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William Barnacle

@urchinartdesigns.bsky.social

Here's another photo of a two-spotted octopus. He's waving a couple arms in the lower part, trying to distract me, and getting ready to jet away to the right. Which is what happened next.

Octopi really hate being the center of attention.

January 21, 2026 at 3:28 PM

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Linda

@linda2.bsky.social

The temperate rainforest of the Lake District in Cumbria.

#forest #landscape #green #cumbria #woodland #moss #cumbriawildlifetrust #photography

A damp, wet and mossy woodland where rocks and boulders are dressed in moss. The treesstand tall, branches covered with lichen.

January 21, 2026 at 5:44 PM

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The Mighty Jungle💙💛

@ocanannain.bsky.social

Swedish pension fund Alecta cuts US Treasury holdings, citing policy uncertainty

Swedish pension fund Alecta has sold most of its holdings in U.S. Treasuries over the last year because of the increased risk and unpredictability of U.S. politics, the fund's chief investment officer...

www.reuters.com

January 21, 2026 at 6:45 PM

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Coral City Camera

@coralcitycamera.bsky.social

For your consideration: 2 mins of an octopus navigating a swift current 〰️🐙〰️ #octopus #cephalopodsofcoralcity #current #billowing #navigating #tentacles #chromatophores #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

January 21, 2026 at 5:22 PM

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️

@savethecbc.bsky.social

Trump shared an altered map showing Canada, Greenland, Venezuela + Cuba as U.S. territory. It’s absurd — and unsettling. CBC breaks down what he shared, where it came from, and why it matters. This is why public-interest journalism exists.

r.pebmac.ca/https://www....

January 20, 2026 at 10:45 PM

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Andrew Kurjata

@akurjata.ca

Hours later, Carney’s speech is the lead story on the Guardian. Lead video on the New York Times. Not sure I recall seeing anything from a PM resonate quite this much globally…

The Guardian: Mark Carney tells David the old world order is ‘not coming back’ as Trump heads to Switzerland

NY Times: Canada’s leader warns of ‘rupture’ in world order

January 21, 2026 at 5:09 AM

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️

@savethecbc.bsky.social

At Davos, Carney said the quiet part out loud: the old U.S.-led order is over. Trade is a weapon, integration can mean subordination, and middle powers must act together or be “on the menu.” CBC explains why this matters:

r.pebmac.ca/https://www....

#SaveTheCBC

January 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM

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Jeff, Stopping by Woods

@jeffontherock.bsky.social

Rosette Pyxie Cup Lichen (Cladonia pocillum). NWT, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends

Photo of a lichen that consists of (a) a base (growing on the ground) that looks like a mound of shiny, light green corn flakes, and (b) several podetia growing up from the base that look like grey golf tees. The top of the tees are ringed with tiny red beads. Inside the tee tops are a bunch of tiny, blue-green discs.

January 20, 2026 at 1:36 PM

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦

@secondnaturemb.bsky.social

Happy #SquirrelAppreciationDay!
Manitoba is blessed with a wide diversity of squirrels and I've managed to photograph all but the fox squirrel that lives in the far southern portion of the province. #mammals 🌿

A photo guide to 10 different squirrels in Manitoba. The top row features the thirteen-lined ground squirrel (with stripes on the back), Richardson's ground squirrel, Franklin's ground squirrel, black-tailed prairie dog and woodchuck.

The bottom row includes the North American red squirrel, eastern grey squirrel, northern flying squirrel, eastern chipmunk and least chipmunk.

January 21, 2026 at 5:26 PM

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AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸

@alinagrafik.bsky.social

#WaterfallWednesday

Another one of my hiking waterfalls that was revived after our rain earlier this month.

#EastCoastKin #Hiking #Waterfall #LandscapePhotography #WestCoastKin #RockinTuesday

This image shows two small waterfalls using a longer exposure so they are blurred and soft-looking There is a larger upper waterfall that comes down the mountain into a pool, then continues to a smaller waterfall just below. There are a lot of rocks of all sized and a few green plants that have taken root. It's in the shadow of the surrounding hills this time of year. Old Prospector's Trail in the Irish Hills of San Luis Obispo, California.

January 21, 2026 at 2:07 PM

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Rosemary Mosco

@rosemarymosco.com

Looking for nature valentines cards? Last year's comic is now available as cards! They start shipping Jan 12. topatoco.com/collections/...

A group of six nature valentines. A picture of a bog with pitcher plants, with text saying "Our love is like a bog. Built up over time, resistant to decay, deeply interesting to just a small number of people." A yellow slime mold stretching out and exploring. "Our love is like a slime mold. Collaborative, complex, at times unnerving to behold." A piece of limestone with a small trilobite in the corner. "Our love is like limestone. Layered, useful for many purposes, shaped by the friends we met along the way." A ring-billed gull with a french fry on a beach. "Our love is like a ring-billed gull. Abundant, found in North America, sometimes sustained by french fries." An Atlantic horseshoe crab walking on the sand. "Our love is like a horseshoe crab. Tough, timeless, unrelated to true crabs." A drawing of the phosphorus cycle, with arrows connecting various parts of a scene, including algae and fish and a farm and a river and a forest. "Our love is like the phosphorus cycle. Important, really hard to draw."

January 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM

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Bison

@bisonrimant.fr

First carving of 2026

[ID 1 to 4 : Four pictures of a woodcarved plump red robin seen from different points of view. It sits on a rectangular base with rounded angles. The bird is very round. It is painted with burnt orange for the chest and a mix of brown and grey for the upper body.]

#art

January 7, 2026 at 3:09 PM

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Cascade PBS

@cascadepbs.org

Artist Melinda Hurst Frye’s essential hiking list includes USB cords, Windex, a paintbrush & a scanner.

“They’re not supposed to have spores on them, and they’re definitely not supposed to go outside,” Hurst Frye says of the scanners, which she presses into the earth to grab moody mycelium images.

Art by NW: Melinda Hurst Frye photographs the forest’s understory

The Kenmore-based artist uses flatbed scanners to expose the hidden networks of the Pacific Northwest’s wood wide web.

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September 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM

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Cascade PBS

@cascadepbs.org

A wolf-protecting cowboy and a cattle rancher unite to preserve what’s dearest to each of them. Cascade PBS's WOLF LAND is playing at multiple film festivals this month with a broadcast premiere on Saturday, October 4 at 7 p.m. Tune in live or stream on the Cascade PBS app cascadepbs.org/wolfland

September 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM

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Cascade PBS

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Growing up, Reinaldo Gil Zambrano saw the world—or rather, the walls of his family home—as a canvas. “I was drawing around the house, on all the different walls,” he said of his childhood in Venezuela. It’s quite the origin story for someone who has painted murals across his adopted home of Spokane.

Art by NW: Reinaldo Gil Zambrano carves bold explorations of home

The Venezuela-born, Spokane-based artist makes intricate woodblock prints, and is building printmaking communities both local and global.

www.cascadepbs.org

October 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM

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Cascade PBS

@cascadepbs.org

The Cascade PBS documentary "Wolf Land" is here - follow the story of a self-described “wolf-protecting cowboy,” Daniel Curry, who rides the line between cultures in search of common ground in his quest to save wolves.