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Sue
@modcur.bsky.social
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Biocurator, Scientist, Photographer
flickr page: https://flic.kr/ps/2iY8i2
profile painting by Jaber Lutfi
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michaeldiaz101.bsky.social
If you like the MURDERBOT series (or fantasy by Martha Wells) you can own them all digitally plus donate to charity.

www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

#goodbooks #murderbot @marthawells.com
Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR ENCORE
Pay what you want for <<<product>>> and support a charity of your choice!
www.humblebundle.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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cdelawalla.bsky.social
Phase three of the @standupforscience.bsky.social RFK jr impeachment campaign launches tomorrow.

Everyone’s homework in the meantime: SIGN TO ENDORSE THE ARTICLES. Let’s show Congress we are dead serious.

Standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
SUFS Campaign to Impeach and Remove RFK Jr — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
RFK Jr. is endangering our families, threatening our health, and destroying our place as the world leader in biomedical research. Impeachment is an extreme option, but Bobby is an extreme threat and m...
Standupforscience.net
December 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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nbcnews.com
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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johnbcaddell.bsky.social
another #RedWed for #ColorADay
🌱

#JBCFlowers
a red unopened tulip at Filoli
December 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
modcur.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar day 10
Side view of a yellow flower with a tall brown center against a blurry green background. The center and inner edge of the petals are in focus while the outer edges of the petals go out of focus.
December 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
TAKE ACTION! We're leading the charge to impeach and remove RFK Jr before he puts more lives in danger — and we need your help.
SIGN to endorse articles of impeachment, and share!
Send your representative a *special* message
Donate and fuel the fight!

www.standupforscience.net/im...
Take action with us! Impeach RFK Jr. Sign to endorse articles of impeachment. Send your representative a quack-o-gram. Donate and fuel the fight! www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
December 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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rephaleystevens.bsky.social
🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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saskya.com
#ArtAdventCalendar day 10
#watercolor
#betta
#marinelife
#fish
A watercolor painting of a Siamese fighting fish in pinks and reds. His fins flow around him gracefully and there is a lot of motion in the feel of the image.
December 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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sculptedreef.com
🌒🌕🌘 Blue Ringed Octopus 🐙 Hand sculpted from clay and lovingly painted 🎨

#ArtAdventCalendar #ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
A mixed media artwork featuring three hand sculpted blue ringed octopus on a vintage tea cup. The octopuses are holding several genuine pearls and crystals.
December 10, 2025 at 6:28 AM
modcur.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar day 9, once there was a dock
Two lines of support poles encrusted with seaweed and shellfish lead down to still blue water reflecting a few puffy clouds in a light blue sky.
December 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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sculptedreef.com
👋 Hey Friends, Original Art Collectors and Gift Givers 🎁🐙 Sales are still on ☺️🙌 Details in the comments!

SculptedReef.com

🦑🐡 #Art #ArtYear #Sculpture #Sculpting #Octopus #MarineLife
A hand sculpted octopus depicting the species Octopus cyanea, also known as the Day Octopus. The octopus is a warm golden brown with pearlescent round markings. Each other octopus's swirly arms have nearly sculpted rows of suckers. The paintwork is neat and detailed and responsive to the light. The sculpture is held up by the artist's left hand and photographed over a solid black background.
December 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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fastlerner.bsky.social
Also noting that the Trump administration is taking a similar approach with radiation

