opal nova
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in no particular order: houseplant, audiobooks, design, nature, dog, city, book (futurism, dystopia, scifi, fantasy) disability, art, neurodivergent, transit, foraging, progressive, language, fashion, wife & mom content from portland, oregon. she/they.
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opal nova
@opalnova.bsky.social
· Aug 3
also, let’s remove the dalles dam & set Celilo free again.
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Woodland Mosaic No.9
December 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Woodland Mosaic No.9
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@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #NaturesPantry I don't know if this was salad or dessert but these lesser goldfinches (I think) really liked these yellow flowers #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #Garden
December 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
@alan678.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #NaturesPantry I don't know if this was salad or dessert but these lesser goldfinches (I think) really liked these yellow flowers #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #Garden
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Microstoma protractum, stalked scarlet cup #fungus. One of my favourites, while living in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
#fungi #fungifriends #mushroom
#fungi #fungifriends #mushroom
December 17, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Microstoma protractum, stalked scarlet cup #fungus. One of my favourites, while living in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
#fungi #fungifriends #mushroom
#fungi #fungifriends #mushroom
i wish i would’ve started doing things i’m bad at earlier in life. not to get good at them, but to live.
December 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
i wish i would’ve started doing things i’m bad at earlier in life. not to get good at them, but to live.
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My Writing 101 students came to a consensus today on their "must remain on the syllabus" text, and they elected Nnedi Okorafor's "Mother of Invention."
Read a New Short Story About Smart Homes From Award-Winning Writer Nnedi Okorafor
Read a new short story from Nnedi Okorafor, author of Marvel’s Black Panther: Long Live the King.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My Writing 101 students came to a consensus today on their "must remain on the syllabus" text, and they elected Nnedi Okorafor's "Mother of Invention."
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Poppy anemone
February 12th 2024
February 12th 2024
December 13, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Poppy anemone
February 12th 2024
February 12th 2024
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Here's pic of the Skagit River between Concrete & Hamilton WA showing the river flooding.
It isn't supposed to crest until tomorrow a couple more feet of water is coming. One log I saw two days ago had a raccoon on it as it travelled down the River to the Sound.
It isn't supposed to crest until tomorrow a couple more feet of water is coming. One log I saw two days ago had a raccoon on it as it travelled down the River to the Sound.
December 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Here's pic of the Skagit River between Concrete & Hamilton WA showing the river flooding.
It isn't supposed to crest until tomorrow a couple more feet of water is coming. One log I saw two days ago had a raccoon on it as it travelled down the River to the Sound.
It isn't supposed to crest until tomorrow a couple more feet of water is coming. One log I saw two days ago had a raccoon on it as it travelled down the River to the Sound.
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My brother animated and illustrated this video a few years ago for the Skagit Climate Science group on why climate change is bringing more flooding to Skagit Valley like what we're seeing right now.
vimeo.com/869198933?fl...
vimeo.com/869198933?fl...
Three Ways Climate Change is Bringing More Flooding to the Skagit
This is "Three Ways Climate Change is Bringing More Flooding to the Skagit" by Skagit Climate Science on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the…
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December 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My brother animated and illustrated this video a few years ago for the Skagit Climate Science group on why climate change is bringing more flooding to Skagit Valley like what we're seeing right now.
vimeo.com/869198933?fl...
vimeo.com/869198933?fl...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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More Disabled People Can Open Special Savings Accounts. Do You Qualify? (Now available for people under 46)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/y...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/y...
More Disabled People Can Open Special Savings Accounts. Do You Qualify?
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
More Disabled People Can Open Special Savings Accounts. Do You Qualify? (Now available for people under 46)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/y...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/y...
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For the record, I will be swearing in on Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower after I’m elected.
Swear your oath ON the dome.
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
For the record, I will be swearing in on Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower after I’m elected.
dear portlanders, if you learn to use an umbrella, you won’t drench the person you sit by on the bus with your soaked coat. 🤷🏻♀️
a painting of rain drops falling on a tiled floor by duc-koolh
ALT: a painting of rain drops falling on a tiled floor by duc-koolh
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December 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
dear portlanders, if you learn to use an umbrella, you won’t drench the person you sit by on the bus with your soaked coat. 🤷🏻♀️
stop ordering robot food.
I came across *the* example I have been hammering with these food delivery robots.
A man with a mobility aid is forced to step aside because there is not room for him because the robot will not make room for a person (esp. those with a mobility aid who need addditional room)
A man with a mobility aid is forced to step aside because there is not room for him because the robot will not make room for a person (esp. those with a mobility aid who need addditional room)
December 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
stop ordering robot food.
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
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Back to the Pacific Northwest, where a single Hooded Nudibranch swings in the surge on a piece of sea grass.
#marinelife #nudipics
#marinelife #nudipics
December 8, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Back to the Pacific Northwest, where a single Hooded Nudibranch swings in the surge on a piece of sea grass.
#marinelife #nudipics
#marinelife #nudipics
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Rhubarb seed pods in June.
Some gardeners remove the flower stalks and seeds but I think they’re beautiful.
You might notice a similarity to buckwheat. They’re in the same family (Polygonaceae), but with rhubarb, it’s only the stalks that are eaten.
Some gardeners remove the flower stalks and seeds but I think they’re beautiful.
You might notice a similarity to buckwheat. They’re in the same family (Polygonaceae), but with rhubarb, it’s only the stalks that are eaten.
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Rhubarb seed pods in June.
Some gardeners remove the flower stalks and seeds but I think they’re beautiful.
You might notice a similarity to buckwheat. They’re in the same family (Polygonaceae), but with rhubarb, it’s only the stalks that are eaten.
Some gardeners remove the flower stalks and seeds but I think they’re beautiful.
You might notice a similarity to buckwheat. They’re in the same family (Polygonaceae), but with rhubarb, it’s only the stalks that are eaten.
since seattle is trending this should probably trend along with it…
Elaine Miles, an Indigenous actress best known for playing Marilyn Whirlwind on Northern Exposure and part of its SAG-nominated ensemble, told the Seattle Times that men in ICE-labeled vests called her tribal ID “fake.”
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/northern-e...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/northern-e...
December 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
since seattle is trending this should probably trend along with it…
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Never apologize for treating your dog like a baby. In a world that forces you to be tough, having a creature that lets you be soft, nurturing, and vulnerable is a blessing. You are lucky if one loves you, you are luckier still if you love each other.
December 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Never apologize for treating your dog like a baby. In a world that forces you to be tough, having a creature that lets you be soft, nurturing, and vulnerable is a blessing. You are lucky if one loves you, you are luckier still if you love each other.
i wish i could pick some berries in the winter.
December 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
i wish i could pick some berries in the winter.
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Oh, Be Joyful #art #artistsofbluesky #contemporaryart #modernart #inkpainting #pastel #abstract #abstractart #artlover #mixedmedia #graphite #oilpainting #painting #artwork #panelpainting #outsiderart #expressionism #abstractexpressionism
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
i am allergic to homework 🤷🏻♀️😬
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
i am allergic to homework 🤷🏻♀️😬