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atreegrowsincal.bsky.social @atreegrowsincal.bsky.social · 20h

Oh man. Shirley Jackson of course. “The Lottery“ didn’t scare me that much - of course grownups do awful things - but “Castle” was my intro to casually evil children. And Zenna Henderson is as great as Jackson. I reread The Anything Box recently, wondering if it was as scary as I remembered. Yes.

Photo of 1960s cover of Shirley Jackson’s “We Have Always Lived In The Castle”
Girl leans on aged, rickety wood plank fence. Her long dark hair is blowing around erratically. She is peering through a hole in one of the planks. Her one visible eye has a knowing, amused expression.
The plank over her head pokes up like two devil horns. One of her hands is languidly holding a sprig of berries that looks ominously poisonous. Behind her the sky is deep blue with dark shadows that might be trees, vaguely suggesting a castle.

Photo of 1960s cover of Zenna Henderson’s “The Anything Box”
Girl holds her hands in the shape of a rectangle. Colors flow up from the rectangle suggesting flame and smoke. The girl doesn’t have much expression, she is intent but looks like she’s done this before; no surprise or amusement or fear at whatever it is she’s conjuring.

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atreegrowsincal.bsky.social @atreegrowsincal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hah! I live in a mlíder climate near a pond so I get to hear geese year round. More in spring and fall of course but even midwinter I’ll hear them coming and going and always wonder: *what* are they chatting about? (Sometimes at dusk they’ll do donuts in formation around the pond. Evening stroll!)

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Ian Gaston Photography @iangaston.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Rocks within rocks

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Pie Is Damn Good @pieisdamngood.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Team #gypsum all the way! At the 2019 Earth Educators' Rendezvous I was able to spend 8 hours underground at Mammoth Caves National Park to capture high-res (zoooomable) photospheres. Check out the amazing gypsum snowballs and flowers, grayed by torch smoke! www.mrhollister.com/360/Mammoth%...

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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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atreegrowsincal.bsky.social @atreegrowsincal.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

In eldercare the system is not functioning for benefit of elders. Upper mgmt: really dumb people Min-wage staff: gritting teeth, doing their best Adult children of residents: refuse to acknowledge that paid-for care is not happening So, system is doing great for investors. Seems analogous to… a lot

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Ryan Dunlavey > NYCC table L-24 @ryandunlavey.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I was just talking to a friend today about Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - new books every month, totally for free, for kids ages 1-5. My son was part of the program - this is a copy of the letter that came with his last book, right after his 5th birthday.

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Wisc-Satellite @wisc-satellite.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

1-minute #GOESWest GeoColor RGB images with an overlay of Next Generation Fire System polygons showed the rapid spread of the #OldTrailsFire, which was forcing evacuations in parts of the Spokane area. More on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl... #WAwx

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The 42nd Traditional Kaga Yuzen Crafts ExhibitionVisiting Dress “Plum Scent” exhibited by a member, Ichiro Kakimoto Artist’s Comment : I tried to express the strength of the intersecting branches and the old tree with moss that bends vigorously.

Exhibited at the 42nd Traditional Kaga Yūzen Crafts Exhibition, Plum Scent (Ume no Ka) by master craftsman Ichirō Kakimoto (柿本市郎) is a magnificent visiting dress (hōmongi) that perfectly exemplifies the painterly realism and refined technical mastery of Kanazawa’s Kaga Yūzen tradition. Fulfilling Kakimoto’s intention to capture the strength and vitality of an old tree, thick, lichen-dusted limbs twist forcefully upward across the back seams, branching out into a delicate lattice of dark, sharp twigs that reach the shoulders and upper sleeves to frame a dense canopy of pale plum blossoms (ume) at the neck. Unlike Kyoto's Kyō-yūzen, which frequently relies on metallic leafing and embroidery, this piece celebrates pure hand-painting with rice-paste resist (itoshinori). It features quintessential Kaga hallmarks, including kaga-goki (outside-in petal shading) and precise naturalistic details in the moss-draped bark and budding flowers. Set against a pale blush-white ground that gently deepens into a rich mauve-lavender at the hem (suso-boke), the composition achieves a grounded, sophisticated harmony between structural force and delicate botanical beauty.

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atreegrowsincal.bsky.social @atreegrowsincal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Railroad logistics (moving troops around in WWII was a JOB). Or, bored and very cranky homemaker. Starting a grocery distributor co. Or, dying in childbirth.

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atreegrowsincal.bsky.social @atreegrowsincal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Ventusky is a great resource if you‘re watching smoke, hurricanes, wind or sea currents, Sahara dust, sea surface temperature… Smoke modeling has improved a lot in the past ~10 years

Screenshot of ventusky.com showing wildfire smoke and the wind patterns carrying the smoke.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 12/07/2026

"Oh, I know from personal experience this man was capable of great compassion, wisdom and empathy even though he never chose to demonstrate any of these qualities when doing his very important job that impacts millions of people." That's worse, right? You get how that's worse?

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Timberdoodle, BUT SPOOKY @timberdoodlydoo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Ngl, shiite ninjas might be really cool and the calligraphy would definitely be amazing

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atreegrowsincal.bsky.social @atreegrowsincal.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Like many people at home hiding from fireworks noise, I’m kind of glued to the DC shitshow but then I realize what I’m doing and go look for the America I love. Here’s one:

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Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

You EXCOMMUNICATE Miette like the heretic? Oh! Oh! Jail for Mother Church! Jail for Ten Thousand Years!

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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

A former colleague invented this Reflecting Pool cocktail for his July 4th celebrations, and the really genius thing he did was include a bit of blueberry skin to honor the floating bits of American Flag Blue paint.

A green cocktail with a stray bit of blue in it

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Sajad Alipour @sajadalipour98.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Puschkinia scilloides Blooming through the snow in the middle of summer. West Azerbaijan, Iran Yesterday Elevation 2350

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atreegrowsincal.bsky.social @atreegrowsincal.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I’m old enough to remember the Bicentennial. OK, old enough to be yelling “200 beers for 200 years!” but anyway. It’s so sad. 1976 America had its flaws, plenty of flaws, but now? It’s breaking my heart. I just hope to live long enough to see the decency and optimism we felt in, eg, ‘76, ‘92, ‘08.

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ponsterm.bsky.social @ponsterm.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The saving grace of this era of fascism is that most of the fascists are shit-smearingly incompetent.

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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

What to do with the freshly torn-down letters from the Kennedy Center? Give them to artists who can then melt them down and make...[the floor is open]

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atreegrowsincal.bsky.social @atreegrowsincal.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

If these scaffold guys are drawing union scale overtime for milling around while DOJ keeps trying to stall tearing that stupid name off the Kennedy Center, yay for the scaffold guys

Screenshot showing CSPAN live feed of the Kennedy Center, showing the building with a tall wide scaffold with 6 or 7 workers scattered up and down the scaffold.

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

From my "Pebbles in Cracks" collection - taken in Sept 2022 on the magnificent Djúpalónssandur beach on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in west #Iceland. The pebbles are forced tightly into gaps between the eroded basalt rocks by the endless force of the tides. #GeologyRocks #Geology #AwesomeFoursome

A line of small grey pebbles squidged into the gaps between rocks by the force of the tides.

A couple of lines of small grey pebbles squidged into the gaps between rocks by the force of the tides. The rock is a little pink.

A line of small grey pebbles squidged into the gaps between rocks by the force of the tides - this one looks like a chubby hand holding a string of pearls or necklace.

Some neat lines of small grey pebbles squidged into the gaps between rocks by the force of the tides. My favourite geological feature in the world - have revisited quite a few times!

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atreegrowsincal.bsky.social @atreegrowsincal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

My grandmother, b. 1902, was an old maid at 27. Her worried father gave her a duplex so she could support her unmarried self. She later did marry and her husband now owned the duplex. He immediately sold it. She spoke bitterly about that until her dying day. 65 yrs of rage that never faded. 1/2

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Map Lichens (Rhizocarpon geographicum), each with their own territory and boundaries, on this piece of hillside stone. County Donegal, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Joseph George Strutt's Sylva Britannica (1822), a 19th-century exploration in etchings and words of British trees “distinguished for their antiquity, magnitude, or beauty” — publicdomainreview.org/collection/s…

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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Olive Orchard - June 1889 botfrens.com/collections/46/content…

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Rori! @roricomics.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Can't pass up an opportunity to post Kate Beaton:

Two strips from Hark! A Vagrant where Kate Beaton reimagines Spiderman as "Brown Recluse Spider Man"

In the first BRS sees a thief to stop, but is distracted by a crevice he can sit in.

In the second BRS (a regular-sized guy in a spider suit) bites a man and panics because he was just scared and the guy was "really big!"

