BugLady 🎨🌿🦋 @buglady.bsky.social · 3mWe heard a screech owl in our back yard this morning before sunrise, and I laughed at a teeny-tiny baby jumping spider playing on my kitchen counter as I made tea. That's a great beginning to the day, in my opinion! 000
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 2hA bewitching banquet 🩸 Happy October! 0412123
BugLady 🎨🌿🦋 @buglady.bsky.social · 16hBeautiful. #werewolves #halloween #folksongs #horror www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMqm...youtube.comMichael Hurley - "The Werewolf Song" (Official Music Video)YouTube video by Smithsonian Folkways 010
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Professor Amanda Sturgill @drsturg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Did you know that Baptists have a news outlet? (I study media and religion, so I do). Anyway, it published a piece about Cornell, and it will probably surprise you. baptistnews.com/article/dear...baptistnews.comDear men, it is time to wake the hell upAll this is horrible, but there’s one fact about this case that ought to keep you awake at night worried about the future of the world: 28385192
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026New Philly voice article on the fight to reopen the Academy of Natural Sciences! www.phillyvoice.com/academy-natu...phillyvoice.comAcademy of Natural Sciences is closed, but the fight for the museum continuesA grassroots group is urging Drexel's board to disaffiliate from the institution and calling for a public process to decide its future. 215879
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Truthout @truthout.org · 29/09/2026“What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already,” Johnson said, attempting to make the case for his party retaining control of Congress ahead of the midterm elections.buff.lyJohnson’s Message to Midterm Voters? GOP Will Keep Doing “What We Have Been Doing” If They WinPolling data indicates that likely voters want change, not more of the same, as the Speaker of the House is promising. 104719
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's a bit of a bummer that the story today has been "look at this absolute doofus of a senator" and not "Jack Smith once again credibly accuses the president of many serious crimes" 461881383
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026elifesciences.org/articles/08347 815272
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of the biggest stories of 2027 will be the savagery of the GOP's Medicaid cuts. But the most indefensible cruelty has already begun, with disabled kids being ripped from their homes and sent to asylums, @matthewcort.land told me. 916884
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Because, if there's one thing I've learned during my Gen X lifespan as an American, it's that you cannot trust American voters. There are far too many bigoted, ignorant, brainwashed, unwise, foolish, and functionally unhinged people in this country. They are not to be trusted. 2469
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Erica Schultz-Opinions are my own @ericaschultz42.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Don't believe the pundits. Even if it's being reported that a candidate is 1,000 points ahead, get out and vote. 23915
BugLady 🎨🌿🦋 @buglady.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApQ4...youtube.comTom Morello - They Can't Kill Us All (Official Lyric Video)YouTube video by Tom Morello 000
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Andi Watson @andicomics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Saint Maurice. Freehand. Sailor fude pen. 016319
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Greg Morosoff @gregmorosoff.bsky.social · 18/01/2025From CJ Cherryh on FB This never gets old. #MenWithCats 2487
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Absolutely. Purely homosocial. And this is one of the core tenants of fascism.  281219195
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/09/2026‘Rip the plaster off’: Andy Burnham sets out vision for universal free social caretheguardian.com‘Rip the plaster off’: Andy Burnham sets out vision for universal free social carePM says he will put proposals for NHS-style service funded by everybody into Labour’s next general election manifesto * UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has said that he is going to “rip the plaster off” to fix the broken social care system, as he set out a vision for a universal service that would be free at the point of use for everybody in England. The prime minister said the new NHS-style social care service would be funded by “everybody” but did not give further details of how his radical long-term plan would be paid for. Continue reading... 158527
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Mac McGill @maddmac.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The war on science is only ramping up. You should do your part. #AcademicSkyyoutu.beThe Plan To Destroy America's Oldest Natural History MuseumYouTube video by Miniminuteman 066
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 27/09/2026there's something awesome about the US refusing to open the strait (which everyone wants) and instead seriously considering a diesel export ban (which nobody wants) we are being governed by toddlers crashing out on gummy worms 29810
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We’re not going down without a fight 542468
BugLady 🎨🌿🦋 @buglady.bsky.social · 26/09/2026 Having tea and a moon cake on my back deck. Happy Mid-autumn Festival! 010
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...wsj.comThe Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across EuropeChristos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece. 33136761880
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 26/09/2026中秋節快樂! Jung chow jit fai lock! Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!! 4561145
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 26/09/2026NEW: The Mamdani administration is pulling out a longstanding program that would have funded shelter for homeless veterans in NYC because it included clauses prohibiting the promotion of “gender ideology” and “denial of the sex binary,” The City Reporter has learned.buff.lyFederal Grant for NYC Veterans Prohibited Promotion of ‘Gender Ideology,’ Per Trump OrderThe Mamdani administration declined funds for a Queens shelter over concerns the program would require discriminating against transgender people. City lawmakers are seeking answers about why. 25216
