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I was going to try to capture some Fall color, but somewhat windy today. Here’s a blurry photograph of American Hazelnut. It’s beautiful in person. #NativePlants

Blurry photo of American Hazelnut shrub. The leaves are shades of yellow, orange maybe red.

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Regarding #AI, I propose physically limiting AI models to small networks. Physical limits, not software locks and keys #AI can power through. Zero network connection to the outside world. Not even the hardware for, say, Wi-Fi. And if you need to feed it data, you can move it over via flash drive.

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Thinking about the surface of the continents before there were plants covering the ground, limiting erosion. Building 4,000-foot thick layers of quartzite not so difficult to imagine. Let’s make thinking about deep time normal human behavior.

Reminder: There are good people out there.

Dr. Michelle I. Turner @chaco-arch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

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Wow, cool research on Neanderthal use of wood! The wood itself is gone, but they've got a method for studying the voids left behind by wood objects.

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Neanderthal wooden tools from Spain found preserved in stone

Dissolved rock precipitated around the tools, which then decayed.

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Lisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière

Image de deux cerfs allongés devant des rouleaux de foin

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Hold on! #AI out there just sending fake emails to people? I didn’t need more reasons to ban AI, but moving this up the list. It’s just a matter of time, if it isn’t happening already, the lazy media will be quoting made up shit from undisclosed sources. Stop #AI now!!!

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If countries would just help Ukraine win the war in Europe instead of providing half-ass support there wouldn’t be a “shortage” of diesel fuel. Also, it would help if idiots refrained from starting more endless wars in the Middle East.

That illustration of the guy speaking up at a town meeting.

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Which corporations, private distributors, and retail outlets will be moving Russian diesel from ships to trucks and tractors? I need to send a few emails and call some people. Not a fan of boycotts but could support a few right now.

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I’ll try to return to regularly scheduled programming soon. I know most of you prefer to see more joy. ☮️

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Hello. I generally try minimize political posts. I prefer to scroll Bluesky for interesting science, natural history, to learn about the small joys in your life, see photos of your cats and dogs and lizards and birds and lichen and protists and rocks and trees … But the diesel thing … 🤬

And #Republicans #GOP are perfectly fine if American truckers, farmers, and everyone else relying on diesel send more of their dollars to Russia to feed the Russian, Iranian, and North Korean war machines … WTF? Wake up, Republicans. Stop the madness.

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Someone might want to remind DJT’s Republican enablers that dollars flowing into Russia in exchange for diesel fuel are going to be used for buying weapons and parts from Iran. And Iran will use the money for building drones for killing Americans and our allies. Why GOP hate US soldiers ? 🤷🏻‍♀️

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GOP Surrenders to Russia Decades of political ads portraying Democrats as weak on defense. And once GOP controls all branches of the Federal Government they’re like, oh never mind, let’s send our enemy some cash to build more bombs, buy stuff from North Korea, meddle in elections … 🤬

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If you fill a fuel tank with Russian diesel, you’re filling it with Ukrainian dead … innocent men, women, children. Don’t care? Okay … if you fill a fuel tank with Russian diesel, you are pissing on American veterans and dead, and countless allies, who sacrificed their lives during the Cold War.

Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 10/10/2026

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the extirpation of US sanctions against Russia's oil exports will be livestreamed on the Pentagon's website next week

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venomous laura @lauracreature.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"we're all just doing our best" no some people really are not

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Joe Mason @moreorloess.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Oaks at York Prairie State Natural Area, Green County, Wisconsin. Bur oak collection nos. 1067 and 1068.

Two spreading bur oak trees in grassland.

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J. Raasch @jraasch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Solve the Male Loneliness Crisis? In THIS economy?! 🤷🏻‍♀️

Joe Mason @moreorloess.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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Bur oaks wreathed by Virginia creeper in various stages of fall color. I don't like how Virginia creeper takes over like this but I do like its fall color against the oak bark.

A large bur oak with a large branch visible, wreathed by Virginia creeper that is various colors from green to red.

Another bur oak with very rough bark and Virginia creeper growing up its trunk.

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I believe preprints and papers that use AI slop in any form or shape should have this disclaimer on top 🧪

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Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

yes so happy for him!!! this is exactly why we do curiosity-driven science... #chlamydomonas #protistsonsky Funders and universities are you watching...???

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Florent Waltz @florentwaltz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Huge congratulations to all three Nobel Laureates, and especially Peter Hegemann! 👏 His seminal work on the green alga Chlamydomonas 🦠 laid the foundation for optogenetics. Thank you for putting Chlamy in the spotlight! ✨ Proof that groundbreaking discoveries don't always come from animal models! 🔬

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

DAY 489 SPECIES 489 - Sphenoderia lenta STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor. Sakura pen S. lenta is a testate amoeba: a single celled amoeboid organism living inside a self built shell. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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EU, NATO countries should recall their entire embassy staffs until South Korea apologizes for helping Russia murder Ukrainians and steps up efforts to enforce sanctions.

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Curious folks living in Wisconsin should check out the aerial survey photos for areas of interest. Hours of wonder and learning about past landscapes whether you live in an urban or rural area. Okay, hours if you’re a bit nerdy.

A local inhabitant told us the long narrow triangular parcel was cut off from the larger parcel south of it by the road, so wasn’t practical for grazing or haying. Which might have preserved the prairie remnant.

There was once a road, arrow 1, through my front yard. The aerial photo provided an explanation for some weird topography I was wondering about. Arrow 2 points to our prairie remnant. The dark spot right of the remnant was probably a big oak tree.

Grayscale aerial photo from I think 1930s or 1940s. Bright white lines correspond to current county highways. Someone told us the roads were straightened during the 1950s, leaving bits of old road here and there. A slightly degraded white line is the older roadbed.

How did it figure out I have a gravel driveway?

Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 07/10/2026

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uh, "fear" is not the word I would use, AP news

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J. Raasch @jraasch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Once upon a time I was trying to learn the proper names of prairie plants, but thinking I should just return to common names and the regional variations. There’s more consistency and clear communication there. I’m serious.

J. Raasch @jraasch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Top Google suggestion for finishing my inquiry for me … WTF?

screen capture of Google search … started typing “how does a “ and Google added “firing squad work”

🦉sean sean sean🦉 @avesmaria.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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The intellectual gym, otherwise known as a library

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Carter's Dad @johnmckendry.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

People are so focused on how mind-numbingly stupid the second paragraph is that they don't notice how equally stupid the first paragraph is.

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Cody Ziglar @ NYCC AA-E38 @yayforzig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Not that it matters but gyms have also been around for thousands of years.

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Hoping RFKJ will fly Russia to let them know the solution is just exercise, better diet, and some sunshine … no need for masks or vaccines. 😉

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yes and it actually works here at Bluesky it did not work at the other place and the only garbage that gets through the barrier here is images … or my own fault for tapping the warning message

Trust, but verify. And sure enough, Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries didn’t affect diesel prices. Something happened February or March. 🤔

Line graph showing dramatic rise in average U.S. diesel fuel cost about March 2026. Was hovering below $4 for an entire year prior.

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J. Raasch @jraasch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Time to withdraw US military from South Korea? Or just put it out there for discussion?

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You might be interested in this … blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/bioimaging/i... (Apologies if I sent this to you some time ago.)

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