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Meera

@gruntleme.bsky.social
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Late-model Gen X. Ecologist (especially fond of plants and insects), teacher, abolitionist. Transplant from 🇸🇬 to Duwamish land (Seattle). I do community work w @nwcbailfund.bsky.social, @ecocityaction.org. Ask me what I'm reading! (She/her)

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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 3h
"Accessibility and inclusion must be prioritized. A 30-second faster bus ride and a bus stop with a little more dirt around it is not worth leaving people out, not worth leaving people behind."
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Chim ☭ @chimmysthoughts.northsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hey it's me I'm a dot 🥰
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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 12/10/2026
Thank you all for attending and learning about salmon, our drinking water, protected watersheds, and what we can do to help salmon!! & Thank you to our resident Renton expert @socklessinseattle.bsky.social
Attendees standing in a circle under green and red leaves outside Renton Market buildingOver a dozen people under an overpass with giant salmon mural in Renton overpass
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Burien NonDriver @washingtonrenter.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I might have peed outside in Renton today cause I couldn’t find a public bathroom. There needs to be open bathrooms at all transit centers.
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Meera @gruntleme.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This was such a fab @ecocityaction.org event! One of my favorite moments was when we gathered in front of the Renton public library and collected a bunch of random people who were just wandering by and wanted to hear what @shirleyswirley.bsky.social was saying about salmon and watersheds 😂😍
A small crowd of people gathered in front of a library looking at two people speaking, one of whom is carrying a stuffed sockeye salmon
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Meera @gruntleme.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The finches are truly hellions
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EcoCity Action @ecocityaction.org · 10/10/2026
Wake up salmon babes, Rise Up Northwest in Unity 2026 zoom links just dropped! columbiasnakeriver.com/run This is THE quintessential annual conference about Snake/Columbia River salmon and resident orcas. Everyone can tune in via zoom or watch recordings afterward.
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R.U.N. in Unity Convening | Salmon & Orca Tribal-guided restoration gathering in the Northwest. | Columbia Snake River Campaign
Join Tribal leaders, advocates, and river protectors working to restore salmon, orcas, and the Snake River at R.U.N. in Unity happening October 13 - 15, 2026 at the Spokane Tribe Resort & Casino. RSVP...
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J. BOO!👻ma @broccoliwizard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Failed pregnancies are trending, experts say” as though this is something happening on Instagram instead of an unspeakable tragedy for which humans are to blame.
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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is so heavy. I'm so sorry Mama Tsuchi. My heart aches for you 💔
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Another grieving orca mom carries dead calf on her nose off Washington state
Whale researchers spotted the female orca carrying a tiny carcass through the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Saturday.
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Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅 @bvd100.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There’s in fact a huge literature on this, and multiple studies on Seattle specifically. The short of it is people tend to value trees, but they value their neighbors’ trees more. This is particularly true of big trees, likely due to maintenance and hazard effects.
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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ
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Andrew Schreck @andrewschreck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i don't think cis guys realize how much power they can shift in a conversation just by casually telling their friends
"that's fucked up, man" when someone says something
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The question that @guyoron.net asked Bob Kettle about why "Public Safety" doesn't include traffic safety — the consistent #1 concern of Seattleites in public safety surveys — continues to get under his skin. Just now Kettle once again implied Guy "doesn't seem to know" what they're talking about.
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Katelyn Oldham *Abolish ICE. Defund DHS.* @katelynstarrpdx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
College athletes need unions to prevent this kind of horrendous abuse. This solidarity and push to remove this dangerous man from coaching them is very brave.
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cop city is everywhere, fight back ☂️ @cop-watcher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OH PLEASE
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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unsettlingly come-hither tezuka animal @tezukaanimal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
sally lightfoot crab has such nice colors!
a sally lightfoot crab with bright red forelegs, blue upper legs and body, pink eyes and a yellow cap
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Karla Monterroso @karlaliliana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sincerely believe autoimmune disease would be so much more understood if a) they weren’t so populated by women. B) if medical research on women hadn’t only started in 1993!
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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · 23/09/2026
Would you believe these eggs are from a dinosaur that lived approximately 200 million years ago? Although identifying which species of dinosaur laid a particular egg is quite difficult, the surest way is to find an embryo inside an unhatched fossilized egg, which is a rare find.
Embryo of 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘺𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴
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Elizabeth Donald @edonald.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I have the equivalent of three full-time jobs, but no benefits. I am married to someone with insurance, thus I am still alive. There would be zero solutions for me were that not the case; prescriptions alone would be impossible. Yay healthcare industry.
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Meera @gruntleme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I just finished this, and was rapt the whole way through. Not only that, I feel I will *remember* much of what I learned from the book. I have never been able to enjoy reading history. @rebeccanagle.bsky.social has done something really special.
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Incredible Facebook slop ad I just got
Horse pin with an illustration of a horse and the following text:
"Give a man a horse he'll eat in a day, teach a man to horse. and make him drinks water."
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Meera @gruntleme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I loved this episode and it is so rich. Restorative justice is complicated because people are complicated. And yet we have such a longing for things to be simple.
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Amy Probably @socklessinseattle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This may have been the best collage ill ever make guys.
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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Braeden 🎣🦀🌲🦅 @bvd100.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For my 30th birthday, my wife threw me a salmon-themed party. One of the activities was a salmon-drawing station.
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Russell Garwood @russellgarwood.co.uk · 16/09/2026
An update following feedback from several kind people. As before, reuse as you see fit..
An infographic showing the number of described and estimated species for major animal groups. There are more insects than anything else. Of the remaining groups, arachnids and nematodes are the most diverse.
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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 16/09/2026
Knowing who deserves our anger is important, but so is knowing who deserves our gratitude. On this issue: The main force on the outside has been the Free to Pee coalition, led by @vocal-ny.bsky.social and @nyhomeless.bsky.social. On the inside—Council members @sandynurse.bsky.social + Rita Joseph.
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Meera @gruntleme.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
That's such a fun read (I listened)!
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Meera @gruntleme.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Rest in beauty, Annie.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Heard an excellent talk today by Jamie Micciulla about microbiology work at NASA. Such a cool job! She was so great with students questions too, and they had a LOT of questions! She also reminded us about the 96 bags of human waste on the moon, LOL. Somehow that changes how I look at the moon
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The Onion @theonion.com · 15/09/2026
Virtuoso Grasshopper Absolutely Wailing On Leg
Virtuoso Grasshopper Absolutely Wailing On Leg
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Lynn Drake 🚴🏻 @lynnbikesinalki.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I’ve recorded a few instances on this website @yourfriendlara.bsky.social call tell us more about this website and how it’s used www.closecall.report
closecall.report
Close Call
Community-reported near misses to help make our streets safer
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
i was told by SDOT that they don't track near misses, dangerous designs, or accidents unless reported to the police
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Meera @gruntleme.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What's @ecocityaction.org? Come find out! bsky.app/profile/ecoc...
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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
TIL about Eichlinea gloriosa, the “glorious squash vine borer” Moth that sounds like a @tkingfisher.com bit but it’s real (and it’s magnificent)
Selection of pinned specimens of what I can only describe as a gay cowboy moth. It’s wearing elaborate hot pink feather boa chaps.
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Meera @gruntleme.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is why @ecocityaction.org believes making northwest cities more walkable and bikeable/improving public transit infrastructure is crucial for supporting salmon AND humans!
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Meera @gruntleme.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Thank you! I figured it was something like this but wanted to make sure there wasn't a secret trick hidden in the term :)
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Meera @gruntleme.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What does it mean to air-gap your TV?
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Crimson Mayhem @crimsonmayhem.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Introducing the BEEP BEEP Choir from Coyote vs ACME!!
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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Antpittas are the epitome of #borbs This is the Crescent-faced Antpitta that I was able to spend some quality time with at Hacienda el Bosque #Colombia #birds #antpittas #birdoftheday
Small brown bird with a dark head, pale facial markings, and bold black-and-tan streaking on its chest, standing on a mossy log.
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Meera @gruntleme.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This friend was back again this morning. They ate some grapes before lying down to groom themselves to sleep. 🦝 🛁
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026
ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:
Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?
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Meera @gruntleme.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is one of the most amazing ecological phenomena I've ever heard of. "Satellite imagery confirmed the island was in fact real, and floating in the main body of the reservoir, roughly 60 miles west of the dam." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Peekaboo island: the floating forest confounding nature watchers in western Canada
A 150-metre-long island appeared from nowhere on Williston Lake, British Columbia; vanished, then reappeared 20 miles away
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Meera @gruntleme.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I have become a person who owns the means of production for (small) linocut block prints.
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cop city is everywhere, fight back ☂️ @cop-watcher.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
that thing you’ve been thinking about? just start.
a black background with bright pink Futura text. it says:
We don’t have to wait for anything at all. What we have to do is start. - Octavia E. Butler
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Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.myatproto.social · 06/09/2026
Right up there with "cops don't have to protect or serve"
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Meera @gruntleme.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Gravid pinnules!
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🏴S T R E P S I R R H I N I🏴 @strepsirrhini.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Essential reading for Seattle, especially D5 folks, from @analogist.net ↙️↙️↙️
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