: gnps.org/calendar-eve...

Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves by Jaap de Roode

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GHOST-BUSnado, Area Gloom Dad @tarnado.bsky.social · 1d

Civic infrastructure is native plants; native plants are civic infrastructure

Using Native Plants As Infrastructure

YouTube video by Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't

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Quiltrageous @quiltrageous.bsky.social · 1d

Today we're gathering seeds from whorled milkweed (pictured), anise hyssop, and horsemint in order to replant in other parts of the prairie. #NativePlants #SupportPollinators

A dry, brown milkweed stem with several long, slim pods that have opened to reveal fluffy parachutes on brown teardrop-shaped seeds. This milkweed species is called Asclepias verticillata, whorled milkweed.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

When a loved one is behaving in a way that bothers you, should you lean into the relationship or take a break? If you're having trouble deciding, therapist KC Davis offers guiding questions. n.pr/4nswTDm

How to decide whether to step back from a difficult relationship — or stick it out

When a loved one is behaving in a way that bothers you, should you lean into the relationship or take a break? If you're having trouble deciding, therapist KC Davis offers guiding questions.

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cicada song @cicadasongstl.bsky.social · 1d

The EPA is being dismantled. You’re going to have to retool your advocacy model to match the political situation that we have today.

cicada song @cicadasongstl.bsky.social · 1d

This is a nondiscussion. He openly stated during his campaign that voters “won’t have to worry about voting anymore” or words to that effect.

He’s told us what his intentions are. Project 2025 has told us what the regime’s intentions are.

What are we going to do about it? #history

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Concrete Botany @concretebotany.bsky.social · 1d

Common Eveningprimrose (Oenothera biennis) rosettes growing in the sidewalk of Columbus Boulevard, shot 2 days ago.

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Argen @argenel.bsky.social · 4d

Vibrant fall colours of Tremblant 🍁 (Quebec, Canada)

#canada #autumn #fall #Tremblant #quebec #travel #photography

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Dave Berthiaume @daveberthiaumephoto.com · 2d

Night sky over a church in northern Minnesota

#minnesota #nightsky #milkyway #night #church #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #photography

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cicada song @cicadasongstl.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful shot. Thank you for sharing it.

I've never been to Petosky but I have one of these beauties.

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Dee Dorsey @deedorsey.bsky.social · 3d

Petosky, Michigan 🍂 October, 2025
“A lake is a landscape composed chiefly of water and reflection.” ~ Joseph Roux

#michigan #puremichigan #photography #nature #scape #landscape #stunday #eastcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #clouds #reflections #landscapephotography #photographersunited

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Photos by Noora @np-photos.bsky.social · 2d

I was going to take a photo of our garden wall for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock but got distracted by all the nice lichen and moss.

#MossMonday #FungiFriends #Lichen #Moss

Some short dark green moss and pale blue-green lichen growing on a fairly flat surface (the top of a granite wall). A part of the lichen looks almost like tiny elf cup mushrooms.

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Rambling Idiot @ramblingidiot.bsky.social · 2d

One For Sorrow.
Small print, lots of details, low price.
#halloween #printsky #artsky #occult

www.cutfromtheland.co.uk/product/one-...

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cicada song @cicadasongstl.bsky.social · 2d

Seven for Olde England - is that the reference? Wonderful details.

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Nomski Coon @nomskic.bsky.social · 2d

No, It's not a Girl!

Colours aren't gendered, yet in the western world there is a persistent, if not particularly old, tradition that it is so. Why? It puzzles me. I feel a new rabbit hole dive approaching...

#art #abstractart #pink #pinkmon #colouraday #printmaking #colours

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Matthew Boughey @enyaslung.bsky.social · 2d

#monoprint #abstract #gellprint

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