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RatteJak @rattejak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Little Cormorant Hunt 29/09/26 - 18 colours

Pixelart illustration of a black bird bursting from the sea after catching a fish. The scene is dissected into two parts, the bird's body beneath the water and its head poking out into the sky above with a fish. The underwater section is dark purple and filled with bubbles and swirling currents. The sky is light greenish blue with many fluffy clouds. The feathers on the bird's wings are scaled with lighter tones, resembling the scales of a fish.

Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Does anyone know the stats on this stuff? I have some bird feeders and I love when the birds come back the last thing I want to do is hurt our local birds. I just planted a little native plant pollinator garden (hasn't bloomed yet) so I'm not just feeding the birds.

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Opinion | Maybe We Should Leave Birds Alone

One of Britain’s favorite national pastimes is hurting as well as helping.

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Ronnie Szo 🌱 @ronnieszoart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Little green heron painting 💚The small size really helped me get over my painting anxiety #art

A painting of a green heron. The bird is hunkered dowj on a large branch in the water, surrounded by grasses. There is a fish in the herons beak. The medium is watercolour

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luke 🐾 @earthen-were.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Couldn't let fat bear week pass me by without sculpting a little something 🐻 cheeky fella!

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I could read papers for my thesis OR I could read @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social 's new book! Hmmm... tough choice.

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sorry for the weird sidebar. This site isn't made for mobile. This is the Slocum glider fighting the current to try to get to it's waypoint in this Nor'easter. They are buoyancy driven so not going very fast.

Screenshot of the Rutgers deployment map showing the glider path for the glider sent to watch the Nor'easter hitting New England at the end of September

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 26/09/2026

I love this @xkcd.com comic. So accurate.

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you have to catch up on academic readings for your thesis why not do it in the hammock?

Legs under a blanket on a hammock with a paper pulled up on a tablet on the person's lap

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/09/2026

Happy mushroom season!

A comic titled "Types of mushrooms" with 12 mushroom species. A wrinkly-looking morel is labeled "creepy but tasty". A brownish deadly galerina is labeled "boring but deadly". A witch's butter on a branch is labeled "jiggles if you poke it". A large puffball is labeled "egg". A creepy red-dripping bleeding tooth fungus is labeled "deeply disconcerting". A fly agaric with a green treefrog sitting under it is labeled "frog umbrella". A black chanterelle is labeled "chalice for forbidden elixers". Three straight-stemmed entolomas are labeled "haha, nipples". A bright purple viscid violet cort is labeled "purple is nice". A birch polypore sticking out of a birch trunk is labeled "tree nose". A complex yellow-tpped coral fungus is labeled "cursed citadel where dwells a fairy queen". A Ravenel's stinkhorn is pixellated at the top for your safety, and labeled "NSFW".

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I knit this sweater when my best girl Angel was getting older and couldn't stay as warm. 12 years later as it gets cooler our new dog Willow tries it on for size. #handknit #dogsofbluesky

Sussex spaniel in her sweater out in the field

Brindle dauschund mix in orange hand knit sweater

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Really excited most of the plants in my native pollinator garden is growing!

Smooth Penstemon growing in my native garden

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Reposting this would be very helpful. We're having a tough month at Skype a Scientist between much of my energy being devoted to Academy of Natural Sciences stuff. I need help!!

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Liquoricelino Printmaking @liquoricelino.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We're gonna need a bigger tree. Handmade lino print on paper. #birds #art #linocut #linoprint #printmaking #shark Liquoricelino.etsy.com

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

People say "what's wrong with Windows?" when I refuse to use it. Well today I had Microsoft word open in windows just looking at a small document and it crashed. That's my problem.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Marianne Seiman, contemporary crochet artist (via Instagram) #Womensart #September

Photo of twelve different and colourful toadstools and mushrooms created from crochet against a black background

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Treating this as an unstoppable race, and accepting the "endgame" of runaway warming, is a reckless gamble that should never be decided in a boardroom alone. Betting on future carbon removal to fix today's emissions requires far more confidence than the evidence supports.

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I got to hold a baby terrapin today ❤️ 🐢

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Enjoy the roses blooming before the deer get them!

Two blooming roses on a stick of a rose "bush"

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Please repost! Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US. There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... www.change.org/p/the-academ...

A poster featuring the T-Rex at the cognitive natural sciences, which says save the Academy natural sciences, museum rally in front of the academy 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Tuesday, September 8 10 AM. The T-Rex is saying tell Drexel keep the museum open. There’s an RSVP QR code and then the logos of Philly Science Action Skype scientist In Philly on the bottom.

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Dr. Earyn McGee @afroherper.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A few Gila monster shot glasses fresh out the kiln. I’m obsessed with this concept! #lizard #pottery #ceramics #art

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Been stuck on the couch after my surgery and made this guy. We saw a bunch in Costa Rica which isn't normally in their range but between the El niño and climate change have made it there along with an inca tern. #knitting #birds #sciart

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Instead of prepping for my first full semester of my master's program I'm on the couch recovering from surgery and it fucking sucks.

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I think someone said the #BirdOfTheDay was a #RainyDayBird. I have one! This was a downy woodpecker who was trying to dry off.

A downy woodpecker trying to dry off from the rain

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Took an evening walk with my fancy camera and took this shot and got a chance to practice some raw image editing. These two northern flickers were also enjoying the beautiful evening. #birds #photography

Two Northern Flickers (a species of woodpecker) on a telephone pole near sunset. One is sitting at the top and the other just took off and can be seen flying.

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I was just out walking the dog down the street when I looked up to see this beauty. Pileated woodpecker, the largest woodpecker species in my area.

Pileated woodpecker on a tree in front of a fence

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I've seen leafcutter ants on so many documentaries but still so amazing and surreal in real life #costarica

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

These two cuties were part of my welcome party to Costa Rica #birds

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

There was a giant double rainbow after the big storm rolled through

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

It's exciting being a new birder still unlocking new species walking around my NJ neighborhood

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

My new life as a birder has been going well. Just from watching the feeders at my backyard I've seen 3 species of woodpecker in 2 days along with the usuals. So many pathetic fledglings looking for a free hand out while standing next to a BIRDFEEDER

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 29/06/2026

Today’s Exhibit of the Day? It’s one of the largest amethyst geodes in the world! It's about 13 ft (4 m) tall and 9,000 lbs (4,082 kg). It was "born" when molten magma poured from the Earth’s crust some 135 million years ago. Photo: D. Finnin/© AMNH

A photo of the Museum’s large amethyst geode on display in the Halls of Gems & Minerals. Its crystals are a striking purple color.

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

A boxer/pom-pom crab is a small species of crab found in the shallow parts of the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The cardinals at my feeder are really in that awkward phase #birds

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We hit the trails with the pups this morning before it got too hot

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Caught this woodpecker feeding a fledgling at my feeder this morning

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

First firefly sightings of the year!

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Good morning! There are some nice things about getting up early and walking the dogs!

Dawn laying next to the base of a tree and a pile of old fence stakes

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Lianne @knithacker42.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Participated in my first glider deployment at Rutgers and couldn't have had a more perfect day. The whales and dolphins agreed because they were everywhere!

An AUV glider for doing ocean research bobbing at the surface of the ocean

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