Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 19hAnother pink one! Those little lavender puffers at the bottom mean it will rain later. 090
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026When your item got caught in the conveyor belt but they sent it anyway! 🤣🤣🤣 040
Reposted by Karen Newcombe 𓃠Cleo & Roxanne, Asst Segrenterris of Nip & Vine @clerox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Our cats of social media 2027 calendar by @samindy4.bsky.social arrived today. We're January, with our good pal Auggie and others 4444
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I predict a run on pickaxes and jackhammers.youtube.comKnock down Trump’s ballroom?YouTube video by Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS 000
Reposted by Karen Newcombe 𓃠Kwiaht @kwiaht.org · 04/10/2026The Heritage Apple Corps have found trees in central Oregon that are genetic matches for some of the rare "lost" apple varieties we find in the islands. With more sampling, both here and there, we hope to be able to properly identify these varieties and bring them back into production.centraloregondaily.comThese 130-year-old Central Oregon pioneer apple trees are still bearing fruitApple trees planted by Central Oregon's first homesteaders 130 years ago are still producing fruit, and some varieties are so rare that DNA tests came back as unique. 5574145
Reposted by Karen Newcombe 𓃠Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷 @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Episcopal Church also gives each pet a St. Francis medal for their collar. This was at my Mum's church in southern Oregon. 58813
Reposted by Karen Newcombe 𓃠Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If you can't adopt there are lots of other things you can do to help. Foster, volunteer, fundraise, do a supply drive, sign up for your local shelter's newsletter to find out other ways to help. Remember that volunteering doesn't necessarily mean physical labor - shelters need all kinds of skills! 15902306
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Looks like I’m going back to making fresh cat food again.cnn.comWhat’s in your cat’s food? New investigation finds lead and other toxins | CNNMost types of cat foods contain lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury as well as toxic chemicals from plastics and fertilizers, a new investigation found. 130
Reposted by Karen Newcombe 𓃠George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Well… The FC and I have just had a bit of a moment. 🥹🧡 After all the writing, photos, checking and pawing over every little detail… MY BOOK IS ACTUALLY LIVE ON AMAZON! 🐈📚 Just George: The Autopawography of a Station Cat 📚 amzn.eu/d/0dpaMVO7 431269188
Reposted by Karen Newcombe 𓃠c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him. 2847651605
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s been “artificial intelligence” for 71 years. No one is going to call it anything different. 192
Reposted by Karen Newcombe 𓃠Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 239161834220
Reposted by Karen Newcombe 𓃠This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/202664 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️ 7633541272
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026One of the best books I’ve ever read is now a documentary from Ang Lee, coming to AppleTV.youtube.com76 Days Adrift | Official Teaser Trailer | Executive Producer Ang LeeYouTube video by Joe Wein 030
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Around the office park: a Pileated woodpecker hanging on the underside of an oak limb foraging, plus white ibises picking delicious things out of the damp ground. 060
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My friend in The City has grown the perfect little pumpkin! 030
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Around someone else’s office park: the lonely peacock. They said he showed up four years ago, spends every spring screaming eee-YAH day and night, but no luck. There are no peahens in the immediate area, so he shows off his plumage to disinterested lady ducks. 0101
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The Chewy delivery had extra crinkle paper this time! 0100
Reposted by Karen Newcombe 𓃠Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 18/09/2026[banging on table] FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK www.popsci.com/environment/...popsci.comThe Fat Bear Week 2026 bracket is here and chunkier than everVoting starts September 22 with a final winner crowned on September 29. 211673710
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A rainy evening stroll at the Morikami museum and gardens was actually pretty fine. The main pond’s alligator was enjoying the rain, too. 040
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Aria discovered the top of the bookshelf 091
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A hymn for when you’ve had a bad day and are about up to here with humanity. You already know the tune - just sing along!youtube.comSend Us Thine Asteroid, O LordYouTube video by Joseph Murray 040
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I _love_ apples, and this is a fascinating article. @chuckwendig.bsky.socialatlasobscura.comMeet the Appalachian Apple Hunter Who Rescued 1,000 'Lost' VarietiesTom Brown's retirement hobby is a godsend for chefs, conservationists, and cider. 040
