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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 2h

neat photo

Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 4h

Adds this to my reasons to visit Portland

ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 2d

Portland art lovers and fans of unusual fish transportation MUST go see Sasha Fishman’s SHAD MODE at ILY2, there is a functional salmon cannon in the gallery with realistic weight hot pink rubber salmon you can chuck into it

Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 6h

Supercool 🧵 on lizards missing limbs, some ways they adapt and how this relates to our understanding of evolution.

Once again, biology is more complicated

James T. Stroud @jameststroud.bsky.social · 8h

🦎THREAD: We just published something wild in @asn-amnat.bsky.social - lizards missing entire limbs not only survive, but some appear to actually thrive in the wild?!

Let me tell you about the "three-legged pirate" lizards 🏴‍☠️

[Paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... ]

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Gardenerd @gardenerd1.bsky.social · 15h

Must be fall.

A large praying mantis crawls across an orange pumpkin, which sits on a brick porch.

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 6h

It’s a stormy day here in Southern California. We’ve already gotten over an inch and a half (3.8 cm) of rain.

A coffee mug with a cartoon cat riding a bicycle. The bike is orange and has a pumpkin on the back rack and a cup of coffee attached to the handle bars. The cat is wearing an orange scarf blowing in the wind. The scene behind the cat is fall like, with falling leaves and trees with bare branches. The cat is a black and white tuxedo pattern. From Society 6.

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 7h

Nice thread of good bird photography.

Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 1d

It's been a great weekend for birds. :) Thread incoming. First up, a Rusty Blackbird strolling through the shallow inlet along the pier, picking bugs out of the algae. Its supercilium (eyebrow stripe) was so bright, I thought at first glance it was a waterthrush. Didn't expect that. Lifer! #birds

Photo of a brown and black speckled bird with a distinct pale eyebrow, yellowish eyes, and a sturdy black bill stepping through shallow clear water with one foot raised until its breaking the surface and creating ripples

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 10h

Well. Things are pretty bad for the current regime. Look who they've pissed off NOW. (Watch to the end, it's not just footage from Portland. Surprise musical guest!)

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

youtu.be

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 7h

#bloomscrolling

Stacey Berg @staceyberg.bsky.social · 8h

Where okra comes from

Photo of a yellow flower with purple veins and purple pistils

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 7h

Spooky bird stories. Last year's Halloween comic.

A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??"
In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!".
In panel 3, a screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!".
In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 21h

Such a striking snake

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 23h

If you like peaceful images in your timeline check out WA Orchids.

WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 1d

A lovely cluster of stark white spider orchids (Caladenia longicauda subsp. eminens) seen recently in a nature reserve in the south of Western Australia
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #nature #inaturalist

A cluster of tall Stark White Spider Orchids with 6 flowers in a grassy open area

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 1d

Good news

Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 1d

www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
"Australia doesn’t just excel at big renewables and big batteries. Four million homes produce rooftop solar; a few weeks ago, those households temporarily supplied 55% of demand on the National Electricity Market, Westerman said."

As coal fades, Australia looks to realize dream of 100% renewable…

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other…

www.canarymedia.com

Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 1d

You’re WHAT? Video of the day

Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 3d

How to get your fish oil supplements

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 1d

Another reminder of why vaccines are such a wonderful thing.

Safe and effective since 1796

Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 1d

Your reminder—or maybe no one ever told you—that complications from a measles infection include immune amnesia (where you lose immunity to everything), vision and hearing loss, brain damage, and a fatal brain disease called Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis that can show up years later.

Miranda 🖤🤍💜 @doomscroling.bsky.social · 3d

Hundreds of children in multiple states are in quarantine and on remote learning due to measles outbreaks.

The decline in MMR vaccinations has resulted in the US experiencing an increase of measles cases with 1563 total cases & 3 deaths since January.

#Pinks

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 1d

Very interesting thread

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Oct 9

Because I still find people who don't know how the story ends:

Christopher Columbus was returned to Spain in chains in 1500 AD, convicted of barbaric torture of colonists, but released 6 weeks later by order of King Ferdinand II.

Neither he nor his brothers ever governed a Spanish holding again.

Christopher Columbus awaits sentencing in jail.

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 1d

Nutmeg suggests that instead of facing another Monday you should take a nap.

A mostly white cat with tabby patches sleeping on a grey chair. He’s got his head upside down, eyes closed and front paw curled up.

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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 2d

more spooky birds for spooky season

#art

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, that’s definitely a 2025 mood, desperately trying to hold on

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 2d

A moment of zen

ms m @msmeredith.bsky.social · 2d

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 2d

My 2025 mood

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 3d

May I offer you a borb in these trying times? 🪶

maybe a bushtit flying directly towards the camera , extremely puffed out

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 2d

Nice

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Jan Wilczur @janwilczur.bsky.social · 2d

‘Goshawk juvenile, September’

acrylic, 23 x 33 cms.

For sale, please enquire.

Juvenile Goshawks differ from adults by having a streaked underbody, rather than barred. This species is becoming a more regular sight in the U.K. as its population slowly increases.
#goshawk
#birdsofprey
#birdart

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 2d

This is not a photograph! Wow!

Threeoffour. @beckitoo.bsky.social · 2d

A mandatory duck in pastels I did a few weeks ago. I'm really pleased with my progress in pastels. Practice practice practice.
#mandarinduck #duck #bird #riverbird #birdart #natureart #riverlife #wildlife #pastelmat #pastelart #artist #pastellist #ukartist #pastelpencils #panpastels #drake

A colourful male mandarin duck facing left on a river with it's colours reflecting beneath him.

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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 2d

After a lumpectomy my insurance paid for reconstruction and I took advantage and had my noncancer side reduced. It almost completely eliminated my back pain. Explore ALL your options.

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