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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 18/09/2026

I'm still in awe that the SciArt Feed 🐡 reached over 5,000 Likes. Thank you all for sharing your creative work, and sharing the feed.

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Mike Keesey @tmkeesey.bsky.social · 3h

PhyloPic is having an October fundraiser. The goal is to raise enough money to cover web hosting for the past six months. Please share the link, and chip in a bit if you can! www.phylopic.org

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PhyloPic is an open database of free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for reuse under Creative Commons licenses. Download silhouettes for use in educational materi...

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 1h

Being Verified means I can't do spooky Hallowe'en names anymore. Changing the display name breaks the checkmark. "Mellow Lugosi's Dead" is finally retired. I will enjoy all of your names from my blue-check cage

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Bauhaus: The Hunger - Trapped Behind Bars

Alt: Bauhaus: The Hunger - Trapped Behind Bars. Lead singer Peter Murphy lit by blue lights, grips a grid-fence from the other side.

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Clary Huang @claryillustration.bsky.social · 4h

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day 👻🧛‍♂️ What’s happening in Dracula’s library? Hi Art Directors, Editors, and Book Designers! Clary here 👋 I’m a #kidlit #illustrator based in the U.S. I’d love to work on any fun Halloween stories with you 🎃 ✨ Rep’d by Tracy Marchini Literary 🖥️ claryillustration.com

In a dark, dusty library full of cobwebs, a little ghost just stumbled upon a book on the shelves. What the ghost doesn’t realize is that Dracula’s portrait on the wall has come to life around the corner. What’s going to happen next? Will the black cat give the tiny ghost a heads-up about it?

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 2h

It's spooky season which means I can finally bring this piece back 🎃🐈‍⬛

A pumpkin patch featuring multicoloured pumpkins, some with carved faces, and black and white cats, frogs, crows and foliage

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 2h

Trying to manifest my dream bike by picking up a fancy new Crane bell last night, up at La Bicicletta north of the Beltline Trail. #BikeTO #bikesky

Still in the black packaging, a polished copper dome of a bell, super shiny with me and reflected trees and sky in it. “E-Ne bell” by Crane, from Japan.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 3h

American Tree Sparrow for a J.W. Thank you so much for your #Waymakers donation! 🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt Together we raised $1594 this year to help immigrant kids in the US. They need it more than ever - it helps find family, ensure their safety, & provide legal support & basic supplies. Thank you all!

Illustration of a very round cute fluffy American Tree Sparrow perched on a thin twig in pale winter sunlight. Falling snow blankets a twiggy shrub in the background. The little sparrow has a rufous crown, eyestripe, and back, a black and yellow bill, and a soft gray belly with a black central spot.

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Phil Knutson, PhD @philknutson.bsky.social · 2h

Lignin chemistry!! I’ve drawn a line tree with the lignin polymer behind it. I’ve drawn it as one single polymer throughout! This messy, highly irregular biopolymer gives plants structural strength and helps protect their cell walls. #sciart #chemsky

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 2h

Phantom Narrative V opens tonight at Carroll Community College in Westminster, MD, reception from 4-7pm. I'm just so excited to show these works I've been hiding in my studio for years.

close up crop of a realistic oil painting of a human skull with a navy bandana with three white stars tied like a blindfold around the eye sockets and a pair of rolled up white socks in it's mouth.

close up crop of a realistic oil painting of a bison skull with a dead sparrow on top. Oak leaves, ferns, calla lilies, and a magnolia flower surround the skull.

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 2h

@mocknot.bsky.social - Hi Celia! I took the liberty of adding you as a contributor to the SciArt Feed. No pressure—to share with 5,000+ subscribers, add #SciArt or 🐡 to your posts. No AI or NFTs. Credit images from others. Alt-text, self-promo, & process pics encouraged. Pin & Like here:

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Mocknot @mocknot.bsky.social · 13/07/2023

Oils on panel, 12x12” one of my favorites just because it came out so easily

Square Painting of the roof of a house viewed from the 3rd floor so eye level, most of the painting is a drippy pink and mustard yellow sky

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 5h

New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender

The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals

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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 4h

Started as a little study and became another one of the 'Secret Society of Unpractical Headpieces in Space' series (that still does not exist) 🪐

Illustration by Eleonor Piteira showing a black woman with an elaborate golden headpiece. Her hair is curly and long, she's wearing a dress, and gold and blue make up on her eyes. She is framed by a circle and behind her there is a space view with a star and small planets.