Reposted by Karen Newcombe 𓃠The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026everyone, meet Hugo www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWorld's tallest living horse based in Towcester 'still growing'Hugo the shire horse enters the record books as the world's tallest living horse. 851941381
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026More on Wendell Berry.writingteacher.substack.comWhat Wendell Berry Taught Me About Being a TeacherIn the fall of 1987, I took a writing class at the University of Kentucky called “Composition for Teachers.” I had no idea who the teacher, Wendell Berry, was. 010
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Around the office park: a storm in the distance -can you find the jet? A fairy ring unraveled into an “S”, and resurrection ferns in a tree trunk pleased with the late in season start of the rains. 050
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Born in New Hampshire…. Lived in San Francisco after college for a couple decades. 020
Reposted by Karen Newcombe 𓃠Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Happy Rice Truck Day to all who observe 13139961090
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Fabulous article about Mr. T — note that he is not very pleased with the upcoming Netflix show about him… 010
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026One of the best books I have ever read is Adrift by Steven Callahan, about being lost at sea for 76 days. The new documentary by Ang Lee is coming to Apple TV. It’s been in the film festival circuit and now will finally be available!76daysadrift.com76 Days Adrift – Critically Acclaimed Survival Documentary Based On The NYT Bestseller 000
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026At 91, Dale 'Grey Beard' Sanders reclaims record as oldest hiker to complete the Appalachian Trail. 🥾🥾🥾🥾apnews.comAt 91, Dale 'Grey Beard' Sanders reclaims record as oldest hiker to complete the Appalachian TrailA 91-year-old man who goes by the nickname Grey Beard has reclaimed his record as the oldest hiker to complete the Appalachian Trail. 040
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Around the office park: this Grest Blue Heron has been hanging around during this drought, and today caught a nice fat fish. Everyone knows the best place to eat a flopping fish is in the shade at the edge of the golf course. 1326
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026RIP Wendell Berry. To go in the dark with a light is to know the light. To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight, And find that the dark, too, blooms and sings, And is traveled by dark feet and dark wings. 030
Reposted by Karen Newcombe 𓃠The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026autumn is fast approaching which means it's time for pannage: the ancient commoner's right of taking your pigs to the forest to feast on fallen acorns, chestnuts, and beechmast 151113177
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026If you don’t have The Butcher of the Forest on your reading list, it should be! 010
Reposted by Karen Newcombe 𓃠Fishtopher and Friends @fishtopher.bsky.social · 29/08/2026NYC/Northeast USA- 2 kitties looking for a home after losing their human! See thread for more info 1310152
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Well, there it is.substack.comAndy Borowitz (@borowitzreport)Algae-ridden Reflecting Pool Renamed Lake Trump 020
Reposted by Karen Newcombe 𓃠NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Doctors say that measles can kill young children. A guy who snorts cocaine off toilet seats and drives around with dead bear cubs in his car says they'll be fine as long as they eat enough beef tallow. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust. 141597343
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026ORPHANED CATS NEED HOME! Someone please step up. Look how sweet they are. Contact Shecky and go save these sweeties! 020
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026If you don’t follow STAT or get their newsletter, they are doing great investigative reporting. They broke the story of United Healthcare’s systematized denial of heath care claims. Worth a follow. 020
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The underside of the highest part of a thundercloud, which is stretching out far ahead of the rainy part lower down. 040
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Around the office park: ibises, those giganto lilies I can’t recall the name of, a palmetto tree with psylotum and ferns growing on it, and a thunderhead. 050
Reposted by Karen Newcombe 𓃠Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026If we cured all cancer tomorrow, and it became an extremely rare condition, I guarantee that 30 years from now there would be people saying, “They just want you to take that anti-cancer pill to control you. It’s a bullshit disease that doesn’t even exist anymore.” 21186031416
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Great Blue Heron in the alligator ditch. 050
Karen Newcombe 𓃠 @karen-newcombe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The little cow got some Cat TV over the weekend. She carefully checked behind the thing to see if she could get at the birds that way. Smarty! If you point she also looks where you’re pointing, which dogs will do but many cats just stare at you like “What? I’m not looking.” 030
