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BugLady 🎨🌿🦋

@buglady.bsky.social
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Illustrator/painter who loves bugs, bones, and cool rocks. Anti-fascist, anti-racist. No Crypto/NFT/AI, no clankers. She/her. Support my art by purchasing art, requesting a commission, or buying supplies: linktr.ee/christinehutson

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BugLady 🎨🌿🦋 @buglady.bsky.social · 3m
We 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!
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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 2h
A bewitching banquet 🩸 Happy October!
2019 illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a witches' banquet scene. Three witches and a large demon are enjoying an Autumnal feast, and on the floor beneath the table goblins and tentacles spill out from under the tablecloth. A black cat reaches up toward a tentacle and bats fly overhead.
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BugLady 🎨🌿🦋 @buglady.bsky.social · 16h
Beautiful. #werewolves #halloween #folksongs #horror www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMqm...
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Michael Hurley - "The Werewolf Song" (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Smithsonian Folkways
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Professor Amanda Sturgill @drsturg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Did 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...
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Dear men, it is time to wake the hell up
All 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:
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New Philly voice article on the fight to reopen the Academy of Natural Sciences! www.phillyvoice.com/academy-natu...
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Academy of Natural Sciences is closed, but the fight for the museum continues
A grassroots group is urging Drexel's board to disaffiliate from the institution and calling for a public process to decide its future.
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BugLady 🎨🌿🦋 @buglady.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This, and these people, are out of control.
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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.
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Johnson’s Message to Midterm Voters? GOP Will Keep Doing “What We Have Been Doing” If They Win
Polling data indicates that likely voters want change, not more of the same, as the Speaker of the House is promising.
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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It'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"
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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Baroque ...
Pond edge with many underwater fallen leaves of different shapes and colors, a faint settling of soil on them
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
elifesciences.org/articles/08347
Dengue
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One 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.
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J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்) @jgownder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Because, 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.
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Erica Schultz-Opinions are my own @ericaschultz42.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Don't believe the pundits. Even if it's being reported that a candidate is 1,000 points ahead, get out and vote.
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BugLady 🎨🌿🦋 @buglady.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApQ4...
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Tom Morello - They Can't Kill Us All (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Tom Morello
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Andi Watson @andicomics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Saint Maurice. Freehand. Sailor fude pen.
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Greg Morosoff @gregmorosoff.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
From CJ Cherryh on FB This never gets old. #MenWithCats
Cat evolution
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Corel Gallery Clipart @clipart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
OSPREYO.BMF
A Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, a tiltrotor turboprop aircraft with vertical takeoff and Landing. Fancy way of saying it takes off like a helicopter and flies like a plane, thinks Admiral Groat. The Osprey isn’t the right tool for every job, but for some jobs it’s the only tool. Anbar Province, obviously. The Now Zad Valley. Hormuz. Would’ve been Northumbria too, had not that wretched fairy intervened. Five Ospreys en route for an extraction stopped midair and fell like stones into the valley below. Groat characterized the disaster in his summary report as an “uncontrolled descent due to a propulsion anomaly.”
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Absolutely. Purely homosocial. And this is one of the core tenants of fascism. 
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/09/2026
‘Rip the plaster off’: Andy Burnham sets out vision for universal free social care
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‘Rip the plaster off’: Andy Burnham sets out vision for universal free social care
PM 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...
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Mac McGill @maddmac.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The war on science is only ramping up. You should do your part. #AcademicSky
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The Plan To Destroy America's Oldest Natural History Museum
YouTube video by Miniminuteman
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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
there'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
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’re not going down without a fight
A bunch of people protesting in front of the Academy of natural sciences
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BugLady 🎨🌿🦋 @buglady.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Having tea and a moon cake on my back deck. Happy Mid-autumn Festival!
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BugLady 🎨🌿🦋 @buglady.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
ROWND.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing 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...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
中秋節快樂! Jung chow jit fai lock! Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!!
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 26/09/2026
NEW: 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.
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Federal Grant for NYC Veterans Prohibited Promotion of ‘Gender Ideology,’ Per Trump Order
The 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.
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Baldi🍉 @baldikonijn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It'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!
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Baldi🍉 @baldikonijn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Another one for this series. This time a cute grandma weevil prepared for the rain.
