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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 4h

“Totoro”. Studio Gibli, Japan

Framed by the dark, silhouetted trunks of ancient trees and branches laden with vibrant magenta foliage, an enchanted woodland realm opens into a soft, luminous mist. In the foreground, perched upon an emerald-paved stone path, the small white forest spirit (Chibi-Totoro) and medium blue spirit (Chū-Totoro) sit side-by-side, their backs turned as they gaze toward the glowing horizon. Rising beyond the grassy knoll, the colossal, gentle form of the great forest guardian (O-Totoro) emerges, his immense slate-grey head and wide, inquisitive eyes peeking through the canopy. A hazy canyon and pale, layered mountain peaks drift in the background under a soft, dreamlike sky. The illustration evokes a magical sensory atmosphere: the cool, damp fragrance of moss-covered earth and spring leaves, the quiet whisper of mountain breezes through high boughs, the faint rustle of spirit footsteps along ancient stones, and the breathless, reverent awe of stepping into a hidden sanctuary of nature. Inspired by Studio Ghibli’s 1988 animated masterwork My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro), directed by Hayao Miyazaki, this stylized artwork celebrates the film’s profound roots in Shinto animism and environmental reverence. Set in the lush, agricultural satoyama landscape of Japan’s post-war countryside, the narrative re-enchants the natural world by portraying kami—indigenous spirits that inhabit ancient camphor trees, rivers, and deep woodlands—as benevolent guardians accessible through the pure, unsullied imagination of youth. Studio Ghibli’s legacy of traditional hand-drawn animation embodies the spirit of monozukuri (artisanal mastery and devotion to material craft), where thousands of hand-painted cels and richly rendered background art celebrate the textures of rain, wind, and foliage.

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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 17h

This is a baby aardwolf. They're members of the hyena family but they're small insectivores who eat mostly termites. (Other hyenas are the spotted, the striped, and the brown.) Aaardwolves are not related to aardvarks and, despite looking like dogs, are more closely related to cats and mongooses.

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J.P. DuBois (she/they) @auntijade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I've been challenged to adjust to my new environment over the last 2 weeks. I love my new Old House but the loss of the familiar is hard, as well as feeling overwhelmed by some of the new challenges ahead. #Wild is still here; she just wears different clothes. That is bringing me much comfort. 🍃✨🌞🌜🐦‍⬛

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J.P. DuBois (she/they) @auntijade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Giant community-made “MN Stolen Neighbors” quilt unveiled at the state capitol (Sept 25, 2026) "...to unveil the MN Stolen Neighbors Quilt. More than 150 people labored over 6 months to sew 12,500 quilt squares (for) immigrants taken by ICE..." (sic) #MetroSurge fightbacknews.org/articles/gia...

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Giant community-made “MN Stolen Neighbors” quilt unveiled at the state capitol

By Alvin Sheng and Owen Lubozynski Saint Paul, MN – Dozens gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol on Tuesday, September 22 to unveil th...

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Just look at the Middle East. Decades of conflict for oil and power have turned paradise into poison: Massive oil spills coating the Persian Gulf Soils contaminated with depleted uranium and explosives Air thick with smoke from burning wells and bombed infrastructure

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Ciaran De Buitlear | Gardeningwell @gardeningwell.ie · 03/10/2026

In 2020 I was handed the keys to an old walled garden. I thought I was going to grow vegetables. Instead, wildlife returned. People came. Children came. It changed my life. I wrote the story down. It’s called Nature’s Acre. Read the book. 🌱 gardeningwell.ie/natures-acre

Zack stands beside raised beds that he has made from donated scaffold boards cordless drill in his hand.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 02/10/2026

🚨 Some important deadlines are coming up. Make sure everyone you know is registered to vote!

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Melissa Love @gnome-and-tonic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Because I work so much on the Other Side, so is my Familiar. Their work is threshold work, being a liason, and mediating. They learn everything about how different spirits work (on both sides) while I'm able to find out what they need and how to make their lives easier. #FolkWitchFriday

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Charlotte “Pure True Love” @charluv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Some good news for a change 😊

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Otherworldly allies often step through dreams, carrying unmistakable signatures across the veil. Waking, I look to the sky: a hawk’s sudden cry, dusk owls, or a bluebird breaking pattern. When an animal insists on entering the conscious mind, I listen. #FolkWitchFriday #Animism #WitchSky

Photo taken at crossroads up from my home. Hawk & mockingbird having a moment. Strong augury.

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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Gerd Duerner @gerdduerner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This seeking eternal growth is a capitalistic cancer.

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Angri Bundel @anibundel.com · 01/10/2026

Has he considered releasing successful TV series annually? With episodes debuting weekly? Maybe with fixed premiere times? And marketing?

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Ted Sarandos Admits Netflix Is “Not Growing as Fast as I Want Us To”

The streamer's co-CEO also clarifies: "We're not in the [user-generated content] business."

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Marc Chamberlain @marcchamberlain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Derek Mahon passed away six years ago today. Here he is on autumn, what might have been, and what might yet become, from The Snow Party (1975). #poetry

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...

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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I want politics to become embarrassing for wealthy people again. Not dangerous, or violent, just deeply, socially, spiritually fucking embarrassing to hoard obscene wealth while your neighbour skips dinner.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Counterpoint: It would be great if people read some of the things that have been written about AI surveillance of workers! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hilke... www.cambridge.org/core/books/q... www.ucpress.edu/books/uberla... jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...

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Data Driven

A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of life

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Most TV is just this now.

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J.P. DuBois (she/they) @auntijade.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

But yes, we are so much more 'advanced' now. 🫨

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J.P. DuBois (she/they) @auntijade.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Such an incredible amount of trust here, on both their parts. 💖

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The Cottage Garden @simonecannon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Petunia 'Black Velvet' (Petunia × atkinsiana), really not a true black, but a deep maroon colour, spotted in a neighbour's #garden last weekend. Not sure yet if it's my cup of tea, but it would be great in a spooky #Hallowe'en window box or hanging basket 🎃 #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Gardening

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Adam L. Cox @adamlcox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Me Too Movement did not go nearly far enough. This behavior needs to be eradicated from society.

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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Goodnight

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Post Mo Thóoooooooin (DAVE!) @davebrowne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There's a very famous sketch about an Alexa controlled elevator in Scotland and the vocal contortions folks need to use to get it to work. AI is forcing conformity on more than just the accents though. Structure and syntax must fit its parameters. It forces homogenization.

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

💙👏👇

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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Excerpt from the poem "Fire" by Nikita Gill, published in her collection Wild Embers: Poems of Rebellion, Fire and Beauty.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We archaeologists tell the stories of the stones not to erase their mystery, not to undo their role as anchoring post for folklore, but to transmit the Long Neolithic. We give context for ghosts, provide new reasons for lithic pilgrimage. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Linocut by contemporary printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #WomensArt

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The Cottage Garden @simonecannon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

While most plants have faded by now, Chinese plumbago is just getting started. It bears clusters of cobalt-blue #flowers and green leaves that turn a fiery russet-red. It is heavily visited by late-season butterflies and Hummingbird Hawk-moths #BloomScrolling #StunDay #Autumn #Garden #Pollinators

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

THIS 👇 IS TRUE.......

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️

Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy

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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There has been a recent rash of "baby's in his find out era". 🤣🤣🤣

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

How they make Turkish pastries.. - Spiral-shaped Turkish pastry known as burma katmer sprinkled with crushed Antep pistachios over layers of dough and clotted cream (kaymak). - It's a traditional Turkish dessert popular in regions like Gaziantep and Adana. #desserts #pastry #turkish

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Oh! Tis #Caturday. Have I got a cat for you! thomas-brown-1.sumupstore.com/products?cat... (also, a solution for your yule card choice)

A vast shaggy black cat towers over an old Icelandic village in the snow. At the bottom of the composition, Viking/Celtic zoomorphic knotwork. Pencil and mixed media on toned paper. Colour applied.

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Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Good morning Bluesky.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Deer Spirit. Edo Period, Japan. 1615-1868.

Standing atop a swirling, golden cloud formation against a vast expanse of deep indigo, a sacred white stag turns its head in quiet, alert grace. Adorned with a ceremonial harness and an ornate saddle (kura) fitted with delicate brass bells, the stag bears upon its back a branching sacred tree (sakaki). Rising above the foliage is a luminous, oversized golden disk representing the sacred mirror, fringed by fluttering white paper streamers (shide) and cascading clusters of wisteria. In the upper register, the dark, forested ridge of sacred Mount Mikasa rises beneath a deep sky holding a glowing celestial orb, its forested slopes cradling partially hidden shrine roofs and white blossom clusters. The high-contrast harmony between the brilliant gold leaf (kinhaku), the pristine white coat of the messenger, and the light-absorbing indigo field creates a striking visual hymn to divine epiphany.
Executed during the Edo period (1615–1868), this painting belongs to the venerated genre of Kasuga Shika Mandara (Kasuga Deer Mandala), a devotional art form born from the syncretic fusion of Shinto and Buddhist beliefs (shinbutsu shūgō). Centered on the Kasuga Grand Shrine in Nara, these mandalas honor the divine messenger (shinroku) of the deity Takemikazuchi no Mikoto, who according to legend traveled to Nara riding upon the back of a sacred white deer. The gold disk surmounting the sakaki branch symbolizes the manifestation deities of Kasuga (Kasuga Daimyōjin), operating under the honji suijaku doctrine wherein Shinto kami are understood as local avatars of universal Buddhas. The cascading wisteria directly honors the ancestral tutelary deity of the powerful Fujiwara clan. The delicate mineral pigments, gold foil gilding, and precise line-work exhibit the high achievement of Edo religious monozukuri (artisanal mastery in sacred painting), designed to serve as a portable focus for private worship and contemplation.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Absofreakinlutely 💯% True......

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Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yeah, I'm gonna keep my eyes on the November #election at this point.

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J.P. DuBois (she/they) @auntijade.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yes the suit is impressive but I am sharing because damn! this fellow can dance.

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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The farther out from the center I get, the easier the curves get but also the longer each segment takes! 🤣 I got the red done yesterday, hoping to finish the yellow today then I can start on the blue

A partially topstitched quilt spread out on a table. The design is a series of concentric circles

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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Standing motionless in the reeds, the blue heron waits out the ripples until the water turns glassy again. It doesn’t waste energy on noise or commotion; it simply watches, patient and unbothered, until clarity returns to the shallows. Calm within the mire. #SwampLifeSunday 📸 - in ALT

A Great Blue Heron stands alert in tall marsh grasses of the Okefenokee Swamp, next to a weathered cypress knee and dense green swamp foliage.

PHOTOGRAPHER: Alexander Lerch, May 12, 2018, Okefenokee Swamp
https://flic.kr/p/2727VjY

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J.P. DuBois (she/they) @auntijade.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Moving to Indiana Stopped at a Circle K For a fading driver's respite Listening to Frogs croak On a muggy early Saturday In September

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