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Madrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 2h

I am really excited to see more genetic samples being collected in Oregon! Their mystery apples are often also our mystery apples.

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Kwiaht @kwiaht.org · 9h

Come taste historic apple varieties from Friday Harbor (and the rest of the islands) in Friday Harbor tomorrow. We'll be at the Grange from 3-5 with hard copies of the apple map.

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Kwiaht @kwiaht.org · 10h

We have a map of historic apple trees in Friday Harbor! You can download if from the Food Security page of our website or come to our apple tasting Sunday with the San Juan Island Grange and get yourself a hard copy. Funded by the Town of Friday Harbor Lodging Tax.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy

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Kwiaht @kwiaht.org · 11h

Orcas Island Farm Tours are this weekend! The stop at Lum Farm includes historic orchards. The trees along the driveway are Baldwins, Rhode Island Greening, and one of the oldest quince trees in the islands. You may also see Gravenstein, Belmont, Westfield-Seek-no-Further, and Fallawater.

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Farm Tours | Orcas Island

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Madrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Visited a couple of Bottle Greenings and a grand Stark tree today--not ripe yet!

A very large apple tree covered in brownish red apples.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

hi abolish the death penalty the state should never have the power to murder (yes this includes indirectly, I see you, ICE)

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old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 01/10/2026

rome apples, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1912

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Roxi Horror 💀🌸 @roxiqt.com · 01/10/2026

A cool part of living in the woods is that every 3-5 business days, I meet a new type of lil' guy that I have never seen before in my entire life.

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 01/10/2026

In no circumstances ever should the state be murdering people. Judicial or extrajudicial. Period.

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him.

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Fine. I’ll update with a word count when I start writing again. @legalminimum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You may not be aware of this, but if someone isn’t talking about you, then they’re not talking about you. If you think you’re one of the “good guys” then okay, just be one of the “good guys”. You don’t need a fucking trophy for doing the right thing. Just do it.

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Text: Of course Im a feminist. Every time I see a woman being harassed, I make sure to tell her I’m not like those guys.

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Madrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Had a meeting with my colleagues where we discussed making print copies of data and moving even more of our digital data storage offline.

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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wisconsin study: Herbicide treatments for invasive Eurasian watermilfoil in lakes harm native plants and may even intensify the impact of the invasion. Whole-lake treatments, most likely to control invasive plants, are also most likely to harm native plants. authors.elsevier.com/a/1nqx614Z6t...

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

and also as a parent you really do not necessarily know the gender of your child for certain, which is something to think about when approaching these discussions.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In many ways, the only thing boys need to learn are the lessons we already teach girls. They need to learn to be part of a community. And if they understand that, then the lessons on consent and sexual violence come naturally.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Two hates” is one of those inadvertently genius typos. Democracy and rule of law.

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Dr. Drew Brayshaw 🌊🪨 @drewbrayshaw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's cauliflower mushroom week!

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 26/09/2026

Instead of: A hill I'm willing to die on I'm gonna start saying: A hill I'm having a picnic on Just... spreading out a blanket with a food basket and staying a long time ✅️ too many ppl dying already ✅️ picnics are cozy n nice ✅️ nobody wants to eject someone having a nice picnic on a hillside

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

EAT APPLES, FOR THEY DEFEAT STORMS

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I stan a zine bsky.app/profile/gwen...

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Kwiaht @kwiaht.org · 26/09/2026

We have started using Zines to get the word out about our work and events

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Madrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A great story about my fellow fruit explorers and lovers of ancient apple trees!

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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Madrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I have flavored ermine frosting with cider syrup (boiled cider) and am far too pleased with myself.

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Madrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Umbrella crab! Cryptolithodes sitchensis.

A small flat, smooth, red, crab testing on a hand its eyes are visible but no legs.

The underside of the same crab, all legs and now you can see that the shell, which is white on this side, extends well beyond the legs.