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Baldi🍉 @baldikonijn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's my birthday today!!! 🥳🙌 So what better day than to share more of these sleek dragons I have been doing for funsies. Here is one inspired by Elasmosaurids! 271666467
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Baldi🍉 @baldikonijn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Another one for this series. This time a cute grandma weevil prepared for the rain. 220857
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Be Careful of What You Wish For, Stolen Documents Conspiracy Edition emptywheel.net/2026/09/25/b...emptywheel.netBe Careful of What You Wish For, Stolen Documents Conspiracy Edition - emptywheelIn a filing trying to get Aileen Cannon to write down what her new Cannonball rules are, attorneys for FBI agents involved in the stolen document case point out that Cannon is presiding over an invest... 1827293
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋KTLA 5 @ktla.com · 25/09/2026Susan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder among celebrities arrested outside U.N. headquartersktla.comSusan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder among celebrities arrested outside U.N. headquartersMultiple celebrities were detained outside the United Nations headquarters. 042
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋David C. Simon @davidcsimon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Taronga Western Plains Zoo is actually run by the Apostlebirds. #birds 412028
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Heker-Sobek @hekersobek.bsky.social · 25/09/2026After >100 hours and a ton of teething issues, I finally finished this #embroidery piece based off the Fantastic work @monarobot.bsky.social did for me last year! Took a few liberties here and there but all in all I think it came out pretty good! 713642
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋PZ Myers @pzmyers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026How dare Drexel close the oldest natural history museum in the Western hemisphere? freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2... 1196
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Cephalopods Daily @cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings... One of Grimalditeuthis bonplandi's tentacle clubs is like a little squid hand puppet. They will flap it around, and would-be predators will think they are getting a tasty squid snack, when they really are going to be a snack for a squid. #SQUIDtember 14219
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Dr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I can say this already, for folks who do want to teach this into their classrooms the piece by Jesús has four fantastic principles at the end which I could happy incorporate. My own position of refusal comes from a different place but if we're going to do it, let's proceed as he has outlined.blog.royalhistsoc.orgThe Machine’s Silences: Teaching History with AI | Historical Transactions 1132
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Dr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026'History is a Human Craft'. In piece about ethics, our classrooms and AI, I suppose I've put up my barricades and drawn my lines. I suggest 8 'considerations' before we do any teaching with AI. This is part of a new @royalhistsoc.org short series on 'AI and History Teaching' in Transactions.blog.royalhistsoc.orgHistory is a human craft | Historical Transactions 611457
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Joy Reid: Benjamin Netanyahu should not be delivering a speech at the United Nations—he should be on trial at The Hague for the genocide he committed in Gaza! She also slammed his despicable attacks on Mayor Mamdani. Joy brings the fire in our discussion: youtu.be/lMaiSzs4pag?...youtu.beJoy Reid: Benjamin Netanyahu slamming Mayor Mamdani is despicable. Netanyahu should be in prison!YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show 722566
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026We are at the break glass moment on the Democratic Party and its treatment of transgender people, and it is my opinion that if we don’t act now and loudly demand to be heard, we will suffer the consequences of their shift. 763743728
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My city desperately needs a night market, except that half the year the surface is uninhabitable. It would have to be underground, accessible via hatches hidden throughout. We *used* to use our vast subterranean caverns for this but stopped just because some people disappeared. 1274
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026Trump's mindset when it comes to the Kennedy Center is that of an authoritarian toddler. If he can't have the toys he wants, he'll try to break them and make sure no one else can have them, either. 14365112
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Kelly B-B @kellykomics.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Closing out the waning minutes of summer with some concept artwork I created for my community garden's prize-winning display at the county fair. Ultimately, the garden decided to go with a different design by a fellow gardener, & for a variety of reasons, I think that was the right choice! 221
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 22/09/2026Medical groups, patients sue Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements Enrollees from Kentucky are part of lawsuit kentuckylantern.com/2026/09/22/r...kentuckylantern.comMedical groups, patients sue Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements • Kentucky LanternMedicaid enrollees from five states and leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit Friday challenging new Medicaid work requirements. 1167
BugLady 🎨🌿🦋 @buglady.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Poppy seed pods (probably red-orange California poppies, but uncertain of species/cultivar). #SciArt #SciArtSeptember 0113
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I love how Jewelweed flowers look like a big mouth, in this case chomping on a bumble bee. It’s almost like an oddly shaped Pac-Man #birds 🌿 #BeeButt #NativePlants 719926
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋Colpizen @colpizen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Bref La petite mésange à keffieh version teintes sépias (essai de print sur du papier washi pour faire un abat-jour) #sciart 14314
Reposted by BugLady 🎨🌿🦋The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 22/09/2026Before Alien, The Last Starfighter, Total Recall, Aliens, Titan AE and many more, Ron Cobb was a talented cartoonist, already on target more than 50 years ago. 2456122