An executive order on radiation that Trump issued in May criticized the linear method of assessing cancer risk and directed the NRC to consider adopting new exposure limits
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
modcur.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar day 8
A conical, snow-capped mountain rises into a cloudy sky above cherry trees in bloom.
December 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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thebloggess.bsky.social
THE 16THE ANNUAL JAMES GARFIELD MIRACLE IS NOW LIVE! If you need help getting your kiddo a stuffed animal this holiday im giving out 150 of them so come check it out thebloggess.com/2025/12/08/t...
THE 16TH ANNUAL JAMES GARFIELD CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!
Hello and welcome to the SIXTEENTH ANNUAL James Garfield Miracle! (HOW??) “What is the James Garfield Miracle?” you may be asking. You must be new here. HELLO AND WELCOME. 16 years ago I walke…
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December 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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espiers.bsky.social
As with everything he says, this is wildly uninformed. Formula keeps getting better and saves lives. And modern research indicates that outcomes are roughly the same. There are reasons to breastfeed but your child isn’t suffering if you don’t
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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sandymcclearn.bsky.social
Calm day at the wharf in Sambro, Nova Scotia. #photography #reflections #water #harbour #waterline #ship #boat #nautical #maritime #sambro #novascotia #blueskymonday #EastCoastKin
Load numbers at the waterline of a ship’s bow reflecting on calm water.
December 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
modcur.bsky.social
Good morning from #Maine #photography
Snow-covered evergreens under a clear blue sky. The trees on the right are in shadow.
December 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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joriginals1.bsky.social
Day 7 #ArtAdventCalendar
In keeping with my currency series, here is my painting Canada$150, 32x60” and a few close ups.
Can you tell I love painting 🇨🇦💵
A painting of different Canadian currency like the green 1967 1 dollar bill and blue 5 dollar bill
December 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
modcur.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar day 7, swimming
A Japanese macaque swims in a hot spring. Just the head of the monkey is above water. It is swimming towards the viewer through clear water that appears green due to the color of the bottom.
December 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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paperglee.bsky.social
#artadventcalendar #day5 is more progress on my big old crabapple tree in carbon dust. You can really see some of the colored pencil color popping from the reverse side of the film here! #carbondust #botanicalillustration
Carbon dust illustration closeup of a tree trunk with several scars and damage, highlighted in colored pencil from the back surface. Chopped branch scar on another branch, illustrated in carbon dust with colored pencil on the back surface. Carbon dust illustration. Three trunks heading up and off the page.
December 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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sculptedreef.com
🥰 Larger Pacific Striped Octopus 🐙 Hand sculpted from clay and lovingly painted 🎨

#ArtAdventCalendar #ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #CoralReef #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡
A mixed media artwork featuring three hand sculpted Larger Pacific Striped Octopus attached to a vintage tea cup. Larger Pacific Striped Octopus are dark brown with white. Their iconic pattern is instantly recognizable. A white mantle with dark stripes that move across the eyes and down to a dark brown arm web and arms, which are covered in white spots.
December 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social
Tis the season for… #ArtAdventCalendar!

Day 5️⃣

A shimmering paper dahlia

I pulled this one from the vault in honour of Frank Gehry’s passing today. I was in 💛 with his sinuous architecture.
Close up of a paper dahlia Jumble of paper curls/tubes Petals of a paper dahlia, some open and some curled
December 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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lycomorpha.bsky.social
2. Rowan AKA mountain ash tree.

Most wild trees I see have red berries, but in the old cem and parks here, there's also some with orange, yellow, and even white berries.

#ArtAdventCalendar
#SciArt
Illustration in pencil and watercolour for the rowan or mountain ash tree, Sorbus aucuparia. There's several things pictured here; in the four corners are a rough drawing of the whole tree, the inflorescence made of many tiny cream flowers, a bunch of round red berries, and a compound leaf made of small oval green leaflets with serrated edges. In the centre is a close up on the individual flowers showing the 5 creamy white petals and many stamens with yellow anthers of the flowers.
December 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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lycomorpha.bsky.social
OK, let me join #ArtAdventCalendar, late, even if I might not catch up entirely!

Gonna go for a #SciArt zine illustrations theme.

1. Kentish glory moth.

No longer found in Kent, or indeed most other places in the UK. Now scarce and found only in Scotland, if I recall correctly.
Watercolour and pencil llustration of a big fluffy Kentish glory moth, or Endromis versicolora if you want the Latin. It's perched on bark, with its large white and red-brown speckled wings folded. It has a very fluffy body and black antennas and she looks majestic.
December 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM