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matte jones @pillowfort.bsky.social · 5h

without any doubt:

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alexia winterhalter @alexiawinterhalter.bsky.social · 5h

october is already here and i haven’t shared one of my favourite paintings form this summer yet! this is the mont blanc from the italian side. i love the warm palette, orange mountains might be my new obsession! #art #gouache #mountainart #landscape

a gouache painting by of the mont blanc. the mountain is orange and in the background. in the foreground there are lush patches of flowers.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 5h

This is absolutely incredible content, like an entire feature film about a giant zucchini competition compressed into two minutes

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 4h

You can’t fool me, that’s what comes out of a dewormed dog.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 5h

I was gonna say Bit-o-Honey but the internet tells me it’s still available, just not around here apparently.

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Joe Mason @moreorloess.bsky.social · 17h

Raises many interesting questions about tectonics and geomorphology.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 17h

Saw a spotted lanternfly in Millis, Massaschuetts today for the first time there. Squashed it with extreme prejudice. Feh.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Had a dream last night I caught an ultra rare in #SkyCards but when I woke up it of course turns out to not be true and also it was a plane that doesn’t exist in real life. Double bummer!

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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · 02/10/2026

Update on this: Alan Stern, New Horizons's PI, just told me that the instruments will stay on until Oct 12, when the first opportunity comes to send instructions to turn them off in this new fiscal year. So there's still some time.

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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Small farms in California have struggled to participate in groundwater management efforts since day one. We talked with Ngodoo Atume @ucanr.edu and Judith Redmond, co-founder of Full Belly Farms, about new work on how to better support these small farms www.watertalkpodcast.com/episodes/epi...

watertalkpodcast.com

Small Farms and Groundwater Policy in CA — Water Talk

A conversation with Ngodoo Atume (University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program) and Judith Redmond (Full Belly Farm) about California's Sustainable Groundwater Manag...

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

easy to wash and take care of too! doesn't require special handling and you can use regular dish soap+sponge.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The thing you're looking for is a perforated pizza pan! I put mine in the oven to heat up as the oven preheats so that the bottom crust goes onto a hot surface. Recommend one with low rims and lots of holes. For example: www.walmart.com/ip/Anolon-Pr...

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is SO EXCITING and a fitting 10-year anniversary win!! Also my bracket had Quartz going all the way to the podium so I shall have to treat myself to something shiny and mineral. :D

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Kevin Moorebidity @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn.

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BlackJew 🏳️‍⚧️ @blackjew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Had a great conversation with California opposition to Jungle Primaries as they start their process for their own ballot initiative to undo it. As they said to me good luck because Top 2, All Party Primaries are so much worse than we could imagine www.undothetoptwo.com

undothetoptwo.com

Restore Fair Elections | Undo The Top Two

It's time to restore FAIR elections. Undo the Top Two.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Such a good song and I love that live show!!

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I really want this to be a flow meter for the exit velocity on the mentos-coke reaction. 😊

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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

*La la la driving until I am stopped by a construction queue* *look around* *double take at the giant hand rising out of the corn* Oh! It’s a tree covered in vines and not the emergence of an elder god! Whew

A tree covered in parasitic vines looks like a forearm and hand rising out of the corn

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Gorgeous!! Nature’s cathedrals.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is actually really concerning to me and I’ve been thinking about how I might mitigate or detox from it regularly so that I can go back to enjoying things I know I like.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

An effect of genAI I’m noticing is that since everything has gotten more visual but has no meaning and it’s made me fatigued to the point where my brain is becoming averse to even real image-based information and I find myself skipping or putting down things that might have otherwise interested me.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I had mine done recently too and my immunities are gone. I did not get boosted before college and I also had an immune-affecting illness in my late 20s. A Mmr shot is in my near future!!

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Dr. Sam Anderson @sam-science.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy new water-year! Welcome to hydrological 2027!

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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So in what is unfortunately now an ~annual~ reminder - the Paleontological Research Institution is not presently affiliated with Cornell and was never a part of Cornell. Some PRI folks have taught students at Cornell, but donating to PRI supports Research and Education, and doesn't support Cornell

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thank 💕 they’re sharp and frequent right now. I know with time it will happen less but that time passes at a pace I dont control.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The grief is hardest late at night. Tonight I made cookies and I thought “I have to pack some up to take to Kathy”. But no. There will never be more cookies.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How did I forget about spooky lakes month ahhhh!!! 😊

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Lentil balls ahoy! That gif tho…I have such a fear of ball lightning yet have always wanted to witness it nonetheless.

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

late entry for terrible comic day

A comic drawn in pencil on a post it note. A person in the distance points at two large letters, an I and a T. The person says, “Far be it from me”

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

ahaha amazing! also...YUM.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I found this in my drafts from four months ago so I have to share LOLLL. I’m sorry but truly every time I see someone refer to using Figma all my brain thinks is “new version of ligma”.

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Kevin Burke @burke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

California Prop 38: - authorizes $4B spending in a way that only one research center in the whole state qualifies - privately funded research center - founder of the research center has donated $22 million to support the ballot prop This is, like, pure corruption calmatters.org/politics/ele...

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Is this proposition a $4 billion giveaway to a billionaire’s LA research center?

Proposition 38 will award $4 billion to one unnamed research center. Under the very specific criteria, only one center seemingly qualifies.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Well now that I know about BUTT LAKE I am going to follow immediately

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I was also diagnosed with delayed phase sleep disorder! My sleep doctor took pains to say it’s only a disorder because of living in an industrialized world. I have routines to keep myself on a more workable bedtime but as soon as I slip up my sleep hours start to slide! It’s tiring.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Having grief dinner at 10 pm. Noodles with soy sauce and parmesan, with a softboiled egg.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’m in central MA and the wind has been whipping all day. Some rain but I’m guessing the worst is coming tomorrow. Coast is getting a lot of swell though, beach erosion ahoy.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This has been making me nuts lately. I bought a bag of chips which felt suspiciously light and lo and behold it was less full than the previous bag and the weight on the bag was less. 😭

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

OMG this is upsetting. Haven't bought one in yeeaaars, I would be so unhappy to open that up!

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Catching some planes in #skycards and feeling badly for anyone flying in and out of Boston right now because IT BOMPY.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

what a good boy. don't tell him that I was cracking the heck up at his "stoned at the dinner table" photo last night :D

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Marlo Garnsworthy @icebird.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Manta ray painting, after the sketching I shared a few days ago. I’ve always loved rays. It’s delightful watching their elegance, speed, & curiosity. I also love the way light plays across the sand when I’m underwater. I’ve aimed to capture both in this piece. #OceanDevotion #sciart

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I feel so much gladness I could do as much as I could for her. The sadness is here, and will be here, and so it goes.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I think it really did. She was a strongly introverted person and a bit of a misanthrope, but loved me and accepted me into her inner sanctum and that meant so much.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I am on the way to the house now as my care duties shift to her daughter and all the things that come after. Fridays will still be for Kathy’s for a long time, even though she’s gone.

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Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Kathy tea: in one cup put one each of green, black, and earl grey tea bags. Cover with boiling water and steep one minute. Remove bags without squeezing. Drink black. Accompany with a chocolate chip cookie or an archway oatmeal raisin.

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