Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 9h

I’m one bad day away from dressing up in the bones of large dogs and painting the city red with blood.

You and your “art” of suffering animals. Coyotes. Rabbits. Deer.

“WATERSHIP DOWN TRAUMATIZED ME!” Shut the fuck up. I’ve hunted animal torturers IRL. The reality is bad enough. You’re not edgy.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 10h

Has anybody else noticed the extremely weird trend of people posting gruesome animal fundraising links in trending topics?

1 16

Reposted by J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️

𝕳𝖔𝖗𝖗𝖔𝖗𝖈𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙 🇨🇦🦇🥀🕸 The Tower, The Moon, The Gun @horrorculturist.bsky.social · 1d

What are you guys doing for Halloween? 🎃

42 4 52

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 12h

Question: Do I come across as a furry?

There is no right or wrong answer.

4 1 14

Reposted by J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️

Athanaca @athanaca.bsky.social · 2d

Iridescent black🖤

#bird #raven #birdart #animalart #digitalart #illustration #birdwatching #crow #original #colorful #avian
#feather

A raven with colorful reflections on its feathers

43 1.9K 5.6K

Reposted by J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️

Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes Crows look black and sometimes they don't #birds

26 77 640

Reposted by J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 1d

Please share a weird animal fact. Or a lesser-known animal fact.

FACT: Coyotes climb trees. (Coyote Ethos: “Never tell me the odds.”)

Your turn!

Coyote in an evergreen tree. Full story here, including more photos: https://goeddelphotography.com/blog/coyote-climbs-tree-and-steals-bobcats-duck/

Coyote in a fruit tree. 📸: Janet Kessler of coyoteyipps.com—arguably, the most fun and informative website in existence.

38 43 180

Reposted by J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote about a new Nazi party that seeks to criminalize all human virtue, and how that means that human virtue is the greatest weapon against the new Nazi project.

www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...

The Crime of Human Virtue

Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

www.the-reframe.com

12 300 700

Reposted by J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️

Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 20h

#HappyThanksgiving2025 🍁🦇
Give thanks to bats! Alberta’s bats munch millions of insects, saving farmers & foresters on pest control—and helping our health by reducing pesticide use. Overlooked & underappreciated, these tiny insectivores quietly make life better for us all. #ThankABat

#HappyThanksgiving2025
We would like to take today to thank the bats for all the work they do around the planet. Our bats in Alberta are big insect-consumers - a non-paying job that benefits agriculture and forestry by reducing the costs of pest control. By reducing the amounts of pesticides used on the landscape - WE benefit by improved health outcomes. Over-looked and underappreciated - many people do not understand how important these little insectivores are in our daily lives.

But boy oh boy are they awesome!

(Starting upper left and moving clockwise - our nine Alberta bats include: Long-eared Myotis, Little Brown Myotis, Red Bat, Western Small-footed Myotis, Silver-haired Bat, Big Brown Bat, Hoary Bat and Long-legged Myotis - missing Northern Myotis in the collage! photos by Jason Headley, Cory Olson and Melissa Penney and JT Layne)

16 60

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 1d

Please share a weird animal fact. Or a lesser-known animal fact.

FACT: Coyotes climb trees. (Coyote Ethos: “Never tell me the odds.”)

Your turn!

38 43 180

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 1d

Weeping Sequoia?

“Dr. Seuss-ass looking trees” made me burst out laughing. 😂🤣

1

Reposted by J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 2d

What are you guys doing for Halloween? 🎃

16 2 24

Reposted by J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 1d

Those biodomes are incredible and they need to exist in the real world.

🎨Artsy Marxist🎨 (commissions closed) @artsymarxist.com · 5d

Hi yall 💚 I’ve got several original oil/acrylic paintings and prints available on my new website solinga.art 🖼️🖌️🎨 You can purchase there or via bluesky dms! Details about each available painting below🧵👇

futuristic solarpunk city with turquoise river running through it

waterfall in Laos with sunlight shining through the trees

biodomes illuminated by the glow of a gas giant in the sky

2 6 36

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 1d

Those biodomes are incredible and they need to exist in the real world.

