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Compassion, cuss words, color, coffee. I wear many hats in a small museum, do web sites, & teach a bit of environmental science. I draw some, don't paint enough, and talk back to birds.
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metasilk @metasilk.bsky.social · Feb 5
@copaceticbunsz.bsky.social

I'd like to add one more:

Things will never go back to the way they were. There is almost always a way to make the next thing kinder, wiser, or more creative. Take that way.
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claireleach.bsky.social
Giclée prints available of some of these drawings for just £30. An affordable way to add art to your home. claireleach.com/shop
claireleach.bsky.social Claire Leach @claireleach.bsky.social · 7d
I’m visiting the Forest of Dean this weekend, inspiration behind many of my drawings. These ones are available in my shop; claireleach.com/shop.
Black and white detailed pen drawing of a woodland landscape. Black and white detailed pen drawing of a woodland landscape. Black and white detailed pen drawing of a woodland landscape. Black and white detailed pen drawing of a woodland landscape.
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
metasilk.bsky.social
English Robin’s Small Bouquet

An English Robin holds a snowdrop for ...?
English Robin’s Small Bouquet
An English Robin holds a snowdrop for ...?
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November 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
metasilk.bsky.social
So I make some art and then sometimes I make #stickers from that. A joy! I list them both on my own site (always in need of an update!) and at Etsy (for the cachet, y'know).

www.etsy.com/shop/StudioM...

www.metasilk.com/wd/product-c...

Shipping to US addresses is included!
A green dragon clings to the rim of a white coffee cup. (Sticker from art by K. Talmage.) A mouse with wings looks surprisedly over its shoulder. (Sticker from art by K. Talmage.) A panda with a fork as tall as it is looks at a strawberry twice its height. (Sticker from art by K. Talmage.)
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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howtoloveaforest.bsky.social
What does it mean for a tree to be “alive?”

I’m sharing this #repost from 2024 because I think this is SUCH an important concept for us to understand!

#tree #trees #forest #forests #ecology #woods #nature #death #outdoor #outdoors #forestry #biology #science #wildlife #habitat #stem #life
November 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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howtoloveaforest.bsky.social
New entry into the Bad Bird Names Chronicles — red-bellied woodpecker!

#bird #birds #birb #birbs #birding #birder #birders #birdwatch #birdwatching #birdwatcher #wildlife #animal #animals #forest #forester #nature
November 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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birdsofvermont.bsky.social
Lets honor our very social, industrious, undeniably adorable, year-round favorite feathered friend and BOVM sticker-logo star: the Black-capped Chickadee: a delight and an inspiration

#BirdsofVermontMuseum #MonthOfGratitude #BlackCappedChickadee #GoBirding #PoecileAtricapillus #Birds #BackyardBird
Two chickadees perch cheekily on a platform feeder full of black oil sunflower seeds. Photo by K. Talmage and used with permission. A chickadee removing bits of wood from a broken-off tree branch pauses to look at the camera. Photo by Erin Talmage and used with permission. A chickadee perched on a black metal arch looks at the camera. Photo by M. Barnes and used with permission. A lifelike, detailed woodcarving of a Black-capped Chickadee perched on a bit of rough tree bark. . Carved by Bob Spear.
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.

"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’
Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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petergleick.bsky.social
Maths...

If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.

If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.

Tax the rich.
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
metasilk.bsky.social
This
dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 9d
Note from my notebook (2016)
I know I buy far too many books but I like to think that lining the walls of my house with them wards off evil in some deeply important way.
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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matthewcort.land
I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it.

So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
mrscrabapple.bsky.social your mom @mrscrabapple.bsky.social · 9d
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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cameratrapsue.bsky.social
Raven flight paths this afternoon.

I always enjoy seeing the patterns they make.

#birds
November 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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jerthorp.bsky.social
10,151 birds.

1 visualization.

Thousands of colours, extracted from Wikipedia descriptions.

This piece is one of my all-time favourites. It took me three months of work and I've been thinking about how to do this for five years.

Prints + posters:

www.jerthorp.me/category/of-...

🪶📊🎨🌿
Mandala-like visualization of colored feathers each representing a single species Mandala-like visualization of colored feathers each representing a single species. Detail. Mandala-like visualization of colored feathers each representing a single species. Framed.
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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birdsofvermont.bsky.social
Thank you to the Green Mountain Wood Carvers who make this place a hub for learning and making. Your craft and your company inspire, delight, teach …and expand our collection!

Have you taken one of their workshops yet?

