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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I finished my contribution to Antigo Visual Arts’ second annual downtown scavenger hunt! The hunt starts June 13. Local businesses display works of art outside their shops, and members of the public try to find them all. “Courage”, 24 x 24 inch, acrylic on wood. jvacreate.com/2026/05/29/h...

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Here be Dragons

In the 1700s, “Here be Dragons” would denote uncharted parts of the world on maps. Uncharted territory is where I found myself when I was asked to contribute a painting to Antigo Wisconsin’s second…

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I’ve roughed out a painting of a cow in a quilt pattern. I like the result … in concept, but it’s not quite there yet. I’m mulling over a number of changes. Different cow. Different colors. … jvacreate.com/2025/10/24/q...

A rough painting of a cow’s face overlaid on a simple, colorful quilt pattern.

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

My painting of a friend’s house titled “Welcome”, was shown in a statewide exhibition last month. Then it was chosen from the statewide exhibit to be on display for a full year at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at UW-Madison! jvacreate.com/2025/09/27/s...

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Statewide exhibition

One of my works was shown in a statewide exhibition today. My painting of a friend’s house titled “Welcome”, was even featured on the front page of the program for the exhibit. Th…

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

@us.theguardian.com You report on Trump family buying land for a golf course in Vietnam with cash compensation “as little as” $12 per square meter. That’s $48,500/acre, which is almost 10 times the average price of irrigated land in the US. Is that right??? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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Farmers displaced by $1.5bn Trump golf course reportedly being offered rice and cash

White House denies suggestions resort in Vietnam presents conflict of interest amid row over compensation rates

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

My painting of Kirkjufell (literally “church mountain”) near Grundarfjörður, #Iceland. I worked from a sketch I had made while boating past the mountain last summer. A remarkable sight. 12 x 9 inch, acrylic on wood. #acryllic #landscape #painting #paletteknife jvacreate.com/2025/06/15/i...

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

My latest painting (a mini mural) is now on display as part of a summer scavenger hunt for art in downtown Antigo, Wisconsin. “Nice to Meet Blue”, 24 x 24 inch, acrylic on wood. jvacreate.com

Painting of a blue jay perched on a branch by Jean V. Adams.

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

#GreatLakes fishing brings $7 Billion dollars every year to these businesses. You may be too young to remember the collapse of the lake trout in the 1950s or the dead alewife littering the beaches in the 1960s. We have come a long way since then. I shudder to think we’re going back.

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

The end of informed #GreatLakes Fish Mgmnt is at hand. My heart aches 4 former colleagues, the future of the GL, & all the small businesses that depend on GL fishing: hotels, restaurants, marinas, charter & commercial fishers, fish shops, vibrant small towns that dot the shoreline. shorturl.at/Wilzt

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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Every single Republican in the Wisconsin Congressional delegation just voted on a budget resolution to cut billions in federal funds for BadgerCare, directly endangering their most vulnerable constituents, while adding trillions to the national debt.

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Dexter Patterson aka Wisco Birder @wiscobirder.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

This study, co-authored by my UW–Madison colleague Dietram A. Scheufele, confirms what many of us know: Black women in STEM face deep, persistent bias. We must keep pushing for equity. I stand with Black women in science. Always. #Blacksky #STEM #SciComm #UWLSC www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Race and gender biases persist in public perceptions of scientists’ credibility - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Race and gender biases persist in public perceptions of scientists’ credibility

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I'm donating two paintings to the annual fundraising auction for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. They will be available for bidding on-line starting Sunday April 6 (I'll post again when the auction opens up).

Painting of stepping stones crossing the Plover River.

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Blair Braverman @blairbraverman.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Go Emily Ford! She is so amazing. She was also the first woman to thru-hike the Ice Age trail in the winter (over 1000 milkes!)

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

I've got three pieces hanging in the Antigo Visual Arts gallery right now. The first one was selected to go to the Association of Wisconsin Artists’ statewide exhibit! Woohoo! #art #landscape #acrylic #paletteknife #mixedmedia #collage

Palette knife painting of a house, acrylic on canvas

Palette knife painting of a cloud-filled sky over a field, with trees in the distance, acrylic on paper

A minimalist collage of trees on a landscape, in black, white, and one shade of gray, acrylic on paper

Poster announcing art show. Text:

CALL FOR ALL ARTISTS

SHOW RUNS:
3-15-25
5-10-25

WRAP
WISCONSIN REGIONAL ART PROGRAM
If your artwork receives a state award at this regional exhibit it will be eligible for submisson to the annual AWA State Art Exhibit being held this year at the Center for the Visual Arts in Wausau Wi, August 20 - Sept 27, 2025.

ASSOCIATION OF WISCONSIN ARTISTS

MARCH 15 2025
RECEPTION
5-7 PM

Antigo Visual Arts Gallery is located on the 2nd floor of the Langlade County Historical Museum.
404 Superior St. Antigo WI

REGISTER INFO:
HTTPS:/ /WISCARTISTS.WILDAPRICOT.ORG
OR ANTIGOVISUALARTS.ORG
JOIN US AT ANTIGO VISUAL ARTS BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE, ANTIGOVISUALARTS.ORG

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

2020: attacks on “BLM” 2022: attacks on “CRT” 2024: attacks on “woke” 2025: attacks on “DEI” BLACK. THEY MEAN BLACK.

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I dropped Twitter, Instagram, Amazon Prime. Switched from Amazon's Goodreads to StoryGraph. Left State Farm Ins (member of ALEC). Leaving FB and Google is more challenging. Some small businesses/orgs only exist on FB. And what can substitute for G mail/drive/photos/calendar/maps/YouTube? Any advice?

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

"What's it going to take for us to wake up...? Is it going to be too late?...when the President has secreted all this power and the Congress is an afterthought?" “[T]his a constitutional crisis, and we've got to respond to it." - Angus King (I-ME) Feb. 20 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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February 23, 2025

Something is shifting,” scholar of authoritarianism Timothy Snyder posted on Bluesky yesterday.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Timothy Snyder is an expert of modern authoritarianism.

A quote from an article by Timothy Snyder titled "What Does It Mean That Donald Trump Is a Fascist?" published in The New Yorker. The quote reads: "It is predictable ... that he will give free rein to the oligarchs who, he knows, will continue to generate the social and digital bases of a politics of us and them. It is predictable that, in returning to power, he will seek to change the system so that he can remain in power until death. It is predictable that he will use deportations to divide us, to accustom us to violence, and to make accomplices of us. It is predictable that he will create a cult out of the martyrs of January 6th. It is predictable that he will cooperate with similarly minded rulers abroad."

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 19/02/2025

❌ Ukraine started the war ❌ America provides more funding than Europe ❌ Ukraine needs immediate elections Sir Ben Wallace fact checks President Trump's recent 'fake news' about Russia's war in Ukraine.

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I saw a pair of short-eared owls yesterday! I spotted one at the top of a conifer. After 20 minutes of watching the one, another one suddenly flew out of the same tree! Then they both started flying their circuits over the fields, hunting. So cool! #birding #owl Wisconsin

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

That's right. I'm looking at YOU. :)

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

One snow bunting stands alone amongst the activity of its companions. I started an account on Flickr recently to share photos. Spending time watching birds with both binoculars and a camera is good medicine for my mental health. flic.kr/p/2qKTvdn

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

1st week “on the job” as an AARP Tax Aide volunteer, doing free tax returns for the elderly and disabled. It’s lifted my spirits to make a small tangible difference in a few people’s lives. Highly recommend serving the vulnerable in your community. What better time? www.aarp.org/money/taxes/...

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Get Free Tax Preparation Help with AARP Foundation Tax-Aide

Get help with your taxes for free. Tax-Aide volunteers are IRS-certified each year, so they understand the latest tax code - in all 50 states.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 01/02/2025

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth Feb 1. You know the drill by now. We always kick things off with the Statue of Liberty. Americans look at it every day, and don't even know what its creator and funders intended it to stand for. You can't learn US history from US textbooks, so you get my typos instead.🤷🏿‍♂️

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Attached: 1 image Happy #BlackHistoryMonth ! You know the drill by now. I don't like talking about Black history. Americans know Black history. I want to talk about white American history. In other...

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Jersey Girl @jerseygirldc.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Retired Federal civil servant here. I'm so proud of our Federal workforce. They work their asses off and keep the machine running. The oath is forever. #HoldTheLine

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Concerned for the well being of my former colleagues in US gov't, I reached out to a friend employed by DOI. She said the "noise" from the White House is "intended to sow confusion, fear, and intimidation. But the people I've chatted with are just trying to do their work and stay calm." PROUD!!

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Tor Ekeland @torekeland.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I think I'm going to ditch Instagram and start posting my art here instead. So, brace yourself. :) I started painting in late 2022, a few months before I retired, and absolutely love it. Here are the highlights from 2023 and 2024, to give you some idea of my work.

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Whiskey Tender. Touching coming-of-age memoir by Deborah Jackson Taffa, raised by a #NativeAmerican father and a Hispanic mother on and off the rez. Particularly moving is her relationship with her father, a tough philosopher, with reflections on family and community. #bookreview #nonfiction

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

My favorite read of 2024, Erik Larson's "The Splendid and the Vile," absolutely captivated me. I couldn't put it down. It's a narrative spun from letters/diaries of Winston Churchill's inner circle as well as the general public during his first year as PM, while Germany bombed Britain in WWII.

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Thumbs up for “Bad River”. Outstanding cinematography of the reservation on Lake Superior. Inspirational Native American interviews. David and Goliath story of the tribe (<2,000 people) vs Enbridge (trillion $ Inc.) with a pipeline on the reservation. Streaming on Peacock. youtu.be/5tPJklYBKxQ

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BAD RIVER - Full Film Trailer - "A Story of Defiance"

YouTube video by Bad River Film

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Just finished an amazing workshop, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, with Brian Bomeisler, son of the author of the book by the same name, Betty Edwards. Super fun and empowering. Here’s my self portrait. #artshare #pencil-drawing

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Jean V. Adams @jvacreate.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I came here to make that same comment. Very confusing headline for a mixed audience of English speakers.

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Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Earlier this year, I received news that fake peer reviews were allegedly being submitted impersonating me and approximately six others I shared my story with Science to, hopefully, reduce the chance of this kind of breach happening again www.science.org/content/arti...

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‘It felt very icky’: This scientist’s name was used to write fake peer reviews

Elsevier retracts dozens of journal articles that were published based on “fictitious” reviews

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

This is pretty funny.

Post by Roddy, Canadian flag in his handle:

Americans.

If you're wondering why Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flew to Florida to meet with Donald Trump, it's because Canada doesn't allow convicted felons into the country.

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