🎨Artsy Marxist🎨 (commissions closed) @artsymarxist.com · 5d

Hi yall 💚 I’ve got several original oil/acrylic paintings and prints available on my new website solinga.art 🖼️🖌️🎨 You can purchase there or via bluesky dms! Details about each available painting below🧵👇

2 6 36

Reposted by J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 1d

My “Nature and Wildlife Art” feed is almost ready for subscribers—both artists and art fans. Stay tuned! 🌿

Maddy Bellwoar @maddybellwoar.com · 23d

Another mushroom studies page in gouache 🌿🍄✨

Photo shows a sketchbook sitting open on a wooden desk, surrounded by painting supplies such as paint tubes, brushes, and a palette. The page displays 5 gouache painting studies of different types of mushrooms growing locally in the Netherlands.

1 7 75

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 1d

Your studio is a living dream! I’m overwhelmed by the colour, the vibrancy, and the sheer joy emanating from this photo. Just wow. 💚

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 1d

My “Nature and Wildlife Art” feed is almost ready for subscribers—both artists and art fans. Stay tuned! 🌿

Maddy Bellwoar @maddybellwoar.com · 23d

Another mushroom studies page in gouache 🌿🍄✨

1 7 75

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 1d

While we’re on the subject, I highly recommend subscribing to the #FungiFriends feed. 🍄

lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 3d

Here is a nice a mushroom

A vase shaped golden chanterelle grows from the mossy forest soil like an ocean wave breaking against a rock. Rain wet ferns grow all around under the green forest background. All photos by me

1 4 61

Reposted by J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️

Michelle F Mitchell | Sword Fern Studios @swordfernstudios.bsky.social · 8d

If you love PNW wildlife, this pal should be on your radar.

The Pacific marten. They’re adorable, curious, carnivorous forest critters. But rarely seen.

They were considered virtually extinct for 50 years! Loss of habitat & human actions are the suspected cause.

#art #conservationart #oldgrowth

Close-up of a watercolor painting of a pine marten, its fur depicted in shades of reddish-brown and light brown. The artwork is displayed on a square piece of white paper, surrounded by natural elements such as pine cones, dried orange slices, and green plants. The overall aesthetic is autumnal and nature-inspired.

3 30 160

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 1d

In second grade, a small area outside of my school was thick with clover. Four leaf clovers were EVERYWHERE.

Re: squirrels, here’s what Google’s “AI Overview” says:

“Certain areas, known as ‘colonies,’ have higher populations due to genetic factors or human intervention.”

1

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 1d

Leucistic squirrel!

This squirrel has dark eyes, so it’s not albino. If you’ve ever had a rabbit or a pet rodent, you knew that already.

Only 1 in 10,000 squirrels are leucistic. @sharonahill.bsky.social is incredibly lucky.

Sharon of the Strange Times @sharonahill.bsky.social · 2d

Frosty, the white squirrel, visits my water dish almost every day. #animals #wildlife

White squirrel with light gray tail and dark eyes drinks from a clear bowl of water with pebbles on a stone patio. She keeps her back feet in the greenery. Blue sky.

5 9 87

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 2d

What are you guys doing for Halloween? 🎃

16 2 24

Reposted by J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️

Rebecca Wang Art @rebeccawangart.bsky.social · 2d

#BlueSkyArtShow The theme is #Glow. This raven is holding a glowing star as it is placing it in the night sky.

#art #painting #raven #birds

A flying raven in the starry night sky holding a glowing orb in his beak.

2 37 110

Reposted by J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Scientists have found wild #wolfdogs roaming the mountains of Greece.

In nature, wolves and dogs rarely interbreed. This is fascinating.

"An Incredible Wolf-Dog Hybrid Has Emerged from the Mountains of Greece" www.popularmechanics.com/science/a689... #wolf #wolves #canislupus

An Incredible Wolf-Dog Hybrid Has Emerged from the Mountains of Greece

Wolves and dogs don’t normally breed in the wild, largely because wolves are so territorial. But an exception has been found.

www.popularmechanics.com

3 31 110

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Scientists have found wild #wolfdogs roaming the mountains of Greece.

In nature, wolves and dogs rarely interbreed. This is fascinating.

"An Incredible Wolf-Dog Hybrid Has Emerged from the Mountains of Greece" www.popularmechanics.com/science/a689... #wolf #wolves #canislupus

An Incredible Wolf-Dog Hybrid Has Emerged from the Mountains of Greece

Wolves and dogs don’t normally breed in the wild, largely because wolves are so territorial. But an exception has been found.

www.popularmechanics.com

3 31 110

J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 5d

I get you. Money is a helluva drug.

3