#BirdsofVermontMuseum #MonthOfGratitude #Woodcarving #GreenMountainWoodcarvers
Many people sit around tables strewn with carving tools and woodcarvings in progress. Some are intent on their work, while others smile and talk together. Behind them are workshop walls with waterfowl decoys and more carving tools. Two people (busy carving) are blurred but visible behind a rack of woodcarving gouges. Carved as relief into a branch, a mustached man's face smiles. Two unfinished nuthatches (carved in wood) sit on a table behind a carving glove and thumb protector, and in front of a finished (carved and painted) nuthatch and cups of coffee.
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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birdsofvermont.bsky.social
Thank you to all more than 250 creatives who have exhibited in our art shows. From our first named show in 2013 to this year’s, may all of you be filled with tremendous creativity and success!

Art share with permission. More images & artist names, on our Instagram.

#MonthOfGratitude #BirdsInArt
A round ceramic dish on a stand, showing a Red-bellied Woodpecker. The ceramic is a carved style, in black, white and red. Artist: S. Morrison. A watercolor painting of a nest with two eggs and many viney/ferny leaves around. Artist: L. DiSante A photograph of a male Ruby-throated hummingbird superimposed over texts of many numerical facts about the species. Artists: K. Sultze and J. Hyde A complex quilt of many bright colors and fabric patterns, showing a Blackburnian Warbler in a tropical forest canopy. Artist: M. Lower
November 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
metasilk.bsky.social
"60% of what we eat comes from 12 plants and 5 animals."

open.substack.com/pub/ayanaeli...
Climate Change vs. Coffee, Wine, and Chocolate ☕️🍷🍫 with Sam Kass
Listen now | How to Overcome the Coming Food Crisis.
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
metasilk.bsky.social
Happy Halloween from a wee #spider!

#amigurumi
#handwork
A small crocheted black spider with four brass bead eyes smiles at you from the top of small pumpkin.
October 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
metasilk.bsky.social
I'd like to make some posts about annoying/sensitive/some-of-us-are-tired-of-this stuff ... and have the tap-to-see.

How do I do that?
October 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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kendrawrites.com
The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)
October 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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solexposure.bsky.social
I need to sell at least 9 framed pieces to have just what I need for rent. Very nerve racking time! All specials in my feed are valid (just DM to take advantage). Also have this hare painting available at name your own price! ALSO-Get 2 prints & pick out a 3rd on me! www.sol-exposure.com/shop/
October 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
I'm doing another print run of these "Biology is Bigger than Binaries" shirts!

Back, quite literally, by popular demand. Bullying works, sure, but so does a bunch of nice cutie patooties politely asking!

Order 'em now, I'll mail 'em in early November.

SquidFacts.net
a woman with short bown hair, glasses, and tassel earrings, wears a purple KN95 and looks cool as hell in her biology is bigger than binaries shirt, in orange a woman with green glasses takes a selfie lookin' cool as hell in her pink biology is bigger than binaries shirt. She's also got ice cream, that lucky dog. a woman with long brown hair and glasses hangs out in the back yard with her pink biology is bigger than binaries shirt A man with a hat and sunglasses stands in hero-pose with his biology is bigger than binaires shirt (orange)
October 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
metasilk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Something to think about
Fig. 1: Estimate of the global biomass of the class Mammalia since 1850. | Nature Communications
www.nature.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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seva.bsky.social
Sarkozy is going to jail but he’s not the first one. In our new dataset we track modern leaders who have been prosecuted by their own states. There are 215 of them. Turns out leader prosecution is a common & healthy practice in democracies. Full access link: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/28/d...
Prosecuting the Powerful
Historical data shows putting leaders on trial is a healthy democratic practice.
foreignpolicy.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
metasilk.bsky.social
FYI (may be updated as more info comes in)
birddroneone.bsky.social BirdDroneOne @birddroneone.bsky.social · 22d
The East Wing Desecrators

Given the extraordinary and unprecedented destruction of the entire East Wing, built in 1942 for the Office of the First Lady, it’s important to note who enabled this.

In this thread, I run through the companies and organizations involved and provide contact info.

🧵
October 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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greyauk.bsky.social
Thank you so much to everyone who bought something, reposted, or liked the post 🙏💚!!!

You saved the end of my month, and it will even pay Jettes 🐕 meds in November.

You are an awesome community! Wishing everyone a restful weekend 🌿!
photo of a sketchbook "Thank you" with a little heart is written in ink underneath is a sketch of Jette, a little foxy three-legged dog.
October 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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curiousordinary.bsky.social
'Autumn in Oirase' from 'A Collection of Scenic Views of Japan; Eastern Japan Edition' - Kawase Hasui, 1933.
#JapaneseArt #shinhanga
Trees with autumn colours beside a clear blue river.
October 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM