Drosera
@drosera0sundew.bsky.social
just hanging out
mostly repost things(with alt text): art, native plants, cool critters, books, etc.
icon is Drosera capensis, banner is Drosera anglica
both photos attributed to wikipedia user NoahElhardt
mostly repost things(with alt text): art, native plants, cool critters, books, etc.
icon is Drosera capensis, banner is Drosera anglica
both photos attributed to wikipedia user NoahElhardt
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A New Year's resolution, sort of:
- to do more things I currently enjoy (reading, gardening...)
- to revisit old hobbies (mini painting, embroidery, nature photography...)
- maybe post more about the above, to keep motivated, even if it's not perfect
Hopeful 2026 can be better than 2025
- to do more things I currently enjoy (reading, gardening...)
- to revisit old hobbies (mini painting, embroidery, nature photography...)
- maybe post more about the above, to keep motivated, even if it's not perfect
Hopeful 2026 can be better than 2025
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I know a lot of people are noting that they're in generally non political spaces where people are suddenly speaking out against ICE.
The crochet & knit crowd is part of it.
2 of the most popular patterns on ravelry rn are Liams hat (free with suggested donation link) and the red resistance hat
The crochet & knit crowd is part of it.
2 of the most popular patterns on ravelry rn are Liams hat (free with suggested donation link) and the red resistance hat
January 25, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I know a lot of people are noting that they're in generally non political spaces where people are suddenly speaking out against ICE.
The crochet & knit crowd is part of it.
2 of the most popular patterns on ravelry rn are Liams hat (free with suggested donation link) and the red resistance hat
The crochet & knit crowd is part of it.
2 of the most popular patterns on ravelry rn are Liams hat (free with suggested donation link) and the red resistance hat
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If you're in the deep freeze, you can at least have some fun by making ice bubbles.
-200ml warm water
-35ml corn syrup
-35ml dish soap
-2tbs sugar
Dip a straw in & Gently blow on a flat surface
-200ml warm water
-35ml corn syrup
-35ml dish soap
-2tbs sugar
Dip a straw in & Gently blow on a flat surface
Ice Bubbles.
YouTube video by JayIsPainting at EarthSkyArt
youtu.be
January 25, 2026 at 5:23 PM
If you're in the deep freeze, you can at least have some fun by making ice bubbles.
-200ml warm water
-35ml corn syrup
-35ml dish soap
-2tbs sugar
Dip a straw in & Gently blow on a flat surface
-200ml warm water
-35ml corn syrup
-35ml dish soap
-2tbs sugar
Dip a straw in & Gently blow on a flat surface
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I'm angry and sad and scared but they can't have all my joy fuck that.
January 24, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I'm angry and sad and scared but they can't have all my joy fuck that.
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You can get details from this thread without watching any video
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:15 PM
You can get details from this thread without watching any video
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This is a small immediate action you can take to support the businesses where the murder this morning happened. They were closed yesterday. Now they’re going to have to close today. Few of them can take multiple days without business.
Please share this far and wide. beyondbeurreblanc.substack.com/p/support-ea...
Support Eat Street Right Now
Our restaurants need you.
beyondbeurreblanc.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM
This is a small immediate action you can take to support the businesses where the murder this morning happened. They were closed yesterday. Now they’re going to have to close today. Few of them can take multiple days without business.
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I don’t think we should be using words like “innocent” or “US citizen” or “bystander” or things like that because — what if someone was an undocumented immigrant with a criminal record? Would they deserve this? No one deserves to be executed on the street in cold blood.
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I don’t think we should be using words like “innocent” or “US citizen” or “bystander” or things like that because — what if someone was an undocumented immigrant with a criminal record? Would they deserve this? No one deserves to be executed on the street in cold blood.
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hey is anyone doing an auction thing for crafts to help out organizations doing mutual aid work in minnesota?
January 24, 2026 at 6:13 PM
hey is anyone doing an auction thing for crafts to help out organizations doing mutual aid work in minnesota?
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Do you know how hard it is to get cops to seemingly side with people shot by a bunch of officers
Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"
January 24, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Do you know how hard it is to get cops to seemingly side with people shot by a bunch of officers
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Chicago Cultural Center.
January 24, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Chicago Cultural Center.
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Plate from ‘Smith's illustrated astronomy : designed for the use of the public or common schools in the United States’ published in 1849. Notice Uranus is called HERSCHEL after William Herschel and Neptune LEVERRIER after Urbain Le Verrier. Coin for scale.
#sciart 🔭
#sciart 🔭
December 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Plate from ‘Smith's illustrated astronomy : designed for the use of the public or common schools in the United States’ published in 1849. Notice Uranus is called HERSCHEL after William Herschel and Neptune LEVERRIER after Urbain Le Verrier. Coin for scale.
#sciart 🔭
#sciart 🔭
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It's 🐸 Frog Friday 🐸 reskeet with your favourite frog meme or photo 💕
January 23, 2026 at 1:02 PM
It's 🐸 Frog Friday 🐸 reskeet with your favourite frog meme or photo 💕
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And if you want to help fund quilts for democracy, please consider a cat toy for your cats or a friend’s! This clears out my waste scrap ecologically and funds things like shipping auction prizes.
ko-fi.com/octopusgalle...
ko-fi.com/octopusgalle...
