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Artist, hydrologist, river-wader-inner.

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Solarpunk Auntie (free Link!) @solarpunk-auntie.bsky.social · Aug 15
Here's a painting I made many years ago. Title: Self Portrait With Colorado Pikeminnow (Formerly S***fish)
A painting on a mix of canvas, paper maps, and aluminum foil. On the left, you can see a woman with short hair and a red shirt standing in "water" that is also a topo map of the desert in SW Arizona. The right side shows the underwater version of the scene, with the woman's hip and hand visible. Map markings and notations at a different scale but same general location are painted in front of her body, and on front of those, there is a fish. The middle part of the painting is a somewhat abstract colorblock transition intended to remind one of the water surface. There is some foil in the top middle, with Picacho Peak and the Aerostadt balloon (both landmarks along the lower Colorado River) drawn in black paint pen.
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lorennacleary.bsky.social
In case y’all thought the boycott was going to be boring.
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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mppickett.bsky.social
Nice sunset in Maui tonight. Sometimes it all comes together.
Brilliant sunset on Maui
June 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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christianelliott.me
For @biographic.bsky.social, I reported from across rural Illinois on an environmental crisis unfolding in the Midwest: herbicides drifting off millions of acres of crop fields are slowly killing oaks and other native tree species. #longreads
The Scourge of Native Oaks is Blowing in the Wind
Scientists and conservationists in the U.S. Midwest are working to stop herbicides from industrial agriculture from drifting onto the region’s remaining hardwood trees
www.biographic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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moma.bsky.social
Lawrence Stephen Lowry, Ships Near Cumberland Coast, 1963
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135624
Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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rutgerbregman.com
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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frwildflowers.bsky.social
Peltigera canina, our Dog Pelt Lichen, yesterday at Deer Creek Canyon 🌿
Blue-gray foliose lichen with spiky white projections on its underside
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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frwildflowers.bsky.social
Fall 🌿 Yesterday, Deer Creek Canyon
An oak leaf partially bug eaten leaving behind a skeletal network of veins. The leaf rest on a rock along with lichen and dry moss.
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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artologica.net
I know you guys like neurons artologica.etsy.com #sciart
pyramidal neurons in blue and gray ink
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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c0nc0rdance.bsky.social
Share a smile.

Cross-section from Ascaris lumbricoides, the most common parasitic worm in humans.

(🔬: Massimo Brizzi)
Massimo Brizzi took this cross-section of Ascaris lumbricoides (parasitic roundworm) in a high N.A. darkfield for Nikon's 2018 photomicrograph of the year. Image is 20X. It looks like the various organs in cross-section, stained in garish greens, reds, and oranges, with high contrast blacks in between, form a clown-like face with grinning mouth and big textured eyes.
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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pbsnews.org
Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.

"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.

Geoff Bennett has more.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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howardtayler.bsky.social
Fun trick I learned in the recording studio: tight-mic the piano, but don't play it. Set it next to the drummer. During playback, isolate the piano mics and listen as the piano softly sings along to the drums.

What is this trick FOR? I don't know, but it's such a cool, spooky sound.
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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ironriverotter.bsky.social
guess who's extremely niche research is in this week's CPWDCS?

🫐 GO ON AND GUESS 🦦
coolzonemedia.bsky.social Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 1d
Margaret talks to Jamie Loftus about Shawnee resistance to the American colonialism and a woman who led them in battle

@margaret.bsky.social @jamieloftus.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social

www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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theplanetaryguy.bsky.social
This is an incredible image of comet 3I/ATLAS, taken by Satoru Murata ICQ Comet Observations group on 16 November 2025 from western New Mexico.

Structure within the major dust tail from the comet is clearly visible, together with two smaller jets trailing the nucleus and maybe even an anti-tail.
A bright, greeny–white splotch in the centre of the image is the nucleus and coma of comet 3I/ATLAS. To the upper right streams the major dust tail. The background comprises distant stars against a black background, with the NGC 4691 galaxy at upper left.
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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invisiblehistories.bsky.social
Early registration for the 100% virtual Queer History South Conference on February 20-21, 2026 is now open! Visit invsiblehistory.org/qhs or the link in our bio to learn more, see the full schedule, and register. Early registration will be open until December 31.
Queer History South 2026 Early Registration Now Open Thru Dec 31 Register now for the virtual 2026 Queer History South Conference. The conference will be held online Feb 20-21, 2026. Visit the webpage below for full conference line up and more information. Queer History South is a conference that focuses on Southern LGBTQ archiving, history, education, and related topics. Register: https://invisiblehistory.org/qhs/
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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josephcox.bsky.social
New from 404 Media: X has shown where accounts are actually being run from, revealing many MAGA accounts are actually grifters in Eastern Europe, Asia, etc. But the situation is much, much worse. Entire guides specifically on how to squeeze US audiences with AI.

www.404media.co/americas-pol...
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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geographile.bsky.social
I will absolutely be looking at small businesses and just not purchasing, this week.
tizzywoman.bsky.social TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1d
From November 27 through December 1, we're fighting back against corporations like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon and putting our money into businesses that actually care about our communities.

