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BertaB.bsky.social
@bertababy.bsky.social
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Environmental educator, science communicator, and air quality nerd. Artist. Skull collector. I bake and know how to find directions by the stars.
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This one is me. Can't tell you how many people clicked out loud when I passed by!
Smiling woman with gray hair wearing a rooster costume holding a sign that says CLUCK if you love democracy
October 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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#NoKings we had upwards of 10,000 show up in Lexington, KY today. It was amazing. Last Pic is me I my front yard just before ethe protest.
A sea of colorful protesters gather around the Lexington, KY courthouse for No Kings Day Protesters in Lexington March along a downtown street for No Kings Day A gray-haired, white woman sits inside an inflatable rooster costume with a sign that says, "Cluck if you live Democracy".
October 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Is it possible to have too many black-eyed Susans? I had to pull a bunch this morning but couldn't bear to throw them on the compost pile. Hoping my neighbors take a bouquet today.
A lawn chair sits near a sidewalk with a box of black-eyed Susans in jars. A sign says, "Need some sunshine? Take a bouquet!"
August 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Finished this drawing after a very rough week in Gaza, the U.S., and the rest of the world. #Neurographic #PoliticalArt
Neurographic drawing. Curving black lines enclose bubbles with words: rural hospitals, U.S. constitution, migrants, school lunches, SNAP, Medicaid, birthright citizenship, Medicare, Climate.gov, compassion, free speech, democracy, due process. The word Gaza is scattered multiple times throughout. Beneath the bubbles, trails of twisted barbed wire and empty chains of bubbles twist down the page.
July 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Donation in the bag! Pushing back against today's anti-trans decision by SCOTUS.
Receipt for donation to OUTMemphis in the amount of $52.78.
June 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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@altnps.bsky.social Lexington, KY had the biggest turnout for any protest I've ever seen. An amazing day.
A fabric applique protest sign that says, "Girls say no to techno fascist ideology" Two women hold hand painted signs at a protest. One shows a cartoon of a white woman wearing sunglasses saying, "Only you can prevent fascism!" The other shows acartoon of a woman wearing a French baret and striped top saying, " Pardon my French, but this is a Coup d'Etat! Resist!" Hundreds of protesters marching with trees and blue sky. Some are carrying the American flag, the LGBTQ flag, and a large sign that says "resist". A smiling white dude wearing an orange t-shirt with a smiling cartoon character of a chipmunk, saying "Don't be racist!"
June 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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I've been using these words in my art as well. I love what you're doing.
Close-up of artist's hand wriring the words "geneder-affirming care " inside a blue bubble of color. Other words surround it in rainbow hues: Diversity, Justice, Identity, Health disparity, Trans. Large, multicolored neurographic painting with banned words and phrases inked inside colorful bubbles.
June 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Just finished inking the words in my #BannedWords painting! Each word has been targeted by the U.S. federal government and scrubbed from websites and/or flagged for compliance with "presidential orders". May we all be Keepers of the Words.
Black, swirling lines enclose colorful bubbles, each containing one of the words or phrases the U.S. government has scrubbed from websites, federal funding, and programs. Words relate to diversity, equity, inclusion, racism, sexuality, gender expression, justice, climate and scientific research, and public health.
April 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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This weekend's 50501 protests filled me with energy to start adding the #BannedWords to my painting! #NeurographicArt #ResistanceArt
A hand holds a marker, inking words on a colorful canvas that the federal government has scrubbed from websites, funding, and programs. Words include geneder-affirming care, identity, justice, diversity, tribal, health disparity, key groups, identity, trans, and inequality. A painting of colorful bubbles, separated by thick, swirling black lines. Some bubbles contain words on a colorful canvas that the federal government has scrubbed from websites, funding, and programs. Words include geneder-affirming care, identity, justice, diversity, tribal, health disparity, key groups, identity, trans, and inequality.
April 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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I've been working on a "banned words" project. This is the small version of a much larger one I'm working on now. Each word is one that has been banned from U.S. federal websites, programs, and funding. Yes, really.
Neurographic painting showing colored blobs interjected by swirling black l8ne. Each blob contains word banned from federal websites, programs, and funding. Words include discrimination, gender, privilege, sexual preference, racial, justice, and cultural heritage.
