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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 18/09/2026

I'm still in awe that the SciArt Feed 🐡 reached over 5,000 Likes. Thank you all for sharing your creative work, and sharing the feed.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 2h

Standard-winged Nightjar for A.E.! Thank you for your #Waymakers donation! 🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt We're down to the last day for donations, don't miss out! Every dollar goes to helping immigrant kids in the US! Donate here: youngcenter.donordrive.com/campaigns/Bi... @theyoungcenter.bsky.social

Illustration of a Standard-winged Nightjar doing a display flight in front of a big beautiful glowing full moon. The nightjar, a mottled gray/brown/white bird, has long pointed wingtips, a short stubby beak, and a big black eye. It is flying with wings bent low in an upside-down U shape while wiggling its strange "standards" - elongated huge shiny black primaries that bend upward from the wings and look like black pointed flags.

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 3h

Haven’t done a floaty boat for a while so here’s a floaty boat

Digital painting, floaty boat in blues yellows and reds

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 4h

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 2h

The deep past is so fascinating as an artistic subject, bridging between reality and fantasy. Image is a "Screengrab from BBC Earth Science on Youtube" according to the source. #SciArt

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 3h

It will take all of us to build a better world. Survivors have done the painful, important work of sharing the truth and charting a path for our country to move towards reconciliation. Now, our governments must deliver.

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 3h

Today, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, people across Canada are gathering in remembrance and renewed determination to ensure ours is a country where every child matters.

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Patrick Lynch @patrlynch1.bsky.social · 5h

Available now: STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #freshwater

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 4h

Thread of new #sciart

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 4h

My latest ask a marine biologist column for Scuba Diving Magazine is all about the biology of corals and the ecology of coral reefs. Check it out! www.scubadiving.com/marinelife/w... 🦑🧪🌍 #SciComm

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What Are Corals and Coral Reefs?

In this edition of “Ask a Marine Biologist,” Dr. David Shiffman tackles a question about the biology of the amazing creatures that make reefs divers love to visit.

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 14/09/2026

Choices on Bluesky go beyond reactionary politics and anger farming. Add the SciArt Feed 🐡 to your skyline, and you’ll see: 🎨 Hundreds of artists 🧪 Science-focused 🥳 No AI slop 💡 Inspiration every day 🧡 Tap the link, then tap the 3 dots on the top right to Like:

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 4h

With 9 more artists added last night, HireHumanArtists.com is taking a break for October at 666 artists (muahaha Happy Halloween)🦇 However, we'd like to try to get the word out a leetle more to potential hiring clients... So we're looking for places to shout. #hha

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Find an Artist Who Doesn't Use Generative AI | Hire Human Artists

Looking for an artist for your next project? Our human artist directory is full of over 400 artists who have pledged not to use gen AI.

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safestreetsto.bsky.social @safestreetsto.bsky.social · 13h

Honoured to witness the powerful uprising of over 600 doctors & health care workers fighting to keep bike lanes on Bloor, University & Yonge. #BikeTo #ToPoli cc: @mikelayton.bsky.social @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @cycletoronto.bsky.social @ffsafestreets.bsky.social @lanrickbennett.bsky.social

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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Having biked on parts of the Trans Canada Trail - including some of Ontario's rail trails - I agree the federal government needs to continue funding the trail after 2027. Please sign & share if you agree as well. #BikeTO #ottbike #VeloMTL #BikeWPG #YYCbike #YEGbike #BikeYVR #cdnpoli notjustatrail.ca

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This is not just a trail | Trans Canada Trail

Help keep the Trans Canada Trail funded after 2027. Send the letter below to your MP to help keep Canadians connected by 30,000 kilometres of trail.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 5h

Study for mâtinawêwin (Sharing Food) Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2026

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks for joining in by creating work, sharing posts & supporting artists during #SciArtSeptember! I love this yearly opportunity to reconnect with friends & meet new folks. 🌟 - While I’ll be posting less during the rest of the year, please reach out any time if you have ideas for collaborations. 🌱

An illustration of an azure jay, perched on a stick. The bird has its back to the viewer and its head turned to the left. The background is a light pink colour.

A photograph of a tiny sculpture of a fawn suspended in a small wooden box. The fawn appears to be leaping. The back of the box is lined with green and gold paper. The box rests on a wooden table.

A hand holding a small book made with a scallop shell cover. The book is fanned open, to show the pink pages inside the book. The background is a wooden table top.

A graphite drawing of a moon bear, also called an Asian black bear. The bear is sitting up, with its front paws near its chest. The bear looks towards the right. The bear is tinted in shades of purple.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 5h

An Abyssinian roller that is also a little book. It begins: “Why is a roller like a writing desk? The need for fire and acacia, both. One for blood - the other, ink.” Written in India ink. - #SciArtSeptember Day 30: Carbon

A painted, cut-out paper bird in the shape of an Abyssinian roller. The bird has one wing folded back, which reveals a small booklet of pages under the wing. The underwing is brown and has uneven letters painted on it in another shade of brown reading, “Some small words about the medium of carbon.” The booklet pages are bright blue, like the bird, and the words inside are unclear. The bird rests on a wooden table top.

A painted, cut-out paper bird in the shape of an Abyssinian roller. The bird appears to be in flight, with the wings positioned in a downward flap. The bird is bright blue, with a brown back and long, black tail. The bird rests on a wooden table top.

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Sarage @sarahcpjones.bsky.social · 9h

30. Carbon. Coral pencil fish. #SciArt #SciArtSeptember

A drawing of an orange and black striped fish

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Matt G. ♾️🍉 @artistsince05.bsky.social · 6h

A Giant Anteater crossing through the South American grasslands, where the termite mounds are plentiful. I'm taking a break from ocean life since I thought it would be nice to go back and rework on wildlife arts I did two years prior. #artistonbsky #as05 #wildlifeart #humanart #digitalart

A male Giant Anteater casually knuckle walks on it's way in search of termite mounds, which is where the termite mounds are found in for the anteater to sustain its insectivorous diet.

Being South America's most famous insectivorous mammal, these xenarthran mammals (which include armadillos and sloths) are found in the grasslands and rainforests all around South America, using their claws to dig into termite mounds and using their tongue from its elongated snout to suck up the insects.

As I said in my bunker backup, the giant anteater not only uses its claws for digging up termites, but also uses them for self defense whenever threatened, and using its tail as a blanket to help them keep warm inspite of the heat of the weather. And they can also swim in water making them good swimmers when crossing the wetlands.

However, the main threat to giant anteaters isn't wildfires, predation by jaguars or pumas, but instead human conflict which interferes with their habitat as giant anteaters risk crossing man-made roads that are a danger to their lives, hence why people must be careful with driving on the road because the anteater could get fatally injured.

And that's why giant anteaters are classified as vulnerable to this day.

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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 17h

Infrared Valley. Lower Don River at Riverdale in full colour infrared. We're in the last days of good IR photography for the year before the foliage is gone. #TOphoto #EastCoastKin #BlueskyArtshow #infraredphotography

Lower Don River looking north from the Riverdale pedestrian bridge.

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 8h

The thing I've always wanted for music is for it to be... solved. Have these weirdos ever engaged with art from a human level?

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

All those Toronto drivers who shouted about bike lanes' [non-existent] effect on emergency vehicles will no doubt throw their support behind congestion pricing. Right?

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Raven Amos (Autumn Edition)🎨🐦‍⬛ @alaskanime.bsky.social · 23h

There is a long paper trail of AI execs having nothing but distain for the rights of writers, artists, and other creatives going all the way back to the first days of Stable Diffusion/MidJourney. The founders of both even tapped a fmr @eff.org chair and were told "Yeah this seems like piracy":

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The Lost Penny Files - MidJourney's Beginning - Luddite Pro

MidJourney was once an unknown startup building in public. Here are the early chat logs between David Holz and Emad Mostaque that shaped history

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 23h

*knocks door* Excuse me, do you have a moment to submit your invertebrate artwork to our periodical art book invertefest.com/#artbook

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InverteFest – Saimi Hanma

#InverteFest is a periodic online event where we invite you to celebrate the overlooked invertebrate fauna around you and share the joys of discovery online.

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Surly Amy @surlyamy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Raven mug. Handbuilt stoneware. Just listed. Surly.etsy.com

A stoneware mug glazed in blacks pinks and creams with a raven texture pattern.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And Doctors for Bikelanes just held a big rally this morning on University Ave

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Colin Schultz @colinschultz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I love the way these guys change colour

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The Toronto Zoo @thetorontozoo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#TZPouchPotato has been busy exploring, digging and stealing hearts, but there’s still one important thing left to do… giving her a name 🤎 Voting for the wombat joey naming contest closes September 30 at 11:59pm. If you haven’t cast your vote yet, now’s your chance: torontozoo.com/wombat 🗳️

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AXS Studio @axs-studio.com · 28/09/2026

Voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channels transmit pain signals along nerves in the peripheral nervous system. Because Nav channels are outside of the brain and spinal cord, they are being explored as potential targets for a new class of non-opioid pain medicine. #PainAwarenessMonth #chronicpain #sciart

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Lindsey Munson Art and Design @lindseymunson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Working on finding homes for originals about why on #Imgur : imgur.com/gallery/part... Malayan tapir $115 9x12 pencil in watercolor paper. Free shipping in states. #sciart #artist #nature #bluesky #monday #forsale #help #blueskyartshow #painting #tapir #Blueskyart #etsy #montana #pencil

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Lindsey Munson Art and Design @lindseymunson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Going through each individually and getting ready to upload another 40 to #Imgur. imgur.com/gallery/part... Anyways! Tarigrade forsale $115 9x12 looking for a home! #art #sciart #artist #blueskyartshow #natureartist #loveit #awesome #science #natureart #microbiology #painting #tuesday #forsale

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Hazard @datgreenmonstah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jaw test, teeth are all over cause they’re only held in wirh pins, but now that I got the jaw working the way I want imma favric the teeth and get them set before I shape the bottom jaw to fit with the upper. But it’s coming along #paleoart #wip

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Grey Plover at North Gare last week - very smart little bird! Plus Curlew, Oystercatcher and Redshank. Pen and watercolour sketches. 🪶🐡 #birdingNorthEast #waders

Sketches of Grey Plover and other shorebirds at Teesmouth, northeast England

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 29/09/2026

The Zebra could use one of my paintings, which will actually be at Art on the Avenue

purple watercolor of brain with text. NO AI ONLY BRAIN

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Raven Amos (Autumn Edition)🎨🐦‍⬛ @alaskanime.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Heads up, #science people, this "Earth BioGenome Project/Genomes on a Tree (GoaT)" uses generative AI extensively in their advertising, so I would definitely not trust anything that comes out of this. If they can't be bothered to use real graphics and make their own posts, I doubt their app is good.

Screenshot of a post from "Earth BioGenome Project" bluesky account advertising a new "science app" that has "we vibe coded the shit out of this" stink all over it. The post shows two slides, one which looks normal-ish with text over the top of slices of different photos of animals, plants, and fungi. The other one is definitely generated by some kind of Gen-AI steal prompt. It shows a goat in a lab coat by a weird looking "tree" and for some reason there are infographic type logos above sets of text, something that gen AI loves to do when "creating" slides.

The text of the main post reads:
How do you coordinate a global genome-sequencing effort? Before starting a new genome, researchers need to know: What's already been sequenced? What's underway? And where are the gaps? That's where Goat — Genomes on a Tree — comes in. Explore GoaT.

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 28/09/2026

Kids and I are excited for this - we preordered it. (I hope it has that rectangle-slab speederbike from the Solo movie.) #STARWARSGalacticRacer

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Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"What is certain, however, is that a vast sum of our money will be wasted, countless Torontonians will find themselves profoundly inconvenienced for extended periods, and, eventually, a cyclist will get struck by a car. But at least the congestion will be worse."

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scary Dai 👻🎃 @dayintoronto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is just the beginning of the piece - when we be free of this man and this lot of entitled, corrupt donkeys 😩 - (and please stop falling for for the Captain Canada schtick I beg you 🥲)

Screen shot of paragraph written by John Lorinc in Spacing which says: Spacing last week obtained copies of the RFP documents. They include — contrary to the premier’s anti-Trump rhetoric — a form enabling U.S. firms to participate. The contract, to be concluded by the end of 2028, will be tendered and overseen by the Ontario ministry of transportation. Judging by the way the RFP has been scoped, the winning bid will reveal the extent to which the minister, Prabmeet Sarkaria, and Ford, have put their fingers on the scale.

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Matt Blair @mjmbca.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I haven’t worked my way through this guide yet, but I’m looking forward to making a project of it, starting with the easiest transitions. Sharing in case you might like to do the same.

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

On Friday night nearly 1000 people on bikes rode west to the site of Ford's first incoming bike lane removals, Bloor just east of Islington. Strength in numbers. #criticalmass

1000 bikes take up an entire road lane in defence of bike lanes in toronto

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Neil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is great. @aoc.bsky.social understands that the true “existential risk” of AI is not about rogue systems—it’s about AI systems doing exactly what they’re designed to do… eroding our cognitive ability, our agency, & our joy while drowning truth in irrelevance & reifying bias & existing power.

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Acyn (@Acyn) on X

AOC: AI systems want us to be dependent and outsource our cognition to a machine, and they want us to increasingly rely on AI systems so that they can sell intelligence back to us. AI needs two thing...

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Feels like the tech industry is producing T-100 terminators and instead of shutting down the T-100 production line the response is putting bubble wrap on the T-100s

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Day 28 of #SciArtSeptember prompt is linen. It’s not a material I typically work with (even when printing on textiles) but you can find my #sciart printed on linen in my minouette Spoonflower shop including tea towels (cotton/linen blend) with my ‘Mmm… coffee’ linocut featuring a caffeine molecule!

My ‘Mmm … coffee’ linocut printed on a tea towel shot on a white background. The illustration shows a mug viewed from above and off to the side with shadow and swirling aroma lines in which appears a caffeine molecule. At the top (at the edge of the swirling aroma lines) is written “Mmm” and at the bottom “COFFEE”. The print was made in dark brown on beige.

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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

fighting tooth and nail with myself to accept that an illustration is stronger now than it will be if i proceed to add a ton of rendered detail

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 28/09/2026

🧵1/5 In 5 days… It’s been a long time since I’ve spoken of my skull and bone work. Meaningful work that explores impermanence, memory, and mortality, which balances my floral works that explore growth, renewal, and interdependence. #art #painting #narrative #sciart #skull #caterpillar

Cropped detail of a realistic still life oil painting. Detail shows a human skull lower right facing out of the painting in the shadow of a small worn tree stump with large exposed thick root branches. A small button buck deer skull rests of the left upper side of the stump.

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

SciArt September, Day 25: Jade. These are Mesoamerican Olmec earflares made of jade from approx. the 10-14th century BCE. 🐡🎨#sciartseptember2026 #jade

Ink and marker drawing in shades of green and black of two round earpieces from ancient Mesoamerican Olmec culture.

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