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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 24/01/2025

A few years ago we started a foundation that sponsors shelter dogs with medical needs to make them more adoptable. We have done truly incredible things with your help and we hope to continue that here on Bluesky. Please go give @15outof10.org a follow! ❤️‍🩹

in an archival photo, WeRateDogs founder Matt Nelson, a man with curly hair wearing a long-sleeved shirt, snuggles over on a blue couch to wrap an arm around his senior German shepherd, Doug. Doug is smiling and wearing a bright pink bandana. one of his ears has a signature wonky fold. they both look excited about the project they're launching.

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it's forever." - Carl Sagan, in Cosmos (1980) Visualisation of our galactic cluster 💫😲💫✨💫🌌💫 NASA

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flustercuck.bsky.social @flustercuck.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Wilhoit's law; Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

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Julie Jenkins @juliejenkinsnp.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

This response from @sbearbergman.bsky.social to @hildur.bsky.social’s post has changed my week— it is so wholesome, and human, and so the energy we all need right now. And Kerstin Langenberger, the naturalist who posted “I am on my way with the necessary equipment”? This woman is the hero we need.

My feed today on BlueSky included a post from Icelandic writer Hildur Knútsdóttir, who saw the original exchange on a Reykjavik Facebook page - someone posted to say that it appeared a cygnet was frozen to the ice and dying. As people worried online about how or whether it would be possible to help, naturalist Kerstin Langerberger replied to the post, saying: “I am on my way with the necessary equipment.” Langenberger brought a friend, some thermoses of warm water, and a surfboard in case the ice failed - the necessary equipment - and thawed then freed the baby swan, which promptly flew off.

There are a number of things I appreciate about this story, but it’s Langenberger’s statement that resonates for me. That is what I aspire to, to see injury or difficulty or something gone to trouble and decide: I am on my way with the necessary equipment. But also, to hold on to the understanding that sometimes the necessary equipment is the resolve to try and a friend who will help, and that sometimes I *am* the necessary equipment - the friend who shows up to make myself useful under the direction of an expert.

There are a lot of moments these days that I find it very, very hard to do the next thing, or indeed to do anything. The world is so, so difficult. I often feel useless or overwhelmed or exhausted or just really fucking sad. But I am going to try starting the days by saying, with all the starch that I imagine a naturalist willing to chance the ice in darkness to save a baby bird might possess:

I am on my way with the necessary equipment.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/12/2024

A lightning bolt. Seen from orbit. On Jupiter.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 08/12/2024

This is what a sunset on Earth looks like from orbit.

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Dana @thatdana.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

My friend attends a silent book club where everyone gathers and reads quietly to themselves. They serve drinks and little snacks. I need this in my life.

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The Ken In Yellow @kenlowery.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Hey you wanna see how ostriches drink water www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydYD...

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Namibia: Live stream in the Namib Desert

YouTube video by NamibiaCam

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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.

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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

OK, so I am living in Iceland 🇮🇸 right now and some major shit went down yesterday that I have to tell you about. 🧵

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

this is useful for space enthusiasts

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Andrew Lisowski 💻 @hipstersmoothie.com · 22/11/2024

My latest labeler is finally working! What it shows for each politician - 3 labels for the top corp donators - 3 labels for the top industries that donate to them Subscribe to this labeler to be more aware of the interests our politicians represent 🚀 bsky.app/profile/us-g...

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Catriona Wilson @catrionacurator.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

*Amazing Job Opportunity!* Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes, UCL Permanent, full time £66,711–£72,370 Closes 18 December 2024 Come work with me! www.linkedin.com/posts/catrio...

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Catriona W. on LinkedIn: UCL – University College London

*Another Job Opportunity!* Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes Permanent, full time £66,711–£72,370 The Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes…

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Season of Scaryanne Denton 🧡🎃 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Please pause for streamside serenity. Sound on for maximum meditative moment.

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