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 4h

#boktober 001

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 3h

Can't wait to bike down and see these. #bikeTO

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3h

meanwhile, infant formula is locked up at CVS because of crime

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 7h

"Mind boggling" The delusion is so incredibly deep.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 4h

I made over 100 of these individual small paintings 😅 Best pickings are at Art on the Avenue in Alexandria on Saturday artontheavenue.org

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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 17h

More geekery tonight. Trying to make sure my code worked as intended and generating Raup's Figure 2 from his 1962 paper "Computer as Aid in Describing Form in Gastropod Shells" #marinelife #SciArt #paleobiology #MolluscMonday #paleontology

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 16h

SciArt September 2026: Quill. This is a messily rendered lowland streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus) It is a small mammal found in Madagascar. It has quills, some of which can be detached in defense. 🐡🎨 #sciartseptember2026 #quill #tenrec

An ink and marker, drawing in yellow and black with a touch of pink at the long nose of this small, spiky, quilled mammal.

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Lex / Cranes @illgottencranes.bsky.social · 21h

It's just a little guy... though I learned after painting this that the (actually pretty large!) Cuban tree frog is destructive to ecosystems where they're introduced. 🥺 Watercolor pastel, watercolor, and gouache on 9x12in 300g paper. #SciArt #herps #amphibians #frogs

Painting of a large tree frog clinging to one brick of a wall, its head turned to look at the viewer. The brick wall is mostly pinkish and purple, which is reflected in the underbelly of the frog and contrasts against the yellow-green of its back.

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 21h

Shoutout to our yearly #SciArtSeptember ringleader and host! I love think about how to interpret all the great prompts. Many thanks!! Check out Liz’s artwork and all the fabulous artists’ work (use the hashtag or check the #sciart feed).

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Long_Painter @longpainter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Felt like painting some autumn leaves… Each are 6”x6” oil and are available on my website.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 30/09/2026

Today's Art on the Avenue Promo features meeeeeeee 😀

promotional image from Art on the Avenue with lots of itty-bitty watercolors

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I really do think tech crossed a line at some point between "helping you do the things you want to do" on the one hand, and "helping you do the things tech wants you to do" on the other. At this point, we're all contorting ourselves to live how the tech industry thinks we should be living.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Standard-winged Nightjar for A.E.! Thank you for your #Waymakers donation! 🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt We're down to the last day for donations, don't miss out! Every dollar goes to helping immigrant kids in the US! Donate here: youngcenter.donordrive.com/campaigns/Bi... @theyoungcenter.bsky.social

Illustration of a Standard-winged Nightjar doing a display flight in front of a big beautiful glowing full moon. The nightjar, a mottled gray/brown/white bird, has long pointed wingtips, a short stubby beak, and a big black eye. It is flying with wings bent low in an upside-down U shape while wiggling its strange "standards" - elongated huge shiny black primaries that bend upward from the wings and look like black pointed flags.

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Haven’t done a floaty boat for a while so here’s a floaty boat

Digital painting, floaty boat in blues yellows and reds

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 30/09/2026

The deep past is so fascinating as an artistic subject, bridging between reality and fantasy. Image is a "Screengrab from BBC Earth Science on Youtube" according to the source. #SciArt

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 30/09/2026

It will take all of us to build a better world. Survivors have done the painful, important work of sharing the truth and charting a path for our country to move towards reconciliation. Now, our governments must deliver.

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 30/09/2026

Today, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, people across Canada are gathering in remembrance and renewed determination to ensure ours is a country where every child matters.

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Patrick Lynch @patrlynch1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Available now: STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #freshwater

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My latest ask a marine biologist column for Scuba Diving Magazine is all about the biology of corals and the ecology of coral reefs. Check it out! www.scubadiving.com/marinelife/w... 🦑🧪🌍 #SciComm

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What Are Corals and Coral Reefs?

In this edition of “Ask a Marine Biologist,” Dr. David Shiffman tackles a question about the biology of the amazing creatures that make reefs divers love to visit.

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 14/09/2026

Choices on Bluesky go beyond reactionary politics and anger farming. Add the SciArt Feed 🐡 to your skyline, and you’ll see: 🎨 Hundreds of artists 🧪 Science-focused 🥳 No AI slop 💡 Inspiration every day 🧡 Tap the link, then tap the 3 dots on the top right to Like:

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 30/09/2026

With 9 more artists added last night, HireHumanArtists.com is taking a break for October at 666 artists (muahaha Happy Halloween)🦇 However, we'd like to try to get the word out a leetle more to potential hiring clients... So we're looking for places to shout. #hha

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Find an Artist Who Doesn't Use Generative AI | Hire Human Artists

Looking for an artist for your next project? Our human artist directory is full of over 400 artists who have pledged not to use gen AI.