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でんか @k-hermit.com · 25/09/2026
砂に潜るのがじょうず🦀
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Be Careful of What You Wish For, Stolen Documents Conspiracy Edition emptywheel.net/2026/09/25/b...
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Be Careful of What You Wish For, Stolen Documents Conspiracy Edition - emptywheel
In 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...
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KTLA 5 @ktla.com · 25/09/2026
Susan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder among celebrities arrested outside U.N. headquarters
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Susan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder among celebrities arrested outside U.N. headquarters
Multiple celebrities were detained outside the United Nations headquarters.
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David C. Simon @davidcsimon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Taronga Western Plains Zoo is actually run by the Apostlebirds. #birds
Photo of three Apostlebirds huddled closely together on a metal cafeteria chair. They are grey and fluffy with dark eyes and beaks, and mottled brown on their wings and tails. Two are looking directly at the viewer while a third preens.
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Heker-Sobek @hekersobek.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
After >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!
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PZ Myers @pzmyers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How dare Drexel close the oldest natural history museum in the Western hemisphere? freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...
the academy of natural sciences of philadelphia
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Cephalopods Daily @cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Master 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
A Grimalditeuthis bonplandi swimming in ocean without its tentacle extended. The squid is translucent with orange tinge, and is covered in yellow chromatophores. It has two sets of fins which are both flapping. The upper fins have more chromatophores. You can see some of its organs due to its translucent flesh.A Grimalditeuthis bonplandi floating in the ocean with its "squid puppet" tentacle extended. The orange, thin tentacle is hanging straight down so you can't see the flappy bit at the end. The squid is translucent and covered in plenty of yellow chromatophores. You can see some of its organs due to its translucent flesh. It has two sets of fins. The upper fins have more chromatophores, while the lower ones have less so its more translucent.A close up of Grimalditeuthis bonplandi swimming in ocean, focused on its "squid puppet" tentacle. The tentacle is thin and orange, with a flappy bit for a tentacle club. This flappy bit is meant to mimic a squid. The squid is a translucent with a yellow tentacle and yellow secondary fin.A Grimalditeuthis bonplandi swimming downward. Its tentacle is not extended, and its arms are all together. It is slightly translucent, and is a slightly purple colour with its mantle being more white. There is a red line on its head going across and through its eye.
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Dr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I 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.
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The Machine’s Silences: Teaching History with AI | Historical Transactions
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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.
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History is a human craft | Historical Transactions
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Joy 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?...
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Joy Reid: Benjamin Netanyahu slamming Mayor Mamdani is despicable. Netanyahu should be in prison!
YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026
We 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.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My 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.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
Trump'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.
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Kelly B-B @kellykomics.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Closing 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!
A variety of anthropomorphic fruits and vegetables enjoying a sun-soaked day at the beach, including a slice of watermelon on a surfboard and two cucumbers playing pickleball (get it?)
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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 22/09/2026
Medical groups, patients sue Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements Enrollees from Kentucky are part of lawsuit kentuckylantern.com/2026/09/22/r...
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Medical groups, patients sue Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements • Kentucky Lantern
Medicaid enrollees from five states and leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit Friday challenging new Medicaid work requirements.
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BugLady 🎨🌿🦋 @buglady.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Poppy seed pods (probably red-orange California poppies, but uncertain of species/cultivar). #SciArt #SciArtSeptember
Watercolor illustration of a variety of six dried stems and seed pods from garden poppies. They're small oval pods with an intricate little cap on top of each. There are tiny holes along the sides of each pod right underneath the little caps, where the bitsy black seeds spill out (sort of like a salt shaker). The painting is on light gray paper, the pods and stems are soft shades of gray, brown, green, and tan, and I depicted the little seeds falling out of the pods (as they do) all over the paper underneath the dried stems. The signature is "Christine Hutson (C) 2026.
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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I 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
A large fuzzy black and light yellow bee has its back half hanging out of an orange flower like a mouth. It even looks like it has lips!
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Colpizen @colpizen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bref La petite mésange à keffieh version teintes sépias (essai de print sur du papier washi pour faire un abat-jour) #sciart
La petite mésange à keffieh version teintes sépias (essai de print sur du papier washi pour faire un abat-jour)
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Colpizen @colpizen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Orite
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 22/09/2026
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Food waste is floating in Earth's orbit. The era of billionaires in space, as envisioned in 1969.
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 22/09/2026
Before 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.
LET YOUR FAITH LIGHT THE WORLD (with a big explosion)
Cartoon by Ron CobbA child in bed is surrounded by nuclear bombs

Cartoon by Ron CobbA man in a devastated neighborhood is looking for an electrical outlet for his broken TV.
Cartoon by Ron Cobb“What is ecology?” one man asks another, as they perch on top of a car in a swamp full of rats.
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