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felinecannonball @felinecannon.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

If you thought hiding under a rock would protect you from interplanetary robots with f'ing lasers on their heads, think again.

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atreegrowsincal.bsky.social @atreegrowsincal.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

My god. I guess evisceration of US govt includes Secret Service. Compare to videos of Reagan, Ford in danger. Once I saw Clinton’s detail on a hill above a prívate residence. It looked like some kind of weird athletic competition: many men each absolutely alert, scanning, and poised to move fast.

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Cris (without an H) @ambignostic.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Out on my morning walk pointing at Red Winged Blackbirds like they're roadside cows

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

So yes, there's a little bit of Baltimore and a little bit of half-billion-year old hydrothermal vent in The Starry Night.

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Kelly Rebar @kellyjeanrebar.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Pairing this stone and leaf. #green #textures #spring

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atreegrowsincal.bsky.social @atreegrowsincal.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I got a ride after minor surgery from “my cousin the cab driver” Nurses rolled their eyes but didn’t stop me. I mean, too bad about your liability risk but I’m a grown adult arranging my transportation and here’s a plausible deniability bone for you, BYE. So sick of ins. cos. messing with our lives.

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Tree Side @treeside.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Protect old hollow trees.

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atreegrowsincal.bsky.social @atreegrowsincal.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Sunset at the suburban park pond with geese and jumping fish. A lightning storm is incoming. I saw some baby geese but they‘re still mostly eggs on that island, safe from the resident coyote pack. I also saw the resident white heron fly up into a tree, going to bed early I guess.

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atreegrowsincal.bsky.social @atreegrowsincal.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Back before Shazam there were DJs in radio studios, spinning disks and answering the phone! I’ve called DJs for: Radar Love, Home Is In My Head, Sinnerman, Fast Car, Fisherman’s Blues

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atreegrowsincal.bsky.social @atreegrowsincal.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I just don’t get authors who spent a year or a decade writing a book then consent to their audiobook narrated by a kid reading a book report or a wannabe actor orating Shakespeare on an unmiked stage. So frustrating. I want to listen to your book! Vet your narrators! bc most publishers sure don’t.

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That Scott Guy @bisontattooguy.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Today’s view of bison crossing Slough Creek in Yellowstone National Park.

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

To mark the birthday of Vincent van Gogh—iconic modern artist born today in 1853—a thread of some of my favorite, relatively lesser known works by him. First up, the stunning multi-colored variegation of his Tree Trunks in the Grass, made in last months of his life krollermuller.nl/en/vincent-v...

Close-up painting of tree trunks and grassy expanse nearby

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Mike (beep boop era) @latimeriidae.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I cannot stress enough how these are PTA moms and soccer coach dads and I can best describe the vibe as “festively bloodthirsty”

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

A coastal Burren wall - built to stop cattle but to allow wind to pass through. You only rebuild walls, knocked by strong Atlantic storms, so many times before you start adapting. County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

First Iditarod team! 🦮

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atreegrowsincal.bsky.social @atreegrowsincal.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Suburban park at sunset with RAIN incoming! Ducks, geese, red-winged blackbirds (my favorite) and… an ice cream truck. Spring incoming! Oh, and the almond trees are blooming. Yay spring.

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Creator of Hambee @maaronjo.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

i’m usually the first to pour cold lone star on democrats dream of a purple texas, but send money y’all. these assholes are on the run

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Jennifer Dees @jdees.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Human banner! I was right in the center of the “I.” It was a beautiful experience being among other people who care. Love San Francisco. #AbolishICE Gift link www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/h...

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Photos: Hundreds of S.F. protesters form banner with message to ICE

The protesters, motivated by the killings this month of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent and Alex Pretti by Border Patrol officers, spelled out “ABOLISH” on Ocean...

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atreegrowsincal.bsky.social @atreegrowsincal.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Yep. He’s at rock bottom in polling. Those Crazy 27%(tm) will never budge.

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Dag Ole Nordhaug @nordhaug.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Lifecycle. Speulderbos, Netherlands. Nov 2021.

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atreegrowsincal.bsky.social @atreegrowsincal.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Things I’ve been paid for: - Grate cheese - Go through yr photos at the photofinishing kiosk - Giftwrap knives - Hang at the medical library looking for weird case histories - Mop my mom’s kitchen - Kick a computer to get it started (It worked! Cracked me up every time “Gonna boot yr computer now”)

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