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safestreetsto.bsky.social @safestreetsto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Honoured to witness the powerful uprising of over 600 doctors & health care workers fighting to keep bike lanes on Bloor, University & Yonge. #BikeTo #ToPoli cc: @mikelayton.bsky.social @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @cycletoronto.bsky.social @ffsafestreets.bsky.social @lanrickbennett.bsky.social

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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Having biked on parts of the Trans Canada Trail - including some of Ontario's rail trails - I agree the federal government needs to continue funding the trail after 2027. Please sign & share if you agree as well. #BikeTO #ottbike #VeloMTL #BikeWPG #YYCbike #YEGbike #BikeYVR #cdnpoli notjustatrail.ca

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This is not just a trail | Trans Canada Trail

Help keep the Trans Canada Trail funded after 2027. Send the letter below to your MP to help keep Canadians connected by 30,000 kilometres of trail.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Study for mâtinawêwin (Sharing Food) Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2026

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thanks for joining in by creating work, sharing posts & supporting artists during #SciArtSeptember! I love this yearly opportunity to reconnect with friends & meet new folks. 🌟 - While I’ll be posting less during the rest of the year, please reach out any time if you have ideas for collaborations. 🌱

An illustration of an azure jay, perched on a stick. The bird has its back to the viewer and its head turned to the left. The background is a light pink colour.

A photograph of a tiny sculpture of a fawn suspended in a small wooden box. The fawn appears to be leaping. The back of the box is lined with green and gold paper. The box rests on a wooden table.

A hand holding a small book made with a scallop shell cover. The book is fanned open, to show the pink pages inside the book. The background is a wooden table top.

A graphite drawing of a moon bear, also called an Asian black bear. The bear is sitting up, with its front paws near its chest. The bear looks towards the right. The bear is tinted in shades of purple.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

An Abyssinian roller that is also a little book. It begins: “Why is a roller like a writing desk? The need for fire and acacia, both. One for blood - the other, ink.” Written in India ink. - #SciArtSeptember Day 30: Carbon

A painted, cut-out paper bird in the shape of an Abyssinian roller. The bird has one wing folded back, which reveals a small booklet of pages under the wing. The underwing is brown and has uneven letters painted on it in another shade of brown reading, “Some small words about the medium of carbon.” The booklet pages are bright blue, like the bird, and the words inside are unclear. The bird rests on a wooden table top.

A painted, cut-out paper bird in the shape of an Abyssinian roller. The bird appears to be in flight, with the wings positioned in a downward flap. The bird is bright blue, with a brown back and long, black tail. The bird rests on a wooden table top.

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Sarage @sarahcpjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

30. Carbon. Coral pencil fish. #SciArt #SciArtSeptember

A drawing of an orange and black striped fish

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Matt G. ♾️🍉 @artistsince05.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A Giant Anteater crossing through the South American grasslands, where the termite mounds are plentiful. I'm taking a break from ocean life since I thought it would be nice to go back and rework on wildlife arts I did two years prior. #artistonbsky #as05 #wildlifeart #humanart #digitalart

A male Giant Anteater casually knuckle walks on it's way in search of termite mounds, which is where the termite mounds are found in for the anteater to sustain its insectivorous diet.

Being South America's most famous insectivorous mammal, these xenarthran mammals (which include armadillos and sloths) are found in the grasslands and rainforests all around South America, using their claws to dig into termite mounds and using their tongue from its elongated snout to suck up the insects.

As I said in my bunker backup, the giant anteater not only uses its claws for digging up termites, but also uses them for self defense whenever threatened, and using its tail as a blanket to help them keep warm inspite of the heat of the weather. And they can also swim in water making them good swimmers when crossing the wetlands.

However, the main threat to giant anteaters isn't wildfires, predation by jaguars or pumas, but instead human conflict which interferes with their habitat as giant anteaters risk crossing man-made roads that are a danger to their lives, hence why people must be careful with driving on the road because the anteater could get fatally injured.

And that's why giant anteaters are classified as vulnerable to this day.

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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Infrared Valley. Lower Don River at Riverdale in full colour infrared. We're in the last days of good IR photography for the year before the foliage is gone. #TOphoto #EastCoastKin #BlueskyArtshow #infraredphotography

Lower Don River looking north from the Riverdale pedestrian bridge.

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The thing I've always wanted for music is for it to be... solved. Have these weirdos ever engaged with art from a human level?

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

All those Toronto drivers who shouted about bike lanes' [non-existent] effect on emergency vehicles will no doubt throw their support behind congestion pricing. Right?

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