The same crab in a tidepool, no real features are visible and it looks more orange underwater.

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Yooberz 🍤 @yooberz.postes.club · 25/09/2026

u inspired me to make one too... i love this creature

simple drawing of a flat red umbrella crab

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Scary!! 👻🎃 @kobayashimaruu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I made a little doodle of the perfect being lol I am entranced by his beauty and shape

digital sketch of an umbrella crab walking along strips of kelp with a small heart by its shell because I love it

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Madrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The qáyexwilch in the LeMaister Farm hedgerow are dripping with fruit this year! We only harvested the ones in easy reach so far.

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San Juan Journal @sji-journal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Kwiaht launches arsenic testing and action project www.sanjuanjournal.com/2026/09/23/k…

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Madrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This came in the mail today! I was going to read it outside with the (leashed) cat, but now it is raining, so reading will have to wait until it rains hard enough for the cat to go in.

The cover of "Happy Snacking Don't Die" which features a smiling young black woman (the author) outside wearing a skirt and carrying a woven basket. The cover also says " Foraging & Vegan Recipes with Black Forager Alexis Nikole Nelson and Jeanelle Hayer Olson"

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Madrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Disappointing grant news today--a big collaborative project I'd proposed to get more apple samples in for genetic fingerprinting was not invited to the full proposal stage. But the reviewer feedback was actually quite positive, and writing it helped me connect with more community apple projects.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I don't think these things are actually apocalypse machines, but I do think they're dangerous, and that a considerable part of the danger stems from the fact that the people building them seem to think they're constructing apocalypse machines.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/09/2026

I don't know, maybe all those non-"straight white dude" people won their awards because their books were actually really fucking good, how about that as a hypothesis

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Lissa Harris 🌈🗑️🔥⚔️🐀 @lissaharris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’m here to do a weird end run around climate doomerism and chew bubblegum, and I’m all out of bubblegum do your worst, fiends. hmu if you could use gassing up about how much fucking fun decarb life is

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 21/09/2026

I got a booster for polio a few years ago (before traveling to a polio-endemic country) and it was easy peasy. If you have insurance, they very much want you not to get these diseases.

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isaac @sevier.io · 21/09/2026

It's a shame to be incredibly lactose intolerant in the best pizza city in the USA but I just had an incredible vegan ramen made with chestnuts instead and it was amazing

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 20/09/2026

WET! FREAKS! WET! FREAKS! EVERYONE LOVES OUR WET! CONSTRUCTION! FREAKS!

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Madrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Lori is so good at this! I'm delighted she can come.

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Madrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

How would you judge your social media reach?

A messily half eaten red fleshed apple. You can see part of the core.

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Madrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Weather cooperating I get to be at the Salt Spring Island Apple Festival! The last time we went you could still catch a ferry from Friday Harbor to Sidney....

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The US already got a do over. A mulligan. A second chance. Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke. The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not.

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Madrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Going to try a bunch of mini apple pies in a muffin tin for Saturday's talk at the San Juan Island Library. Varietal apple pies, LOL

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Madrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Our local community kitchen used some of their government grant to hire a Spanish interpreter specifically to help local families get their permits for selling food including at the farmers market, and there are now at least 4 food stands that make me feel like this open every Saturday!

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Plant Colleagues! Open job for Director of the Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center (PRC) at UT Austin. A great job for anyone addressing fundamental questions in evolution of plants and a commitment to herbarium administration and/or collections-based research. apply.interfolio.com/193263

a field of blooming bluebonnets, the state flower of Texas.

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Return of the Peat Cafe! @glasgow.ac.uk Monthly online archaeological seminar re: wetlands, especially peatlands. 2026/27 schedule & details now online: tinyurl.com/3cavyh8p Next meeting 5 October: Angela Gallego-Saga (Exeter University) Arctic peatlands: an expanding or collapsing biome?

Image of Lindow Moss peat bog landscape with standing surface water and exposed pines (copyright Mel Giles).

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