Visit OctopusGallery's Shop!
Pay what you can crafts and art. Lots of upcycling and creative reuse but mostly cat toys.
ko-fi.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:44 AM
And if you want to help fund quilts for democracy, please consider a cat toy for your cats or a friend’s! This clears out my waste scrap ecologically and funds things like shipping auction prizes.
ko-fi.com/octopusgalle...
ko-fi.com/octopusgalle...
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Always plug your space heater into a wall outlet. Never plug your space heater into a power strip or extension cord.
January 23, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Always plug your space heater into a wall outlet. Never plug your space heater into a power strip or extension cord.
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Frosty faces on the chickadees today. These tiny birds maintain a body temperature of 40C - that's a 70C gradient across only a few centimeters from the outside air to the bird's core! These little guys blow my mind. #birds 🌿
January 23, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Frosty faces on the chickadees today. These tiny birds maintain a body temperature of 40C - that's a 70C gradient across only a few centimeters from the outside air to the bird's core! These little guys blow my mind. #birds 🌿
vintage absolute unit 🦎
🌞 The reptiles of western North America
San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 1922.
[Source]
San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 1922.
[Source]
January 23, 2026 at 4:10 PM
vintage absolute unit 🦎
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In honor of all the well-deserved Oscar nominations, we are dropping the paywall on @freeblackgirl.bsky.social's piece on Ryan Coogler's Sinners, and how the real star of the film is the threading of Black intimacies:
'Sinners' Celebrates the Decadent Intimacy of the Black South
Ryan Coogler's latest film threads Black intimacies through time and space, all in one spiritually stirring night at Club Juke.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:08 PM
In honor of all the well-deserved Oscar nominations, we are dropping the paywall on @freeblackgirl.bsky.social's piece on Ryan Coogler's Sinners, and how the real star of the film is the threading of Black intimacies:
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Hello! I once almost died of carbon monoxide poisoning. If you feel queasy and suddenly exhausted don’t lay down for “just a minute” - run outside, breathe fresh air. The space between “I feel a little weird, I guess I slept bad/ate something weird” and death is like ten minutes.
Carbon monoxide deaths spike during power outages. Many times, this is due to portable generators being placed too close to people's homes or run indoors. Make sure you have working carbon monoxide alarms. Run your generator outdoors, at least 20ft away from your home.
January 22, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Hello! I once almost died of carbon monoxide poisoning. If you feel queasy and suddenly exhausted don’t lay down for “just a minute” - run outside, breathe fresh air. The space between “I feel a little weird, I guess I slept bad/ate something weird” and death is like ten minutes.
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They want you to think that there is nothing in the past but shame so that people flinch away from examining history.
If you examine history, you will find good people. At every time in history, you will find them.
Maybe not enough, but they were there. You can be this generation's good people.
If you examine history, you will find good people. At every time in history, you will find them.
Maybe not enough, but they were there. You can be this generation's good people.
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM
They want you to think that there is nothing in the past but shame so that people flinch away from examining history.
If you examine history, you will find good people. At every time in history, you will find them.
Maybe not enough, but they were there. You can be this generation's good people.
If you examine history, you will find good people. At every time in history, you will find them.
Maybe not enough, but they were there. You can be this generation's good people.
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Another great tile from the collection of Georgigregori on Instagram.
January 22, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Another great tile from the collection of Georgigregori on Instagram.
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hey, museum people -- the storied @themerl.bsky.social aside, what actual museums have any significant presence here on bluesky?
January 21, 2026 at 4:19 PM
hey, museum people -- the storied @themerl.bsky.social aside, what actual museums have any significant presence here on bluesky?
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I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
January 22, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
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Tragically, we have seen incidents where people try to heat their homes using charcoal grills. Burning charcoal releases carbon monoxide. Never try to heat your home with a charcoal grill.
January 21, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Tragically, we have seen incidents where people try to heat their homes using charcoal grills. Burning charcoal releases carbon monoxide. Never try to heat your home with a charcoal grill.
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I'll repost this for reach and take the opportunity to post my take on the thumbnail image
The Cosmic Cliffs
36×48″ 91×122 cm
2024
Based on the JWST image of NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula
#sciart
The Cosmic Cliffs
36×48″ 91×122 cm
2024
Based on the JWST image of NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula
#sciart
January 21, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I'll repost this for reach and take the opportunity to post my take on the thumbnail image
The Cosmic Cliffs
36×48″ 91×122 cm
2024
Based on the JWST image of NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula
#sciart
The Cosmic Cliffs
36×48″ 91×122 cm
2024
Based on the JWST image of NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula
#sciart
How delightful! children across history have loved funky critters 🦈🐟 Who else had a shark phase as a kid? [raises hand]
A great white shark, a hammerhead shark, a sawfish (actually a ray), and a swordfish in a had-colored copperplate engraving from “Bilderbuch für Kinder”, a German children’s encyclopedia published between 1790 and 1810 by Friedrich Justin Bertuch.
Coin for scale. 🦑
Coin for scale. 🦑
January 21, 2026 at 7:13 PM
How delightful! children across history have loved funky critters 🦈🐟 Who else had a shark phase as a kid? [raises hand]