March 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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My sister just finished quilting my #climatestripes #sciart piece! Each color represents the annual U.S. temperature anomaly, from 1897-2024. Things are heating up. @katharinehayhoe.com @edhawkins.org @nicolekelner.bsky.social @kimmoldofsky.bsky.social @lecagle.bsky.social
Woman standing on a stepladder holding one end of a six-foot-long by one foot wide quilt of colored stripes. Blues represent cooler temperatures, reds represent warming temperatures. Man wearing a Wrexham tshirt holds the red-striped end of a long quilt. Blue stripes in the foreground show cooler temps during the early 1900s, while red stripes at the far end show warmer temperatures. Closeup of quilt showing light blue and orange stripes sewn together, surrounded by a charcoal black border with swirls of stiching. Closeup shows black border with swirls of quilted stitches surrounding mostly dark red stripes, representing the last 12 years of temperature anomaly data averaged annually across the U.S.
March 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Painting coming along nicely. Won't be long before I start adding the banned words --each bubble will contain a word so powerful that the regime cannot bear to see it. Words banned from federal websites, programs, and funding. Words like Black, inclusive, trans. May we all be Keepers of the Words.
Swirling black lines enclose bubbles of rainbow colors. An example of neurographic drawing.
March 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Had to run to the store to get more colors! Things are starting to pop. Maybe days away from starting to add the Words to the bubbles.
Colorful bubbles interjected by swirling black lines form a giant neurographic painting. The bubbles will eventually contain banned words related to DEI.
March 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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This is the smaller version of what I hope the large piece to be.
Swirls of black lines enclose bubbles of color, each containing DEI and environmental justice-related words scrubbed from federal websites, programs, and agencies.
March 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Working on a larger version of my banned words painting. This one is 2 feet x 3 feet, and it's taking a long time. I do not consider myself a painter and am learning as I go. Ultimately, each bubble will contain one of the DEI-related words this regime has banned. May we all be keepers of the Words
Neurographic painting on canvas. Bubbles of color connected by swirling black lines sweep across the canvas.
March 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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This was my cheat sheet for calling state legislators this morning, sheesh! SB89 is at the top of the NO list.
Two post-it notes with a short list of bills I want legislators to vote yes on (SB94 and 102, HB235. 270, 426) and a very long list of bills to vote NO for (SB89, 2, 60, 116, 132,79 and HB6, 607, 723, 4, 5, 64, 154, 163, 177, 495).
March 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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#ClimateStripes are in the long arm sewing machine! That's my sister, providing guidance and her amazing machine.
Red and orange stripes of fabric sewn together, pinned and waiting to be quilted. A smiling woman threads a long arm sewing machine. A woman leans over a long arm sewing machine, which looks a little like the handlebars of a motorcycle. Beneath her hands is a very long, quilted piece of colorful fabric strips, each representing temperature anomalies through the 20th century.
March 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Kentucky is showing up @standupforscience.bsky.social !
Kentucky state Capitol with loads of Kentuckians standing up for science
March 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Finished inking in the words in my first-ever acrylic on canvas. These words are the ones being scrubbed from fed'l websites & being used to flag/deny NSF and FEMA funding. May we all be keepers of the Words.
Colorful neurographic painting of bubbles containing DEI words being banned and scrubbed from federal sites and funding. List includes: Black, Latin, BIPOC, women, ethnicity, cultural heritage, LGBT, hate speech, stereotypes, racial justice, racism, discrimination, political, multicultural.
March 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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@stonemaiergames.com This is my seventh play of Finspan in less than a week! Loving this game! #boardgames #Stonemaier #Finspan
Smiling people playing a game of Finspan at a Lexington KY brewery boardgame night
February 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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How's it going in Frankfort? Small but enthusiastic protest in Lexington
People carrying signs in downtown Lexington, KY protesting Musk, Trump, and DOGE
February 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Working on a piece of art using the list of words the NSF published to flag suspicious research/grants/projects they think may violate the anti-DEI executive order.
An artist's hand colors an illustration containing words being scrubbed from federal websites and being flagged to deny grant funding. Words relate to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
February 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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I made this piece right after the election. It is my mantra.
Multicolored strips of fabric surround a central embroidered message that says, "Joy is an act of defiance".
February 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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I am dreaming a big art project with these banned words. In the meantime, I'm writing them on my skin.
Federally banned words written in ink on woman's arm. Words include systemic, women, LGBT, deia, bias, justice.
February 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Keep the #BannedWords alive.
Square neurographic drawing showing white bubbles surrounded by black. Bubbles contain words banned in federal websites and programs, including black, I equality, diversity, minority, women, race, gender, disability, hate speech, bias.
February 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM