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Moss and Piglets

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Art inspired by microorganisms, bugs, and creatures. Tardigrades are my favorite. 🌈🐌🦠🐛 Tacoma, WA. Shop update 4/1 https://mossandpiglets.etsy.com

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 8d

I don’t understand why we need a “Columbus Day” when this country celebrates incompetent white men failing up and taking what isn’t theirs all year round.

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Moss and Piglets @mossandpiglets.bsky.social · 8d

Doing an art market and seeing faces light up when they see tardigrades makes me really happy.

Introducing people to tardigrades at art markets also makes me really happy.

Tardigrades make me really happy.

#sciart #tardigrades #inverts #waterbears

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Germán Bonilla-Rosso @germusthermophilus.bsky.social · 14d

🔬🦠🧫🧪 #MicroSky
This is the most fantatic video I've ever seen: a Tardigrade strolling on a Volvox by Penny Fenton #NikonSmallWorld #DarkField
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A tardigrade moving around a volvox algae colony | 2025 Small World in Motion Competition

Penny Fenton - A tardigrade moving around a volvox algae colony

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 16d

EXPLOSION GANG!!!

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Marko (Nerd and Jock Comics) @markoraassina.bsky.social · 17d

Hang in there, struggling artists

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Moss and Piglets @mossandpiglets.bsky.social · 16d

I’m so sorry you and your husband went through this. I’m glad he made it out. ❤️‍🩹💔❤️

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 17d

One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 19d

Do not look away. This is what devastation sounds like. I worked with some of USAID’s brightest, including many with disabilities, who built hope from nothing. That hope is shattered. The inhumanity of this regime is unforgivable.

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Moss and Piglets @mossandpiglets.bsky.social · 20d

Excellent headline

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 21d

🧪 Scientists found new gecko species hidden in plain sight in pristine deserts of southern Africa, thanks to their loud, barking mating calls

Mildly Menacing Mating Calls Lead to Discovery of New Gecko Species

Scientists found new gecko species hidden in plain sight in pristine deserts of southern Africa, thanks to their loud, barking mating calls

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Moss and Piglets @mossandpiglets.bsky.social · 21d

Aside from all the terrible things that happen when the gov goes into shutdown, doesn’t that also mean ICE won’t have funding? Cuz, silver linings, for sure!

Fight hard. Don’t give in.

Moss and Piglets @mossandpiglets.bsky.social · 21d

Love this!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Moss and Piglets @mossandpiglets.bsky.social · 28d

One time I made a taxonomy of my favorite Star Trek series (DS9, Voyager, TNG) to see how often, and in what role, the species were represented.

Scott 🦇Cave🦇 @hellabarnes.bsky.social · 28d

I once figured out where every spice in my spice cabinet fit in the plant evolutionary tree

horrible visage of RFK Jr. and “Autism Announcement”

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Alex Arrelia @alexarrelia.bsky.social · Sep 18

Like I want to state this very bluntly, Jimmy Kimmel is being pilloried by fascists because he *played a clip of a thing that the president said to a journalist*

Alex Arrelia @alexarrelia.bsky.social · Sep 18

The whole joke is Kimmel playing the clip of Trump pivoting instantly to talking about the trucks and the ballroom lmfao…

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GwenieThinks 🤔 @gwenie.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Moss and Piglets @mossandpiglets.bsky.social · Aug 13

Came to say this! 😂

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · Aug 12

Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.”

This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.

Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.

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Moss and Piglets @mossandpiglets.bsky.social · Aug 5

I said the same thing before I saw your post! Babs is remarkable.

Moss and Piglets @mossandpiglets.bsky.social · Aug 5

This person has helped two on my personal friends find their dogs! She’s amazing and has the best tips. www.awayhomefordogs.com

I hope you find your friend!