#WeAintBuyingIt

🗣️ @redwineblueusa.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
solarpunk-auntie.bsky.social
Other folks in other places can create these kinds of opportunities, too. I wonder if I could help set something like this up?
sarahmackattack.bsky.social Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 1d
In short, I wish it was easier to create opportunities for the sake of the greater good. For science education and for bringing art into that process. I'm grateful as hell that I can put together the projects I'm able to get off the ground, and exhausted by the immensity of our collective problems.
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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darkdeeny.bsky.social
Me: "maybe I should take a break from drawing porn and enjoy nature"

Nature: "bet"
A tree with a branch that looks like a massive cock
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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skwinnicki.bsky.social
I should wait until I get my photos* onto my computer but I’m too excited so here’s some I pulled onto my phone quickly

Black Skimmers are one of my favorite #birds in the entire world, I’ll never tire of them.

(*I took a mere 1800 wildlife photos today haha)
Four photos of Black Skimmers, a gull or tern like shorebird with very long wings and beak. They are black above, on the upperside of their wings, back, and head. They are white below, including a white stripe on their face. Their beaks are red close to the body and black at the tip, and the bottom half is longer than the top so they can drag it in the water as they skim. They often feed at night, so all of these photos are taken after sunset, when the sky is pink and purple and gray. In this photo, two are flying over the ocean together. In this photo, one is skimming by flying over shallow water, its body close to the surface so it can drag its bottom beak in the water. A whole flock rests on the shore along with some larger and grayer laughing gulls. The beach is pink and blue. A closer shot of a skimming bird
November 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
solarpunk-auntie.bsky.social
Help Mahmoud and his family if you can.
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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thejenniwren.teamlh.social
Target caved. Amazon cashed out. Home Depot opened their parking lots to ICE. Nah. My wallet isn’t part of that story. This weekend, my dollars go to the makers, bakers, creatives, and corner shops keeping our communities alive. Drop your favorites so we can boost them. #WeAintBuyingIt
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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coppercourier.com
The “We Ain’t Buyin’ It” campaign is encouraging Arizonans to avoid shopping at Amazon, Home Depot, and Target for five days.
coppercourier.com/2025/11/20/a...
Here’s why some Arizonans are boycotting Amazon, Target, and Home Depot on Black Friday
The “We Ain’t Buyin’ It” campaign is encouraging Arizonans to avoid shopping at Amazon, Home Depot, and Target for five days.
coppercourier.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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laurajg.bsky.social
By Hassan Soliman (Egyptian, 1928-2008), The Last Supper, 1967, oil on panel, 47½ x 78 1/8in. (120.5 x 198.5cm), photo: Christie’s Dubai, 19 Mar 2014. #arthistory #painting #oilpainting
Excerpts from the lot essay: “In The Last Supper, Soliman alludes to Leonardo Da Vinci's infamous fresco of the same title. Soliman replaces the figure of Christ with a figure of an Egyptian individual - his features are distinctly North African - deceived and deeply disappointed by his surroundings. The figures surrounding the protagonist are dressed in green facial masks in an attempt to evoke an implicit sense of deceit and concealed truth, motive and identity. The use of the emerald green stands out against the sombre hues of the painting. By highlighting these individuals, Soliman intended to raise questions of their real power, in a way very much questioning the powers of those political players that were involved in the downfall of Pan-Arabism following defeat. Additionally, the use of the masks transforms the painting into a scene at a masked ball, as if implying that Egyptians were all players in a theatrical scene controlled by the master in the centre or an expression of someone who has bared their soul only to be deceived in the intensity of the illusion and tragedy… An interesting addition to the composition is the single loaf of bread that remains on the table in front of the central figure. A link to the Christian symbolism of the bread as the body of Christ and thus as the body of His people, Soliman also uses the bread to allude to the socio-economic situation and poverty that thrived in Egypt in the 1960s, implying that the bread not only represents the population, but the lack of food available to the poor and the struggles they were forced to endure. In this sense, it represents a challenge to authority and questions, much like the rest of the composition, those who held high positions of power. The present work, despite its multiple references to Western history of art, reveals the artist's Egyptian heritage and his observation of the society in which he lives.“
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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artologica.net
Thread of new brain watercolors #sciart
One of each, find your perfect mind
artologica.net Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 4d
New #sciart! Watercolor brains expressing different states of mind. Original paintings, not prints; one of each. artologica.etsy.com
watercolor brain painting with tree motif watercolor brain painting with lotus motif
November 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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statesongxprt.bsky.social
DONT YOU FUCKERS DARE TOUCH OUR SENATOR
brandonfriedman.bsky.social Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d
This is likely unlawful command influence
@PeteHegseth on X: The video made by the “Seditious Six” was despicable, reckless, and false. Encouraging our warriors to ignore the orders of their Commanders undermines every aspect of “good order and discipline.” Their foolish screed sows doubt and confusion — which only puts our warriors in danger. Five of the six individuals in that video do not fall under @DeptofWar jurisdiction (one is CIA and four are former military but not “retired”, so they are no longer subject to UCMJ). However, Mark Kelly (retired Navy Commander) is still subject to UCMJ—and he knows that. As was announced, the Department is reviewing his statements and actions, which were addressed directly to all troops while explicitly using his rank and service affiliation—lending the appearance of authority to his words. Kelly’s conduct brings discredit upon the armed forces and will be addressed appropriately. 24 Nov 25
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM